Colorado Midland by Cafky, Morris - 1965

Denver, CO: Rocky Mountain Railroad Club/World Press Inc., 1965. Limited Edition, Signed, Numbered . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 468pp.incl.index; HB blk.w/gilt; bookplated,otherwise fine w/clean,tight pgs. DJ red&white w/blk.-pic.cover; some rub w/wear on edges&corners; some lt.soil; spine&edges w/sun. The Colorado Midland Railroad--hundreds of photos + numerous maps & tables***all 5 maps in bk.pkt. Edition limited to 6000 volumes. Book Number 367. signed by Cafky.

Rocky Mountain Railroad Club, 1965. First Edition. hardcover. Very Good/Acceptable. 11x8x2. Signed by Author. Denver, 1965; signed by author on Limited edition page; Numbered 4402/6000; 1st edition; black cloth covered boards; corners with board exposed; edge wear; illustrated jacket in acceptable condition with heavy edge and corner wear; 4to - over 9 3/4" to 12" tall; Interior is clean and unmarked; 467 pages. all maps present in map Pocket; Additional shipping charges may be required for international or expedited orders.

Rocky Mountain Railroad Club, 1965. Limited Edition 741/6000. Signed. Good in Good- DJ. Text block is slightly warped; interior is clean and free of marks. Slight age-toning to edges of pages. Rear pocket has crease but contains Fine copies of all five maps. Envelope has a stain. Rear fly leaf wavy. Bottom of text block shows foxing. Binding shows edge and corner wear. DJ is intact but faded, creased, stained, torn, and slightly soiled. Photo is of the copy here at Barbed Wire Books.

1965. (COLORADO). CAFKY, Morris. Colorado Midland. [Denver, 1965]. 4to. Profusely illus. Pocket maps. xv, 467pp. Fine in d/j. Wynar 6600. "A lost cause of impressive dimensions." This line folded in 1921 & had less than 350 miles of track. But it was a link in a transcontinental system, an example of spectacular engineering, & rail buffs love it.

Denver: Rocky Mountain Railroad Club, 1965. Limited First Edition, copy #1598; Signed by Morris Cafky on the Limitation Page; All five maps present in rear pocket and in perfect condition; Gilt embossed black cloth binding in pristine condition; Textblock immaculate and tight; Dust jacket has lightly to moderately worn extremities, with a lightly faded spine; 467p; Wynar/Depp 6600.. Signed by Author. Copy #1598 of 6000 (Limited Edition). Black Cloth. Fine/Very Good (in mylar). Illus. by Photographs/Maps. 4to - Over 9 ¾" -12" Tall. Hard Cover.

Rocky Mountain Railroad Club, 1965. Limited edition, signed by the author. Fine in very good but rubbed and sunned dust jacket with a few short tears and creases.. Folding maps in pocket at rear.

Denver, CO,: The Rocky Mountain Railroad Club, 1965. # 124 of the limited, first edition. Hardcover. Very good+/Very good. Denver, CO,: The Rocky Mountain Railroad Club, 1965. # 124 of the limited, first edition. Signed by the author. 4 color illustrations and many black and white photographs. 5 fold out maps in rear pocket. ix, 467 pp. Hardcover. 4to. Black cloth. A very slight scattering of foxing on top edge, else a clean, tight copy in a spine-faded dust jacket with slight edge-wear. Very good+/Very good.

Rocky Mountain Railroad Club, 1965. Limited edition, signed by the author. Fine in very good, lightly rubbed dust jacket with a lightly sunned spine and light soiling to rear panel.. Folding maps in pocket at rear.

Rocky Mountain Railroad Club, 1965. Limited edition, signed by the author. Fine in fine, faintly soiled dust jacket with a few tiny tears.. Folding maps in pocket at rear.

[Denver: Rocky Mountain Railroad Club, 1965]., 1965. First edition. First edition. Limited edition of 6000 volumes signed by the author and numbered. This is copy 5617. Thick quarto. Black cloth, gold stamping on front cover and spine, timetables on endpapers, xv [1], 467 pp., frontis. [the Colorado Midlands famous Ute chief emblem], preface, acknowledgments, double column, illustrated, four full-color paintings, maps, bibliography, index. Five folding maps in a pocket affixed to rear fly leaf, depict 1). the system map of the Colorado Midland Railway, 2). the Leadville Mining District, 1905, 3). Aspen and vicinity, 4). East and West approaches to Hagerman Pass, and 5). Map, Profile and Rail chart of the Colorado Midland Railway. In 1921, the Colorado Midland Railway went out of business and, at the time, constituted one of the largest business enterprises in the State of Colorado. It had less than 350 miles of track when it was abandoned, and only 63 locomotives remained on its roster. By rights… Read More