1913rif. 47868Ristigouche P. Q.: Freres mineurs capucins Ste. Anne de Ristigouche 1913. 12mo pp. 306 2; bound with: Gtapegiemgeoel. Cantiques. pp. 32; 112 zinc-block illustrations throughout; red buckram with gilt title on upper cover; red stained edges; small bump to upper cover else near fine. Text in Mi'kmaq translated by Pacifique after the 1759 edition by Abbe Maillard. Pacifique de Valigny née Henri-Joseph-Louis Buisson was a Capucin French missionary who wrote and published a number of religious materials for the benefit of the Mi'kmaq and Gaspe people. Freres mineurs capucins Ste. Anne de Ristigouche unknown books
1913rif. 47850Ristigouche P. Q.: Freres mineurs capucins Ste. Anne de Ristigouche 1913. 12mo pp. 300; bound with: Gtapegiemgeoel. Cantiques. pp. 32; 111 zinc-block illustrations throughout; red buckram with gilt title on upper cover; red stained edges; near fine. This edition has another variant with 6 additional pages including table of contents that is likely a later state see above. Text in Mi'kmaq translated by Pacifique after the 1759 edition by abbe Maillard. Pacifique de Valigny née Henri-Joseph-Louis Buisson was a Capucin French missionary who wrote and published a number of religious materials for the benefit of the Mi'kmaq and Gaspe people. Freres mineurs capucins Ste. Anne de Ristigouche unknown books
1921rif. 47848Restigouche P. Q.: Micmac Messenger 1921. 12mo pp. 78; 23 zinc-block illustrations; title in French English and Micmac; table of contents in English main text in Mi'kmaq; pink and gray paper boards; pages evenly toned; near fine. Pacifique de Valigny née Henri-Joseph-Louis Buisson was a Capucin French missionary who wrote and published a number of religious materials for the benefit of the Mi'kmaq and Gaspe people. Micmac Messenger unknown books
1913rif. 47854Abbeville France: F. Paillart 1913. 12mo pp. 32; original orange pictorial paper wrappers; evenly toned; very good. A collection of canticles in the Micmac language. [F. Paillart unknown books
1921rif. 47852Restigouche P. Q.: Micmac Messenger 1921. 12mo pp. 78; bound with as issued: Mesoi maoi alasotmamgeoel. Tapoooei neogtipongeg gis oen minoi sigentasit teli ginamot. Catechisme de preseverance 2 liturgique pp. 79 80-198; 56 zinc-block illustrations between both titles; title in French English and Micmac; table of contents in English main text in Mi'kmaq; cloth backed blue paper boards; near fine. Pacifique de Valigny née Henri-Joseph-Louis Buisson was a Capucin French missionary who wrote and published a number of religious materials for the benefit of the Mi'kmaq and Gaspe people. A version of the Petite histoire was published without the second section. Only 4 copies are recorded in OCLC with both parts all of them in Canada. Micmac Messenger unknown books
1962rif. 72797San Francisco 1962. Paperback. Very Good. 15 15p. cover included in pagination. Wrapper. 28cm. Covers browning around edges. paperback books
1971rif. 72907New York 1971. Paperback. Very Good. viii 70p. Blue wrapper lettered and decorated in silver. Blue plastic comb binding. 28cm. The survey seems designed to show that federal ownership of U.S. railways would not make things better. paperback books
1973rif. 72430New York: Union Pacific Railroad Company 1973. Paperback. Very Good. xii 86p. Wrapper. Plastic comb binding. 28cm. Text printed on one side. Countries surveyed: United States Canada Great britain France West Germany Italy the Netherlands and Japan. Union Pacific Railroad Company paperback books
rif. UCHUCHU00jtmChurch of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Very Good. Church Pacific Island Schools. The Church of Jesus Christ and Our Destiny: A Church History for Youth. NP: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ND. 221pp. Indexed. Illustrated. 4to. Comb bound paperback. Book condition: Very good. Three tri-fold mural prints mounted verso of front cover between pages 38 and 39 and recto of rear cover. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints paperback books
1870rif. 9707Omaha: Omaha Herald Steam Printing Establishment 1870. First Edition. 44pp. Octavo 23 cm Black buckram with the title gilt stamped on the front board. Original printed salmon wrappers bound in. New endsheets and pastedowns. Manuscript label to head of original cover with paper of a similar color attached to the head of the verso. Small lib. ink stamp with accompanying 'Discard' stamp to title page. Complete with all three maps including the fold-out map 'Map of the Union Pacific Railroad Line in Nebraska' 19.5 cm x 56 cm / 7.5" x 22". Land promotional work from the Union Pacific encouraging the settlement of three million acres of U.P. lands that divides the available lands into three groups: agricultural lands the first 350 miles west of the Missouri River grazing lands from the forks of the Platte through the Laramie Plains in Wyoming and mineral lands between the Black Hills and the Wasatch Mountains. "No section of the United States furnishes facilities for grazing and stock raising superior to Nebraska and the lands on the line of the Union Pacific Railroad. The rich bottom lands of the valleys of the Platte Elkhorn Loup Fork Papillion Maple Shell Logan and Pebble Creeks Wood River Wahoo and Big Blue are included within these limits and present extensive tracts of the finest meadow land in America." Eberstadt 115: 856 later edition. Graff 4238 later edition. Herd 2351 later edition. Uncommon. Omaha Herald Steam Printing Establishment unknown books
