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192222850New York: The New York Railroad Club 1922. 82 pages; recounting the semi-centenary of the club via historical reviews reports reminiscences by members; with also the reports on the state of the finances of the club and membership; with a useful Index of the Proceedings for the Fiscal Years 1895 to 1922 inclusive - giving details of discussions and reports authors dates given - all topics of concern to railroad management engineering safety product usefulness and design and more; at back is an index to advertisers which occupy about half this report - well over 100 of them - and often products are illustrated: American Car & Foundry Co.; Chicago Railway Equipment Co; Jenkins Bros.; Majestic Coal; The Okonite Co.; Pittsburgh Testing Laboratory; Standard Steel Car; Talmage Manufacturing Co.; Westinghouse Air Brake; Wyoming Shovel Works and many more; approx. 6" x 9"size; original stapled light orange printed & illustrated paper covers; light wear & dustiness staple residue; contents in very good condition; interesting railway engineering technology & social history ephemera from the early part of the 20th century. . First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. The New York Railroad Club Paperback books
2605Boston: The Company 1892. . Narrow 8vo timetable format; self-wrappers. Not found in OCLC. Boston: [The Company], 1892. unknown books
18581100Cincinnati: Enquirer Print 1858. Good. Broadside approximately 14.5 x 7 inches. Matted. Internal tear near top edge slightly affecting text. Light dust soiling heavier at foot; some creasing and foxing at edges. An attractive broadside advertisement for the Ohio & Mississippi Railroad promoting its newly completed line from Cincinnati to St. Louis. The broadside highlights the O&M as the "Shortest and Quickest" route from Cincinnati to Indianapolis Vincennes and St. Louis travelling on the "Only Wide Gauge in the West" with two trains leaving Cincinnati daily and arriving in St. Louis "two hours in advance of any other route." Ohio & Mississippi passengers enjoy "wide and spacious Saloon Cars unattainable on narrow gauge Roads and cross the River at Illinoistown on arrival." By contrast the dimwitted passengers of the Terre Haute and Alton "wait on bank of River one hour before crossing." With a woodcut illustration and a bracing combination of woodcut types. Not in OCLC; the line was completed at the end of 1857. Enquirer Print unknown books
187031135Springfield Mo. 1870. Stitched in original printed wrappers. 41 1 blank pp. Very Good.<br/><br/> The opening is "a great event in the history of St. Louis and of the State of Missouri.The South Pacific Railroad has burst through upon the prairies of Southwest Missouri and has welded its western terminus upon the rails of the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad. This latter road is going to the Pacific coast as rapidly as it is possible to construct a road in this day of rapid railroad building." The pamphlet describes "the celebration" including speeches and festivities; the route; and the many exciting possibilities the Road will create for the State and Nation.<br/>BRE 175 4 locations. Sabin 57393. OCLC 11579071 11 as of May 2014. unknown books
1920305408Los Angeles California Pacific Electric Railway n.d. ca. 1920. 1920. 16" x 9". Brochure folds to form eight panels with color borders. Printed in orange green and black. Eight b/w halftone photographs. Fine. No signatures or bookplates. The trips included: Mount Lowe; Balloon Route; Old Mission. Orange Empire Riverside San Bernardino Redlands. The front panel with view of Mission Inn Riverside. The back panel with view of Smiley Heights at Redlands. No Binding. Fine. Los Angeles, California, Pacific Electric Railway, n.d., ca. 1920. unknown books
188025667New York City: Eastern Office Oregon Railway and Navigation Co.; Franklin Press: Rand Avery & Co. Boston 1880. 59 1 blank pp large 17" x 19" folding Colton color map of Oregon Washington Territory part of Idaho. A few short splits along folds with no loss. Original printed wrapperssoiled and worn. Scattered spotting. A few small chips and wormholes at corners of outer leaves closed tear to title page no text loss. Good.<br/><br/> "To meet the constant and increasing demand for full information as to the climate and resources of both Eastern and Western Oregon the present pamphlet is issued. In this compilation use is made of matter entertained in pamphlets issued by Oregon State Board of Immigration. The reader is given a few of the disinterested opinions of travellers map and tables showing all that may be desired in order to arrive at a correct knowledge of this state as gathered from Facts and Figures."<br/>Adams Herd 1729. Eastern Office, Oregon Railway and Navigation Co.; Franklin Press: Rand, Avery, & Co., Boston unknown books
