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Auction 202, Lot 131

"[Map with Report] Map Showing the Line of the Norfolk and Western and Shenandoah Valley Railroads and Their Connection... [with] First Annual Report of the President and Directors of the Norfolk & Western Railroad Company...", Colton, G.W. & C.B.

Subject: Eastern United States

Period: 1881 (published)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
25.8 x 19.2 inches
65.5 x 48.8 cm
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This very detailed map of the eastern United States presents the extensive railroad network. The tracks of the Virginia, Tennessee and Georgia Air Line are highlighted in red, with the Louisville and Nashville system in blue. Concentric circles are drawn showing the distance from various points to Roanoke (VA), with a table of distances at bottom. The map is accompanied by the First Annual Report of the President and Directors of the Norfolk & Western Railroad Company. 51 pages, octavo with light blue paper wrappers.

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Condition: B+

A clean and bright example, issued folding, with several tiny splits at the fold junctions that have been archivally repaired on verso. Report text has pleasant light toning and a chip to the rear wrapper and last page of text.

Estimate: $120 - $150

Sold for: $90

Closed on 2/12/2025

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