Sinclair (1885) Locomotive Engine Running and Management – 2nd Taber’s Copy Railroad

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Sinclair, Angus. Locomotive Engine Running and Management: A Treatise on Locomotive Engines Showing their Performance in Running Different Kinds of Trains with Economy and Dispatch; also directions regarding the care, management, and repairs of locomotives and all their connections.  (New York: John Wiley and Sons,1885) Second Edition

Duodecimo. xviii, 390 pages plus 6 pages adv. Illus w/ line drawings and steel engravings. Hardbound. Brown cloth-covered boards stamped in blind and gilt.

Condition: VG. Shows wear, as expected of a book of this nature but minor as compared with most copies. Front lower corner is bumped and shows wear-through. Hinges show wear but continue to perform well. Bookplate on front pastedown, with signs of a previous bookplate removal.  The gathering beginning on page 239 through 268 is beginning to separate from the binding, but is still attached.

Provenance: Bookplate from the library of Thomas Townsend Taber, a prolific author and historian of railroads.