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18828492Worcester 1882. Original printed wrappers stitched 14pp light wear. Very Good. Much material on the financial condition of the Company along with its Schedules of Engines and Cars and progress reports. Not in Sabin Eberstadt. unknown books
18808491Worcester 1880. Original printed wrappers stitched 14pp light wear. Very Good. Much material on the financial condition of the Company along with its Schedules of Engines and Cars and progress reports. Not in Sabin Eberstadt. unknown books
188026813New York 1880. 20pp stitched in original printed title wrappers lightly worn. About Very Good.<br/><br/> With financial information and a "description of the country through which the Line passes" including the principal points between Wheeling and Toledo with branch to Sandusky. unknown books
1836016450Boston: Dutton & Wentworth Printers 1836. Book. Very good condition. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo 8vo. A bound volume containing a collection of ten publications relating to the Western Rail-Road Corporation from the incorporation in 1836 to 1840. The First Annual Report from 1836 is included twice. Bound in contemporary original three quarter leather which is moderately to heavily worn with the front board nearly detached. There is minor to moderate foxing and the final half of the text is lightly stained at the top corner. The 1836-37 Reports of the Engineers is complete with two fold-out maps which were printed on very thin onion-skin paper. These two maps have been detached and are misfolded with minor tearing as well as some foxing. A ready-made collection of the founding documents of this railroad company which starts in Boston winding its way across the state where it enters New York State at West Stockbridge. Dutton & Wentworth, Printers Hardcover books
190051798Chicago: Curt Teich & Co. for the Van Noy Inter-State Co 1900. Oblong 4to unpaginated; 25 full-pg illustrations in color and mounted two pages of text containing illustration descriptions; tan pictorial wrappers lettered in black & gilt color illustration mounted on upper cover ribbon-bound; covers a bit toned at edges corners creased illustrations clean & bright overall very good. A picturesque view-book of "the most interesting views seen along the route" of Utah Nevada and California. <br/><br/> Curt Teich & Co. for the Van Noy Inter-State Co unknown books
187129188New York: Samuel French 1871. Original green printed wrappers wrapper title: 'The First Mortgage Land Grant Sinking Fund Seven Per Cent Gold Bonds Principal and Interest Payable in Gold Free of Government Tax. Of the West Wisconsin Railway'. Stitched. 14 2 blanks pp. Folding 'Map of Wisconsin Rail Road and Its Connections' @14" x 16". Tear at bound edge of folding map repaired with short piece of scotch tape. Very Good. <br/><br/> The Map by Henry Seibert of New York prominently shows the West Wisconsin line from St. Paul MN to Tomah WI; tracks other railroads in Minnesota Wisconsin and Iowa; and depicts Lakes Michigan and Superior and Green Bay. The Road is described and the investment recommended. A rare item OCLC locating only the copy at the University of Missouri. <br/>FIRST EDITION. OCLC 41200220 1 as of June 2021. Not in Eberstadt Decker Sabin Soliday Graff Modelski. Samuel French unknown books
18641398638th Cong. 1st Sess.: SMD11. 1864. 6 2 blanks pp. Disbound and Very Good. SMD11. unknown books
190049936St. Louis: Woodward & Tiernan 1900. 16mo pp. 112; 3 plates one a folding map of the Northeast US with a detail of the Detroit-Buffalo rail line illustrations throughout; green paper wrappers with white embossed details; extremities rubbed 1 plate loose good. A guidebook for summer retreats throughout the US with information on lodging sightseeing and approximate travel costs. <br/><br/> Woodward & Tiernan unknown books
1896WRCAM56242Chicago: Poole Bros. 1896. Chromolithographic broadside 24 x 9 inches. Old horizontal folds. Small tear at upper margin likely from posting no text affected. Very good. Rare and colorful broadside advertising "the Shortest and Quickest Route" to "all points West" on the Wabash Line connecting through St. Louis. The sheet features a full-color image of the famous Wabash flag as well as the seals of Colorado and California. Customers are promised that all trains feature "Free Reclining Chair Cars and Pullman Buffet Sleeping Cars" and are provided a name and address to acquire maps and timetables. <br> <br> At the time this broadside was issued Charles M. Hays was general manager and the Wabash railroad was under the control of financier Jay Gould who was working feverishly to establish a full coast-to-coast system. He had merged the St. Louis Kansas City & Northern Railroad with Wabash creating the Wabash St. Louis & Pacific Railroad. Then as with many other Eastern and Midwest railroads Wabash partnered with Union Pacific to provide service further west. By 1896 Gould's son George had taken over the railroad and proceeded to expand it further swallowing up the Missouri Pacific Western Pacific Denver & Rio Grande Western Western Maryland and Wheeling & Lake Erie railroads. Hays left in 1896 to become general manager and later president of the Grand Trunk Railway in Canada which helped extend the Wabash network north. <br> <br> An attractive artifact from one of the great American railroads. We could find no copies recorded in OCLC. Poole Bros. unknown books
1851251091Boston: W. S. Drummond 1851. First. pamphlet. very good-. and the issue of mortgage bonds. Presented to the directors November 14th 1851. 16pp. 8vo pr. wrs. wrappers lightly soiled most pages lightly creased in middle. Boston: W. S. Drummond 1851. First Edition<br/><br/> W. S. Drummond unknown books
