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RAILROADING

Second printing. Original cloth, very good in chipped and worn dust jacket. "For over thirty-two years at Salt Lake City "Big Dan" was an official of the picturesgue Denver And Rio Grande Western, and an outstanding figure in Rocky Mountain life. At Denver, he helped run the Denver And Salt Lake, the famed Moffat railroad over the 'top of the world.'" This copy bears a warm gift presentation by the author dated August, 1948.
$ 45.00

125. Doster, James Fletcher. RAILROADS IN ALABAMA POLITICS 1875-1914.
University, Ala., 1957. 273 pp., 9 maps.

First edition. University of Alabama studies, no. 12. Original stiff printed wrappers. A very good copy of this scarce and important work. Review Copy formerly owned and signed by noted North Carolina author, Fletcher M. Green who notes in pencil "excellent maps."
$ 150.00

126. Hayward, J. T. K. REPORT OF A SURVEY AND ESTIMATE OF THE HANNIBAL & SOUTHWESTERN RAILWAY.
Hannibal, Mo.: Hannibal Printing Co., 1882. 14 pp.

First edition. Original printed wrappers. Library of Congress duplicate. The scarce first report. On the title page in manuscript, possibly in the author's hand: "Made before the re-survey which will materially improve the report." The proposed line would have run from Hannibal to Kansas City, crossing the Missouri River at Arrow Rock. This work by Hayward is not located in the OCLC/WORLDCAT system. A rare and important work.
$ 350.00

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