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The Old Iron Road An Epic of Rails, Roads, and the Urge to Go West
by David Haward Bain
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0670033081
- ISBN 13
- 9780670033089
- Seller
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Stanley, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Viking, 2004. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition, First Printing.. New York: Viking , 2004. First Edition, First Printing. Fine/fine. First edition, first printing, signed by author, in clean unclipped jacket. Clean blue boards with metallic lettering on spine. Very tiny bump to one corner tip, otherwise no wear. Binding is tight & square, pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean map-illustrated endpapers; no previous owner markings. Signed by author on title page: "David H. Bain". Illustrated with black and white plates. 434 pages with index. Clean jacket is unchipped, no tears, not price clipped (27.95 on front inside flap). Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover..
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- Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 022436
- Title
- The Old Iron Road An Epic of Rails, Roads, and the Urge to Go West
- Author
- David Haward Bain
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing.
- ISBN 10
- 0670033081
- ISBN 13
- 9780670033089
- Publisher
- Viking
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2004
- Keywords
- ADVENTURE, TRAVEL, TRAINS, RAILROADS, AMERICAN HISTORY, DAVID HAWARD BAIN, FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY AUTHOR
- Bookseller catalogs
- Adventure/Travel; SIGNED Editions;
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About Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
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- Fine
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