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Condición: New. pp. 126.

Condición: New. pp. 126.

Condición: New. pp. 126.

Condición: New. pp. 126.

Condición: New. pp. 126.

Condición: New. pp. 126.

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Condición: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

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Gebunden. Condición: New.

first edition 249pp ills.VG+ (black cloth,sl.soiled,edges sl.soiled,sl.bowed) in VG d/w (mod.soiled and sl.sunned,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.).

LeatherBound. Condición: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1848 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set and contains approximately 20 pages. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English Volume 1848.…

Leatherbound. Condición: NEW. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1845 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set and contains approximately 20 pages. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English.…

Condición: New. Print on Demand pp. 132.

Leatherbound. Condición: NEW. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. Pages: 80. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1845 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English Pages: 80.…

Leatherbound. Condición: NEW. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. Pages: 138. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1851 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English Pages: 138.…

Soft cover. Condición: Good +. First Printing with US map. Howes B-744. Referring to The Pacific Railroad Question/Whitney's Proposals for the Transcontinental Railway. Softcover. Good Plus. Paper wraps; 51pp.; with one map; two unobtrusive stamps (Mercantile Library New York); quarter size chip to edge of page 1,2; light toning to pages; map is complete, and intact, although cleanly torn in two parts. Uncommonly found with map.…

Hardcover. 1st Edition. First edition. Original wraps bound in heavy green cloth. Small library stamps to front endpages and title page, else unmarked, bright, and firmly bound.

Octavo, pp. [1] 2-10, folded map, self wrappers, sewn as issued. First edition. Issued as 29th Congress, 1st Session, Senate Doc. 161. Whitney's second memorial, preceded by a 4-page memorial presented in 1845 to the second session of the 28th Congress, the first to be accompanied by a map, here an untitled map of the United States "reduced & engraved by O. H. Throop, Wn. D. C.," showing finished, unfinished and proposed railroads. Only part of Whitney's proposed route to Pacific is projected: extending from Prairie Du Chien to the Idaho border. This is one of the earliest maps to show a proposed transcontinental railroad. The chief early promoter of an American transcontinental railroad was "Asa Whitney, a New York merchant active in the China trade who was obsessed with the idea of a railroad to the Pacific. In January 1845 he petitioned Congress for a charter and grant of a sixty-mile strip through the public domain to help finance construction. Whitney suggested the use of Irish and German immigrant labor, which was in great abundance at the time. Wages were to be paid in land, thus ensuring that there would be settlers along the route to supply produce to and become patrons of the completed line. The failure of Congress to act on Whitney's proposal was mainly due to the vigorous opposition of Sen. Thomas Hart Benton of Missouri, who favored a western route originating at St. Louis. Although Congress failed to sanction his plan, Whitney made the Pacific railroad one of the great public issues of the day. The acquisition of California following the Mexican War opened the way for other routes to the coast. The discovery of gold, the settlement of the frontier, and the success of the eastern railroads increased interest in building a railroad to the Pacific." - Library of Congress, Railroad Maps, 1828 to 1900, Articles and Essays. Wheat Transmississippi West III, p. 187 (note). Some light tanning and a couple of mild fox marks, but an excellent copy. (#164920).…

Octavo, pp. [1] 2-10, folded map, self wrappers, sewn as issued. First edition. Issued as 29th Congress, 1st Session, Senate Doc. 161. Whitney's second memorial, preceded by a 4-page memorial presented in 1845 to the second session of the 28th Congress, the first to be accompanied by a map, here an untitled map of the United States "reduced & engraved by O. H. Throop, Wn. D. C.," showing finished, unfinished and proposed railroads. Only part of Whitney's proposed route to Pacific is projected: extending from Prairie Du Chien to the Idaho border. This is one of the earliest maps to show a proposed transcontinental railroad. The chief early promoter of an American transcontinental railroad was "Asa Whitney, a New York merchant active in the China trade who was obsessed with the idea of a railroad to the Pacific. In January 1845 he petitioned Congress for a charter and grant of a sixty-mile strip through the public domain to help finance construction. Whitney suggested the use of Irish and German immigrant labor, which was in great abundance at the time. Wages were to be paid in land, thus ensuring that there would be settlers along the route to supply produce to and become patrons of the completed line. The failure of Congress to act on Whitney's proposal was mainly due to the vigorous opposition of Sen. Thomas Hart Benton of Missouri, who favored a western route originating at St. Louis. Although Congress failed to sanction his plan, Whitney made the Pacific railroad one of the great public issues of the day. The acquisition of California following the Mexican War opened the way for other routes to the coast. The discovery of gold, the settlement of the frontier, and the success of the eastern railroads increased interest in building a railroad to the Pacific." - Library of Congress, Railroad Maps, 1828 to 1900, Articles and Essays. Wheat Transmississippi West III, p. 187 (note). Some scattered foxing to the map, but an excellent copy. (#164486).…

