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May 25, 2001 Auction

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COLLECTION OF 13 LOCOMOTIVE PHOTOGRAPHS c.1930-50 8x10 B&W professional stills all Cotton Belt engine #57, #204, #251, #316, #338, #340, #412, #428, #450, #451, #453, #502, and #529, back stamps of “John B. Allen, Centralia, Ill.”

247

COLLECTION OF 21 LOCOMOTIVE PHOTOGRAPHS c.1930-50 8x10 B&W professional stills all Rock Island engine #3028, #4024, #4032, #4040 (2), #4001 (2), #4015, #4024, #4046, #4050, #4043, #4045, #4039,. #4032, #4058, #4059, #4055, #4057, #4059, #4061. “C.T. Felstead” back stamps.

248

COLLECTION OF 15 LOCOMOTIVE PHOTOGRAPHS c.1930-50 8x10 B&W professional stills all Cotton Belt, engine #663, #772, #770, #767, #765, #764, #763, #762, #760, #758, #755, #753, #686, #682, #684. “John B. Allen” back stamps.

249

COLLECTION OF 15 LOCOMOTIVE PHOTOGRAPHS c.1930-50, 8x10 B&W professional stills all Cotton Belt, engine #771, #681, #680 (2), #679, #678, #660, #677, #675, #676, #667, #665, #664, #662, #657. “John B. Allen” back stamps.

250

A FINE PERIOD PHOTOGRAPH OF A LOCOMOTIVE c.1890, “Chicago & Alton” Engine #5, silver gelatin sepia print. 8.5”x4.5” on card mount.

251

A GOOD COLLECTION OF 48 PUBLICITY STILLS 8x10 B&W c.1930-50 all railroad related incl. switch operator, posed stewardesses, travel car interior, locomotives, boxcars, etc. plus a Carte de Viste of a “Baggage Master” in uniform c.1890.

252

COLLECTION OF 19TH CENTURY PHOTOGRAPHS mounted on card incl. logging scenes, office interiors, lodge groups and a group portrait of “Camp Lincoln 1897” company K - 3rd Battalion 6th Regiment.

252A

THREE TICKETS TO THE WILLARD DEMPSEY BOXING MATCH July 4, 1919, Toledo, Ohio.

253

A LARGE AND IMPRESSIVE COLLECTION OF LOCOMOTIVE STILL PHOTOGRAPHS representing approx. 1,000 different locomotives circa 1930’s-50’s, the majority identified with railroad, engine # and type, location and date. With back stamp of “Arthur B. Johnson, Springfield, Missouri”. 5.5”x3.5”.

254

TWO EARLY TRACTOR ENGINE BOOKS “Farm Engines and How to Run Them” by James H. Stephenson 1903, very good. And “Rough and Tumble Engineering” by J.H. Maggard circa 1904, 4th edition, good condition.

255

TWO EARLY TRACTION ENGINE BOOKS “The Traction Engine” by James H. Maggard 1902, revised edition, very good condition. And “The Traction Engine - Its Uses and Abuses” by James H. Maggard, 3rd edition 1908, good with some rubs and small tears.

256

TWO EARLY TRACTION ENGINE BOOKS “The Traction Engine - Its Uses and Abuses” 1906, 3rd edition by Maggard, very good condition, partial dust jacket. And “Farm Engines and How to Run Them” by Stephenson 1903, good condition.

257

TWO 18TH CENTURY VELLUM BOOKS “De Situ Orbis” 1782 by Pomponii Malal in Latin. Important early geography text, tight binding with some light margin stains. And “Belli ac Pacis” 1773 by Hugonis Grotii, tooled gilt decorated binding matches the above book. Binding dry and warped, some light stains to text. Important work on International law in Latin.

258

SIGNED EARLY 20TH CENTURY NORTH POLE EXPLORATION BOOK “My Attainment of the Pole” by Dr. Frederick Cook 1911, signed by author, good condition with small cover tears, rubs, few light stains.

259

TWO 19TH CENTURY TIME TABLES. Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad No. 5 (Dec 1 1878) and No. 6 (April 27, 1879). Approx. 17”x13” with detailed “General Rules” printed on verso. Very good condition.

260

19TH CENTURY TIME TABLES Chicago, Danville and Vincennes Railroad, Mar 4, 1877 No. 28 on pink stock with detailed “General Rules” on verso. 17”x13”. Very good condition.

261

1932 MOODY’S STEAM RAILROADS (American and Foreign) 2044 pages of detailed information, some minor cover tears and light stains.

262

1900 CHICAGO ROCK ISLAND & PACIFIC HISTORY BOOK 756 pages, CRIP and representative employees by Biographical Publishing Co. Beautiful tooled and gilt engine decorated cover with all edges gilded. Center signatures are loose, otherwise very good condition.

263

1850 TRAVELER’S GUIDE Phelps guide of over 700 railroad, canal, stage and steamboat routes. Worn and loose cover, some stained, but all legible. Map is missing.

264

1936 HOWARD CHANDLER CHRISTY RAIL SAFETY POSTER colorful, Association of American Railroads poster, 14”x22” in good condition, some smudges.

265

1927 POORS RAILROAD BOOK also covers banks and insurance companies. Very good condition.

266

1901 POORS MANUAL OF RAILROADS 34th edition in near fine condition.

267

SOO LINE SHIPPERS DIRECTORY Soft cover 644-page gilt decorated book 1918-1919. Vol III with a.e.g. Lots of info, ads, illustrations, 2-page Soo Line map and 4 color maps of MI, MN, ND, and WI.

268

LATE 17TH CENTURY MATH BOOK “Mathematical Magick” by Johannis Wilkins, 4th ed. Rebound in leather with original cover laid on. Recent tape repair to front and back inside hinge. Some light stains but overall very good.

269

17TH CENTURY ENGLISH TRIAL BOOK “Canterburies Doome on the First Part of a Complete History of Commitment, Change, Tryall, Condemnation, and Execution of Willima Laud, Late Archibshop of Canterbury”. Leather bound, printed in London 1646. Stains, rubs, corner wear to cover and page toning.

270

AN ILLUSTRATED STOCK OFFERING FOR DAN PATCH ELECTRIC LINE c.1910 depicting the Dan Patch Electric Line with description and stock holder subscription forms on verso. Framed 8”x14”.

271

BAG LOT CENTURY OF PROGRESS POSTCARDS approx. 150 mint unused postcards of Burlington Route marked “Last Day - Century of Progress Nov. 12 1933”.

272

BAG LOT CENTURY OF PROGRESS POSTCARDS Approx. 50 postcards 40 or so Otis Elevator-Skyride; 3 Northwestern Railroad and 4 Goodyear blimp.

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