first edition Hardcover
1968 · Baltimore
by White, John H., Jr.
Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press, 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/very good. Oblong octavo (23.5 x 26 cm), pp. 504. Gray cloth with gilt titling and train illustration. Tan illustrated endpapers, red publisher's stain to top edge. Brown and tan illustrated jacket with $20 original price. Illustrated throughout with black and white photos, drawings and charts. The first comprehensive technical development of the steam locomotive. Minor wrinkling to first few pages, and slight edge wear. Jacket sun-faded at spine, with moderate edge wear and small closed tears.
(Inventory #: 32283)