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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
1867100112Pamphlet original printed wrappers 8vo 35 pp. with lithographic map as frontispiece. Old ink ownership signature on front cover along with small rubber stamp of library on front cover too. Library stamp on back of title page some soiling to wrappers corners nicked and a slight vertical crease. Otherwise very good. Scarce pamphlet offering a view of the building of the transcontinental railroad and some of the challenges it faced including those related to the crossing the Sierra Nevada. The map shows most of the U.S. excluding the southern fringe with the Central Pacific and Union Pacific Railroads connecting just north of Salt Lake City. The map also shows the proposed Southern Pacific Railroad from St. Louis to Southern California. The pamphlet talks about the need for the railroad because of the gold discoveries and the unlimited agricultural potential of the region. The author speculates that California could handle a population of ten million people. Also includes facts and figures about the cost of the railroad. George Brown, Printer, books
186924607NY: The railway; Phair & Co. Printers 1869. First edition. 8vo.; 7 5 36pp. Large folding map separated along one fold 34 by 29 inches with some outlines colored. Original printed wrappers front wrapper chipped and detached else very good. A circular and special report on the Burlington Cedar Rapids & Minnesota Railway Company including its articles of incorporation. <br/><br/> The railway; Phair & Co., Printers unknown books
184727881Ontario 1847. 47 1 blank pp plus two folding maps as issued: 'Map and Profile of the Great Western Railway Canada West' 48 1/2 cm x 32 cm; 'Map of the Route of the Great Western Railway Shewing its Connection with other Public Works' 35 1/2 cm x 29 cm. Versos with expertly repaired closed tears short margin tear else Very Good.<br/><br/> The railroad is "on the precise ground that will enable it to control the trade and travel of such a vast portion of the Canadas and the prosperous American States." <br/>TPL 2850. Sabin 28478n. unknown books
185331456Davenport: Sanders & Davis 1853. 24pp. Stitched lightly foxed. Very Good. <br/><br/> This pamphlet provides "elaborate details of the projected road across the State from Davenport to Council Bluffs" 130 Eberstadt 311. The incorporators included the well known civil engineer John Jervis of New York. <br/>130 Eberstadt 312. Graff 2828. OCLC 11478920 10 as of January 2021. Not in Sabin Moffit Decker or BRE. Sanders & Davis unknown books
19087623Near Cambridge MD 1908. Seven volumes in all. Receipt Books: oblong quartos 29.5 x 22.5 cm. approximately 500 pages in all. Receipt books and bills of lading for a shipping agent specialized in oysters and other seafoods. The bills of lading indicate that the shipments originated with L.B. Phillips & Co. in or near Cambridge MD and that most shipments were sent on the Empire Line. The Bills of Lading indicate that the shipments originated with L.B. Phillips & Co. in or near Cambridge MD and that most shipments were sent on the Empire Line. The five Receipt Books are dated: Sept. 28 1905 - Nov. 23 1905; Nov. 24 1905 - Dec. 21 1905; Dec. 22 1904 - Jan. 24 1905; Mar. 20-1906 - April 13 1906; Nov. 27 1906 - Dec 21 1906. Individual sheets show a single day's shipments to various customers and a grid provides space for recording shipment in quantities measured in Cases Tubs Kegs Barrels Crates and Baskets. For example a single sheet from March 20 1908 indicates some 570 cases and partial barrels and kegs of oysters to eight clients in cities including Denver Kansas City Washburn Wisc. Bay City Mich. Mitchell South Dakota Kankakee Ill. Johnstown NY and DeKalb Ill. Most of the accounts are in the Midwest but Toronto Livingston Manor NY Alexandria Virginia and other are also included. The two volumes of Bills of Lading: oblong quartos 20 x 22.5 cm. approximately 200 pages in all. Dates of the Bills of Lading: Aug. 21 1905 - Sept. 4 1905; Dec. 13 1907 - Jan. 2 1908. The Bills of Lading also list Shrimp shipped in 200lb. barrels. Pages brittle and a few leaves are chipped or torn. Receipt Books are bound in marbled boards backed in tan cloth with printed paper labels to front boards. Bills of Ladings are in pale blue paper boards backed in tan cloth with printed paper title labels. Overall near very good. hardcover books
