The Path Between the Seas: The Creation of the Panama Canal, 1870-1914

New York: Touchstone Books, 1977. Book. Very Good +. Trade Paperback. Later Printing. A square solid tight carefully read copy. This copy has some light pagedge soil, two light corner bumps, some light browning to extremities. This copy was one of a group that were presented to the passengers of the of the Royal Odyssey, a cruise liner that is/was a part of the Royal Cruise line in 1984, as a souviner of a cruise through the Panama Canal to celebrate the 70th anniversary of it's completion in 1914. This copy has two items laid in that verify the above, a copy of a note from the from the administrator of the canal and also a bookmark from the Cruise Line, both items mentioning the celebration. In addition there is a tipped in page containing a note from David McCullough with his facsimile signature. This copy is one of an un-known number of a Limited Edition, publisher's phrase not mine, limited by the presence of the tipped in page with the McCullough signature. A book by the Pulitzer Prize winning author of John Adams and Truman THAT ACTUALLY MADE A TRIP THROUGH THE CANAL. THIS COPY IS IN MY POSSESSION AND NORMALLY SHIPS NEXT DAY..