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REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR ON THE SEVERAL PACIFIC RAILROAD EXPLORATIONS.
Washington: A. O. P. Nicholson, Printer, 1855. 24.5x15.8 cm (octavo), pp. [1-3] 4-43 [44: blank], uncut, untrimmed sheets, sewn. First edition, first printing. (#179158)
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UNION AND CENTRAL PACIFIC RAIL ROAD LINE VIA OMAHA & KANSAS CITY TO SAN FRANCISCO. J. W. MORSE, GEN'L PASS'R AGENT, UNION PACIFIC RAILWAY, OMAHA, NEBRASKA [cover title].
Omaha: Omaha Republican Print, n.d. [1882]. 21x11 cm (tall octavo), pp. [1] 2-64, two illustrations (one of front cover), two maps (one on rear cover), publisher's pictorial cream wrappers printed in black, stitched. (#179102)
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JANUARY, 1898. SANTA FE ROUTE PASSENGER TRAIN SCHEDULES SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA RY. AND SANTA FE PACIFIC R. R. IN EFFECT JANUARY 20, 1898 ... [panel title].
N.p., 1898. Single sheet, 19.3x74 cm, folded to make 16 panels, printed in blue, 1 map. (#179205)
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RAILROAD COMMUNICATION WITH THE PACIFIC, WITH AN ACCOUNT OF THE CENTRAL PACIFIC RAILROAD OF CALIFORNIA: THE CHARACTER OF THE WORK, ITS PROGRESS, RESOURCES, EARNINGS AND FUTURE PROSPECTS, AND THE ADVANTAGES OF ITS FIRST MORTGAGE BONDS. NEW YORK, DECEMBER, 1867.
New York: George Brown, Printer, 30 Frankfort Street, 1867. 23x14.5 cm (octavo), pp. [1-2] [1] 2-32, 1 map, original buff wrappers printed in black, sewn. First edition, first printing. (#179157)
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THE PACIFIC RAILROAD. A DEFENSE AGAINST ITS ENEMIES, WITH REPORT OF THE SUPERVISORS OF PLACER COUNTY, AND REPORT OF MR. MONTANYA, TO THE SUPERVISORS OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO. December, 1864.
N.p. [Sacramento], 1864. 21.5x13.5 cm (octavo), pp. [1-3] 4-35 [36: blank], publisher's yellow wrappers printed in black, sewn. First edition. (#179153)
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SELECT AND POPULAR. PERSONALLY CONDUCTED. THROUGH HOOSAC TUNNEL VIA DENVER & RIO GRANDE AND RIO GRANDE WESTERN R. R.'S. "THE SCENIC LINE OF THE WORLD." JUDSON & CO.'S OVERLAND EXCURSIONS TO ALL POINTS IN CALIFORNIA, OREGON AND WASHINGTON. LEAVE EVERY TUESDAY AT 3 P. M. FROM UNION PASSENGER STATION, BOSTON. 3 SPECIAL FEATURES. EXPERIENCED MANAGERS, NEW UPHOLSTERED SLEEPERS, ONLY ONE CHANGE OF CARS ... [panel title].
Boston: Judson & Company, 1894. Single sheet, 19x45 cm, folded to make 10 panels, printed in red and blue, 3 illustrations, 1 map. (#179204)
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LETTER TO THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR, COMMUNICATING, IN COMPLIANCE WITH A RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE OF THE 5TH INSTANT, THE ANNUAL REPORTS OF THE SEVERAL PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANIES. JANUARY 7, 1869 -- REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON THE PACIFIC RAILROAD AND ORDERED TO BE PRINTED. ... [caption title].
[Washington, D. C.], 1869. 23x14.5 cm (octavo), pp. [1] 2-47 [48: blank], extracted, sewn. (#179131)
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THE MACHINATIONS OF DR. GRUE.
