VAN HORNE'S ROAD
by Lavallee, Omer
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Montreal QC: A Railfare Book, 1976. Signed inscription on title page. An illustrated account of the construction and first years of operation of teh Canadian Pacific transcontinental railway. 304 pages. 9 in x 12 1/2 in, Lovely book is lavishly illustrated throughout with hundreds of photographs, some color plates, forty maps and diagrams. Also illustrated with interesting railway memorabilia from menus to posters to time cards. Pages v/g condition. Endpapers illustrated. Red cloth, gilt titles. Edges lighly worn. White dust jacket illustrated on both covers. DJ worn at edges and lower cover. Tail of spine and lower corners of upper cover torn. DJ sticking to book. DJ not price clipped. Inside of book VG+, cover and dust jacket GOOD+. Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Hard Cover.
Synopsis
"A Railfare book." Includes bibliographical references (p. 337) and index.
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Details
- Bookseller
- J. Wyatt Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 033567
- Title
- VAN HORNE'S ROAD
- Author
- Lavallee, Omer
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- A Railfare Book
- Place of Publication
- Montreal QC
- Date Published
- 1976
- Keywords
- Railroad, CPR, Canadian Pacific,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Transportation;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
J. Wyatt Books
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Ottawa, Ontario
About J. Wyatt Books
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- Price Clipped
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- Good+
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Cloth
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- Edges
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- Title Page
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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...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Jacket
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