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1867102296Pamphlet 8vo original printed wrappers black and white folding map 13" x 16" 15 pp. Some minor soiling to wrappers abrasion in top corner of front wrapper affecting margin line a little but not affecting text map joined to page on investment offering making it a little hard to open page normal aging; otherwise very good. This pamphlet relates to a bond offering maturing in 43 years the company was issuing to raise capital. The funds would be used to complete the railroad's connecting systems. Included is typical financial data supplied with these offerings from a report by the chief engineer. Railroad bonds were a popular investment during the second half of the 19th century which helped prompt Henry Varnum Poor to publish his "History of Railroads and Canals in the United States" in 1860. This work enabled investors to see comprehensive financial information on just about all railroad companies. This pamphlet includes a very nice folding map of "The Saint Paul and Chicago Railway.". Ramaley & Hall, books
1867102297Pamphlet 8vo original printed wrappers colored folding map 8 1/2" x 23 1/2" 16 pp. Some minor chips at corners and extremities pencil notation on top of the front wrapper normal aging; otherwise very good. This pamphlet relates to a bond offering the company was issuing to raise capital. Management claims that the company has favorable prospects and the mortgage bonds being offered are a secure and profitable investment. Railroad bonds were a popular investment during the second half of the 19th century which helped prompt Henry Varnum Poor to publish his "History of Railroads and Canals in the United States" in 1860. The work enabled investors to see comprehensive financial information on just about all railroad companies. This pamphlet includes typical financial data about the company and a folding "Map of the Union Pacific Railroad and its Connections." The map is in wonderful condition. Offices, books
1876102314<p> Folding railroad time table unfolded 16" x 28" folded 4" x 8" illustrated with route map and engravings. Some minor chips and tears at folds and extremities some browning and aging and a little soiling; otherwise about very good. Attractive Erie Railroad time table and map. Includes large illustration of the inside of a Pullman car and two additional illustrations of a dinning car and part of Niagara Falls. The time table and schedule has considerable detail. # 102314</p> books
1904106398<p>Small 8vo soft red covers numerous illustrations from photographs; map on inside of rear wrapper 160 pp. Light wear top corner slightly bent normal aging; very good or better condition. Descriptions of the numerous locales accessible by the California Northwestern Railway running from Tiburon north to Willits with branches to Guerneville Sebastopol and a few other places. Includes interesting famility type pictures of places like Oleander's Farm Ridgewood Sonoma Creek and Greenwood Park. There is a map of California Northwestern Railway and Connections on the inside of the rear cover. The railroad was formed in 1898 and merged into the Northwestern Pacific Railway in 1907. Seems to be rather rare the OCLC/WorldCat lists only the copies at Stanford and UCLA. OCLC. </p> California Northwestern Railway, books
18501008148vo pamphlet later paper wrappers two folding maps 117 2 pp. Minor foxing and browning a bit of staining in the margins mostly maps also have the staining in margins but are in great condition otherwise; overall very good. The goal of this bill in the House of Representatives was to connect the Atlantic and Pacific with a railroad. Specifically this undertaking was to construct a railroad and electric telegraph from the Mississippi to the Pacific Ocean. Whitney seems to have played a critical role in this process and started to work on the railroad project as early as 1841. The pamphlet contains a lot of information on early railroad issues especially imports and exports. books
185012814London: John Weale 1850. 1st edition. Contemporary green embossed cloth over stiff paperstock vice binder's board. Paper labels on spine & front cover. VG professionally reinforced hinges/pos on ffep. 119 pp Publisher Note at rear. Many intratextual woodcut diagrams charts tables etc. 12mo. <br/><br/>Part I complete in itself; Part II not published until 1855-6. Possibly lacking frontis. John Weale hardcover books
