Crofutt geo a (33 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Omaha, 1880. Green cloth covered boards; black title on cover and spine; wear at edges; corners bumped with board exposed; spine edges frayed; Mylar jacket; 8vo, 7 3/4" to 9 3/4" tall; pages 3 through 16 chipped; interior is clean and unmarked; Previous owner's name on page 3; 281 pages.…

PAP. Condizione: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condizione: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

paperback. Condizione: Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used textbooks may not include companion materials such as access codes, etc. May have some wear or writing/highlighting. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority.

Paperback. Condizione: Good. ***Please Read*** Some wear and a crease on cover - No marks on text - My shelf location - k-28-e*.

HRD. Condizione: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Softcover. Condizione: Good+. No Dust Jacket. Pictorial paper binding rubbed at extremities; front cover lightly scuffed; rear hinge a bit cracked; spine ends lightly worn; small creases along edges.; Many b&w photos/ils.; large folding map in rear pocket. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 264 pages.

HRD. Condizione: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. ***Please Read*** No marks on text - My shelf location - 72-a*.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fair. Reprint. With map in rear pocket. Dust jacket with edge wear and stains, near complete with several chips missing from top. Expedited or International shipping may cost more.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Dustjacket. Brief Previous owner inscription. Map present in rear pocket, which is in Fine condition.

Paperback. Condizione: New. Print on Demand. This book takes readers on a journey across the American West, capturing the dramatic transformation of the landscape and society in the late 19th century. The author, writing in 1889, vividly describes the era of westward expansion, recalling a time when the vast plains were considered a "howling wilderness" and the Missouri River marked the edge of civilization. The book details the impact of the transcontinental railroad, exploring its construction, its influence on the westward migration, and its role in opening up the region's vast resources. The author paints a picture of life on the frontier, from encounters with Native Americans to the rise of cattle ranching and the boom of mining towns. Through detailed accounts of travel, encounters with individuals, and descriptions of landscapes, this book offers a captivating glimpse into the American West's history. The book underscores the extraordinary changes brought about by the railroad, which reshaped the frontier and forever altered the character of the United States. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item.…

Flexible Paper Covered Covers. No Jacket. None Stated. 273 pp + 1 p ads, many illustrations, some are foldouts with some mending of tears in the folds with acid-free document tape, there are maps also, the book and contents are fairly solid, there is a little looseness, the pages are clean with scattered light soil, the covers have some creases and are alittle curled, they have some soil and wear on both sides, this is a very usable copy of this book.…

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. Flexible blue soft cover. Map affixed to rear pastedown in very good condition. Gilt on cover page faded. Some moisture fading to covers. Feint inscription dated 1891 and small stamp to front endpaper.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fair. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Green boards with gilt title to front. Dated 1870 with no mention of revisions. Red to text block edges. No folding map(s). First three pages are detached as well as page 16. There is writing to title page from previous owner's with one entry dated 1870. Ten pages of ads on colored paper are present.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. Green cloth boards with gilt title to front. Gilt text-block edges. Four folding maps present; map at page 8 is detached and has tape repairs but is present. Hinges are showing. General wear/ rubbing to covers but still very good. Small hole to top of second page of memoranda. Previous owner's name to front endpaper.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. Brown boards with gilt title to front. Tear to page 60. One of six maps missing; railroad timetable and "Map of the Union Central Great Trans-Continental Railroad and its Connections from the Missouri River to the Pacific Coast" between pages 8-9. Four other foldout maps are fair to very good but with tears and some with tape repairs. Large foldout map is very good but with tears to creases. Map at page 106-107 nearly torn completely at fold.…

Condizione: Hervorragend. Zustand: Hervorragend | Seiten: 298 | Sprache: Englisch | Produktart: Bücher | Keine Beschreibung verfügbar.

paperback. Condizione: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. Tight binding, solid green boards with black lettering, cloth slightly bubbled, bright gilt lettering to spine strip, previous owner's name in pencil to front end paper, otherwise clean, unmarked pages throughout. Illustrated throughout including a number of double page engravings (illustratore).…

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Large map to front pastedown is present but with several tears and several tear repairs to rear. Blue, flexible boards with gilt title to front. Heavily illustrated.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good +. Later Printing. Minor wear of the corners and spine ends. A faint stain is noted in the lower, outer portion of the book The front end paper is rough on the edges suggesting that this was originally a map pocket. No map present. Great foldout plate and RR timetables.

Original flexible cloth. Condizione: Good. Chicago: Arthur H. Day & Co., 1888. 9 x 4 3/4". 255pp. Frontispiece, 6 double-page plates with descriptive captions, illustrations, folding map. Original flexible cloth, hinges tender, corners bumped, slight wear at head and foot of backstrip. Good copy. Collated and complete. Despite appearances, the cover is not faded. …

Cloth. Condizione: Near Fine. Very Good (in mylar). Reprint of 1885 Edition. Inscribed and signed by publisher Francis B. Rizzari, neatly penned at top edge of ffep, else textblock and binding immaculate and tight with pristine map in rear pocket; Dust jacket hand-soiled, with rubbed edges and corners, and a couple edge tears; 264pp., including a Pictorial Supplement not in the original edition; Wilcox, p. 35; Wynar/Depp 2095. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Engravings, Photographs, Map (illustratore). Inscribed & Signed by Publisher. Hard Cover.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. First Thus. 260 pp. profusely illustrated. 5.25" x 8" dark blue-green cloth boards, black letters. Binding tight, with flight forward lean, pages clean, unmarked, paper well-preserved. Textblock edges age-toned. Light wear to exterior top/bottom spine cloth. in glassine wrapper. Size: Small Octavo. Book.…

