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186445135London: Illustrated London News 1864. A very good copy crisp. 1 sheet 27 x 38 cm. Two views and a short article on page 449. 1. "The Port and City of Rio De Janeiro" 14 x 23.5 cm. and 2. "Mount Corcovado and Botafogo Bay Rio De Janeiro" 16 x 23.7 cm. signed "M. Jackson." Mason Jackson 1819-1903 was a distinguished engraver "in 1860 Jackson joined the staff of the 'Illustrated London News' as art editor a position which he filled with great ability till his retirement some thirty years later" Dictionary of National Biography 12. Illustrated London News unknown books
1855WRCAM50640Washington 1855. 7pp. Printed on blue paper. Folio stitched as issued. Gatherings loose. Edges toned internally clean. Very good. Concluded September 10 1853 proclaimed February 5 1855. Concluded by Joel Palmer at Table Rock in Oregon Territory. The Rogue River tribe agrees to sell their lands between Rogue River and Siskiyou Mountains in return for $60000. EBERSTADT 109. unknown books
1857WRCAM36019New York: Phelps & Watson 1857. 502pp. including printed wrappers and illustrations plus three maps and one view on yellow folding leaf 8 1/2 x 23 inches. Original printed wrappers. Minor soiling and occasional light stains. Very good. A detailed guide with numerous in-text and full-page engraved views and one full-page map of the city of New York and vicinity. The long folding leaf contains a map of Manhattan below 48th Street a bird's-eye view of New York from Union Square a long map of the Hudson River and a map of principal railroad routes extending west to Iowa and Missouri. Phelps & Watson unknown books
1869100268Pamphlet 8vo original wrappers illustrated including large folding map 50 pp. Wrapper on spine mostly missing top cover torn near spine making it partially detached a couple of minor chips and folds to the back cover and some edge folds normal aging map in very nice shape. A decent copy. This work includes all kinds of facts and figures about the Hudson River.There are several wood engravings several ads and a large long folding map. The map of the river shows some of the highlights and places you can visit. Gaylord Watson books
1852007773London: Bradbury & Evans 1852. Finely rebound in signed Riviere & Son caramel morocco back ornately gilt top edge gilt marbled end pages. Original cloth covers and back bound in at rear. Near Fine light foxing to end pages. scattered light toning. Illustrated. A quite handsome copy. . First Edition. Morocco. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Bradbury & Evans Hardcover books
1888WRCAM5178Np 1888. 4pp. Quarto folded to docket size. About fine. An angry statement from Moreton Frewen mainly concerning the management's plan to liquidate the company stock in Alberta a further move in stripping Frewen of his authority and position. unknown books
188313324Philadelphia: Russell & Creamer 1883. Original printed wrappers light soil and staples. 30 clean pages. Very Good plus. This is a scarce prospectus for the Company a Wisconsin corporation formed in 1881 with plans to use the water power of the River. The rapids of the St. Louis River near Duluth furnish "one of the greatest of all the available water powers of the world." Indeed "the water power of the Mississippi at its one place of fall is so much less in available power than the fall of the St. Louis River." When fully developed the area around Duluth will be preferable to Chicago for "the great markets of the East." Much material is presented on the opportunities for development of the lumber trade and available natural resources. Expenses data on area commerce and material on commerical opportunities are presented. FIRST EDITION. 515 NUC 0038380 2. Not in Eberstadt Decker Soliday Graff. Russell & Creamer unknown books
18961381554th ConG. 1st Sess.: HD209. 1896. 3pp 4 large folding survey maps. Light wear. Very Good. HD209. unknown books
189513435Washington 1895. 3pp 1 large folding map Disbound. Extended edges of map discolored light tan Good. unknown books
18681909940th Cong. 2d Sess.: HED247. 1868. 10pp. Disbound. Caption-title as issued. Very Good. HED247. unknown books
18311469121st Cong. 2d Sess.: HD121. 1831. 39pp Disbound foxed. Good to Good. HD121. unknown books
