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18518220Boston: Eastburn's Press 1851. Sewn binding. Good. Octavo 29pp. A good copy in the publisher's yellow sewn wraps. Front wrap detached but present otherwise a clean bright example with mild chipping to wrapper extremities. Very faint flattened vertical crease throughout. Scarce and ephemeral volume loaded with forensic accounting of this railroad; one of the earliest commercial rail systems in the US. OCLC notes a single physical holding naturally at AAS. Eastburn's Press unknown
187431000Pennsylvania: Delaware Lackawanna & Western Express Railroad 1874. Leather bound. Defective. Oblong ledger. Restored. Marbled paper covered boards. Newer paper covered corners and spine. Front cover cleaned. Covers re attached with papered hinges in front and back. Ledger consists of 77 leaves 144 pages of recorded information written in pencil on lined columns. The last 3 leaves in back unused. Information includes date; article; consignee; destination amount charges; and by whom received. The recorded information is brief and sometimes difficult to read. No destinations recorded instead cash numbers written in the destination fields. <br /> <br /> From wikipedia:<br /> <br /> The Delaware Lackawanna and Western Railroad also known as the DL&W or Lackawanna Railroad was a U.S. Class 1 railroad that connected Buffalo New York and Hoboken New Jersey and by ferry with New York City a distance of 395 miles 636 km. The railroad was incorporated in Pennsylvania in 1853 and created primarily to provide a means of transport of anthracite coal from the Coal Region in Northeast Pennsylvania to large coal markets in New York City. The railroad gradually expanded both east and west and eventually linked Buffalo with New York City. Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Express Railroad unknown
188936180Augusta: Georgia Railroad 1889. Paper. Good. Paper with printed letterhead at top and illustrated envelope. Paper is approx. 8" x 5". Folded. Contents written on one side and pertain to inspection of "white oak." Signed at the bottom by the Railroad Mater Mechanic manager John Cook. <br /> <br /> Letter comes with a printed illustrated envelope from the Georgia Railroad. The back side of the envelope is an illustration of the 1888 "Augusta National Exposition." Edge wear to the envelope. Envelope in fair condition. Georgia Railroad unknown
189133779York PA: York Daily Print 1891. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair. 12mo. Three title pages. First title page - "Broke Down: What I Should Do. Ready Reference and Key for Locomotive Engineers and Firemen Round House Machinists Conductors Train Hands and Inspectors" dated 1890. 64 pages. The second title page "Key to Ready Reference For Locomotive Engineers and Firemen" dated 1888. Pages 3-34 2 pages memoranda 8 pages "Description of the Operations of Westinghouse Air Pump Brake Valve and Triple Valves". Third title page "Ready Reference for Stationary Engineers and Firemen" dated 1891. 30 pages. Illustrations. Black cloth hardcover with gilt title and train illustration on the front cover. Thin cracks to the text block. Missing large fold-out in back. Previous owners inscription on the front paste down and rear paste down - "J. M. Ketcham Grand Rapids Mich G.R. & I.R.R. York Daily Print hardcover
190030827New York: C. G. Burgoyne 1900. First Edition. Wraps. Fair. Tall wraps. approx. 9.5" x 12". 54 pages. Folding color map in front. Blue-green paper covers with title on front. Covers are detached chipped fragile and flaking. Interior contents and map in good condition. Old faded stamp on the front cover. C. G. Burgoyne unknown
18618107baGoderich Ontario: Buffalo and Lake Huron Railway 1861. Book. Very good condition. No Binding. Railroads; partly printed document Goderich August 17 1861 receipt for barrels of flour for delivery to Buffalo NY; signed by G. P. Broughton B. and L. H. RR. Buffalo and Lake Huron Railway unknown
188260412New York:: Wittemann Bros. 1882. publisher's lettered red cloth. Fine. 16mo. 12 views "reproduced from photographs by Louis Glaser's process" accordion-folded into a souvenir album as issued. Wittemann Bros., hardcover
1864726451864. Paperback. Very Good. Manchester and Lawrence Railroad Corporation. Five Annual Reports of the Directors for 1864 1868 1870 1874 & 1886. Concord first three or Manchester last two: 1864 1868 1870 1874 and 1886. 10-20 pages per report. Wrappers. 21-23cm. Vertical crease on two reports. paperback
185640780New York: Press of the New York and Erie Railroad Company 1856. 2 iv 5-180pp. Stitched in original printed wrappers. Rear plain wrapper detached and torn. Very Good. Press of the New York and Erie Railroad Company unknown
1859562051859. Analysis of Litigation Between The New York Central and One of Its Vendors New York Central Railroad Company. Disaster to the New York Central Railroad: Decisions of the General Term of the Supreme Court In Third Judicial District September 1859. 37 pp. Octavo 9" x 6". Stab-stitched pamphlet in printed wrappers. Rear wrapper lacking front detached signatures loose some chipping to edges of front wrapper and margins of a few leaves. Some toning to text internally clean. A scarce item. $50. Only edition. This anonymous pamphlet analyzes litigation between the railroad and a wood supplier. It alleges incompetence on the part of the New York Central's management team. OCLC locates 6 copies 1 in New York at Syracuse University none in law libraries. Not in Cohen. unknown
