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Westward to Promontory: Building the Union Pacific across the Plains and Mountains, A Pictorial Documentary
by Russell, A. J. (photos) & Barry B. Combs (text)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- VG+/VG-
- Seller
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Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
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About This Item
Palo Alto, CA: American West Publishing Company, 1969 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Full dark blue buckram, gilt titles on spine & decorations (a golden spike) on front board, black endpapers, 80 pp. Slight sunning to edges. DJ extremities rubbed with small edge tears and a crease to front panel; in Brodart archival cover. The building of the Union Pacific Railroad from Omaha to Promontory is depicted in photographs from large-format wet-plate collodion negatives made by A. J. Russell, the official Union Pacific photographer. A brief introduction is followed by the photos and explanatory text by Combs. Shipping weight 3 lbs.. 2nd ptg. . VG+/VG-. 28½ X 26 cm.
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- Bookseller
- Twin City Antiquarian Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- RRGN00011
- Title
- Westward to Promontory: Building the Union Pacific across the Plains and Mountains, A Pictorial Documentary
- Author
- Russell, A. J. (photos) & Barry B. Combs (text)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG+
- Jacket Condition
- VG-
- Edition
- 2nd ptg
- Publisher
- American West Publishing Company
- Place of Publication
- Palo Alto, CA
- Date Published
- 1969
- Weight
- 3.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Railroads History United States
- Bookseller catalogs
- Railroads;
- Size
- 28½ X 26 cm
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Twin City Antiquarian Books
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Minneapolis, Minnesota
About Twin City Antiquarian Books
We are mail-order sellers of used and out-of-print books, selling on the Web since 2000.
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- Edges
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- Spine
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- Brodart
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- VG+/VG-
- A book in slightly better than Very Good Condition with a dust jacket that is in slightly less than Very Good Condition. Very...
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