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195840361London Ontario / Toronto / Winnipeg: The London and Port Stanley Railway / British Columbia Electric Railway Company Ltd. / Montreal and Southern Counties Railway / Canadian National Railways 1958. White paper printed in black lettering. Moderate wear to paper age-toning creasing and light soiling apparent. Withal an about VG collection. 10 items of varying pages each. Charts and spreadsheets located throughout. Varying sizes: 12" x 7-1/2" 10-3/4" x 16" oblong 8-5/8" x 25" oblong 18-1/4" x 29-7/8" oblong. <br/><br/>Includes: 10 timetables from varying companies. British Columbia Electric Railway Company - 7 timetables nos. 69 71 72 2x 73 74 & 76 London and Port Stanley Railway - 1 timetable no. 68 Montreal and Southern Counties Railway - 1 timetable no. 78 Canadian National Railways - 1 timetable no. 53. These timetables provide an all-around sense of the Canadian Railways in the late 1940s and early 1950s. The London and Port Stanley Railway / British Columbia Electric Railway Company Ltd. / Montreal and Southern Counties Railway / unknown books
187031135Springfield Mo. 1870. Stitched in original printed wrappers. 41 1 blank pp. Very Good.<br/><br/> The opening is "a great event in the history of St. Louis and of the State of Missouri.The South Pacific Railroad has burst through upon the prairies of Southwest Missouri and has welded its western terminus upon the rails of the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad. This latter road is going to the Pacific coast as rapidly as it is possible to construct a road in this day of rapid railroad building." The pamphlet describes "the celebration" including speeches and festivities; the route; and the many exciting possibilities the Road will create for the State and Nation.<br/>BRE 175 4 locations. Sabin 57393. OCLC 11579071 11 as of May 2014. unknown books
1870WRCAM34144San Francisco: Thomas Houseworth & Co. 1870. Single stereocard 3 1/2 x 7 inches. Stereo image mounted onto printed orange cardstock. Slight wear at edges. Very good. A very attractive single stereocard image of the Central Pacific Railroad's "Long Ravine Trestle Bridge." The bridge is located in Nevada County California in the Sierra Nevada mountain range just west of the Nevada state line. The image comes from a set sixty-two stereocards created by Thomas Houseworth & Company for the railroad some time after the railroads completion in 1869. According to the website of the Central Pacific Railroad www.cprr.org the Houseworth company produced more than one hundred such stereocards for the railroad including more than a dozen views of the 878- foot long Trestle Bridge. A nice early stereoscopic image of an engineering wonder from an important American railroad. Thomas Houseworth & Co. unknown books
186919264New York: Brown & Hewitt 1869. 32pp original printed wrappers chipped at spine and edges stitched. Double-page map of the route with boundaries of Iowa Minnesota Wisconsin Missouri and Illinois outlined in yellow a short closed tear without loss. Good. <br/><br/> The pamphlet contains information on the resources and economic potential of Iowa and the midwest the traffic that the road will bear grain markets the business of the road and the nature of the investment. <br/>NUC lists printings of December 1869 and March 1870. Not in Modelski or Sabin. OCLC records only 1870 printings. Brown & Hewitt unknown books
186027295Chicago: Dunlop Sewell & Spalding 1860. Original printed wrappers bit of spine wear. 31 4 1 blank pp eleven large folding tables. Stitched Very Good plus. <br/><br/> The Report describes all information on this busy Railroad. Much financial information and data on travel the stock and the growing success of the Company is provided. A comprehensive report. <br/>FIRST EDITION. Ante-Fire Imprints 461 1 location. Dunlop, Sewell & Spalding unknown books
185927294Chicago: Dunlop Sewell & Spalding 1859. Original printed wrappers minor wear. 17 1 blank 11 1 blank pp seven folding tables. Stitched Very Good plus. <br/><br/> The Report describes all information on this busy Railroad. Much financial information and data on travel the stock and the growing success of the Company is provided. A comprehensive report. <br/>FIRST EDITION. Ante-Fire Imprints 367 2 locations. Dunlop, Sewell & Spalding unknown books
187523961New York: Brown & Hewitt Printers 1875. 37 1 blank pp. Original printed front wrapper inked accession numbers in blank bottom margin binding remnants at blank inner margin three punch holes in blank left margin. Else Very Good. offered with FIVE OTHER PAMPHLETS ON THIS RAILROAD. Chicago or 1870's. All in good condition disbound some wear one pamphlet lacking its folding map. Report on the assets of this Road at the instance of its First Mortgage Bondholders as well as other pamphlets on its financial condition and legal troubles. Brown & Hewitt, Printers unknown books
