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1944WRCAM41429Mios Woendi 1944. Three pages of typed index followed by sixty- two photographs each 5 x 6 1/2 inches. Photographs numbered in lower right corner corresponding to index and backed by linen. Oblong 12mo. Original Plexiglas binding brad bound with a cover reading: "Construction Photographs 55th Seabee's." The photographs are clean and clear. Near fine. A very interesting album of photographs documenting the construction of the U.S. Navy Base on the tiny island of Mios Woendi during World War II. Located in the Dutch East Indies near Indonesia Mios Woendi was an important base for American PT boats and for larger ships as well. The photographs in this album show the construction of the base by the U.S. Navy construction battalion known as the "Seabees." The photographs give aerial views of the island the dense foliage the Seabee's camp and dozens of detailed views of all stages of the construction of the base. Also dozens of PT boats - this could be "McHale's Navy." Likely produced in a very small number for military authorities and participants in the construction. We are unable to locate any other copies. unknown books
190531253Honolulu: Mercantile Printing Co. Ltd. 1905. 86 2 blanks pp. Stitched in original printed wrappers. Scattered light foxing. Several blank margins have a wormhole. Good.<br/><br/> Constitution By-Laws Officers Missions Members doings at the Annual Meeting Reports of various committees. Mercantile Printing Co., Ltd. unknown books
199440436Albany OR: Willamette & Pacific Railroad Inc 1994. 1st printing. Beige paper printed with black ink. Near Fine. 4 pp. Roadsigns and charts printed throughout. Map to rear wrapper. 11" x 8-1/2" <br/><br/> Willamette & Pacific Railroad, Inc unknown books
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
194240352San Francisco: Western Pacific Railroad Co 1942. White paper printed with orange blue black and red ink. Modest wear to paper age-toned rubbed and creased. A VG collection of items. 11 items each of varying pages. Color and b/w illustrations to two of the three brochures. Various sizes: Timetables: 10-3/4" x 15-1/4". Brochures: 9-1/8" x 4-1/8 folded. <br/><br/>Includes: eight railway timetables numbers 24 2x 26 3x 27 30 36 and three brochures two time folders of the Feather River Route different publications & one California Zephyr advertising brochure. "Take the time to live a little. travel by train. See the wonders of America. at eye-level. Avoid highway hazards by dependable "All Weather" train travel in relaxed comfort. Take the family on your next trip aboard the Vista-Dome California Zephyr and stretch your travel dollar." Western Pacific Railroad Co unknown 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
195057505Washington: GPO 1950. Hardcover. Good. This volume only. frontis portrait photos color maps 2 folding index xxvi 451p. Cloth. 29cm. Ex lib. Extremities frayed. Backstrip darkened. No Jacket probably never had one. <br/><br/> GPO hardcover books
3058Chicago: The Company: Passenger Department; Knight Leonard Co. Printers 1893. . 4to pictorial printed wrappers; text partially detached from wrappers; damp-staining on first two leaves First published in 1892. The illustrations are by Alfred Lambourne Chicago: [The Company: Passenger Department]; Knight, Leonard Co. Printers, 1893. unknown books
197172907New York 1971. Paperback. Very Good. viii 70p. Blue wrapper lettered and decorated in silver. Blue plastic comb binding. 28cm. The survey seems designed to show that federal ownership of U.S. railways would not make things better. <br/><br/> paperback 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
197140416Omaha NE: Union Pacific Railroad 1971. 1st printings presumed. White paper printed with black lettering and color images. Light wear to menus modest rubbing to edges. A VG set. 7 single sheets printed both sides. 7 color photographic images one for each menu of different scenic views of the Western United States. Oblong formats: 13-3/4" x 9-1/2" <br/><br/>These menus are all the same specialties and entrees. Their charm lies not so much in the menu of the dining cars but in the beautiful photographic illustrations and educational lessons on the rears of the menus. Each contains a different scenic view and explanation of interesting and famous locations throughout the West. Scenes pictured: Brigham's Butte Grand Canyon National Park; Laguna Beach California Popular All-year Playground; Colter Bay Jackson Lake Grand Teton National Park Wyoming; Snowclad Mount Hood looms over the farms and orchards of Oregon; Fremont Street Las Vegas Nevada main stem of the ultra modern "Casino Center" area where doors never close as seen from Union Pacific station; World famous Temple in Salt Lake City Utah the chief sanctuary of the Mormon Church; On the trail to Oastler's Castle Bryce Canyon National Park Utah. Educational paragraphs for each image explain travel details the charm and beauty of each place and cultural anecdotes about the areas. Union Pacific Railroad unknown books
1981Embry 176157Union Pacific Railroad Historical Society 1981. First edition first printing. Near fine. B&W illustrations and photos. Glazed boards no dust jacket. Union Pacific Railroad Historical Society, 1981. First edition, first printing. hardcover books
197372430New York: Union Pacific Railroad Company 1973. Paperback. Very Good. xii 86p. Wrapper. Plastic comb binding. 28cm. Text printed on one side. Countries surveyed: United States Canada Great britain France West Germany Italy the Netherlands and Japan. <br/><br/> Union Pacific Railroad Company paperback 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
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
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
1964224909Barnhart Press 1964. paperback. very good-. Thin 4to pr. wrs. wrappers lightly soiled. N.p.: Barnhart Press 1964.<br/><br/> Barnhart Press unknown 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
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
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
1940WRCAM55587Various places in the American West as described below below 1940. Sixty-nine photographs 8 x 10 inches each mounted on linen and bound in two volumes. Oblong small folios. Black pebbled vinyl secured by brads. Moderate wear to covers a few photos creased at edge and most starting to curl linen backing fraying on some photos but overall very good. A collection of striking promotional photographs created to enhance Union Pacific Railroad travel brochures. This collection is focused almost exclusively on the Western United States. The first volume consists primarily of campus photos of western universities with captions in pencil on the verso. Photographs portray the Universities of Nebraska Oregon Wyoming Colorado Denver Kansas Idaho and Montana; Oregon Washington Montana and Kansas State Universities; and finally Stanford University College of Idaho Midland College Nebraska Doane College and Creighton University. The last five photos are images of entrees perhaps for dinner menus on western routes. A number of these photos are stamped "Please Credit Union Pacific Railroad Photo" on the verso. <br> <br> The second volume is composed exclusively of scenes from Colorado with typed captions on the verso. There are images from Rocky Mountain National Park more broadly including Alberta Falls Pike's Peak Railway and the Hidden Inn but the majority are in and around Colorado Springs. There are shots of the Broadmoor and Antlers Hotels downtown Colorado Springs Seven Falls Garden of the Gods Cheyenne Mountain Zoo Cheyenne Mountain Lodge and Will Rogers Shrine. The album then moves to southwestern Colorado with images of Ridgway scenes along the Million Dollar Highway Steamboat Springs San Juan Mountains and Silverton and Molas Lake. A number of these photos are also stamped on the verso with Union Pacific stamps these specifically mentioning the Public Relations Department in Los Angeles and including the identification number of the negative. unknown books
