This book covers the growth of the two major standard gauge railroads in Canada.
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Seller: -OnTimeBooks-, Phoenix, AZ, U.S.A.
Condition: very_good. Gently read. May have name of previous ownership, or ex-library edition. Binding tight; spine straight and smooth, with no creasing; covers clean and crisp. Minimal signs of handling or shelving. 100% GUARANTEE! Shipped with delivery confirmation, if you're not satisfied with purchase please return item! Ships USPS Media Mail. Seller Inventory # OTV.0888945019.VG
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: 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: 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: Edmonton Book Store, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 4to pp. 223, black and white photographs throughout. Book in vg condition, binding clean and tight, dustjacket wrapped in protective bro-dart covering. "This richly detailed chronicle of vision, frustration and success intersperses a lively text with vivid photographs of the railways that wen tot make up CN and the men who believed in the Asian Dream.". book. Seller Inventory # 323091
Seller: Edmonton Book Store, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 4to pp. 223, black and white photographs throughout. Book in vg condition, binding clean and tight, dustjacket wrapped in protective bro-dart covering. "This richly detailed chronicle of vision, frustration and success intersperses a lively text with vivid photographs of the railways that wen tot make up CN and the men who believed in the Asian Dream.". book. Seller Inventory # 230673
Seller: SHIMEDIA, Brooklyn, NY, U.S.A.
Condition: New. Satisfaction Guaranteed or your money back. Seller Inventory # 0888945019