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Quarto (11 1/4 by 8 3/4 inches) Privately Published, circa 1960s. Signed by the author. Original. Hardcover. 130 pages illustrated with black and white vintage photographs of lumber mills, locomotives, railroad shops, stations, bridges, water towers, and train wrecks; there are also maps, a roster of locomotives, diagrams, examples of tickets, schedules, and railroad passes. Hardbound, and in very good condition.

The history of this short line was a favorite subject of the author's "for many years." He was able to call upon many individuals with first hand information, and many interesting stories.

Small octavo (7 3/4 by 5 inches) 80 (unnumbered) page booklet, printed on coated stock, decorative, embossed colored wrappers, illustrated with black and white photos featuring the scenery, sights, hotels, lodges, amenities, and boarding places available to the traveler; along with descriptive text. Very good condition (mild wear along spine, one page with small tear in margin, not affecting text or contents).

An elaborate promotion for the "Rock Island Lines;" describing "The Ideal Vacation Land." Cover art by the illustrator F.R.Harper, scenes of Denver, the Royal Gorge, Colorado Springs, and Manitou, Pike's Peak and Cripple Creek, with a section on Salt Lake City and Yellowstone Park.

Octavo (10 X 7 inches) Chicago: Chicago & North Western Railway Co., 1927. 48 page booklet, illustrated with captioned photos (several in color), descriptive text, five maps in color, cover is an embossed vignette of Yosemite Valley. Original, staple bound wrappers. Very good condition.

Historical and natural beauty of California are featured with colorful images and glowing adjectives.

Small quarto (10 x 7 inches) San Francisco: Published by the Passenger Department of the Central Pacific Railroad Company and Leased Lines, Including the Southern Pacific Railroad and Connections, October, 1883. first two leaves are railroad ads for Central Pacific and Southern Pacific railroads [9]-63 pages [1], 20 illustrations in descriptive text, map, brown cloth binding, covers bordered top and bottom with line and decorative rules in blind, title in gilt on front cover. Very good condition, original cloth over boards.

The journalist and promotor, Truman, begins: "This illustrated volume has been prepared in the interest of two general classes - emigrants, from all sections of the civilized world, seeking for permanent homes in a healthful agricultural country, of the first part, and the people generally of California, of the second part, who are anxious to share their splendid lands and their incomparable climate with other industrial men and women of their own kind fron all quarters of the… Read More

Quarto (11 1/4 by 8 1/2 inches) Glendale, California: Interurban Press, 1986. First Edition. 207 pages printed on coated stock, illustrated with black and white vintage photographs, time tables, tickets, diagrams of cars, roster of equipment, bibliography, index; hardcover in very good condition with original colorful dust jacket.

Interurbans Special 103: History of the Lackawanna and Wyoming Valley Railroad, most notable (according to the authors) because it was ... "built to higher than normal standards for electric shortline railroads; it operated mostly with a third rail power system; it ran exclusively on private rights-of-way; it served a geographically narrow region whose economy was heavily dependent on one industry - coal."

Octavo (8 5/8 x 5 7/8 inches) Redlands, California, Board of Trade 1911, stapled promotional booklet of 32 unnumbered pages, original red wrappers with title on cover, illustrated with black and white half tone photos of homes of prominent citizens (including A. C. Burrage), churches, gardens, the Administration Building on the University of Redlands campus, interior view of an orange packing house, a panorama of Redlands from Smiley Heights, Hotel Casa Loma, Wissahickon Inn, Southern Pacific and Santa Fe Railway depots, Prospect Park, and a portrait of the Smiley brothers; very good condition (circular rubber stamp for "California Development" in upper right corner of first page, not affecting contents),

Promoting "The Truth About Redlands" through historical perspective, and a description of the advantages and opportunities for settling there. "A Perfect Climate, The Finest Orange Groves in the State, Beautiful Parks, Fine Residences"

Octavo (9 x 4 inches) Pacific Greyhound Lines, circa 1930s. Original brochure folded five times to form six panels printed and illustrated on both sides; when fully opened it unfolds again, 1/3 from the bottom, to form a 17 1/2 x 24 inch poster-style display of halftone photos, description of the "... historical pageant of the West .... " and an argument for low fares.

Along the left side is a representational outline of the West Coast and part of the Southwest, extending to El Paso and Salt Lake City. The route, shown in red, is highlighted with small black and white sketches of sights along the way. There are also halftone black and white photo vignettes of Yosemite, Lake Tahoe, the Santa Barbara mission, and two examples of the "streamlined" Greyhound buses, one of which offered sleeping accommodations for 25 people.

"To really see the West - go by Greyhound."

24 mo. (5 5/8 X 3 3/8 inches) Commercial Club and Chamber of Commerce, 1911. Original 32 page stapled promotional booklet, with sepia toned captioned photomechanical illustrations, and two more in color, plus a map of railroad routes to Tacoma.

Decorative color covers: an illustration of a bustling Tacoma waterfront on the front cover, and a photo image of Tacoma high school and stadium on the back cover. Very good condition, minor wear along edges (not affecting contents or descriptive text.)