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1911réf. 652j1196Canada: Mail. Good. 1911. First Edition. Pamphlet. A lavishly produced promotional brochure in brown card covers illustrated with an elegant colour illustration of the Château Frontenac hotel and gilt lettering. Several high-resolution black and white photos. Includes content about fishing and camping on Ontario's French River Calgary - The Pearl of the Prairies Customs and Baggage Commercial Travellers C.P.R. Train Service The Columbia Valley and more. Marconigram on page 6 suggests a 1911 printing date. 12 glossy pages. Single staple binding has disintegrated but covers and all contents present. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality example of this early piece of Canadian transportation ephemera. 23 cm x 15.5 cm. ; 8vo . Mail unknown
1880réf. 68192Fargo D.T. Dakota Territory: F. Jay Haynes Official Photographer Northern Pacific Railway 1880. Photograph. Very Good. Stereoview photograph on a yellow Northern Pacific Railway mount 10 cm x 18 cm. Northern Pacific Views backstamp with decorative diamond border lines. Title is negative-etched in white along along the bottom edge of the right image. Both the card and the image is a little bit rubbed and dirty. Image is still clear and sharp. View of the burial ground with several structures visible. Taken at ground level centered and from a middle distance. Frank Jay Haynes 1853-1921 was the official photographer for the Northern Pacific Railway and later for Yellowstone National Park. Haynes took many noteworthy photographs at various locations along the Northern Pacific Yellowstone Park Line. Haynes travelled to Yellowstone in 1882 and captured many images of the emerging park. He opened his Log Cabin Studio the following year at Mammoth Hot Springs and continued to photograph the park for many years to come. Haynes' photography is inextricably linked to the public image of the famous national park. F. Jay Haynes, Official Photographer, Northern Pacific Railway unknown
1880réf. 68192Fargo D.T. Dakota Territory: F. Jay Haynes Official Photographer Northern Pacific Railway 1880. Photograph. Very Good. Stereoview photograph on a yellow Northern Pacific Railway mount 10 cm x 18 cm. Northern Pacific Views backstamp with decorative diamond border lines. Title is negative-etched in white along along the bottom edge of the right image. Both the card and the image is a little bit rubbed and dirty. Image is still clear and sharp. View of the burial ground with several structures visible. Taken at ground level centered and from a middle distance. Frank Jay Haynes 1853-1921 was the official photographer for the Northern Pacific Railway and later for Yellowstone National Park. Haynes took many noteworthy photographs at various locations along the Northern Pacific Yellowstone Park Line. Haynes travelled to Yellowstone in 1882 and captured many images of the emerging park. He opened his Log Cabin Studio the following year at Mammoth Hot Springs and continued to photograph the park for many years to come. Haynes' photography is inextricably linked to the public image of the famous national park. F. Jay Haynes, Official Photographer, Northern Pacific Railway unknown books
1923réf. OB522June 1923 University Press Cambridge Mass. Hard Cover. vii 3 334 pages tables & charts 9 folding 23 folding maps & plans 15 color; 27.5 cm. Discusses New Haven Boston & Maine Boston & Albany Maine Central Bangor & Aroostook Grand Trunk and Rutland railroads and the Canadian Pacific Railway; New England's water transportation topography passenger traffic of New England roads motor truck transportation and port development Welland Canal; the Cowie Plan; Boston terminals. A snapshot of commerce in the Northeast between the wars. Bound in full leather stamped in gold with inside dentelles and marbled endpapers; skillfully rebacked. Ex library with a single stamp; internally clean the maps very crisp the book itself apparently unread. Copy of Everett E. Salisbury Rhode Island committee member with his name stamped on the front cover. A handsome copy. Stock#OB522 oversize. June, 1923 [University Press, Cambridge, Mass.] hardcover
1858réf. 22429Cincinnati: Gazette Company Steam Printing House 1858. Original printed wrappers stitched. 37 1 blank pp. Folding table. Light wear Very Good plus. The Directors blame "the continued and unusual navigable condition of the Ohio river during nearly all of the year" for the parlous condition of the Railroads. Despite the attractiveness of transportation by water the Directors express high hopes for the future joint operations of the Companies. Tables and much data on the companies' rolling stock and financial condition are included. FIRST EDITION. Not in BRE Sabin Eberstadt Thomson OH. Gazette Company Steam Printing House unknown
