BEN HOLLADAY THE STAGECOACH KING A chapter in the development of Transcontinental Transportation de Frederick, J.V - 1940

Lincoln NE: University of Nebraska Press, 1989. Paperback. Near Fine. Black line on bottom edge of pages. Price inked out on rear cover. ; 5 3/8 x 8 "; 334 pages.

Glendale, CA: The Arthur Clark Company, 1940. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 334 pages, frontis, illustrations, top edge gilt, a few pages un-opened, very slight rubbing. Article about Holliday laid in. Ben Holladay owned and operated a network of main and branch stagecoach lines from Kansas to California from 1862 to 1866. The lines were faced with poor roads, bad weather, highwaymen, and Indian raids..

Arthur H. Clark, 1940-01-01. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No dust jacket as issued. 1016 copies printed. The binding is tight, corners sharp. Text and tissue guarded plates unmarked. Foldout map intact. Gilt top edge shows some very light handling, other edges untrimmed. 8vo. 334pp.

Glendale, California: The Arthur H. Clark Company, 1940. Book-plate of previous owner on front pastedown, who is cited on illustration page. Top edge gilt. Closed tear top free edge of title-page, repaired with archival tapes and without paper loss. A total of eight full-page plate illustrations with tissue-guards and a folding map, all in fine condition. A very clean copy. Chapters on freighting in the west, central overland route, Holladay organization, branch lines, difficulties with weather and Indfians, Holladay the man, and more. 334pp.. First Edition. Green Cloth. Minor Corner and Edge Soiling/No Dust Jacket. Large Octavo.

Glendale, CA: The Arthur Clark Company, 1940. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 334 pages, frontis, illustrations, top edge gilt. Ben Holladay owned and operated a network of main and branch stagecoach lines from Kansas to California from 1862 to 1866. The lines were faced with poor roads, bad weather, highwaymen, and Indian raids..

Glendale: TheArthur H. Clark Co., 1940., 1940. First edition. First edition. 8vo. Green cloth, gold stamping on spine, 334 pp., frontis., preface, teg., illustrations, eight plates, folding map, numerous appendices, bibliography, index. "Between 1862 and 1866 nearly four thousand miles of stage lines were owned and operated by Holladay. The communication lines between the East and isolated communities of the West were maintained by the stage lines during the Civil War when disruption would have been disastrous to the Union. The original records of the Holladay Overland Mail and Express Company were destroyed in the San Francisco fire of 1906. The author's research was conducted through newspapers and periodicals, private papers and personal interviews."---Clark/Brunet. Also tells of early stagecoach robberies, and has material on Joseph Slade and Broncho Jack. A fine, bright copy. Original prospectus laid-in.