Hoofs To Wings, The Pony Express. Dramatic Story Of A Mail Service From East To West Which Existed On Hundred Years Ago

NOLIE MUMEY

Publication: Johnson Publishing Company, 1960, Boulder, Colorado

First edition. 8vo. This is copy number 8 of an edition limited to 200 numbered and signed copies. Signed by Nolie Mumey. Two-tone quarter cloth and decorated boards with titles on paper labels affixed to the front cover and spine, [14], 116 pp., frontispiece (color print), preface, illustrated, plates, portraits, map of Pony Express route inside back cover, chapter footnotes, index. The Pony Express was a great venture started by the firm of Russell, Majors & Waddell and the Wells, Fargo & Company. In a nutshell the Pony Express proved the plausibility of a transcontinental railroad, and it emphasized the need of an extended telegraphic service. Fine, bright copy in the original glassine dust jacket that is lightly chipped and nicked at the extremities and protected with a transparent polyester, protective dust jacket.

Inventory Number: 51306