Sugar Tramp: Colorado's Great Western Railway.
by Gary Morgan
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Oregon City, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Fort Collins, CO Centennial Publications, 1975. Hardcover First Edition (1975], so stated. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR at the flyleaf verso. First Edition (1975), so stated. Edition Limited to 1500 numbered copies, of which this is Number 128. Near Fine in Near Fine DJ: The Book's binding is very slightly cocked and shows a hint of wear to the lower rear corner tip; else flawless.The binding is secure; the text is clean. Free of creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of underlining, hi-lighting, notations, or marginalia. Free of any ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, plates, or labels. A handsome, nearly-new copy, tightly bound, showing a couple of minor, unobtrusive imperfections. Bright, crisp and clean. Very close to 'As New'. The DJ shows a bit of wrinkling at the lower rear corner tip and very mild rubbing and faint soiling to the white background field of the rear panel; else flawless; unclipped; mylar-protected. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. Large 4to. (11.65 x 9.15 x 0.65 inches). 97 pages. Appendices, Bibliography, Addendum, Index. Profusely illustrated with vintage duotone photographs, maps, rosters, schematics, elevations, etc.. Four full-page photographs, errata sheet, and a Great Western Railway Co. Time Table in an envelope attached at the rear pastedown endpaper. Language: English. Weight: 27.4 ounces. Hardback: Pictorial Paper over Boards with DJ. Fascinating history of the Great Western Railway which served Colorado's sugar beet industry in and around Loveland. Covers construction, operation, steam and diesel eras, and with sections on the cabooses, dinkies, and McKean cars. SIGNED BY AUTHOR.
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- Seller
- Black Cat Hill Books (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 54138
- Title
- Sugar Tramp: Colorado's Great Western Railway.
- Author
- Gary Morgan
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition (1975], so stated.
- Publisher
- Centennial Publications,
- Place of Publication
- Fort Collins, CO
- Date Published
- 1975.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Transportation: Railroads; Railway Lines;
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