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1895175135London.: Times Atlas of the World. 1895. Map printed in colour 23.2 x 35.9 cm. two edges gilt with three inset maps key to religions outlined in colour bottom margin chipped edges browned a few silverfish abrasions affecting the verso but in good condition. . (Times Atlas of the World) unknown
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
184010777New York: Bryant and Boggs. 1840. Original printed wrappers with wrapper title as issued. pp 157-217 as issued. Several rubberstamps spine reinforced. Disbound. Good. With the first annual report of the directors of the Housatonic Rail Road Company its engineer's report and the report of the engineer of the Berkshire Rail Road Company. The Joint Special Committee's Report examines the feasibility of links between the Housatonic Road-- via Bridgeport CT and Stockbridge MA-- and New York City and its system of railroads. FIRST EDITION. Thomson 2535 7. AI 40-4958 no locs. or collation. Not in Sabin. Bryant and Boggs. unknown
186496045Mine Hill and Schuylkill Haven Rail Road Company 1864. Pamphlet. Used - Very Good. 13-31 pages each. Large folding map. 9 x 6" printed wrappers. Lacking 1 lower wrap 1 creased few edge chips soiling tear else VG. Mine Hill and Schuylkill Haven Rail Road Company unknown
1844GD012817okBC1S5Manchester: Wetmore & Wallace 1844. Manchester: Wetmore & Wallace Rare Americana 1844 First Printing. 8vo. 16 pages with folding map at rear of wrappers. The folding map titled :Plan and Profile of the Route Surveyed for the Northern Railroad from Concord to Lebanon N.H." measuring approxinately 28" long and 9" wide. The map is in extremely nice condition. The spine shows some wear but remains a very nice copy. A signature of S.Chase" appears on the front wrapper. There is an institional rubber stamp on the margin of page 3. Vermont Historical Society Montpelier Vermont. This report printed by Wetmore & Wallace Printers in Manchester New Hampshire presents the findings of an engineer's survey for the Northern Railroad route. It covers the planned railroad connections between Concord Franklin and complete with Lebanon along the Connecticut River. Published in 1844 this document provides historical insight into the development of New Hampshire early railroad infrastructure and the engineering challenges faced in the region at that time. Scarce copy last auction records 1930. First Printing. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Manchester: Wetmore & Wallace
1820705531820. unknown
187529071London ca. 1875. 3 S. erl. Text. Mehrfarb., grenzkolorierte Faltkarte auf Leinen gezogen 53 x 78 cm. Maßstab: 1 inch : 2 Miles. Landkarte. OLeinenbd. m. Goldpräg. Faltmaß 15x11 cm. [2 Warenabbildungen]
186340799Cleveland: Fairbanks Benedict & Co. 1863. Stitched in original printed wrappers. 33 1 blank pp folding table. Wrappers with extremity chipping and old rubberstamp. Rear wrap detached but present. Title page with rubberstamp. Old bookplate. Good plus.<br /> <br /> This is a joint report of the Bellefontaine & Indiana Rail Road and the Indianapolis Pittsburgh & Cleveland Rail Road. <br /> Wikipedia says: "The Indianapolis and Bellefontaine Railroad I&B was an American railroad founded in 1848. It changed its name to the Indianapolis Pittsburgh and Cleveland Railroad IP&C in 1854. Its counterpart in Ohio was named the Bellefontaine and Indiana Railroad B&I. The B&I ceased to exist as an independent company when it merged into the Bellefontaine Railway in September 1864. The Bellefontaine Railway merged with the Cleveland Columbus and Cincinnati Railroad to form the Cleveland Columbus Cincinnati and Indianapolis Railway in December 1864."<br /> OCLC 12696870 11 as of March 2025. Fairbanks, Benedict & Co. unknown
182761872London.: J. Wilkes. 1827. Attractive hand coloured map of Shropshire 27.5 x 21.5 cm. very occasional light foxing on reverse but not visible on the image itself. A most attractive map. . [J. Wilkes.] 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
1877177228Edinburgh & London.: W. & A. K. Johnston. circa1877. Printed colour map 25 x 32.5 cm edge tears one affecting the lower border only two small chips from the upper margin corner repaired the map in very good condition. Map of North America with a small inset of the British Isles on the verso. Map of Southern Africa before the Scramble for Africa in the late 19th Century. . W. & A. K. Johnston. unknown
