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THE MOFFAT TUNNEL OF COLORADO: An Epic of Empire
By Edgar Carlisle McMechen
Authorized by Resolution of the Moffat Tunnel Commission
In Two Volumes
Original leather binding; gold print on spine. Volume 1:
300 pages, illustrated, #477, signed by the author; Volume 2: 280 pages,
illustrated. Both in near fine condition.
A limited issue of this De Luxe Edition has been printed from
Kenntonian type by Wahlgreen Publishing Company of Denver, Colorado.
George A. Levy, Director of Exploitation.
Price: $350.00
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OFFICIAL LOCAL TIME
TABLES:
DENVER
&
RIO GRANDE
RAILROAD, Scenic Line of the World, through
Colorado,
Utah
and
New Mexico, July 1888.
Original illustrated tan wrappers; 128 pages. Engravings of local scenes; local business and hotel
advertising; description of towns along the railroad route; index to stations;
shipping guide; and numerous timetables.
Condition: good plus; wrappers and some pages are fragile.
PRICE: $400.00
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Original Stairway to the Stars brochure
"THE
STAIRWAY TO THE STARS," The Argentine Central Railway -- The Gray's
Peak Route. Eight folding panels. Circa 1905. E.J. Tuttle, General Manager,
Argentine Central Railway. Front is 8 panels of half-tone photographs from
Denver to Inspiration Point to Black Hawk, Central City, Dumont, Lawson,
Georgetown, the Loop, Silver Plume, Waldorf, Mount McClellan, Vidler Tunnel, and
Gray's Peak. Background is pen-and-ink drawings of scenery along the
way. Altitudes along left-hand margin as train rises out of Denver.
On back, 8-panel descriptive "From Plain to Pinnacle, through the Glories
of Canon and Cavern, of Chasm and Crag, to the Region Above the
Cloud." Condition: folds are evident; some are weak and lightly
frayed; some have separated and have been professionally repaired. A very
scarce railroad brochure. SOLD
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DENVER
AND RIO GRANDE WESTERN - WESTERN PACIFIC - "The Scenic Life
of the World," The Great Salt Lake Route. Train schedules for the
Denver & Rio Grande Western Railway Company, dated June - July 1925.
Printed by Poole Bros., Chicago. Fold-over pamphlet, in its original
illustrated covers; 54 pages. Train schedules. Map of the Denver
& Rio Grande Western Railroad, Western Pacific Railroad and connections
spread across pages 27 - 30. Advertisements for businesses along
routes. Condition: very good; some light age signs; several professionally
repaired short, closed-end tears. Pages bright and clean. Price:
$150.00
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FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE CHICAGO GREAT WESTERN RAILROAD
COMPANY
for the Year ended June 30, 1913
Chicago, Illinois, 1913. Original printed green wrappers; 45 pages; 2 maps; charts and
descriptive detail. Includes development and improvements of the railroad in
Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska, Missouri, Kansas, and other states. Financial
statements; operating revenues; transportation expenses; and other
details. Also information on the Wisconsin, Minnesota & Pacific
Railroad, as well as the Mason City & Fort Dodge Railroad. Very good condition: some light fading to covers; pages clean
and bright.
Price: $125.00
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A
HANDBOOK OF COLORADO, For the Convenience of Prospective Visitors
of the State, Burlington Route, circa 1905, printed by Poole Bros.,
Chicago. Publication is in its original enamel-coated, colored wrappers;
56 pages; with fold-out map tipped onto inside of rear wrap. Numerous
half-tone illustrations. Towns, stations, post offices, etc., listed along
route, with details of places and illustrations. Condition: very good plus
to near fine; publication is bright, clean, and fresh, with only the lightest
bit of wear. PRICE: $150.00
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Northern Pacific Railway
WONDERLAND,
1906, by Olin D. Wheeler. This Number describes: The
Yellowstone National Park; A Trip through the Bitterroot Mountains; Columbia
River and Puget Sound Region; The Queniut Indians of the Northwest Coast; and
gives Some Information About Alaska. A.M. Cleland, General Passenger
Agent, Northern Pacific Railway, St. Paul, Minnesota, 1906. Publication is
in its original illustrated maroon wrappers; square-bound; 75 enamel-coated
pages; map in rear. Numerous half-tone photographic illustrations of
scenes along the route; plus, descriptive. Written by Olin D. Wheeler, who
was also the author of the acclaimed, TRAIL OF LEWIS AND CLARK,
published by Putnam. Condition: very good plus to near fine.