rif. 7236Battle Creek Mich.: Review & Herald Steam Printing house 1883. 8vo 8.5" x 5.75" printed wrappers. 46 pp. Folding map 12.75" x 18.25" plus margins. CONDITION: Good dampstaining at covers and the top of the second half of the pamphlet. Light vertical crease at middle throughout. Map good one minor tear at margin. A promotional pamphlet for land along the Sioux City and Pacific Railroad including former Indian reservation lands with an appealing map of the rail line and its spurs. The text begins with a message to the public advertising the Elkhorn Valley Route on the Sioux City and Pacific Railroad the railroad having recently extended to Fort Niobrara Nebraska and thereby placing within reach of home-seekers millions of acres of free government lands. This is followed by an exhaustive overview of Northern Nebraska and its attractions geographical outlines physical geography topography and neighboring areas including Indian camps and more. A good portion of the text is devoted to Northern Nebraska's geology covering the Old Forest Bed Epoch the origins of "modern Nebraska" "How Came that Grand Old Forest" and so forth. Also included are testimonials from dozens of farmers who settled in Northern Nebraska including "exceptional cases" and highlighted is a large buffalo flat "8 miles long by 3 miles wide". The prospective settler is advised on how to reach these lands how to make a profitable investment in Nebraska lands and Omaha Reserve lands formerly home to the Omaha tribe and how to acquire them. A letter from the U.S. Land Office in Nebraska to the General Passenger Agent of the Sioux City & Pacific R.R. is printed here as well. Ads are included for the Land Agency of I. N. Taylor of Oakdale and Neligh Nebraska and real estate dealers Richards & Keene of Nebraska. The text concludes with a price list of commodities in Northern Nebraska. The map entitled "Sioux City & Pacific R.R. and connections to the Free Homes for the Million" by Rand McNally & Co. of Chicago spans from Council Bluffs Omaha in the east to the Black Hills in the west and from Pierre South Dakota in the north to a portion of Colorado in the south. The Sioux City and Pacific Railroad and its connections are shown in bold connecting with other railroad routes across the midwest. Battle Creek, Mich.: Review & Herald Steam Printing house, 1883 unknown books
1870rif. vot622Philadelphia: Jay Cooke & Co. Financial Agents of the Northern Pacific Railroad Company n.d. ca. 1870. Octavo stiff printed wrappers title printed in red & black 46 2 ads pp. Rear cover is a “Map of the Northern Pacific Railroad and Its Connections.” Good; spine is repaired with cloth tape. Jay Cooke & Co., Financial Agents of the Northern Pacific Railroad Company, n.d. [ca. 1870.] hardcover books
1947rif. vot615Denver: The Smith-Brooks Printing Co. 1947. Oblong quarto stiff printed wrappers with color illustration of the Alamo on the front cover stapled 40 pp. Double-page color map 20 color plates. Very Good. The Smith-Brooks Printing Co., 1947. unknown books
1964rif. ms2010N.l.: Pacific Northern Airlines 1964. 2nd printing. Octavo pictorial wrappers stapled 23 pp. Photos. Near-Fine. Pacific Northern Airlines, [1964]. unknown books
1853rif. BK0172Washington D.C. 1853. 24 pp. measuring 6 ½ x 10 inches. Stitched and untrimmed. Good with considerable wear and chipping at the edges some soiling and early pencil notations. Thomas Hart Benton's argument for a central transcontinental route issued as Congress was moving toward the government surveys that would dominate the Pacific railroad question during the next several years. Benton had been promoting a government-backed "central national highway" since 1849 running west from Missouri toward California. Writing to his former Missouri constituents on March 4 1853 Benton argues that the accumulated western explorations had already demonstrated the practicality of a central route. He gives particular attention to the country approaching the Rocky Mountains and to the search for a usable pass near the headwaters of the Arkansas and Rio Grande drawing heavily