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1860WRCAM41089BWashington 1860. Twelve volumes bound in thirteen. Profusely illustrated with maps lithographic plates colored lithographic plates profiles etc. Large thick quarto. Original blindstamped cloth spines gilt. Minor edge wear. Each volume rebacked retaining original backstrip but with new endpapers. All but one volume from the Senate issue Vol. XII Part 1 is the House issue with a Senate backstrip. Lacking the general map of the routes surveyed from Vol. XI. Several maps with holes and separations along fold lines many with large tears including Warren's map of the western United States. Occasional tideline affecting text or an illustration scattered foxing and toning. Overall quite clean internally. Good plus. This large quarto set is the most important and massive compilation of exploration reports and data ever published about the trans-Mississippi West. Under the direction of Secretary of War Jefferson Davis the Pacific Railroad survey in two years increased the contemporary knowledge of the geography topography geology and natural history of the West by a quantum leap. Included herein are the reports of Humphreys Stevens Beckwith Whipple Warren Williamson Lander et al supplemented with reports on scientific observations and numerous significant achievements in cartography including Warren's "Map of the Territory of the United States from the Mississippi to the Pacific Ocean." here present in the eleventh volume which has been hailed as "the best cartographical work on the West up to its time." Howes. The illustrative material engraved and lithographed views specimens of birds fishes and other animals is of the highest quality often in colored state and encompasses thousands of illustrations either in the text or as separate plates. Wheat devotes twenty-four pages of detailed discussion to the maps in this series of reports singling out the Warren map as "among the great maps of the United States that preceded the Civil War." <br> <br> All things considered this edition of the Pacific Railroad Surveys stands as a testament to one of the greatest government sponsored projects in our history and is a foundation work for any collection devoted to Western Americana or cartography. HOWES P3 etc. WHEAT TRANSMISSISSIPPI 822 through 824 843 through 846 852 853 864 through 867 874 875 877 through 882 898 936 23 in all. TWENEY 89 59. WAGNER-CAMP 262 through 267. RITTENHOUSE 442. REESE STAMPED WITH A NATIONAL CHARACTER 75. ZAMORANO SELECT 108. REESE BEST OF THE WEST 138. hardcover books
1872WRCAM29311Various places 1872. Twelve cards each 17 x 13 inches a.e.g. with manuscript captions in lower margins. Images are 9 x 6 1/2 inches except the two oval images of San Francisco. Some minor soiling on cards some images slightly faded. Very good. Archivally matted protected with a mylar sheet. An excellent collection of views quite early for Hawaii and New Zealand. The four views of Honolulu include one wide view of the town a view of a side street with a church steeple in the background the Pali mountain pass and the harbor with several large vessels at anchor. In New Zealand the Supreme Court building in Christchurch and the city of Littleton are displayed. The San Francisco images include the Palace Hotel and the famous Cliff House. Of particular interest are the three views of the Central Pacific Railway. The sections of the track include Capestown the Palisade and Summit Station each with fresh evidence of the line's recent completion. Also in the collection is one image of a railroad along the banks of Salt Lake and three wide views of Salt Lake City one with the Mormon tabernacle completed in 1871 prominently featured. An attractive collection of views each quite displayable. unknown books
18871408San Francisco 1887. About very good. 668pp. including numerous in-text or full page illustrations and eight photolithographed plates plus large folding map. Folio. Original pictorial wrappers. Wraps with some soiling wear at edges; front wrap with a few signs of biopredation; two small chips to rear wrapper; spine perishing at extremities. Minor worming at upper corner of a few interior leaves. Light tanning. A rare and extravagant promotional for the Pacific Cable Railway Company which manufactured installed and operated the famous streetcar system of San Francisco and in several other American cities. The present work also serves as a declaration of patent with a list of patents and patent holders at the rear and the text comprises a detailed technical description of the wire cable system with many illustrations of its mechanisms and operation as well as general accounts of the systems running in San Francisco Los Angeles Chicago and Kansas City. In addition to the technical diagrams are several attractive line illustrations and eight photolithographed plates reproduced by artotype of the cable cars of San Francisco in action all by Britton & Rey. The folding map at the rear provides a detailed delineation of the lines running across the city. Very scarce OCLC locates only five copies.<br /><br />Cowan II p.512. books
