[Bookends] Pair of Union / Northern Pacific Railroad Track Sectional Wood and Iron Bookends. Section of iron rail, with portions of original spikes, mounted on wooden boards. One with “U. P. – N. P. 1091” engraved to metal plaque. Each measuring approx. 7.5 x 10 x 3.25 inches. With original.....
Frederick S. Dellenbaugh. Breaking the Wilderness: The Story of the Conquest of the Far West... New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1905. First edition. Octavo. 360pp. + [6pp.] ads. Illustrated with black and white photos. Publisher's pictorial tan cloth, spine and front cover decorated and lettered in brown and black, top edge gilt.....
Le Roy R. Hafen. The Overland Mail: 1849-1869. Promoter of Settlement Precursor of Railroads. Cleveland, OH: The Arthur H. Clark Company, 1926. First edition. Octavo. 361pp. Illustrated with black and white photos and folding map. Publisher's green cloth, spine lettered in gilt, top edge gilt, deckled edges.
[US Rail Travel] Charming Travel Itinerary, Diary, and Ephemera, Phyllis Brown, 1927 Southern Pacific Lines/Boston & Maine R.R. Typed itinerary, with 16 leaf manuscript diary (mostly double-sided) dated June 20 – Aug. 28, and envelope containing various railroad ephemera (tickets, Pullman passengers checks, baggage claim receipts, etc.). A fascinating.....