Jun 22, 2023 - Sale 2642

Sale 2642 - Lot 166

Price Realized: $ 1,875
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
(PACIFIC RAILROAD SURVEYS.) Reports of Explorations and Surveys, to Ascertain the Most Practicable and Economical Route for a Railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean. Profusion of maps and charts, color-tinted views, and natural history plates (all birds hand-colored). 12 volumes in 13. 4to, 11 1/2x9 inches, uniform modern black morocco, blocked in gold on spines and upper covers; title-page to volume VI with "State University of Iowa Library" perforated stamp, fold-outs with some repairs, light scattered foxing and toned leaves but generally an attractive rebound set. Mixed House and Senate issues. Washington, D.C., 1855-1860