185976593Washington DC.: Beverley Tucker Printer. Very Good. 1859. First Edition. Hardcover. Ex-library with the usual markings. This volume is hard-bound in blind-stamped brown cloth with faded gilt stamping to the spine. The binding has been repaired / reinforced at some point with some type of lacquer covering the spine and so the volume is sound and tight. There is edge-wear and rubbing to the corners and spine-ends. There is some wear/chipping to the joints. Some modest light foxing but overall the work is bright and fresh. This work is complete with plates of reptiles fishes frogs birds snakes and mammals and 28 beautifully hand colored engravings of birds. . Beverley Tucker, Printer hardcover books
1880102313<p> Folding time table and schedule unfolded 7" x 25 1/2" folded 3 1/2" x 7" reverse side shows map of route. Some splits at folds a couple of chips and folds at corners some browning aging and occasional soiling or staining; otherwise about very good. Somewhat scarce railroad time table OCLC locates one copy that provides time table information for trips from Chicago to San Francisco. Includes a map of the routes and stops made along with railroad announcements and advertisements. OCLC. </p> Spalding & La Monte, books
1946242N.p. 1946. Near fine. Poster 18 x 24 inches. Minor wear. A handsome poster advertising travel on the Santa Fe Railroad featuring several Navajo Indians in the foreground and a pueblo in the background. One of the men in the foreground stands drumming while the others are seated behind him chatting. The vibrant colors are washed out slightly by the fierce New Mexican sun softening the view. The railroad produced numerous promotional posters in the 1940s many of them -- such as this one -- quite striking. No artist is identified on this work. unknown books
1948240N.p. 1948. Near fine. Poster 18 x 24 inches. Minor wear. Advertising poster for the Santa Fe Railroad featuring a Native American child etching the slogan "Santa Fe All the Way" in the sand with a stick. The stylish Santa Fe locomotive is barreling past in the background its engine a sleek red. The railroad produced numerous promotional posters in the 1940s many of them -- such as this one -- quite striking. No artist is identified on this work. unknown books
1946243N.p. 1946. Very good. Poster 18 x 24 inches. Minor wear a few minor chips and tears at edges. A handsome poster advertising travel on the Santa Fe Railroad painted in the bold teals and earth tones associated with the Southwest. The poster features a Hopi dancer performing the Buffalo Dance. He fills almost the entirety of the image with a crowd of people gathered around the pueblo in the far background. The poster was designed by Don Perceval who did several such works for the railroad. Born in Britain Perceval 1908-1979 whose mother was also an artist moved to Los Angeles as a child and became enamored of the Southwest. He specialized in images of Hopi and Navajo Indians a subject he began sketching in the 1920s. That knowledge and interest is certainly applied here in the inclusion of culturally correct costuming for the event. In addition to his art he also did commercial work for the Santa Fe Railroad such as the present piece bringing his vibrant style to the company's advertising. unknown books
1880658Cincinnati 1880. Very good. Folding brochure eight panels to each side. Minor wear and soiling. Contemporary ink stamp on two panels. Promotional brochure for the land grants of the St. Louis Iron Mountain and Southern Railway. The brochure outlines the benefits of the climate the resources and agriculture in the region ease of transport and access and other features: "People from all sections of the country who desire to better their condition are cordially invited to come to Arkansas and secure cheap homes. All classes of citizens without regard to political opinions join to build up the material interests of the state and develop its extraordinary resources. The colored people constitute only one-fourth of the population." The usual "Bound for the Happy Lands" circular woodcut of the railroad adorns two panels and a small map highlights the Texas Short Line from St. Louis to Texarkana. With the ink stamp of Henry H. Hannan land agent in Swan Creek Ohio. unknown books
