Author: DUBIN, ARTHUR D.
Title: More Classic Trains
Description: Glendale, CA, Interurban Press. 1975, Second Printing. (ISBN: 0890240248). Maroon Cloth, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Ill.: Photographs; Dust Jacket Art by William Harnden Foster. Hard Cover, Illustrated endpapers; Owner's penned name at the top of the second ffep; The author has inscribed and signed the title page, and laid in an unsigned typewritten note on a sheet of his letterhead stationary; Textblock is very clean and tight; Binding lightly edge rubbed; The unclipped dust jacket is edge scuffed and worn, surface rubbed along the edges and folds, with a moisture tide line along the rear panel at the spine; 512p. including index and acknowledgements; The full-color frontispiece is a 1926 painting by William Harnden Foster depicting the Missouri Pacific's "Sunshine Special" along the bluffs of the Mississippi River. The front end papers show "The Twentieth Century Limited" of the New York Central in full color, highballing on the main line, by Walter Greene, and used by the NYC for its 1926 calendar; the rear end papers are a stunning, full-color tribute to the Pennsylvania Railroad's experimental S-1 6-4-4-6 steam locomotive, referred to as "The Big Engine", painted by Grif Teller, the work appeared on the PRR's 1940 calendar. Jacket art by William Harnden Foster of the Missouri Pacific's 'Sunshine Special' of 1926, racing along the bluffs of the Mississippi River south of St. Louis. This heavy volume may require additional postage. Near Fine/Good+ (in mylar). Inscribed & Signed by Author.

Keywords: Trains, Train History, Classic Trains, Classic American Trains American History/Americana 0890240248 Photographs; Dust Jacket Art by William Harnden Foster


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