on the western travels of his son-in-law John C. Frémont. The final eight pages form an appendix bringing together evidence for the route. They include Frémont's 1850 letter to the Philadelphia Railroad Convention and more notably a statement made to Benton by the veteran trader and guide Antoine Leroux. Leroux recounts his early years in the West his association with the fur-trading expeditions of Ashley and Henry and his long residence at Taos. Graff describes this as the probable first printing of Leroux's statement. A useful piece of western railroad literature with substantial Frémont and New Mexico content published on the eve of the federal Pacific railroad surveys. Howes B368; Graff 270; Wagner-Camp 221; Sabin 4186. . unknown books
1873rif. 70529Philadelphia PA: Jay Cooke & Co 1873. Broadsheet. 43 x 25 cm. Promotional for a loan at 7% per annum for 30 years principal and interest payable in gold or if desired converted at 1.10 into real estate. Text describes the land granted the railroad the Emigration Scheme to settle and develop the Land work already begun services to be provided by the railroad etc. On verso is a map showing the route of the Northern Pacific Railroad from Duluth Minn. to Bellingham Washington. Old fold lines a few small spots else very good. Jay Cooke & Co. was originally created in 1861 as a partnership engaged in the banking business in Philadelphia. Separate companies were also formed in New York and Washington DC and the three were combined into one in January 1871 with assets exceeding $6 million. "In addition to their large negotiations of government securities they had conducted an extensive business in the negotiation of railroad bonds and paper as well as the ordinary business of discounting and negotiation of other securities." The Panic of 1873 caused many disruptions including destroying "all market for railroad bonds for the time being. reflecting the various antagonistic influences then at work against the railroads of the country culminating during the spring and summer of 1873 in almost total destruction of the credit of the railroad securities." Jay Cooke & Co. suspended operations in September 1873 and its assets including Northern Pacific Railroad stocks and bonds were sold by order of the courts in December of that year. see: an article in the Philadelphia Inquirer July 23 1874 for a lengthy discussion of the company and its finances. Jay Cooke & Co unknown books
1920rif. 68517Printed in the U. S. A. 1920. Single pink sheet 16 x 18 cm. folded in half. Mention of the monument to sailors who died in the explosion of the Maine which wasn't built till 1925. Panama Pacific Line ended in 1938. unknown books
1857rif. 010681New York 1857. Envelope or Cover. Very good. This printed circular is titled “Transfer Office of the Southern Pacific Rail-Road Company / No. 54 Wall-Street / New York May 30 1857.” It is addressed to W. P. Mehville Wilne Esq. of Sandusky Ohio and franked with an imperforate Franklin stamp Scott #9 canceled by a black circular New York postmark. In nice shape with a tiny bit of soiling to the edges. The notice reads in part: “An installment of fifty cents a share will become due and payable on the three percent. Stock held by you in the Company on the first Monday of July next. . . Stock on which said instalment shall not be paid will be sold at auction in conformity with . . . the Charter. . . “About sixteen miles of our ‘Road’ are now graded and nearly furnished with cross-ties – twenty-four hundred and seventy-eight tons of rail-road iron have been bought and paid for and sent up Red River – sufficient to finish twenty-five miles of road.” . The Southern Pacific Rail-Road referenced in this document is not the much more famous transcontinental route. This railroad was founded on 16 February 1852 officially as the Vicksburg and El Paso Railroad although throughout the document it was referred to as the Texas Western Railroad. It was later bought by the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad for $600000. It was later acquired by Texas interests and its named officially changed to the Southern Pacific Railroad the predecessor of the Texas and Pacific Railway. It was never associated with the later and more famous transcontinental Southern Pacific. During 1857 the railroad laid 23 miles of track between Marshall and Swanson’s Landing on Caddo Creek. During the Civil War the line was connected to Shreveport Louisiana. In 1872 it was sold to the Texas Pacific Railroad Company which in 1976 merged with the Missouri Pacific Railroad. For more information see Werner’s “History of the Texas Western Railroad Companies” and “History of the Texas and Pacific Railway Company” both at the Texas State Historical Association website. Scarce. At the time of listing no other documents from this Southern Pacific Railroad are for sale in the trade. Although no other 1857 circulars documenting the construction of the first 16 miles of its track have been sold at auction other materials related to it have. OCLC shows no materials related to this Southern Pacific Railroad are held by institutions however it is possible there may some within the Texas & Pacific Railway Collection at the University of North Texas. . unknown books