1858réf. 22429Cincinnati: Gazette Company Steam Printing House 1858. Original printed wrappers stitched. 37 1 blank pp. Folding table. Light wear Very Good plus. The Directors blame "the continued and unusual navigable condition of the Ohio river during nearly all of the year" for the parlous condition of the Railroads. Despite the attractiveness of transportation by water the Directors express high hopes for the future joint operations of the Companies. Tables and much data on the companies' rolling stock and financial condition are included. FIRST EDITION. Not in BRE Sabin Eberstadt Thomson OH. Gazette Company Steam Printing House unknown books
1888réf. 31649np 1888. 79 1 pp plus folding map couple of expertly repaired short fold splits one chip. Disbound Good. This promotional went through a number of editions of which this appears to be the first. It provides the information promised by the title. 110 Eberstadt 15. unknown
1888réf. 31649np 1888. 79 1 pp plus folding map couple of expertly repaired short fold splits one chip. Disbound Good. This promotional went through a number of editions of which this appears to be the first. It provides the information promised by the title. 110 Eberstadt 15. unknown books
réf. 3055Boston: The Company:Alfred Mudge & Son Printers 1874. . 8vo buff wrappers front printed Boston: [The Company]:Alfred Mudge & Son, Printers, 1874. unknown
réf. 3055Boston: The Company:Alfred Mudge & Son Printers 1874. . 8vo buff wrappers front printed Boston: [The Company]:Alfred Mudge & Son, Printers, 1874. unknown books
1852réf. 40771Boston: J. B. Yerrinton & Son 1852. Original printed wrappers stitched. 19 1 blank pp unpaginated folding table. Fine. Lowell Massachusetts was the site of "an exhibition of Improvements in the Mechanic Arts and Manufactured Articles." The Exhibition's Managers invited the New England Association of Railway Superintendents to exhibit and act as judges of "a show and trial of Locomotive Engines." Tables and data accompany this Report of the Judges. Not in Sabin or BRE. As of March 2025 OCLC records only facsimiles of this Boston imprint. Several holdings of the pamphlet printed in Lowell are noted. 1 Soliday 1420 records the Lowell imprint. J. B. Yerrinton & Son unknown
1852réf. 40771Boston: J. B. Yerrinton & Son 1852. Original printed wrappers stitched. 19 1 blank pp unpaginated folding table. Fine. Lowell Massachusetts was the site of "an exhibition of Improvements in the Mechanic Arts and Manufactured Articles." The Exhibition's Managers invited the New England Association of Railway Superintendents to exhibit and act as judges of "a show and trial of Locomotive Engines." Tables and data accompany this Report of the Judges. Not in Sabin or BRE. As of March 2025 OCLC records only facsimiles of this Boston imprint. Several holdings of the pamphlet printed in Lowell are noted. 1 Soliday 1420 records the Lowell imprint. J. B. Yerrinton & Son unknown books
1841réf. 22451New-York: Printed by Egbert Hedge Railroad Journal Office. 120 Nassau Street 1841. 34 2 blank 2 15 appendix 1 2 blank pp. Attractive green foldout map of the State of New York a few short splits along folds one short closed tear repaired with small piece of tape on verso. Original printed wrappers small institutional paper label with reinforced spine. Stitched blindstamp at bottom of title page. Else Very Good. AI 41-3849 4. OCLC 39816544 4 -serial. Printed by Egbert Hedge, Railroad Journal Office. 120 Nassau Street unknown
1841réf. 22451New-York: Printed by Egbert Hedge Railroad Journal Office. 120 Nassau Street 1841. 34 2 blank 2 15 appendix 1 2 blank pp. Attractive green foldout map of the State of New York a few short splits along folds one short closed tear repaired with small piece of tape on verso. Original printed wrappers small institutional paper label with reinforced spine. Stitched blindstamp at bottom of title page. Else Very Good. AI 41-3849 4. OCLC 39816544 4 -serial. Printed by Egbert Hedge, Railroad Journal Office. 120 Nassau Street unknown books
1892réf. 74364W. C. Riley. VG. 1892. Hardcover. Hardback in Very Good condition without dust jacket. 16mo 6" - 7" tall. 439 pages. Includes map. Profusely illustrated edition. Clean interior. Binding tight. Fading to spine. Corners bumped. Some rubbing and wear to boards. Quick shipping excellent customer service. All books carefully packaged in boxes and ship with tracking information. . W. C. Riley hardcover
réf. 50-0100Philadelphia Pa.: Pennsylvania Railroad 1948. Poster. 103 x 63.5 cm. 3.5 inch clean vertical tear from cent top edge. Marginal defects. Philadelphia, Pa.: Pennsylvania Railroad, 1948. unknown
