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 1853-56, According to Acts of Congress of March 3, 1853, May 31, 1854, and August 5, 1854. VOLUME XII, BOOK I.
- Hardcover
- Washington: Thomas H. Ford, 1860
Washington: Thomas H. Ford, 1860. First Edition. Hardcover. Tall quarto, 358, (41) pages. Rebound in modern quarter leather with brown cloth boards and red leather label to spine bearing gilt titling. With 70 color plates, but lacking two of the three folding maps at rear; the third is present but has a longitudinal tear halfway through the middle. Foxing to interior and many of the plates. Good copy only. [Shelved in Room A Oversized]. 1245386. Special Collections.
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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 1853-56, According to Acts of Congress of March 3, 1853, May 31, 1854, and August 5, 1854. VOLUME XII, BOOK I.
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Hardcover
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Thomas H. Ford: Washington
Date
1860
Edition
First Edition