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19283927San Francisco: Southern Pacific Company 1928. 15pp. Square quarto 23 cm x 20 cm Illustrated wrappers. Better than very good. Bright. Folds as issued. Guide for the prospective tourist that offers descriptions of four scenic routes offered by the Southern Pacific: Sunset Route Shasta Route Overland Route Lake Tahoe Line Golden State Route. Illustrated with black and white photographs throughout and a nice double-page pictorial map 36 cm x 18 cm at the center: 'The Best Way to See the Pacific Coast.' <br/><br/>"In this booklet are separate descriptions of Sunset Golden State Overland and Shasta Routes. At the end of the description of each route are several itineraries suggesting optional plans for seeing the points of interest on the Pacific Coast depending upon the route to be taken returning East. Southern Pacific Company unknown books
1851406078New York: Wm. C. Locke & Co 1851. Wrappers chipped at edges professionally rebacked some unobtrusive offsetting on map. 8vo. 50 pages. Large folding map on three joined sheets 21 x 1788 cm; 8.25 x 61.75 inches. 11 woodblock illustrations in text and with 2 more not recorded in the index but always present. Original printed wrappers with woodblock vignette. SCARCE Hudson River Railroad travel guide published the first year in which the full line was completed. It covers points of interest along the route with woodblocks illustrating the text. Topics include: the history of the Hudson River the history of the construction of the Hudson River Railroad and the cities towns and villages along the Hudson from New York City all the way to Troy. Concerning the West Point Foundry at Cold Spring the guide states: "the iron foundry was established here by Gouverneur Kemble. The works are situated about a mile west of the village upon a small stream which tumbles rapidly down the mountains affording considerable water power. It is the largest establishment of its kind in the country employing nearly five hundred hands constantly." The building of the Hudson River Railroad is another topic in the guide. The project was considered highly impractical since much of the route had to be cut through extremely difficult rock and terrain. This section includes a description of the tunnels which had to be constructed. The railroad was opened in three stages. In September 1849 it allowed passengers to travel from New York to Peekskill. By that December 6 twenty-three additional miles were opened extending to New Hamburg. By the 31st of the month it was open the remaining distance of nine miles to Poughkeepsie. The Hudson River Railroad was an extension of the Troy and Greenbush Railroad which was chartered in 1845 connecting Troy South to Greenbush now Rensselaer on the east side of the Hudson. The Hudson River Railroad was chartered on May 12 1846 to extend this line south to New York City. The full line opened on October 3 1851 the same year in which this travel guide was published. WorldCat/OCLC records 25 copies but it is scarcely found complete with the map and the map is also excluded from the digitized versions available online. <br/><br/> Wm. C. Locke & Co unknown books
190942908Albany NY: State of New York 1909. First edition. Very good clean copy with long tear repaired on th verso and tiny chips at one fold on map inch tear to fore edge of certificate and along bottom margin. Ink on drafting vellum with colored outlines. 15 x 24 inches. Docket sheet mounted to verso. In 1874 the Hudson Tunnel Railroad Company soon named the Hudson River Railway Company was formed to construct tunnels between Jersey City and Greenwich Village the route originally to be about two miles commencing at a point under the Hudson River in the westerly boundaryline of the state of New York opposite the foot of Clarkson street at the termination of the Hudson Tunnel Railroad Company of New Jersey and thence running by a feasible route under the bed of the river and beneath the surface of the city of New York to a point at or near the westerly side of Broadway between Prince and Eighth streets; from whence the line proceeds via Sixth avenue to Thirty-third street New York but stopped construction well before completion. The assets land partially-constructed tunnels trackage etc. were eventually sold to the newly-organized New York & Jersey Railroad incorporated on February 12 1902 under the leadership of William G. McAdoo who was later U.S. Treasury Secretary and which then became the Hudson and Manhattan Railroad 1906. The original of this profile was drafted in 1891 before the railroad collapsed and the present certified copy was prepared by the Secretary of State's office on February 25 1909 almost exactly one year after the official opening of the tunnel the Pennsylvania Railroad's North River Tunnels the second to burrow under the Hudson did not open until late 1910. The reason that a copy of the map was requested is not known but what is known is that the railroad was seeking to extend the Sixth Avenue line later as well as other related projects. Perhaps the map was needed to settle some land issue or in some legal negotiations as the pencilled word "referee" appears after two sets of initials. The tunnels still carry a heavy load of PATH train commuters between Jersey City and Manhattan. Similar maps are difficult to locate. The closest a printed "Map of Hudson & Manhattan Railroad Hudson tunnel system January 1908" is located at the University of Chicago and the Jersey City Historical Society. Provenance: Collection of Gerald J. Levy. State of New York hardcover books
