Nov 25, 2014 - Sale 2368

Sale 2368 - Lot 271

Price Realized: $ 390
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Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
(RAILROADS.) Beck, James N.; composer. Fast Line Gallop. 6 pages including chromolithograph front cover. Folio, 13 x 10 1/2 inches, disbound; cover slightly cropped at fore-edge, minor foxing. St. Louis, etc.: Fritz & Derleth et al., [1853]
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Dedicated to the officers of the Pennsylvania Central Railroad shortly after it began rail service across the mountains from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh. Leases, connecting lines and expansion extended its service from St. Louis, Chicago, New York, and Washington--all indicated in the color map on the cover. Insets show a train crossing the scenic Susquehanna Viaduct, as well as various distances from Cleveland and Cincinnati. An unusually attractive early railroad piece. Dichter & Shapiro, Early American Sheet Music page 70.