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187527665New York: Evening Post Steam Presses 1875. Original printed wrappers with wrapper title as issued. Stitched. iv 3-133 pp. Wrappers moderately worn else a clean text and Very Good.<br/><br/> A comprehensive compilation of the legal documents creating and authorizing the Railroad and its branches and affiliates. OCLC locates five copies under several accession numbers as of March 2018. A shorter version with this title appeared in 1873. Evening Post Steam Presses unknown books
1982289515Southern Railway Ladies Club 1982. Spiral Bound. Very Good binding. A loose-leaf typewritten cookbook published by the Southern Railway Ladies Club housed in a three ring binder. Includes instructions for equivalent and substitute ingredients herb hints pickling and numerous Southern recipes. Lacking the title page. OCLC notes only one institutional holding. Very Good binding. [Southern Railway Ladies Club] unknown books
1910302511Pacific Electric Railway ca. 1910. 1910. Original photograph depicting 43 passengers men and women dressed in coats and hats at the Echo Mountain Terminal 3200 feet above sea level with printed descriptive information on the mount with pictorial green borders. 4 11/16" x 7 1/2" image on stiff 6 1/16" x 9" pictorial folder. No Binding. Fine. Pacific Electric Railway [ca. 1910]. unknown books
1910012553no place: Canadian Pacific Railway 1910. Book. Very good- condition. Paperback. First Edition. Oblong octavo 8vo. 24 black & white photographs. Illustrated paper binding is moderately to heavily torn chipped and wrinkled at the edges but is quite clean and is fully intact. There is no text except the title of each photograph. There is also no date listed circa 1910. Shows the Banff Springs Hotel and amazing views. Canadian Pacific Railway Paperback books
1890300405Pacific Electric Railway 1890. 1890. Photograph depicting 37 passengers at the Echo Mountain Terminal 3500 feet above sea level with printed descriptive information on the verso of mount with pictorial borders. 4 1/2" x 7 3/4" image on stiff 10" x 7" mount. No Binding. Very Good/No Jacket. Pacific Electric Railway [1890]. unknown books
1869WRCAM8181Philadelphia 1869. 51pp. Dbd. Marginal stain titlepage soiled and chipped else very good. Report of the expedition made by W. Milnor Roberts Civil Engineer under the direction of Messrs. Jay Cooke & Co. a Philadelphia banking firm. The narrative describes the route topography etc. unknown books
184028453New Hampshire 1840. 8" x 10" printed on blue paper. Old folds light wear. Small hole near left margin loss of a couple letters. Good to Very Good. <br/><br/> The Northern Railroad was a single track line from Concord to White River Junction Vermont. It was 69.5 miles long with a 13.41 mile branch line from Franklin to Bristol NH. The main line was chartered in 1844 and completed 1848. Operated independently until 1888 when it was taken over by the Boston & Maine. Heald: IMAGES OF RAIL: BOSTON & MAINE IN THE 19TH CENTURY. 2001. unknown books
3040Washington: S.n. 1877. . 8vo white wrappers front printed Washington: S.n., 1877. 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
188026813New York 1880. 20pp stitched in original printed title wrappers lightly worn. About Very Good.<br/><br/> With financial information and a "description of the country through which the Line passes" including the principal points between Wheeling and Toledo with branch to Sandusky. unknown books
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
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
18679683Saint Paul: Ramaley & Hall 1867. Original printed dark blue wrappers clipped at upper corner of front wrap some wear. 15pp. Folding Map of the St. Paul & Chicago Railway Connecting the Railway System of Minnesota and the Hudson Bay Company's Territory with Chicago and the East. Very Good. <br/><br/> The Road offers bonds to finance the construction of the "railway from St. Paul to Winona one hundred and one miles where it will connect with the present system of railroads leading to Chicago and Milwaukee." The route will be through a number of towns "sustained by a very rich agricultural back country" and is "almost upon an air line from St. Paul to Winona La Crosse Madison and Chicago." <br/>FIRST EDITION. 135 Eberstadt 532. Not in Modelski Phillips Maps of America. Ramaley & Hall unknown books
197221543Caldwell Idaho: Caxton Printers 1972. 1st edition. Red cloth binding. Dust jacket. Nr Fine/VG pc/ few small incomplete tears at extremities/ light soiling. 265 pp including index. Profusely illustrated. 4to. 29cm x 22cm. <br/><br/> Caxton Printers hardcover books
1899WRCAM20177St. Louis 1899. 1102pp. plus folding map. Illus. Original printed wrappers. Some light soiling to wrappers. Else very good. Later edition. The wonders of Missouri farming especially with respect to fruit culture ".the value of the fruit crop of Missouri annually exceeds that of California" and stock raising. Illustrated halftones of farm scenes fine residences St. Louis and natural spendlors such as the Falls of Stout's Creek near Arcadia Missouri. Includes a folding map of the state. unknown books
