Morenci, A.T. 1901-1902. Three autograph letters, signed, totaling [17]pp., with original transmittal envelopes. Sheets of one letter separated along center horizontal fold and with one small piece of first leaf separated. Other letters with minor foxing and soiling. All with original mailing folds. A small collection of three letters from..... More

[Chicago? 1916?]. [12]pp. Original pictorial self-wrappers, stapled. Small contemporary publisher's notice affixed to front wrap. Light wear and dust soiling. Rare promotional for the Salt Lake Route by rail to Los Angeles, and for the attractions of the city itself, published circa 1916. The text touts the population and commercial..... More

Ottawa: Imprimerie du Journal "Le Canada" 1880. 139pp. Original printed wrappers, rear lacking. Otherwise, light dust soiling and toning. French-language edition of this extensive transcript of debates held in the Canadian House of Commons concerning the construction of the Trans Canadian Railroad. Speakers include Sir Charles Tupper, Minister of Railroads..... More

Havana: 1923. 14pp. Original wrappers, rear cover lacking. Contemporary ink notation to front cover, reinforced at spine with later paper, tanned. Text guillotined; leaves silked, some chipping and wear at edges. A rare work arguing against railroad consolidation in Cuba, and a victim of the New York Public Library's microfilming..... More

Boston: H.G. Collins, 1891. 68,[1];78,[1]pp. 12mo. Original pebbled cloth, printed labels. Light wear and soiling to cloth, front hinge separating. Light toning and dust soiling internally. A late 19th-century bilingual, dos-a-dos printing of regulations for the "Transportation Department" of the Mexican Central Railway, which comprised conductors, engineers, brakemen, and other..... More

[N.p., likely New York]: January 4, 1884. [4]pp., written rectos only on four sheets of stationery from the Tehuantepec Ship Railway. Minor wear and discoloration to edges. An informative autograph letter, signed, from Elmer Lawrence Corthell to Lt. John T. Sullivan, US Navy, involving an unusual engineering plan for providing..... More

Chicago: John Anderson & Co., [ca. 1881]. 16pp. Original printed wrappers. Minor biopredation at lower right corner, slightly affecting printed area of rear wrapper, but nothing else. Contemporary ink stamps on wrappers. Light tanning internally. Scarce promotional for the routes and grants lands published by the Chicago & Northwestern Railway..... More

Mexico City: Imprenta Dirigida por Jose Batiza, 1870. 36pp. Original plain green wrappers. Wrappers with wear and substantial chipping. Minor soiling and wear to text. Mexican pamphlet compiling arguments of W.S. Rosecrans in favor of a railway line through Mexico. Rosecrans, a Union general during the Civil War, was involved..... More

New York: C.S. Hammond & Co., [1930]. Folding map, 40.25 x 27.75 inches. Printed in color with manuscript delineations. In card covers, folded to 7 x 5 inches; linen backed. Minor wear and toning. A large and detailed map of South America highlighting the continent's railways. The railroads have been..... More

[Various locations in the American Southwest, West Coast, and Pacific Northwest: 1925]. [30] leaves, illustrated with 270 photographs of various sizes, including two multi-panel panoramic photographs, each leaf with a single printed caption identifying the subjects or location. Contemporary red leather, gilt titles on front cover. Oblong folio. Some scuffing..... More