187537686St. Louis: The railway Jno. McKittrick & Co. printers St. Louis 1875. Broadside 21 x 7 inches three paragraphs of promotional material ticket office addresses and fare rates set in many typefaces and sizes including display type and illustrated with a circular bird's-eye view map below the heads. Some old staining mostly in margin; "Henry Hannan Land Agent" stamp else very good. Advertising ticket fares and lands for sale to customers in Ohio Michigan Indiana Illinois and Kentucky. OCLC locates two copies Yale Truman State University. <br/><br/> The railway (Jno. McKittrick & Co., printers, St. Louis) 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
1876022682Chicago IL: RAND McNally & Co. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1876. Railroad Timetable. Railroad timetable unfolds into a 23 1/2 x 35 inch map of two-thirds of the United States. Light soiling and chipping to edges slight separation at one or two folds. Contains a very pleasing hand-colored map showing the myriad of short line railroads throughout the eastern two-thirds of the United States. Includes timetables for the Chicago Alton & St. Louis RR the Chicago Kansas City & Denver RR various Texas Short Lines and the Chicago Memphis mobile & New Orleans line. Aslo has striking vignettes of Pullman Palace Sleeping Cars and the Reclining Chairs in said cars the Great Steel Bridge and Great Iron Bridge across the Mississippi River in two locales. This particular timetable not found in OCLC as of April 2021. A wonderful example of an ephemeral railroad artifact. . RAND, McNally & Co. unknown books
503718ca. 1920 by Aerograph Co. Los Angeles with blindstamp in lower left corner. Framed in a black wooden frame with white mat. Framed size: 13 1/2" x 26". F. Soft cover. paperback books
1871761New York 1871. Good plus. Folding pamphlet 6 x 17 inches. Separated along one fold. A few later pencil annotations. Light wear and tanning. A scarce advertisement for bond investment in the Northern Pacific Railroad issued in 1871 during the first great construction push on the line. Although the company was founded in 1865 ground was only broken on construction in 1870 after considerable backing by Jay Cooke. This pamphlet outlines the plans for the railroad to be built from St. Paul to Portland and Seattle the prospects for passenger and freight business upon completion and the extent of the land grants afforded the railroad by the federal government. The text goes on to describe the financial instruments on offer their advantages over Treasury bonds chiefly a greater yield at 7-8% vs. 5-6% and their security against the commercial and financial assets of the railroad as well as its land grants. With a map of the proposed route on the rearmost panel. A scarce call for investment in the Northern Pacific from its early history. unknown books
186841514New York 1868. 1st printing thus i.e. of this June schedule. No copies found on OCLC though one each of the 1864 & 1866 are recorded. Printed self-wrappers. Age-toning. Old tape reinforcement along folds. A couple short edge tears. Very Good. One sheet printed both sides and fold thrice to form a pocket-sized brochure. Full sheet map of the "Great Broad Gauge -- Double Track Route". Unfolded: 10-7-8" x 13-3/4". Folded: 5-1/2" x 3-1/2" <br/><br/> unknown books
28105.1Philadelphia: Printed by J. B. Lippincott & Co n. d. 1st edition. Ca 1893. Scarce OCLC locates 13 cc. Not in Romaine. Original publisher's red cloth with gilt stamped lettering to front board. Floral patterned paper eps. Some unobtrusive wear/soiling to boards. Period pos to preliminary blank. A VG copy. 78 2 pp. Advertisement penultimate page listing the divers locomotive types 9 custom built by Baldwin. Frontis from a photograph showing an interior factory view of the Baldwin Locomotive Works. Images from photographs of the 14 engines on exhibit. Woodcut of "Old Ironsides" 1832 locomotive built by Matthias Baldwin. 4to. 10-7/8" x 7-3/4" <br/><br/>Baldwin exhibited 14 locomotives in the Exposition including an Express Passenger Locomotive "American Pattern" Class 8-34 C; 3 Compound Express Passenger Locomotives a "Double-Ender" Type Wootten Fire-Box Class 8 20/38 1/4 C No. 694 an "American Type" Class 8 20/38 C No. 450 & a "Special High-Speed" Type Class 8 20/38 1/4 C No. 13350; a Passenger Locomotive "American" Type Class 830 C No. 13400 and other divers models such as a Logging Locomotive "Double-Ender" Pattern Class 8=22 1/4 C No. 13361. Printed by J. B. Lippincott & Co hardcover books
