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Lot # 119
Estimate 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD
Group - Category Antiques & Collectibles - Collectibles - Books
Lead Pacific Railroad Survey Reports 1853-4.
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[Pacific Railroad Survey]. 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, According to the Acts of Congress of March 3, 1853, May 31, 1854, and August 5, 1854. Washington: A.O.P. Nicholson, Beverley Tucker, and Thomas H. Ford. 1855-1860. First editions. 4to. Complete set with 13 parts bound in 12 volumes with the 12th volume having both parts bound in one. Bound in contemporary leather, red and black spine labels. Volume I- Washington; Government Printing Office: 1855. The first volume of this massive report and, although it contains no illustrations, it does contain much of the correspondence and reports summarizing the effort — including the various reports concerning the practicability and a full description of each route. There are reports by Jefferson Davis and others, including the "Memoranda on Railways, Office of Pacific Railroad Surveys" by Brevet Captain George B. McClellan of the Corps of Engineers. Hardcover. 9.5"x12", viii + 651 pages. Volume II- Washington; Government Printing Office: 1855. This volume covers the routes through Kansas, Colorado, Utah and Nevada, including the report on the route on the 38th and 39th parallels, written by Captain J.W. Gunnison in Salt Lake City shortly before he was killed by local Indians. This report is accompanied by a number of beautiful colored lithographed plates of western scenery. There are also 20 botanical plates showing flora from the 38th, 39th and 41st parallel routes, as well as several plates of fossils. Hardcover. 9.5"x12", 128 + 132 + 45 + 185 + 50 + 28 + 22 pages; 12 color lithographed plates, 20 lithographed botanical plates, 4 lithographed geological plates, and 1 color map. VOLUME III: The 35th parallel route, along with the Ethnographic report. VOLUME IV: The botanical report on the 35th parallel route VOLUME V: The first Southern California volume VOLUME VI: The California / Oregon report VOLUME VII: The second Southern California volume VOLUME VIII: The first volume of the Zoology report VOLUME IX: The second volume of the Zoology report VOLUME XI: The map volume VOLUME XII (2 parts): The Northern route report, along with the summary. With Part II normally seen as the 13th volume bound together. First edition of the most important report on the United States West to appear up until that time. A distinctly different version of the Pacific Railroad Surveys came out in 1855 (3 octavo volumes with an extra folio of maps). John L. Allen, “Patterns of Promise: Mapping the Plains and the Prairies, 1800-1860,” pp. 57-60). “The Warren map of 1857 is the capstone of western cartography before the Civil War…the best map of the plains before 1860…signifies the culmination of American efforts to map the plains during the first decades of the nineteenth century.” Cohen, Mapping the West pp. 172-175 (Warren map illustrated on p. 175): “Warren’s masterpiece was a synthesis of the most reliable information available…. Where geographical information was lacking, he simply left the area blank.” Howes P3. Miles & Reese, The Illustrating Traveler: “The Pacific Railroad Survey is an extraordinary cornucopia of maps and views, the latter rendered in woodcut, steel engraving, and tinted and colored lithographs. The plates cover a broad spectrum of subjects from general views to specific geological illustration…. The vast scale of the Railroad Survey, publishing thousands of images in tens of thousands of copies, was a far cry from the meager illustrations of the first generation of American surveys.” Plains & Rockies IV:262-267: “First adequate topographic treatment of the entire West based on field reconnaissance surveys.” Rittenhouse 442. Rumsey 6938. Schwartz & Ehrenberg, p. 287: “Warren’s fundamental master map of the Trans-Mississippi West…represents the first adequate topographic treatment of the entire West based on field reconnaissance surveys…. Warren’s work remained the standard map of the West for twenty-five years.” Wheat, Transmississippi West 82 Condition: Minor rubbing to leather binding.
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Date(s) 6/28/2024 - 7/16/2024
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Quinn's Auction Galleries is proud to present our Summer Rare Book Catalog Auction featuring American manuscripts, signed books, fine bindings and much more. This auction features a unique part of American and Military History - a draft of the Japanese Instrument of Surrender. This collection of raw cables saved from destruction by Charles A. Jensen show several Japanese comminques leading up the Surreneder Ceremony as well as a early version of the Instrument of Surrender, dated August 31, 1945, that closely resembles the final copy that was signed on September 2, 1945. Included in this auction are notable works of such as one of the early works on the Louisiana Purchase by St. George Tucker, in which Tucker suggest using the new land as a colony for slaves, a complete set of the Pacific Railroad Survey, and a exceptional copy of Huck Finn in an early state. Additionally in this auction are several Persian and Islamic Illuminated leaves as well as several Civil letters and epherma that should interest all collectors of Americana. Lastly, we have several signed books and Presidential signatures, such as Charles Lindbergh, John Dos Passos, Robert Frost, Herbert Hoover, Woodrow Wilson to name a few. For a third party shipping list and other shipping inquiries please contact shipping@quinnsauction.com.
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