Popular resorts, and how to reach them. Combining a brief description of the principal summer retreats in the United States, and the routes of travel leading to them. Illustrated. . . .
by BACHELDER, John B.[adger]
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- Hardcover
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- Seller
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Vancouver, Washington, United States
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About This Item
Boston: John B. Bachelder (At Lee & Shepard’s), 1875. 8vo. 361 pp., plus 3 pp. illustrated ads for the Gettysburg Guide and Longstreet’s assault. Frontisp. woodcut engraving, 151 woodcut engravings, 1 large folding colour railway map. Publisher’s emerald-green coloured cloth over beveled boards, black & gilt decorative lettering on front cover, spine (minor shelfwear, rubbing, minor bumping to corners), still a VG copy. Third revised & expanded edition of this excellent Victorian tourist guidebook, and specially designed to detail routes and excursion railroads to the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia. In addition, the author has included an excellent section on Union Pacific and Central Pacific Railroad excursions to the Dakotas, Colorado, Montana, Utah, Idaho, and California, with special mention of Calistoga Springs and Yosemite.
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- Bookseller
- Zephyr Used & Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 51339
- Title
- Popular resorts, and how to reach them. Combining a brief description of the principal summer retreats in the United States, and the routes of travel leading to them. Illustrated. . . .
- Author
- BACHELDER, John B.[adger]
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- John B. Bachelder (At Lee & Shepard’s),
- Place of Publication
- Boston:
- Date Published
- 1875.
- Keywords
- Resorts, Vacations, Vacation Travel, Guide Books, Map, Cartography, Transportation, Railroads, Railroading, Gettysburg, Western Americana, Americana, Dakotas, Colorado, Montana, Utah, Idaho, California, Calistoga Springs, Yosemite, Maps, Cartography
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Zephyr Used & Rare Books
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About the Seller
Zephyr Used & Rare Books
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Vancouver, Washington
About Zephyr Used & Rare Books
We are an independent bookseller, established in 1994, who exhibit at numerous book fairs and antique shows throughout the year, including Christine Palmer Antique Expos in Portland, OR & Vancouver, WA, The Rose City Book & Paper Show in Portland, the Custer Antique Show in Spokane, the Seattle Antiquarian Book Fair, the Sacramento Antiquarian Book Fair, the Pasadena Book & Paper Show, and others. We specialize in 19th-century imprints, Technical Books, History, Children's Literature, and much more. In addition we offer appraisals for insurance and tax purposes.
Glossary
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- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- Beveled
- Beveled edges, or beveled boards, describe a technique of binding in which the edges of book boards have been cut into slanted...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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