Call Big Hook (11 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. Red cloth boards are exposed where the dust jacket is missing. The dust jacket is heavily damaged, with large portions missing from the top front panel and spine, and smaller chips along the edges. The binding is firm. Internal pages are clean and free of markings or inscriptions. No library stamps or stickers are present. heavily damaged with large sections missing. John Signor (cover design and maps) (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. CALL THE BIG HOOK. Dougherty, Samuel A. Golden West Books. 1984. 256p. hardcover with dust jacket, dust jacket bumped/scuffed/tears, boards lightly bumped/scuffed, binding tight, text clean/unmarked, NOT xlib 19.00.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 256pp, 1984. Red cloth hardback, no dustjacket. Several addresses of a former owner are written on the inside front cove. No other marks, no tears. A bright and clean copy. Size: 8vo - over 7? - 9?" tall. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. First edition. first printing. The story of the author's years of service with the Denver & Rio Grande Western. It illustrates the evolution of D&RGW safety practices and it presents the cause, effect and how a given accident could have been prevented. 256 pages with photographs. Fine in fine and bright dust jacket. An as new copy. Book.…

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hardcover. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.

Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket.; 8.4 X 5.6 X 1.0 inches.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Unstated. Call the Big Hook by Dougherty, Samuel Golden West Books, 1984,m unstated ed. ISBN: 0870950878 Hardback in good condition with good dust jacket. Text is clean and unmarked, binding tight. Clothe cover is clean, dust jacket shows slight signs of wear, with a small tear front otherwise clean. The Big Hook is the order given to the dispatcher when a train derails. This is the huge crane that railroads use to set right trains that have fallen off tracks, turned over or derailed in some way. Dougherty started as a section laborer working his way up to Road Forman. Several years of various Road Forman jobs lead to his being named Superintendent of Safety, Rules and Training and in that position for the Denver and Rio Grande he worked many times with the Big Hook. Great train wreck photos, stories of wrecks and how the mess was cleaned up using the Big Hook. B&W photos and illustrations, Glossary, two index's, 256 pages. Book.…

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