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2026 RBMS Virtual Showcase

June 23-26, 2026

Virtual Book Fair Exclusive

Union Pacific's Children's Books of Yellowstone Bears

Union Pacific System

$300
Offered by Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
  • Condition: Very Good
  • Publisher: W. S. Basinger
  • Location: Omaha, NE
  • Date: 1931
  • Seller SKU: 48416
Omaha, NE: W. S. Basinger, 1931. Very Good. Omaha, NE: W. S. Basinger, [1931]. Quarto (28cm); pictorial staplebound wrappers; unpaginated; full-color illustrations throughout featuring bear cubs creating silly mayhem paired with text of short poems. Centerfold illustration features a map of the Union Pacific railroad with landmarks from Chicago to San Francisco. Cover has some rubbing and edgewear; sticker residue on front cover over the word "bears," but text remains legible; wrappers have small closed tears at head and foot of spine; slight bend to first few pages and front cover; pages are clean and bright; binding sound. Overall, Very Good condition.

Forms part of a series of publications given out free to children in the train's dining car. "Dedicated to Children who ride the Union Pacific Trains especially to those who visit Yellowstone National Park." Scarce in retail.

Offered by Capitol Hill Books, ABAA

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Capitol Hill Books is a used bookstore in the Eastern Market neighborhood of Washington, DC. We have three floors of quality used books, first editions, and rare books.
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Aaron Beckwith
657 C St SE
Washington, District of Columbia 20003
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