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192440427San Francisco: Market Street Railway Company 1924. 1st printing. White paper printed with black lettering. Very light wear to edges previous creasing. Single sheet. Illustrated map of the San Francisco peninsula. Oblong format: 12-3/4" x 15" <br/><br/>The Market Street Railway Company was a commercial streetcar and bus operator in San Francisco the core of its runs transporting up and down Market Street in the city hence the name of the company. Throughout its lifetime the company traded hands and names on numerous occasions. It was the first horsecar line to open in San Francisco beginning its runs on July 4th 1860. The company had a difficult time convincing others of the need to electrically run systems but the 1906 earthquake and fire gave them the chance to overrule the votes and rebuild the system the way they chose. The cars were large and luxurious and are on display in San Francisco's Railway Museum. Only 2 later editions found in institutional holdings on OCLC. Rare in the trade. Market Street Railway Company unknown books
1920305408Los Angeles California Pacific Electric Railway n.d. ca. 1920. 1920. 16" x 9". Brochure folds to form eight panels with color borders. Printed in orange green and black. Eight b/w halftone photographs. Fine. No signatures or bookplates. The trips included: Mount Lowe; Balloon Route; Old Mission. Orange Empire Riverside San Bernardino Redlands. The front panel with view of Mission Inn Riverside. The back panel with view of Smiley Heights at Redlands. No Binding. Fine. Los Angeles, California, Pacific Electric Railway, n.d., ca. 1920. unknown books
45953London: Edward Arnold n. d. 1st edition presumed ca mid-1890s. Original publisher's grey-blue cloth printed in black to front board and gilt stamping to spine. Pale yellow eps. Geneal wear & soiling to binding. Slight cock. Bookplate. Very Good. vii 1 blank 232 16 pp. 1893 publisher catalogue at rear. Illustrated. Crown 8vo. 7-5/8" x 5" <br/><br/> Edward Arnold hardcover books
185012814London: John Weale 1850. 1st edition. Contemporary green embossed cloth over stiff paperstock vice binder's board. Paper labels on spine & front cover. VG professionally reinforced hinges/pos on ffep. 119 pp Publisher Note at rear. Many intratextual woodcut diagrams charts tables etc. 12mo. <br/><br/>Part I complete in itself; Part II not published until 1855-6. Possibly lacking frontis. John Weale hardcover books
195540440Berlin Canada: Grand River Railway 1955. 1st printings. Buff paper printed with black ink. Moderate wear to paper age-toning edgewear with light creasing and chipping no losses to text. Bottom of advertisement torn. An about VG collection. 3 items each of folded single sheets. Single black and white photographic image to advertisement. Varying sizes. <br/><br/>This collection includes: Grand Railway's "The Lake Erie and Northern Railway" Timetables No. 29 & 62 and a "Last Call" Interurban Jaunt advertisement for a farewell trip to the Lake Erie & Northern Railway and the Grand River Railway on May 1 1955. Grand River Railway unknown books
193137891London: Waterlow & Sons Ltd. 1931. First edition. A near fine copy. 1 sheet. Folio. A canceled issue 500 pound note of the 1200000 pounds sterling 5 per cent second mortgage debentures for the Buenos Ayres Central Railway which was first granted a concession in 1894. Waterlow & Sons, Ltd. unknown books
192642774Atlanta: Georgia Railway and Power Company 1926. Paperback. Very good. 44pp. History of the company up until year of publication and details on future projects. Full page photograph of Tallulah Rapids and numerous others of Atlanta and surrounding areas. <br/><br/> Georgia Railway and Power Company paperback books
18491743930th Cong. 2d Sess.: HR26. 1849. 46 3 blank pp stitched untrimmed partially uncut. Light scattered foxing light dustsoiling. Good. HR26. unknown books
1981197204Los Angeles California n.p. 1981. 1981. Folding 6 panel brochure 8" x 22". 11 tinted color photographs; map by D.W. Pontius; blue background on front panel. Very good. Scarce. Includes advertisements for Mt. Lowe Orange Empire Trolley trip to Redlands Balloon trip Old Mission Trip. No Binding. Very Good. Los Angeles, California [n.p.] 1981. unknown books
18728176Memphis 1872. Original printed wrappers stitched 23pp. Wraps lightly dusted. Very Good. <br/><br/> A description of this Arkansas corporation and a review of its mission to provide rail service between Memphis and St. Louis. The report of the chief engineer J.L. Meigs informs on the character of the country traversed by the road. <br/>FIRST EDITION. Allen 7806 1 copy. unknown books
185219687n 1852. Folded blue folio sheet. 3 1 blank pp. Horizontal fold resulting in one short closed margin tear no loss light wear. Good. <br/><br/> The Company's balance sheet showing capital stock debt dividend payable value of equipment and other property data on passengers and freight carried. A report on accidents on the road is included. Not in Felcone whose bibliography includes reports printed in 1853 1854 1857 1858 1859. unknown books
191285184n.p. 1912. Hardcover. Good. v 356 46 66p. Rebound in later tan buckram with leather spine labels. 24 cm. Cover somewhat soiled. No jacket. Documents and minutes intended to cover all proceedings "had to effect the merger whereby the present Raleigh Charlotte and Southern Railway Company was formed and its First and Refunding Mortgage authorized." from the Preface. <br/><br/> hardcover books
1913019149St. Paul MN: Northern Pacific Railway 1913. Book. Very good- condition. Paperback. First Edition. Oblong octavo 8vo. 40 pages of text. Color paperback binding with quite a bit of soiling and a large crease to the rear wrapper; original string-binding remains intact. Minor water stain visible on top corner. Illustrated with 2 maps. 37 pages contains one or more black-and-white photographs. . Northern Pacific Railway Paperback books
