Search Results: Authors starting with P from WILLIAM ALLISON BOOKS

LA-TEXAS PROMO WITH FOLDING ROUTE MAP
[Texas] Southern Pacific Company. Louisiana and Texas for the winter tourist ... season 1911-1912. Sunset route. Chicago: Poole Bros. 1911. Pictorial wraps. 25 cm. Illustrated. Folding map. 32 pp.
OCLC shows 18 holdings. Map of the Southern Pacific route by Rand McNally & Co. Photographs all along the route, including New Orleans, Bayou Fourche, eche, Louisiana; Duck hunting near Houston, Beaumont, Port Arthur, panorama of the Houston skyline. Seabrook, Galveston, Palacios, Marlin, San Antonio, Ft. Davis, El Paso, Del Rio, Texas and Juarez, Mexico.

Union Pacific Railroad. The Great National Highway Between the Missouri River and California. The Direct Route to Colorado, Idaho, Utah, Montana, Nevada and California. Open From Omaha to the Mountains. Chicago: Horton & Leonard Book & Job Printers. 1868. Printed yellow wraps. Map on rear cover. 23 cm. Cover title: Omaha to the Mountains. 13 [2 ads] [1blank] pp. Covers worn, split at spine. Repaired with archival tape. In a four-point case with slip case with leather label. Good.
OCLC shows no holdings for this issue. There is a listing for a microform copy but no holdings are indicated. Not to be confused with the more common 12 page issue with the cover title Omaha to California. General promotion for the UPRR in 1868, the line apparently having reached Denver and Laramie. Emphasizes the efficiency of the company and the booming prospects for the Nebraska land its lines traverse. Ends with a two page list of stops for the UP and Wells Fargo & Company's overland mail and stage line. In a custom… Read More

[Railroads] Map of the Missouri Pacific Ry., St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Ry. leased, operated and independent lines and connections. St. Louis: Woodward & Tiernan Print. Co. 1900. Color map. 44 x 80 cm folded to 22 x 10 cm Panel title: Iron Mountain Route to and from Memphis, Hot Springs, Galveston, San Antonio, City of Mexico, and San Francisco. …. A few splits at folds, light cover soil, else very good.
OCLC shows no holdings. Relief shown by hachures. Covers also northern Mexico. Timetables and tourist information on verso. "Form 3. C. C.--11-1-1900"--Back panel.

[Kansas.] [Union Pacific Railroad] The Immigrants' Guide to the Most Fertile Lands of Kansas. The best part of the West in which to buy a Grain Farm, To buy a Stock Farm, To buy a Sheep Ranch, To open a Store, or To practice a Profession…. Chicago: The J. M. W. Jones Stationery & Printing Co. [Circa 1879-80.] One sheet folded into a six panel pamphlet. 19 cm. The back panel is a map of the Union Pacific line from Kansas City to Denver.
OCLC shows 21 holdings (Not in Adams, Herd. Contains a paragraph on Stock raising. "No more profitable business can be names in the West than that of Stock raising." Apparently jointly published by Union Pacific Railroad and the Land Commissioner of Kansas.

1894 IRON MOUNTAIN ROUTE Map
[Railroad] Map of the Missouri Pacific and St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railways and Connections. St. Louis: Woodward & Tiernan Printing Co. 1894. Map color; 43 x 78 cm, folded to 10 x 22 cm. A few small splits at edge and folds. Edge discoloration on panel. Very good.
OCLC shows one holding (Tech. Tech.) Panel title: Iron Mountain route to Memphis, Little Rock, Austin, and City of Mexico. Fast mail route; Panel title: Iron Mountain route to Galveston, San Antonio, El Paso, and San Francisco. Fast mail route. Relief shown by hachures. Includes index. Verso includes schedules for the Iron Mountain route. Form 1 T.D.—5-1-'94.