185438904Quincy IL: Patriot Office. Gibson & Warren Printers 1854. Folio broadsheet bond oblong 16-1/4" x 9-1/2." Old folds with a couple of short marginal fold splits no text affected. Printed in a variety of type fonts and styles. Very Good. Signed in ink by Thompson Chandler County Judge of McDonough County; Isaac Grantham County Clerk; N. Bushnell President of the Rail Road; and C.E. Lippincott State Auditor.<br /> <br /> The County is in West Central Illinois. The Rail Road one of the earliest Illinois Roads was operated by the State of Illinois until the late 1840s. It later merged with the Wabash Railroad. Patriot Office. Gibson & Warren, Printers unknown
185130464Portland ME: Printed by Order of the Directors 1851. 64pp stitched. Wrappers absent else Very Good. <br /> <br /> A.P. Robinson was removed from the office of Chief Engineer of the York and Cumberland Rail Road Company in May 1851; F.O.J. Smith was removed as President in August. Each was removed after discovery of financial discrepancies. Smith retaliated with a pamphlet assailing the Board's conduct. This Statement by the Board thoroughly explains the reasons for his dismissal with detailed lists of costs and estimates and reports from Board meetings. Page 29 begins the thirty-page "Reply" to Smith's pamphlet by Daniel Emery of the Company's Treasury Office. He elaborates on the facts which led to Robinson's and Smith's dismissals. <br /> Sabin 82569. BRE 280. OCLC 13636503 9 as of August 2013. Printed by Order of the Directors unknown
1880174937London Edinburgh & Glasgow.: William Mackenzie. 1880. Map printed in colour with original outline hand colour 29.8 x 22.7 cm central fold edge toning but in very good condition. Published for inclusion in "The National Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Useful Knowledge". . William Mackenzie. unknown
1843174934London.: Chapman & Hall. 1843. Engraved map with outline hand colour 39.4 x 31.4 cm inset map "Continuation from the Dead Sea to Mount Sinai" with finely engraved notes and a key to the Divisions under control of the Turkish Government manuscript pagination in an early hand to the top right edge tear nicks and browning but in very good condition. A most attractive map with detailed notes published when Syria was still under control of the Ottoman Empire. . Chapman & Hall. unknown
188647038Lincoln: Journal Company State Printers 1886. 1886. NEBRASKA RAILROAD. First edition. 8vo. Original orange printed wrappers 16 pp. folding map: Map of Nebraska 1886. 59 x 99 cm. 23 1/4" x 41" 12 miles to one inch. The map was the project of the Burlington Route for selling land. Very detailed and routes outlined in bright red. Broken Bow was to be the new center of life in Nebraska. The map is in fine condition some splitting at the bottom two inches of the spine due to the folded size of the map and a tiny closed tear and a few minor nicks to the rear cover fore-edge overall a near fine copy. Journal Company, State Printers, 1886. unknown
18860011204Chicago: Percival Lowell General Passenger Agent C. B. & Q. R.R. 1886. Revised and Enlarged Edition. Sewn wrappers. Good. 16mo 88 pages dedication page chipped lacks 99% of its flexible covers <br/><br/>The prior 1885 edition had only 80 pages. This has its frontispiece and numerous small maps other illustratios throughout. This includes travel to Mexico. Percival Lowell, General Passenger Agent, C. B. & Q. R.R. 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
19002097933[Edinburgh & London: Gall & Inglis ca. 1900]. 848, 23, (5) Seiten. Dünndruckpapier / Bible paper. Mit zahlreichen Karten im Text sowie einer großen Faltkarte im Anhang. Kl. 8° (16 x 9 cm) Orig.-Lederband mit goldgeprägtem Rückentitel und goldgeprägter Deckelvignette (KFZ / automobile). [Hardcover / fest gebunden].
1878210211Philadelphia.: American Institute of Mining Engineers. Sherman & Co. printers. 1878. Large folding map of Japan showing "some of the more important Mining Districts Coal Fields etc." small fold split without loss tables 67pp. Covers a little scuffed and discoloured overall in very good condition. Scarce offprint separately paginated of a paper included in Volume V of the Transactions of the American Institute of Mining Engineers. The author Henry S. Munroe had been retained by the Japanese Government as Assistant Geologist and Mining Engineer with the Geological Survey of Yesso for the Hokkaidō Colonization Agency. His work laid the foundations for the future coal mining industry in Hokkaido. The report contains two lengthy tables relating to coal production and quality. . American Institute of Mining Engineers. Sherman & Co., printers. unknown
