The Train Book: A Photographic Picture-Book with a Story

Pryor, William Clayton. The Train Book: A Photographic Picture-Book with a Story. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, (1933). First edition. 8vo. 107pp. Blue cloth with black lettering on spine in original photographic dust jacket. Illustrated title-page. “Extraordinary photographs and a story tell all that Bill and Sister saw and did on their first overnight railroad journey. Trains were new and exciting; especially to Bill, and he wanted to know about all the things any boy would find interesting. The pictures show and the story tells how the children had their first meal in a dining car and saw the kitchen where the food was cooked, and how they went to bed in berths made out of the seats of the Pullman. All the interesting sights they saw from the observation car are shown – the different kinds of engines and freight cars they passed, the railroad signals and watering stations, the switches and interlockers and the plates that hold the rails together. Railroad officials have helped with the preparation of the book and the taking of the pictures.” Photographs are b/w reproductions. Some sunning to top-edge of binding. Head and tail of spine slightly bumped and rubbed, corners rubbed. Sporadic foxing and age toning to some leaves. Heavy chipping and tearing on dj, most of dj spine missing. Dust jacket in poor, book in overall very good condition. g. Hardcover. (26987) $75