(RAILROADS) Loughborough John The Pacific Telegraph and Rail

Sale 2223 - Lot 186

Price Realized: $ 3,360

?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price

Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000

(RAILROADS.) Loughborough, John. The Pacific Telegraph and Railway. 2 folding maps, moderate foxing. [2], xx, [5]-80 pages. 8vo, modern 1/4 calf; errata slip pasted over part of page xii; signature of early owner W.H.B. Thomas on title page. St. Louis, MO, 1849

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The result of a national convention discussing a rail line to California which would open up commerce with Asia. Features a double-sheet map showing Loughborough's proposed route, along with the competing Whitney proposal. Not all issues have the 20 pages of introductory text found here. Graff 2536; Howes L489 ("c"); Missouri Imprints 605; Sabin 42167; Wheat, Trans-Mississippi West 621 and III:189. No other copies known at auction since 1985.