![Item #645795 Reports of Explorations and Surveys, to Ascertain the Most Practicable and Economical Route for A Railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean. Made Under the Direction of the Secretary of War, in [1853-1854], According to Acts of Congress of March 3, 1853, May 31 1854, and August 5, 1854. Vol. III. Jefferson Davis.](https://arundelbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/645795.jpg?width=768&height=1000&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1762199016)
Reports of Explorations and Surveys, to Ascertain the Most Practicable and Economical Route for A Railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean. Made Under the Direction of the Secretary of War, in [1853-1854], According to Acts of Congress of March 3, 1853, May 31 1854, and August 5, 1854. Vol. III
Beverley Tucker, 1856. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good / No Jacket (As Issued). Item #645795
Volume III only. 4to. - over 9¾ in. - 12 in. In Four sections: 36pp. + 121pp. + 136pp. + 77pp. + 127pp. + 175pp. Illustrated with 29 chromolithograph plates; missing plate 35 found in section four. Original brown cloth stamped in blind on the front and back panels; rebacked with the original spine laid down, gilt titles dull and rubbed. A Very Good copy with light rubbing and edgewear to the cloth and light age-staining and foxing to the pages. Small archival mending to several plates at the margins (does not affect the image). Contains excerpts from Lieutenant Whipple’s reports on the itinerary, topographical features, tribes, and geology of the Pacific Railroad Surveys. WAGNER-CAMP 263, HOWES P-3; SOLIDAY III-783.
Price: $200.00