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194240352San Francisco: Western Pacific Railroad Co 1942. White paper printed with orange blue black and red ink. Modest wear to paper age-toned rubbed and creased. A VG collection of items. 11 items each of varying pages. Color and b/w illustrations to two of the three brochures. Various sizes: Timetables: 10-3/4" x 15-1/4". Brochures: 9-1/8" x 4-1/8 folded. <br/><br/>Includes: eight railway timetables numbers 24 2x 26 3x 27 30 36 and three brochures two time folders of the Feather River Route different publications & one California Zephyr advertising brochure. "Take the time to live a little. travel by train. See the wonders of America. at eye-level. Avoid highway hazards by dependable "All Weather" train travel in relaxed comfort. Take the family on your next trip aboard the Vista-Dome California Zephyr and stretch your travel dollar." Western Pacific Railroad Co unknown books
194440368Merced CA: Yosemite Valley Railway 1944. 1st printings. Yellow and pink paper printed in black ink. Modest wear to timetables light age-toning to edges. A VG set of timetables. 2 items both single sheets folded once. Oblong format: 9-1/2" x 12" <br/><br/>Includes: two timetables nos. 111 and 116 from November 12 1941 and July 1 1944. Though the railway observed great popularity in the 1910s and 20s "the bloom began to come off the rose in the early 1930s as the Great Depression hit the YV hard and the following years only brought further difficulty as paved roads and automobiles cut ever deeper into the company's profit margins." The railway ceased operations in July of 1944 making this no. 116 timetable the last of the schedules produced by the Company. No other Yosemite Valley Railway timetables available in the trade. Yosemite Valley Railway unknown books
191424899Cleveland: Britton Printing Company 1914. First Edition. Large thick octavo 24cm.; original full sheep red and black morocco gilt spine labels all edges marbled floral endpapers; 61134pp.; illus. text in double column. Some peeling and cracking to leather extremities scuffed; textblock fine. About Very Good. Complete run for the year 1914 of a monthly published by the Brotherhood. Articles include Arthur Brisbane's "Female Labor and Minimum Wage"; Knud Benson's "The Panama Railroad"; R.H. Newcomb's "American Railroad Company Porto Rico"; and countless articles on safety and child labor. Poetry and fiction also present. Britton Printing Company unknown books
1898WRCAM34146Meadville Pa: Keystone View Company 1898. Single stereocard 3 1/2 x 7 inches. Stereo image mounted onto printed peach cardstock. Paper lightly soiled at edges image clean and crisp. Very good. A nice stereocard image of a locomotive steaming across a high railroad bridge in the Colorado Rockies. Another railroad track is shown crossing underneath the bridge and a snow-capped mountain is visible in the distance. Georgetown is located just west of Denver along the route of what is now Interstate 70. Keystone View Company unknown books
1870WRCAM28967Philadelphia 1870. 2-294pp. Self-wrappers stitched. Front wrapper detached slight toning. Very good. The articles of incorporation of the famed northwest railroad that would later help build the fortune of railroad magnate James J. Hill. Built too quickly the Northern Pacific traversed poor land and ran on ill- constructed rails. By 1896 the success of James J. Hill's Great Northern allowed Hill and his associated to buy the Northern Pacific and merge it with the Great Northern. Throughout the remaining industrial revolution and into the early 20th century the Great Northern was the main transporter of lumber coal and taconite loads from their sources to St. Paul and Minneapolis where they would continue east or be shipped by barge down the Mississippi. unknown books
1849100732Pamphlet 8vo folding map and charts 24 pp.Two small holes in the margin of the pamphlet not affecting text or charts covers show some minor soiling some aging and foxing throughout 1 1/2 inch piece missing from upper margin of the folding map not affecting image; otherwise very good. Interesting early railroad piece that documents the coal trade in Pennsylvannia. Includes a folding map that illustrates the anthracite and bituminous coal fields and the canals and railroads that take that coal to market. The pamphlet also includes three other foldout charts. Contains a lot of statistics on the coal trade including the quality of the coal. A rather scarce title. T.K. and P.G. Collins books
