Appleton's Railway Guide to the USA and Canada

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Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. The most difficult for me is 'Great' in the title of any of his series as sometimes he only travels 30 or 40 miles in an entire program (most Europe ones are 1 hour long) and there's nothing heroic or Great about that amount of rail travel, many commuters travel much more than that twice each working day. Many photos and illustrations of railway equipment plus several pages of illustrated advertisements at front and rear. The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title.

The book is a lot bigger than the one that Michael is carrying around with him but it is 2 volumes worth.

However, as we are working with old material, so occasionally there may be certain imperfections within the text. pages + ads, maps, original blue cloth, gilt lettering, wear to edges, light stains along edges, 2 maps detached and laid in. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. I love early railway history and like Britain, North America would not have become industrialised without railways/railroads.Having seen 3 or 4 programs of this series now have to say it's much more interesting than his last 2 European series, New York obviously has a lot to offer. Appletons' European Guide Book, Part 1: Including England, Scotland, Ireland, France, Belgium, Holland, and Switzerland, New York: D. Number 46 is at the northern end of Shepherd Market, formerly the location of Shepherds bindery, a five minute walk from Green Park tube station (Jubilee, Victoria and Piccadilly lines) and only slightly more from Bond Street station. Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. Page 370 - I will not dissemble the first emotions of joy on the recovery of my freedom, and, perhaps, the establishment of my fame.