CREST OF THE CONTINENT: A RECORD OF A SUMMER'S RAMBLE IN THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS AND BEYOND
by Ingersoll, Ernest
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Talent, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Chicago: R.R. Donnelley & Sons, Publishers, 1888. Early reprint . Hardcover. 344 pages of mule travel and train rides in the Rockies of Colorado long before the Dorango and Silverton was a tourist railroad. Illustrations. Bound in original blue cloth with lettering and illustration stamped in gilt and brown. Small label partially removed from the front free endpaper. Corners lightly bumped. A very good plus copy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Robert Gavora, Fine and Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 30770
- Title
- CREST OF THE CONTINENT: A RECORD OF A SUMMER'S RAMBLE IN THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS AND BEYOND
- Author
- Ingersoll, Ernest
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Early reprint
- Publisher
- R.R. Donnelley & Sons, Publishers
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- 1888
- Keywords
- railroads, railroading, Western Americana, Colorado, travel guide.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Western Americana;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Robert Gavora, Fine and Rare Books
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Talent, Oregon
About Robert Gavora, Fine and Rare Books
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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...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...