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A selection of stock we have recently added to our website.
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Valley of the Gila & Sierra de Las Estrellas From Maricopa Wells. U.S.P.R.R. Exp. & Surveys 32º Parallel California. General Report Plate V.
A.H. Campbell.
[Washington: Govenment Printing Office, 1855.]
Tinted lithograph. Sheet 215 x 285mm (8½ x 11¼").
A view of the United States Pacific Rail Road surveyors' camp in a valley now occupied by the city of Phoenix, Arizona. Published in 'Reports of Explorations and Surveys, to Ascertain the most Practicable and Economical Route for a Railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean'. This was to the first transcontinental railway in the USA.
[Ref: 62387] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
A.H. Campbell.
[Washington: Govenment Printing Office, 1855.]
Tinted lithograph. Sheet 215 x 285mm (8½ x 11¼").
A view of the United States Pacific Rail Road surveyors' camp in a valley now occupied by the city of Phoenix, Arizona. Published in 'Reports of Explorations and Surveys, to Ascertain the most Practicable and Economical Route for a Railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean'. This was to the first transcontinental railway in the USA.
[Ref: 62387] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
N.º 2. Geological Plan & Section from the Rio Grand to the Pimas Villages. Along the Route explored by Leiut. John G. Parke, Corps of the Top.l Eng.rs. Near the Parallele of 32º North Latitude. 1856. Prepared to accompany the Report of Thomas Antisell M.D. Geologist of the Expedition.
U.S. Pacific Rail Road Expl. & Surveys War Department.
[Washington: Govenment Printing Office, 1861.]
Coloured lithograph. Sheet 385 x 640mm (15¼ x 25¼"). Original binding folds, crease in corner.
A geological map and cross section of the intended route of the first transcontinental railway in the U.S.A. The 'Pima' are the Akimel O'odham ('River Reople') of Arizona. Published in 'Reports of Explorations and Surveys, to Ascertain the most Practicable and Economical Route for a Railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean'.
[Ref: 62394] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
U.S. Pacific Rail Road Expl. & Surveys War Department.
[Washington: Govenment Printing Office, 1861.]
Coloured lithograph. Sheet 385 x 640mm (15¼ x 25¼"). Original binding folds, crease in corner.
A geological map and cross section of the intended route of the first transcontinental railway in the U.S.A. The 'Pima' are the Akimel O'odham ('River Reople') of Arizona. Published in 'Reports of Explorations and Surveys, to Ascertain the most Practicable and Economical Route for a Railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean'.
[Ref: 62394] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Barbados Amateur Athletic Association. Athletic Sports Under the Rules of the Amateur Athletic Association and the National Cyclist Union. Pickwick Cricket Club Grounds, ''Kensington." Monday, 24th May, 1909. Commencing at 1 O'Clock.
T.E. King & Co., - Printers.
Scarce letterpress pamphlet, 245 x 145mm (9¾ x 5¾"); pp. 16, stapled, with woodcuts in ads. Some wear, some crayon mss.
Events include running, cycling and high jump.
[Ref: 62290] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
T.E. King & Co., - Printers.
Scarce letterpress pamphlet, 245 x 145mm (9¾ x 5¾"); pp. 16, stapled, with woodcuts in ads. Some wear, some crayon mss.
Events include running, cycling and high jump.
[Ref: 62290] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
![[California] Warners Pass from San Felipe.](jpegs/62388.jpg)
[California] Warners Pass from San Felipe. U.S.P.R.R. Exp. & Surveys 41.st Parallel. Expl. by Lieut. Beckwith. Vol II.
[Washington: Govenment Printing Office, 1855.]
Tinted lithograph. Sheet 215 x 285mm (8½ x 11¼").
A view of the United States Pacific Rail Road surveyors' camp in Warner's Pass, San Diego County, California. Published in 'Reports of Explorations and Surveys, to Ascertain the most Practicable and Economical Route for a Railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean'. This was to the first transcontinental railway in the USA.
[Ref: 62388] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)
[Washington: Govenment Printing Office, 1855.]
Tinted lithograph. Sheet 215 x 285mm (8½ x 11¼").
