Virginia & Truckee: A Story of Virginia City and Comstock Times.
by Beebe, Lucius and Charles Clegg
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very good plus, in a good dust jacket with tears & chips and some loss at top edge of front panel.
- Seller
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Reno, Nevada, United States
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About This Item
Oakland.: Grahame H. Hardy., 1949. 1st edition limited to 950 copies.. Quarter brown cloth, gilt spine title, gilt silhouette of train on cover.. Very good plus, in a good dust jacket with tears & chips and some loss at top edge of front panel.. 23.5x15.5 cm.. Signed by both authors on the limitation page with a personal inscription and additional signature by Beebe on the second endpaper. The story of the fabulous “Silver Short Line” railroad. weight: 0.8 lb. Illustrated with drawings & maps. Pictorial endpapers by E.S. Hammack.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Zephyr Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 291562
- Title
- Virginia & Truckee: A Story of Virginia City and Comstock Times.
- Author
- Beebe, Lucius and Charles Clegg
- Format/Binding
- Quarter brown cloth, gilt spine title, gilt silhouette of train on cover.
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good plus, in a good dust jacket with tears & chips and some loss at top edge of front panel.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st edition limited to 950 copies.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Grahame H. Hardy.
- Place of Publication
- Oakland.
- Date Published
- 1949
- Pages
- 59, [3] pp.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Nevada;
- Size
- 23.5x15.5 cm.
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Zephyr Books
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Reno, Nevada
About Zephyr Books
Zephyr Books is owned and operated by Lee and Ivye Johnson. We have been in the book business in Reno, Nevada since 1994. We have operated both brick and mortar, as well as online exclusive shops. We closed our brick and mortar shop in 2013, and now offer an exclusive selection of rare, collectible, and antiquarian books online only.
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