London: Geoffrey Bles, 1938. Octavo, pp. [1-6] 7-287 [288: blank], publisher's green cloth, spine panel stamped in black. First edition, first printing. (#179055)
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[THE BEAUTY TRILOGY] THE CLAIMING OF SLEEPING BEAUTY [with] BEAUTY'S PUNISHMENT [with] BEAUTY'S RELEASE.
[New York]: Plume, n.d. [1990]. Octavo, three volumes, pictorial boards. Later editions. (#179091)
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FRANK SINCLAIR'S WIFE AND OTHER STORIES. By Mrs. Riddell.
London: Tinsley Brothers, 8, Catherine Street, Strand, 1874. Octavo, three volumes: pp. [1-8] [1] 2-280; [1-8] [1] 2-287 [288: blank]; [1-6] [1] 2-293 [294-296: blank] [note: last leaf is a blank], half title leaves in volumes 1 and 2, original decorated brown cloth, front panels stamped in black, spine panels stamped in gold, rear panels stamped in blind, top edges untrimmed, other edges rough trimmed, yellow coated endpapers. First edition. (#179056)
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THE GIFT OF FERNSEED.
London: For Private Circulation, December 1902. Octavo, pp. [1-2: blank] [3-9] 10-77 [78-80: blank], half title page printed in red, title page printed in red and black, publisher's gray boards with Japan paper shelf back, title printed in red on front panel, fore and bottom edges untrimmed. First separate edition. (#179077)
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MRS. BROWN ON THE BATTLE OF DORKING. By Arthur Sketchley [pseudonym].
London: George Routledge and Sons, n.d. [1871]. Small octavo, pp. [1-2] [1-3] 4-58 [59-61: ads] [62: blank] [note: first and last leaves are used as first and rear paste-downs], publisher's pictorial orange wrappers printed in red and black. First edition. (#179061)
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DOOMED: A STARTLING MESSAGE TO THE PEOPLE OF OUR DAY, INTERWOVEN IN AN ANTEDILUVIAN ROMANCE OF TWO OLD WORLDS AND TWO YOUNG LOVERS BY QUEEN METEL AND PRINCE LOAB OF ATLO, RE-INCARNATED IN ITS EDITORS, MARIAN AND FRANKLIN MAYOE [pseudonym].
New York: Frank Rosewater, Publisher, 1920. Octavo, pp. [i-ii] iii-vii [viii] [1-2] 3-282, five inserted plates with illustrations by R. Emmett Owen, publisher's brown cloth, front panel stamped in gold and blind, spine panel stamped in gold. First edition, first printing. (#179035)
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DOOMED: A STARTLING MESSAGE TO THE PEOPLE OF OUR DAY, INTERWOVEN IN AN ANTEDILUVIAN ROMANCE OF TWO OLD WORLDS AND TWO YOUNG LOVERS BY QUEEN METEL AND PRINCE LOAB OF ATLO, RE-INCARNATED IN ITS EDITORS, MARIAN AND FRANKLIN MAYOE [pseudonym].
New York: Frank Rosewater, Publisher, 1920. Octavo, pp. [i-ii] iii-vii [viii] [1-2] 3-282, five inserted plates with illustrations by R. Emmett Owen, original black cloth, front panel ruled in blind and stamped in gold, spine panel stamped in gold. First edition. (#179149)
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THE TRIUMPH OF WOMAN: A CHRISTMAS STORY.
London: Parry & Co., Leadenhall Street, MDCCCXLVIII [1848]. Small octavo, pp. [i-iii] iv-v [vi-viii] [1] 2-271 [272: blank], inserted engraved frontispiece, publisher's pictorial red cloth, front and spine panels stamped in gold and blind, rear panel stamped in blind, cream coated endpapers, a.e.g. First edition, first issue, a primary binding (as per Locke's variant B). (#179059)
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CALIFORNIA FROM THE CONQUEST IN 1846 TO THE SECOND VIGILANCE COMMITTEE IN SAN FRANCISCO A STUDY OF AMERICAN CHARACTER.
Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company The Riverside Press, Cambridge, 1886. 17.5x11.5 cm (octavo), pp. [1-2] [i-vii] viii-xii [xiii] xiv-xv [xvi] [1] 2-513 [514: blank] [515-526: ads], double-page map, publisher's brown pebbled cloth, front and spine panels stamped in gold, top edge gilt, other edges trimmed, slate coated endpapers. First edition, first printing. (#179137)
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VIAGGI DI ENRICO WANTON ALLE TERRE INCOGNITE AUSTRALI, ED AI PAESE DELLE SCIMIE, NE'QUALI SI SPIEGANO IL CARATTERE LI COSTUMI LE SCIENZE, E LA POLIZIA DI QUEGLI STRAORDINARJ ABITANTI. Tradotti da un Manoscritto Inglese, con Figure in Rame.
In Venezia: Presso Giovanni Tagier, MDCCXLIX [1749]. Small octavo, two volumes: pp. [1-14] [1] 2-231 [232]; [1-2] [1] 2-307 [308], title leaf in volume I is a cancel, A3 in volume I is not called for and text is complete, 24 inserted plates, most double page and folded, with copperplate illustrations by Giorgio Fossati, eighteenth-century vellum, brown leather spine labels, edges speckled red. First edition, first printing. (#179076)
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AN AERIEL VOYAGE TO THE MOON, PERFORMED IN THE YEARS 1818-19 BY M. SOUCHETTE, WHO ASCENDED IN A BALLOON FROM WEISSENBERG, IN GERMANY, ON THE 24TH OF SEPTEMBER, 1818, GIVING AN INTERESTING ACCOUNT OF THE MANNERS AND CUSTOMS OF THE INHABITANTS OF THAT PLANET, WITH A PARTICULAR DESCRIPTION OF ITS MINERALS, PRECIOUS STONES, ETC. TRANSLATED FROM A FRENCH MANUSCRIPT.
New-York: Printed and Published by Charles N. Baldwin, No. 1 Chamber, Corner of Chatham-street, 1819. 17x11 cm, pp. [i-iii] iv-vi [7] 8-60, publisher's blue gray wrappers printed in black, untrimmed, sewn. First edition, first printing. (#179172)
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ELDORADO, OR, ADVENTURES IN THE PATH OF EMPIRE: COMPRISING A VOYAGE TO CALIFORNIA, VIA PANAMA; LIFE IN SAN FRANCISCO AND MONTEREY; PICTURES OF THE GOLD REGION, AND EXPERIENCES OF MEXICAN TRAVEL ... With Illustrations by the Author.
New York: George P. Putnam, 155 Broadway. London: Richard Bentley, 1850. 19.5x12.5 cm (12mo), two volumes: pp. [i-vii] viii [ix] x-xii [1] 2-251 [252: blank]; [i-ii] [1] 2-3 [4-6] [5] 6-247 [248: blank] [1-35]: ads, [36]: blank, [preliminary leaves in volume II erratically paged], flyleaves at front and rear, 8 tinted lithographic plates by Sarony and Major, all but one after Taylor's drawings, each with tissue guard, publisher's decorated black cloth stamped in gold and blind, top edge untrimmed, other edges rough trimmed, cream endpapers. First edition, first printing. (#179138)
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A CONCISE HISTORY OF THE MORMON BATTALION IN THE MEXICAN WAR. 1846-1847. By Sargent Daniel Tyler. 1881.
N.p. [Salt Lake City], 1882? 22.5x14.5 cm (octavo), pp. [1-2] [i-iii] iv-viii [9-10] 11-376, publisher's decorated black cloth stamped in gold and blind, all edges speckled black, marbled endpapers. First edition, first printing. (#179145)
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TALES OF THE DEAD. PRINCIPALLY TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH.
London: Printed for White, Cochrane, and Co., Fleet-Street, 1813. Octavo, pp. [1-2] [i] ii [iii] iv-viii [1-3] 4-248, early nineteenth-century three-quarter red leather and marbled boards, spine panel titled and tooled in gold. First edition, first printing. (#179066)
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THE SILVER QUESTION FROM THE STANDPOINT OF THE PRODUCER [cover title].