A view of the United States Pacific Rail Road surveyors' camp in Warner's Pass, San Diego County, California. Published in 'Reports of Explorations and Surveys, to Ascertain the most Practicable and Economical Route for a Railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean'. This was to the first transcontinental railway in the USA.
[Ref: 62388] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)
![[California] Valley of the Mud Lakes Showing Eight Two Miles of the Projected Railroad Line June 14th at 9 A.M. From Mud Lake Peak. 1854](jpegs/62390.jpg)
[California] Valley of the Mud Lakes Showing Eight Two Miles of the Projected Railroad Line June 14th at 9 A.M. From Mud Lake Peak. 1854 U.S.P.R.R. Exp. & Surveys 32º Parallel. Expl. by Lieut. Beckwith. Vol II.
C. Schumann from F.W. Egloffstein. Selmar Siebert's Engraving & Printing Establishment, Washington, D.C.
[Washington: Govenment Printing Office, 1861.]
Engraving with hand colour. 260 x 785mm (10¼ x 31"). Trimmed to plate on three sides, original binding folds, two with splits taped.
An early view of the Valley of the Mud Lakes in the Sierra Nevada mountains, with a key including the entrance to Madelaine Pass, Mount Observation, Black Rock Range, and the Humboldt River Range. Published in 'Reports of Explorations and Surveys, to Ascertain the most Practicable and Economical Route for a Railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean'. This was to the first transcontinental railway in the USA.
[Ref: 62390] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
C. Schumann from F.W. Egloffstein. Selmar Siebert's Engraving & Printing Establishment, Washington, D.C.
[Washington: Govenment Printing Office, 1861.]
Engraving with hand colour. 260 x 785mm (10¼ x 31"). Trimmed to plate on three sides, original binding folds, two with splits taped.
An early view of the Valley of the Mud Lakes in the Sierra Nevada mountains, with a key including the entrance to Madelaine Pass, Mount Observation, Black Rock Range, and the Humboldt River Range. Published in 'Reports of Explorations and Surveys, to Ascertain the most Practicable and Economical Route for a Railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean'. This was to the first transcontinental railway in the USA.
[Ref: 62390] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
![[California] Northern Slopes of the Sierra Nevada. June 30.th at 9 A.M. View towards the West. 1854.](jpegs/62392.jpg)
[California] Northern Slopes of the Sierra Nevada. June 30.th at 9 A.M. View towards the West. 1854. U.S.P.R.R. Exp. & Surveys 41.st Parallel. Expl. by Lieut. Beckwith. Vol II.
C. Schumann from F.W. Egloffstein. Selmar Siebert's Engraving & Printing Establishment, Washington, D.C.
[Washington: Govenment Printing Office, 1861.]
Engraving with hand colour. 260 x 795mm (10¼ x 31½"). Trimmed into plate one three sides, damage at original binding folds, a few tears in lateral edges.
An early view of the Sierra Nevada, centred on the snow-covered volcano Mount Shasta. Published in 'Reports of Explorations and Surveys, to Ascertain the most Practicable and Economical Route for a Railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean'. This was to the first transcontinental railway in the USA.
[Ref: 62392] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
C. Schumann from F.W. Egloffstein. Selmar Siebert's Engraving & Printing Establishment, Washington, D.C.
[Washington: Govenment Printing Office, 1861.]
Engraving with hand colour. 260 x 795mm (10¼ x 31½"). Trimmed into plate one three sides, damage at original binding folds, a few tears in lateral edges.
An early view of the Sierra Nevada, centred on the snow-covered volcano Mount Shasta. Published in 'Reports of Explorations and Surveys, to Ascertain the most Practicable and Economical Route for a Railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean'. This was to the first transcontinental railway in the USA.
[Ref: 62392] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
![[Lassen County, California] Madelin Pass. June 19.th at 2 P.M. View from Mount Observation.](jpegs/62393.jpg)
[Lassen County, California] Madelin Pass. June 19.th at 2 P.M. View from Mount Observation. U.S.P.R.R. Exp. & Surveys 41.st Parallel. Expl. by Lieut. Beckwith. Vol II.