187872631878. 41pp 3 large folding charts. Very Good. unknown books
18861077Omaha: Burlington Route 1886. About very good. 9616pp. Original red printed wrappers. Spine worn and chipped corners worn. Internally clean. A book of "social amusements" and games "Presented with the compliments of the Passenger Department of the Burlington Route." The final few leaves contain a map of the Burlington Route from Chicago to Denver as well as numerous advertisements. Burlington Route unknown books
18871661London 1887. Very good plus. Three printed documents varying sizes 14pp. total. Light wear along folds. Light tanning. One document in a red cloth folding case. An interesting group of three printed documents concerning the Powder River Cattle Company in Wyoming. The manager of the company Morton Frewen was the scion of Anglo-English gentry and came to the Wyoming Territory in 1878 to seek his fortune establishing one of the larger cattle concerns on the Northern Great Plains in what is now northeastern Wyoming with additional holdings in Alberta. In 1882 the company was reorganized as the joint-stock Powder River Cattle Company Ltd. with an English board of directors and investors. Frewen served as manager until 1886 when controversy ensued with charges of false statements of losses due to overstocked pastures and harsh winter. The present group includes Frewen's report to the first annual meeting of the company as well a defense in an 1886 lawsuit between Frewen and the directors of Powder River and an 1887 profit-and-loss statement composed by the company's liquidator. In full they are as follows: <br /><br />1 The Powder River Cattle Company Limited Report of the General Manager. at the first Annual General Meeting Held February 26th 1884. London: 1884. 4pp. <br /><br />2 In the High Court of Justice. Between Morton Frewen. Plaintiff and The Powder River Cattle Company Limited. Defendants. Defence Delivered the 26th Day of March 1886 by Messrs. Stibbard Gibson & Co. London: 1886. 6pp.<br /><br />3 To the Shareholders of the Powder River Cattle Company Limited. The Balance sheet of the above Company. C. Fitch Kemp. London: 1887. 4pp.<br /><br />Early and unusual ephemera relating to British ranchers in Wyoming. books
1838WRCAM10298New York: Wm. H. Colyer 1838. 119pp. Folding frontispiece map. 12mo. Cloth printed paper label. Foxed a few marginal dampstains else very good. Gives a history of the discovery and navigation of the river with many events of the Revolution. This is apparently the only edition. HOWES N199. SABIN 33524. Wm. H. Colyer hardcover books
18301718221st Cong. 1st Sess.: HD106. 1830. 57 1 blank pp disbound. Light tanning scattered foxing. Good. AI 5155. HD106. unknown books
1841283161Richmond: Shepherd & Colin Printers 1841. First Edition. Half Leather. Poor binding. The first six Annual Reports of the President to the Stockholders of the James River and Kanawha Company for the years of 1835 through 1840. The canal was first developed by the James River Company in 1790 resumed in 1820 by the Commonwealth of Virginia and revived for the second and final time by the James River and Kanawha Company. By the final of these annual reports the canal reached only to Lynchburg and would later be driven out of operation by damage sustained by the Civil War and competition by the C&O railroad. With a large folding map of a proposed canal from Richmond to Tidewater. Foxing to the preliminaries; Japanese tissue reinforcement to the hinges. Half calf over marbled paper with a leather label. Uncommon. OCLC notes one holding each for the First Second and Fifth Annual Reports only. Poor binding. Shepherd & Colin Printers unknown books
18751379143d Cong. 2d Sess.: HED76. 1875. 72pp disbound partly loosened. Light chipping at heads of a few leaves no text loss. Good. HED76. unknown books
1893WRCAM22985Philadelphia 1893. 39pp. Plus large folding map laid in. Original printed wrappers. Negligible chipping to upper margin of front wrapper. Very good. With John Birkinbine's report on water volume potential of the St. Louis River at the head of Lake Superior. Map depicts portion of St. Louis River in Minnesota showing property of the St. Louis River Water Power Company from Thomson to Fond-Fu-Lac. unknown books