S[an] F[rancisco]: The Hicks-Judd Co. 23 First St., [1891]. 23.2x15 cm , pp. [1] 2-24, original olive wrappers printed in black, stapled. First edition. (#179163)
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ROMANO CASTLE; OR, THE HORRORS OF THE FOREST. A ROMANCE.
London: Printed and Sold by Dean and Munday, 35, Threadneedle Street, n.d. [1814?]. 12mo, pp. [5-7] 8-32 [note: Text complete, but perhaps lacks a half title], inserted engraved frontispiece, modern pebbled cloth with quarter red leather spine panel, spine panel stamped in gold. First edition? (#179067)
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HAND-BOOK OF THE BOSTON AND MAINE RAILROAD, TO SUBURBAN HOMES, SEA-SHORE, LAKE, AND THE WHITE MOUNTAINS. TOGETHER WITH FULL DESCRIPTIONS OF THE CITIES, TOWNS, AND VILLAGES ALONG ITS LINE, WITH A SCHEDULE OF FARES, EITHER BY SINGLE, PACKAGE, EXCURSION, OR SEASON TICKET, AND LIST OF TROUT STREAMS ON THIS RAILROAD. Compiled by Edward O. Skelton.
Boston: Published by the Boston and Maine Railroad, 1874. 15x9.8 cm (small octavo), pp. [1-3] 4-55 [56: blank], 11 woodcut engravings, five folded, 1 folded map, publisher's pictorial lavender wrappers printed in black, sewn. First edition, first printing. (#179162)
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THE WHITE MOUNTAIN GUIDE BOOK.
Concord: Edson C. Eastman, 1858. 12mo, pp. [1-4] [1] 2-152 [153-154: blank] [155-168: ads], illustrations, publisher's decorated plum cloth stamped in gold and blind. First edition, first printing. (#178973)
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THE VIRGINIAN: A HORSEMAN OF THE PLAINS.
New York: The Macmillan Company. London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., 1902. Octavo, pp. [i-vi] vii-xiii [xiv] 1-504 [505-510: ads], flyleaves at front and rear, eight inserted plates with illustrations by Arthur I. Keller, publisher's pictorial tan cloth, front and spine panels stamped in red, black and gold, fore and bottom edges untrimmed. First edition. (#179147)
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THE SHADOW OF ASHLYDYAT ... In Three Volumes.
London: Richard Bentley, New Burlington Street, Publisher in Ordinary to Her Majesty, 1863. Octavo, three volumes: pp. [i-iii] iv [1] 2-354; [i-iii] iv [1] 2-341 [342: printer's imprint]; [i-iii] iv [1] 2-324, publisher's brown cloth, front and rear panels ruled in blind, spine panel lettered in gold and ruled in blind, edges untrimmed, cream coated endpapers. First edition, first printing. (#179070)
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RED DARKNESS.
New York: L. Harper Allen Company. Chicago, New York: Consolidated Book Publishers, Inc., [1928]. Octavo, pp. [1-2] 5-126, publisher's pictorial boards. First edition. (#179185)
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SOUVENIR YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK HAYNES [cover title].
[Fargo, D. T. Photographed and Published by F. Jay Haynes], n.d. [1889]. 24 joined panels folded accordion style into cloth folder measuring 19x16.2 cm. First edition, first printing. (#179127)
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YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK IN PHOTO GRAVURE PUBLISHED AND COPYRIGHTED 1891 F. JAY HAYNES & BRO. 392 JACKSON ST. ST. PAUL, MINN.
St. Paul, Minn. F. Jay Haynes & Bro., 1891. 26.5x34 cm (10 1/2 x 13 1/2 inches), pp. [1-4], 25 plates with tissue guards, publisher's pictorial bevel-edged brown cloth stamped in black and gold, floral patterned endpapers. Early edition. (#179200)
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LORD OF LIGHT.
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1967. Octavo, cloth. First edition. (#179170)
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