[Railroad] Map showing the Union Pacific Railway and connecting railroads. New York: [G.W. & C.B. Colton] 1883. Lithographed map 55.4 x 82.9 cm. Hand color on certain railway lines. Has been folded. Stains. Good.
OCLC shows seven holdings (AAS; Yale; Harvard; Newberry; Mus. NM; Univ. Nevada-Las Vegas & Natl. Lib. Australia). Map of western states of the U.S. showing drainage, cities and towns, and the railroads with emphasis on the main line. Relief shown by hachures. Prime meridians: Washington and Greenwich. $250

[Railroad] Union Pacific Railroad Co. Through Cars to Chicago via the Union Pacific the Overland Route and the Chicago & Alton R. R. Denver to Chicago Via Kansas City, Without Change Pullman Palace Sleepers, Pullman Dining Cars, and Free Reclining Chair Cars. For full information apply to Geo. Ady, General Agent, 1702 Larimer St., Denver, Colo. S. H. H. Clark, General Manager. C. S. Mellen, General Traffic Manager. E. L. Lomax, Gen'l Pass. & Ticket Agent. Omaha, Neb. [Denver, Colorado?]: [No publication information] [Circa 1890-92] Color broadside. 28.25 x 10.5 in. Light edge wear. Very good.
OCLC shows no holdings. One auction record on Rare Book Hub. The date is from the dates the named UP officials held the designated posts, which was only between 1890 and 1892.

[Texas] Southern Pacific Company. Land and Immigration Department. First annual meeting of the Northern Settlers' Convention, Galveston, Texas, April 21, 22 and 23, 1905. [Texas?]: Southern Pacific Company. 1905. Orange pictorial wraps. 13 x 18 cm. [32] pp. Illustrated. Front cover detached, general light wear, else very good.
OCLC shows four holdings (Yale; SMU; Texas Tech. & UT-Austin). Cover title: Souvenir Programme Northern Settlers' Convention, Galveston, Texas. Five pages of text listing the various lectures, addresses and events, including a Boat Ride on the Bay and an Oyster Roast. Great photographs of Galveston.

[Texas] [Railroad] Missouri Pacific Railway Company and Wabash St. Louis and Pacific Railway. Cheap Land Excursion to Arkansas and Texas. [Chicago?]: [Missouri Pacific] 1884. Mimeographed flyer on letterhead of the Railroads. 8.5 x 11 in. Dated January 12, 1884. Signed in text Jno. B. Frawley, Pass & Land Agent. Has glue marks on verso, else very good.
OCLC shows no holdings for this item. It is ephemeral and rare. The excursion leaves St. Louis at 8:30 a.m. on Feb. 6, 1884. "If you can secure a party of five or more representative men of your city to join our party by accompanying them yourself, advise me and I will arrange for your transportation. While South they can attend the Mardi Gras at New Orleans in February." An interesting look at the railroad promoting land sales by hosting excursions of prominent men from across the country.

[Railroad] Union Pacific Railroad Co. The Popular Line to St. Louis is via the Union Pacific the Overland Route and the Missouri Pacific Ry. Through Cars from Denver to St. Louis Via Kansas City, Without Change Pullman Buffet Sleepers, Free Reclining Chair Cars. Those desiring fast time and unequaled service should travel via this line. Geo. Ady, General Agent, 1702 Larimer St., Denver, Colo. S. H. H. Clark, General Manager. C. S. Mellen, General Traffic Manager. E. L. Lomax, Gen'l Pass. & Ticket Agent. Omaha, Neb. [Denver, Colorado?]: [No publication information] [Circa 1890-92] Color broadside. 28.25 x 10.5 in. Splits at folds, center is separated. Light edge wear.
OCLC shows no holdings. No auction records on Rare Book Hub. The date is from the dates the named UP officials held the designated posts, which was only between 1890 and 1892.

[Railroads] Map of the Missouri Pacific Ry., Missouri, Kansas and Texas Ry., St. Louis, Iron Mountain and So. Ry., International and Gt. Northern R.R., Central Branch U.P.R.R., St. Louis, Ft. Scott and Wichita R.R., Little Rock, Miss. River and Texas Ry. and connections. Chicago: Rand McNally and Company. 1887. Color map 43 x 79 cm, folded to 22 x 10 cm. Very good.
OCLC shows one holding (SMU). Relief shown by hachures. Covers also northern and central Mexico and shows steamship routes to Veracruz and Havana. Timetables and tourist information on verso. Form 3. C D--6-16-87" -- Back panel. [SMU's copy is a variant Form 1. C.W.-9-1-87.] Panel title: Missouri Pacific Railway. For St. Louis and All Points East. Chair Cars Free. Fast Mail Route.

