Author: ROBERTSON, DON; CAFKY, MORRIS; HALEY, E. J. ("ED")
Title: Denver's Street Railways: Volume I, 1871-1900--Not an Automobile in Sight
Description: Denver: Sundance Publications Ltd, 1999. Hardcover. ISBN: 0913582670. The story of streetcars in Denver during the period from 1871 to 1900 is told in this hefty work. These cars were often pulled by horses, but electric, cable, and motorized propulsion methods were also employed. With plenty of black & white historic photos. Also with several maps showing the routes of the various lines. This work was later followed by volume II which introduced motor buses to Denver's transportation story. A folded map of the routes of Denver Tramway Company, with a drawn aerial view of Denver to verso, is laid in. --- In pictorial paper-covered boards with color paintings to front and back, and backed in bright silver paper with titling in black. Volume protected in clear plastic wrapper. --- An excellent copy: bright, clean and tightly bound. (Due to the considerable weight of this item, extra shipping charges may be requested.); Small Quarto (9 to 11 in. tall); 352 pages. Fine .

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