Poor's manual of the railroads of the United States: 1889, 22nd annual number
New York: H.V. & H.W. Poor, 1889. 6" x 9" pp. [2], 1064, 293; includes black and white illustrations. Green pebble-textured cloth boards with gold stamping. Handwritten paste down on front cover. Boards are slightly scuffed and bent; slight fraying at bottom edge of spine. "Nor. Pac. Ry. Co. Library" stamp on first page. Cracking at front gutter. Tipped in is a fold-out map of Texas that has detached from the text. Text is bright and clean. Good.
Handwritten paste down reads: "General Office | Northern Pacific R.R. Co. | 6th Floor, Room 18 | Mills Building | New York City"
A manual of railroad timetables, costs, resources, and various other statistics from across the United States. Bookended by assorted 1880s advertisements for titans of industry and wealthy clientele. Item #727
Price: $180.00