1849183398London England: The Railway Times 1849. Hardcover. Fair boards detached; leather worn & rubbing off. textblock spine has partial layer of binding materials; textblock feels fairly secure w/ glue & string holding; cover endpapers & title pgs detached; otherwise pgs intact. marbled paper boards w/ leather spine & corners. 1316 pgs w/ bw illustrations; triple column printing. This compendium of The Railway Times for 1849 begins with No.575 Volume XX-No.1 from Saturday January 6 to No.626 Volume XII-No.52 Saturday December 29 1849. This is a rebinding candidate or reading copy only. A fascinating treasure trove of British railway business information for the locomotive aficionado. Pages are filled with business proposals legal updates finances technology updates and letters to the editiors. Many illustrations of parts and advertisements. The Railway Times hardcover books
017961Very Good. Pamphlet. Blue wraps with lettering in goldenrod and illustrations in goldenrod yellow and black staple bound; unpaginated. 1905. Printed in Denver Smith-Brooks Ptg. Co. Title on wraps reads "The Cripple Creek Road - Midland Route - A Chain of Gold Cities in the Cripple Creek District." Wraps have light sunning soiling and chipping to edges; text block has light soiling and two very small indents to title page. This promotional describes the towns in Cripple Creek mining district and includes many views. Copies of this issue found at Colorado College and Denver Public Library as of February 2019. ; 24mo 5" - 6" tall . unknown books
194240373Chicago IL: Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co 1942. 1st printings presumed. White paper printed with black ink. Modest wear to paper light edgewear and age-toning. A few closed tears and chips to Time Table 66. Withal a VG collection showing a span of 10 years in the railroad's schedules. 5 items each of varying pages. Large b/w illustrated map to rear of 4 time tables. Spreadsheets located throughout. Oblong formats. Avg: 10-3/4" x 13-1/2" <br/><br/>The Santa Fe railway was chartered on February 11 1859 to join Atchison and Topeka Kansas with Santa Fe New Mexico. In its early years the railroad opened Kansas to settlement. Because long stretches of its main line traverse areas without water Santa Fe was one of the first buyers of diesel locomotives for freight service. It was the Santa Fe Railway that helped to make Baldwin Locomotives obsolete. The railroad was known for its passenger trains and for the on-line eating houses and dining cars that were operated by Fred Harvey. Collection Includes: time table nos. 66 70 76 82 & 118. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co unknown books
19059016813Chicago: Rand McNally 1905. Hardcover. Fine. A History of the Chicago and Northwestern Railrway System. Bound in white cloth. <br/><br/> Rand McNally hardcover books
186523334Farmington Maine 1865. 26pp disbound. Several manuscript corrections Good. <br/><br/> The Company was incorporated in 1848. unknown books
189431668San Francisco 1894. Original staples and printed wrappers with wrapper title as issued. 12pp lightly toned Very Good.<br/><br/> The Mass Meeting is called in order to attack the "Railroad Octopus" which assails the people "by unjust accumulations and intelligent and determined concentration of power for bad ends.Its cupidity its selfishness its trickery the debasing pressure exerted upon every form of industry and the unprincipled use of money and of purchased intellect by a powerful railroad monopoly has checked our progress and reduced us to virtual slavery for twenty-five years." <br/>OCLC lists twelve copies under two accession numbers as of December 2014. Not located in Rocq Cowan or BRE. unknown books
185825529Chicago: Dunlop Sewell & Spalding 1858. Original printed salmon wrappers inscription spine wear small light rubberstamp. 32pp stitched five folding tables. Very Good.<br/><br/> The Report describes the "very large" business of the Road the stock and the financial success of the Company. Included is a copy of the contract between the CB&Q and the Galena & Chicago Union Railroad Companies. <br/>FIRST EDITION. Ante-Fire Imprints 304 2. Byrd 2873 3. Dunlop, Sewell & Spalding unknown books