1976267914Warehouse Point CT: National Railway Historical Society 1976. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. A clean copy with no marks. Illustrated throughout with black and white photographs; with folding map of the Hyde Park Division. Very Good binding. National Railway Historical Society unknown books
196740431Chicago IL: Illinois Central Railroad 1967. 1st printings. Buff paper printed with black ink stapled. Light age-toning and wear to paper faint creasing. A VG set. 46 pp. each. Charts housed within. 9-3/4" x 8-3/4" <br/><br/>Includes: 2 time tables Nos. 5 & 61 detailing the scheduling of the Chicago Division lines in the 1960s. Illinois Central Railroad unknown books
185874242Wash D. C.: GPO. Very Good. 1858. Pamphlet. GPO unknown books
187537686St. Louis: The railway Jno. McKittrick & Co. printers St. Louis 1875. Broadside 21 x 7 inches three paragraphs of promotional material ticket office addresses and fare rates set in many typefaces and sizes including display type and illustrated with a circular bird's-eye view map below the heads. Some old staining mostly in margin; "Henry Hannan Land Agent" stamp else very good. Advertising ticket fares and lands for sale to customers in Ohio Michigan Indiana Illinois and Kentucky. OCLC locates two copies Yale Truman State University. <br/><br/> The railway (Jno. McKittrick & Co., printers, St. Louis) unknown books
1880WRCAM55682St. Louis: Jno. McKittrick & Co. 1880. Broadside 21 x 6 1/2 inches. Old center horizontal fold small chip to left edge slight wrinkling. Very good. Matted and shrinkwrapped. An attractive broadside promotional for the St. Louis Iron Mountain & Southern Railway with a large engraving in the center depicting the route from St. Louis through Arkansas and into Texas beneath a train wheel bearing wings about which the motto "Bound for the happy lands" appears all in the center of a circle of stars. A schedule of ticket costs for various routes is included as well as a pitch directed at homesteaders regarding the purchase of government lands. The names of three land agents are listed at bottom - one in Missouri one in Illinois and one in Arkansas. <br> <br> The railway touts their "large grant of lands from the United States Government embracing all varieties of soil and timber adapted to Farming Fruit Growing and Grazing purposes.Immigrants can locate on railroad land in well improved neighborhoods having Roads Mills Churches and Schools and peopled by honest and industrious citizens who will give a cordial welcome to all good people coming among them." <br> <br> Only six copies in OCLC spread over four records located at Yale SMU Michigan the University of Texas at Arlington Truman State and the University of Missouri at St. Louis. OCLC 22160865 166641127 702349761 761878887. Jno. McKittrick & Co. unknown books
188530584np 1885. 299 12 100 52 32 20 47 8 6 pp. Pleadings and other court documents bound together in contemporary red morocco with decorated borders gilt-lettered spine and front cover. Raised spine bands and gilt rules. Binding with a bit of extremity scuffing Very Good.<br/><br/> The Railway an Iowa corporation entered into agreements to finance the construction of a railroad from Burlington to a point near Mankato Minnesota a distance of 270 miles. The Railway defaulted and the mortgage holders began a foreclosure action which is the subject of these documents. This book a series of separate printings collects the Complaint and other pleadings Exhibits Amendments to the Complaint the stipulated facts and the briefs and arguments of counsel. The claims of various lienholders rendered the case quite complicated; aspects of the case arrived at the U.S. Supreme Court reported at 159 U.S. 278 1895. unknown books
18672228240th Cong. 2d Sess.: SMD9. 1867. 39 1 blank pp. Caption title as issued. Disbound. Lacks the folding map else Very Good. 25 Decker 252. OCLC 60578657 1-U. RI. Smith edition 2 2696 Hartford 1867. Not in Graff Eberstadt Soliday. SMD9. unknown books
1868WRCAM33573Washington 1868. 39pp. plus large color folding map. Modern maroon cloth gilt maroon morocco label. Minor dust soiling in text. Map bright and clean. Overall very good. An application to Congress by the Northern Pacific Railroad headed by Minnesota railroad magnate James J. Hill for federal aid to support the Railroad's expansion to the West Coast. The petition reviews the railroad's original charter and includes an impressive color folding map "Map of the Country from Lake Superior to the Pacific Ocean" which illustrates the railroad's route from Duluth to Seattle and Portland. This map was originally produced to accompany Edwin Johnson's report on the feasibility of the railroad. This is one of the finest maps of the region traversed to be issued up to this time and was produced by Colton in New York not by the government. Wheat devotes several pages to discussing it noting that "the detail of such a map defies cataloging." Above the map appears an elevation chart for the same distance. <br> <br> A fine account of railroad expansion in the Northwest. Rare. Not on OCLC. MIDLAND NOTES 68-164. WHEAT TRANSMISSISSIPPI 1169. hardcover books