191285184n.p. 1912. Hardcover. Good. v 356 46 66p. Rebound in later tan buckram with leather spine labels. 24 cm. Cover somewhat soiled. No jacket. Documents and minutes intended to cover all proceedings "had to effect the merger whereby the present Raleigh Charlotte and Southern Railway Company was formed and its First and Refunding Mortgage authorized." from the Preface. <br/><br/> hardcover books
191043231Reading PA: Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen 1910. Original lithograph certificate 57x35.5cm. glued to mount 63.5x35.5 certificate printed in black on heavy cream stock accomplished in calligraphic manuscript and hand-colored with mounted original silver gelatin photographic portrait lozenge 7.5cm in diameter. Some light toning along extremities verso blank suffering from frame burn else Very Good and sound. Initiation certificate to BRT member William Walter Spatz of the William Penn 172 in Reading PA. The head of the certificate shows an engine steaming past a grassy field the engine only partly hand-colored red over which is mounted Spatz's photographic portrait. Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen unknown books
191043222Pottsville PA: Order of Railway Conductors 1910. Original lithograph certificate 57.75x35.75cm. printed in black on heavy cream stock accomplished in calligraphic manuscript and hand-colored with mounted original albumen photographic portrait lozenge 8cm in diameter. Stock has suffered some fairly heavy frame burn to extremities and verso blank along with some brief glue residue and paper flaws from where the stock was previously mounted not affecting image or text. Still overall Very Good the colors and photograph vibrant. Initiation certificate to ORC member William A. Nye of the Pottsville Division No. 416 P&R Ry. Philadelphia & Reading Railway Caboose No. 90073 dated July 10 1910. The head of the certificate shows a lovely red engine steaming past a grassy field over which is mounted Nye's photographic portrait though the largest portion of the piece is devoted to an oversized symbol of the ORC a large circle 23cm in diameter divided into three equal parts depicting an arm with a coupling an arm with a lantern and whistle and an arm entwined with a snake-like chain. Order of Railway Conductors unknown books
197176210Milwaukee:: Kalmbach Publishing Company. Very Good. 1971. Paperback. B007CMVOFY . Black and white photographs and line drawings throughout including fold-outs at rear. First edition paperback. Previous owner's stamp on title page else very good in oversize pictorial wraps. . Kalmbach Publishing Company, paperback books
186133741Wash D.C.: Polkinhorn 1861. First Edition. 23pp. Orig ptd wrps. First ed. Signed in type at end: "Cincinnation Deals with California the Pacific Railroads Mexico Sandwich Islands etc. Scarce. Not in Eberstadt Decker Graff Cowan or Forbes Polkinhorn unknown books
1920305393Los Angeles Pacific Electric Railway n.p. ca. 1920. 1920. 8 1/4" x 9 1/8". Pictorial color brochure opens to form four panels. Illustrated with seven halftone photographs. Text printed in orange and black. Very good. No signatures or bookplates. No Binding. Very Good. Los Angeles, Pacific Electric Railway, n.p. ca. 1920. unknown books
19087623Near Cambridge MD 1908. Seven volumes in all. Receipt Books: oblong quartos 29.5 x 22.5 cm. approximately 500 pages in all. Receipt books and bills of lading for a shipping agent specialized in oysters and other seafoods. The bills of lading indicate that the shipments originated with L.B. Phillips & Co. in or near Cambridge MD and that most shipments were sent on the Empire Line. The Bills of Lading indicate that the shipments originated with L.B. Phillips & Co. in or near Cambridge MD and that most shipments were sent on the Empire Line. The five Receipt Books are dated: Sept. 28 1905 - Nov. 23 1905; Nov. 24 1905 - Dec. 21 1905; Dec. 22 1904 - Jan. 24 1905; Mar. 20-1906 - April 13 1906; Nov. 27 1906 - Dec 21 1906. Individual sheets show a single day's shipments to various customers and a grid provides space for recording shipment in quantities measured in Cases Tubs Kegs Barrels Crates and Baskets. For example a single sheet from March 20 1908 indicates some 570 cases and partial barrels and kegs of oysters to eight clients in cities including Denver Kansas City Washburn Wisc. Bay City Mich. Mitchell South Dakota Kankakee Ill. Johnstown NY and DeKalb Ill. Most of the accounts are in the Midwest but Toronto Livingston Manor NY Alexandria Virginia and other are also included. The two volumes of Bills of Lading: oblong quartos 20 x 22.5 cm. approximately 200 pages in all. Dates of the Bills of Lading: Aug. 21 1905 - Sept. 4 1905; Dec. 13 1907 - Jan. 2 1908. The Bills of Lading also list Shrimp shipped in 200lb. barrels. Pages brittle and a few leaves are chipped or torn. Receipt Books are bound in marbled boards backed in tan cloth with printed paper labels to front boards. Bills of Ladings are in pale blue paper boards backed in tan cloth with printed paper title labels. Overall near very good. hardcover books
