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Route 66; The Mother Road
by Michael Wallis
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0312040490
- ISBN 13
- 9780312040499
- Seller
-
WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
Item Price
$14.29$10.00
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About This Item
New York, NY: St. Martin's Press, 1990 St. Martin's Press, New York. 1990. Hardcover. Stated First Edition/2nd Printing by line number. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Very Good+; bumped upper tips; light shelfwear to board edges. DJ: Very Good+; NOT Price Clipped ($29.95); small closed tear to heat near rear gutter. Green paper over boards with green cloth overlay on the spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine; embossed author signature on front board. Maps as endpapers. 243 pp 8vo oblong. This is the story of the Great American Highway that went from Chicago to Los Angeles- over 2400 miles- a two-lane road rolling through the midwest and southwest tying this great country together. A pictorial history of over 300 images of the sights, places, and people along the Route. A clean very presentable copy. No International Shipping.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 013431
- Title
- Route 66; The Mother Road
- Author
- Michael Wallis
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0312040490
- ISBN 13
- 9780312040499
- Publisher
- St. Martin's Press
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1990
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- Route 66, travel, automobile travel, American highways, interstate system, The Mother Road, interstate highway system, Bobby Troup, TV series, motels, hotels, restaurants, Chicago, Los Angeles,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Transportation; Americana; Automobiles;
Terms of Sale
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or in the unfortunate event, damaged. All books are packed and wrapped with care to avoid shifting during shipment and edge/tip strikes during the mailing process.
About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Biblio member since 2018
WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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- Gilt
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- Cloth
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