18904909Buffalo NY: Matthews Northrup & Co. Art-Printing Works 1890. 39pp. Sextodecimo 15.5 cm Gray printed wraparound wrappers. About very good. Wear to covers. Complete with the both fold-out maps. A description of the county opens this work 8 pages and is followed by Township plats with lists of sections. The Associated Railway Land Department of Florida was composed of four railway companies and two land development companies. Early Florida development work with dozens of maps.<br/><br/>"This county has maintained its attractions to immigrants from the early settlement of the peninsula. The remarkable productiveness of every class of lands has gathered and kept new comers within its bounds with so much of the contentment of thrift that the population has grown upwards of 20000." - p.3. Matthews, Northrup & Co., Art-Printing Works unknown books
18904910Buffalo NY: Matthews Northrup & Co. Art-Printing Works 1890. 80pp. Sextodecimo 15.5 cm Gray printed wraparound wrappers. About very good. Wear to covers. Complete with the fold-out map. A description of the county opens this work 8 pages and is followed by Township plats with lists of sections. The Associated Railway Land Department of Florida was composed of four railway companies and two land development companies. Early Florida development work with dozens of maps.<br/><br/>"That particular district of peninsular Florida so long and so favorably known as the Lake Region is now principally embraced in Lake County. The central figure in the county is Lake Harris covering about eighteen square miles of territory surrounded for the most part with high beautiful banks forming the site of several charming towns the adjacent territory presenting many pleasing orange groves villas and gardens." - p.3. Matthews, Northrup & Co., Art-Printing Works unknown books
18904908Buffalo NY: Matthews Northrup & Co. Art-Printing Works 1890. 245pp. Sextodecimo 15.5 cm Gray printed wraparound wrappers. Good only. Damaged front cover wear and creasing to front and rear leaves. Fold-out map at front is damaged and incomplete. A description of the county opens this work 18 pages and is followed by Township plats with lists of sections. The Associated Railway Land Department of Florida was composed of four railway companies and two land development companies. Early Florida development work with dozens of maps.<br/><br/>"Lee County was named in honor of the gallant General Robert E. Lee and was formed and organized as a county in the spring of 1887. It was formerly part of Monroe County with its county site at Key West which was 185 miles distant from the northern limits of the county. The present Lee County was until quite recently uninhabited by the white man. It was home of the deer turkey and the indolent but friendly Seminole." - p.3. Matthews, Northrup & Co., Art-Printing Works unknown books
19102222249<p>First edition Oblong octavo 8 7/8" x 5 1/2". 12 pages illustrated in eight colors by Evelyn Gladys Hall. Stitched edges pinked. A bit of fading to left side. Very good.</p><p>Depict British American German trains including cattle and pigeon cars.</p><p>Cope page 79 No. 125.</p> Dean's Rag Book Co. Ltd. unknown books
2804Manchester Lancs.: C. W. Bayley Chief Traffic Manager; printer's slug of The Manchester Guardian at the foot of the front cover 1899. . 12mo pictorial pale-green printed wrappers. No other copies located; OCLC & COPAC both checked. Pages 3Ð19 number the tours from number 1Ð36 but only the first 20 are in this volume; the remainder mustappear in a separate Yorkshire volume. The starting point is given and then the cost of both a first and a third classicket plus a bicycle charge. Pages 20Ð45 contain detailed highlights of each tour. SOLD WITH: Another edition 1905 with title-page and 6 halftones detailing 22 tours out of 39. The printer's slug on this edition also on the front cover reads "Henry Blacklock & Co. Ltd. Colour Printers Manchester."``````` [Manchester, Lancs.: C. W. Bayley, Chief Traffic Manager; printer's slug of The Manchester Guardian at the foot of the front unknown books
185822429Cincinnati: Gazette Company Steam Printing House 1858. Original printed wrappers stitched. 37 1 blank pp. Folding table. Light wear Very Good plus. <br/><br/> The Directors blame "the continued and unusual navigable condition of the Ohio river during nearly all of the year" for the parlous condition of the Railroads. Despite the attractiveness of transportation by water the Directors express high hopes for the future joint operations of the Companies. Tables and much data on the companies' rolling stock and financial condition are included. <br/>FIRST EDITION. Not in BRE Sabin Eberstadt Thomson OH. Gazette Company Steam Printing House unknown books
