The White Front Cars of San Francisco, Interurbans Special 44

  • Hardcover
  • South Gate, California: Interurbans, 1978
By Smallwood, Charles A.
South Gate, California: Interurbans, 1978 Book. Very fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First revised (and best) edition. Very scarce. Interurbans Special number 44. Quarto. 482pp. Frontispiece, profusely illustrated from photographs, folding map, 4 folding diagrams. Gilt-lettered green cloth. A fine, crisp copy with lightly rubbed pictorial dust jacket. One of the best on the subject. A comprehensive history and study of the Market Street Railway Company, one of the nation's major street railway companies. Includes a list of the passenger cars run by the company between 1921 and 1944. This is perhaps the key book on the subject. First published in 1971, this revised edition conatins everything that was in the first edition, plus much additional information furnished by the author. Also, this edition is typeset wheras the first edition was typewritten (and looked almost like it was mimeographed)..

Details

Title

The White Front Cars of San Francisco, Interurbans Special 44

Author

Smallwood, Charles A.

Binding

Hardcover

Condition

Near Fine

Publisher

Interurbans: South Gate, California

Date

1978

Edition

1st Edition


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