C. Schumann from F.W. Egloffstein. Selmar Siebert's Engraving & Printing Establishment, Washington, D.C.
[Washington: Govenment Printing Office, 1861.]
Engraving with hand colour. 260 x 795mm (10¼ x 31½"). Trimmed into plate one three sides, damage at original binding folds, tear taped.
An early view of the Madeline Plains, published in 'Reports of Explorations and Surveys, to Ascertain the most Practicable and Economical Route for a Railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean'. This was to the first transcontinental railway in the USA.
[Ref: 62393] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
C. Schumann from F.W. Egloffstein. Selmar Siebert's Engraving & Printing Establishment, Washington, D.C.
[Washington: Govenment Printing Office, 1861.]
Engraving with hand colour. 260 x 795mm (10¼ x 31½"). Trimmed into plate one three sides, damage at original binding folds, tear taped.
An early view of the Madeline Plains, published in 'Reports of Explorations and Surveys, to Ascertain the most Practicable and Economical Route for a Railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean'. This was to the first transcontinental railway in the USA.
[Ref: 62393] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
N.º 1. Geological Plan of the Coastal Range of California from San Francisco Bay to Los Angeles. Along the Route explored by Leiut. John G. Parke, Corps of the Top.l Eng.rs to connect the Routes near the 35º & 32º parallels of North Latitude. 1855 & 1856. Prepared to accompany the Report of Thomas Antisell M.D. Geologist of the Expedition.
U.S. Pacific Rail Road Expl. & Surveys War Department.
[Washington: Govenment Printing Office, 1861.]
Coloured lithograph. Sheet 510 x 325mm (20 x 12¾"). Original binding folds, creased
A geological map of California, published in 'Reports of Explorations and Surveys, to Ascertain the most Practicable and Economical Route for a Railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean'.
[Ref: 62395] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
U.S. Pacific Rail Road Expl. & Surveys War Department.
[Washington: Govenment Printing Office, 1861.]
Coloured lithograph. Sheet 510 x 325mm (20 x 12¾"). Original binding folds, creased
A geological map of California, published in 'Reports of Explorations and Surveys, to Ascertain the most Practicable and Economical Route for a Railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean'.
[Ref: 62395] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
![[The Columbiad: a Poem.] [Cruelty Presiding over the Prison Ship.]](jpegs/62291.jpg)
[The Columbiad: a Poem.] [Cruelty Presiding over the Prison Ship.]
R. Smirke R.A. pinx.t. J. Neale Sculp.
[Philadelphia: A. Conrad and Co., 1807.]
Stipple with engraving, scratched letter progress proof, with guidelines for the elaborate title border, late 18th century watermark. Sheet 285 x 220mm (11¼ x 8¾"). Trimmed to plate, small hole in unprinted area.
An illustration from Joel Barlow's epic poem about America, 'The Columbiad', with the winged figure of (British) Cruelty ignoring the pleas from American prisoners of war reaching through the hatch of a prison ship. 'The Columbiad' is a philosophical epic poem, enlarged from Joel Barlow's earlier work 'The Vision of Columbus' (1787). Intended as a national epic, it was initially popular but quickly fell out of favour: 'The Concise Oxford Companion to American Literature' describes it as 'a tedious and turgid work modeled on Milton'. A drawing is in the Scottish National Gallery titled "An Allegory connected to the Slave Trade."
[Ref: 62291] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
R. Smirke R.A. pinx.t. J. Neale Sculp.
[Philadelphia: A. Conrad and Co., 1807.]
Stipple with engraving, scratched letter progress proof, with guidelines for the elaborate title border, late 18th century watermark. Sheet 285 x 220mm (11¼ x 8¾"). Trimmed to plate, small hole in unprinted area.
An illustration from Joel Barlow's epic poem about America, 'The Columbiad', with the winged figure of (British) Cruelty ignoring the pleas from American prisoners of war reaching through the hatch of a prison ship. 'The Columbiad' is a philosophical epic poem, enlarged from Joel Barlow's earlier work 'The Vision of Columbus' (1787). Intended as a national epic, it was initially popular but quickly fell out of favour: 'The Concise Oxford Companion to American Literature' describes it as 'a tedious and turgid work modeled on Milton'. A drawing is in the Scottish National Gallery titled "An Allegory connected to the Slave Trade."