187526463Fall River Mass: Fiske & Munroe Steam Book and Job Printers 1875. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good. First Edition. 76 pages. Publisher's green cloth gilt. 8vo. Blank spine title "Water Works City of Fall River." in gilt on front board. Frontis is illustration of the Engine House. Fall River binder's ticket on front pastedown endpaper. Cloth. The first annual report of the works. Contains 1. The history of the works and operations of the water commissioners and of the Watuppa Water Board previous to Jan. 1 1875 -- 2. The report of the water registrar -- 3. The report of the engineer and superintendent giving a description of the works. Fiske & Munroe, Steam Book and Job Printers unknown books
188436643Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office 1884. Second edition. Cloth. A very good copy spine ends worn boards rubbed plates fine and quite uncommonly except for two small marginal tears without blemish. 2407-2901 pp. i.e 494 pp. plates. Illus. with 61 folding b/w plates 3 other plates and occasional in-text drawings. 8vo. Published first as part of "48th Congress 1st Session. House of Representatives. Ex. Doc.; No. 37." [U.S.] Government Printing Office hardcover books
183920069Boston 1839. 30pp. Disbound. Light scattered foxing. Very Good. offered with REPORT RELATING TO EXPENSES OF WARREN BRIDGE. HD29. 7 1 blank pp. Disbound loosening. Light scattered foxing. Good to Very Good. Reports on the bridges that were the subject of the Supreme Court's landmark opinion in the Charles River Bridge Case. AI 57166 2. unknown books
183920407Boston 1839. 30pp. Disbound. Light scattered foxing. Inscribed in top margin "K.H.T. from Stedman Bullrick of Concord Mass." Very Good. Report on the two bridges that were the subject of the Supreme Court's landmark opinion in the Charles River Bridge Case. AI 57166 2. unknown books
1888644221888. 1888 Digest of Chilean Law Echeverria y Reyes Anibel Compiler. Rio Soto Aguilar Abraham Compiler. Recopilacion de Leyes y Decretos de Interes General Vigentes en 21 de Mayo de 1888. Santiago: Imprenta Nacional 1888. xxv 806 pp. Octavo 9-1/2" x 6-1/2". Later quarter cloth over paper-covered boards gilt title to spine. Some shelfwear light fading to front board chip to fore-edge of front free endpaper light toning to text internally clean. Ex-library. Location label to spine small inkstamps to title page. $150. Only edition. A well-organized and indexed digest of Chilean law with an emphasis on administrative law. Contents: Acta de la Independencia Constitucion Politica Congreso Nacional Poder Ejecutivo Elecciones Garantias Individuales Municipalidades Correos Telegrafos y Telefonos Policia de Seguridad y Orden Publico Policia Sanitaria Beneficencia Publica Estadistica y Censo Subvenciones a Empresas de Ferrocarriles Vapores y Telegrafos Disposiciones Varias. OCLC locates 8 copies in North America 6 in law libraries Columbia Harvard LA County Library of Congress Tulane Yale. unknown books
18584741baY2Toronto Ontario: John Lovell 1858. Book. Very good condition. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo 8vo. Canada; Manitoba; Red River expedition 1857; Assiniboine and Saskatchewan expedition 1858; 258pages; 25.5cm; full black leather binding re-backed; inserted folded map: 35 x 77cm; part of Red River Valley north of 49th parallel to accompany report of H. Y. Hind's Canadian Red River expedition; small tear bottom left corner small breaks at 2 folds; detached folded map: 76.5 x 142cm; plan 'shewing' proposed route from Lake Superior to Red River settlement compiled from Dawson & Napier's maps T. Devine surveyor branch west Crown Lands Department Toronto 29th May 1858 Andrew Russell assistant commissioner; across map bottom: Profile of canoe route by Professor Hind horizontal scale 10 miles to 1 inch vertical scale 600 feet to 1 inch; center top of map: Plan of country between Red River settlement and Lake of the Woods scale 8 miles to inch; signed S. J. Dawson note-this is reduced copy of map from actual survey accompanying Dawson's report of 15th March 1858; Red River expedition under direction of George Gladman 1800-63 and Simon James Dawson 1820-1902; report by Henry Youle Hind 1823-1909; Canada Legislative Assembly Victoria 21 appendice No 3. A. 1858. First edition. John Lovell Hardcover books
