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1881WRCAM8165Chicago 1881. 30pp. Original printed wrappers. Couple of chips at spine. Very good. The contract was drawn up between the two companies to settle differences regarding rates and new road construction. unknown books
1880WRCAM8149Washington 1880. 15pp. Printed self-wrappers stitched. Very good. A plea for continued support by Congress for completion of the railroad. unknown books
19203541Los Angeles: Pacific Electric Railway 1920. Single sheet 20.5 cm x 41 cm printed on both sides that folds to pamphlet size 20.5 cm x 10 cm. Folds as issued. Very good. Promotional piece for Pacific Railways trip up Mt. Lowe that offers a description of the trip up by rail with a schedule and a brief description of 'Ye Alpine Tavern'. Illustrated with views.<br/><br/>"So in this small sketch must be described only the most salient features of the great trip. Go with us therefore on this little journey letting your imagination garnish the facts and with your most vivid imagery you will find upon making the tour in reality the ruddy glow you have thought to paint has become but a mere tint of the color. Pacific Electric Railway unknown books
185520399Washington 1855. 33d Cong. 1st Sess. HED129. 43pp disbound with a bit of loosening and edge wear to title page. Good. This is the introductory report by War Secretary Jefferson Davis ONLY and does not include the full three-volume set.<br/>FIRST EDITION. Wagner-Camp 261:1. Howes P3. unknown books
191553716San Francisco: Robert A. Reid 1915. First Edition. Oblong quarto 21cm x 30cm. Pictorial stiff card wrappers; 60pp chiefly illus. A fresh fine copy. Attractive souvenir view book of the Exposition illustrated throughout with captioned photographic plates halftones. Robert A. Reid unknown books
1916166958San Francisco: San Francisco Art Association 1916. Softbound. Fair parts of thin spine paper missing contents loose but complete and clean. Sold as a reading copy. Brown wraps. 6 viii 5 112 p. 64 full-page BW plates; 6 additional illustrations in text accompanying Pedro Lemos' article. Lists 4979 works by American artists living and deceased. A total of 7025 works listed index at rear to all artists. Also lists members of the San Francisco Art Association. San Francisco Art Association paperback books
19245439San Francisco: Southern Pacific Railroad 1924. 8pp. Square quarto 23 cm x 20 cm Illustrated wrappers. About very good. Vertical fold as issued. Illustrated guide for the prospective visitor to California that touts the service offered by Southern Pacific to the west coast from all over the country. Black and white views throughout. "Here is the life you long to lead. You work in a section of untold opportunity whether you choose the live and progressing industrial communities of the rich and fertile agricultural districts. You play where everything invites to outdoor fun. You find people here millions of them who are happier than they have ever been before. Great numbers of them came to visit and decided to stay. You'll love California. Its lure will lay hold of your heart. And it is a wholesome lure for its leads you to a happier fuller healthier and more prosperous life. Southern Pacific Railroad unknown books
19176139New Orleans: General Passenger Department Southern Pacific Lines 1917. Good. 105 x 235 mm. 32 pages in stapled wraps embossed with a medallion portrait of Bienville and printed in bronze. Text pages with green tinted borders and green tinted overlay illustrations. Each page with black and white half-tone photo illustration and text. Railroad map of the United States on inside back panel. Sun marks on front panel of wraps. A little dusty but unmarred. General Passenger Department, Southern Pacific Lines paperback books
1915227073San Francisco: Robert A. Reid Official Publisher of View Books 1915. Unpaginated perhaps a hundred pages coated paperstock throughout with captioned b&w photography and a splendid colorized centerfold panorama. Softbound in 9x12 inch grey Yapp-edged wraps decorated in blue and brown with titling gilt externally somewhat edgeworn with tiny tears at head tail and foredge. Front and back covers are reflected from textblock revealing rusted staples in three places the rust has seeped thru wraps and is visible in small stains. The color panorama is in perfect shape having been "stubbed in" thus escaping the staples. Title page saving stapled areas and a faint corner-tip erasure and all leaves are near-fine plates are clear and free of any marks a good to very good copy. Robert A. Reid, Official Publisher of View Books unknown books
190847879New York: J. Fischer & Bro 1908. Broadsheet title on recto musical notation on verso; lyrics in Micmac; paper evenly toned near fine. Pacifique de Valigny née Henri-Joseph-Louis Buisson was a Capucin French missionary who wrote and published a number of religious materials for the benefit of the Mi'kmaq and Gaspe people. <br/><br/> J. Fischer & Bro unknown books
195630874New York: Other. Very Good. 1956. Hardcover. Original cloth very good condition. . Other hardcover books
191347854Abbeville France: F. Paillart 1913. 12mo pp. 32; original orange pictorial paper wrappers; evenly toned; very good. A collection of canticles in the Micmac language. <br/><br/> [F. Paillart unknown books
