The Romantic History of the Canadian Pacific, the Northwest Passage of Today
by Gibbon, John Murray
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
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Greensboro, North Carolina, United States
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About This Item
New York: Tudor Publishing Company, 1937. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Fair. 8vo. 423 pages, indexed. Hardcover bound in blue cloth. The binding is worn and has some white and pale blue spotting. The top edge of the text block is dust-stained, and the fore edge has some spots and foxing. Rear inner hinge is cracking. Early bookplate on the front pastedown of "Thomas Evans / 1882-1966." Foxing within. Large folding map at the rear.
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- Bookseller
- Pages Past Used and Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 041961
- Title
- The Romantic History of the Canadian Pacific, the Northwest Passage of Today
- Author
- Gibbon, John Murray
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition First Printing
- Publisher
- Tudor Publishing Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1937
- Keywords
- 1937; John Murray Gibbon; Canada; Canadian Pacific; Trains; Railroads; Americana; American History; Thomas Evans; Map; Maps.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Americana; Trains and Automobiles;
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Pages Past Used and Rare Books
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Greensboro, North Carolina
About Pages Past Used and Rare Books
Pages Past is a small used & rare bookshop located a few blocks from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Since 1996 we have been serving the Triad community as well as customers from around the world. We have around 15-20,000 volumes in our shop. We specialize in North Carolina, Virginia, Civil War, Old Leather, Christianity, Eastern and Western Philosophies, and the simply unusual. We very likely have the oldest books in Greensboro; we keep a nice selection of antiquarian volumes and scholarly books.
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- Fair
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- First Edition
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- Fore Edge
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- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Text Block
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