28105.2Philadelphia: Printed by J. B. Lippincott & Co n. d. 1st edition. Ca 1893. Scarce OCLC locates 13 cc. Not in Romaine. Original publisher's red cloth with gilt lettering to front board. Floral patterned paper eps. Soiling to boards with a bit of fraying to spine ends. Period pos to front paste-down and later one to preliminary blank. A solid VG copy. 78 2 pp. Advertisement penultimate page listing the divers locomotive types 9 custom built by Baldwin. Frontis from a photograph showing an interior factory view of the Baldwin Locomotive Works. Images from photographs of the 14 engines on exhibit. Woodcut of "Old Ironsides" 1832 locomotive built by Matthias Baldwin. 4to. 10-7/8" x 7-3/4" <br/><br/>Baldwin exhibited 14 locomotives in the Exposition including an Express Passenger Locomotive "American Pattern" Class 8-34 C; 3 Compound Express Passenger Locomotives a "Double-Ender" Type Wootten Fire-Box Class 8 20/38 1/4 C No. 694 an "American Type" Class 8 20/38 C No. 450 & a "Special High-Speed" Type Class 8 20/38 1/4 C No. 13350; a Passenger Locomotive "American" Type Class 830 C No. 13400 and other divers models such as a Logging Locomotive "Double-Ender" Pattern Class 8=22 1/4 C No. 13361. Printed by J. B. Lippincott & Co hardcover books
188530584np 1885. 299 12 100 52 32 20 47 8 6 pp. Pleadings and other court documents bound together in contemporary red morocco with decorated borders gilt-lettered spine and front cover. Raised spine bands and gilt rules. Binding with a bit of extremity scuffing Very Good.<br/><br/> The Railway an Iowa corporation entered into agreements to finance the construction of a railroad from Burlington to a point near Mankato Minnesota a distance of 270 miles. The Railway defaulted and the mortgage holders began a foreclosure action which is the subject of these documents. This book a series of separate printings collects the Complaint and other pleadings Exhibits Amendments to the Complaint the stipulated facts and the briefs and arguments of counsel. The claims of various lienholders rendered the case quite complicated; aspects of the case arrived at the U.S. Supreme Court reported at 159 U.S. 278 1895. unknown books
1882WRCAM46974N.p. but Chicago 1882. 24pp. Narrow octavo. Original printed pictorial wrappers. Light soiling and wear vertical crease to center of pamphlet. Minor internal soiling. Just about very good. Promotional pamphlet for the Burlington & Missouri River Railroad Company advertising lands for sale in Nebraska. The cover claims "No state offers greater advantages in soil climate rail roads market facilities or grand opportunities to the farmer and stock raiser than Nebraska." The text commences on a high note: "This is the State whose latch string is out and offers homes and promises of prosperity to all who will come." The emphasis is agriculture and stock raising with glowing essays including "Great Grazing District" "Livestock in the State" "Orchards and Groves Planted" "The Pure Air of the Prairies" "The Herd Law - No Fences Allowed" "The Cheapest Lands in America" "Sheep Raising in Nebraska" "Education the Birthright of Every Nebraska Child" etc. OCLC lists two similar items each in a single copy: one at Yale with the imprint of Lincoln: State Journal Co. 1881; and one at the Huntington with the imprint of St. Louis: A. Gast 1881 The present copy has no imprint. A. Zeese & Co. the Chicago engraving firm who is attributed on the first map specialized in half tones zinc etching relief-line lithogravure and photoelectric type. Chicago seems to us the most likely place of printing for all the editions noted above. unknown books
