The Great Railway (Includes Great Railway 1871-1881; The National Dream; Great Railway 1881-1885; The Last Spike.)
Toronto: McClelland & Stewart. , later printing. (Hardcover boxed set) 439, 478pp. Very good, no dust jacket. Two volumes in textured olive boards, in a near fine like slipcase. Illustrated endpapers, maps, chronology, notes, bibliography index. There is a previous owner's inscription on the front endpaper of each volume. Includes The Great Railway 1871-1881; The National Dream & The Great Railway 1881-1885; The Last Spike. (western canada, canadian pacific railway, railways, transportation).
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