1868WRCAM33573AWashington: Government Printing Office 1868. 39pp. plus large color folding map 23 1/4 x 44 3/4 inches. Original printed wrappers. Presentation inscription on front wrapper see below. Wrapper edges chipped minor soiling and tanning to wrappers spine partially chipped old vertical fold to pamphlet. Light foxing and tanning and occasional soiling throughout Map with a few small closed tears at cross-folds with no loss. About very good. This copy is inscribed on the front wrapper: "With Regards of James Tilton C.E." Tilton 1819-78 was then chief engineer of the Washington Division of the Northern Pacific Railroad. Thanks in part to his support for Franklin Pierce's presidential campaign Tilton was appointed the first Surveyor General of Washington Territory and served from 1853-61. Both the Tilton River and Fort Tilton near Fall City Washington are named for him. <br> <br> An important report to Congress by the Northern Pacific Railroad headed by Minnesota railroad magnate James J. Hill for federal aid to support the Railroad's expansion to the West Coast. The petition reviews the railroad's original charter printing with it a memorial from the NPRR's Board of Directors and supporting communications from military figures including Montgomery Meigs and Ulysses S. Grant. Since the early 1850s Edwin Johnson described by Wheat as a "visionary" engineer had been associated with the plan to build a railroad across the northern part of the United States from the Great Lakes to the Pacific Coast. In 1867 he was named chief engineer of the Northern Pacific and this memorial is a work of major importance for the history of the railroad. It includes Johnson's topographical survey of the route to the Pacific a discussion of potential problems that may be encountered and a detailed economic and military survey of the area in justification of construction. <br> <br> The exceptional large folding "Map of the Country from Lake Superior to the Pacific Ocean from the Latest Explorations and Surveys" was produced by the Colton firm in New York. One of the finest maps of the region to date it shows the area from Detroit to the Pacific well into Canada and south to about the 39th parallel. Johnson has drawn the route of the Northern Pacific from Lake Superior to Washington Territory where the line splits with one branch heading toward Fort Vancouver and the other to Puget Sound. Among the details shown on the map are the Pony Express route wagon routes and overland mail routes exploration routes and other proposed railroad routes the locations of Indian tribes mineral deposits military forts and much more. Wheat gives a long description of the map and remarks that "the detail of such a map defies cataloging." Construction on the Northern Pacific Railroad began in 1870 and was completed in 1883. Edwin Johnson did not see its completion dying in 1872. An edition of this report with the supporting documents and map was also privately published in Hartford. <br> <br> A significant early account of railroad expansion in the Northwest. We could find only ten copies listed in OCLC and this is the first copy we have seen in wrappers and with a presentation from an important engineer on the project. RAILWAY ECONOMICS pp.242-43. SABIN 55819 Hartford edition. WHEAT TRANSMISSISSIPPI WEST V item 1169 pp.205-09. PHILLIPS MAPS p.916. DECKER 37:266 Hartford ed. MIDLAND NOTES 68:164. OCLC 60578657. Government Printing Office unknown books
1860100432Large thick 4to contemporary calf spine and tips with marbled boards 70 very attractive color lithograph plates 358 41 pp. Extremeties worn minor aging one map has tear in lower corner plates bright and clean. The Pacific Railroad Surveys 1853-1855 explored possible routes for a transcontinental railroad. However the surveys went beyond looking for a place for a railroad they included and incredible amount of information on natural history and the peoples that inhabited the areas where the surveys explored. Representing the first part of the final volume of these surveys this installment focused on the northern route for a railroad. The 12 volumes included in these surveys is also known for rich illustrations many of which were in color. With 70 color plates one folding and three folding maps in Volume XII part 1 this edition is particularly rich in illustration and the plates are bright and clean. Thomas A. Ford hardcover books
