(13-08-08 17:59:00) #32440482: Railroad Articles & Fiction, 1839 to 1912, 18 Original Items, Illustrated

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Railroad Articles & Fiction, 1839 to 1912, 18 Original Items, Illustrated

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Railroad Articles & Fiction, 1839 to 1912, 18 Originals: Lot of 18 railroad articles, both non-fiction and fiction with illustrations, all from original publications dating from 1839 to 1912. Each article's pages have been stapled together. Some light yellowing to the paper; edges lightly chipped, a few short edge tears.
1. Photo illustrated 1-page advertisement for Great Rock Island Route; published in Century Magazine, April 1899.
2.. New York's Underground Railroad, by Theodore Dreiser. Pearson's Magazine, April 1900; illustrated, 10 pg.
3. From the Cab Window, by Frank Spearman. The Outlook, June 2, 1900; illust., 8 pg.
4. Odd Railroad Incidents, by Herbert E. Hamblen. Munsey's Magazine, no date; 3-plus pg., published with The Thief of St. Loo, by Mazo de la Roche, 6 pg.
5. Railroading over an Earthquake, by Cy Warman. McClure's, Oct., 1898; illust., 4 pg.
6. Disciplining the R. & O., by Willis Gibson. The Century Magazine, 1902; 8 pg., illust.
7. Lost on a Railway, no author. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, date unknown; 8 pg.
8. A Midsummer Night's Trip, by John A. Hill. McClure's, Aug., 1898; 7 pg., illust.
9. A Peg-Legged Romance, by John A Hill. McClure's, Sept. 1898; 7 pg. illust.; plus article Mary Todd Lincoln, by Emily Todd Helm, 5 pg.
10. Jim Wainright's Kid, by John A Hill. McClure's, Oct. 1898; illust., 9 pg.; plus Adventures of a Train Despatcher, by Captain Jasper Ewing Brady, Jr., U.S. Army; 6 pg., illust.
11. Barney's Promotion, by Frank R. Robinson. Cosmo, May 1903; 10 pg., illust.
12. The Luck of the Three Sevens, by R. H. Farnham. Cosmo, June 1903; Illust., 7 pg.
13. The Apotheosis of Woodward, by Cyrus Townsend Brady. Cosmo, Aug. 1904; 10 pg., illust.
14. The Discoverer, by Ira S.Dodd. Munsey's Magazine, Aug. 1912; 6 pg.
15. The New Pennsylvania Railroad: Reconstructing a Great American Railway, by F.N. Barksdale; Engineering Aspects of the New Pennsylvania, by W.L. Webb; How the Pennsylvania Reconstruction was Financed, by E.J. Edwards. The Booklovers Magazine, Nov. 1903; photo. illust., 22 pg.
16. The Subway "Deal", by Ray Stannard Baker. McClure's Magazine, March 1905; illust.,18 pg.; plus Red Hanrahan's Vision, by William Butler Yeats, 2 pg.
17. Ten Years' Advance in Railroading, by Herbert Lawrence Stone. 1904; 6 pg., illust.
18. The First Locomotive, "by one who saw it." April, 1839; 6 pg.

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Price:	$ 35.00
Wallet :	No
Time left:	25 Day(s)
Starting date:	Wed 23rd Jan 2008 17:05:37 (GMT-5.0)
Ending date:	Wed 13th Aug 2008 17:59:00 (GMT-5.0)