[Rarebooks] FS: 1846 U. S. Govt. report (with the map) on constructing a railroad between the Mississippi and Columbia Rivers

[Kenneth Karmiole]

Breese, Sidney. IN SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES, JULY 31, 1846... REPORT: [to accompany BILL S. No 246] THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC LANDS... THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NATIONAL RAILROAD from the Mississippi to the Columbia River... Washington: Ritchie & Heiss print. 1846. 8vo. 51,(1)pp. With the folding map. Self-wrappers, stabbed and tied at inner margin. Very nice copy.    $275.00 (trade discount allowed)
There are two issues of this work, one printed by Ritchie & Heiss, (both with and without the map), and the other, much rarer issue, with the printer listed at the bottom of the title leaf, "G. B. Maigne", that has 2 maps. Howes (the final edition) B737 .

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