Whitney's Railroad to the Pacific Pioneers Original full embossed black leather

Original full embossed black leather

Original red cloth boards with title on front board

Three-quarters calf over marbled boards with spine label

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Whitney's Railroad to the Pacific Pioneers Original full embossed black leatherROBINSON. 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