3 Vols History CPR Canadian Pacific Railway NR

 3 Vols History CPR Canadian Pacific Railway NR
This offering is for 3 volumes of classic Canadian railroad history.
1- “The Impossible Railway: The Building of the Canadian Pacific.” By Pierre Berton. Pub: Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1972. 1st American edition. Brown cloth hard covers, gilt title on spine. Mylar protected dust jacket with considerable wear. 574 pages with maps endpapers, maps, notes, bibliography & index. Illustrated with great old b/w photographs. First published in two volumes under the titles: The National Dream (1970) and The Last Spike (1971).
2- “Lords of the Line: The Men Who Built the Canadian Pacific Railway.” By David Cruise & Alison Griffiths. Pub: Toronto, Viking, 1988. 1st edition, 1st printing. Black hard paper covers, red title on spine. Mylar protected dust jacket with considerable wear. 486 pages with index, notes, map end- papers. Illustrated through-out with b/w archival photos. Behind the scenes account of the six powerful & legendary men who ran the Canadian Pacific Railway for 90 years.
3- “Canadian Pacific: A Portrait of Power.” By Susan Goldenburg. Pub: Toronto, Methuen, 1984, 2nd printing. Black hard paper covers, gilt title on spine. Unclipped. mylar protected dust jacket with little wear. 316 pages with extensive appendices. Based on over 200 interviews. Traces the growth to a complex corporate structure of 160 CP controlled companies.
Exceptional Canadian history. Good reading copies.
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Spines tight, covers & text quite good for age.
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