The Pacific Coast Company de Gerald M. Best - 1997-10-01

Signature Press, 1997T. hardcover. Good. 0.5000 11.0000 8.5000.

Signature Press, 1997. Oversized Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Very good clean tight copy. Text free of marks. No jacket. Professional book dealer since 1999. All orders are processed promptly and carefully packaged with tracking.

Signature Press, 1997. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 2nd Edition.

Signature Press, 1997 Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 2nd Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Near fine book and dust jacket. Illustrated with b/w photos. Index. 155 pp. c/w fold-out map..

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Wilton, CA;: Signature Press,, 1997. Second edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Features the 76 mile narrow gauge railroad from Port Harford, CA. to San Luis Obisbo, Santa Maria and Los Olivos. 155 pages with photographs, foldout map, maps and rosters. Fine in fine and bright dust jacket. An as new copy.

Wilton, California, USA: Signature Press, 1997. Reprint 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/Very Good. 285mm x 225mm x 18mm. 154 Pages with Black/White Photos, Illustrations and Maps. The Pacific Coast Company was a fascinating rail-marine operation which served the West Coast from San Diego to Alaska. Its rail components were both narrow gauge and, later, standard gauge railroads, and from its inception in the late eighteenth century, it was an important factor in the growth of California and the West. The earliest part of the system began as a horse-drawn rail line near San Luis Obispo, from which a full-fledged narrow-gauge railroad developed. Complementing the railroad was a fleet of the coastwise steamers which dominated California's north-south transportation in the 19th century. Another horse-drawn railroad was in San Diego, and a third rail operation was at Seattle, consolidating a group of small railroads. Later it became a gateway to the city for Northern Pacific, the Milwaukee Road, and Union… Leer más