[Texas] [Railroad] Missouri Pacific Railway Company and Wabash, St. Louis and Pacific Railway. Circular 122. Regarding Tourist Tickets to the Famous Winter Resorts of Texas and Mexico.
St. Louis: [Missouri Pacific] 1884. One sheet 27.5 x 42 cm folded into a four panel brochure 27.5 x 21 cm. Last page is Map of the South-Western Railway System Missouri Pacific Mo. Kansas & Texas, Cent. Branch U.P.R.R. St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Int. & Great Northern and Texas and Pacific Railways, by Poole Bros., Chicago. Map is missing one small piece from the upper right corner and has glue marks. It has been folded and has one small fold tear. The circular is completely separated at the vertical fold. Good.
OCLC shows no holdings for this item. There are also no holdings for this map, which depicts the various rail lines to Texas and Mexico. Instructions to ticket agents on writing tickets for passengers heading to Texas and Mexico as a result of the publicity of Famous Winter Resorts of Texas and Mexico.… Read More

Decree on the American Naval Blockade. Mexico: [No publication information] July 10, 1846. Broadside on laid paper 21.8 cm. At head of title: Ministerio de Hacienda Seccion 1o. Signed in type: Iturbe. Small stains, else very good.
OCLC shows no holdings for this decree. The decree provides that to avoid disruption of commerce by the bloackade of Mexican ports by the naval forces of the United States of America, foreign ships and Mexican ships coming from foreign ports are allowed to enter and unload in the un-authorized ports when they are unable to arrive at the authorized ports, including Alvarado, Tuxpan, Goatzacoalcos, Soto la Marina and Tecoluta in the Gulf of Mexico, and Manzanillo in the Pacific. This permission will cease after the blockade expires.
A very interesting and apparently unrecorded decree.

Unexplored Northwest Texas in 1854
[Texas] Parker, W[illiam] B[rown]. Notes Taken During the Expedition Commanded by Capt. R.B. Marcy through Unexplored Texas in the Summer and Fall of 1854. By W.B. Parker, Attached to the Expedition. Philadelphia: Hayes & Zell. 1855. First edition. Original brown ribbed cloth with publishers' logo stamped in blind on covers, title in gilt on spine. [i-v] vi-xii, [9] 10-242 [1] 2-6 ads [4] pp. Cover with wear and bumps. Scattered stains and spots. Very good.
Jenkins, Basic Texas Books 135n. Graff 3195. Howes P91. Plains & Rockies IV:279. Raines, p. 162. Streeter Sale 397. Tate, The Indians of Texas: An Annotated Research Bibliography 2176. Vandale 129. William Brown Parker, a friend of Marcy's, was a New York City businessman and editor who wanted to see the West. Parker writes in an engaging style and provides information not found in other accounts of the important Marcy-Neighbors exploration of the Big Wichita and the headwaters of the Brazos to find sites in… Read More

[Broadside] Republican Nomination. At a meeting of the Republican committees from the different towns in the county of Rensselaer, … Resolved unanimously, That this meeting do highly approve of the nomination of Morgan Lewis, for Governor, and the Honorable John Broome, for Lieutenant Governor. ... [New York?]: [No publication information] [1804] One sheet. 25 x 42 cm. Signed in type by Nathan Betts, Chairman and J. D. Selden, Secretary. Foxed and stained. In a custom frame.
OCLC shows no holdings. There are eight similar broadsides from this election, each known in one copy. (AAS; [2] NY Hist Soc.; [5] & U. Mich.) Possible extra shipping if sent in the frame.

