This book covers the growth of the two major standard gauge railroads in Canada.
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Seller: HPB-Diamond, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority! Seller Inventory # S_421924125
Seller: ThriftBooks-Atlanta, AUSTELL, GA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Former library book; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Seller Inventory # G0888945019I4N10
Seller: John M. Gram, Port Huron, MI, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 223 pp, well-illustrated, appendices, end notes, bib., index, a clean, square, near fine copy. Seller Inventory # 018516
Seller: Montreal Books, Westmount, QC, Canada
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Gagnon, Clarence (illustrator). 1st Edition. And with a "Seasons Greetings" card from the President of CN laid in. Book. Seller Inventory # 509941
Seller: RPBooks, Champlain, NY, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Gagnon, Clarence (illustrator). 1st Edition. And with a "Seasons Greetings" card from the President of CN laid in. Book. Seller Inventory # 509941
Seller: The Warm Springs Book Company, Fremont, CA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. A fine copy in a fine mylar protected DJ. Probable 1st printing with no additional printings listed. DJ has some minor general wear. Extensively illustrated with black and white photographs. A larger book requiring additional postage for international and priority orders. 4to; 223 pages. Seller Inventory # 29961
Seller: Wonder Book, Frederick, MD, U.S.A.
Condition: Very Good. Very Good condition. Like New dust jacket. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp. Seller Inventory # SB17A-04240
Seller: D & E LAKE LTD. (ABAC/ILAB), Toronto, ON, Canada
Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 8vo. pp. 223. text illus. maps on endleaves. biblio. index. bds. dw. Seller Inventory # CCKeMACK77
Seller: Burton Lysecki Books, ABAC/ILAB, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
[0-88894-501-9] 1986. (4to) Very good plus in near fine dust jacket. 223pp. Map endpapers, photographs, illustrations. There is a previous owner's bookstamp inside and the first few pages are lightly soiled. "For hundreds of years the vision of a western sea route to the riches of the Orient haunted European adventurers. By the 1840s, thwarted by the Arctic in their efforts to find a Northwest Passage, merchant-explorers turned instead to an overland route, and the great age of railway building in North America began". Book about Donald Gordon, Charles Melville Hays, William MacKenzie, Pacific Rim, Henry Thornton, Edward Watkin. Time Period 19th Century & World War II. (Transportation, Canadian National Railway, Railways, Transportation). Seller Inventory # 147254
Seller: Lower Beverley Better Books, Lyndhurst, ON, Canada
Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. David Gay (maps) (illustrator). First Edition. The story of how the Grand Trunk Pacific and the Canadian Northern raced accross the prairies to open new trade routes to the Far East - a land bridge between East and West. 197 pp. plus: Appendices, Chronology, Notes, Select Bibliography, Acknowledgements, Index. Unclipped, unpriced DJ has bit of edge wear at head of spine, ow, it too is as new. Book weighs over 2 lb. and may incur extra shipping costs, unless if shipped within Canada in a flat rate box. An ideal gift for the historically inclined railroad buff. Bookseller's Inventory # 133302. Seller Inventory # 003302