Rare book

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I see them regualrily on eBay and Amazon.com.  The first printing is difficult
to find though. 
Ed Painter - Narrows, VA - Currently Russellville, AR...... 

Quoting NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>:


>        I DID NOT HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF HEARING MR. MCCLURE\'S

> PRESENTATION, NOR DO I KNOW THE BASIS FOR HIS CONCLUSIONS, BUT I

> QUESTION WHETHER H. REID\'S THE VIRGINIAN RAILWAY (KALMBACH

> PUBLISHING, 1961) IS REALLY ALL THAT RARE.  A FEW YEARS BACK WHEN I

> BOUGHT IT, I THOUGHT THAT IT MIGHT BE, BUT I SEE IT ALL THE TIME AT

> RAILROADIANA MEETS, OCCASIONALLY AT LOCAL USED BOOKSTORES, AND UNDER

> MULTIPLE (AND QUITE REASONABLE) LISTINGS WITH BOOKSELLERS REGISTERED

> WITH ABEBOOKS.COM, BOOKFINDER.COM, ETC.   NOW HERE IS A BOOK THAT IS

> TRULY RARE AND/OR IN HIGH DEMAND:  MASON Y. COOPER\'S NORFOLK &

> WESTERN\'S SHENANDOAH VALLEY LINE.  THAT SUCKER IS SCARCER THAN

> HEN\'S TEETH AND PRICEY WHEN YOU CAN FIND IT.   - ROB WIMBISH  -----

> ORIGINAL MESSAGE -----  FROM: NW Mailing List  TO:

> NW-Mailing-List at nwhs.org  SENT: Tuesday, July 10, 2007 9:37 PM

> SUBJECT: Rare book

>  When I attended the Convention in Bluefield this year, Bill McClure

> mentioned how rare the Virginian Railway book by H. Reid is. After

> listening to his talk on the Virginian,  I thought I would like to

> get one, so I checked on a site I was told about that has all kinds

> of out of print books available. Sure enough, they have not just one,

> but several! The site ishttp://www.abebooks.com/.    Rick Musser

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