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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
18601392936th Cong. 1st Sess. HR 428. 1860. 27 1 blank 9 1 blank 29pp. Disbound scattered foxing Good to Very Good. unknown books
18808642Chicago 1880. 27pp stitched. Original printed wrappers. Very Good. unknown books
1882WRCAM8164Np 1882. 15pp. Original printed wrappers. Some soiling else very good. unknown books
1882WRCAM8157New York 1882. 8pp. Original printed self-wrappers. Very good. Further dialogue regarding extension of the time period for the Congressional land grant to the NPRR. unknown books
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
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
186633953Wash D.C. 1866. First Edition. 16pp. Disbound Deals with the transportation of troops and stores within the Territories through which the route of the proposed road passes 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
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
1881WRCAM176431881. 46pp. Printed wrappers a near fine specimen. Copy of the general first mortgage for the Northern Pacific Railroad for the purpose of constructing a railroad and telegraph line between Lake Superior and Puget Sound. unknown books
1884WRCAM8167Washington 1884. 34pp. Original printed wrappers. Spine chipped else very good. Reprints the original charter the grant of land by Congress with amendments followed by consent of the states of Minnesota Wisconsin and Oregon. unknown books
189334003San Francisco 1893. First Edition. 55pp. illus plates and ports. Original printed wrappers chipped and mended. unknown books
1888101899Chicago: J.M.W. Jones Stationery 1888. Softbound. VG ex art library with faded stamp on top of cover ancient colored tape strips along spine. Original color pictorial wrappers. 88 pp. profusely illustrated with line engravings. A very clean tight copy of this book with a beautiful color illustrated cover of a dramatic mining scene. J.M.W. Jones Stationery paperback books
1867WRCAM15950Hartford 1867. 11pp. Self-wrappers. Binding residue along spine edge lightly chipped else very good. This memorial was directed at the Senate and the House of Representatives requesting government aid for continuing construction. This copy is signed by Thomas Canfield one of the directors of the line. 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
1888WRCAM13837Philadelphia 1888. 38pp. Original printed wrappers. Wraps darkened and chipped top margin considerably chipped with no loss of text old fold. A decent copy printed on bad paper. In a folding cloth box leather label. The Mercantile Trust Company makes claims to security in property of the Railway including holdings in New Orleans. The property is described in detail. Also printed are the articles of the new mortgage and documents of certification of New York and Louisiana. hardcover 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
1889WRCAM27352ASan Francisco: H.S. Crocker & Co. 1889. 70pp. Original printed wrappers. Lacking rear wrapper. Spine perished. Small pencil and ink inscriptions on front wrapper. Internally fine. Overall very good. Introductory material by Leland Stanford. A positive report on the Central Pacific's dealings with the government. H.S. Crocker & Co. unknown books
1889WRCAM27352San Francisco: H.S. Crocker & Co. 1889. 70pp. Original printed wrappers. Spine chipped. Small old stamp on titlepage. Very good. Introductory material by Leland Stanford. A positive report on the Central Pacific's dealings with the government. H.S. Crocker & Co. 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
188914096Buffalo NY: E.H. Hutchinson 1889. First Edition. Softcover. Near fine. 87 pp in original printed wrappers. Mild soiling. The author was an attorney and Principal of the Buffalo Classical School. He traveled to Oregon Washington Alaska primarily Sitka and British Columbia in 1888 reporting back in a series of articles for his local newspaper the Commercial Advertiser. This is their first appearance in book form. Includes interesting letters on indigenous crafts in Alaska the Russian population in the Sitka area and the Sitka mission along with sketches of Portland Astoria and the Puget Sound region. Tourville 658; Wickersham 1987; Not in Smith or Arctic Bibliography. E.H. Hutchinson paperback 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
189431668San Francisco 1894. Original staples and printed wrappers with wrapper title as issued. 12pp lightly toned Very Good.<br/><br/> The Mass Meeting is called in order to attack the "Railroad Octopus" which assails the people "by unjust accumulations and intelligent and determined concentration of power for bad ends.Its cupidity its selfishness its trickery the debasing pressure exerted upon every form of industry and the unprincipled use of money and of purchased intellect by a powerful railroad monopoly has checked our progress and reduced us to virtual slavery for twenty-five years." <br/>OCLC lists twelve copies under two accession numbers as of December 2014. Not located in Rocq Cowan or BRE. unknown books