Two-page map at read showing the Northern Pacific, Yellowstone Park Line, and
Connections. PRICE: $150.00
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REPORT TO THE STOCKHOLDERS OF THE UNION PACIFIC RAILWAY
COMPANY, for the Year 1883; New York: Rufus Adams & Co.,
Stationers and Printers. Ex-library; original front wrap present; new
endpapers and flyleafs; 36 pages; plus, in same publication, REPORT OF THE
GOVERNMENT DIRECTORS OF THE UNION PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY MADE TO THE SECRETARY
OF THE INTERIOR, 1883; New York: Rufus Adams & Co.; 27 pages.
Condition of publication: very good plus. Original foldout map in front of
publication; very good plus to near fine condition. Ex-library binding has
actually helped preserve this publication, rather than detract from it.
One library stamp on title page, along with several short sections of
tape. Price:
$400.00
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(Gen Dodge's Paper on the Transcontinental Railways) PAPER READ BEFORE
THE SOCIETY OF THE ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE AT ITS TWENTY-FIRST ANNUAL REUNION AT
TOLEDO, OHIO, September 15, 1888, by Major-General Grenville M. Dodge,
reprinted with comments thereon by General William T. Sherman, President of the
Society. New York: Unz & Co., Printers, 1899. Publication in its
original green-printed wrappers; square-bound; 50 pages; several half-tone
photographs. Condition: very good; wraps have some tiny chips and show
aging. Price:
$125.00
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Hollenback, Frank R. THE
LARAMIE
PLAINS LINE:
Laramie,
Wyoming
to
Coalmont
,
Colorado.
Denver
,
Colorado
: Sage Books, 1960, Number 64 of 300 copies, signed by author, hardback,
dust-jacketed, first limited edition. Book
is in its original tan cloth binding with map printed on front cover; brown
print on spine; 94 pages; illustrated; fold-out map tipped onto back fly-leaf.
Book is in very fine condition; dust jacket is in fine condition, with
only the faintest touch of color-lightening. $95.00
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Le Pak, Gregory. RAILS TO THE
ROCKIES. Littleton,
Colorado: Alpine Publishing, Ltd., 1976, first edition; Number 665 of 1200 volumes,
signed by author. Book in its
original black cloth covers with gold print on front cover and spine; 162 pages;
very fine in near fine dust jacket. $100.00
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Le
Massena, R.A., compiler. COLORADO’S
MOUNTAIN RAILROADS, Volume I. Assisted
by R.A. Ronzio and C.S. Ryland. Golden,
Colorado
: The Smoking Stack press, 1963. Printed
by Hotchkiss, Inc. Original
pictorial soft covers; 112 pages; signed by La Massena on title page.
Western Railroad – Books and Railroadiana, Fred Rosenstock – Books,
Denver
,
Colorado
. Fine condition; almost unopened.
Le Massena, R.A., compiler.
COLORADO’S MOUNTAIN RAILROADS, Volume II.
Assisted by Jackson C. Thode. Golden,
Colorado
: The Smoking Stack press, 1965. Printed
by Hotchkiss, Inc. Original
pictorial soft covers; unpaginated. Fine
condition; unread.
Le Massena, R.A., compiler.
COLORADO’S MOUNTAIN RAILROADS, Volume III.
Assisted by R.A. Ronzio and C.S. Ryland.
Golden,
Colorado
: The Smoking Stack press, 1964. Printed
by Hotchkiss, Inc. Original
pictorial soft covers; unpaginated. Fine
condition; unread.
Le Massena, R.A., compiler.
COLORADO’S MOUNTAIN RAILROADS, Volume IV.
Assisted by R.A. Ronzio, C.S. Ryland, and Jackson C. Thode.
Golden,
Colorado
: The Smoking Stack press, 1966. Printed
by Hotchkiss, Inc. Original
pictorial soft covers; 163 pages. Fine
condition; almost unread.
Le Massena, R.A., compiler.
COLORADO’S MOUNTAIN RAILROADS, Volume V.
Golden,
Colorado
: The Smoking Stack press, 1966. Printed
by Hotchkiss, Inc. Original
pictorial soft covers; 188 pages. Fine
condition; unread.
Set of 5 square-bound
paperbacks: $125.00
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