Copper Canyon (Barranca Del Cobre): A Guidebook to El Ferrocarril Chihuahua al Pacifico and the Sierra Tarahumara
by Dana Mark Hampton
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
Item Price
€11.27€7.89
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About This Item
Bastrop, TX: Sandborn Tours, 1989 Sandborn Tours, Bastrop, TX. 1989. Softcover/Trade Wraps. First Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for a rubber stamp on the title page of the Sandborn Tours new address and a name in ink on the front wrap. Book Condition: Very Good; rubbing to wraps; light edge and tip wear. No DJ. Pictorial card stock wraps. Wraps are not bent or folded; spine is not creased or split; text is secure in binding. 89 pp 8vo. Known as Copper Canyon in English, the Barranca del Cobre is a labyrinthine system of chasms stretching from horizon to horizon. Its environ is the home of one of the most reclusive Native American tribes in North America, the Tarahumara. This is the definitive book about the Copper Canyon. The author has given a complete description and history of the Sierra Tarahumara and its people. The railroad log is a concise description of what the traveler will see along the Chihuahua al Pacifico. A clean very presentable copy.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 016038
- Title
- Copper Canyon (Barranca Del Cobre): A Guidebook to El Ferrocarril Chihuahua al Pacifico and the Sierra Tarahumara
- Author
- Dana Mark Hampton
- Illustrator
- Jeffery Nixon, Dana Hampton
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Sandborn Tours
- Place of Publication
- Bastrop, TX
- Date Published
- 1989
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Copper Canyon, Barranca del Cobre, North American Indian Tribe, Tarahumara, Sierra Madre Occidental, The Sierra Tarahumara, El Ferrocarril Chihuahua al Pacifico, Railroads, Mexican Railroad, desert environment, Mexican desert
- Bookseller catalogs
- Transportation; Latin America;
Terms of Sale
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
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About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
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WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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