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1896318708San Francisco: Issued by The Wheeler Publsishing Co. 22 Clay Street 1896. First edition. Frontispiece of Claus Speckels. Photographs taken by Tabor of San Francisco and Spooner of Stockton Cal. 224pp. 4to. Publishers three quarters green morocco faded to brown. Very nice copy. First edition. Frontispiece of Claus Speckels. Photographs taken by Tabor of San Francisco and Spooner of Stockton Cal. 224pp. 4to. The San Francisco and San Joaquin Valley Railway lasted from 1895 to 1901 when it was beame part into the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad. Issued by The Wheeler Publsishing Co. 22 Clay Street unknown books
1910302511Pacific Electric Railway ca. 1910. 1910. Original photograph depicting 43 passengers men and women dressed in coats and hats at the Echo Mountain Terminal 3200 feet above sea level with printed descriptive information on the mount with pictorial green borders. 4 11/16" x 7 1/2" image on stiff 6 1/16" x 9" pictorial folder. No Binding. Fine. Pacific Electric Railway [ca. 1910]. unknown books
184757241Plymouth: April 17 1847. Broadside letter approx. 10¾" x 8" on blue paper signed in type by the Committee of the CCBRR J. B. Tobey Thos. J. Coggeshall Wm. Bates and Philander Washburn and also by Josiah Smith as Chairman of C. Commissioners. Signed in ink at the bottom: "A true copy / attest Branch Harlow / Shff." Petition requesting the commissioners to adjudicate damages caused to landowners from a proposed road from Middleborough through parts of Rochester and Wareham listing the names of about 100 interested parties. The petition was apparently successful: a 15 mile line was opened by the company between Middleborough and Wareham in 1848 and extended another 13 miles to Sandwich the same year. The Cape Cod Branch subsequently merged with the Old Colony and Newport Railway to form the Old Colony Railroad in 1872. Not in OCLC. <br/><br/> April 17 unknown books
188432382Chicago: compliments of Passenger Department of the Burlington Route Rand McNally printers and engravers 1884. First edition 8vo pp. 30 2; 8 wood-engraved plates on bronze paper original pictorial bronze wrappers edges a little worn chips out at the top and the bottom of the spine but in all a very good copy. <br/><br/> compliments of Passenger Department of the Burlington Route, Rand McNally printers and engravers unknown books
186019670Trenton: Murphy & Bechtel 1860. Original printed wrappers light numerical rubberstamp rear wrap torn stitched 80pp. Scattered foxing Good. <br/><br/> The head of the wrapper title reads 'Read and Hand to your Neighbor.' "A condemnation of the Camden and Amboy Railroad Company and the railroad monopoly in New Jersey. The anonymous author examines the various railroad bills presented at the recent session of the legislature and demonstrates the power of the monopoly interests in influencing the legislators to pass or reject bills according to the wishes of the monopoly. Most of the pamphlet is devoted to the bill for a Hoboken and Newark railroad and the dispute between the Camden and Amboy Railroad Company and the New Jersey Railroad Company." Felcone. <br/>FIRST EDITION. Felcone 710. Murphy & Bechtel unknown books
1870WRCAM34145New York: E. & H.T. Anthony & Co. 1870. Single stereocard 3 1/2 x 7 inches. Stereo image mounted onto printed orange cardstock. Slight wear at edges. Very good. An appealing stereocard image showing several long stretches of railroad track heading into the small town of Ogden Utah. It is a view of an important point crossing point in American railroad history as Ogden is the point at which the Union Pacific Railroad ends and the Central Pacific begins. A train can be seen on the tracks in the far distance as well as a few clapboard buildings. The New York photographic firm of E. & H.T. Anthony & Co. produced several stereoscopic views for the Central Pacific Railroad though few are known today. A nice image of an important railroad intersection. E. & H.T. Anthony & Co. unknown books
187023299New York: Brown & Hewitt 1870. 32pp original printed wrappers light dust and wear stitched. Double-page map of the route with boundaries of Iowa Minnesota Wisconsin Missouri and Illinois outlined in yellow. Very Good. <br/><br/> The pamphlet contains much information on the resources and economic potential of the State 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/>BRE 190. Not in Modelski or Sabin. Brown & Hewitt unknown books
187023298New York: Brown & Hewitt 1870. 32pp original printed wrappers light dust and wear front wrap detached but present stitched. Double-page map of the route with boundaries of Iowa Minnesota Wisconsin Missouri and Illinois outlined in yellow. Map and text Near Fine overall Very Good plus. <br/><br/> The pamphlet describes 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/>BRE 190. Not in Modelski or Sabin. Brown & Hewitt unknown books
18721008158vo pamphlet original printed wrappers maps on inside front wrapper and the back of the rear wrapper 32 pp. Wrappers with a few chips in the margins and some minor soiling bottom right corner somewhat creased; otherwise very good or better. The railroad uses this pamphlet to help recoup some of its investment by selling land to immigrants and settlers. It tells prospective immigrants when to settle benefits of raising livestock in this area conditions for land purchases and the type of accommodations they can expect on arrival. It also informs people that prospective settlers can get free transportation and that soldiers and sailors can get free houses. Basically this pamphlet tells a person everything they need to know about getting land in this territory. The map on the back of the rear wrapper covers most of the United States. Northern Pacific Railroad Company, 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
