Railroad Train Manual Locomotive Map Lithograph Color Rail Line Prints POOR'S US

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Railroad Train Manual Locomotive Map Lithograph Color Rail Line Prints POOR'S US:
$649.83

Poor's Manual of Railroads 1893

26th edition

Showing Their Route and Mileage; Stocks, Bonds,Debts, Cost, Traffic, Earnings, Expenses & Dividends; TheirOrganizations, Directors, Officers, etc. With an Appendix Containing aFull Analysis of the Debts of the United States, the Several States andthe Chief Counties, Muncipalities, etc., of the Country. AlsoStatements of Street railway and traction companies, miscellaneouscorporations, etc.

Illustrated with color & black & white maps, Lithographs, many stunning advertisements of the time.

Author: Poor, Henry

Printed: 1893 First Edition

Condition: Good + ExtensivelyMAPPED INCLUDING 20 IN COLOR.TOTAL OF OVER 1500 PAGES REVIEWING ALLRAILROADS OPERATING IN THE U.S.BINDING TIGHT , ATTRACTIVE Edition.

Engraved title page with vignette [inserted between pp. 56-57]. Advertsillustrated with cuts. Three lithographic trade cards (Homer Lee BankNote Company, Schellinger's Communication Ticket & Hamilton BankNote) bound in to front matter. 20 double-page [facing] color maps ofdivers sections of N. America. At least a dozen b&w route mapsinterspersed within the main text body. Poor a noted railroadjournalist & economist, who wrote much on the economic & socialphenomena of the railroad [as well as the displaced canals]. The firstedition of this popular 'Manual' appeared in 1868; it continued inpublication until 1924. The 'Cost, Earnings' data, which was presentedin the Manual through the 1900 edition, "remain among the most valuablesource materials on railroad expansion and development." everpublished. For today's scholar, this valuable material issupplemented by the volume's many pages of adverts, which also offer awealth of information on the US railroad trade of the late 1800s. Adverts as eps. Thick 8vo.9" x 6" 26th edition.

Fine reference work. Very detailed work and perfect for the researcher of the railroad industry.

This will be a fine addition to any library of serious thought.

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