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American Express

GROUP OF FOUR (4) DEATH NOTICES FOR MEMBERS OF THE EXPRESSMEN'S AID SOCIETY:; Each giving the name of the deceased, his position with American Express Company, cause of death, family, &c.

Cincinnati: Office of the Secretary, E.A.S., 1882-1888. Original documents. Small broadsides, 8.5" x 5.5", text ruled in black, docketed on versos. Memorials to: (1) Chas. E. Goodrich; died at Milwaukee, June 14, 1882 of consumption; joined American Express as scrip-clerk soon after the close of the War, rose to position..... More

Price: $75.00

American Iron and Steel Association

A COLLECTION OF FRESH FACTS, CONCERNING THE EFFECTS OF THE PROTECTIVE POLICY ON THE COST OF TRANSPORTATION, THE PRICES OF STEEL RAILS, WOOLEN AND COTTON GOODS, SALT, AND OTHER ARTICLES, THE WAGES OF LABOR, ETC., ETC. Tariff Tract No. 2, 1882 [cover title].

Philadelphia: American Iron and Steel Ass'n, 1882. First Edition. Softcover. 28pp. Contents: The cost of transportation of western farm products; The price of steel rails; The tariff on wool and woolens; The tariff on cotton goods; The dairymen and the tariff; A tariff reminiscence; The duty on cotton ties; Wages..... More

Price: $35.00

Atlantic City Railroad

TWO (2) FREE PASSES ISSUED TO A TRANSITMAN FOR THE READING RAILROAD, BY THE ATLANTIC CITY RAILROAD COMPANY IN 1928

Atlantic City, NJ: AC RR Co., 1928. Original editions. Two printed passes, accomplished by typewriter. Issued to Kennard W. Gregory, a Reading Company transitman, residing in Philadelphia. Both issued December 16, 1928. The first, #AF85265 is for passage from Atlantic City to Philadelphia. The second, #AF85269 covers a trip from..... More

Price: $50.00

Boston & Albany Railroad

BOSTON & ALBANY RAILROAD, BOSTON & WORCESTER DIVISION. NOTICE.; No. 201. On Wednesday, November 17th, and on every succeeding Wednesday...excepting in severe snow storms, the 7 P.M. Passenger Train from Boston will run through Milford....Returning, will leave Milford at 8.55 P.M....and reach So. Framingham at 9.30 P.M. Boston, November 15, 1875. W.H. Barnes, Ass't Sup't.

Boston: Boston & Albany RR, 1870. First Edition. Broadside, 6.75" x 7.5" [Not recorded by WorldCat.]. More

Price: $50.00

Bureau of Railway Economics

A LIST OF REFERENCES TO LITERATURE RELATING TO THE UNION PACIFIC SYSTEM. August 15, 1922.

Newton, MA: Crofton Publ Co, nd. Reprint. Hardcover. pp: (viii), 299 with appendices and index, 23 legal case references. Bound in blue cloth, gilt spine lettering. 11.25" x 8.5" This Bibliography of the Union Pacific System comprises two parts: I-Union Pacific Railroad; II-Oregon Short LIne Railroad... More

Price: $25.00

Central Vermont Railroad

TWO LETTERS SIGNED (TLS)...LOCAL FREIGHT DEPT & SUPERINTENDENTS OFFICE...ST. ALBANS, VT., 5 DEC 1879 & 10 JULY 1882...

St. Albans, Vermont: 1882. Original manuscript. Two letters, each one page on CVR letterhead. The letter signed by E.A. Chittenden, Superintendent of Local Freight Traffic, is re tariff and a shipment of sleds. The letter from the General Superintendent tells one H.R. Barney, Agent at Chester, Vermont, to increase his..... More

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Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton Railroad Company

STATEMENT OF THE EXISTING CONTROVERSY BETWEEN THE TWO LINES OF RAILROADS FROM CINCINNATI TO LAKE ERIE.; (Submitted by S.S. L'Hommedieu, President.)

Cincinnati: Cincinnati Gazette Company Print, 1854. First Edition. Softcover. 16pp. Bound in printed tan wrappers. Covers lightly dusted; two spine holes for binding. 9" x 6" More

Price: $50.00

Cobb, Charles, compiler

AMERICAN RAILWAY GUIDE, AND POCKET COMPANION, FOR THE UNITED STATES; Containing Correct Tables, for time of starting from all stations, distances, fares, etc. on all the Railway Lines in the United States; together with a Complete Railway Map. Also many principal Steamboat and Stage Llines running in connection with railroads.; New York: Curran Dinsmore & Co., 1851.

Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Kalmbach Publishing Co., 1945. FACSIMILE of first edition. Softcover. 160pp with adverts; black-and-white folding map at rear, opens to 13.5" x 16.5". Bound in printed gray wrappers, 5.25" x 3.75" More

Price: $35.00

Cochrane, John

RAILWAY PATENT CLAIM REPORTER. Published for the Use of Subscribers to the Railway Protective Agency, for the Examination of Patents. Vol. I, No. 5, October, 1860.

New York: Published by the author, 1860. First Edition. Original Wrappers. (32)pp; 11 illustrations, birdseye view on back cover showing the Newark Terminal of the New York, Harlaem [sic] & Albany Railroad. Bound in printed tan wrappers; dampmark to cover and first several leaves. 9" x 5.75" Contents: Our Agency..... More

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Colorado / Florence & Cripple Creek Railroad

AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED AND QUIT-CLAIM DEED FOR A RAILROAD RIGHT-OF- WAY IN ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO, 1895

1895. Original manuscript. Two items, quarto and folio. (1) ALS on letterhead of The Florence & Cripple Creek Railroad Co., datelined Victor, Colo.,, May 20th, 1895, enclosing a "quit claim deed for a right of way over and across the 'Granite' Lode Mining Claim #7861 Gov. Survey. Mr. V.H. Cour..... More

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Delaware / Wilmington and Western Railroad

WILMINGTON & WESTERN R.R., DELAWARE'S OLD-TIME STEAM LINE... NINE-MILE ROUND TRIP...HISTORIC RED CLAY VALLEY...1966...

Yorklyn, Delaware: Historic Red Clay Valley, 1966. Original edition. Broadside, printed in black ink on green paper; illus from old engraving. 14" x 5.5" The line operated hourly on weekends, May 28 to October 30, 1966, boarding at Greenbank Station, five miles west of Wilmington, also the site of Greenbank..... More

Price: $15.00

Flandrau, Grace

THE STORY OF MARIAS PASS

Great Northern Railway, (1925). First Edition. Softcover. pp: 22, (1); portrait of John F. Stevens, explorer of Marias Pass; six other illustrations, route map on final leaf. Printed stiff wrappers. 9" x 6" Marias Pass cuts through the Rocky Mountains on the southern boundary of Glacier National Park. The Great..... More

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France

ATLAS P.L.M. - VALLEY OF THE RHONE:; Lyons, Vienne, Orange, Avignon, Arles, Nimes, Aigues, Mortes.

Paris: Paris, Lyons and Mediterranean Railway, 1918 (?). First Edition. Pictorial Stiff Wrappers. 20pp; centerspread map in color, two color plates, illus throughout from photographs. 10.25" x 7.25" A handsome travel brochure. More

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Illinois Central Railroad

THE ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY OFFERS FOR SALE OVER 1,500,000 ACRES, SELECTED FARMING AND WOOD LANDS IN TRACTS OF FORTY ACRES AND UPWARDS, TO SUIT PURCHASERS, ON LONG CREDITS AND AT LOW RATES OF INTEREST, SITUATED ON EACH SIDE OF THEIR RAILROAD, EXTENDING ALL THE WAY FROM THE EXTREME NORTH TO THE SOUTH OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS.

Chicago: Illinois Central Rail Road Office, 1857. First Edition. Softcover. 80pp. Bound in at front: Outline Map of Illinois; Railway Guide to the Illinois Central Rail Road Lands (double-page map); woodcut frontispiece, "Prairie Scene in Illinois." Six woodcuts in the text. Bound in at back: four pages of broadside-style ads..... More

Price: $450.00

Illinois, Chicago

TO THE MERCHANTS OF CHICAGO, AND THE RAILWAY MANAGERS OF THE NORTH-WEST. In Reply to "An Interior View of the Buffalo Convention: its bearing upon North-Western Interests. By a Member of the Convention" [cover title].

Pittsburgh? s.n., 1859. First Edition. Softcover. 16pp. Bound in printed tan wrappers. Covers dusted; two spine holes for binding. 8.75" x 5.5" [Dated at end: Pittsburgh, April 27, 1859. Sabin 12668.]. More

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Jewell, B.M. and G.S. Beyer, Jr.

UNION MANAGEMENT COOPERATION: Recent Extension of Collective Bargaining, by B.M. Jewell; and, Railroad Union Management Cooperation, by G.S. Beyer, Jr.

Washington DC: American Federation of Labor, 1925. First Edition. Softcover. 17pp. Removed from a nonce volume; spine reinforced with archival paper. 9.5" x 6.5". Old stamp of Herskowitz & Herskowitz on cover. More

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Kinne, George R.

KINNE'S IMPROVED ENGINEMEN'S GUIDE, TIME AND POCKET BOOK:; Showing a Practical Way of Becoming a First-Class Fireman....

