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1948240N.p. 1948. Near fine. Poster 18 x 24 inches. Minor wear. Advertising poster for the Santa Fe Railroad featuring a Native American child etching the slogan "Santa Fe All the Way" in the sand with a stick. The stylish Santa Fe locomotive is barreling past in the background its engine a sleek red. The railroad produced numerous promotional posters in the 1940s many of them -- such as this one -- quite striking. No artist is identified on this work. unknown books
305495Omaha Nebraska Union Pacific Railroad 1940. 8" x 9 1/16". Brochure folds to form 20 panels. Illustrated with 36 halftone photographs in color and b/w; double page color center spread map. Original color pictorial wrappers. Very good. No signatures or bookplates. No Binding. Very Good. [Omaha, Nebraska, Union Pacific Railroad] 1940. paperback books
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
1867WRCAM36119Saint Paul 1867. 15pp. plus folding map. Original printed wrappers. Lacking rear wrapper. Ex-lib. with institutional inkstamp and blindstamp on front wrapper. Small numerical ink inscriptions on front wrapper. Small tear along folds of map without loss. Overall a very good copy of this fragile and crudely printed item. The map which was printed by Baker of Chicago and then married with the text prior to issue at St. Paul delineates the extent of the rail lines in Minnesota with the trunk projected to beyond the Canadian border and branches to Sioux City Superior etc. Included are estimates of profits to be accrued from tonnage as well as the eventual sale of the granted lands. BRE p.263. unknown books
199240447Chico CA: Sacramento Northern Railway 1992. Reprint. White paper printed with black ink. Stapled. Fine. 14 pp. Charts printed throughout. Oblong format: 16" x 10-1/2" <br/><br/> Sacramento Northern Railway unknown books
1860WRCAM6253Washington 1860. 501pp. Modern cloth leather label. Occasional foxing small tear to one leaf not affecting text repaired with tape. Very good. The main work is a request for "enlargement of the powers and privileges of said company as will enable them to extend their road to the Pacific at or near Mazatlan." hardcover books
19192222246<p>1918/1919. First edition. Octavo. Illustrated by Richard James Williams in seven colors. Stitched. Edges pinked. Illustrates various trains including Indian Horse American; Military Red Cross Under-Ground and related equipment. Fine fresh copy. 10 pages. No signatures or bookplates.</p><p>See Cope page 94 no. 211.</p> Dean's Rag Books unknown books
197754249N. pl: the Convention 1977. 34p. program book some photos 8.5x11 inches wraps. Includes a membership roster. The group retired dining car cooks and waiters founded branches in Utah Nebraska and Oregon which subsequently became defunct. the Convention unknown books
194245913n.p. 1942. 1st printing. Single sheet blue brown and black lettering now housed in a mylar sleeve. A VG copy edges and corners rubbed age toning to recto and verso overall clean and bright. Broadside. Illustrated. 11" x 7" <br/><br/>There is a stamp that reads " FOR VICTORY BUY UNITED STATES WAR BONDS AND STAMPS". unknown books
1890004918Chicago: F. J. Schulte 1890. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Original blue cloth soiled corners worn spine cocked and shaken. Inscribed by Read on ffe to Charles Perkins who we reckon from the inscription was the Perkins who was the President of Burlington Railway Company. "For Chalres Perkins/ If I should/ send you this book as/heavily freighted with lit-/erature as it is loaded/ with esteem for you I/ 'fear me' that you could / not lift it./ Opie P. Reid. F. J. Schulte hardcover books
186841514New York 1868. 1st printing thus i.e. of this June schedule. No copies found on OCLC though one each of the 1864 & 1866 are recorded. Printed self-wrappers. Age-toning. Old tape reinforcement along folds. A couple short edge tears. Very Good. One sheet printed both sides and fold thrice to form a pocket-sized brochure. Full sheet map of the "Great Broad Gauge -- Double Track Route". Unfolded: 10-7-8" x 13-3/4". Folded: 5-1/2" x 3-1/2" <br/><br/> unknown books
197246628N.p.: Travelers Insurance Company 1972. First Edition. Octavo 21cm.; publisher's blue pictorial staplebound card wrappers; 71pp.; insert order blank bound in. Extremities a bit rubbed rear cover slightly soiled else Very Good and sound. OCLC locates three copies as of November 2019 at Cornell Georgia State and Appalachian State. Travelers Insurance Company unknown books
1935766051935. The Railway & Locomotive Historical Society. CATALOGUE OF THE MATERIAL ON EXHIBITION. Boston: The Railway & Locomotive Historical Society Inc. Baker Library Harvard Business School 1935. 41pp. Illustrated. 8vo. grey wrappers. Near fine. unknown books
2653Oakland Ca.: De Witt & Snelling 1894. . 12mo navy-blue cloth; title in gilt on front cover. Bookseller's ticket of De Witt & Snelling on front pastedown and bookplate of Henry Byron Phillips tipped in on top of the bookseller's ticket lower outer corners slightly bumped; a very few leaves with minor dog-earing INSCRIBED by Huss on the title to a Montgomery Gibbs and dated Dec 22nd 1894. Two holdings found in OCLC: Northwestern University Library and the National Library of Israel. On this record the place of publication is given as England. DeWitt & Snelling was a bookseller and occasional-publisher in Oakland California. The company was owned by James F. Snelling and Frederic M. DeWitt. The New York Public has a group of catalogues running from 1905-1913. From the ÒNoteÓ at the beginning of the volume: ÒIn 1893 Mr. Willliam Townsend Mr. George Townsend and I contracted with the Syria Ottoman Railway Co of London to build a railway from Acre and Haifa on the Mediterranean coast to Damascus. During a trip made to Syria with Mr. George Townsend the following letters were written." Very colorful and evocative descriptions of life and scenery of the region. [Oakland, Ca.: De Witt & Snelling, 1894]. hardcover books
2628New York: New York Journal of Commerce June 1910. . Large 8vo buff wrappers front printed; has been folded vertically. Two holdings in OCLC Univ. of Missouri and the De Golyer. Offprint from the New York Journal of Commerce June 1910. New York: New York Journal of Commerce, June 1910. unknown books
5002Chicago: The Company 1923. . 8vo pictorial stiff wrappers printed in color; Third Edition so stated on the final page with the dated 4-23. St. Louis has the 40-page 1940 edition. [Chicago: The Company, 1923]. unknown books
2887New York: D. Appleton & Co. 1869. . Tall 8vo dark green cloth spine gilt The Second Part of this volume contains Henry Stevens' "Historical and Geographical Notes 143-1869. Dedicated to Marshall O. Roberts who has inscribed this volume to Henry Wicoff on the blank preceding the title New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1869. hardcover books
2992St. Louis: The Company:Printed by Buxton & Skinner 1905. . Large 8vo printed color stiff wrappers; back wrapper somewhat soiled Microfilm holdings only in OCLC At the foot of the front cover is the legend " Presented to the Confederate Veterans at their Re-Union Loouisville Ky. June 14th 1905 with the Compliments of the Passenger Department "Cotton Belt Route". Ownership signature of "E. W. Winkler" St. Louis: The Company:Printed by Buxton & Skinner , 1905. 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
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
2605Boston: The Company 1892. . Narrow 8vo timetable format; self-wrappers. Not found in OCLC. Boston: [The Company], 1892. 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
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
3007New York: The Company 1833. . 8vo self-wrappers 3 holding libraries in OCLC New York: The Company, 1833. 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