Decree of General Pedro Lemus. Broadside. El General en Gefe de la tercera division federal, a las tropas de su mando. Monterrey, Mexico. May 18, 1839. 22 x 31 cm.
No copies on OCLC (Yale has a copy of an April 28, 1839 broadside denying charges of treason from General Pedro Ampudia). General Pedro Lemus was an important general and member of the new government junta in Saltillo, immediately after Mexican independence was declared. During the war with Texas, he served as Commandant General and Inspector of the Eastern Interior Provinces. Lemus later joined the Canales cause at Matamoros in October 1838, rebelling against Valentín Canalizo and Martín Perfecto de Cos. Together Canales and Lemus laid siege to Matamoros. In rebellion with Federalist sympathizers against the Centralist government, General Lemus was occupying Monterrey for a second time when he issued this broadside addressed to his troops. Lemus points out "the impotence to which our weak enemies find themselves reduced,… Read More

TREATMENT OF DESERTERS FROM MEXICAN-AMERICAN WAR
1). [Mexican American War] El Exmo. Sr. presidente provisional se ha servido dirigirme el decreto que sigue. "Manuel de la Peña y Peña, presidente de la suprema corte de justicia en ejercicio del supremo poder ejecutivo de los Estados-Unidos mexicanos, á los habitantes de ellos, sabed: ..." [Mexico]: [publisher not identified] 1848. Self-wraps. [4] pages (last page blank). 22 cm. Folds, corner chip not affecting text. Very good.
OCLC shows no holdings of this item. Not in the usual Mexican American War sources. Circular issued by the Ministerio de Guerra y Marina transmitting a presidential decree of Peña y Peña regarding treatment of deserters from the military in the aftermath of the war with the United States. Circular dated and signed at end: Marzo 1, de 1848. Anaya. Deserters may be prosecuted by civilian courts without regard to their jurisdiction and by the military courts. Certain procedures to handle the cases are outlined.

[Texas] Eskildsen, John Peter. Eight Original Photographs of the Rio Grande Valley. [McAllen, Texas]: [Eskildsen Studio] [Circa 1920s]. 5 x 7 inches. Marked in the negative. One photo with small stain, else very good.
Scarce original photographs by early 20th-century Texas photographer John Peter Eskildsen, who worked in the Rio Grande Valley in the 1910s and 1920s. The Eskildsen Studio was located in McAllen, Texas. Images are titled: The Rooth Farm Home; Palm Heights – McAllen, Texas; The H. P. Hansen Farm Home; Llano Grande Lake and Stewart Club House; A Farm in the Valley; High School McAllen Tex.; The Ware Farm Home; & The Beautiful Shaw Home Near Mercedes Tex.

[Civil War] [Slavery] [Lincoln] Wendell Phillips. Wendell Phillips on the War. [Boston] [Boston Liberator] 1861. Broadside. 63 x 46 cm. printed area measures 60.4 x 41.1 cm. Printed in six columns divided by single lines. At end of text: For sale at 221 Washington St. Phonographic report by J.M.W. Yerrinton. Has been folded. Edge chips. Good.
OCLC shows six holdings of this issue (AAS; Univ. Virginia; Cornell; Harvard; Mass. Hist. Soc. & Brown Univ.) There was also a New York printing held by five institutions (Cornell; Boston Pub. Lib.; Mass. Hist. Soc; & Williams Coll.) Rare Book Hub shows no copies on the market since 1978. 221 Washington St. was the address of the Liberator, Boston, Mass. Phillips' address before the Twenty-Eighth Congregational Society, with additional material on "The Southern Secessionists" reprinted from the Liberator. "On Sunday last, April 21st, not less than four thousand people were crowded within the walls of the spacious Music Hall, in Boston, to listen to a discourse… Read More

[Montana?] [Photography]
Six Cabinet Card Photographs of Pioneers. [California?]: [No publication information] [Circa 1900-1910?] Six black and white photographs 4.5 x 6,5 in on curved cardboard mounts 5 25 x 7.25 in.
Excellent images of cowboys with a covered wagon. The images show cowboys on horse-back with a covered wagon; using poles to get the wagon up a steep trail; wagon and riders on a trail; wagon, horses and men in camp; view of a town with hills in the background and view of a farm or ranch. I was told by my seller that these images were with other images of Lakota Sioux, perhaps in Montana or Wyoming.