Whitney's Railroad to the Pacific Pioneers Three-quarters calf over marbled boards

Three-quarters calf over marbled boards with spine label

Original printed boards with cloth spine

Laramie Wyoming

Spine faded

Whitney's Railroad to the Pacific Pioneers Three-quarters calf over marbled boardsROBINSON. Whitney's Railroad to the Pacific. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1850. 117pp. +two folding maps. Blue cloth boards with gilt spine label. Very good. First edition. A favorable report given by the Committee on Roads and Canals to emphasize the economic advantages of Whitney's railroad, which would "make the United States the centre axle of the commerce of the world." The first map "shows the position of our continent as compared