1970 PACIFIC TOURIST 1884 Guide Illustrated Trans-Continental Railroad Atlantic

Langue : anglais

Edité par Bounty Books, a division of Crown Publishers, Inc., United States, 1970

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Description: • Author: Frederick E. Shearer (Editor of original edition); James D. Horan (Introduction to reprint) • Full Title: The Pacific Tourist. Adams & Bishop's Illustrated Trans-Continental Guide of Travel, from The Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean. • Publisher: Bounty Books, a division of Crown Publishers, Inc., New York. (Original edition published by Adams & Bishop, New York, 1884). • Year: 1970 • Binding style and materials: Hardcover, bound in dark blue cloth boards. The spine features bright metallic magenta lettering. Complete with its original pictorial dust jacket. • Notable features: This volume is a detailed facsimile reprint of the highly influential 1884 guide to trans-continental railroad travel across the American West. It offers extensive descriptions of railroad routes, pleasure resorts, and noted scenery, covering cities, towns, U.S. forts, springs, lakes, and mountains. The guide details points of travel along the Union and Central Pacific Railroads to California, Colorado, Nebraska, Wyoming, Utah, Nevada, Montana, the Mines and Mining of the Territories, the Pacific Coast, the Rocky Mountains, the Sierra Nevadas, the Colorado Mountains, the Big Trees, the Geysers, Yosemite, and Yellowstone. Illustrations, maps, plates, engravings, foldouts, or decorative elements: The work is lavishly illustrated with numerous engravings. These include contributions from renowned artists such as Thomas Moran, A. C. Warren, W. Snyder, F. Schell, H. W. Troy, and A. Will, with engravings by Meeder & Chubb. Illustrations include scenic landscapes (such as "Scenic Along the Nebraska") and portraits (including a full page of "Representative Mormons"). Condition: Exterior • Dust Jacket: Good condition, exhibiting general shelf wear, rubbing to surfaces, creasing, and minor chipping along edges. The red lettering on the spine shows some fading. • Spine: The dark blue cloth spine is firm and square, with bright metallic magenta lettering that shows minimal wear. • Boards/Covers: The dark blue cloth boards are clean, straight, and well-preserved with sharp corners and very light shelf wear. • Edge wear: Minimal to the board edges. • Gilt condition: The metallic magenta lettering on the spine is bright and largely intact. • Hinges/binding integrity: The binding is strong and fully intact, holding the text block firmly. Interior • Page quality: Pages are clean, crisp, and bright throughout, showing no signs of foxing or toning. • Foxing: None present. • Toning/browning: None present. • Writing or inscriptions: No discernible previous owner's inscriptions, underlining, or markings. • Tears, stains, creases, or repairs: Pages are free from tears, stains, or significant creases.

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Détails bibliographiques

Titre
1970 PACIFIC TOURIST 1884 Guide Illustrated Trans-Continental Railroad Atlantic
Auteur
Frederick E. Shearer (Editor of original edition); James D. Horan
Éditeur
Bounty Books, a division of Crown Publishers, Inc., United States
Année de publication
1970
État de l'article
Très bon
Jaquette
Satisfaisant
Reliure
Couverture rigide
Langue
anglais
Poids de l'article
48 onces

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