18393117Salem: William Ives 1839. Folding map. 36 pp. 8vo. Stiff wrappers. Very good. Folding map. 36 pp. 8vo. The map shows the rail starting at the Merrimack River through Salisbury then Hampton to Portsmouth. Shaw & Shoemaker 55470; NUC 5 locations William Ives unknown books
2989London: The Company by Truebner & Co. 1857. . 8vo pale-green printed wrappers London: [The Company] by Truebner & Co., 1857. unknown books
2626Leipzig: A Deichertsche 1931. . 8vo stiff gray wrappers front printed. Leipzig: A Deichertsche, 1931. unknown books
2987New York: The Company. Evening Post Steam Presses 1876. . 8vo brown cloth over limp boards front cover lacking INSCRIBED by James H. Storrs on the title New York: [The Company]. Evening Post Steam Presses, 1876. hardcover books
2632Chicago: The Company 1889. . Chicago: [The Company], 1889. unknown books
2687Chicago: The Company Poole Bros. Printers and Engravers 1896. . Large 8vo buff printed wrappers back pictorial; some chipping and soiling to wrappers. First published in 1887. Many of the illustrations are engraved after the photographs Jackson took on his trip with Ernest Ingersoll and which were published in Ingersoll's "Crest of the Continent". The copyright for Ingersoll's book and the present one were both give to S. K. Hooper the Passenger Agent for the railroaD. Chicago: [The Company] Poole Bros., Printers and Engravers, 1896. unknown books
3013New York: The Company by Tubbs Nesmith & Teall Printers 1854. . 8vo buff wrappers front printed Sabin 32767 New York: [The Company] by Tubbs, Nesmith & Teall, Printers, 1854. unknown books
2625Berkeley & Los Angeles: University of California Press 1957. . 8vo gray stiff wrappers front printed. Yale has in storage "LSF - Request for delivery to any Yale Library" Berkeley & Los Angeles: University of California Press , 1957. unknown books
2938St. Louis Mo.: The Company 1872. . 8vo pale blue wrappers front printed This copy has been marked up for another printing by an unknown hand using the ititials "EW" St. Louis, Mo.: The Company, 1872. unknown books
2630S.l.: The Company Passenger Department 1902. . 12mo dark gray stiff wrappers front with pictorial panel printed in black red and yellow Map is dated March 1902. Printing was carried out by the Corbett Railway Printing Company Chicago slug on outer back wrapper. S.l.: [The Company] Passenger Department, [1902]. unknown books
2995Memphis: The Company 1872. . 8vo pale purple printed wrappers somewhat faded; "Duplicate" rubberstamp on front cover Memphis: The Company, 1872. unknown books
2472Boston: The Company Alfred Mudge & son Printers 1878. . 8vo buff wrappers front printed some minor fragments missing from the bottom margin of the first few leaves not affecting text One holding library only in OCLC. Lists all capital expenditures for the year bridge building and other repairs; a breakdown of all shipments sent and the usual financial disclosures Boston: [The Company] Alfred Mudge & son Printers, 1878. unknown books
3010New York: The Company Printed by George F. Nesbit 1844. . 8vo pale blue wrappers front printed Five Holdings in OCLC New York: [The Company] Printed by George F. Nesbit, 1844. unknown books
3007New York: The Company 1833. . 8vo self-wrappers 3 holding libraries in OCLC New York: The Company, 1833. unknown books
2998S.l.: The Company 1857. . Single card stock printed on one side only 7 x 4 3/8 inches With the notation that this was to "be used only on the 2d June" and that "The regular Passenger and Freight Trains East and West will be run as usual upon this day. S.l.: The Company, 1857. unknown books
2999Boston: The Company; Wright & Potter Printing Co. 1888. . 8vo pale orange wrappers front printed; has been folded vertically Boston: The Company]; Wright & Potter Printing Co., 1888. unknown books
2605Boston: The Company 1892. . Narrow 8vo timetable format; self-wrappers. Not found in OCLC. Boston: [The Company], 1892. unknown books
2579Washington D.C.: Printed by Lemuel Towers 1859. . 8vo disbound; gutter showing evidence of previous pamphlet binding; first and last leaves no long conjugate; ink spots on final page which is age-darkened. [Washington, D.C.]: Printed by Lemuel Towers, , 1859. unknown books
2623Berkeley Calif.: University of California Chronicle 1922. . 8vo self-wrappers; rubberstamp of the California State Library Law Dept. on the first page of text and on the back cover. Five holdings in OCLC. Off-print from the "University of California Chronicle" Vol. XCXIV No. 4 pp. 465-496 [Berkeley, Calif.]: University of California Chronicle, 1922. unknown books