19281134Louisville 1928. Very good. 59 leaves. Oblong narrow octavo. Blueprint self-wrappers with blue paper spine enclosing blueprint contents. Light wear to spine and corners some wear to wrappers. Contemporary ownership inscription on front cover. Internally clean. Profile guide map for the Birmingham Mineral Railroad operating at this time under the name of its parent company the Louisville and Nashville Railroad. Printed in blueprint the volume opens with a map of the entire line from Montgomery north to Birmingham and looping to the north and east through Talladega and Gadsden. There follow detailed maps of the line indicating culverts depots and other features on the route. These maps are provided for the Columbiana Branch the Marbleton Branch the Lumberton Spur the Rock Springs Spur the Self Creek Branch the Long Branch Coal Railroad the Graystone Branch and the Huntsville No. 2. The Birmingham Mineral Railroad was chartered as a division of the Louisville & Nashville Railroad in 1884 designed to freight coal and other minerals from mines in the region. The Huntsville No. 2 Branch opened in 1889 from Birmingham to the Champion Mines. Many of the Red Mountain mines were abandoned by the Great Depression and the railroad was slowly dismantled throughout the 1930s and 1940s. We find no record of this title in OCLC and suspect it was produced in a limited number for internal use. unknown books
19006152London: Partington Advertising Company Waterlow & Sons printers n.d. circa 1900. 6th edition. Very Good/The handy District Railway map of London seems to have appeared under several imprints between the 1870s and the early 20th century. This copy issued by the agents for billboard advertising on the London Chatham and Dover lines. Other copies of the same map at the same time bear the imprint of Samson Low. Fine map of London showing mass transit lines. Inset of the Putney Bridge & Wimbledon section. Color folded map 68 x 106 cm folded to 18 x 14 cm in cover 19 x 15 cm. Cover illustrated with "picture postcard" scenes of London. Cover rather stained map very good with some discoloration along folds only. Partington Advertising Company (Waterlow & Sons, printers) unknown books
186330260Memphis 1863. Broadside 9" x 11". Lined paper with columns in blue and red inks entirely in manuscript. Two large stains at left edge moderate dusting to right edge on verso. A few small edge chips old folds with archival tape repairs of short splits on verso. Good to Good.<br/><br/> The Mississippi Central Railroad Company was chartered in 1852; construction began in 1853 and was completed in 1860. The road ran from Canton Mississippi to Jackson Tennessee; it connected to the New Orleans Jackson and Great Northern Railroads at Canton; the Memphis and Charleston Railroad at Grand Junction Tennessee; and the Mobile and Ohio Railroad at Jackson Tennessee. The Mississippi Central Railroad was the scene of several military actions during 1862-1863 and was severely damaged.<br/> R.S. Taylor & Co. of Memphis Tennessee advertised as Cotton Factors and Grocers "We have a large and well selected stock of Groceries and Flour among which is the old favorite Grafton 000 and Reincke's Elegant." THE MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL VOLUME 31 NUMBER 67 FEBRUARY 22 1871 Page 1. unknown books
188831649np 1888. 79 1 pp plus folding map couple of expertly repaired short fold splits one chip. Disbound Good. <br/><br/> This promotional went through a number of editions of which this appears to be the first. It provides the information promised by the title.<br/>110 Eberstadt 15. unknown books
3055Boston: The Company:Alfred Mudge & Son Printers 1874. . 8vo buff wrappers front printed Boston: [The Company]:Alfred Mudge & Son, Printers, 1874. unknown books
184122451New-York: Printed by Egbert Hedge Railroad Journal Office. 120 Nassau Street 1841. 34 2 blank 2 15 appendix 1 2 blank pp. Attractive green foldout map of the State of New York a few short splits along folds one short closed tear repaired with small piece of tape on verso. Original printed wrappers small institutional paper label with reinforced spine. Stitched blindstamp at bottom of title page. Else Very Good. <br/>AI 41-3849 4. OCLC 39816544 4 -serial. Printed by Egbert Hedge, Railroad Journal Office. 120 Nassau Street unknown books
187216715New York: Land Department Northern Pacific Railroad Company 1872. Original printed wrappers with wrapper title as issued. Verso of front wrap is a 'Map of the Northern Pacific Railroad Lands in Minnesota.' Rear wrap is a 'Map of the Northern Pacific Railroad and its Connections extending to Washington on the West Coast. Some wrapper soil 32pp. Text illustrations minor wear Good or so. <br/><br/> This Guide which is well-represented in institutions discusses the geography and resources of the railroad's Minnesota lands East of the Mississippi River the lands between the Mississippi and the Red River Valley and the land in the Red River Valley. Fruit timber and fuel markets transportation facilities settlers Soldiers' Colonies reflecting Homestead Law provisions favoring soldiers and sailors settlement tips stock-raising price of land and terms of sale how to construct a house with illustrations are all reviewed. Land Department, Northern Pacific Railroad Company unknown books
