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Colorado Rail Annual No. 18. Railroading in the Rockies a Half Century Ago
by Albi, Charles, Corneliuss W. Hauck, and William C. Jones (editors)
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- first
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- Seller
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Scottsdale, Arizona, United States
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About This Item
Golden, CO: (1990): Colorado Railroad Museum. First Edition. Quarto. 221pp. Illustrated with over 300 black and white photographs, folding maps laid in at rear. Three accounts of travel by railroad in the Rockies, two young Californians', a Coloradoan and a businessman riding the Santa Fe Business car. Bound in blue cloth lettered in gilt. A near fine copy in near fine pictorial dust jacket.
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- Bookseller
- Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 011460
- Title
- Colorado Rail Annual No. 18. Railroading in the Rockies a Half Century Ago
- Author
- Albi, Charles, Corneliuss W. Hauck, and William C. Jones (editors)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Colorado Railroad Museum
- Place of Publication
- Golden, CO: (1990)
- Keywords
- Maps Maps Trains First edition Railroading
- Bookseller catalogs
- Railroad;
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About the Seller
Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
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Scottsdale, Arizona
About Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
Alcuin Books located in Old Town Scottsdale is a store with 15,000 serious books for the collector or scholar. We have ample parking in front of the store for those who wish to browse our holdings.
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