[Ref: 62291] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
![[Nevada] Goshoot Passage. Showing 65 Miles of the Proposed Line of Railroad from the Desert West of Great Salt Lake to Humboldt Mountains. May 20th at 2 P.M. from a Peak Near Antelope Butte.](jpegs/62389.jpg)
[Nevada] Goshoot Passage. Showing 65 Miles of the Proposed Line of Railroad from the Desert West of Great Salt Lake to Humboldt Mountains. May 20th at 2 P.M. from a Peak Near Antelope Butte. U.S.P.R.R. Exp. & Surveys 41.st Parallel. Expl. by Lieut. Beckwith. Vol II.
C. Schumann from F.W. Egloffstein. Selmar Siebert's Engraving & Printing Establishment, Washington, D.C.
[Washington: Govenment Printing Office, 1861.]
Engraving with hand colour. 260 x 785mm (10¼ x 31"). Trimmed into plate at sides, original binding folds, one with splits taped.
An early view of Utah and Nevada, published in 'Reports of Explorations and Surveys, to Ascertain the most Practicable and Economical Route for a Railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean'. This was to the first transcontinental railway in the USA.
[Ref: 62389] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
C. Schumann from F.W. Egloffstein. Selmar Siebert's Engraving & Printing Establishment, Washington, D.C.
[Washington: Govenment Printing Office, 1861.]
Engraving with hand colour. 260 x 785mm (10¼ x 31"). Trimmed into plate at sides, original binding folds, one with splits taped.
An early view of Utah and Nevada, published in 'Reports of Explorations and Surveys, to Ascertain the most Practicable and Economical Route for a Railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean'. This was to the first transcontinental railway in the USA.
[Ref: 62389] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
![[Nevada] Valley of the Humboldt River at Lassen's Meadows. June 9.th at 3 P.M. from a Peak on the Western Humboldt River Range Showing 50 Mikes of the Projected Line of Railroad. 1854.](jpegs/62391.jpg)
[Nevada] Valley of the Humboldt River at Lassen's Meadows. June 9.th at 3 P.M. from a Peak on the Western Humboldt River Range Showing 50 Mikes of the Projected Line of Railroad. 1854. U.S.P.R.R. Exp. & Surveys 41.st Parallel. Expl. by Lieut. Beckwith. Vol II.
C. Schumann from F.W. Egloffstein. Selmar Siebert's Engraving & Printing Establishment, Washington, D.C.
[Washington: Govenment Printing Office, 1861.]
Engraving with hand colour. 250 x 790mm (9¾ x 31¼"). Trimmed into plate at sides, damage at original binding folds.
An early view of Nevada, published in 'Reports of Explorations and Surveys, to Ascertain the most Practicable and Economical Route for a Railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean'. This was to the first transcontinental railway in the USA.
[Ref: 62391] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
C. Schumann from F.W. Egloffstein. Selmar Siebert's Engraving & Printing Establishment, Washington, D.C.
[Washington: Govenment Printing Office, 1861.]
Engraving with hand colour. 250 x 790mm (9¾ x 31¼"). Trimmed into plate at sides, damage at original binding folds.
An early view of Nevada, published in 'Reports of Explorations and Surveys, to Ascertain the most Practicable and Economical Route for a Railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean'. This was to the first transcontinental railway in the USA.
[Ref: 62391] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
General Washington.
Engraved for the Encyclopedia Londonensis, 1828.
Stipple, watermark 1828, 160 x 110mm (6¼ x 4¼"), with very large margins.
Oval head and shoulders portrait of George Washington (1732-1799) in uniform, after Charles Gilbert Stuart.
[Ref: 62181] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Engraved for the Encyclopedia Londonensis, 1828.
Stipple, watermark 1828, 160 x 110mm (6¼ x 4¼"), with very large margins.
Oval head and shoulders portrait of George Washington (1732-1799) in uniform, after Charles Gilbert Stuart.
[Ref: 62181] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)