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SILVER SAN JUAN; THE RIO GRANDE SOUTHERN RAILROAD
by Ferrell, Mallory Hope
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 087108063X
- ISBN 13
- 9780871080639
- Seller
-
Talent, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Boulder, CO: Pruett Publishing, 1973. First edition First printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Number 263 of 750 numbered copies signed by Ferrell. For 60 years the trains of the Rio Grande Southern Railroad carried the economy of the San Juans. 643 pages of text, photographs, maps and rosters. Employee time table and system map in rear pocket. Bound in original red buckram with lettering stamped in gilt. Fine in fine price clipped dust jacket [all dust jackets of the limited issue clipped the price of the trade issue] a little rough along head and heel of the spine panel and two tiny chips from sliding in and out of the fine example of the publisher's slipcase. The dust jacket is now protected in a clear mylar sleeve. A bright attractive copy.
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- Bookseller
- Robert Gavora, Fine and Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 053326
- Title
- SILVER SAN JUAN; THE RIO GRANDE SOUTHERN RAILROAD
- Author
- Ferrell, Mallory Hope
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition First printing
- ISBN 10
- 087108063X
- ISBN 13
- 9780871080639
- Publisher
- Pruett Publishing
- Place of Publication
- Boulder, CO
- Date Published
- 1973
- Keywords
- First edition, railroad, railroads, railroading, trains, steam locomotives, narrow-gauge, mining, Colorado.
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About the Seller
Robert Gavora, Fine and Rare Books
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Talent, Oregon
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- Fine
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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...
- Jacket
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