Hornellsville, NY: Tuttle & Bunnell, Printers, 1902. Original manuscript. Full-Leather. pp: 45 + 97; engraving of locomotive. Bound in the original wallet-style case of cordovan leather; carried in a pocket and showing some signs of use. 6.5" x 4" Begins with 45 pages of printed text, "...giving the Proper Method..... More

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Maryland & DC / Baltimore and Ohio Railroad

$5.00 ROUND TRIP, BALTIMORE AND WASHINGTON, SUNDAY, MAY 13 AND 27, 1928...

Baltimore, MD: Baltimore & Ohio R.R., 1928. Original edition. Broadside, printed in sepia ink on white paper; airplane view of capitol. 18" x 6" Below the photo-view of the capitol is the timetable of stations between New York and Washington, followed by places of interest in Washington: Congressional Library, Capitol..... More

Price: $35.00

Maryland / Western Maryland Railway

HERE IT IS!! A DOUBLE HEADER STEAM EXCURSION VIA WESTERN MARYLAND RAILWAY...OCT. 22, 1966...YORK, PA. TO CUMBERLAND, MD..

York, PA: Rail Tours, 1966. Original edition. Broadside, printed in black ink on cream paper; photo-view of two locomotives. 17" x 6" The 300-mile round-trip promised ".Ride over Lincoln's route to Gettysburg and climb Jack's Mountain.Single engine will be used along river grade between Hagerstown and Cumberland, Md.while train passes..... More

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Maryland Legislature, Senate

BILL #38: SUPPLEMENT TO AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE CONSOLIDATION OF SEVERAL RAILROAD COMPANIES, PASSED AT JANUARY SESSION, 1854

Annapolis, MD: 1860. First Edition. Self-wraps. 4 pages. 13.25" x 8" Issued to The Hon. J.H. Gordon. This bill authorizes the President and Directors of the Northern Central Railway Company to increase company stock to $8 million in shares of $50 each. The Northern Central was formed by consolidation of..... More

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Mitchell, David, Jr.

ENGINEERS' REPORT ON THE LOCATION OF THE PITTSBURGH AND STEUBENVILLE RAIL ROAD, Presented to the Board of Directors, March, 1852.

Pittsburgh: Printed by W.S. Haven, 1852. First Edition. Softcover. pp: 18, (1). Bound in printed yellow wrappers. Lacking rear cover, front cover dusted and chipped without loss, two spine holes for binding. 9" x 5.75" Presentation copy: Inscribed in sepia ink at top of cover--"Wm. B. Foster, Jr. from David..... More

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New Jersey / United New Jersey Railroad & Canal Company

PRINTED TRANSFER OF 71 SHARES IN THE UNITED N.J. R.R. & CANAL COMPANY FROM HENRY P. PERRINE OF TRENTON, NJ TO THE TRENTON BANKING COMPANY AS HIS ATTORNEY, 8 JULY 1898.

1898. Printed in display type and regular type, accomplished by hand, signed by Henry P. Perrine and witnessed. 7" x 8.5". Perforated by two large "PAID" stamps. Perrine, a West Point graduate, served with the 6th US Cavalry Regiment, 1871-1875, on frontier duty at Fort Riley, Kansas. More

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New York Central Railroad

NEW YORK CENTRAL & HUDSON RIVER R.R.; Sunday Outings during Summer and Early Autumn of 1900.

Syracuse, NY: Central & Hudson River RR, 1900. First Edition. Broadside, printed in blue; 2" piece from top, partial loss of five letters. 12.5" x 6.25" Lists rates, starting at 40 cents, for excursions from Syracuse to Three River Point, Fulton, Oswego and Brewerton, and from each point to the..... More

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New York, Lake Erie & Western Railroad

WESTERN SECTION, ERIE, POCKET TIME TABLE.; R.H. Soule, Gen'l Manager. L.P. Farmer, Gen'l Pass'r Agt.

New York: American Bank Note Co., 1887. First Edition. Broadsheet, printed in black ink on buff stock, opens to 12.25" x 25.5". Includes an inset map (5.75" x 8.75") and a long paragraph of text on Chautauqua Lake. Folds to 6" x 3.25" with different illustrations of Niagara Falls on..... More

Price: $100.00

Oregon Territory / Asa Whitney

RAILROAD TO OREGON. June 23, 1848. Report: The select committee, to whom was referred the memorial of Asa Whitney, relative in the construction of a railroad from Lake Michigan to the Pacific ocean....; 30th Congress, First Session. Report No. 733. House of Representatives.

Washington DC: s.n., 1848. First Edition. Softcover. 77pp. Removed from a nonce volume, and spine reinforced with archival paper; fragile and intact. 9.5" x 6.25" The Princeton University Library copy has three folding maps, not present here. More

Price: $60.00

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