187016151Chicago 1870. 4" x 7" broadsheet. Lightly worn Good. Verso shows the "Direct Connections" made at Dixon with the Illinois Central RR; at Cedar Rapids; at Council Bluffs with the Council Bluffs & St. Joseph RR; at Omaha with the Union Pacific RR; at Cheyenne with the Denver Pacific RR; and at other places to Reno Sacramento and San Francisco. An unusual and ephemeral western rail travel item. <br/>Not in Graff Ante-Fire Imprints Eberstadt Decker Soliday Sabin BRE. unknown books
187727547Hannibal MO: Winchell & Ebert Printing and Lithographing Co. 1877. 13 3 blank pp. Original printed wrappers stitched. Rear plain wrapper significantly spotted. Otherwise a closed tear to the front wrap no loss a few small spots and Very Good.<br/><br/> The Inventory includes locomotives passenger cars box cars and other cars a variety of machinery and tools material and supplies furniture and fixtures. The report is signed in type by R.S. Stevens General Superintendent.<br/>Not located on OCLC or in BRE NUC. Winchell & Ebert Printing and Lithographing Co. unknown books
184119688np 1841. Folded folio sheet. 3 1 address page in ink to Hon. D.B. Appleget pp. Several old folds spotted and moderately worn. Good. <br/><br/> Expenses exceeded estimates. "The country through which the Road passes being densely populated and the lands especially in the neighborhood of the cities and towns highly cultivated and valuable great difficulty and expense were incurred in procuring the right of way." The document is signed at the end in type by J. Worthington Treasurer. Not located in Felcone American Imprints Sabin or on OCLC. unknown books
183622874New York 1836. 11 1 blank pp. Folding chart. Stitched untrimmed. Scattered light foxing Very Good. <br/><br/> The pamphlet includes 'Report of the Receipts and Expenditures .up to and including the 31st day of December 1835'; 'Copy of the Petition of the New-York and Erie Rail Road Company' seeking State support for the Road; and a folding chart by James Seymour Division Engineer with a detailed list of 'Engineer's estimate of quantity and Contractor's prices'. James G. King was President and Samuel B. Ruggles Comptroller of the Road. <br/>Thompson 1419. OCLC 39255517 2- NYPL Princeton. Not in American Imprints. unknown books
183522837New-York: Printed by George P. Scott & Co. 1835. 11 1 blank pp. Original printed blue wrappers light foxing and soiling stitched. Very Good. <br/><br/> Three distinguished civil engineers: Robinson built Virginia's first railroad and organized several others; Knight was chief engineer of the B&O Railroad; Wright made the survey for the New York and Erie railroad. Here they report on "points of increased difficulty" in the route. <br/>FIRST EDITION. Thomson 1140. AI 34032 5. Printed by George P. Scott & Co. unknown books
185918458np New York 1859. Original printed front wrapper with wrapper title as well as caption title as issued. Stitched. 39 1 blank pp. Light dust and wear Good. <br/><br/> An analysis of litigation between the Railroad and a supplier demonstrating the incompetence of the New York Central's management team. The author warns the Company's stockholders that the case ought to galvanize them to elect new directors in order to avoid disastrous financial consequences from further bad decisions. <br/>FIRST EDITION. Not in BRE Sabin Eberstadt Decker Harv. Law Cat. Marke. unknown books
185629362Massillon Ohio: James E. Wharton Printer 1856. Disbound 22pp. Light wear Good. <br/><br/> The Company was chartered in 1848 by the legislatures of Ohio and Pennsylvania. Its mission beginning at Pittsburgh where the Pennsylvania Central Rail Road ended was to link that Road with the railroads of Ohio which would then connect with other roads westward and thus become it was hoped a crucial part of the rail transportation system. Unfortunately the Company "sustained heavy losses from various causes" in seeking to accomplish this mission; an Investigating Committee was appointed to figure out what caused the calamity. <br/> This pamphlet -- signed in type at the end by Thomas W. Bartley Dwight Jarvis and W. Bagley-- is the Stockholders' review of that Report. They give it a grade of "unsatisfactory." The Investigating Committee treated the Company's managers with excessive deference and tenderness ignoring or minimizing their shocking cost overruns defalcations and mismanagement.<br/>OCLC 16315711 1- OH Hist. Soc. as of September 2012. BRE 247 related pamphlets. James E. Wharton, Printer unknown books
