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The Story of the Hoover Dam
by C.H. Vivian, et.al
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0913814792
- ISBN 13
- 9780913814796
- Seller
-
WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
Item Price
A$13.80A$9.66
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About This Item
Las Vegas, NV: Nevada Publications, 1986 Nevada Publications, Las Vegas, NV. 1986. Softcover/Trade Wraps. First Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Glued in is a brochure from the U.S.S. Riverside, a cruise boat on the Colorado River, that has a narration of the tour guide who describes all significant events and landmarks along the river including Hoover Dam. Book Condition: Very Good; light edge and tip bumping; light rubbing to panels. No DJ. Pictorial card stock wraps. Wraps are not bent or folded; spine is not creased or split; text is secure in binding. 144 pp 4to. The book is a facsimile reproduction of a collection of published articles about the construction of Hoover Dam in 1931-1935 and of the Colorado River Aqueduct. There are five booklets from Compressed Air Magazine. They cover the history of the Colorado River, the construction of the dam, the people who worked on the dam, the technology developed to complete the project, and the final benefits from the dam. A clean very presentable copy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 012367
- Title
- The Story of the Hoover Dam
- Author
- C.H. Vivian, et.al
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0913814792
- ISBN 13
- 9780913814796
- Publisher
- Nevada Publications
- Place of Publication
- Las Vegas, NV
- Date Published
- 1986
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾ - 12"
- Keywords
- Hoover Dam, Construction of Hoover Dam, engineering, concrete, Boulder City, Yuma Arizona, Colorado River, U.S.S. Riverside, Colorado River Aqueduct, Black Canyon, hydroelectric power, Los Angeles, Water supply to Southern California
- Bookseller catalogs
- Americana; Architecture/Design;
Terms of Sale
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or in the unfortunate event, damaged. All books are packed and wrapped with care to avoid shifting during shipment and edge/tip strikes during the mailing process.
About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Biblio member since 2018
WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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