191540559San Francisco: Pacific Novelty Company of San Francisco 1915. 1st printing. Green marbled paper wrappers gilt & brown embossed lettering and design to front wrapper. Stapled. Modest wear to wrappers with light closed tears and rubbing to edges. Unpaginated but 32 pp. 31 b/w photographic images of the Exposition. Oblong format: 9-1/2" x 12-1/2" <br/><br/>Includes breathtaking views for example of: the Palace of Education Reflected in the Fine Arts Lagoonthe Entrance to the Great South Gardens the Avenue of Progress the Dome of the Horticultural Palace the Fountain of Ceres the Tower of Jewels the Palace of Transportation and the Court of the Four Seasons. Pacific Novelty Company of San Francisco 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
191439517n. p. 1914. Color illustrated outer wrappers. Light wear to edges. Price listing on p. 32 stuck on small stain to bottom of last two leaves. Very Good. 46 pp. Brochure folded once. B/w photographic images by W. H. Bull. 9" x 4" folded. <br/><br/>"Travel booklet on Yosemite National Park issued by the Southern Pacific Company promoting tours and travel to the park by railway. Contains numerous full-page black-and-white photographs of areas of park such as Bridal Veil Falls Cathedral Rocks Half Dome El Capitan Yosemite Falls the park from Inspiration Point Mirror Lake and Vernal Falls. Also included are a suggested 7-day itinerary beginning in Merced where a first class ticket $31.20 round-trip from Los Angeles carries a 10-day stopover; a table of altitudes of Yosemite peaks; a list of hotels and camps in the park with photos of Camp Ahwahnee Camp Lost Arrow Camp Curry and the Sentinel Hotel; two maps of the park and a map of Southern Pacific routes; and a list of Southern Pacific agents in the US Europe and Asia". OCLC 8 institutional holdings found on OCLC. unknown books
19201305San Francisco. 1920. Hardcover black cloth boards post bound. . Very good. . 4to. hardcover books
10931SF PACIFIC CA 1919. 24 TIPPED-IN PHOTOS VERY GOOD. SF, PACIFIC, CA 1919 unknown books
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
1920m1362Chicago: Curt Teich & Co. n.d. ca. 1920. Oblong quarto stiff illustrated wrappers with paper label string-tied iv pp. 22 leaves. Map and 22 color photographs of views along the Southern Pacific Railroad route over the Sierras mounted on individual pages with brief textual explanations. Very Good. Curt Teich & Co., n.d. [ca. 1920.] unknown books
2401Omaha Nebraska: Union Pacific System 1924. A fine copy in original pictorial wrappers. One of the pamphlets issued by the Union Pacific Railroad to promote travel destinations serviced by their trains. Illustrated in both black and white photographic images and full page color plates reproducing artistic renditions of the Golden State's beauty when it was still a wide open paradise filled with promise. paperback books
19465277Chicago: Rand McNally 1946. Single sheet 46 cm x 81 cm that folds up to 23 cm x 10 cm pamphlet size. Printed in red blue and black. Very good. Folds as issued. Gentle overall wear. One side features a nice map 43 cm x 385 cm that shows the Union Pacific Routes and roads through Utah and Northern Arizona. To the right are descriptions of the lodges and camps run by the Utah Parks Company in Zion Bryce Canyon Cedar Breaks and the North Rim of the Grand Canyon. To the left is a description of tours offered by Utah Parks Company and rates for 1946. Reverse prints a variety of color views of the Parks and sites one would see on a guided trip.<br/><br/>"This folder contains a map showing the principal highway approaches to Zion Grand Canyon and Bryce Canyon National Parks and Cedar Breaks National Monument and is presented to motorists by the Utah Parks Company to assist those who are driving to these scenic wonderlands." <br/><br/>Produced to promote trips from the Utah Parks Company which was a subsidiary of U.P. that ran guided loop tours of the parks and monuments of southern Utah and northern Arizona. Rand McNally unknown books
19156150San Francisco: Robert A. Reid 1915. Very Good. 24 x 32 cm; 31 leaves of plates all color illustrations from photographs with facing text. Title page printed in red and black with tinted floral background. Text within floral borders. Bound in original laced wraps with mounted color illustration from a photograph of the exhibition grounds. Covers a bit uneven torn along part of the upper joint and chipped along edges but internally the album is fine. Robert A. Reid paperback books
19254281San Francisco: Southern Pacific Railroad 1925. 15pp. Square Octavo 23 cm x 20 cm Illustrated wrappers. Vertical fold as issued. Very good. Promotional piece for Southern Pacific's Sunset Route that ran from New Orleans to Los Angeles and San Francisco. Illustrated description of the sights along the way. Double-page pictorial U.S. map at the center with the Southern Pacific lines marked.<br/><br/>"Along the Sunset Route are found constant reminders that this was first the trail of Spanish adventurers. Old Spain's influence still lives in the life color and architecture all along the way from New Orleans to Los Angeles and San Francisco." - rear cover. Southern Pacific Railroad 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
19144293Chicago: Rand McNally 1914. 62pp. Square octavo 23 cm x 21.5 cm Stapled Illustrated wrappers with vertical fold at center as issued. Very good. Minor overall wear with a number written small in ink on the cover. Rock Island promotional piece for travel to Denver and the front range with descriptions of the area and attractions with black and white views throughout. Double-page map at the center.<br/><br/>"Colorado is the vacation center of America not only because of its central location but also for its altitude profusion of scenic wonders sunshine mile-high atmosphere and tempting outdoor life all of which are natural causes."- rear cover. Rand McNally unknown books