Author: FOLLETT, Alan (editor)
Title: The Timetable Collector: December 1973 - June 1974
Description: Chicago, National Association of Timetable Collectors, 1974. 4to. Seven 20pp issues + miscellaneous 4to inserts housed in stiff green clasp-style (not 3-ring) binder. Interesting collection of issues and related releases from this collector's association. This volume came from the library of Tony Award-winning dramatist RICHARD BISSELL (1913-77), co-author of the 1954 classic "The Pajama Game." One issue (for February 1974 bears his pencilled "R Bissell" ownership signature on the front wrapper (with single pencilled note below: "Note ''North Shore / Line'" below) and his inkstamped name/address on the front wrapper for the June 1974 issue. Bissell, a noted railroad enthusiast, is also remembered for writings such as "Goodbye, Ava" (1961) and "My Life on the Mississippi or Why I Am Not Mark Twain" (1973). .

Keywords: RICHARD BISSELL Railroad


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