Leather-bound. Condición: Very Good Plus. Asa Whitney (1797 to 1872) proposed to bu;ild, with the aid of the federal government, a railroad to the Pacific in order to deelop trade with the Orient. Half-smooth calf over tan linen.(9 in. x 6 in.). Boards ruled in gilt, with gilt letting to two-hubbed spine. Some rubbing and wear to extremities, mostly at bottom of book.10 pp. plus folding map. Detailed map engraved by O.H. Throop, (12 in. x 18 in.) shows the entire United States border with "Mexico", extending well into today's Southwestern states. "Santa Fee" is located, and today's southern Rocky Mountains are named "Mexican Cordilleras Sierra Madre." There is little civilization -- except Army forts, beyond Missouri. Texas is named but no towns are showsn. Railroads - finished, unfinished, and proposed - are indicated. (Carl Wheat: Mapping The Transmississippi West: p. 187n.…

Octavo, pp. [1] 2-117 [118: blank] two folded maps, modern binding of quarter leather and marbled boards with leather title label on spine panel. First edition. Issued as 31st Congress, 1st Session, Ho. of Reps. Rep. No. 140. A lengthy, favorable report, with page after page of mind-numbing statistics and financial projections of world trade, by the Committee on Roads and Canals, about the benefits to the nation if Whitney's railroad proposal became a reality, which would, among other things, "make the United States the centre and axle of the commerce of the world ." Accompanied by two maps, the first an untitled map of the world that "shows the position of our Continent as compared with Europe and Africa on one side, and Asia on the other, placing us in the centre," lithographed by Miller's Lith., 140 Pearl St., N. Y., which "was prepared by Mr. Whitney for Mr. Breese's Report to the Senate, U.S. 29 Congress." The second map, also not titled, is a detailed map showing four proposed transcontinental routes: the Northern Route, the Southern Route, the Galveston Route, and the St. Louis Route. The chief early promoter of an American transcontinental railroad was "Asa Whitney, a New York merchant active in the China trade who was obsessed with the idea of a railroad to the Pacific. In January 1845 he petitioned Congress for a charter and grant of a sixty-mile strip through the public domain to help finance construction. Whitney suggested the use of Irish and German immigrant labor, which was in great abundance at the time. Wages were to be paid in land, thus ensuring that there would be settlers along the route to supply produce to and become patrons of the completed line. The failure of Congress to act on Whitney's proposal was mainly due to the vigorous opposition of Sen. Thomas Hart Benton of Missouri, who favored a western route originating at St. Louis. Although Congress failed to sanction his plan, Whitney made the Pacific railroad one of the great public issues of the day. The acquisition of California following the Mexican War opened the way for other routes to the coast. The discovery of gold, the settlement of the frontier, and the success of the eastern railroads increased interest in building a railroad to the Pacific." - Library of Congress, Railroad Maps, 1828 to 1900, Articles and Essays. Some tanning to the first map, but an excellent copy. (#164919).…