1857réf. 851841857. An Interesting Artifact of Private Railway Policing Policing. Stockton & Darlington Railway Company. Police Report Concerning the Death of a Young Man. Durham May 20 1857. Single 5" x 8" 13 x 20.5 cm sheet part-printed and completed in manuscript in a single hand circular device of the Stockton and Darlington Railway Company at head docket to verso. Moderate toning horizontal and vertical fold lines negligible light soiling small tear to upper right corner. Very good. $250. The Stockton & Darlington Railway's police force was established around 1825 pre-dating the creation of the Metropolitan Police in 1829 and becoming the first railway police force. Like others of its kind it operated on a quasi-public basis and came to share jurisdiction with the public police in the area; quasi-public police forces were often criticized for concealing accidents to protect the company rather than the public. They were later integrated into the British Transport Police. This report was made by Robert Brown an officer of the Stockton & Darlington Railway. It concerns the death of John James "Lithograph Boy at Holsingham" who was attempting to gather lime from a wagon on the railway. When the engineer unexpectedly moved the train backwards James was crushed beneath it. He died from his injuries two days later. unknown
1857réf. 851841857. An Interesting Artifact of Private Railway Policing Policing. Stockton & Darlington Railway Company. Police Report Concerning the Death of a Young Man. Durham May 20 1857. Single 5" x 8" 13 x 20.5 cm sheet part-printed and completed in manuscript in a single hand circular device of the Stockton and Darlington Railway Company at head docket to verso. Moderate toning horizontal and vertical fold lines negligible light soiling small tear to upper right corner. Very good. $250. The Stockton & Darlington Railway's police force was established around 1825 pre-dating the creation of the Metropolitan Police in 1829 and becoming the first railway police force. Like others of its kind it operated on a quasi-public basis and came to share jurisdiction with the public police in the area; quasi-public police forces were often criticized for concealing accidents to protect the company rather than the public. They were later integrated into the British Transport Police. This report was made by Robert Brown an officer of the Stockton & Darlington Railway. It concerns the death of John James "Lithograph Boy at Holsingham" who was attempting to gather lime from a wagon on the railway. When the engineer unexpectedly moved the train backwards James was crushed beneath it. He died from his injuries two days later. unknown books
1911réf. 12825NY: Poor's Manual Company. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1911. 44th. Hardcover. Minimal xlib marks and just the least bit of shelf wear/rubbing. ; Ex-Library; Thick 8vo 8" to 9" tall; 2716 pages . Poor's Manual Company hardcover
1914réf. 12166NY: Poor's Railroad Manual Co. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1914. First Edition. Hardcover. The usual xlib markings but no pocket. ; Ex-Library; Thick 8vo 8" to 9" tall; 2457 pages . Poor's Railroad Manual Co. hardcover
1896réf. 026628New York: ' Locomotive Engineering ' for the Association 1896. Book. Good. Full-Leather. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 254p. illus. ads etc. spine ends edges chipped o/w sound. ' Locomotive Engineering ' for the Association Hardcover
réf. 01-1104St. Paul Minn.: Great Northern Railway 1936. 1941 poster calendar. Route of the Empire Builder Between Chicago and the Pacific Northwest Via Glacier National Park. Painting by Winold Reiss. Color poster calendar with metal bands at upper and lower edge 33 x 16 inches. Original vintage calendar without the calendar pad; with a single large Indian image . Map of Great Northern Railway and connecting lines under calendar pad. 8.5 x 11 inch prospectus also included. Fresh condition. St. Paul, Minn.: Great Northern Railway, [1936]. unknown
1937réf. 44496N. P.: Privately printed 1937. 1937. First edition. 9 1/8' x 8" pictorial wrappers folds to 9 1/8" x 4" 8 pp. illustrated from photographs map and time tables. The trains of the San Diego & Arizona Eastern Railway Company and connections carried passengers in comfort and ease through the Southwest. Many views of San Diego are provided as the train traveled from San Diego to Yuma Arizona with stops along the route including the beautiful Carriso Gorge. Folder lightly wrinkled along the lower border else a near fine copy of an elusive brochure. Privately printed, [1937]. unknown
1878réf. 69740Cincinnati Ohio: St. Louis Iron Mountain and Southern Railway Company 1878. Single sheet folded. 32 x 48 cm. Map 26 x 36 cm. Includes rates of fare "in effect May 1st 1878."/ Shows stations along the railroad and connecting lines./ Text on verso: "Eastern Missouri and Arkansas."/ Relief shown by hachures./ Stamped on verso: Henry H. Hannan land agent Swan Creek Ohio. Some erosion at fold affecting some lettering with loss of a few words of text. Map is unaffected. St. Louis, Iron Mountain, and Southern Railway Company] unknown
1878réf. 69740Cincinnati Ohio: St. Louis Iron Mountain and Southern Railway Company 1878. Single sheet folded. 32 x 48 cm. Map 26 x 36 cm. Includes rates of fare "in effect May 1st 1878."/ Shows stations along the railroad and connecting lines./ Text on verso: "Eastern Missouri and Arkansas."/ Relief shown by hachures./ Stamped on verso: Henry H. Hannan land agent Swan Creek Ohio. Some erosion at fold affecting some lettering with loss of a few words of text. Map is unaffected. St. Louis, Iron Mountain, and Southern Railway Company] unknown books
