The Story of the Panama Canal: The Wonderful Account of the Gigantic Undertaking Commenced by the French, and Brought to Triumphant Completion by the United States
by MARSHALL, Logan
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Galena, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
N.p.: N.p., 1913. Hardcover. 8vo. Pale red cloth with black spine lettering and large map plate to front board. 286pp. Color frontispiece, full-page illustrations, color plates, small color foldout map. Very good. Light binding wear and spine lightly sunned, else tight and internally fine. Attractive copy of this cryptic, bibliographically-challenged edition that may be a first edition -- unless it's not! The Panama Canal officially opened for traffic on August 15, 1914 and a quarter century later this momentous event was commemorated by the U.S. Post Office. This copy bears one such choice philatelic memento: Tipped to front flyleaf is a pristine First Day Cover, 6½" X 3½", cancelled aboard the U.S.S. Charleston in the Canal Zone on 15 August 1939 and with "First Day of Issue" so stamped. Single 3-cent "25th Anniversary Panama Canal" stamp at upper right and leftmost third filled with a handsome map and text printed cachet. Never addressed.
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- Bookseller
- Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA (US)
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- 47878
- Title
- The Story of the Panama Canal: The Wonderful Account of the Gigantic Undertaking Commenced by the French, and Brought to Triumphant Completion by the United States
- Author
- MARSHALL, Logan
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
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- Place of Publication
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- Date Published
- 1913
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