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1835377678Mexico 1835. 1. plus integral blank. Signed in print by Estrada. Folio. Unbound. 1. plus integral blank. Signed in print by Estrada. Folio. A broadside decree issued by Migual Barragan giving city status to Pueblo de Nuestra Se ora la Reina de Los Angeles and naming it the provisional capital rather than Monterey. The Mexican congress declares: "The town of Los Angeles of Alta California is elevated to the rank of city and it will be from now on the capital of this territory." However representatives from Monterey would block moving the capital. <br /> <br /> "This decree was largely due to the efforts of Carlos Antonio Carrillo the deputy from California to the Mexican Congress and the author of the Exposicion of 1831" Streeter. Streeter's copy sold for $200 to Dawson's in 1968. Eberstadt 133-187; Streeter sale 2476; Rocq 4223 unknown
183099804<p>Boston MA: Printed by Dutton and Wentworth 1830. 1830. Very good. - Octavo 8-1/2 inches high by 5-1/4 inches wide. Softcover bound in printed self-wrappers. Once bound in with other similar pamphlets these three related items are unbound and removed with stab marks along the left edges. The pagination is a follows: pages 1-11 1 & 13-21 1-8; and 1-12. There is some scattered foxing throughout all three items. The cover page of the Senate No. 10 report dated December 15 1829 is darkened & stained with minor chipping to the bottom corners of that page and of the last page. Very good.</p><p>First edition Massachusetts Senate No. 21. The report is signed on page 11 by John W. Lincoln Chairman. The report is followed by the text of a bill entitled "An act to establish the Boston and Lowell Rail Road Corporation."</p><p>The Boston and Lowell Railroad was the first major railroad in the state of Massachusetts. The Boston and Lowell Railroad was preceded by the Middlesex Canal. Converting the canal to a railroad would eliminate the issue of transportation being unavailable during the winter when the canal froze. Patrick Tracy Jackson led the task of convincing the state legislature to fund the project. This proved difficult as the investors of the Middlesex Canal were against building a new form of transportation designed to replace their canal. The report at hand details the protest of the directors of the Middlesex Canal against granting the petition of John F. Loring and others to construct a railroad in its place. Loring and the other investors received their charter on June 5 1830 and the railroad began operations on June 24 1835.</p><p>The pamphlet is accompanied by an earlier February 12 1830 pamphlet titled:"To the Honorable the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled. : The president directors and company of the Middlesex Canal having seen the publication of the petition of John F. Loring and others for a rail road from Boston to Lowell and the order of notice thereon beg leave to present the following remonstrance to granting the prayer thereof." 12 pages. Signed page 12: Wm. Sullivan Josh. Coolidge Geo. Hallet committee of directors of Middlesex Canal to this purpose duly authorized. House No. 40 printed by Dutton and Wentworth 1830.</p><p>In addition an earlier pamphlet from 1829 is included: "Boston December 15 1829. To His Excellency Levi Lincoln Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts : Sir On the behalf of the Commissioners of Internal Improvements I have the honor to transmit herewith a report of a survey made in conformity to a resolve of the legislature passed on the 12th day of June 1829 directing the Board to survey a route for a rail road from the town of Taunton to some point in the route previously surveyed between Boston and Providence : with great consideration and respect I am your humble and most obe't. serv't. Josiah J. Fiske chairman." 8 pages. Signed on page 8: Josiah J. Fiske Willard Phillips James Hayward Commissioners of the Board of Internal Improvements. Senate No. 10. Printed by Dutton and Wentworth.</p> [Boston, MA: Printed by Dutton and Wentworth], [1830]. paperback
1823ST20595London: Longman Hurst Rees Orme and Brown 1823. Seventh Edition. 237 x 145. 9 3/8 x 5 3/4". 3 p.l. vii 1 viii 1 6-236 pp. <br/> Publisher's blue paper boards and brown paper backstrip original printed paper label EDGES UNTRIMMED AND MOSTLY UNOPENED. A Large Paper Copy. Just the faintest evidence of foxing at very beginning and very end corners with slight wear as always superficial chafing to covers but AN EXCEPTIONALLY FINE COPY the binding remarkably clean and with no significant signs of use and the wide-margined text unusually fresh and nearly as white as snow.