13390New York: Underwood Very good railroading image with man sitting on a tree stump watching a steam engine locomotive make the grade at this famous curve ".one of the best pieces of railroad construction in the country."; back of mount gives a couple of paragraphs of information regarding the industry construction more; photographer identifier at side of mount not dated title on back in six languages; a couple of identifying numbers: a large "81" at top middle; the number 81 - 5540 is at the title bar position at the bottom of the right-hand image; light wear to card tips edges; very good condition. Very Good. Underwood unknown books
1886WRCAM8175Np 1886. 4pp. Dbd. Considerable chipping at blank margins old fold printed on brittle paper. Reports the case of the NPRR vs. Lilly in which the latter refused to allow the NPRR to cross a tract of land in accordance with the Congressional land grant of 1864. The court found in favor of the NPRR. 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
18808710Cleveland: Short & Forman 1880. Original printed wrappers stitched 54pp. Text illus. Light wear Very Good. Much data on the Road's growth in freight business particularly between Chicago and New York; financial data engineers' report on road mileage freight forwarded and received performance of locomotive engines passenger traffic by station and historical financial data. FIRST EDITION. Short & Forman unknown books
68102Madeira n.d. Paperback. Very Good. illustrations 16p. Wrapper. Oblong 17 x 13cm. One could return by mount by rail or by sleigh. <br/><br/> paperback books
1919816St. Louis MO: The Texas Railway Guide Company 1919. Softcover. Good. Published by The Texas Railway Guide Company of St. Louis Missouri the map measures 23" x 23" 570 x 570 mm. Staining and tears along the folds else near very good. Professionally matted and framed. WITH THE RARE BOOKLET: 8vo. 136 pp. Original self-wrappers chipped lower cover chipped with significant loss; textblock browned and brittle but SUITABLE FOR EXHIBITION AND STUDY. ¶ Very scarce railroad map of Texas which also includes parts of Oklahoma Colorado New Mexico and Mexico. Delineated are counties major cities and also small cities that held a prominent place along certain railroads. The scale of the map is approximately 10 miles to 1/4 in. OUR COPY CONTAINS THE RARE BOOKLET the full title of which is: "Texas and Oklahoma railway and hotel official guide: containing the official time tables of all railway lines operating in Texas and Oklahoma also useful and valuable information for the traveling public for shippers and for railway men generally." This excellent guide is of further interest in the abundance of woodcut illustrations of actual hotels many most of which have been destroyed. The Texas Railway Guide Company unknown books
19006152London: Partington Advertising Company Waterlow & Sons printers n.d. circa 1900. 6th edition. Very Good/The handy District Railway map of London seems to have appeared under several imprints between the 1870s and the early 20th century. This copy issued by the agents for billboard advertising on the London Chatham and Dover lines. Other copies of the same map at the same time bear the imprint of Samson Low. Fine map of London showing mass transit lines. Inset of the Putney Bridge & Wimbledon section. Color folded map 68 x 106 cm folded to 18 x 14 cm in cover 19 x 15 cm. Cover illustrated with "picture postcard" scenes of London. Cover rather stained map very good with some discoloration along folds only. Partington Advertising Company (Waterlow & Sons, printers) unknown books
1898WRCAM34146Meadville Pa: Keystone View Company 1898. Single stereocard 3 1/2 x 7 inches. Stereo image mounted onto printed peach cardstock. Paper lightly soiled at edges image clean and crisp. Very good. A nice stereocard image of a locomotive steaming across a high railroad bridge in the Colorado Rockies. Another railroad track is shown crossing underneath the bridge and a snow-capped mountain is visible in the distance. Georgetown is located just west of Denver along the route of what is now Interstate 70. Keystone View Company unknown books
2003UATLATL00EFAtlas Model Railroad Company 2003. Very Good. Atlas Model Railroad Company. The Atlas Beginner's Guide to HO Model Railroading. Hillside New Jersey: Atlas Model Railroad Company 2003. 47pp. Illustrated. 4to. Illustrated stapled wraps. Book condition: Very good. Atlas Model Railroad Company paperback books
187129188New York: Samuel French 1871. Original green printed wrappers wrapper title: 'The First Mortgage Land Grant Sinking Fund Seven Per Cent Gold Bonds Principal and Interest Payable in Gold Free of Government Tax. Of the West Wisconsin Railway'. Stitched. 14 2 blanks pp. Folding 'Map of Wisconsin Rail Road and Its Connections' @14" x 16". Tear at bound edge of folding map repaired with short piece of scotch tape. Very Good. <br/><br/> The Map by Henry Seibert of New York prominently shows the West Wisconsin line from St. Paul MN to Tomah WI; tracks other railroads in Minnesota Wisconsin and Iowa; and depicts Lakes Michigan and Superior and Green Bay. The Road is described and the investment recommended. A rare item OCLC locating only the copy at the University of Missouri. <br/>FIRST EDITION. OCLC 41200220 1 as of June 2021. Not in Eberstadt Decker Sabin Soliday Graff Modelski. Samuel French unknown books