184028453New Hampshire 1840. 8" x 10" printed on blue paper. Old folds light wear. Small hole near left margin loss of a couple letters. Good to Very Good. <br /> <br /> The Northern Railroad was a single track line from Concord to White River Junction Vermont. It was 69.5 miles long with a 13.41 mile branch line from Franklin to Bristol NH. The main line was chartered in 1844 and completed 1848. Operated independently until 1888 when it was taken over by the Boston & Maine. Heald: IMAGES OF RAIL: BOSTON & MAINE IN THE 19TH CENTURY. 2001. unknown
186664405Boston:: Old Colony & Newport Railway Co. 1866. One horizontal and one vertical crease otherwise near fine. About 16 x 15 inches. Unissued. Old Colony & Newport Railway Co., unknown
185714427Washington DC: Bevery Tucker Printer 1857. First Edition. Very Good. A.H Campbell. 8.25x11in One litho tinted illustrated plate Part I plate V; Light age-toning along edges with several light spots in margin. Samuels p. 81 Taft p. 265. This plate is from from Volume VII of the quarto edition of twelve volumes were published from 1855 to 1861 as exploration and survey reports became available. These volumes contained not only the survey maps and elevations but a monumental collection of scientific reports on geography geology zoology botany and ethnology of the Native American tribes. The surveys also included 11 artists to record the landscape and indigenous peoples of the west. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Albert Henry Campbell 1826-1899 was a Railway survey artist-explorer civil engineer and surveyor. He was one of the more important artist of the surveys and participated in several survey expeditions across the west from 1853 to 1854. In the fall of 1854 he joined the Parke survey expedition for a coastal railroad route from San Francisco to San Diego and the survey along the 32nd parallel to Arizona. All eight of the full-page illustrations are credited to Campbell in the report three of California and five of Arizona scenes After the surveys he was assigned to Washington as Superintendent of Pacific wagon roads to 1860. During the Civil war he was a map maker for the Confederate Army and chief engineer of railroads based in West Virginia. from Samuels <br /> <br /> The twelve volumes were disorganized in publication with no overall all arrangement or indexing. Some of the plates and maps referred to in volumes were published in other volumes various reports were also published out of sequence relating to the four routes. Preliminary reports published were updated in latter volumes. From Wagner-Becker-Camp In 1853 Senator Gwin of California lead the inclusion of Congressional funding for 1853-54 of a series of surveys to determine the best and most economical railroad routes from the Mississippi River to the Pacific coast. The act directed the Secretary of War Jefferson Davis to plan and direct Army topographical engineers to conduct surveys of four routes. The first was between the 47th and 49th parallels generally along the Lewis and Clark route to the Pacific. The Second route between the 37th and 39th parallels was promoted by Senator Thomas Hart Benton of Missouri. The Third route was along the 35th parallel. The Fourth route was promoted by Secretary Davis along the 32nd parallel that followed Emory's 1846-47 reconnaissance. Bevery Tucker, Printer unknown
18481718330th Cong. 1st Sess. HR178. 1848. 13 3 blank pp disbound. Light tanning. Very Good. unknown
186014426Washington DC: Thomas H. Ford Printer 1860. First Edition. Very Good. 8.25x11in One litho tinted illustrated plate Part I plate XXXII; Some age-toning along edges with several light spots in margin and print. Samuels p.460 Taft p. 1. This plate is from from Volume XII of the quarto edition of twelve volumes were published from 1855 to 1861 as exploration and survey reports became available. These volumes contained not only the survey maps and elevations but a monumental collection of scientific reports on geography geology zoology botany and ethnology of the Native American tribes. The surveys also included 11 artists to record the landscape and indigenous peoples of the west. The twelve volumes were disorganized in publication with no overall all arrangement or indexing. Some of the plates and maps referred to in volumes were published in other volumes various reports were also published out of sequence relating to the four routes. Preliminary reports published were updated in latter volumes. From Wagner-Becker-Camp In 1853 Senator Gwin of California lead the inclusion of Congressional funding for 1853-54 of a series of surveys to determine the best and most economical railroad routes from the Mississippi River to the Pacific coast. The act directed the Secretary of War Jefferson Davis to plan and direct Army topographical engineers to conduct surveys of four routes. The first was between the 47th and 49th parallels generally along the Lewis and Clark route to the Pacific. The Second route between the 37th and 39th parallels was promoted by Senator Thomas Hart Benton of Missouri. The Third route was along the 35th parallel. The Fourth route was promoted by Secretary Davis along the 32nd parallel that followed Emory's 1846-47 reconnaissance.