<br/> <br/> In its original boards untrimmed and partly unopened this is a wonderful contemporary copy of an important later edition of the magnum opus of a man whose name came to be synonymous with road improvement. DNB tells us that Scottish-born John Loudon McAdam 1756-1836 was "the first systematic builder and administrator of roads in Britain since Roman times" and his impact was so great that his name lives on to the present day in connection with paved surfaces. The use of "macadam" or "macadamized" to mean a good road surface began in the 1820s and continued through the invention of the automobile when dusty roads began to be improved with tar. At first "tar" was combined with "macadam" producing the term "tarmacadam" when referring to these improved roads; eventually this became shortened to "tarmac" which still is broadly understood to refer to road surfaces and more specifically to airport runways. Our author first published "Remarks on the Present System of Road Making" in 1816 to deliver his suggestions for an improved paving method following his extensive survey of the roads of Britain. His system--in which roads were built with a cambered surface for drainage using layers of consistent sizes of stones and gravel--soon caught on both within Britain and abroad. The present seventh edition features a variety of new material much of which deals with McAdam's efforts to encourage legislation for improving roads; this includes a new preface and advertisement as well as the "Minutes of Evidence" given by witnesses regarding turnpike improvement from March to May 1819 and the report of the Select Committee of the House of Commons on McAdam's system from June 1823. As evidenced by its appearance in multiple printings McAdam's "Remarks" was a widely used book but our remarkably well-preserved copy in its publisher's boards--obviously and decidedly--was not. Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown unknown
1875320963Standing Rock 1875. unbound. Partly printed military document signed 6th Infantry seven months before Little Big Horn 16.75 x 10.75 inches Standing Rock Nov. 1 1875 "A Statement Of Forage and Straw Issued to and Consumed by the Public Animals under my direction at Standing Rock Dakota Territory during the month of October 1875" for transient animals from Fort Rice signed by Captain and Commander of Post James S. Poland an officer who served under Major Reno at the Little Big Horn and was erroneously reported as "Killed In Action" when severely wounded in the back. At the time this document was signed Poland was ordered to cease his sale of rifles and ammunition to Indians at the Standing Rock Reservation as the recipients were closely connected with Sitting Bull's band. One month later the Commissioner of Indian Affairs called for the use of troops against those Indians. Also signed by Lieutenant William Badger a close friend of Custer who survived the Black Hills Campaign. His son Tom who filled out the body of this document became General Custer's personal secretary in 1876 and was killed at Little Big Horn. Also included: a Xerox of a rare photograph of the 7th cavalry 6th infantry in uniform with accoutrements all identified including Custer Badger and Poland. Partial tearing along one of the folds; otherwise near fine condition.<br/> <br/> unknown
188830736Chicago: The J. M. W. Jones Stationery and Printing Co 1888. 1st edition. Original pictorial wrappers. Some chipping to paper at spine ends with front wrapper starting to detach. Nevertheless a VG copy. 98 pp. Illustrated. 7-3/4" x 5-1/4" <br/><br/> The J. M. W. Jones Stationery and Printing Co unknown books
18297369Bourg, P.F. Bottier ; in-8, broché ; 188 pp. SUIVI DE : Quelques idées sur les moyens de conserver les routes de la France et d’ajouter celles qui sont encore nécessaires ; par l’ingénieur en chef (M. Cherrier ainé). Même imprimeur, supplément à l’Annuaire ; 11 pp., (1 bl.), (4) pp., couverture gris-bleu imprimée.
184719019Auxerre Perriquet 1847 In-8 146 + 296 pp + 2planches , rousseurs d'usage ; traces de frottements au dos Il manque probablement une grande planche dépliante d'après Belleforest
184719060Auxerre Perriquet 1847 In-8 146 + 296 pp + 3 planches , DONT une grande planche dépliante d'après Belle-forest en 1575? Cette planche est complète mais séparée à la pliure supérieure, morceau volant dos légèrement passé
1823SPN-781Paris : Imprimerie royale, 23 mai 1823. Brochure de 16 pages en feuilles (433-448).
1811SPN-782Paris : Imprimerie impériale, s.d. [1811]. Brochure de 16 pages en feuilles (113-128).
1830009582Paris - 21 Quai Voltaire: Rosselin 1830. Map. Fine. Map. A fine map hand-coloured in outline folding into original marbled paper boards with title label to the front board. Boards rubbed conrners worn. The map measures 74 x 55cm and is in very good condition with the paper bright. A very good to fine copy of this rare map. Rosselin hardcover
1891108701891 ; dossier petit in-folio (22 x 32 cm) ; composé d’une chemise cartonnée bleu-clair imprimée, dos toile et rubans de fermeture ; 8 grandes planches dépliantes lithographiées.I- Epure et distribution des joints des membrures d’une poutre ; II- Ensemble du tablier. Elvation et plan ; III- Demi-élévation extérieure d’une poutre au 1/10e et détails ; IV- Coupe transversale et assemblages ; V- Garde-grèves ; VI- Platelage ; VII- Détails des appuis des poutres ; VIII- Détails des garde-corps.
186710772Paris, E. Thunot, 1867 ; in-8, broché ; (4), 548 pp., couverture bleue décorée.
181716310Paris, Imprimerie impériale, 1817 ; in-8, vélin à rabat portefeuille (reliure ancienne, parchemin réutilisé) ; 362 pp.
185830160Lyon Scheuring ( Imprimerie Louis Perrin ) 1858 In-8 108 pp
