Rare and First Edition Books from Buckingham Books

Dealer in Rare and First-Edition Books:  Western Americana; Mystery, Detective, and Espionage Fiction

Santa Fe's Raton Pass JARED V. HARPER

Santa Fe's Raton Pass

JARED V. HARPER

Other works by JARED V. HARPER

Publication: Published by Kachina Pass, 1983, Dallas

First edition. Oblong 8vo. Color, pictorial stiff wrappers, 144 pp., frontispiece (Raton Pass - 1904), acknowledgements, foreword, preface, illustrated mostly from photographs, maps, line drawings, bibliography, bill of sale for Raton Pass. Foreword by R. H. Kindig. Raton Pass was considered by railroad men to be the scene of heroic railroading. With one of the steepest main line grades in the U. S., its principal operating problems consisted of multi-engine trains up grade, and the ever-present possibility of a runaway on the down grade. An interesting history. As new, unread copy.

Inventory Number: 44546Sold -- Contact us