Reports of explorations and surveys to ascertain the most practicable and economical route for a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean. Volume 8
1857, First Edition. Washington, D.C. : Beverly Tucker. Good copy only in the original gilt-blocked cloth boards, retaining all maps and plates. Covers slightly scuffed and dust-dulled, with corners and front board fore-edge bumped and fraying. Spine with faded titles and rubbed endbands, somewhat abraded with significant loss at the head. Preliminary and final leaves foxed, with the interior text remaining tight and clean, showing only some faint offsetting. Plates to the rear with more widespread foxing, still light in colour. A very serviceable example overall. Item #467305
Series; United States ; no. 78. Physical description; xlix, 757 pages, XVII-LX leaves of plates : illustrations ; 30 cm. Notes; Vol. 8 only. At head of title: Explorations and surveys for a railroad route from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean. Contents: General report upon the zoology of the several Pacific railroad routes (1857). Mammals. Subjects; Pacific railroads. Explorations and surveys. Zoology. Mammals. Natural history. West (U.S.). 19th century. Illustrated. Plates.
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