1852253109Montpelier: E. P. Walton 1852. First. paperback. good. 45 pages. 8vo original brown printed wrappers spine worn wrappers chipped at corners wrappers lightly soiled dampstained throughout. Montpelier: E. P. Walton 1852. First Edition.<br/><br/> Josiah Quincy Jr. had been treasurer of the Vermont Central Railroad. He disagreed with the railroad's financing plans for the railroad's expansion. Quincy wrote a pamphlet critical of the railroad's finances. This pamphlet is the board of directors reply to Quincy's criticisms.<br/><br/> E. P. Walton unknown books
1873263531St. Albans: Messenger Printing 1873. First. hardcover. good. Adopted at the Biennial Session 1872. Thick 8vo original black cloth paper label spine ends and edges of corners worn ex-lib boards lightly soiled endpapers front flyleaf and last blank page all lightly soiled. St. Albans: Messenger Printing 1873. First Edition<br/><br/> Widespread public reports of payoffs by the railroad to legislators to influence legislation led to an investigation of the legislature by itself. Ex libris from the University of Vermont.<br/><br/> Messenger Printing unknown books
186612391Utica 1866. 16pp stitched untrimmed. Old obtrusive pencil notes Good. <br/><br/> Despite its great early promise "Today Utica is the largest town in the United States with so few railroad facitlities. She lost by railroads and neglected to use them as means of recuperation and growth." The pamphlet urges that Uticans repent their mistakes and embrace the proposed railroad. <br/>Not in Sabin Eberstadt Decker BRE. unknown books
186835665New York: Published by the Company 1868. 1st edition. Original printed paper wrappers with elaborate lithographed graphic to front wrapper. Bit of light soiling & age-toning to wrappers. Faint vertical fold-line. A VG to Nr Fine copy and unusual thus. 32 pp. Frontis "Map of the Union Pacific Rail Road and its Connections." 8vo. p" x 5-3/4" <br/><br/>A progress report as well as promotional pamphlet issued by the company 2 April 1868 keeping their efforts in front of the public as well as Congress who was providing the financial underwriting. Published by the Company unknown books
1884WRCAM23845New York 1884. 27pp. plus large folding map. Original printed wrappers. Some minor edge nicks and chips to front wrapper else just about very good. Annual stockholder's report for the famous western railway. With detailed financial statement and other statistics relative to western lands etc. Total surplus earnings for 1883 topped $12700000. The handsome and quite large folding map of the United States west of the Mississippi shows the Union Pacific Route and its connections. unknown books
1885403740Washington D. C.: Government Printing Office 1885. 8vo. 21 pp. Disbound. FIRST EDITION. <br/><br/> [Government Printing Office] unknown books
18831423347TH Cong. 2d Sess. HED94. 1883. 19pp. Disbound. Light wear Good. unknown books
18671393540TH Cong. 2d Sess.: HED31. 1867. 9pp Disbound Very Good. HED31. unknown books
18681392740TH Cong. 3d Sess. SED4. 1868. 12 4 pp. Disbound. Very Good. unknown books
18661665939th Cong. 1st Sess.: SED14. 1866. 17 1 blank pp disbound. Very Good. SED14. unknown books
1868403801New York: Union Pacific Railroad 1868. 8vo. 40 pp. Frontispiece map additional engraved title. Original gilt-lettered cloth backed with linen. Lightly worn text slightly soiled. Provenance: S. P. Windmuller New York inkstamp on title; Arthur Elton bookplate. FIRST EDITION stated "Pamphlet Edition". Warren Heckrotte notes that "This report is celebratory - they're not finished building but there's no doubt they will be finished in a years time" and briefly discusses the " Map of the Union Pacific Railroad and its Connection" 10.5x19 cm: "The solid line from Omaha stops about at the border of Wyoming and Utah and from there to Sacramento the black line is shown with white dots. It runs north of Great Salt Lake. The point where the Union Pacific and the Central Pacific will meet is left undetermined. A branch represented by a dotted line runs to Puget Sound. This is briefly discussed and there is a separate report by Gen. Dodge on this possible branch." <br/><br/> Union Pacific Railroad hardcover books
1885403742Omaha: The Republican Printers 1885. 8vo. 64 pp. Wood-engravings in text. Original blue printed wrappers the rear wrapper with full-panel map by Matthews Northrup & Co. Buffalo. Niagara Falls ticket seller's ink advertisement stamp on front wrapper light toning at edges. FIRST EDITION. Jones Checklist 1637; Streeter sale VI:3395. <br/><br/> The Republican Printers unknown books
1889403718Chicago: Rand McNally & Co 1889. 8vo. 91 pp. Original salmon printed wrappers. Light wear. Second edition. The wrapper title is: 'Colorado. A Complete and Comprehensive Description of the Agricultural Stock Raising and Mineral Resources of Colorado; Also Statistics in Regard to its Climate Etc. Compiled from the Latest Reports of 1868.' Printed on the inner front wrapper is a map of the Union Pacific Overland Route from the Pacific Ocean in the West to Omaha in the East. <br/><br/> Rand, McNally & Co unknown books
1878WRCAM26334Washington 1878. 235pp. Modern half morocco and marbled boards by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. Very good. Detailed correspondence relating to a controversy stemming from the rates charged by the Union Pacific for transporting the Second Infantry to the west coast. The troops were destined to suppress an Indian outbreak in Oregon. hardcover books
1868140324OTH Cong. 2d Sess.: HED208. 1868. 5pp. Disbound. Very Good. HED208. unknown books