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"THE CRYSTAL RIVER PICTORIAL":
CRYSTAL RIVER RAILROAD
By Dell McCoy and Russ Collman
Denver: Sundance Ltd., (1972).
First edition, first printing; Limited, signed and numbered Pre-Publication issue. Color illustrated, printed, double-sided, pre-publication, limited edition information sheet, laid in. SIGNED by Dell McCoy and SIGNED by Russ Collman to the half-title/limitation page where the hand-stamped number 00208 also resides. Laid in, also SIGNED by Russ Collman as editor in chief, is a typed letter on printed Sundance Ltd. letterhead. An impressive book production with high-quality stock paper, quality high-contrast photographs, and brilliant color art plates. Illustrated with many maps and charts, several paintings on color plates by Dell McCoy, numerous figures, diagrams, and facsimiles, and three-hundred photographs (many in brilliant color) of trains, rails, surrounding landscapes, building projects, and more. A detailed 85 year photographic record, with annotated history of the short-line railroads that operated in the remote regions of the Rocky Mountains. Rubbing with tiny surface-nicks to the shelf-edges, rubbing to the covers, a faint tan spot to the upper page edges, else very good in polished blue linen over pictorial boards, with gilt embossed titles to the spine, blue-and-white headband and tail-band, no dust jacket. Extras laid in are: two glossy photograph reproductions, a Crystal Star Route souvenir folder, a typed letter SIGNED by Russ Collman, and a Sundance Ltd. paid itemized invoice. Oblong quarto; 224 pages. PLEASE VIEW FOR MORE GREAT SIGNED FIRST EDITION BOOKS THANKS! |