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 1853-54 Volume 4 of the Railway Survey

Beverley Tucker, 1856. Fair. 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 1853-54 Volume 4 of the Railway Survey . Washington: Beverley Tucker, 1856. 498pp. 4to. Brown cloth. Book condition: Poor. Binding is well worn. Joints are cracked at edges, and boards are scuffed and rubbed. Front hinge is cracked and holding by only several threads; rear hinge is good. Text is good with occasional foxing throughout. . Contains Part V which is Report of the Botany of the Expedition of the route near the 35th parallel; this part includes 59 black and white plates and a large folding chart of botany specimens which is oddly folded but still good. Part VI and the Appendices are text and printed charts only with no plates, as issued. Collated complete. Condition noted in price. (Inventory #: RREP10JN)