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High Road to Promontory: Building the Central Pacific (Now the Southern Pacific) Across the High Sierra
by Kraus, George
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+/Good- Dust Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 1122161786
- ISBN 13
- 9781122161787
- Seller
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Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
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About This Item
Palo Alto, California: American West Publishing Co, 1969-05-10. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+/Good- Dust Jacket. 9x6x1. Very good+ hardcover with good- dust jacket. 1st printing of 1st edition, with no additional printings on CP. Brick red cloth with gilt lettering on spine and golden railroad spike on front cover. 317pp plus unpaginated colophon. Text is unmarked and clean. Corners sharp. Pages bright and crisp. Binding is tight, sturdy, and square. Top edge of text block has some discoloration, otherwise book itself is near fine. Unclipped Dust jacket in good- condition, arrives in protective Mylar wraps. Jacket has rubbing, edgewear, a five-inch closed tear to front and a finger-sized water stain on back. From a private collection - NOT ex-library. Ships same or next business day from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Due to the size/weight of this book extra charges may apply for international shipping.
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- Bookseller
- The Book House in Dinkytown
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 311385
- Title
- High Road to Promontory: Building the Central Pacific (Now the Southern Pacific) Across the High Sierra
- Author
- Kraus, George
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Good- Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1122161786
- ISBN 13
- 9781122161787
- Publisher
- American West Publishing Co
- Place of Publication
- Palo Alto, California
- Date Published
- 1969-05-10
- Size
- 9x6x1
- Keywords
- 1122161786
- X weight
- 16 oz
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The Book House in Dinkytown
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About the Seller
The Book House in Dinkytown
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Minneapolis, Minnesota
About The Book House in Dinkytown
Used books bought and sold, classics and collectibles in all fields. In Dinkytown since 1976.
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- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- 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...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Colophon
- The colophon contains information about a book's publisher, the typesetting, printer, and possibly even includes a printer's...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- 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....
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