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1519rif. 68616 mo. 6 1/2 x 4 1/4 inches Los Angeles: Pacific Electric Railway 1909. 16 unnumbered pages printed on coated stock from the "Press of Geo. Rice & Sons Los Angeles." Promotional staplebound booklet in chocolate brown wrappers. "Just a Few of the Beauty Spots of the Sunny Southland." Decorative vignette on front cover of a golden sun rising or setting behind some hills framed by the silhouette of two palm trees above the printed title. Very good condition small nick to upper margin of front cover not affecting contents. Illustrated with black and white photos of local scenery accessible by Pacific Electric including Mt. Lowe Venice Santa Monica Redondo Beach Long Beach; and sections featuring the "Balloon Route" the "Old Mission Trolly Trip" and the "Triangle Trolly Trip" with a fold out map at the back printed on glassine showing the Pacific Electric system. Pacific Electric Railway
1924rif. 64339St. Paul MN: Great Northern Railway 1924. 8vo. 32 pp unpaginated. numerous aqua-tinted photo illustrations 1 double-page centerfold pictorial map aqua-tinted with railway routes in gilt 1 large double-sided folding aqua-tinted plate depicting cutaway plans of Pullman Sleeping Observation Tourist & Diner cars. Colour-illustrated softcovers cover art night scene of a trains’s rear platform in the Minneapolis MN station by Clarence W. Conaughy 1885-1965 noted illustrator who taught at the Minnesota Institute of Art. First edition of this illustrated souvenir brochure celebrating the introduction of the 1924 New Oriental Limited touting the nearly-all-steel train composed of Pullman Cars. The aqua-tinted photos offer views of sleeper cars compartments dressing rooms barber and valet service dining cars observation cars and even telephone service. Mention is also made of the 7.8 mile long New Cascade Tunnel under construction at the time for the electrified Great Northern Railway route between Skykomish and Wenatchee with a 2.2 percent grade. This was released in three different versions over two years. Great Northern Railway, paperback
1913rif. 2334Portsmouth VA: Seaboard Air Line Railway 1913. EPHEMERA MAP RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION. Center-fold Map: Map of the Sea Board Airline Railway and Connections with inset Seaboard Air Line in Florida Buffalo N.Y.: The Matthews Northrup Works 1913. 16 ½ x 9 1/8" centerfold map. 9 1/8" x 4 ¼" tall oblong bifold pamphlet; 38pp; wrapper printed in red and black and features the cities served by the rail line; 2 staple binding; train time tables printed in black; center map; 2 b&w photographic illustrations; ad for cattle raising in the south titled "Why the South Grows"; lightly age-toned edges small pencil scribble on rear; near fine. This date and publisher not found in OCLC. An interesting railway pamphlet advertising the rail routes with the timetable. The company advertises "The Shortest Line from New York to Southern Resorts" with a line called Seaboard Florida Limited traveling from "New York to Palm Beach Hotels with Only One Night Out" and "Four Hours Quickest Time New York to Tampa and the West Coast Florida." They also offered service from Florida to Cuba and steamship connections from several cities along the east coast. Two of the special trips offered were the "Homeseekers Excursions from Washington" traveling to North and South Carolina Georgia Alabama and Florida; and "Personally Conducted Tours via Pennsylvania R.R. New York to Pinehurst and Florida". [Seaboard Air Line Railway] unknown