1905rif. 31253Honolulu: Mercantile Printing Co. Ltd. 1905. 86 2 blanks pp. Stitched in original printed wrappers. Scattered light foxing. Several blank margins have a wormhole. Good. Constitution By-Laws Officers Missions Members doings at the Annual Meeting Reports of various committees. Mercantile Printing Co., Ltd. unknown books
1875rif. 10295Boston: Heliotype Printing 1875. Heliotype 38 cm x 48 cm on cream colored stock 55 cm x 66 cm with printed title and credit. Overall age toning. Heliotype promoting the Union Pacific line with a view of the tracks crossing Sherman Hill and the Continental Divide outside of the now ghost town of Sherman Wyoming. Sherman Hill is one of the landmarks on the transcontinental railroad and the highest point on the original U.P. line with a summit topping of 8247 feet above sea level. Sherman Hill is one of the easiest crossings of the Rockies and today it is one of the busiest lines. We are unable to locate another example of this poster. Rare. Heliotype Printing unknown books
1949rif. 7132St. Paul MN: Allied Printing 1949. 31pp. Square Octavo 23 cm x 20 cm Red illustrated wrappers. Very good. Vertical fold as issued. Promotional piece from the Northern Pacific for service to Yellowstone with descriptions of the area lodgings scenic features tours etc. Illustrated throughout with black and white views and a double-page map at the center. Opens with an essay by Emerson Hough 'Yellowstone National Park - A Tribute.' "Only Burlington-Northern Pacific serves three of Yellowstone's famous gateways Gardiner Cody and Red Lodge and only Burlington - Northern Pacific offers a choice of three scenic routes to or from the Park. The most direct service to Yellowstone is via the Route of the North Coast Limited through St. Paul-Minneapolis Minnesota wooded farmlands the Bad Lands of North Dakota and the ranch country of Montana." - p.5. The Northern Pacific Railway was not only the first railroad to build a branch line to the park boundary to the North Entrance at Gardiner but it also provided service to the last entrance which was opened to the park the Northeast Entrance In addition the Northern Pacific was heavily involved in the development of the hotel facilities in the park. The involvement of the Northern Pacific with the park dates back to 1870 with the exploration of the park by the Washburn Expedition. According to legend the party concluded that the natural wonders should be preserved as a national park. Nathaniel Pitt Langsford who was on the expedition publicized the wonders he had seen in the park on his return to the East Coast and Jay Cooke financier for the Northern Pacific Railroad hired him as a publicist to obtain financial support for his railroad and to promote the park. Allied Printing unknown books
1946rif. 5277Chicago: Rand McNally 1946. Single sheet 46 cm x 81 cm that folds up to 23 cm x 10 cm pamphlet size. Printed in red blue and black. Very good. Folds as issued. Gentle overall wear. One side features a nice map 43 cm x 385 cm that shows the Union Pacific Routes and roads through Utah and Northern Arizona. To the right are descriptions of the lodges and camps run by the Utah Parks Company in Zion Bryce Canyon Cedar Breaks and the North Rim of the Grand Canyon. To the left is a description of tours offered by Utah Parks Company and rates for 1946. Reverse prints a variety of color views of the Parks and sites one would see on a guided trip. "This folder contains a map showing the principal highway approaches to Zion Grand Canyon and Bryce Canyon National Parks and Cedar Breaks National Monument and is presented to motorists by the Utah Parks Company to assist those who are driving to these scenic wonderlands." Produced to promote trips from the Utah Parks Company which was a subsidiary of U.P. that ran guided loop tours of the parks and monuments of southern Utah and northern Arizona. Rand McNally unknown books
rif. 2401Omaha Nebraska: Union Pacific System 1924. A fine copy in original pictorial wrappers. One of the pamphlets issued by the Union Pacific Railroad to promote travel destinations serviced by their trains. Illustrated in both black and white photographic images and full page color plates reproducing artistic renditions of the Golden State's beauty when it was still a wide open paradise filled with promise. paperback books
