Glendale, CA: Interurbans, 1978. Revised Edition, First Printing. Quarto with green boards and gilt stamping; pictorial endpapers; white and green pictorial jacket; 482 pages, [4] folded leaves of plates: illustrations; 29 cm. Original black & white photo laid in. A very good (+) copy in very good (-) to good (+) jacket; some wear to extremities and ~1 in closed tear at rear upper corner; now in archival mylar. Previous personal pwner signature (small). Hardcover. ISBN: 0916374327
A fascinating and in-depth study. With original photos and press clippings. "San Francisco was one of the first big cities to create a municipal street railway, but looming always larger in scope were the famed White Front Cars of the Market Street Railway. This company was the backbone of the city's mass transit from 1921 until 1944, when it was purchased by the city and merged with the smaller Municipal Railway. [...] Here, then, is the Market Street Railway story--two-man cars, Eclipse fenders, leather seats, hissing trolley wheels and White Fronts -- told by the man who knows, veteran employee Charles Smallwood." ---Jacket copy. // **Heavy item. Additional shipping fees may be needed for expedited or international orders. Please inquire**