1913rif. 2334Portsmouth VA: Seaboard Air Line Railway 1913. EPHEMERA MAP RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION. Center-fold Map: Map of the Sea Board Airline Railway and Connections with inset Seaboard Air Line in Florida Buffalo N.Y.: The Matthews Northrup Works 1913. 16 ½ x 9 1/8" centerfold map. 9 1/8" x 4 ¼" tall oblong bifold pamphlet; 38pp; wrapper printed in red and black and features the cities served by the rail line; 2 staple binding; train time tables printed in black; center map; 2 b&w photographic illustrations; ad for cattle raising in the south titled "Why the South Grows"; lightly age-toned edges small pencil scribble on rear; near fine. This date and publisher not found in OCLC. An interesting railway pamphlet advertising the rail routes with the timetable. The company advertises "The Shortest Line from New York to Southern Resorts" with a line called Seaboard Florida Limited traveling from "New York to Palm Beach Hotels with Only One Night Out" and "Four Hours Quickest Time New York to Tampa and the West Coast Florida." They also offered service from Florida to Cuba and steamship connections from several cities along the east coast. Two of the special trips offered were the "Homeseekers Excursions from Washington" traveling to North and South Carolina Georgia Alabama and Florida; and "Personally Conducted Tours via Pennsylvania R.R. New York to Pinehurst and Florida". [Seaboard Air Line Railway] unknown books
1922rif. 49555N.P.: Privately printed 1922. 1922. First edition. 9" x 12" tri-folded to 9" x 4." 20 4pp. including covers. Maps. Information and color photographs about the Apache Trail which winds from Globe to Phoenix. Offers information on the Tonto Cliff Dwellings Roosevelt Dam Roosevelt Lake Apache Lodge the Walls of Bronze etc. Offers information on side trips for those who don't want to make the complete trip to include summer schedules for those trips. 3" x 7 1/4" system map of the Southern Pacific Lines. 4" x 7 1/2" map showing Apache Trail auto roads Southern Pacific Lines and Arizona Eastern Lines. At center of pamphlet is a topographical map of the Apache Trail of Arizona on the Southern Pacific Lines. Light soiling and light wear to the extremities along with a tiny light stamp for and in the absence of General Agent to center of front cover. Very good. Privately printed, 1922. unknown
1916rif. 42739N.P.: Van Noy Inter-State Co. n.d. ca 1916. 1916. 9" x 12" in colorful pictorial wrappers showing the Golden Gate at sunset on the front wrapper. Two pages of text explaining the subjects that are illustrated in the book followed by beautiful colored 6 1/2" x 8 1/2" full-page illustrations attached to one side of each page. Includes pictures in Utah Nevada and with several in California. Pictures include the Temple Square Saltair Pavillion the Great Salt Beds Feather River Gold Lake Feather River Inn Williams Circle Ben Lomond Peak Arch Rock the Great Western Power Company Plant Blue Gorge etc. Light shadowing to pages of text and with light soiling to wrappers. Very good plus. A very nice presentation. Van Noy Inter-State Co., n.d. [ca 1916]. unknown
1901rif. 58697New York:: American Railway Supply Co. no date ca. 1901. publisher's printed wrappers. Fine. 8vo. Illustrated throughout from engravings. American Railway Supply Co., unknown
1865rif. 23334Farmington Maine 1865. 26pp disbound. Several manuscript corrections Good. The Company was incorporated in 1848. unknown
1865rif. 23334Farmington Maine 1865. 26pp disbound. Several manuscript corrections Good. The Company was incorporated in 1848. unknown books
rif. 010948Bangor Maine. Published by the Bangor & Aroostook Railroad. 1902. First Edition. Octavo 8 x 6. 174 pp. A large folding map titled "Northern Maine Hunting & Fishing Region" is tipped-in facing the title page. Numerous black and white photos. Some of the chapters include: Where Big Fish are Plenty - Fish Laws in Brief - Table of B. & A. Fishing Waters - Jungle Voyages by Canoe - Camping and Canoeing - Equipment - Women in the Woods - Excursion Rates on the B. & A. R. R. There are some 40 pp. of illustrated ads. The book is bound in its original colorful pictorial wrappers with red titles. It also has the bookplate of Maine humorist Robert A. Ryan. There is edge wear to the covers and a chip at the top of the front cover. The folding map has a small tear on the top edge. The spine is reinforced with clear archival tape. Good-Very good. . unknown
1905rif. 9016813Chicago: Rand McNally 1905. Hardcover. Fine. A History of the Chicago and Northwestern Railrway System. Bound in white cloth. Rand McNally hardcover
1905rif. 9016813Chicago: Rand McNally 1905. Hardcover. Fine. A History of the Chicago and Northwestern Railrway System. Bound in white cloth. Rand McNally hardcover books