1868WRCAM33573Washington 1868. 39pp. plus large color folding map. Modern maroon cloth gilt maroon morocco label. Minor dust soiling in text. Map bright and clean. Overall very good. An application to Congress by the Northern Pacific Railroad headed by Minnesota railroad magnate James J. Hill for federal aid to support the Railroad's expansion to the West Coast. The petition reviews the railroad's original charter and includes an impressive color folding map "Map of the Country from Lake Superior to the Pacific Ocean" which illustrates the railroad's route from Duluth to Seattle and Portland. This map was originally produced to accompany Edwin Johnson's report on the feasibility of the railroad. This is one of the finest maps of the region traversed to be issued up to this time and was produced by Colton in New York not by the government. Wheat devotes several pages to discussing it noting that "the detail of such a map defies cataloging." Above the map appears an elevation chart for the same distance. <br> <br> A fine account of railroad expansion in the Northwest. Rare. Not on OCLC. MIDLAND NOTES 68-164. WHEAT TRANSMISSISSIPPI 1169. hardcover books
18821204Portland Or: George H. Himes 1882. About very good. 328pp. plus photograph frontispiece. Original printed wrappers. Spine ends chipped; some light dust soiling and wear to wraps. Slight fading to frontispiece photo but a clear image. Light even tanning internally; three leaves with small patches of damp staining. A scarce 1882 promotional for potential excursions from Portland Oregon published in conjunction by the Northern Pacific Railroad and the Oregon Railway & Navigation Company. The work is illustrated with a real photograph of the Multnomah Falls east of the city on the Columbia River. The text prints itineraries for ten trips from Portland in the Pacific Northwest to the Cascades the Dalles Seattle Tacoma Olympia Ilwaco and even Alaska almost all via the steamers of the Oregon Railway & Navigation Company. The final four leaves of text contain numerous illustrated advertisements for Portland businesses. The frontispiece photograph of the Multnomah Falls is credited in print to Issac Grundy Davidson. "One of the Northwest's premier photographers Davidson published an extensive series of scenic photographs covering many aspects of life and scenes throughout Oregon Washington and Alaska. He operated portrait studios a traveling gallery and contracted with the Northern Pacific Railroad. A keen businessman who produced the finest photographic record of Oregon during the 1870s-80s" - Mautz. An excellent example of the collaboration between a pre-eminent photographer of the Pacific Northwest and the Northern Pacific Railroad as well as an unusual and scarce specimen of a rail and river travel promotional illustrated with a real photographic print. George H. Himes unknown books
1864WRCAM47423London 1864. 162pp. Folio. String-tied as issued. A bit tanned some small chips at the edges. Very good. The Thomas W. Streeter copy with his pencil notes on the titlepage. This House of Commons working paper is a continuation of their return dated July 10 1863 on the subject of constructing a telegraph line to British Columbia and the Pacific. The Hudson's Bay Company unsurprisingly was intimately involved in the machinations for the building of the line. They had made an agreement with the Canadian government to build the telegraph line from the Red River to the Pacific themselves but when they failed to do so a group of English bankers proposed to step in and do the job. The papers included herein provide much information on the qualities of the land between Lake Superior and British Columbia and the need for swift communication throughout and across the vast region. Also included is a memorial from the people of the Red River Settlement discussing their urgent need for the telegraph. <br> <br> The Streeter copy sold to Nebenzahl for $30 in 1969 and was still in his stock when the Reese Company bought the last of it in 2013; here it is. STREETER SALE 3436 this copy. SOLIDAY I:1207. LOWTHER 228. unknown books
1819249959N.p. Paris 1819. One page in French. 8vo. One page in French. 8vo. The Neapolitan-born Gaspare Luigi Pacifico Spontini 1774-1851 was a celebrated composer of operas in his day who made his career in Paris under the patronage of the Empress Josephine. His most famous opera LA VESTALE premiered in Paris in 1807 and according to Grove's Dictionary underwent over 200 performances in Paris by the year 1824. As late as 1954 in fact in celebration of the composer's 180th birthday it enjoyed a revival at La Scala with Maria Callas in the leading role.<br/><br/>According to calendars only these two years during Spontini's time in Paris had a September 22 which fell on Wednesday. Spontini left Paris in 1819 to accept a position with the Dresden opera. unknown books
1856WRCAM27974Nueva-York: Imprenta de Hallet 1856. 40pp. in Spanish. Original printed wrappers. Rear wrapper detached front wrapper separated four inches down from head of spine. Slight wear to extremities. Very good. The prospectus for an American mining and land company on the Pacific coast of Mexico. Imprenta de Hallet unknown books
