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1889WRCAM27352ASan Francisco: H.S. Crocker & Co. 1889. 70pp. Original printed wrappers. Lacking rear wrapper. Spine perished. Small pencil and ink inscriptions on front wrapper. Internally fine. Overall very good. Introductory material by Leland Stanford. A positive report on the Central Pacific's dealings with the government. H.S. Crocker & Co. unknown books
1889WRCAM27352San Francisco: H.S. Crocker & Co. 1889. 70pp. Original printed wrappers. Spine chipped. Small old stamp on titlepage. Very good. Introductory material by Leland Stanford. A positive report on the Central Pacific's dealings with the government. H.S. Crocker & Co. 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
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
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
69768Hardcover. Good. Holograph. Includes Charles River Branch Railroad Company pages 1-116 covering June 20 1849-Oct. 24 1853; Charles River Railroad Company pages 119-133 covering Dec. 8 1852-Oct. 12 1853; and United Charles River Railroad Company pages 139-209 covering Nov. 9 1853-Aug. 30 1855. Ruled ledger. Leather. 26cm. Covers sound but scuffed and rather worn. <br/><br/> hardcover books
192614325Augusta GA: Commercial Printing Co 1926. 8vo. 32pp illus. Wraps. Very good. Promotional pamphlet. <br/><br/> Commercial Printing Co paperback 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
18826056791882. Signed by A.T. Hall and by Parke on the verso. With circular stamp of Atchinson Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad dated April 1 1882 Santa Fe New Mexico "Permitted to stop over" added. Signed by Authors. No Binding. Very Good. 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
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
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
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
188328496Buffalo NY: Matthews Northrup & Co. 1883. 104pp frontispiece illustration many illustrations. Original color printed wrappers detached rubbed and chipped four staples. Light wear Good. <br/><br/> "The time occupied in making the reconnaissance upon which this report is predicated was about three months during which time about 4000 miles of railway were traversed. These lines reach out into the best sections of the great States of Wisconsin Iowa Minnesota the Territory of Dakota and the garden portion of the Prairie State whose other name is Illinois. Matthews, Northrup & Co. unknown books
1917313Chicago: Rogers & Company 1917. Very good. 40pp. Original pictorial wrappers. Light wear. Uncommon promotional for the Chicago Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway route between Chicago and Seattle. Extensively illustrated with spectacular photographic reproductions of the route and sights along the way in Montana Idaho and Washington. OCLC locates several different issues of this publication in a small number of copies but none from this year. Rogers & Company unknown books
189929234np 1899. 11 1 blank pp two staples. Very Good. 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
18808642Chicago 1880. 27pp stitched. Original printed wrappers. Very Good. unknown books
19144293Chicago: Rand McNally 1914. 62pp. Square octavo 23 cm x 21.5 cm Stapled Illustrated wrappers with vertical fold at center as issued. Very good. Minor overall wear with a number written small in ink on the cover. Rock Island promotional piece for travel to Denver and the front range with descriptions of the area and attractions with black and white views throughout. Double-page map at the center.<br/><br/>"Colorado is the vacation center of America not only because of its central location but also for its altitude profusion of scenic wonders sunshine mile-high atmosphere and tempting outdoor life all of which are natural causes."- rear cover. Rand McNally unknown books
1888101899Chicago: J.M.W. Jones Stationery 1888. Softbound. VG ex art library with faded stamp on top of cover ancient colored tape strips along spine. Original color pictorial wrappers. 88 pp. profusely illustrated with line engravings. A very clean tight copy of this book with a beautiful color illustrated cover of a dramatic mining scene. J.M.W. Jones Stationery paperback books
013602Orginal Wraps. Very Good/No Dust Jacket as Issued. the 1947 through 1948 have maps with some red color accents and each years show modest increases in revenue. The 1949 report is in stark black and white including its map and the decline in revenues is measured at 14.5%. 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
