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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
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
1895121826Generic 1895. Hardcover. Very Good. Small pocket sized rule book from 1895 ownership ink to end papers and title page. Revised General Notice tipped in over the original one. Illustrated. Please email for photos. Generic hardcover
1887038377New York: American Bank Note Co 1887. First Edition. Very Good. Broadsheet printed in black ink on buff stock opens to 12.25" x 25.5". Includes an inset map 5.75" x 8.75" and a long paragraph of text on Chautauqua Lake. Folds to 6" x 3.25" with different illustrations of Niagara Falls on both cover panels. Dated "August 21 1887. Corrected to Sept. 18." Not found in OCLC nor WorldCat. American Bank Note Co unknown
1899u2337Northern Pacific Railway Company 1899 Full red cloth black titling. Spine ends frayed light general wear some spotting rear endsheets grubby. Text clean; 153 pages index figures. Handbook on general operating principles of the railway including duties of various personnel rules of transportation signals orders and forms movement of trains loading of cars removal of snow grade operation US Mail handling air brakes diagrams of hand and lamp signals first aid. This is copy # 16812 of Form 3526. Cloth. Good. 4½" by 6¾". Northern Pacific Railway Company hardcover
1870vot622Philadelphia: Jay Cooke & Co. Financial Agents of the Northern Pacific Railroad Company n.d. ca. 1870. Octavo stiff printed wrappers title printed in red & black 46 2 ads pp. Rear cover is a “Map of the Northern Pacific Railroad and Its Connections.†Good; spine is repaired with cloth tape. Jay Cooke & Co., Financial Agents of the Northern Pacific Railroad Company, n.d. [ca. 1870.] hardcover
1856DEMO013876IWashington 1856. First & Quarto edition. Hardcover. Fair. lithographs folding map. 4to orig. full sheep lacks t-p. Ex libris House of Repr. Vol. #794. <br/><br/>House Exec. Doc. no. 91. Howes P3; Wheat TRANSMISSISSIPPI 822ff; Wagner - Camp - Becker 263a; Rittenhouse 442. "Report on the Botany of the Whipple Expedition" & "Report on the Zoology of the Expedition." "This widely known work requires no comment - Cowan CALIFORNIA p.512." Lithographs folding map. hardcover
18731049681873. Unbound. Very Good. 1 sheet. Includes graphic of locomotive and seal for the County of Oxford. Bottom edge trimmed with slight loss of decorative border. The Credit Valley Railway operated in southern Ontario from 1871 to 1883. Its main line went from Toronto to Orangeville with branch lines from Cataract to Elora and Streetsville to St. Thomas. It was acquired by the Ontario and Quebec Railway in the late 19th century. <br/><br/> unknown
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
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
1895141791Montreal 1895. Softcover. Good. 52 p. 22 cm. Frontispiece portrait. Paper covers. Taped spine with hles. Front cover has small label some label residue tear and chipped corner. Rear cover has light edge wear and small stain. Ink signature first leaf. Thumbing to last page. Vertical crease. <br/><br/>Title continues: "with a report of the banquet in his honor at the Windsor Hotel Montreal on the 17th December 1895." Describes Seargeant's career as well as the banquet. List of subscribers at rear. paperback
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
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
186227147Great Western Railway 1862. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Very good copy. Original time tables not a facsimile. Recently bound in paper covered boards with a printed label to the fronts. No inscriptions. 63 pages. Approx. size 10" by 6". Quantity Available: 1. Category: Railways; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 27147. . Great Western Railway hardcover
186227149Great Western Railway 1862. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Very good copy. Original time tables not a facsimile. Recently bound in paper covered boards with a printed label to the fronts. No inscriptions. 63 pages. Approx. size 10" by 6". Quantity Available: 1. Category: Railways; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 27149. . Great Western Railway hardcover
186227146Great Western Railway 1862. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Very good copy. Original time tables not a facsimile. Recently bound in paper covered boards with a printed label to the fronts. No inscriptions. 63 pages. Approx. size 10" by 6". Quantity Available: 1. Category: Railways; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 27146. . Great Western Railway hardcover
186227150Great Western Railway 1862. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Very good copy. Original time tables not a facsimile. Recently bound in paper covered boards with a printed label to the fronts. No inscriptions. 63 pages. Approx. size 10" by 6". Quantity Available: 1. Category: Railways; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 27150. . Great Western Railway hardcover
