Hardcover. Los Angeles, CA, Nash Publishing, 1st, 1973, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 349 pages, hardcover. Brown cloth covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. Contains B&W photography throughout. Blevins presents a poetic tribute to the dauntless first Westerners who explored the Great American West from the time of Lewis and Clark into the 1840s. As trappers in a hostile, trackless land, their exploits opened the gates of the mountains for the wagon trains of pioneers who followed them. Previous owner's name on inside front cover, otherwise clean copy. Record # 34107
Hardcover. New York, Bonanza Books, reprint , 1945, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 223 pages. Black & white photography of trains. Dust jacket with rubbing. Record # 511200
Hardcover. New York, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 1st, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Minor sun-fade to spine, else a clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. Award-winning author Angela Johnson and striking images from fine artist Loren Long join forces in this heartbreaking yet uplifting picture book which won the Golden Kite Award about a boy, his love for trains, and his adulation of one legendary engineer. Record # 464723
Softcover. Vashon, WA, The Backbone Campaign, 1st, 2016, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 108 pages, soft cover. Covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. Contains B&W and full-color photography and illustrations throughout. This book asks the question: could railroads, the oldest form of mechanized mass transportation, be the key to unlocking solutions to some of the greatest challenges of the 21st century? Why not power trains with renewable energy? Contains some of previous owner's underlining and markings in pen throughout, but they do not effect the legibility of any text blocks. Record # 34546
Hardcover. Honolulu, HI, East-West Center Press, 1st thus, 1965, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 56 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket is in fair condition after repairs, due to multiple open and closed tears, with light staining. Brown cloth cover boards with embossed black Japanese text are significantly warped, but are otherwise in good condition. Interior pages are all clean and bright. Binding is solid. Contains full-color illustrations throughout. This book presents Hiroshige's renowned woodblock prints of 53 small stations along the Tokaido, the national highway connecting Tokyo with Kyoto. It is a beautiful retrospective of Utagawa Hiroshige's artistry. Clean copy. Record # 34319
Hardcover. Berkeley CA, Howell-North, 1st, 1959, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 213 pages, hardcover. Cloth pictorial boards are in good condition, as are the interior pages. Solid binding. This book tells the story of the historical two-foot gauge railroads of Maine. B&W photographs and maps included throughout. Clean copy. Record # 33635
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