1858rif. 25529Chicago: Dunlop Sewell & Spalding 1858. Original printed salmon wrappers inscription spine wear small light rubberstamp. 32pp stitched five folding tables. Very Good. The Report describes the "very large" business of the Road the stock and the financial success of the Company. Included is a copy of the contract between the CB&Q and the Galena & Chicago Union Railroad Companies. FIRST EDITION. Ante-Fire Imprints 304 2. Byrd 2873 3. Dunlop, Sewell & Spalding unknown
1858rif. 25529Chicago: Dunlop Sewell & Spalding 1858. Original printed salmon wrappers inscription spine wear small light rubberstamp. 32pp stitched five folding tables. Very Good. The Report describes the "very large" business of the Road the stock and the financial success of the Company. Included is a copy of the contract between the CB&Q and the Galena & Chicago Union Railroad Companies. FIRST EDITION. Ante-Fire Imprints 304 2. Byrd 2873 3. Dunlop, Sewell & Spalding unknown books
1914rif. 13156Minneapolis: The Inter-State Co. Fine. 1914. First Edition. Softcover. Beautiful. Appears to have never been read. ; Oblong Small 4to 9" - 11" tall . The Inter-State Co. paperback
1927rif. 744New York: New York Central Railroad 1927. 39 x 13 1/4 inches. Very good condition/Blue tape tube. Pen and ink map done in 1927 and colored at the time of publication. The map shows shipping pouints from VT to Sault Saint Marie. It is a comprehensive compilation designed to facilitate shipping of pulp wood along the Canadian Pacific Railroad. Very nicely executed in a fine hand.Rocks not included. New York Central Railroad unknown
1857rif. 38897Chicago: Illinois Central Rail Road Office Chicago Daily Press Print 45 Clark St. 1857. 80pp stitched into original printed and illustrated yellow wrappers. Frontis maps and plate: Outline Map of Illinois; double-page map entitled Railway Guide to the Illinois Central Railroad Lands; engravings in text. LACKS the frontis engraving entitled 'Prairie Scene in Illinois.' Else Very Good. "The work is in effect a guidebook to Illinois." Eberstadt. Chicago imprints had previously issued in 1855 and 1857 the 1855 offering 2000000 acres. This one does as Byrd notes contain some material not printed in those editions. The "pamphlets deal with such topics as the value of Illinois lands for farming purposes; advantages of settling in Illinois; cost of moving to Chicago; prices of products; fuel and fencing. They contain statistics of towns on the line of the road and letters from Illinois farmers giving their experiences and opinions." Buck. Ante-Fire Imprints 263. Byrd 2683. Illinois Central Rail Road Office [Chicago Daily Press, Print, 45 Clark St.] unknown
1857rif. 38897Chicago: Illinois Central Rail Road Office Chicago Daily Press Print 45 Clark St. 1857. 80pp stitched into original printed and illustrated yellow wrappers. Frontis maps and plate: Outline Map of Illinois; double-page map entitled Railway Guide to the Illinois Central Railroad Lands; engravings in text. LACKS the frontis engraving entitled 'Prairie Scene in Illinois.' Else Very Good. "The work is in effect a guidebook to Illinois." Eberstadt. Chicago imprints had previously issued in 1855 and 1857 the 1855 offering 2000000 acres. This one does as Byrd notes contain some material not printed in those editions. The "pamphlets deal with such topics as the value of Illinois lands for farming purposes; advantages of settling in Illinois; cost of moving to Chicago; prices of products; fuel and fencing. They contain statistics of towns on the line of the road and letters from Illinois farmers giving their experiences and opinions." Buck. Ante-Fire Imprints 263. Byrd 2683. Illinois Central Rail Road Office [Chicago Daily Press, Print, 45 Clark St.] unknown books
