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Westward to Promontory: Building the Union Pacific Across the Plains & Mountains. a Pictorial Documentary
by Combs, Barry B
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket
- Seller
-
Hartland, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
Promontory Press. , Palo Alto.. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1969. First Edition :. Hardcover. Square quarto hardcover in blue buckram cloth covers, tight binding, clean fresh pages, covers unworn, lightly dusty, else VG+++ in VG DJ. A solid copy, crisp pages. Illustrated throughout. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Mossback Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 26630
- Title
- Westward to Promontory: Building the Union Pacific Across the Plains & Mountains. a Pictorial Documentary
- Author
- Combs, Barry B
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition :
- Publisher
- Promontory Press. , Palo Alto.
- Date Published
- 1969
- Keywords
- UNION Pacific; Union Pacific History
- Bookseller catalogs
- History;
Terms of Sale
Mossback Books
books sent by Media mail @$4.25 first book $3 each book thereafter; average size Air mail @$8.25 within midwest-zone(west-coast zone-$10.50) first book. Heavy books quote for air mail. Books can be returned within 7 days of receipt for any reason but with prior notice given to the seller. Foreign sales need to obtain a quote for postage.
About the Seller
Mossback Books
Biblio member since 2004
Hartland, Michigan
About Mossback Books
Sales through the internet and at book shows in the midwest.
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- 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.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
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