190069540n.p. 1900. Hardcover. Good. photos map on front pastedown xx 164p. Blue cloth lettered and decorated in silver on front cover. 28cm. Numerous small brown cover spots. About 20& of silver gone from cover lettering & decoration. Contents sound with moderate soil wear and occasional brown spots. No Jacket. A somewhat more common edition with 308 pages was published in 1905. <br/><br/> hardcover books
194472914New York: Association of American Railroads 1944. Paperback. Very Good. photos 63p. Wrapper. 28cm. Cover browned around edges. <br/><br/> Association of American Railroads paperback books
194140360n. p.: Interurban Electric Railway Co 1941. White paper printed in blue orange and black. Moderate wear to timetables and notice age-toning creasing. Small 1cm tear to left edge of poster no losses. A VG set. 6 items each of varying pages. Charts and spreadsheets located throughout. Various sizes: 10-3/4" x 15-3/8" Timetables oblong format. 14" x 11" Public notice. <br/><br/>Includes: 4 timetables numbers 2 2x 3 2x & 2 puublic notices small posters regarding the Key System transbay service. Notice to the Public: "The Key System transbay service between Oakland San Leandro and San Francisco will be commenced Saturday March 22 1941 at which time under authority of California Railroad Commission Decision No. 33891 dated February 11 1941 Interurban Electric Railway Company will discontinue service between San Francisco and Oakland and San Leandro." The East Bay Electric Lines were a unit of the Southern Pacific Railroad that operated electric interurban-type trains in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area. The East Bay Electric Lines became the Interurban Electric Railway in December 1938 in anticipation of the completion the following month of the tracks on the lower deck of the San Francisco - Oakland Bay Bridge to the San Francisco Transbay Terminal. SP Interurban Electric Railway transbay commuter train service ended in July 1941." Wikipedia. Interurban Electric Railway Co 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
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
186765589NP Oregon: np 1867. Broadsheet on blue-gray paper. 27 x 21 cm. Slight wrinkled old fold lines a few tears along folds not affecting text. Not in Belknap Oregon Imprints 1845-1870. <br/><br/> np 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
190049936St. Louis: Woodward & Tiernan 1900. 16mo pp. 112; 3 plates one a folding map of the Northeast US with a detail of the Detroit-Buffalo rail line illustrations throughout; green paper wrappers with white embossed details; extremities rubbed 1 plate loose good. A guidebook for summer retreats throughout the US with information on lodging sightseeing and approximate travel costs. <br/><br/> Woodward & Tiernan unknown books
187333851N.p. 1873. First Edition. 16pp. Original printed wrappersspine mended. Not in Graff Eberstadt. Hibbard was the superintendant of immigration providing home steads to soldiers and sailors along the route of the NPR. unknown books
1946242N.p. 1946. Near fine. Poster 18 x 24 inches. Minor wear. A handsome poster advertising travel on the Santa Fe Railroad featuring several Navajo Indians in the foreground and a pueblo in the background. One of the men in the foreground stands drumming while the others are seated behind him chatting. The vibrant colors are washed out slightly by the fierce New Mexican sun softening the view. 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
185331456Davenport: Sanders & Davis 1853. 24pp. Stitched lightly foxed. Very Good. <br/><br/> This pamphlet provides "elaborate details of the projected road across the State from Davenport to Council Bluffs" 130 Eberstadt 311. The incorporators included the well known civil engineer John Jervis of New York. <br/>130 Eberstadt 312. Graff 2828. OCLC 11478920 10 as of January 2021. Not in Sabin Moffit Decker or BRE. Sanders & Davis unknown books
1887WRCAM29248Np 1887. 21pp. Original printed wrappers. Numerous institutional stamps and ownership signatures on front wrapper. Very good. The terms and conditions of the lease of the Duluth and Manitoba Railroad Company to the Northern Pacific Railroad Company in 1887. Good evidence of the dramatic northwest railroad consolidation in the late 19th century culminating in the acquisition of the Northern Pacific by James J. Hill's Great Northern Railroad in 1896. OCLC locates only two copies. OCLC 3742891. unknown books
187217968N.p. 1872. 8vo. 16 21 pp. <br><br>First lease dated 2 January 1872. Removed from a nonce volume; three stitch holes in inner margin. A few dog-ears. Rubber-stamped by the now-defunct Mercantile Library of Philadelphia. 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