1877rif. 40160New York: H.J. Hewitt Printer 1877. 2 60 pp. Original printed front title wrapper lacking rear wrapper. Disbound. Clean text. Except as noted Very Good. The Argument is a detailed indictment of the discriminatory and monopolistic practices of the Union Pacific Railroad in support of a bill to require the Union Pacific to cease its illegal conduct. The history of the establishment of a cross-continent railroad is reviewed with analysis of the relevant statutes and their judicial interpretation. The Kansas Railway Company argues that "The Union Pacific Railroad Company from the year 1870 up to the present time has operated its road in open and direct contravention of the requirements of the Acts of Congress and in violation of vested rights of the public the Government and the Kansas Pacific Company to the manifest loss and injury of the public the Government and the Kansas Pacific Company." OCLC locates about fifteen copies as of June 2024. H.J. Hewitt, Printer unknown
1878rif. 40161New York: H.J. Hewitt Printer 1878. 2 34 pp with two folded leaves of freight rates. Original printed front title wrapper lacking rear wrapper. Disbound with slight loosening. Clean text. Good. The Argument demonstrates that the Union Pacific Company discriminates against the Kansas Pacific Company in its imposition of freight rates. OCLC locates twelve copies under several accession numbers as of June 2024. H.J. Hewitt, Printer unknown
1877rif. 40160New York: H.J. Hewitt Printer 1877. 2 60 pp. Original printed front title wrapper lacking rear wrapper. Disbound. Clean text. Except as noted Very Good. The Argument is a detailed indictment of the discriminatory and monopolistic practices of the Union Pacific Railroad in support of a bill to require the Union Pacific to cease its illegal conduct. The history of the establishment of a cross-continent railroad is reviewed with analysis of the relevant statutes and their judicial interpretation. The Kansas Railway Company argues that "The Union Pacific Railroad Company from the year 1870 up to the present time has operated its road in open and direct contravention of the requirements of the Acts of Congress and in violation of vested rights of the public the Government and the Kansas Pacific Company to the manifest loss and injury of the public the Government and the Kansas Pacific Company." OCLC locates about fifteen copies as of June 2024. H.J. Hewitt, Printer unknown books
1878rif. 40161New York: H.J. Hewitt Printer 1878. 2 34 pp with two folded leaves of freight rates. Original printed front title wrapper lacking rear wrapper. Disbound with slight loosening. Clean text. Good. The Argument demonstrates that the Union Pacific Company discriminates against the Kansas Pacific Company in its imposition of freight rates. OCLC locates twelve copies under several accession numbers as of June 2024. H.J. Hewitt, Printer unknown books
1841rif. 19688np 1841. Folded folio sheet. 3 1 address page in ink to Hon. D.B. Appleget pp. Several old folds spotted and moderately worn. Good. Expenses exceeded estimates. "The country through which the Road passes being densely populated and the lands especially in the neighborhood of the cities and towns highly cultivated and valuable great difficulty and expense were incurred in procuring the right of way." The document is signed at the end in type by J. Worthington Treasurer. Not located in Felcone American Imprints Sabin or on OCLC. unknown
1841rif. 19688np 1841. Folded folio sheet. 3 1 address page in ink to Hon. D.B. Appleget pp. Several old folds spotted and moderately worn. Good. Expenses exceeded estimates. "The country through which the Road passes being densely populated and the lands especially in the neighborhood of the cities and towns highly cultivated and valuable great difficulty and expense were incurred in procuring the right of way." The document is signed at the end in type by J. Worthington Treasurer. Not located in Felcone American Imprints Sabin or on OCLC. unknown books
1836rif. 22874New York 1836. 11 1 blank pp. Folding chart. Stitched untrimmed. Scattered light foxing Very Good. The pamphlet includes 'Report of the Receipts and Expenditures .up to and including the 31st day of December 1835'; 'Copy of the Petition of the New-York and Erie Rail Road Company' seeking State support for the Road; and a folding chart by James Seymour Division Engineer with a detailed list of 'Engineer's estimate of quantity and Contractor's prices'. James G. King was President and Samuel B. Ruggles Comptroller of the Road. Thompson 1419. OCLC 39255517 2- NYPL Princeton. Not in American Imprints. unknown