19223527Buffalo: The Matthews-Northrup Works 1922. Color map 65 cm x 52 cm on a single sheet 69 cm x 56 cm printed on both sides and folds to pamphlet size 23 cm x 9 cm Very good. Folds as issued. Large map color map of California that locates the Southern Pacific rail lines. Printed over Nevada is an index to places in California and the adjacent border towns of Nevada. Three inset maps 'The Bay Region About San Francisco' 18 cm x 13 cm; 'Los Angeles and Vicinity Showing Pacific Electric Railway ' 8 cm x 13 cm; 'Comparative Area' 14 cm x 10 cm. Reverse contains "A Brief Description of its Resources Attractions Topography and Climate" over 15 numbered panels.<br/><br/>"It is worth while to know the California of today to know what you can do in it; what money you can make and what comfort you can find in it; what home life it offers. New opportunities await the newcomer because new activities are developing. Irrigation has made the great valleys attractive and created farms and town where only ranches existed. The Matthews-Northrup Works unknown books
1904551491904. TRAINS. ZEITSCHRIFT DES VEREINES DEUTSCHER INGENIEURE. Redakteur: Dr. Th. Peters. Band 48 1904. This volume only. Mit 23 Tafelin 14 Textblattern und rd. 4300 Figuren im Text. Berlin: Selbstverlag des Vereines. 4to. purple cloth backed in calf; marbled edges. xxvi 985-2012pp. Leather is scuffed especially at spine. Text is sound 17 fold-outs. A very good copy. unknown books
188554657Montreal: Canada Railway News Co 1885. 8vo pp. xvi 208 10 209-400 1 xviii-xxiv; 4 folding maps Saratoga Niagara Falls Lower St. Lawrence River and Boston in place of the White Mountains and without the panorama of the St. Lawrence 1 other wood-engraved map in the text Chicago plus numerous wood-engraved illustrations throughout many full page; original blue and gilt pictorial wrappers bound in contemporary limp black cloth manuscript labels on upper cover and spine bookplate of John S. Emory Boston; very good and sound. A number of editions were published but only 2 of this one in OCLC both in Canada. <br/><br/> Canada Railway News Co hardcover books
190017120521Boston: Engraved and printed by R.A. Supply Co. for Boston and Maine Railroad 1900. Wraps. Very good. Oblong octavo size five volumes illustrated. An early photographic account of New England each volume has a one-page introduction and 30 black and white plates. Of especial interest to any of us who have lived or currently live in the areas pictured as the changes over the past 100 years have been seismic. <br/><br/>___DESCRIPTION: Five volumes staple bound original paper wrappers with titles embossed in gilt five pages of text printed to recto only 171 black and white plates with captions all printed to recto only; oblong octavos 5 7/8" by 8". <br/><br/>___CONDITION: All five volumes are in varying degrees of very good condition the wrappers all display a bit of age toning but all are internally bright and complete with no prior owner markings "New England Lakes" and "Rivers of New England" have some chips and tape repairs to the wrappers with "Rivers of New England" lacking the back wrapper otherwise an overall very good set of scenic New England views. <br/><br/>___POSTAGE: International customers please note that additional postage may apply as the standard shipping charge does not always cover costs; please inquire for details. <br/><br/>___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA ILAB and IOBA and we stand behind book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have we are here to help. Engraved and printed by R.A. Supply Co. for Boston and Maine Railroad unknown books
19191331941Montreal: Grand Trunk Railway 1919. Limited Edition #52/100. Hardcover. Octavo 63 pages; VG-; bound in full brown leather gilt to spine and boards; some fading and age-toning mild wear to extremities; green cloth-covered endpapers pockets to front and rear pastedown endpapers fraying at top edge; map in rear pocket; Limited Edition #52/100; bookplate to front pastedown; 27 unnumbered leaves of plates; shelved case 9. 1331941. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. [Grand Trunk Railway] hardcover books