195440422North Vancouver BC: Pacific Great Eastern Railway Co 1954. 1st printing. White paper printed in black. Modest wear to paper faint creasing both horizontal and vertical light edgewear & age-toning. Withal an About VG example. Single sheet folded once. Charts within. Oblong format: 11" x 16" <br/><br/>The Pacific Great Eastern Railway Co. PGE operated as such between 1912 to 1972 whereupon it was sold to the Canadian National Railway and operated as BC Rail until 2004. It was the third largest railway in Canada and operated within British Columbia. Pacific Great Eastern Railway Co unknown books
18601392936th Cong. 1st Sess. HR 428. 1860. 27 1 blank 9 1 blank 29pp. Disbound scattered foxing Good to Very Good. unknown books
1981Embry 176157Union Pacific Railroad Historical Society 1981. First edition first printing. Near fine. B&W illustrations and photos. Glazed boards no dust jacket. Union Pacific Railroad Historical Society, 1981. First edition, first printing. hardcover books
503718ca. 1920 by Aerograph Co. Los Angeles with blindstamp in lower left corner. Framed in a black wooden frame with white mat. Framed size: 13 1/2" x 26". F. Soft cover. paperback 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
18601393836TH Cong. 1st Sess.: SMD52. 1860. 16pp Disbound. Very Good. SMD52. unknown books
18601378436th Cong. 1st Sess.: SMD 60. 1860. 50pp Disbound Very Good. SMD 60. unknown books
1932100976Thick folio 9 1/2 x13 original cloth gilt lettering includes a couple of maps 1972 pp. Binding has a little wear bottom extremities showing as a result of shelf wear overall binding is bright and clean pagination a little unusual but complete normal aging page 352 with tape repair a few margin tears but nothing significant and not affecting text; overall a very nice copy. Henry Varnum Poor 1812-1905 started producing his railroad manual just before the Civil War. They include a wealth of information on railroad operating and financial statistics. It provides the miles operated by different railroads and gives data on the financial their performance. These efforts in providing financial information on railroads would ultimately lead to providing credit ratings on corporates and governments. After a merger with Standard Statistics in 1941 the firm would become Standard & Poor's one of the leading rating agencies in the world. standardandpoors website. Poor's Publishing Company, books
192926212New York NY: Raymond-Whitcomb Co. 1929. Giving cruise destinations rates accommodations all keyed by colors to various rail car layouts; with details of amenities on offer - dining observation cars; washrooms berthing arrangements lounge area including library and more. A very large folding poster approx. 32" x 42 1/2" size with further information on the reverse regarding 14 of the available 'land cruises' including for Alaska National Parks Pacific Northwest and one tour which extended the 'cruise' portion to Hawaii. Small Brooklyn Daily Eagle Information Bureau stamp & date on cover panel. Old fold lines slight wear; couple short splits at folds; very clean and in very good condition. First Edition. Not Bound. Very Good. Raymond-Whitcomb Co. paperback books
1868403801New York: Union Pacific Railroad 1868. 8vo. 40 pp. Frontispiece map additional engraved title. Original gilt-lettered cloth backed with linen. Lightly worn text slightly soiled. Provenance: S. P. Windmuller New York inkstamp on title; Arthur Elton bookplate. FIRST EDITION stated "Pamphlet Edition". Warren Heckrotte notes that "This report is celebratory - they're not finished building but there's no doubt they will be finished in a years time" and briefly discusses the " Map of the Union Pacific Railroad and its Connection" 10.5x19 cm: "The solid line from Omaha stops about at the border of Wyoming and Utah and from there to Sacramento the black line is shown with white dots. It runs north of Great Salt Lake. The point where the Union Pacific and the Central Pacific will meet is left undetermined. A branch represented by a dotted line runs to Puget Sound. This is briefly discussed and there is a separate report by Gen. Dodge on this possible branch." <br/><br/> Union Pacific Railroad hardcover books
1925560N.p. 1925. About very good. 32pp. Oblong octavo. Original pictorial chromolithographic wrappers stapled. Light wear and soiling to text heaviest to upper outer corner. Contemporary ownership inscription on title page. Pictorial souvenir of the Northern Pacific Railway's Yellowstone Line with handsome images of sights along the route in Washington and Alaska. unknown books
19376831Seattle: Progressive Printing Co. 1937. Octavo 20 x14.5 cm. 10 113 pages. Illustrated with a portrait of the author. FIRST & ONLY EDITION. A memoir of a railroad steward having served in dining-car service on the Portland to Seattle run since 1911. In part a guide to 'Humanized Hospitality' on the railroads and in part profiles of some of the celebrities the author served. Green-titled wrappers backed in brown cloth; small stain to front panel otherwise near fine. Inscribed at length in green ink by the author on the free front endpaper and dated 1953. OCLC locates nine copies. Progressive Printing Co.] hardcover books
