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Van Hornes road: An illustrated account of the construction and first years of operation of the Canadian Pacific transcontinental railway
by Omer Lavallee
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- ISBN 10
- 0889024197
- ISBN 13
- 9780889024199
- Seller
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Menifee, California, United States
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About This Item
Fitzhenry & Whiteside, 1977-01-01. Second Printing. Hardcover. Good. 1977 second printing, Fitzhenry and Whiteside (Don Mills, Ontario, Canada), 8 3/4 x 12 1/8 inches tall red cloth hardbound in publisher's price-clipped dust jacket, gilt lettering to front cover and spine, pictorial endpapers, copiously illustrated with black-and-white photographs, 304 pp. Moderate soiling and slight rubbing and edgewear to covers, with a bit of bumping to the tips (especially lower tips). Otherwise, apart from very slight marginal age toning, a very good copy - clean, bright and unmarked - in a slightly edgeworn dust jacket which is nicely preserved and displayed in a clear archival Brodart sleeve. Note that this is a heavy and oversized book, so additional postage will be required for international or priority orders. ~W~ Contents: The Photographers; Foreword; Confederation; Government Construction; Formation of the Company; The Prairies; Routes Via The Lakes; The Eastern Main Line; Rockies and Selkirks; Closing the Gap; From Sea to Sea; New Route to the Orient; Epilogue; Appendix I: Stations and Mileages; Select Bibliography; Appendix II: Origin of Station Names; Appendix III: Genealogy; Index.
Synopsis
"A Railfare book." Includes bibliographical references (p. 337) and index.
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- Bookseller
- Flamingo Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- W-1061-6656
- Title
- Van Hornes road: An illustrated account of the construction and first years of operation of the Canadian Pacific transcontinental railway
- Author
- Omer Lavallee
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Second Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0889024197
- ISBN 13
- 9780889024199
- Publisher
- Fitzhenry & Whiteside
- Place of Publication
- Don Mills
- Date Published
- 1977-01-01
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Flamingo Books
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Menifee, California
About Flamingo Books
Flamingo Books specializes in scarce and unusual nonfiction books and ephemera, with an emphasis on the natural sciences, religion, law, history and antiquarian titles.
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- New
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- Cloth
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- Spine
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- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
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