Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry - 1985

1934. VG-, SIGNED CHECK by Zane Grey , light wear SLIGHT FADE, SIGNED CHECK by Zane Grey Drawn on Security First National Bank of Los Angeles written for $12.00 dated October 13, 1934, 10/13/34. Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Unbound.

[Montana][Railroad] South Dakota, North Dakota, Montana. "The New Constellation" "Stars of the First Magnitude: Added to the Galaxy of States. N.p.: St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railway Company. [1890?] Pictorial wraps. Map. 8.5 x 11 in. Illustrated. 4 pp. Full page map St. Paul Minneapolis and Manitoba Railway and Connections is by Matthews, Northrup & Co., Art-Printing Works, Buffalo, New York. Has been folded. Agent rubber stamp on rear cover. Very good.
OCLC shows no holdings. The St. Paul, Minneapolis, and Manitoba Railway was the creation of James J. Hill. Hill and three other investors purchased the nearly bankrupt St. Paul and Pacific Railroad in 1878, renaming it the St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railway Company the following year. In 1890 all properties and operations were leased to the Great Northern Railway Company and the Great Northern purchased all of the St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Railway Company's investments, including stocks, bonds, and other miscellaneous… Read More

[Railroad][Mexico] Plumb, Eduardo Lee.
Ferrocarril Internacional.
Lithographed map. 21 x 27 cm. With promotional text in Spanish. Dated at end: México, abril de 1872. Includes map of portions of the United States and Mexico showing railroads from New York to Texas and proposed railroad route from Texas through Mexico to the Pacific Ocean and south to Mexico City.
OCLC shows 5 holdings (Newberry; Harvard; Mus. NM; SMU & UT-Arlington). A project to extend a railroad from Texas to Mexico. This is a promotional urging Mexico to approve the route which was to connect the Texas lines with Mexico, then to Presidio and thence to either the Pacific or to the Gulf of Mexico.

[Montana] [Railroad] Three Forks Country Montana. [Chicago, Ill.]: [Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railway Company], 1913. Color pictorial wraps. Illustrated. 23 cm. Issued folded. Caption title The Three Forks Country. 23 pp. Very good.
OCLC shows no holdings for this 1913 edition. There are two copies of a 1911 edition (Yale & Wis. Hist. Soc.) and three copies of the 1912 edition (SMU, Mont. Hist. Soc. & Wis. Hist. Soc.) Nice four-page map. Good photographs.

[Vancouver, WA: Mid-Columbia Chamber of Commerce, 1932]. Tall 8vo. 4 x 8.8 in. 15, [1] pp., printed in green & black throughout, with photo illustrations, centerfold pictorial map by Burnham showing routes along Evergreen & Columbia River Highways. Self-printed colour-illustrated softcovers, splendid wraparound Art Deco cover art of the Columbia River Gorge by Burnham (slight shelfwear), NF. First edition of this exceedingly scarce photo-illustrated travel guide to the Columbia River Gorge, by driving the Evergreen Highway on the Washington side past Beacon Rock and along the Columbia River Highway as far as Celilo Falls and The Dalles. The charming pictorial map by Burnham shows mountaineers on Mt. St. Helens, skiers on Mt. Hood, fishermen in Washougal and on Merwin Lake, sailing on the Columbia River, and more. Burnham (1900-1985) was at the time the Chairmen of the Vancouver City Planning Commission, and a fervent advocate of tourism improvements, pushed for reconstructing the Fort Vancouver… Read More

1934. VG-, SIGNED CHECK by Zane Grey , light wear SLIGHT FADE, SIGNED CHECK by Zane Grey Drawn on Security First National Bank of Los Angeles written for $12.00 dated October 13, 1934, 10/13/34. Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Unbound.

[Montana][Railroad] South Dakota, North Dakota, Montana. "The New Constellation" "Stars of the First Magnitude: Added to the Galaxy of States. N.p.: St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railway Company. [1890?] Pictorial wraps. Map. 8.5 x 11 in. Illustrated. 4 pp. Full page map St. Paul Minneapolis and Manitoba Railway and Connections is by Matthews, Northrup & Co., Art-Printing Works, Buffalo, New York. Has been folded. Agent rubber stamp on rear cover. Very good.
OCLC shows no holdings. The St. Paul, Minneapolis, and Manitoba Railway was the creation of James J. Hill. Hill and three other investors purchased the nearly bankrupt St. Paul and Pacific Railroad in 1878, renaming it the St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railway Company the following year. In 1890 all properties and operations were leased to the Great Northern Railway Company and the Great Northern purchased all of the St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Railway Company's investments, including stocks, bonds, and other miscellaneous… Read More

[Railroad][Mexico] Plumb, Eduardo Lee.
Ferrocarril Internacional.
Lithographed map. 21 x 27 cm. With promotional text in Spanish. Dated at end: México, abril de 1872. Includes map of portions of the United States and Mexico showing railroads from New York to Texas and proposed railroad route from Texas through Mexico to the Pacific Ocean and south to Mexico City.
OCLC shows 5 holdings (Newberry; Harvard; Mus. NM; SMU & UT-Arlington). A project to extend a railroad from Texas to Mexico. This is a promotional urging Mexico to approve the route which was to connect the Texas lines with Mexico, then to Presidio and thence to either the Pacific or to the Gulf of Mexico.

[Montana] [Railroad] Three Forks Country Montana. [Chicago, Ill.]: [Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railway Company], 1913. Color pictorial wraps. Illustrated. 23 cm. Issued folded. Caption title The Three Forks Country. 23 pp. Very good.
OCLC shows no holdings for this 1913 edition. There are two copies of a 1911 edition (Yale & Wis. Hist. Soc.) and three copies of the 1912 edition (SMU, Mont. Hist. Soc. & Wis. Hist. Soc.) Nice four-page map. Good photographs.

[Vancouver, WA: Mid-Columbia Chamber of Commerce, 1932]. Tall 8vo. 4 x 8.8 in. 15, [1] pp., printed in green & black throughout, with photo illustrations, centerfold pictorial map by Burnham showing routes along Evergreen & Columbia River Highways. Self-printed colour-illustrated softcovers, splendid wraparound Art Deco cover art of the Columbia River Gorge by Burnham (slight shelfwear), NF. First edition of this exceedingly scarce photo-illustrated travel guide to the Columbia River Gorge, by driving the Evergreen Highway on the Washington side past Beacon Rock and along the Columbia River Highway as far as Celilo Falls and The Dalles. The charming pictorial map by Burnham shows mountaineers on Mt. St. Helens, skiers on Mt. Hood, fishermen in Washougal and on Merwin Lake, sailing on the Columbia River, and more. Burnham (1900-1985) was at the time the Chairmen of the Vancouver City Planning Commission, and a fervent advocate of tourism improvements, pushed for reconstructing the Fort Vancouver… Read More