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Albany: C. Van Benthuysen, 1857. Hard Cover. Fair/No Jacket. 0x0x0. First fold-out map (of the state of New York) and top half of last fold-out torn out, boards a bit rubbed with minor loss from corners, a few stains and scattered light foxing to pages, bookplate reading 'Compliments of Lewis H. Clark, Executive Clerk Senate, 1876.' on front endpaper. 1857 Hard Cover. An accompaniment to the 1856 Annual Report of the Board of Railroad Commissioners, featuring maps, drawings of bridges, coal burning locomotives, railway sections, tunnels, profiles, etc.

Albany, NY: Printed by C. Van Benthuysen, 1857. First Edition. Very good- in its original, patterned, dark brown cloth covered boards with gilt text on the front board. A small quarto of 9 by 5 5/8 inches with heavy wear to the cloth at the head and heel of the spine such that the cloth is worn down to the edges of the text block. The cloth is also worn through in several spots at the lower edges of the boards. The upper 1 1/2 inches of both joints are splitting from their respective boards. Without a dust jacket. No pagination. Illustrated throughout with two, large fold-out maps, 8 plans of bridges, 5 locomotives from the Hudson River line, two from the New Haven Railroad and one from the Long Island Railroad, Rail sections from the New York Central, Albany and West Stockbridge and Hudson River Railroads, 7 drawings for tunnels, 3 miscellaneous drawings, and 29 profiles. The profile for the New York and Erie Railroad has been spliced at a torn fold line.

Albany:: Printed by C. Van Benthuysen,, 1857.. original gilt-lettered cloth.. Small printed address sticker on front free endpaper; slight wear at head and foot of backstrip: a very attractive clean copy.. 8vo,. 2 large folding maps and 46 plates and charts (many folding).