18851099Chicago: Geo. F. Cram 1885. Good plus. Large folding pamphlet approximately 20 x 41.5 inches. A few small chips and short closed tears at edges; several short separations and very minor losses along folds. Contemporary agent's ink stamp on cover panel. Tape repair across portion of horizontal fold; one panel with patches of light staining. A scarce colorful promotional for the Rock Island Route as well as its national and international connections with a fascinating stamp of an Australian sales agent. One side of the sheet prints an extensive promotional text and timetables for the various routes and services of the Chicago Rock Island & Pacific Railway. The main side of the sheet prints a map of the United States with state borders shaded in four colors highlighting the principal routes of the Rock Island from Chicago to Minnesota Iowa and Kansas and its connections to points on both the East and West Coasts. An inset map at lower right promotes the Rock Island as part of a transcontinental route between the United Kingdom Ireland and Australia. Most interestingly this copy is stamped on the cover panel with the information of a George. H. Hibbard "Australian Passenger Agent America's Cons'd Trans-continental Railways 6 Bridge Street Sydney N.S.W." Hibbard was evidently the agent in charge of distributing information about the trans-America route in Sydney one of its end points. Several issues of this map were published during the 1880s all scarce. We locate copies of the present 1885 issue at Stanford SMU and the Library of Congress. Geo. F. Cram unknown books
18571004304to 11 ½ x8 ¾ original law calf morocco illustrated 4 134 85102 114 2 iv 64 pp. Some scuffing and wear to covers slight gouge to front joint chipping to edges. Two plates detached one with a chipped corner. Overall very good. Organized by the War department under the direction of Jefferson Davis who was Secretary of War at that time a collection of volumes was produced in the quest for the best route for a railroad to the West. Jefferson Davis wrote part of the introduction to this series and outlines the goals of the project. This report is on routes explored in Northern California and Oregon. Specifically the expedition was to look for a railroad route crossing the Sierra Nevada near the source of the Carson River and to see if it was feasible to connect the Sacramento valley with the Oregon Territory. Most of the color plates in this volume are located in the first three parts of the publication which is focused on topography geology and botanical subjects. This volume includes 23 color lithographs of scenery and botanical subjects 2 hand colored plates of birds and 24 steel engraved plates. Wagner-Camp 264a. Beverly Tucker, unknown books
18561004314to original cloth rebacked with original spine strip laid on new endpapers. Illustrated with 20 of 21 color lithographs several steel engraved charts and shell engravings and three color lithographed folding maps. Table of contents list 20 color plates but some copies seem to have twenty-one. Two of the folding maps/charts have been placed in a rear endpaper pocket; one has a neat repair. A little rubbing to cloth and some minor darkening within. Could be missing one plate. Overall very good and nicely restored. One of the great sources of information on the west the Pacific Railroad Reports also contains some great illustrations. This installment Vol. III is no exception. Included are some interesting and colorful pictures of the Mojave Indians and their territory. This report contains intelligence on an expedition near the 35th parallel which took the southern route due west to the Pacific Ocean from Fort Smith Kansas that was conducted by Lieutenant A.W. Whipple and assisted by Lieutenant J.C. Ives. Ives would make his own mark on western expansion a few years later in his travels on the Colorado River. Wagner-Camp 263 Beverly Tucker hardcover books
18561006214to leather spine and tips with marbled boards 36 Illustrations include 21 tinted/color lithographs one folding diagram two folding maps and a couple of black and white plates 36 14 136 127 175 pp. Binding with some wear at the spine and extremities hinges cracked some pages are a bit loose plates all present but probably not bound in correct order folding maps have a few tears some staining to front endpapers but not into the balance of the text plates and text show some aging foxing and browning but most plates resonably are clean. One of the great sources of information on the west the Pacific Railroad Reports also contains some great illustrations. This installment Vol. III is no exception. Included are some interesting and colorful pictures of the Mojave Indians and their territory. This report contains intelligence on an expedition near the 35th parallel which took the southern route due west to the Pacific Ocean from Fort Smith Kansas that was conducted by Lieutenant A.W. Whipple and assisted by Lieutenant J.C. Ives. Ives would make his own mark on western expansion a few years later in his travels on the Colorado River. The substantial amount of information on various Indain tribes makes this installment an important one. Since many of these volumes are broken for the plates they are getting somewhat scarce. Beverly Tucker, hardcover 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
