Wonderland Reached by The Rio Grande "The Scenic Line of the World": A Souvenir Album Containing Forty Views of Colorado and Utah Scenery
by (DENVER & RIO GRANDE RAILROAD)
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Galena, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Denver: The Van Noy Inter-State Company, 1922. Paperback. Wide small 4to. Stiff calf-textured wrappers and large ornate gilt lettering, string-tied. (40pp). Numerous large sepia-tone photographs. Very good. Faint wear to outer wrappers (only). Tight and attractive first edition of this oversize promotional vehicle for the storied Denver & Rio Grande Railroad, featuring full-page images of the major tourism sites such as Mesa Verde, Bryce Canyon, Great Salt Lake, Pike's Peak, etc.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 45446
- Title
- Wonderland Reached by The Rio Grande "The Scenic Line of the World": A Souvenir Album Containing Forty Views of Colorado and Utah Scenery
- Author
- (DENVER & RIO GRANDE RAILROAD)
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- The Van Noy Inter-State Company
- Place of Publication
- Denver
- Date Published
- 1922
- Bookseller catalogs
- Books; Western Americana; Railroad;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA
Biblio member since 2005
Galena, Illinois
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...