1892C211291London: Cassell and Company 1892. Hardcover Hardcover. Good. Some wear to original cloth with slight damp marking recently rebacked preserving remains of faded and chipped backstrip a good copy with many illustrations and folding maps. Main folding map in pocket with tearing and slight creasing but intact. Cassell and Company, hardcover
1861001302Chicago: Illinois Central Railroad Office 1861. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ANDREW John. In modern brown cloth title to spine in gilt. Internally new endpapers has an outline map of Illinois with map of the Rail Road Lines to verso frontis of Prairie scene in Illinois 3 4-60 pp 2 maps from Appletons Railway Guide 1 pl 6 illustrations within text all B&W some light edge browning & spotting bookseller label to epd. Has articles on Inducements to Emigrate Progress of Development Soil and Productions of Illinois etc. An interesting and informative little read. <br/> <br/> Illinois Central Railroad Office hardcover
1899117873Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad Co 1899. First Edition. Hardback. Very good plus copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling with minimal rubbing to the extremities. Remains well-preserved overall; tight bright clean and strong. ; 0 pages; Subjects: Regulations - Railroads - United States. Railroads - Chicago. Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad Co hardcover
189230927Boston: Avery Supply Company 1892. With a map of the Boston and Maine Railroad with connections including to New Brunswick and Nova Scotia and St. Johnsbury VT. A pocket friendly 6.5 by 4 inches when folded folding out to a full 19.5 by 24 inches double-sided. An extremely well preserved example for such a delicate item designed for short term use and to be discarded. The thin paper still completely useable with no stains or spots and just very uniform toning to ivory a little loss or splitting at a few fold points that is quite minor and not intrusive. In all this is in remarkable and fully original state. A VERY NICE SPECIMEN AND WELL PRESERVED BOSTON AND MAINE RAILROAD EPHEMERA. A large and extensive folding timetable for trains from Boston to numerous points north for the summer of 1892. It includes an attractive engraved cover panel and a map of the system measuring about 8.5 by 5.5 inches. One side contains the timetables for the various through lines; trains to Maine with various branches into New Hampshire Vermont and Canada. It includes information on Pullman Car service and steamship line connections. The reverse side is the daily schedules for the shorter lines; the "Workingmen's Trains" between Boston and Newburyport and Saugus Swampscott Lawrence Gloucester and the Essex branches. These commuter lines are now run by the MBTA the sole line that remains of the through service trains is now part of Amtrak. Avery Supply Company unknown
18731402090009Govt. Print. Off 1873-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. 1 p.l. xxvi 786 p. 23 cm. Hardcover. Bound in publishers brown cloth. Gilt lettering to spine. Good binding and cover. Slight fading to gilt. Front hinge not A few spots on front cover. Clean unmarked pages. <br>The Credit Mobilier scandal of 1872 concerned the Union Pacific Railroad and the Credit Mobilier construction company. Congressman Oakes Ames had bribed numerous Congressman with money and stock from Credit Mobilier. Credit Mobilier overcharged the government for construction and pocketed the difference with the acquiescence of shareholding or self-interested members of Congress. This book concerns the Congressional inquiry into the scandal. Subjects: Union Pacific Railroad Company. Credit Mobilier of America. History of Bribery and government malfeasance. Govt. Print. Off hardcover
1878009720Great Northern Railway 1878. Book. Good. Paper Covers. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 2066pp disbound folding map paper covers fragile with sl loss from front cover generally good. Great Northern Railway Paperback
1851ZB356258Concord: McFarland and Jenks 1851. 15 pp. paper wrappers extracted from larger bound volume & disbound ex library still 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. Photos available upon request. Concord: McFarland and Jenks unknown
189056902Great Western Railway 1890. Hardback. Good only hardback edgewear pages age-toned spine cracked over the top half of its length and cloth peeling but all intact and binding essentially firm but shaken. Large hardback volume bound in original brown cloth with gilt titles on spine. This volume contains the first 24 issues of what became an important historical source for the GWR. The issues are largely concerned with the health and welfare of the GWR employees in particular encouraging temperance. There are numerous illustrations including some views of places and locomotives but mainly portraits. This volume is a presentation copy signed by W J S Cox the General Secretary and Treasurer of the GWR. There is an 8 line ink presentation inscription to the recipient of the volume above the signature on a Great Western Railway headed memorandum pasted on to the inside of the front board. This makes this copy particularly interesting as a record of company practice at the time. The image on this listing page is of the actual book for sale. Great Western Railway hardcover