Rails That Climb: A Narrative History of the Moffat Road
by Edward T. Bollinger
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Poor
- ISBN 10
- 0918654297
- ISBN 13
- 9780918654298
- Seller
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TORRINGTON, Wyoming, United States
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About This Item
Golden, CO: Colorado Railroad Museum, 1979. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. VG/poor, used, hc, green cloth binding with gilt text on spine and upper, pictorial end papers, i-vii, 323pp plus bibliography and sources to rear. The two timetables and map are still in pocket on rear paste-down. There is also a fold-out brochure for the Moffat Road self-guiding auto tour in same pocket. Interior clean no marks, binding tight. DJ is worn and torn along edges, chip to bottom edge of the upper as well as the top edge of the lower at spine, head and tail of the dj spine are torn and worn. DJ now enclosed in protective sleeve..
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- Bookseller
- PRAIRIE CREEK BOOKS & TEA LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 022773
- Title
- Rails That Climb: A Narrative History of the Moffat Road
- Author
- Edward T. Bollinger
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Poor
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0918654297
- ISBN 13
- 9780918654298
- Publisher
- Colorado Railroad Museum
- Place of Publication
- Golden, CO
- Date Published
- 1979
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾ - 12"
- Keywords
- MOFFAT ROAD, DENVER AND UTAH RAILROAD, RAILROADS, ROCKY MOUNTAINS, TUNNELS
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About the Seller
PRAIRIE CREEK BOOKS & TEA LLC
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TORRINGTON, Wyoming
About PRAIRIE CREEK BOOKS & TEA LLC
We specialize in western history, gun knife and hunting titles. Also try to stock Wyoming history titles. We have a walk-in store on US Hwy 26/85 the most direct route to Fort Laramie National History site..We have what I think is the largest seleciton of weapons titles in SE Wyoming, both new and used. Always looking for good used weapons titles.
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- Tail
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- Paste-down
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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...
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