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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
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
187634111New York: Erie Railway Company 1876. First Edition. 32pp. illus colored fold map at front; numerous full page illustration throughout. Original printed wrappers with the inside rear wrapper having a map of the route and the outside wrapper a view of Niagara Falls. Extracted from a bound volume. Rather scarce. Erie Railway Company unknown books
18831423347TH Cong. 2d Sess. HED94. 1883. 19pp. Disbound. Light wear Good. 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
188831649np 1888. 79 1 pp plus folding map couple of expertly repaired short fold splits one chip. Disbound Good. <br/><br/> This promotional went through a number of editions of which this appears to be the first. It provides the information promised by the title.<br/>110 Eberstadt 15. unknown 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
18808642Chicago 1880. 27pp stitched. Original printed wrappers. Very Good. 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
18900000168San Francisco: H. S. Crocker 1890. Second edition. Very Good. Small 4to 46 2 pp. folding lithographed map numerous illustrations from woodcuts. Original pale yellow stapled paper wraps. Moderately edgeworn lightly soiled folding map with 2 inch closed tear along one fold <br/><br/>Describes & illustrates sites scenes & cities from New Orleans to San Francisco along the Sunset Route of the Southern Pacific Company including San Antonio the Rio Grande Missions of Santa Barbara Los Angeles Yosemite and Tahoe. The folding map depicts the route of railroad including connections & thus much of the Southwestern United States. H. S. Crocker paperback books
188327620St. Paul: Brown & Treacy 1883. Original printed and illustrated wrappers. 96pp. Wraps worn blank inner margins with binding holes and some separation of the text block from the wraps. Else Very Good. Profusely illustrated. Blank verso of front wrapper with small plate 'Presented by J. Fletcher Williams St. Paul Minn.' <br/><br/> The story of the Railway its completion details of the celebration and the attractions of St. Paul "the Northwestern Metropolis."<br/>BRE 243. Brown & Treacy unknown books
187216715New York: Land Department Northern Pacific Railroad Company 1872. Original printed wrappers with wrapper title as issued. Verso of front wrap is a 'Map of the Northern Pacific Railroad Lands in Minnesota.' Rear wrap is a 'Map of the Northern Pacific Railroad and its Connections extending to Washington on the West Coast. Some wrapper soil 32pp. Text illustrations minor wear Good or so. <br/><br/> This Guide which is well-represented in institutions discusses the geography and resources of the railroad's Minnesota lands East of the Mississippi River the lands between the Mississippi and the Red River Valley and the land in the Red River Valley. Fruit timber and fuel markets transportation facilities settlers Soldiers' Colonies reflecting Homestead Law provisions favoring soldiers and sailors settlement tips stock-raising price of land and terms of sale how to construct a house with illustrations are all reviewed. Land Department, Northern Pacific Railroad Company unknown books
18672228240th Cong. 2d Sess.: SMD9. 1867. 39 1 blank pp. Caption title as issued. Disbound. Lacks the folding map else Very Good. 25 Decker 252. OCLC 60578657 1-U. RI. Smith edition 2 2696 Hartford 1867. Not in Graff Eberstadt Soliday. SMD9. unknown 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
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
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
18671393540TH Cong. 2d Sess.: HED31. 1867. 9pp Disbound Very Good. HED31. unknown books
1886WRCAM2355Washington 1886. 23pp. Gathered signatures stitched. Very good. Outlines all the grants to the line. unknown books
