11-18-201211-18-2012
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsBoston MA
2621BBoston
November 18, 2012 11:00 AMCalender
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The Ohio Railroad Guide

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$330$275
Auction: Books & Manuscripts - 2621BLocation: BostonDate / Time: November 18, 2012 11:00AM

Description:

The Ohio Railroad Guide. Columbus: Ohio State Journal Company, 1854.
Half title, folding frontis, engraved title, all plates called for on the list of illustrations and five others not listed, totaling thirty-one full-paged lithographs in the text; octavo, original embossed navy blue cloth with gilt spine, head chipped, contents spotted, folding frontis with slight tears, slightly shaken, one signature starting, 5 x 8 in. Howes O52; Thomson 887; Sabin 56994.
Together with: Oss, Salomon Frederik van (1868-1949) American Railroads as Investments. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1893. First American edition, octavo, with all five folding colored maps, and seven pages of ads at the back, largely unopened, in full maroon cloth, spine lettered in gilt, head worn, spotting on front board, back board scratched, spine bumped, 20th century inscription on endleaf, 5 1/2 x 9 in.
Estimate $300-500

Keywords

Ohio, The Ohio Railroad Guide, Columbus, Ohio State Journal Company, Thomson, Salomon