Hardcover over self-wraps. Condición: Very Good Plus. Octavo. Rebound in black quarterbound morocco (goatskin) over midnight blue boards. Gilt lettering to top board and spine. Lovely, marbled endpapers. 117 pp. Two foldout maps. This is the main Whitney document, with his two final maps; it reprints his three memorials (1845, 1846, and 1848) and 38 supporting resolutions from state legislatures and meetings, and it contains the enabling bill (permitting Whitney to construct the Railroad. Contains: pp: 1-22: Robinson's report praising Whitney; pp. 23-43: Reprints of all of Whitney's memorials (1845, 1846, 1848); pp. 43-50: The bill to enable Whitney to construct the railroad; pp. 50-78: Support resolutions from 38 state legislatures and meetings; pp. 78-82: Whitney's latest (1849 explanation; pp. 82-117: Population, resources, and products of all Asia. "Whitney was the first to bombard congress with plans for a transcontinental railway. His efforts culminated in this matured proposal".While Mr. Whitney's relentless efforts and pioneering plan, plus exhaustive marketing and petitioning to Congress failed to be accepted, this wild, visionary project led directly to the epic explorations organized by Jefferson Davis (in a bid to build the railroad in the South and extend slavery), and ultimately to the linking of the east and west coasts by the legendary railroads. (Howes. W383). "With the advent of the great immigration to California following the gold discovery in 1848, Whitney changed his original memorial for a railroad to the Columbia River mouth, to either the Columbia River or San Francisco as a Western terminus." (Cowan, P. 680). On p. 28-29, Whitney describes his 1845 journey by land to where the Missouri River intersects -( Lat. 43 1/2 degrees) then downriver by canoe and steamer. (MISSED by Wagner-Camp & Becker). Carl Wheat: "Mapping the Transmississippi West", 659. "The opposition was so great, despite his own prodigious labors, that he abandoned his plans and retired." (about Whitney, in literature relating to the Union Pacific System, (p. 20).…

Hardcover. Condición: Good. In the original brown, printed paper wrappers. _____ Inscribed at the top forecorner "from the Author." _____ Bound up long ago into pale blue cloth covers. _____ With the book label of "Frank H. Lamb's Library of the Frontier" on the front pastedown. _____ Whitney's seven chapter report occupies the first 42 pages. _____ The remaining 70 pages are the appendices of supporting documents and resolutions. _____ Retains both maps, frequently missing. _____ No. 1 (16 x 22.25") is a map of the world depicting the US as the bridge between Europe and Asia. _____ No. 2 (15.25 x 20") shows the US with the proposed major rail road lines across the western half of the nation. _____ The northern most links the Mississippi River to Puget Sound. _____ This splits at Prairie du Chien to reach Salt Lake and San Francisco. _____ Another starts runs from St. Louis to Independence then southwest across present-day Kansas to Santa Fe. _____ The southern route runs from Memphis to Santa Fe and then San Diego. _____ _____ "Chief promoter of a transcontinental railroad was Asa Whitney, a New York Merchant active in the China trade who was obsessed with the idea of a railroad to the Pacific . Whitney suggested the use of Irish and German immigrant labor, which was in great abundance a the time. _____ [This book] was accompanied by an outline map of North America which shows the route of his railroad from Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, across the Rocky Mountains north of South Pass. _____ An alternative route to the south of the pass joined the main line at the Salmon River and continued to Puget Sound. _____ Proposed lines also extended from St. Louis to San Francisco and from Independence, Missouri [through Kansas] to New Mexico and the Arkansas River. _____ This is one of the earliest promotional maps . Whitney made the Pacific railroad one of the great public issues of the day. " --Modelski / Railroad Maps of North America / p. xiii ------------------ "Whitney was the first to lay plans of a transcontinental railroad before Congress. _____ He began his labors in 1841. _____ With the advent of the great immigration to California following the gold rush discovery in 1848, Whitney changed his original memorial for a railroad to the Columbia river mouth, to either the Columbia river or San Francisco as a western terminus. _____ " --Cowan. 1933 p. 680 ------------------ Graff 4642 ------------- Wheat. Maps=V. 3. p.187.659 ___ Wagner-Camp. supp=p.75. note _____ Howes.3=W-383 _____ Cowan. 914=p. 248 _____ Smith. NW=10963 _____ Reese.Best=114 _____.…