Dec 04, 2003 - Sale 1988

Sale 1988 - Lot 352

Price Realized: $ 1,495
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
(RAILROADS.) Rogers, John. Statements, Calculations and Hints, Relative to Rail-Roads, and Moving Power Locomotive Engines to Be Used Thereon. Engraved folding plate. 8vo, original wrappers, minor staining; tape repair to the plate, minor foxing; 1/4 morocco slipcase, faded. Baltimore, 1827

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Scarce pamphlet advocating railroads over canals, published the same year as the founding of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. Sabin 72700.