We Were There with the Pony Express by William O. Steele - 1956

Harper & Brothers. Good+ with no dust jacket; Previous owners name inside.. 1959, 1960. Hardcover. 8vo; 107 pages .

Grosset & Dunlap, Publishers, 1956. Hardcover. Good. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Grosset & Dunlap, Publishers, 1956. Hardcover. Acceptable. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Grosset & Dunlap, Publishers, 1956. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket in acceptable condition. Book club edition. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Secure packaging for safe delivery.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Grosset & Dunlap, 1956. Book Club. Hardcover. very good/very good. NOT an ex library book. Name on front endpaper. 182 pages. Dust jacket has some ripples on rear.

New York: Grosset & Dunlap. Light wear. Dust jacket has some losses, protected in mylar. X12 . Good. Hardcover. Book Club Edition. 1956.

Columbia Visatone & Publication. Good with no dust jacket; Previous owners name on front cover. Cover spine . edge taped. Inside pages good.. 1942, 1945. Eighth Printing. Pamphlet. Has Nihil Obstat and Imprimatur; Father Kessler's Study Aids; 80 pages .

Grosset & Dunlap, 1956. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1956. No Edition Remarks. 182 pages. Grey cloth with decorations. Black and white illustrations throughout. Binding remains firm. Pages and illustrations have light tanning and foxing throughout. Pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Slight crushing to spine ends with splits to spine ends causing cloth to be frayed. Marking to front board.

Grosset & Dunlap, 1956. Library Binding. Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Grosset & Dunlap. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1956. Hardcover. We Were There; Vol. 8; 16 oz.; 182 pages; HC w/DJ unmarked book very nice condition DJ edge wear/rips. During its 18 months of operation, the Pony Express reduced the time for messages to travel between the east and west US coast to about 10 days. It became the west's most direct means of east–west communication before the first transcontinental telegraph was established (October 24, 1861) and was vital for tying the new U. S. State of California with the rest of the United States. Despite a heavy subsidy, the Pony Express was not a financial success and went bankrupt in 18 months, when a faster telegraph service was established. Nevertheless, it demonstrated that a unified transcontinental system of communications could be established and operated year-round. When replaced by the telegraph, the Pony Express quickly became romanticized and became part of the lore of the American West. Its reliance on the ability… Read More