San Francisco: Southern Pacific Company, 1907. 24pp. Original pictorial wrappers, stapled. Minor wear. Booklet promoting the Southern Pacific Railway and highlights along its route. With a map and numerous images of the handsome Southern California scenery. 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

Sacramento: California State Printing Office, 1925. 32pp. Oblong octavo. Original brown printed wrappers, stapled. Light soiling, lightly dampstained along lower edge of text and rear cover. Pamphlet published by the Harbor Commission on the construction of an underground motorway beneath the Ferry Building, designed to alleviate traffic and congestion in..... More

Chicago: Chas. N. Trivess, [1885]. 16pp. Original printed wrappers, stapled. Light to moderate foxing to covers, some light wear. A promotional work for the railroad, this pamphlet is subtitled, "A few testimonies of the results obtained from farming in this wonderful region." The text is comprised of letters written by..... More

Popayan: Manuel G. Córdova, 1836. [1],7pp. Small quarto, stitched as issued. Small chip at foot of title page. Light dust soiling and some dampstaining. An unrealized proposal to build an early railroad in Colombia from the Cauca Valley to the port of Buenaventura on the Pacific coast. Two families, the..... More

Kansas City, Mo. June, 1895. Title leaf, plus twenty-four leaves of cardstock illustrated with forty-nine sepia-toned photographs of varying sizes, each captioned in manuscript below the image. Cardstock leaves hinged on cloth. Oblong folio. Contemporary crimson three-quarter leather and matching textured cloth, "Photographs" stamped in gilt on front cover. Moderate..... More

Baton Rouge: J.M. Taylor, 1861. 7pp. Disbound. Minor edge wear, small dampstains at lower right corner. Minor tanning and faint foxing. Scarce report for the Vicksburg, Shreveport, and Texas Railroad, issued in the same month that Louisiana seceded from the United States. This edition details the construction completed up to..... More

[Mexico City: Bouligny y Comp. 1889]. 105,[55]-59,[2],17pp., as issued. 12mo. Original brown pebbled cloth, gilt titles on front cover. Noticeable scuffing and spotting to boards, spine a bit frayed, spine ends worn. Hinges separated but text block holding by spine glue. Text clean. A useful and informative pocket guide for..... More

Mexico City: Universal Steam Printing Works, 1898. [4],76,[2] [i.e., 108]pp., sometimes paginated on rectos only and sometimes not, as issued. Original tan printed wrappers. Minor soiling and edge wear, light chipping to spine ends. Internally clean. A rare guide to "El Gran Pacifico...the greatest scenic road of Mexico and indeed..... 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

New York: Law Reporting Company, 1913. [2],2711-2732pp. Printed self wrappers, stapled. Minor discoloration to outer leaves, light toning. A rare offprint relating to the arbitration award in a court case between the Eastern Railroad and an important early labor union, the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen in 1913. The..... More

[N.p. ca. 1901]. Broadside on cloth, 10.5 x 8 inches. Minor fraying along edges, minor creasing. A cloth broadside retained by the Southern California Railway Company as a file copy, and stamped, "June 15, 1901 Blank Form File." The text of the broadside reads, in full: "(Form 1667 Regular.) Southern..... More

Chicago: Denver & Rio Grande Railroad, 1903. Broadsheet, 15.25 x 9.75 inches. Old fold lines, reinforced with tape at a few spots, a few small edge tears, lightly toned. Promotional broadsheet for land in the southern San Luis Valley in Colorado and northern New Mexico. The first side has a...... More