(FILLMORE, MILLARD) Reports of Explorations and Surveys... Washington, 1855. Vol. 1 only. Signed by Fillmore, with CDV laid in.
Reports of Explorations and Surveys, to Ascertain the Most Practical and Economical Route for a Railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean. Washington: A. O. P. Nicholson, 1855.Vol. 1 (of 12) only. Folio, 3/4 calf over marbled boards, gilt-lettered navy spine label. Volume 1 of this important government compilation outlining possible transcontinental railroad routes. Signed and dated in pencil on the front pastedown: "Millard Fillmore / August 11, 1856." With a CDV portrait of Fillmore laid in. Rubbing to boards; intermittent light foxing.