8vo. 272[2]pp, frontis, 18 folding plates, text illustrations, text maps, text tables, ep adverts. Original decorated green cloth gilt, front board lettered in black, printed in double columns. Spine darkened, light spotting to folding plates with slight off-set. * Volume two only but complete in itself.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. Good+ HC, no DJ. Tan cloth over boards with black designs and titles on front cover and spine; blind stamped strap work frame and centerpiece on rear cover; advert end papers. Clean, lightly scuffed covers and spine; lightly bumped at front cover top fore corner; tightly bound and square in case; light, clean interior with occasional light foxing. Small 8vo, 261 pp; many engravings, some two-page. Cf, OCLC #837278.…

First edition. Original green cloth stamped in black and gilt; octavo; (4) fl, (25)-255, 300-322 pp. Printed adverts to verso of last text page and endpapers. Wood engraved illustrations and maps, including 18 double-page and many full page engravings. First in this series of Crofutt's guides to the railroad route to the West. Earlier series (first published in 1869) were titled "Great Trans-continental Railroad Guide" and "Crofutt's trans-continental tourist's guide." This title not in Cowan or Howes, though the series noted above are recognized. OCLC record notes the eccentric pagination - ommitting pages 1-24 and 56-299. Small tears to cloth over rear joint, but with internal damage to rear board and last few pages (looks as though the book might have been stabbed through the joint and into the edge of the board and pages). Still quite a clean and presentable copy.…

1st edition thus. Not in Howes. 254, [4] pp. Fold-out map, printed by Rand-McNally, at front. Depicts all major & minor tours in red. Frontis wood engraving. Text profusely illustrated with cuts, 6 double page. 9-1/8" x 4-3/4" The main tours stem from Denver Colorado west [eventually] to San Francisco, with tours north to Portland, and south into Baja. Minor tours primarily in California, originating in San Francisco, and in Colorado, originating in Denver. A bit of light discoloration & staining to the covers. Withal, a VG copy. Publisher's original blue-green fine-weave cloth binding, with gilt stamped title lettering to front cover. Floral patterned-paper eps.…

Full text title - CROFUTT'S TRANS-CONTINENTAL TOURIST'S GUIDE, CONTAINING A FULL AND AUTHENTIC DESCRIPTION OF OVER FIVE HUNDRED CITIES, TOWNS, VILLAGES, STATIONS, GOVERNMENT FORTS AND CAMPS, MOUNTAINS, LAKES, RIVERS, SULPHUR, SODA AND HOT SPRINGS, SCENERY, WATERING PLACES, SUMMER RESORTS; WHERE TO LOOK FOR AND HUNT THE BUFFALO, ANTELOPE, DEER, AND OTHER GAME; TROUT FISHING, ETC., ETC. IN FACT, TO TELL YOU WHAT IS WORTH SEEING - WHERE TO SEE IT - WHERE TO GO - HOW TO GO - AND WHOM TO STOP WITH WHILE PASSING OVER THE UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD, CENTRAL PACIFIC RAILROAD OF CAL., THEIR BRANCHES AND CONNECTIONS BY STAGE AND WATER, FROM THE ATLANTIC TO THE PACIFIC OCEAN. ILLUSTRATED. FOURTH VOL., THIRD ANNUAL REVISE. Pictorial title page - "Crofutt's Trans-Continental P.R.R. Tourist's Guide at Wholesale in New York, by the American News Company, Sold on the Railroads, at News Stands, and at all the Principal Book Stories." Paged as 1-224, 3-6. Hardcover: H 17.75cm x L 13cm. Brown cloth with light staining/mottling; spine cloth sunned; 4.25cm deep chip to spine head with heel frayed; front board's gilt lettering remains fairly bright. All edges gilt. Dark brown endpapers; old pencil writing on rear free endpaper. Surface paper tearing at front hinge; binding shaken between pages 222-223. Six tipped-in foldouts with some toning, tears, and edge-creases: {#1} railroad timetable and b/w map "Map of the Union Central Great Trans-Continental Railroad and its Connections from the Missouri River to the Pacific Coast" between pages 8-9; {#2} b/w image of proposed Union Pacific Railroad Main Depot at Omaha between pages 20-21; {#3} b/w "Crofutt's New Map of Omaha and Council Bluffs, Showing the New Railroad Bridge over the Missouri River, Connecting the Two Cities" between pages 48-49; {#4} b/w "Crofutt's New Map of Salt Lake City Utah" between pages 106-107; {#5} b/w map (with closed tear) "Yellowstone National Park" between pages 130-131; {#6} large hand-colored "Crofutt's New Map of the Trans-Continental. American, & Trans-Continental, European, Route Around the World." with notable tear along a panel fold-line. Other b/w illustrations and maps amongst text. Book now presented in a trimmed clear Dura-Lar (polyester film) sheet forming a dj enhancing its shelf presence.…