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The Big Four: The Story of Huntington, Stanford, Hopkins, and Crocker, and of the Building of the Central Pacific
de Lewis, Oscar
- Usado
- near fine
- Tapa dura
- Firmado
- First
- Estado
- Near Fine/No Jacket
- Librería
-
La Mesa, California, United States
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Sobre este artículo
New York, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1946. First Edition Later Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Chronicles the rise of the Central Pacific's "Big Four,'' men who played a major role in the development of the Pacific Coast region of California in the period following the completion of the transcontinental Central Pacific railroad in 1869: Collis Huntington,Mark Hopkins, Leland Stanford, Charles Crocker. In 418 +vi pp, with Index, Bibliography; extensively illustrated throughout. SIGNED by the author with a personalized inscription to one George W. Kemper, "in admiration & friendship'' to ffep. Orig. published in 1938, this is the Ninth Printing (1946) of that First Edition. With blue cloth over boards is stamped & lettered in gilt to front & spine, this hardcover is in Near Fine condition, marred only by light rubbing to lower spine & extremely mild corner bumping. Else, completely clean & bright, binding strong & straight, pages creamy white with mild tanning to edges & endpapers; no foxing. No DJ. Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same Day Shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (PST); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.
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- Librería
- Gargoyle Books
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 020998
- Título
- The Big Four: The Story of Huntington, Stanford, Hopkins, and Crocker, and of the Building of the Central Pacific
- Autor
- Lewis, Oscar
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Near Fine
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- No Jacket
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First Edition Later Printing
- Editorial
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Lugar de publicación
- New York, New York
- Fecha de publicación
- 1946
- Palabras clave
- TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROAD CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO HUNTINGTON BUILDING ARCHITECTURE UNIVERSITIES MILLIONAIRES MUSEUMS ART GILDED AGE NINETEENTH TWENTIETH CENTURY
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Autobiography-Biography-Journals-Letters; Californiana;
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- Rubbing
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- First Edition
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- Spine
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