Add this copy of The Big Four: the Story of Huntington, Stanford, to cart. $18.75, very good condition, Sold by Argosy Book Store rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from New York, NY, UNITED STATES, published 1966 by Knopf.
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Very good(-) Illustrated in black and white. xii, 418, vi pages. 8vo, blue cloth with gold lettering and decoration. New York: Knopf, 1966. Ownership signature at fly leaf. Discolored at top edge and spine sunned. Still internally clean and tight. Very good(-) copy lacking dust wrapper.
Add this copy of The Big Four: the Story of Huntington, Stanford, to cart. $21.00, very good condition, Sold by Between the Covers-Rare Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Gloucester City, NJ, UNITED STATES, published 1959 by Alfred A. Knopf.
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Very Good. Later. Very good. There are scratch marks on the front cover, and the binding is slightly worn on the corners. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.
Add this copy of The Big Four. the Story of Huntington, Stanford, to cart. $25.00, very good condition, Sold by Zephyr Used & Rare Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Vancouver, WA, UNITED STATES, published 1951 by Alfred A. Knopf.
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8vo. xii, 418, vi pp. Numerous photo illust. Blue cloth, gilt lettrng (mnr shlfwr, slght rubbng), w/ d.j. (mnr chppng hd & ft of spine, chppng crnrs, creasng, edgewear), VG/G-copy, w/ bkplate on ffep. Early printing of this story of four Sacramento merchants who gained control of Central Pacific and built it into the Southern Pacific Railroad.
Add this copy of The Big Four; the Story of Huntington, Stanford, to cart. $27.00, very good condition, Sold by Bookmine rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Fair Oaks, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1955 by Alfred A. Knopf.
Add this copy of The Big Four; the Story of Huntington, Stanford, to cart. $33.00, like new condition, Sold by Bookmine rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Fair Oaks, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1955 by Alfred A. Knopf.
Add this copy of The Big Four: the Story of Huntington, Stanford, to cart. $35.00, good condition, Sold by Chaparral Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Portland, OR, UNITED STATES, published 1938 by A. A. Knopf.
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Good in Missing jacket. Size: 9x6x1; First edition flat-signed by Lewis on the half-title page. Bound in navy blue cloth with gilt stamped cover and spine. Binding slightly cocked, corners a bit curled. Previous owner's name written on FFEP. Small stains to front pastedown and FFEP. Small tears to the bottom of several pages at gutter. Text and images unmarked.
Add this copy of The Big Four; the Story of Huntington, Stanford, to cart. $44.00, like new condition, Sold by Bookmine rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Fair Oaks, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1966 by Alfred A. Knopf.
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Fine copy in fine (price clipped, spine lightly faded) dust jacket (in mylar). Octavo. 418 pps. Rocq 15920, Paher 1130. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition.
Add this copy of The Big Four. the Story of Huntington, Stanford, to cart. $49.00, like new condition, Sold by Bookmine rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Fair Oaks, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1966 by Alfred A. Knopf.
Add this copy of The Big Four; the Story of Huntington, Stanford, to cart. $50.00, good condition, Sold by Ground Zero Books, Ltd. rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Silver Spring, MD, UNITED STATES, published 1938 by Alfred A. Knopf.
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Good. xi, [1], vi, 418, [8] pages. Illustrations. Bibliography. Index. Ex-library with the usual library markings. Some edge soiling. Oscar Lewis was one of the first historians to write seriously about the literary, cultural and social history of the American West. Mr. Lewis's best-known book, "The Big Four" about the robber barons who built the first transcontinental railroads, remains the standard work in its field, said Kevin Starr, a friend and fellow historian. It was first published in 1938, became a selection of the Book-of-the-Month Club and at the time of his death was still in print. Writing in The New York Times Book Review, R. L. Duffus described the work as "an absorbing history of California's moguls" and "a grand story, expertly told." Lengthy and insightful history of Stanford, Crocker, Hopkins and Huntington (the "Big Four" of the title) along with the unsung Judah and Colton, along with their wives and families. Here for the first time is told in a single volume one of the most remarkable stories in American history. An Easterner is never long in California without hearing something of "the big four": four Sacramento shopkeepers-Collis P. Huntington, Leland Stanford, Mark Hopkins, and Charles Crocker-who got control of the newly organized Central Pacific Railroad property. These men are portrayed in Mr. Lewis's volume vividly and with pertinent anecdote. Their true characters are revealed and the grandiose era in which they lived and operated is re-created as well. Huntington, the shrewd manipulator, founded the great fortune which is responsible for the magnificent library; Leland Stanford, Governor and Senator, created Stanford University; Hopkins kept himself out of the limelight, out of politics and scandal and died enormously wealthy; while Crocker founded a dynasty of bankers still important in the affairs of California and the nation. Oscar Lewis spent six years gathering the material for The Big Four and writing it. The result is a definitive telling of a story that is ever fresh and ever fascinating.
