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190051798Chicago: Curt Teich & Co. for the Van Noy Inter-State Co 1900. Oblong 4to unpaginated; 25 full-pg illustrations in color and mounted two pages of text containing illustration descriptions; tan pictorial wrappers lettered in black & gilt color illustration mounted on upper cover ribbon-bound; covers a bit toned at edges corners creased illustrations clean & bright overall very good. A picturesque view-book of "the most interesting views seen along the route" of Utah Nevada and California. <br/><br/> Curt Teich & Co. for the Van Noy Inter-State Co unknown books
1884WRCAM23845New York 1884. 27pp. plus large folding map. Original printed wrappers. Some minor edge nicks and chips to front wrapper else just about very good. Annual stockholder's report for the famous western railway. With detailed financial statement and other statistics relative to western lands etc. Total surplus earnings for 1883 topped $12700000. The handsome and quite large folding map of the United States west of the Mississippi shows the Union Pacific Route and its connections. unknown books
1885403740Washington D. C.: Government Printing Office 1885. 8vo. 21 pp. Disbound. FIRST EDITION. <br/><br/> [Government Printing Office] unknown books
18831423347TH Cong. 2d Sess. HED94. 1883. 19pp. Disbound. Light wear Good. unknown books
18671393540TH Cong. 2d Sess.: HED31. 1867. 9pp Disbound Very Good. HED31. unknown books
18681392740TH Cong. 3d Sess. SED4. 1868. 12 4 pp. Disbound. Very Good. unknown books
18661665939th Cong. 1st Sess.: SED14. 1866. 17 1 blank pp disbound. Very Good. SED14. unknown 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
1885403742Omaha: The Republican Printers 1885. 8vo. 64 pp. Wood-engravings in text. Original blue printed wrappers the rear wrapper with full-panel map by Matthews Northrup & Co. Buffalo. Niagara Falls ticket seller's ink advertisement stamp on front wrapper light toning at edges. FIRST EDITION. Jones Checklist 1637; Streeter sale VI:3395. <br/><br/> The Republican Printers unknown books
1889403718Chicago: Rand McNally & Co 1889. 8vo. 91 pp. Original salmon printed wrappers. Light wear. Second edition. The wrapper title is: 'Colorado. A Complete and Comprehensive Description of the Agricultural Stock Raising and Mineral Resources of Colorado; Also Statistics in Regard to its Climate Etc. Compiled from the Latest Reports of 1868.' Printed on the inner front wrapper is a map of the Union Pacific Overland Route from the Pacific Ocean in the West to Omaha in the East. <br/><br/> Rand, McNally & Co unknown books
1878WRCAM26334Washington 1878. 235pp. Modern half morocco and marbled boards by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. Very good. Detailed correspondence relating to a controversy stemming from the rates charged by the Union Pacific for transporting the Second Infantry to the west coast. The troops were destined to suppress an Indian outbreak in Oregon. hardcover books
1868140324OTH Cong. 2d Sess.: HED208. 1868. 5pp. Disbound. Very Good. HED208. unknown books
1868142094OTH Cong. 2d Sess.: HED277. 1868. 6 2 pp. Disbound. Very Good. HED277. unknown books
1869139804OTH Cong. 3d Sess.: HED25. 1869. 11pp. Disbound. Very Good. HED25. unknown books
1868139264OTH Cong. 3d Sess. HED15. 1868. 31 1 blank 2 10pp. Disbound. Very Good. `. unknown books
186834144Chicago: Horton and Leonard 1868. 122pp. Modern boards with leather spine. Chicago Prefire Imprints 1416. Union Pacific Checklist p. 58part 1. Not in Cowan. Graff 4252 lists the 1867 firdt edition only. Horton and Leonard hardcover books
18841398148TH Cong. 1st Sess.: SED124. 1884. 33pp Disbound margin soil. Else Very Good. SED124. unknown books
18941395153d Cong. 2d Sess.: HED194. 1894. 37pp Disbound with a bit of loosening. Else Very Good. HED194. unknown books
18941455453d Cong. 3d Sess.: SED3. 1894. 14pp Disbound. Very Good. SED3. unknown books
18771414144th Cong. 2d Sess.: HED38. 1877. 61pp Disbound Good to Very Good. HED38. unknown books
18900000168San Francisco: H. S. Crocker 1890. Second edition. Very Good. Small 4to 46 2 pp. folding lithographed map numerous illustrations from woodcuts. Original pale yellow stapled paper wraps. Moderately edgeworn lightly soiled folding map with 2 inch closed tear along one fold <br/><br/>Describes & illustrates sites scenes & cities from New Orleans to San Francisco along the Sunset Route of the Southern Pacific Company including San Antonio the Rio Grande Missions of Santa Barbara Los Angeles Yosemite and Tahoe. The folding map depicts the route of railroad including connections & thus much of the Southwestern United States. H. S. Crocker paperback books
18607334Chicago: Cameron Amberg & Co. Printers; and Shober & Carqueville Lithographers 1860. Trade card 13 x 7.5 cm. printed both sides the verso in chromolithography depicting the interior of a dining car with tables set in anticipation of the passengers' meals. Text on the recto reads "These Dining and Restaurant Cars run on the Chicago Rock Island & Pacific Railroad between Chicago and Omaha are in all respects the most luxurious traveling conveniences on the American continent. A bottle of fine French wine is served for an additional fifteen cents with an Extra Fine Meal for which only seventy-five cents is charged. Passengers will bear in mind that these are not the commonly-called Hotel Cars with their attendant high prices and bed-room odors. Our Dining Cars are used for no other purpose. All meals on Overland Trains are served in them. A. Smith Sup't Dining Car Line." The company became the Chicago Rock Island & Pacific Railroad in 1866 the company changed names frequently. In the mid-1870s the company established its Chicago-Omaha route. As such this card likely dates between the mid-1860s and mid-1870s. The railroad became known for introducing the first "elegant" dining cars to passenger trains and the lithograph on this trade card by Shober & Carqueville Lithographers of Chicago exudes elegance indeed. No tears folds or bends; slight glue residue on back. Cameron, Amberg & Co., Printers; [and] Shober & Carqueville Lithographers unknown books
1888WRCAM14797Philadelphia 1888. 39pp. Original front printed wrapper rear and spine lacking dbd. from larger volume. Signatures separated else good. Gives the terms of the mortgage. unknown books
1878WRCAM14796Np 1878. 24pp. Crude modern wrapper stapled. Ex-lib. with perforation stamp on front wrapper rubberstamp in text and number on titlepage bit tanned. Good. Discusses the route of the railway and its projected costs as well as the provisions of the Texas and Pacific Railway bills then before the Committee. unknown books
18831393148TH Cong. 1st Sess.: SED27. 1883. 32 14 pp. Disbound. Very Good. SED27. unknown books