Horan james d editor (5 resultados)

Soft cover. Condición: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Fine in glossy wraps. Bright, snug & unmarked first printing thus.

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. 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.…

Original Cloth-backed Boards. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. First Edition. Ink check mark on front flyleaf. Unclipped dust jacket.

Crown: 1960. 200p. Very good in like copy. This copy includes holograph notes from South Carolina writer Paul Stevens to his cousin along with three typed letters discussing Civil War Naval history. Query for more details. South. Review copy.

Hardcover. Condición: Good. Hardcover mit Schutzumschlag, 23,5 cm, zahlr. Illustr. (s/w), riecht etwas muffig, Buchblock gerade, Besitzername im Vorsatz. VERSANDKOSTEN WEICHEN AB. Buch.