Illustrated History of the Panama Railroad: Together with a Traveler's Guide and Business Man's Handbook
by OTIS, F.N
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Palm Springs, California, United States
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About This Item
New York, Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1861,, 1861. First edition. 8vo. Attractive frontispiece of a train arriving at the station and 32 engraved illustrations (including 2 maps); advertising material at end. Original gilt and blindstamped dark brown cloth (slight rubbing at head of spine); yellow coated endpapers. Very good. 263 pages + 4 pages of advertisements. No signatures or bookplates. Spine title: Handbook of the Panama Rail-road. Errata slip tipped in.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket.
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- Bookseller
- Houle Rare Books & Autographs (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 301763
- Title
- Illustrated History of the Panama Railroad: Together with a Traveler's Guide and Business Man's Handbook
- Author
- OTIS, F.N
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- New York, Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1861,
- Date Published
- 1861
- Bookseller catalogs
- WESTERN AMERICANA;
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About the Seller
Houle Rare Books & Autographs
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Palm Springs, California
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- Spine
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- Tipped In
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- First Edition
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- Gilt
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- Jacket
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- Rubbing
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- Errata
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- Cloth
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