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A complete description of a train journey in 1869 from New York to San Francisco. In 1869 the linking of the railroads at Promontory ushered in a new era of transportation to the west. In that year, the author, a correspondent of the London "Daily News", undertook the 3,000 mile journey by rail and detailed the journey for those who would follow.
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Westward By Rail
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Includes dust jacket. Dust jacket has some wear and tear to the edges. Pages are heavliy tanned from age. Seller Inventory # mon0003485456
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Westward By Rail: The New Route to the East
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Promontory Press, New York, 1974
ISBN 10: 0883940205
ISBN 13: 9780883940204
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Hard Cover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor w/ Protective Cover. Pages have yellowing. Covers have minor shelf wear. Jacket has some yellowing and shelf wear with a few small chips and tears, but it has been placed in a protective cover to prevent further damage. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Seller Inventory # 077855
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Westward By Rail The New Route to the East
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Facsimile Reprint. FREE SHIPPING Fine condition book is clean, unmarked and tight. Not ex-library. Very Good +, priced dust jacket. Written in 1869, the author decribes his amazing journey by rail from New York to San Francisco, on the new railroad line. 391pp, map. Shipped in sturdy cardboard box. Seller Inventory # 10421
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Westward By Rail: The New Route to the East
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Promontory Press, 1974
ISBN 10: 0883940205
ISBN 13: 9780883940204
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Westward By Rail: The New Route to the East
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Westward By Rail : The New Route to the East
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Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good (in mylar). Reprint. Textblock and binding clean; DJ price-clipped; clean with little wear to extremities; 391 pp. Hard Cover. Seller Inventory # SAS2586
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Westward By Rail
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: VG+. Reprint. fade to dw spine panel. Reissue of the 1871 edition. Book. Seller Inventory # 037573
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Westward By Rail: The New Route To The East
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Promontory Press, New York, 1974
ISBN 10: 0883940205
ISBN 13: 9780883940204
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Seller: Willis Monie-Books, ABAA, Cooperstown, NY, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Reprint of 1871 edition. Dust jacket is rubbed, with small abrasions and a bit of edge wear. Dust jacket spine is slightly faded. Foxing on top edge of book. Page edges are browned. Seller Inventory # 319874
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Westward by Rail
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Hardcover. Condition: Very good, Clean, tight, unmarked. 1974 reprint of British correspondent's 1871 account of an early rail crossing of the United States. Pages lightly toned. // shipped carefully packed in a sturdy box. Seller Inventory # 000136
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Westward By Rail: The New Route to the East
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Seller Inventory # 132605