18851099Chicago: Geo. F. Cram 1885. Good plus. Large folding pamphlet approximately 20 x 41.5 inches. A few small chips and short closed tears at edges; several short separations and very minor losses along folds. Contemporary agent's ink stamp on cover panel. Tape repair across portion of horizontal fold; one panel with patches of light staining. A scarce colorful promotional for the Rock Island Route as well as its national and international connections with a fascinating stamp of an Australian sales agent. One side of the sheet prints an extensive promotional text and timetables for the various routes and services of the Chicago Rock Island & Pacific Railway. The main side of the sheet prints a map of the United States with state borders shaded in four colors highlighting the principal routes of the Rock Island from Chicago to Minnesota Iowa and Kansas and its connections to points on both the East and West Coasts. An inset map at lower right promotes the Rock Island as part of a transcontinental route between the United Kingdom Ireland and Australia. Most interestingly this copy is stamped on the cover panel with the information of a George. H. Hibbard "Australian Passenger Agent America's Cons'd Trans-continental Railways 6 Bridge Street Sydney N.S.W." Hibbard was evidently the agent in charge of distributing information about the trans-America route in Sydney one of its end points. Several issues of this map were published during the 1880s all scarce. We locate copies of the present 1885 issue at Stanford SMU and the Library of Congress. Geo. F. Cram unknown books
1886LIST112Cincinnati: St. Andrews Bay Railroad and Land Company 1886. Various Formats. Near Fine. An unusual collection of ephemera relating to the early development of the area of the Florida Panhandle east of Pensacola and an interesting ephemeral window into the type of land schemes that led to the population of Florida by northerners. In the late nineteenth century the area of Port Panama City in the Florida Panhandle was largely undeveloped though the town had strategic interest as a supplier of salt for the confederacy. In the 1880s the St. Andrews Bay Railroad and Land and Company was the second of two companies to sell land in the St. Andrews Bay region to unsuspecting northerners only to go bankrupt. The company promised to build a railroad from Alabama down to Southport crossing North Bay and eventually terminating in St. Andrews. Though the railway project was abandoned many people settled in the area as a result of the land sales. The company became known locally as the "Cincinnati Company."<br /> <br /> <br /> Includes: <br /> <br /> Warranty deeds for land sold to Lizzie Kegema Hosley of Somerville MA. 1886-1887.<br /> <br /> Letter from the St. Andrews Bay Railroad & Land Co to L.K. Hosley of Somerville Mass. explaining why the offer of 40 acres for $1 was contingent on her purchasing 299 building lots. On color lithographed letterhead featuring oranges and fishing.<br /> <br /> Notice on taxes to be paid by owners of property at St. Andrews Bay.<br /> <br /> Two envelopes with printed notices "This sealed envelope contains one Free Land Warrant" no contents.<br /> <br /> Envelope addressed to Lizzie Kegema Hosley of Somerville Mass. from the St. Andrews Bay R.R. and Land Co. Northern Office Cincinnati Oh.<br /> <br /> An interesting and early collection of Floridian real estate detritus. Generally well preserved in very good to near fine condition. St. Andrews Bay Railroad and Land Company unknown books
18581100Cincinnati: Enquirer Print 1858. Good. Broadside approximately 14.5 x 7 inches. Matted. Internal tear near top edge slightly affecting text. Light dust soiling heavier at foot; some creasing and foxing at edges. An attractive broadside advertisement for the Ohio & Mississippi Railroad promoting its newly completed line from Cincinnati to St. Louis. The broadside highlights the O&M as the "Shortest and Quickest" route from Cincinnati to Indianapolis Vincennes and St. Louis travelling on the "Only Wide Gauge in the West" with two trains leaving Cincinnati daily and arriving in St. Louis "two hours in advance of any other route." Ohio & Mississippi passengers enjoy "wide and spacious Saloon Cars unattainable on narrow gauge Roads and cross the River at Illinoistown on arrival." By contrast the dimwitted passengers of the Terre Haute and Alton "wait on bank of River one hour before crossing." With a woodcut illustration and a bracing combination of woodcut types. Not in OCLC; the line was completed at the end of 1857. Enquirer Print unknown books
