The Overland Mail
by Le Roy R. Hafen
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very fine+/No dj
- Seller
-
Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Very fine+. Ex lib. No dust jacket as issued. 1926, First Edition hardcover 8vo with 361pp., seven plates and folding map that appears never to have been opened, plus index. Green cloth boards, bright with no fading. Scholarly work on the establishment and early development of the US postal service, the Ocean Mail, Butterfield Overland Mail, the Pony Express, Indian peril, days of the stage-coach, and more. Howes H-11; Rittenhouse 267.
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Details
- Bookseller
- E. Crocker (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- EEC46-11
- Title
- The Overland Mail
- Author
- Le Roy R. Hafen
- Format/Binding
- Bright green cloth with gold lettering
- Book Condition
- Used - Very fine+
- Jacket Condition
- No dj
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Arthur H. Clark company
- Place of Publication
- Cleveland
- Date Published
- 1926
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Stage coach, Butterfield, Pony Express, US Postal Service
- Bookseller catalogs
- Trans-MIssissippi West;
Terms of Sale
E. Crocker
10 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 10 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
E. Crocker
Biblio member since 2018
Santa Fe, New Mexico
About E. Crocker
Long time collector refining my stacks.
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