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HISTORY OF THE EXPRESS COMPANIES: AND THE ORIGIN OF AMERICAN RAILROADS. TOGETHER WITH SOME REMINISCENCES OF THE LATTER DAYS OF THE MAIL COACH AND WAGON BAGGAGE BUSINESS IN THE UNITED STATES. SECOND EDITION.

New York: For Sale at the Express Offices Throughout the United States, 1858. Original publisher's cloth [worn, but hinges firm]. Gilt spine title lettering [faded]. [2], viii, iv, [5]-287 pp. Port. frontis of William F. Harnden, "The Originator of the Express Business", original tissue guard; three other full-page illustrations. Scattered... More

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APPLETON'S RAILROAD AND STEAMBOAT COMPANION. BEING A TRAVELLERS' GUIDE THROUGH THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, CANADA, NEW BRUNSWICK, AND NOVA SCOTIA. WITH MAPS OF THE COUNTRY THROUGH WHICH THE ROUTES PASS, IN THE NORTHERN, MIDDLE, AND EASTERN STATES. ILLUSTRATED BY 30 MAPS, ENGRAVED ON STEEL, INCLUDING FOUR PLANS OF CITIES, AND EMBELLISHED WITH TWENTY-SIX ENGRAVINGS.

New York: D. Appleton, 1848. 12mo, 313 pp, [8-publ. advts.], maps and text illustrations. Original bright red cloth with front cover and spine decorated in gilt, rear cover blind embossed [minor wear]. Folding map frontis of New York and Brooklyn, plus 29 additional maps [folding and otherwise] as collated on... More

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A HISTORY AND DESCRIPTION OF THE BALTIMORE AND OHIO RAIL ROAD; WITH AN APPENDIX, CONTAINING A FULL ACCOUNT OF THE CEREMONIES AND PROCESSION ATTENDING THE LAYING OF THE CORNER-STONE, BY CHARLES CARROLL, OF CARROLLTON, ON THE FOURTH OF JULY, 1828, AND AN ORIGINAL AND COMPLETE REPORT OF THE GREAT OPENING CELEBRATION AT WHEELING, JANUARY, 1853. TO WHICH IS ADDED A SUPPLEMENT. ILLUSTRATED BY A MAP AND SIX ORIGINAL PORTRAITS. BY A CITIZEN OF BALTIMORE.

Baltimore: Printed and Published by John Murphy & Co., 1853. 200pp, in original publisher's cloth [stamped in blind, gilt-lettered title stamped on front board]. Six portrait plates of the key men in the Road's founding and development. Folding 'Map, Exhibiting the Railway Route between Baltimore & St. Louis Together with... More

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A BRIEF NARRATIVE OF THE INDIAN CHARITY-SCHOOL IN LEBANON, IN CONNECTICUT, NEW ENGLAND: FOUNDED AND CARRIED ON BY THAT FAITHFUL SERVANT OF GOD THE REV. MR ELEAZAR WHEELOCK. THE SECOND EDITION, WITH AN APPENDIX.

London: J. and W. Oliver, 1767. 63, [1 blank] pp. Bound in modern half brown morocco and marbled boards [gilt-lettered spine title partly obscured by a gum label at base of spine]. Light numerical rubberstamp at blank upper margin of page 3. Very Good. With New Hampshire Historical Society bookplate... More

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OFFICIAL LIST OF OFFICERS WHO MARCHED WITH THE ARMY UNDER THE COMMAND OF MAJOR GENERAL WINFIELD SCOTT, FROM PUEBLA UPON THE CITY OF MEXICO, THE SEVENTH, EIGHTH, NINTH AND TENTH OF AUGUST, ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND FORTY-SEVEN, AND WHO WERE ENGAGED IN THE BATTLES OF MEXICO.

Mexico: American Star Print. 1848. Oblong 4to. [24]pp. Errata slip pasted to verso of title page, listing "Names Accidentally Omitted," including that of 2d Lt. G.B. McClellan. Map, entitled 'Battles of Mexico... Made by Major Turnbull, Captain McClellan..." Slip laid in concerning "1st Lieut. Andrew I. Williamson, 3d Infantry." Original... More

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THE VIGILANTES OF MONTANA, OR, POPULAR JUSTICE IN THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS. BEING A CORRECT AND IMPARTIAL NARRATIVE OF THE CHASE, TRIAL CAPTURE, AND EXECUTION OF HENRY PLUMMER'S ROAD AGENT BAND, TOGETHER WITH ACCOUNTS OF THE LIVES AND CRIMES OF MANY OF THE ROBBERS AND DESPERADOES, THE WHOLE BEING INTERSPERSED WITH SKETCHES OF LIFE IN THE MINING CAMPS OF THE "FAR WEST." SECOND EDITION.

Virginia City, M.T. D.W. Tilton, 1882. 241, [1 blank] pp. A clean text. Original printed front wrapper [some spotting] laid down, modern plain wrappers, Very Good. Bound in a slipcase, with printed spine title. This is the scarce second edition of the first and "textually the most important book... More

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A BRIEF ENQUIRY INTO THE TRUE NATURE AND CHARACTER OF OUR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT: BEING A REVIEW OF JUDGE STORY'S COMMENTARIES ON THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES. BY A VIRGINIAN.

Petersburg: Edmund and Julian C. Ruffin, 1840. 132pp. Rebound in modern black cloth with red cloth gilt-titled spine. Light scattered foxing. Institutional blind stamp at title page. Good+ to Very Good. Upshur, the Virginia State-Rights jurist, would succeed Daniel Webster as President Tyler's Secretary of State. In that august... More

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