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40362Los Angeles: Trans-Anglo Books n. d. Ca. post 1962. White paper printed in black and red. Moderate wear to edges slight rust spots from paperclips curling and rubbing to edges. Otherwise a VG example. Broadside. Single sheet printed recto only. Large map illustration of Southern California. Oblong format:. <br/><br/>"Pacific Electric Railway. Wells-Fargo & Co. Express World's Greatest Electric Railway System. 1000 Miles of Standard Trolley Lines to All Points of Greatest Interest in the Heart of Southern California and Traversed by 2700 Schedules Trains Daily. Including 5 Trains at Convenient Periods to World Famous Mount Lowe." "Here is the way the Pacific Electric Railway looked in 1926 when the system was reaching its peak. The interurbans ended all operations in 1961. Map reproduced from Trans-Anglo Books' Ride the Big Red Cars by Spencer Crump." Trans-Anglo Books unknown books
191542654Paris : Paris Lyons & Mediterranean Railway Co 1915. 1st Printing. Printed white glossy stock paper covers stapled. Modest wear & soiling to covers. Very Good. 11 1 pp. Illustrated with 14 tinted photographic images on 4 inserted plates. Fold-out color map of the railway route at rear. 7-7/8" x 4-1/2" <br/><br/> Paris, Lyons & Mediterranean Railway Co 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
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
1908WRCAM28591N.p.: Union Pacific and Southern Pacific Passenger Departments 1908. 72pp. including color illustrations and maps. Quarto. Plain wrappers. Spine partially chipped away lower corner on rear cover chipped. Quite clean internally. Very good. Describes in words and pictures the routes of the Union Pacific and the Southern Pacific Railroad from Omaha Nebraska through Wyoming Utah and Nevada to Oakland California. The color illustrations throughout are most unusual in a publication this early. Union Pacific and Southern Pacific Passenger Departments 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
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
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
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
195630874New York: Other. Very Good. 1956. Hardcover. Original cloth very good condition. . Other hardcover 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
196787942Washington 1967. Paperback. Very Good. 2 annual reports. Original wrappers. 27cm. Formed to study alternatives to or improvement of the Panama Canal. One alternative that appears to have been seriously considered was using nuclear explosions to excavate a new canal route. <br/><br/> paperback books
18808642Chicago 1880. 27pp stitched. Original printed wrappers. Very Good. unknown books
1979935Sydney: McGraw Hill 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. Black boards title in silver. Fine in near fine dust wrapper. 143 pages. 21 x 29 cm. Profusely illustrated wine book covering the past and 1979 present of Australia's Hunter Valley Wine country including vineyards wineries and the people involved in this lush part of the world. Signed by both authors as well as the vineyard owners included here. Crisp and clean. <br/><br/> McGraw Hill hardcover books
1997230779Tokyo: Fukuinkan Shoten 1997. Paperback. 171p. fullpage color and b&w photography about equal proportions with brief texts and captions in both Japanese and English plain printed 9.5x9 inch tan wraps alkaline paperstock throughout. A nice clean sound unmarked copy. As of 10/2018 only one copy found in OCLC. Fukuinkan Shoten paperback 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