Publicado por The Johns Hopkins University Pre, 2000
ISBN 10: 0801865417 ISBN 13: 9780801865411
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Publicado por The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2000
ISBN 10: 0801865417 ISBN 13: 9780801865411
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Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. First Edition, first printing . The binding is tight, corners sharp. Text and images unmarked. The dust jacket shows some very light handling, in a mylar cover. 8vo. xvii, 209pp.
Publicado por The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2000
ISBN 10: 0801865417 ISBN 13: 9780801865411
Librería: 2nd Life Books, Burlington, NJ, Estados Unidos de America
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Publicado por The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 2000
ISBN 10: 0801865417 ISBN 13: 9780801865411
Librería: Bookplate, Chestertown, MD, Estados Unidos de America
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Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Clean, unmarked with DJ in NF condition. BP/Trains.
Publicado por The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2000
ISBN 10: 0801865417 ISBN 13: 9780801865411
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Publicado por The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2000
ISBN 10: 0801865417 ISBN 13: 9780801865411
Librería: GF Books, Inc., Hawthorne, CA, Estados Unidos de America
Condición: Good. Book is in Used-Good condition. Pages and cover are clean and intact. Used items may not include supplementary materials such as CDs or access codes. May show signs of minor shelf wear and contain limited notes and highlighting. 1.2.
Publicado por The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2000
ISBN 10: 0801865417 ISBN 13: 9780801865411
Librería: Books Unplugged, Amherst, NY, Estados Unidos de America
Condición: Good. Buy with confidence! Book is in good condition with minor wear to the pages, binding, and minor marks within 1.2.
Publicado por The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2000
ISBN 10: 0801865417 ISBN 13: 9780801865411
Librería: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, Estados Unidos de America
Hardcover. Condición: Good. Reprint. Railroad travel in the nineteenth century was often dangerous, dirty, uncomfortable, and uncertain. Yet at the same time, most of the inventions associated with the luxury of a later era--from sleeping cars and dining cars to streamlining and even an early form of air conditioning--had already made their appearance by the time of the Civil War. In The Railroad Passenger Car August Mencken offers a fascinating look at the achievements and contradictions of this key period in railroad history.Drawing on a wide assortment of materials--including a wealth of drawings from the U.S. Patent Office, first-hand accounts of contemporary passengers, and his own experience as a young civil engineer active in railroad construction--Mencken presents the roster of cars in which nineteenth-century travelers rode and suffered. Here are the weird and ingenious inventions designed to increase both the passengers' comfort and the owners' revenue; and here are the passengers' own comments, both angry and humorous--thirty-five accounts written by passengers from 1831 to 1891 and bearing such titles as "An Inhuman Conductor," "The Baggage Smashers of Omaha," and "Cows on the West Chester Line."Published in 1957 and long out of print, The Railroad Passenger Car supplies a detailed and highly entertaining narrative richly illustrated with working drawings, cutaway images, and early photographs. New to this edition is an introduction by Courtney B. Wilson, executive director of the B& O Railroad Museum in Baltimore.
Publicado por The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2000
ISBN 10: 0801865417 ISBN 13: 9780801865411
Librería: M. W. Riggs Bookseller, Pochontas, AR, Estados Unidos de America
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Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Near Fine. 1st Edition. This is a 200 reprint, original was 1957. 209 pages, text clean and tight, lots of B/W photos. Reddish brown cloth binding with gold lettering on the spine. Number line 1-9. DJ has not been clipped.
Publicado por The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2000
ISBN 10: 0801865417 ISBN 13: 9780801865411
Librería: GoldBooks, Denver, CO, Estados Unidos de America
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Publicado por The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2000
ISBN 10: 0801865417 ISBN 13: 9780801865411
Librería: GoldenDragon, Houston, TX, Estados Unidos de America
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Publicado por The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2000
ISBN 10: 0801865417 ISBN 13: 9780801865411
Librería: Wizard Books, Long Beach, CA, Estados Unidos de America
Hardcover. Condición: NEW. New.
