Car Builders Dictionary and Cyclopedia-Ninth Edition-1919 by: Roy V. Wright-Editor
Hardcover. NY, Simmons-Boardman Publishing, 1919, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, A gargantuan volume, 1334 pages, 8 1/2 x 12". Compiled for manufacturers in the railroad industry. Definitions and Illustrations of American railway cars, their parts and equipment. Thousands of b&w photos, plans and elevations of railroad freight cars, postal cars, passenger cars, sleepers, etc. all shown in minute detail. The same treatment is given to equipment such as brakes, couplers, etc. The book has been professionally rebound in dark blue cloth with gilt lettering on front and spine. Scarce. Mild water stain to first 50 pages, otherwise clean. No out-of country shipping on this very heavy volume.