194040445Philadelphia PA: Pennsylvania Railroad 1940. 1st printings. All illustrated in black white and/or red inked wrappers and paper. Housed inside original Pennsylvania Railroad publisher's envelope from the Exhibit at the Golden Gate International Exhibition. Items only lightly worn. A VG collection. 5 items two brochures and 1 advertisement single sheets two pamphlets of 28 pp. & 12 pp. both unpaginated. Many b/w illustrations and photographic images throughout. 3-D glasses in shape of a train included. Various sizes from 6" x 3" to 5" x 7-1/2" <br/><br/>Collection includes: One b/w pamphlet entitled "Modern Locomotives and Cars 1939" with images of all the different types of cars used by the "Pennsy" Railroad. The second brochure gives light details of the different long-distance trips travelers can make and is titled "When West Meets East". One brochure gives illustrations of all the different accomodations for long-distance travelers called "For Your Trip East - the Fleet of Modernism". The other brochure details the railroad's "Magic Movies" 3D films of fast moving trains at the Golden Gate International Exposition with 3D glasses included. The last item an advertisement printed recto and verso displays a couple black and white illustrations advertising a round trip from Chicago to New York for only $27.25. "The PRR was the largest railroad by traffic and revenue in the U.S. for the first half of the twentieth century. Over the years it acquired merged with or owned part of at least 800 other rail lines and companies. At the end of 1925 it operated 10515 miles of rail line; in the 1920s it carried nearly three times the traffic as other railroads of comparable length. At one time the PRR was the largest publicly traded corporation in the world with a budget larger than that of the U.S. government and a workforce of about 250000 people." Wikipedia. Pennsylvania Railroad unknown books
185518117Washington: Printed by A.O.P. Nicholson 1855. 116 1 note 1 blank pp disbound. Light tanning scattered foxing. Good. Printed by A.O.P. Nicholson unknown books
96482Good for the fare of one passenger one hundred and twenty five miles. Issued on July 1st 1873. handsomely engraved with a steam engine and coal car. Charleston 1873. vg<br/><br/> unknown books
189925554St. Louis: Woodward & Tiernan Printing Co. 1899. 38pp folding map of the railroad and connecting lines. Original printed wrappers light dust and wear small rubberstamp at head of front wrap original staples. Very Good. <br/><br/> All material on the Road's financial condition with a map depicting its route and connecting lines.<br/>OCLC 251864058 1-AAS 187467966 1-PAU-serial 7984345 11-serial. Woodward & Tiernan Printing Co. 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
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
190069540n.p. 1900. Hardcover. Good. photos map on front pastedown xx 164p. Blue cloth lettered and decorated in silver on front cover. 28cm. Numerous small brown cover spots. About 20& of silver gone from cover lettering & decoration. Contents sound with moderate soil wear and occasional brown spots. No Jacket. A somewhat more common edition with 308 pages was published in 1905. <br/><br/> hardcover books
190627672Newton-le-Willows Eng. McCorquodale & Co. 1906. 12mo pp. 142; 3 plates 2 in color folding map and numerous sepia-colored half-tones in the text; a very good copy in original color pictorial wrappers. NYPL only in OCLC. <br/><br/> unknown books
1892018825Philadelphia: Compania Del Ferrocarril De Pennsylvania 1892. Octavo. 139p. 7 maps as called for in most editions some apparently have only 6. Spanish language. The Pennsylvania Railroad made an extraordinary effort in corporate image making to produce editions both in English and Spanish. Maps included are: Pennsylvania RR New York to Chicago: 2 New York Harbor; 3 New York City; 4 Philadelphia 5 Washington 6 Chicago; and 7 Chicago Business District. This copy was bound in Malaga Spain for the W.C. Bevan & Company which was one of the largest U.S. companies in Spain. Bound in brown cloth spine lettering gilt light brown endpapers. A very good copy with nice maps. Compania Del Ferrocarril De Pennsylvania unknown books
1888101899Chicago: J.M.W. Jones Stationery 1888. Softbound. VG ex art library with faded stamp on top of cover ancient colored tape strips along spine. Original color pictorial wrappers. 88 pp. profusely illustrated with line engravings. A very clean tight copy of this book with a beautiful color illustrated cover of a dramatic mining scene. J.M.W. Jones Stationery paperback books
192926212New York NY: Raymond-Whitcomb Co. 1929. Giving cruise destinations rates accommodations all keyed by colors to various rail car layouts; with details of amenities on offer - dining observation cars; washrooms berthing arrangements lounge area including library and more. A very large folding poster approx. 32" x 42 1/2" size with further information on the reverse regarding 14 of the available 'land cruises' including for Alaska National Parks Pacific Northwest and one tour which extended the 'cruise' portion to Hawaii. Small Brooklyn Daily Eagle Information Bureau stamp & date on cover panel. Old fold lines slight wear; couple short splits at folds; very clean and in very good condition. First Edition. Not Bound. Very Good. Raymond-Whitcomb Co. paperback books
191685287n.p. 1916. Good. 25 x 30cm. Splitting along later folds. Signed by Secretary and two Directors. Payment information on back as if noting a transfer in 1929. <br/><br/> unknown books
