Author: Various Authors Title: Life and Times of the Central Pacific Railroad. Set of Twelve Keepsake Booklets
Description: No Place, Book Club of California, Publisher, 1969. Unbound. Each a single sheet, folded, approximately 10 by 9 inches. Train locomotive engine in brown on the front of each, with many bearing illustrations or reproductions of poster, manuscripts, etc. A set of 12 pieces issued to commemorate the centennial of the transcontinental railroad. This includes: Contract and Finance Company; Poster of the C.P.R.R. Time schedule; Dutch Flat Route; Poster of $100 Currency $65; Poster of Australia, China and Japan; The Rose Bud Letter; The Hewes Receipt; poster of the Great American Overland Route; an invitation and menu Central Pacific Railroad, Sacramento; The "Goat Island Grab;" Nelson Railroad Guide, 1871; The Clipper Gap Holdup. All in GOOD to VERY GOOD condition. Minor scattered soiling. A few with bumps/wrinkles to their lower corners. A few with offsetting/darkening along their extremities. Good .
Keywords: Noisbn Railroadiana
Price: US$ 22.00 Seller: Mare Booksellers
- Book number: 010029
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