1861rif. 55725Washington DC: Beverley Tucker; A. O. P. Nicholson; George W. Bowman; Thomas H. Ford 1861. Mixed Senate and House editions. Leather bound. Very Good. Twelve volumes in thirteen books Volume twelve in two parts plus one thick volume with the following title in gilt on the spine: "Explorations and Surveys for a Railroad Route from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean. General Report." Large quartos 30 cm Bound in modern black leather with the title stamped in gilt on the spines and blind-tooled embellishments on the spines and boards. "Senate" and "House" stamped in gilt at the head of the spines. "War Department" stamped at the foot. New endpapers. Spines of a couple volumes a bit faded. Sporadic foxing and toning throughout though a large majority of the color lithographs remain in excellent condition. Stitching periodically visible in the inside margins. Occasional moisture stains other light stains and darkening to the pages. Tide mark staining more frequent in volume VI and the General Report. Volumes VIII and XII Book 1 are ex-library with discreet markings. Volume XI with maps and plates is heavily foxed at the beginning mostly affecting the text. This volume contains Warren's great map. Many of the large maps and profiles are fragile and have many splits normally encountered in these kinds of sets. "General Map of Explanations and Surveys in California" in Volume XI completely detached from binding but present. With 665 illustrated plates 64 maps/sections/profiles and 15 diagrams. Collation Notes: Volume II: 12 scenic plates one nearly detached; 20 botanical plates; 4 geological plates; 1 large folding map; 1 large folding geological section. Volume III: 12 scenic plates; 7 diagrams; 8 Native American plates missing illustration titled "Pictographs at Yampais Spring"; 3 geological plates; 2 folding sections and 1 folding map at the rear. Not present in this volume: "General Map from Fort Smith to Rio Del Norte" "General Map from Rio del Norte to the Pacific Ocean" and "Profile of a route for the Pacific Railroad from Fort Smith to Martinez." Volume IV: 1 large folding botanical plate with explanation of signs; 24 plates related to Cacti; 25 other botany plates; 10 plates devoted to Mosses and Liverworts. Volume V: 12 views; 4 maps; 14 sections; 13 views missing plate XII- "Mirage on the Colorado Desert"; 11 fossil and shell plates missing plate X; 28 botany plates. Volume VI: 13 General Report plates; 5 geology plates; 14 botany plates missing Plate I- "Quercus Hindsii"; missing plate X- "Juniperus occidentalis"; 11 fish plates; 3 mammal plates; 2 bird plates. Volume VII: 8 scenic plates; 10 paleontological plates; 14 geological plates; 2 fold-out maps; 8 botanical plates; 11 meteorological plates. Volume VIII: 20 mammal plates plates XVII-LX. Volume X: 33 reptile plates missing plate VI- "Dipsosaurus dorsalis Hallow & Sceloporus biseriatus Hallow"; reptile plate II mislabeled as III; 51 fish plates; 9 mammal plates plate XI- "Sciurus fremonti Towns" mislabeled as plate VI; plate VIII- "Lepus audubonii Baird" mislabeled XIII; 28 bird plates. Volume XI: 4 map plates; 13 sketches of Route of Forty-First Parallel- Beckwith's Report Vol. II; Warren Map plus 31 maps and profiles. Volume XII Book I: 70 lithographs. Volume XII Book II: 6 botany plates; 2 insect plates; 5 mammal plates missing plate VIII- "Texas Mouse etc."; 8 bird plates; 10 reptile plates; 21 fish plates. Some fish plates that are listed in Volume XII Book II as being present in Volume X appear to be absent LXXVI XXVb XXV XXVI LXX LXXV. General Report: 8 diagrams; 3 large folding maps/profiles at rear one with tape repairs- "Milk R. to the Crossing of the Columbia R."; 120 illustrated plates lacking "View of Fort Smith" and "Pictographs at Yampais Spring". No general title page. A mixed Senate and House set in attractive modern leather bindings. The quarto edition of the Pacific Railroad Reports first appeared in 1855 and concluded in 1861 with volume XII. The Surveys aimed at determining the best route for a transcontinental railroad. It embodied the most comprehensive information source on the American West in the mid-19th century. Numerous illustrators engravers lithographers cartographers and printing firms contributed to the publication. This monumental work is rarely found in such nice condition. ".it was the best cartographical work on the West up to its time." - Wright Howes. ".these volumes contain a monumental collection of scientific information geographical zoological botanical geological of the still mysterious American West." - Henry Wagner. Howes P3. Moffat 3536 & 49. Wagner/Camp 262-267 pp. 468-507. Beverley Tucker; A. O. P. Nicholson; George W. Bowman; Thomas H. Ford 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 books