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
1871761New York 1871. Good plus. Folding pamphlet 6 x 17 inches. Separated along one fold. A few later pencil annotations. Light wear and tanning. A scarce advertisement for bond investment in the Northern Pacific Railroad issued in 1871 during the first great construction push on the line. Although the company was founded in 1865 ground was only broken on construction in 1870 after considerable backing by Jay Cooke. This pamphlet outlines the plans for the railroad to be built from St. Paul to Portland and Seattle the prospects for passenger and freight business upon completion and the extent of the land grants afforded the railroad by the federal government. The text goes on to describe the financial instruments on offer their advantages over Treasury bonds chiefly a greater yield at 7-8% vs. 5-6% and their security against the commercial and financial assets of the railroad as well as its land grants. With a map of the proposed route on the rearmost panel. A scarce call for investment in the Northern Pacific from its early history. unknown books
189143969San Francisco: H. S. Crocker Company 1891. Printed self-wrappers. General wear & age-toning. A few short tears along folds. Stain upper right corner. A Good copy. One long sheet oriented horizontally printed both sides in purple folded three times to form a 12-panel brochure. Illustrated with 4 wood engravings one 3-panel "Views of Pacific Grove and Vicinity"; one 2-panel and map single panel. Unfolded: 21-3/4" x 7". Folded: 7" x 3-1/2" <br/><br/>A promotional "announcement extraordinary" for a five-day program held by the YMCA at Pacific Grove from June 17 - 21 1891 featuring a program of bible study lectures e.g. "Aggressive Christian Work" "How to Teach the Bible to Young and Old" and related preaching and readings. A special train was provided for the association by the Southern Pacific Company Coast Division. Includes a large illustrated "View" and other promotional material for Pacific Grove and a map of the Southern Pacific routes to Monterey. Not found in Rocq. H. S. Crocker Company unknown books
185976593Washington DC.: Beverley Tucker Printer. Very Good. 1859. First Edition. Hardcover. Ex-library with the usual markings. This volume is hard-bound in blind-stamped brown cloth with faded gilt stamping to the spine. The binding has been repaired / reinforced at some point with some type of lacquer covering the spine and so the volume is sound and tight. There is edge-wear and rubbing to the corners and spine-ends. There is some wear/chipping to the joints. Some modest light foxing but overall the work is bright and fresh. This work is complete with plates of reptiles fishes frogs birds snakes and mammals and 28 beautifully hand colored engravings of birds. . Beverley Tucker, Printer hardcover books
1869288969New York: American Photolithographic Company 1869. paperback. very good. Map: lithograph. 16" x 28.5". In very good condition. <br><br>Pamphlet: Thin 8vo. 31 pages. Staple-bound stain to paper cover binding fragile. Washington: Government Printing Office. In very good condition.<br/><br/> Map is tipped in at back cover of pamphlet and shows Northern & Southern Pacific Trunk Lines railways completed and railways projected. The majority of the committee that wrote this report included W.M. Stewart Chas D. Drake John Conness Alexander Ramsey J.C. Abbott B.F. Rice<br/><br/> American Photolithographic Company unknown books
1873403707Jay Cooke & Co 1873. 8vo. 51 4 pp. Folding map of the railroad and its inter-oceanic connections. Original printed wrappers the rear wrapper with map of the railroad. Wrappers separated along spine last two text leaves loose. FIRST EDITION. The map shows the northern half of the U.S. from the Pacific to Lake Superior and Lake Michigan. The proposed railroad extends from the Missouri River near Fort McKean westward to the towns of Olympia Portland Seattle and terminating at Whatcom just north of Bellingham. The route splits into a northern and southern branch just above Coeur d'Alene Lake. The publisher Jay Cooke was the famous financier of the Civil War; his private bank financed the construction of the railroad. This promotional pamphlet was used to gain investors. <br/><br/> Jay Cooke & 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
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
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