1885WRCAM54057St. Paul Mn 1885. 64pp. with in-text illustrations. Original pictorial wrappers extracted from larger volume. Very good. An attractive 1885 promotional publication by the Northern Pacific Railroad providing detailed descriptions and numerous illustrations of attractions to be taken advantage of along their routes from Minneapolis and Saint Paul to Seattle and thence to Alaska. Includes a map illustrations and descriptions of Yellowstone. unknown books
188327620St. Paul: Brown & Treacy 1883. Original printed and illustrated wrappers. 96pp. Wraps worn blank inner margins with binding holes and some separation of the text block from the wraps. Else Very Good. Profusely illustrated. Blank verso of front wrapper with small plate 'Presented by J. Fletcher Williams St. Paul Minn.' <br/><br/> The story of the Railway its completion details of the celebration and the attractions of St. Paul "the Northwestern Metropolis."<br/>BRE 243. Brown & Treacy unknown books
1916562St. Paul 1916. 64pp. Quarto. Original pictorial wrappers stapled. A scarce North Dakota promotional published by the Northern Pacific Railway focused on the agriculture of the state. The extensive text consists consists of detailed county-by-county descriptions of farming opportunities in North Dakota accompanied by numerous photographic images as well as the obligatory information on passenger travel and freight service available through Northern Pacific to these areas. A color map of the state with existing and proposed Northern Pacific lines is printed on the inside front wrapper. We locate three copies at Yale BYU and the State Historical Society of North Dakota. unknown books
188025667New York City: Eastern Office Oregon Railway and Navigation Co.; Franklin Press: Rand Avery & Co. Boston 1880. 59 1 blank pp large 17" x 19" folding Colton color map of Oregon Washington Territory part of Idaho. A few short splits along folds with no loss. Original printed wrapperssoiled and worn. Scattered spotting. A few small chips and wormholes at corners of outer leaves closed tear to title page no text loss. Good.<br/><br/> "To meet the constant and increasing demand for full information as to the climate and resources of both Eastern and Western Oregon the present pamphlet is issued. In this compilation use is made of matter entertained in pamphlets issued by Oregon State Board of Immigration. The reader is given a few of the disinterested opinions of travellers map and tables showing all that may be desired in order to arrive at a correct knowledge of this state as gathered from Facts and Figures."<br/>Adams Herd 1729. Eastern Office, Oregon Railway and Navigation Co.; Franklin Press: Rand, Avery, & Co., Boston unknown books
79884RAILROAD RAILROAD BOOKS PAMPHLETS AND EPHEMERA 23 ITEMS. As follows: 1. DETROIT LUBRICATOR COMPANY. "GENUINE DETROIT" MODEL A LOCOMOTIVE FORCE FEED OILER CATALOG NO. 174. Detroit MI n.d. 56 pp. including folding charts and b/w and two-color illustrations and halftone photos. 8vo. heavily soiled printed stapled wrappers yellow. Some soil to page edges. 2. DETROIT LUBRICATOR COMPANY. DETROIT BULLSEYE LOCOMOTIVE LUBRICATORS CATALOG NO. 38 L. Detroit MI 1918. 62 pp. Halftone photos. 8vo. moderate soil to printed stapled wrappers with 3 color embossed front cover. Light offset to front and rear pages and some soil to page edges. 3. WORTHINGTON PUMP AND MACHINERY CORPORATION. WORTHINGTON LOCOMOTIVE BOILER FEED PUMP AND FEED WATER HEATER TYPES B AND BL GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR OPERATION BK-1608-F. New York May 1927. 36 pp. Stiff green printed wrappers with green cloth tape spine rounded corners. 12mo. moderate soil to covers and a few pages b/w folding diagram two-color folding diagram b/w figs. in text. 4. SNODGRASS J. M. et al. THE ECONOMICAL USE OF COAL IN RAILWAY LOCOMOTIVES. Urbana: University of Illinois Bulletin Vol. XVI No. 2 Sept. 9 1918. Circular No. 8 Engineering Experiment Station. 76 pp. 8vo. printed stapled wrappers. Covers soiled light soil to a few page edges. Boston and Maine Railroad office loan slip tipped in on inside front cover. 6 pp. of color illustrations of fireboxes. 5. FRANKLIN RAILWAY SUPPLY COMPANY. THE LOCOMOTIVE BOOSTER TYPES C-1 AND C-2 INSTRUCTION BOOK NO. 102. New York 1927. 114 pp. 12mo. stiff red printed wrappers with rounded corners and red cloth spine tape. Minimal external soil interior clean. B/w halftone and two-tone illustrations. 6. INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINISTS. CONSTITUTION OF THE GRAND LODGE DISTRICT AND LOCAL LODGES INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINISTS. Washington DC 1925. 96 pp. 15 pp. index. 24mo. blue printed stapled wrappers. Minor soil to covers interior clean. 7. THE LESLIE COMPANY. INSTRUCTION CARD NO. AK-6: THE LESLIE TURBO GENERATOR AND STEAM HEAT PRESSURE REGULATOR 1 1/2" X 2" CLASS "AK". Lyndhurst NJ n.d. White cardstock printed on one side 10" x 8 1/4" folded in half. B/w diagram. unknown books