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The Pony Express; The Record of a Romantic Adventure in Business
by Chapman, Arthur
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
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Madison, Wisconsin, United States
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About This Item
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1932. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo. [6], 7-319, [1] pp. Green cloth with black lettering on the front board and spine; orange topstain. Maps printed in black on the endpapers and pastedowns. Price of $3.50 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Illustrated with a frontispiece and with seven plates. Adams Six-Guns 412. Howes C-291. Rader 657. A history of the critical mail delivery service: from its early days and the Congressional disputes over which routes were to be used, to the contract distribution, to the incidents different riders experienced along the trail, and a short biography of one rider, William Campbell. Chapman's narrative ends with the invention of the telegraph. Some offsetting to the rear pastedown; jacket is Very Good with a few traces of edge wear.
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- Bookseller
- Evening Star Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000010525
- Title
- The Pony Express; The Record of a Romantic Adventure in Business
- Author
- Chapman, Arthur
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- G.P. Putnam's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1932
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Evening Star Books
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About Evening Star Books
We buy and sell rare and fine books in many fields. Our interests include philosophy, modern first editions, and works of historical or intellectual interest. In addition to bookselling, we regularly do valuations and appraisals for non-IRS purposes. Evening Star Books is a Limited Liability Company.
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