Southern Pacific RR Book West By South-Half South-1890

This is a Southern Pacific Railroad book titled West By South-Half South, published in 1890. It discusses their Sunset Route from New Orleans to California, and sites along the line. Book has 99 total

A Southern Planter by Susan Dabney Smedes (1890), The Dixie Book of Days by Matthew Page Andrews (1912), and The Creed of the Old South 1865-1915 by Basil L. Gildersleeve (1915). All are hardbound edi

ID Marks: CSN038 (California Southern); CWR (California Western); SPC (South Pacific Coast)Date: Country (if not USA): State: CaliforniaCity: Provenance:

HO BOX CAR PAIRING, SOUTHERN PACIFIC 84567 AND ATLANTA & WEST POINT R.R. 39004

RR Photos & Diagram Book, engine & tender photos, mostly black & white, plus Southern Pacific diagrams of steam locomotives ledger book. CONDITION: Some wear especially on edges.

A nice group of Western titles and then a hodgepodge. 2 nice Southern Pacific titles, 3 Colorado Annuals, FEC, a couple of thick C&EI "Fliers" and some oddball reference to wrap it up.

One of the first ever publications of the Transcontinental Railroad! This is a Union Pacific Railroad book titled Across the Continent, West from Omaha, Nebraska. It is published by the UP and notes 5

This book, titled “Wonderful California,” was printed and copyrighted in 1906 by C.T. and Company of Chicago, IL, for the Southern Pacific Railroad, for sale to passengers on the line. The

This book is a 1915 copyright “The Sunset Route, From El Paso to Los Angeles,” as printed for the Southern Pacific Railroad. Published by Van Noy Interstate Company and copyrighted by Curt

This book is the first edition of The Road of a Thousand Wonders, published in 1907 for the passenger department of the Southern Pacific Railroad in San Francisco, CA. The book has well over 100 color

One of the rarer and hard to find editions of Southern Pacific Railroad books, this is from 1915 (the second edition) of “The Overland Trail, From the Golden Gate to the Great Salt Lake.”

First half 19th century, 224 x 152 cm, South West Caucasus According to terminology established by Franses & Pinner as early as 1980, the white-ground Star Kazaks are divided into various sub-groups.

First half 19th century, 255 x 188 cm, South West Caucasus This large Sevan Kazak with a powerfully drawn shield design, a cartouche border and intensely luminous colours is one of the early examples

Second half 19th century, 265 x 156 cm, South West Persia, Fars This Qashqa’i kilim presents a rare field design of ten horizontal stripes in brilliant colours which are adorned with bold straight-a

First half 19th century, 234 x 149 cm, South West Caucasus This is an early example of a specific Sevan group in which the green shield medallion surrounded by a wide white outline is a design bar ext

Second half 19th century, 190 x 123 cm, South West Persia, Fars Judging by its knotting structure, style of drawing and atmosphere, this gorgeous Qashqa’i was probably woven by the Rahimlu tribe. Th

First half 19th century, 232 x 121 cm, South West Caucasus An early Kazak of the three-compartment type woven in transparent colours. Decorated with floral and geometric motifs, the two red and one gr

Second half 19th century, 214 x 160 cm, South West Caucasus Three large hexagonal medallions with hooked outlines, each enclosing a cartouche, lie in the red field; halved or quartered hooked diamonds

Second half 19th century, 248 x 124 cm, South West Persia, Fars Strongly abrashed in several tones, the camel field is undecorated except for tiny brocaded motifs that seem to be scattered at random.

second half 19th century, 218 x 138 cm, South West Persia, Fars Two large white-ground medallions linked at their tips and each enclosing a diamond decorated with four arms take up the whole of the da

Second half 19th century, 171 x 165 cm, South West Caucasus In this unusual, nearly square Kazak, two complete and one halved hooked diamonds fill most of the red field. The weaver has inserted many s

Second half 19th century, 319 x 130 cm, South West Caucasus Slight signs of age and wear, uniformly low pile, brown corrosion, minor repiled areas, original selvedges, minimally reduced ends. 

second half 19th century, 236 x 66 cm, South West Persia, Fars The double bags woven by the Qashqa’i nomads were usually cut up before they came on the market because the separate halves were e

Second half 19th century, 190 x 124 cm, South West Caucasus This small-format Kazak displays kilim designs in the red field and a rare border drawing of abstract dragon figures alternating with crucif