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Epic of the Overland
Author Name:   Fuller, Henry

Title:    Epic of the Overland

Binding:   Hard Cover
Book Condition:   Near Fine
Type:   Transportation
Edition:   First Edition
Size:   12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
Publisher:   San Francisco, California, U.S.A. A.M. Robertson 1924

Seller ID:   002155

blue cloth over boards. gilt lettering on cover and spine. 109 pages xiii. 16 black and white photographic plates. This eyewitness account of the building of the Central & Union Pacific railroad was privately printed and published for the author in 1924. The untimely death of both author and publisher curtailed the distribution of the book and relatively few copies were bound and distributed. This is the RARE first edition of that printing. minimal edgewear. previous owners name and date (1930) on ffep. near fine condition. A very rare piece of railroadiana. NEB

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