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Colorful pictorial broadside advertising the "Burlington Route" CB&Q R. R in very good condition. This broadside was printed by Rand, McNally & Co of Chicago in 1883. It measures 11" wide by 32 1/2" tall. The top portion of the broadside advertises the rail road, underneath that is a large illustration of an owl and a crescent moon, and below that a time table for the rail roads mentioned. Surrounding the text and time table is a decorative yellow and black border. Broadside is matted and shrink wrapped, and has not been examined out of shrink wrap. Broadside is in very good condition: bottom left corner has light creases at edge, not affecting content; the top and bottom of the left edge has light rubbing and soiling, affecting the decorative border; a very light crease, with no soiling, is located 2" above the time table and spans the width of the broadside. No other wear or soiling present on recto. The "Burlington Route," officially named the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad (CB&Q R. R. ) operated from 1849 to 1970. The CB&Q R. R completed the line to Denver in 1882, after purchasing the Nebraska Burlington & Missouri River R. R a few years earlier. This was the first direct rail line from Chicago to Denver. Broadside reads the following: "Up in the mountains of Colorado- down on the Atlantic Coast and out on the Pacific Slope, we hear the people all talking about the - new line just opened up, composed of the grand - "Burlington Route" CB&Q R. R. - between Chicago or Peoria or St. Louis and Denver - And the Denver & Rio Grande R. R. - Scenic line of America between - Denver and Ogden - And the old popular Central Pacific R. R. , between - Ogden and San Francisco - The palace trains of this new through line will hereafter leave and arrive as per the following time table." Below the time table are names of traveling and passenger agents located throughout the country.  
 

Price $3,500.00

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Hardcover. Book Condition: Very Good. Morocco backed boards with title gilt. All edges gilt. Spine has light rubbing and light chipping to leather. Includes 2 large folding maps and 28 mounted albumen photographs, each with the printed title and sequential roman numeral on the mounts. Images measure 8" by 6". Twenty-four of the photographs were taken by Carleton E. Watkins, the remaining four taken by W. Harris. Light foxing throughout text block but does not affect photographs; maps creased and repaired with archival tape. 1/250 copies. Josiah Whitney, California's first state geologist, planned two editions of this book, one a guidebook without photographs, and this edition, a "Yosemite Gift Book, " with photographs and a fine binding. The latter has been called "one of the first American books devoted entirely to photographs of the landscape." Truthful Lens, p. 229. The images depict the classic icons of the Valley: El Capitan, Cathedral Rock, Bridal Veil Falls, the Three Brothers, Yosemite Falls, the Grizzly Giant and others. The text describes in detail, the Yosemite Valley, the environs of the High Sierra from the head of the Tuolumne River to the head of the San Joaquin, and the Big Trees. Watkins took these photographs during his 1866 trip to Yosemite with the Geological Survey of California, and Harris, a survey photographer, took his in 1867. Notable among the photographs by W. Harris in this book is one of Charles F. Hoffman on the mountain subsequently named for him. "The task of printing 250 copies of each of the twenty-eight negatives, a total of 7,000 individual prints, was accomplished by Watkins and his staff in the winter of 1867-68. Assuming that Watkins received at least $6 per book, and that all the books were sold, he would have netted $1,500 for his work" Palmquist p. 30. Watkins's images of Yosemite were instrumental in convincing the U. S. Congress to preserve the Yosemite Valley as "inviolate." Howes 389. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 116 pp.  
 

Price $17,500.00

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Hardcover. Book Condition: Very Good. Signed, limited first edition, numbered 28 out of 50 copies printed on Japan vellum and housed in cloth slipcase. Signed by compiler, Merle Johnson, on limitation page. Beautifully illustrated with 36 plates, mostly reproductions of Pyle's illustrations, with two sketches by N. C. Wyeth. Custom grey cloth slipcase with light wear to front, but otherwise in very good condition. Quarter cloth boards with color illustration and title on front, and title gilt on spine. All edges deckled and some leaves are uncut. Light soiling to spine and back board. Light creasing to top right corner of front board. Light toning throughout endpapers and text block. Binding is tight. Includes mylar cover. Howard Pyle's work is well described in the forward written by Merle Johnson: "Pyle, artist-author, living in the latter half of the nineteenth century and of the first decade of the twentieth, had the fine faculty of transposing himself into any chosen period of history and making its people flesh and blood again it is improbable that anyone else will ever bring his combination of interest and talent to the depiction of these old-time pirates. " Pyle revolutionized American book illustration and provided inspiration to young illustrators throughout the twentieth century. Most of the artwork and stories were originally published with the Century Company and Harper's Magazine. Some stories included are "Buccaneers and Marooners of the Spanish Main," "Jack Ballister's Fortunes" and "Captain Scarfield." ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 247 pp.  
 

Price $3,500.00

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Softcover. A scarce promotional pamphlet advertising the potential and beauty of the Salt River Valley in Arizona, in very good condition. Original, pictorial wrappers with title and illustration on front, and map of the Salt River Valley area on back. Wrappers have moderate toning, light soiling and light wear to all edges. Text block has scattered foxing throughout, sometimes affecting content. Pamphlet is housed in a custom Solander box, covered in grey cloth with copy of pamphlet's original wrappers tipped in on front and spine. Promoting the Salt River Valley, this pamphlet describes its surroundings, irrigation systems and canals and agricultural possibilities. Includes letters from private citizens around the country about Arizona's potential and many illustrations. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 23 pp.  
 

Price $2,500.00

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Pictorial Hardcover. Book Condition: Good. First Edition; First Printing. Red, blue, black and white pictorial boards depicting a Navaho Blanket, in mylar cover. Colors lightly faded with light soiling and edgewear. Front gutter shows slight repair. Top edge dusty, lightly rumpled deckled fore edge. Contains the large serigraph print of the Saxony yarn sarape printed by Jack Reed of Fine Arts Press. Print in fine condition with light soiling on back. Also contains all six color plates printed on oilcloth. Signed by both Charles Avery Amsden and Frederick Webb Hodge, who wrote the foreword. Not often found signed. First in-depth study of the technical aspects of Navaho weaving, plus history of the loom and its prototypes in the prehistoric Southwest, analysis and description of weaves, and dyes. This classic remains in print today. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 261 pp.  
 

Price $675.00