Lines West. A Pictorial History of the Great Northern Railway Operations and Motive Power from 1887 to 1967 by Charles R. Wood - 1967

Superior Publishing Company. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. (w/dj)A clean tightly bound hardcover copy. Unmarked, gently read, showing gentle head and foot wear to the spine and edges of the dust jacket and lightly bumped corners. A really nice copy overall. .

Seattle, WA: Superior Publishing Company. G/G. (1967). First Edition. Cloth w/DJ. Sm 4to., 192 pp., Dj rubbed, frayed, torn, cover edges rubbed .

Washington DC: US Government, 1926. Framed under glass. Very Good +. One leaf affixed with the Seal of the Department of Justice. Exposed frame area measures 15.5" x 11.5". Signed by the President of the United States of America, and the United States Attorney General, appointing Albert White as Marshal in the Territory of Alaska. Some slight spotting to document. Presented in a contemporary oak frame, with light scratches and slight chipping consistent with age. Signed in full in ink by Calvin Coolidge and US Attorney General John G. Sargent. By the 1850s, most presidential signatures were by proxy, with a secretary or clerk signing official documents with the authority of the president. That said, this document's signature of Coolidge corresponds with his pre-presidential signature, showing the same flourishes on his letters "C" and "G," for instance, thus suggesting Coolidge himself signed the appointment.At the time Albert White was appointed marshal in the Territory of Alaska, 1926, the region… Read More