REPORTS OF EXPLORATIONS AND SURVEYS, to Ascertain the Most Practicable and Economical Route for a Railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean. Made under the Direction of the Secretary of War, in 1853-4. Volumes I, II and III.
Washington: Beverly Tucker, printer, 1855. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto (4to). Very good- condition. Item #016494
Volumes I, II and III. Vol. I: viii, 651 pages of text. Original brown cloth binding is heavily worn, with spine neatly detached at the front hinge and bumping to corners. Vol. II: [iv], 128 pages; 132 pages; 185 pages; [ii], 50 pages; 28 pages; 22 pages. Leather spine is moderately darkened and shelfworn, remaining intact and attractive. Vol. II contains 13 tinted plates, 24 black & white plates, a folding geographical map, and a folding geographical section (chart). Vol. III: [iv], 36 pages; viii, 136 pages; 77 pages; [ii], 127 pages; xii, 175 pages of text. Vol. III contains 23 tinted plates, 10 black & white plates, a folding geographical map, and two folding geographical sections (charts). Each volume has a small label at the bottom of the spine, and a seminary bookplate on the inside front cover with no additional markings. Several of the plates in volume II are foxed and/or toned, while the plates in volume III are quite clean with only minor foxing here and there.
Price: $650.00