<br /> <br /> The illustration "Awaiting the Return of Mr. Tinkham" was done to support part of the report narrative by Stevens starting on p. 127 of the report. Mr. Tinkham was one of several civilian members of the survey that fanned out along the general route to identify better terrain for a railroad line. They were generally accompanied by Native American guides the knew the terrain. Mr. Tinkham proceed without a guide and became disoriented for a number of days before finding his way back to the camp. <br /> <br /> John Mix Stanley 1814-1872 was an artist-explorer American painter of landscapes and of Native American portraits and tribal life. In 1842 he traveled to the West to paint Native Americans and spend the next ten years painting and exhibiting in eastern cities and the Smithsonian. During the Mexican War in 1846 he was a draftsman for the Corps of Engineers assigned to Colonel Kearney's expedition to California and Oregon Territory. He produced maps and illustrations for the Army. After the war he spent time in Hawaii painting the Royal family native life and landscapes. In 1853 Stanley was appointed the chief artist to Isaac Stevens survey expedition for a Pacific railroad route from St. Paul to Puget Sound the Northern Survey. During the survey he produced the stunning 70 illustrations and fold out panoramas in the Stevens report. When he returned to Washington in 1854 he produced an exhibition of his paintings and large panoramas of western scenes from the Northern survey. from Wiki and Samuels in part. Thomas H. Ford, Printer unknown
18877839The Railway Age Publishing Company 1887. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st edition. A Good copy. Publisher's blind stamped cloth with gilt spine titles. 8vo. 416 pp ads illustrations. Nice Good tight leaves tanning as always. Spots of discoloration on the front boards. The Railway Age Publishing Company hardcover
1885ZB330727NY 1885. 18 pp. paper wrappers re-stapled library markings cover chipped else very good. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. NY unknown
18691140506.09D. Appleton & Co. New York 1869. Hardcover. Fair. 8vo hardcover green cloth no dj. Part II has separate paging and special illustrated title page: Historical and Geographical Notes 1453-1869 by Henry Stevens. Fair condition suitable for rebinding. Prev. owner's bookplate; board corners well-bumped. Text-block cracked in half at pg. 50 -- book is in two halves -- with the 2 maps LACKING opposite pg. 50/51; however binding within each half is sound spine backstrip fully intact. Paper-clip mark at top edge of title pg otherwise Contents clean no foxing or brittleness tinted lithographic plates in Part II are clear & sharp. xxiii 73 p. Part I 88 pp. Part II. Illus. w/ 10 plates lacking the two maps. D. Appleton & Co., New York hardcover
1896474995Dublin : Browne & Nolan 1896. First Edition. Softcover. Good paperback copy; wrappers scuffed and dust-dulled with some wear to the edges. Joints somewhat torn with binding remaining sound. Prelims and text edges foxed. Remains strong and well-preserved overall; internally tight and clean with folded matter sound. Physical description; x 130 pages 16 unnumbered leaves of plates : 1 folded map ; 19 cm. Notes; Cover title: Galway Achill and Connemara. Subjects; Midland Great Western Railway Co. Ireland – Description and travel – 19th century. Galway Ireland : County – Guidebooks. Connemara Ireland – Guidebooks. Achill Island Ireland – Guidebooks. West of Ireland – Guidebooks. Travel guide. Dublin : Browne & Nolan paperback
18826056791882. Signed by A.T. Hall and by Parke on the verso. With circular stamp of Atchinson Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad dated April 1 1882 Santa Fe New Mexico "Permitted to stop over" added. Signed by Authors. No Binding. Very Good. unknown
1880233129np.: np. c. 1880. Soft cover. . Near fine very light marginal foxing. 8 1/5" x 11". Hand-tinted lithograph. Very scarce in this condition. np. paperback
1873174A36W. Metcalfe and Sons Cambridge ENGLAND: 1873. 1873 pp. viii 136 52 Ads engraved Frontis and Half Title. Numerous text drawings. Bound with original decorated color wraps. Rear wrap torn without loss. Small 8vo. 6 1/2". Quarter leather binding over marbled boards. Lacks spine. Boards detached. Fascinating Nineteenth Century ads including Brewer's ads Landscape Gardeners Hotels Chemists; Confectioners Tailors Watchmakers Bookbinders Carriage Builders etc. ENGLAND BOX 2. Language: eng. Soft cover. Very Good. W. Metcalfe and Sons, Cambridge, ENGLAND: 1873. paperback
183255449Boston: J. E. Hinckley and Co 1832. First edition 8vo pp. 87 1; uncut and stitched as issued; tables in the text; without the folding map and lithograph plan as called for in some OCLC listings; contemporary annotations at the back in Acts of Incorporation; very good. Includes a geological memoir of the area between Massachusetts and Narragansett Bays. American Imprints 11443. J. E. Hinckley and Co unknown
1839ZB523190Washington: GPO 1839. 8 pp issued as 25th Congress 3d Session S 109; light extraction roughness at margin else very good in self wrappers; the company feels they are entitled to special consideration as their project to connect Mobile Bay and the Tennessee River by rail is of national importance. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. Washington: GPO, unknown
1897223224London : Temple Chambers 1897 1897. First Edition. Hardback. Very good copy bound in gilt-titled cloth. New endpapers. Title page repaired with some loss. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Minor dust-toning to page margins. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight bright clean and strong.; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 1 pages; Subjects: Locomotives -- Trains -- History -- 19th century -- Great Britain. Unpaginated illus.; 28 x 21cm. London : Temple Chambers, [1897] hardcover
