Isbn: 9780919306844 - i'll take the train (prairie books) (3 Ergebnisse)

Trade Paperback. Zustand: Good. Second Printing. Covers have light wear, small tear at spine heel. Interior has name stamp, else clean and solid. Two copies available.

Zustand: good. Name written inside the front cover. Some shelf, storage or usage wear present. The binding is tight and all pages are present. The pages appear unmarked. Light staining on page edges. Pictures available upon request. Individually inspected by Shadow. Thanks for supporting an independent bookseller.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good ++. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First Edition. The author of these 196 pages was a newspaperman in Regina, Edmonton and Calgary from 1930 to 1955 or so. Travel for that vocation allowed him to gather these memories. Read more about Peebles and Glenavon. Also : CPR freight, The Spanner, Old Betsy, Conductor Sam Jones, PGE, Golden, horse-train, Countess of Dufferin, and Aberdeen Street Medicine Hat. Text assisted by section of b/w photos at center. Author has signed the title page. Cond : Boards are blue with black lettering. White end-papers. D.J. photo shows locomotive 2834 labouring through a prairie winter landscape. Binding sound. Colours bright. Clean. Light edge wear, esp ro d.j. edge. Some cover rubbing. No creases nor marks. Very good collectible copy. Quote (p. 86) : The Coquihalla is among the most spectacular canyon passes in North America. It is also one of the roughest in winter from a railroader's point of view. Snowfall averages 500 feet. It was this factor and the attendant cost, as much as the drop in traffic, that caused ._._._. ." Size: Octavo. B/W Photographs (illustrator). Signed by Author(s).…