Publicado por The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2000
ISBN 10: 0801865417 ISBN 13: 9780801865411
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Publicado por The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2000
ISBN 10: 0801865417 ISBN 13: 9780801865411
Librería: GoldBooks, Denver, CO, Estados Unidos de America
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Publicado por The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2000
ISBN 10: 0801865417 ISBN 13: 9780801865411
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Publicado por The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2000
ISBN 10: 0801865417 ISBN 13: 9780801865411
Librería: Front Cover Books, Denver, CO, Estados Unidos de America
Condición: NEW.
Publicado por Literary Licensing, LLC, 2011
ISBN 10: 1258150131 ISBN 13: 9781258150136
Librería: THE SAINT BOOKSTORE, Southport, Reino Unido
Paperback / softback. Condición: New. New copy - Usually dispatched within 4 working days.
Publicado por Literary Licensing, LLC, 2011
ISBN 10: 1258150131 ISBN 13: 9781258150136
Librería: Lucky's Textbooks, Dallas, TX, Estados Unidos de America
Condición: NEW.
Publicado por Literary Licensing, LLC, 2011
ISBN 10: 1258150131 ISBN 13: 9781258150136
Librería: THE SAINT BOOKSTORE, Southport, Reino Unido
Paperback / softback. Condición: New. This item is printed on demand. New copy - Usually dispatched within 5-9 working days.
Publicado por The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2000
ISBN 10: 0801865417 ISBN 13: 9780801865411
Librería: GF Books, Inc., Hawthorne, CA, Estados Unidos de America
Condición: New. Book is in NEW condition. 1.2.
Publicado por The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2000
ISBN 10: 0801865417 ISBN 13: 9780801865411
Librería: Book Deals, Tucson, AZ, Estados Unidos de America
Condición: New. New! This book is in the same immaculate condition as when it was published 1.2.
Publicado por The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2000
ISBN 10: 0801865417 ISBN 13: 9780801865411
Librería: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, Estados Unidos de America
Hardcover. Condición: New. Reprint. Railroad travel in the nineteenth century was often dangerous, dirty, uncomfortable, and uncertain. Yet at the same time, most of the inventions associated with the luxury of a later era--from sleeping cars and dining cars to streamlining and even an early form of air conditioning--had already made their appearance by the time of the Civil War. In The Railroad Passenger Car August Mencken offers a fascinating look at the achievements and contradictions of this key period in railroad history.Drawing on a wide assortment of materials--including a wealth of drawings from the U.S. Patent Office, first-hand accounts of contemporary passengers, and his own experience as a young civil engineer active in railroad construction--Mencken presents the roster of cars in which nineteenth-century travelers rode and suffered. Here are the weird and ingenious inventions designed to increase both the passengers' comfort and the owners' revenue; and here are the passengers' own comments, both angry and humorous--thirty-five accounts written by passengers from 1831 to 1891 and bearing such titles as "An Inhuman Conductor," "The Baggage Smashers of Omaha," and "Cows on the West Chester Line."Published in 1957 and long out of print, The Railroad Passenger Car supplies a detailed and highly entertaining narrative richly illustrated with working drawings, cutaway images, and early photographs. New to this edition is an introduction by Courtney B. Wilson, executive director of the B& O Railroad Museum in Baltimore.
Publicado por The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2000
ISBN 10: 0801865417 ISBN 13: 9780801865411
Librería: Wonder Book, Frederick, MD, Estados Unidos de America
Condición: Good. Good condition. Very Good dust jacket. (Railroads, Passenger Trains, History).
Publicado por The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2000
ISBN 10: 0801865417 ISBN 13: 9780801865411
Librería: The Book Spot, Sioux Falls, SD, Estados Unidos de America
Hardcover. Condición: New.