[Americana] [Pacific Railroad Survey] Reports of Explorations and Surveys, to Ascertain the Most Practicable and Economical Route for a Railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean...

Washington: Beverley Tucker, A.O.P. Nicholson, Thomas H. Ford, 1855-1860. 12 volumes bound in 13. First quarto edition, mixed issue (Vols. II, IX, X, and XI are from the House of Representatives issue; all other volumes are from the Senate issue). 4to. With numerous illustrations, folding maps, lithographic plates, colored lithographic plates (including hand-colored lithographs of birds), graphs and charts, etc. Modern half morocco, stamped in gilt; scattered foxing and marginal dampstaining; tissue repairs to folds of several maps; some marginal browning. Ayer/Zimmer 646; Cohen, Mapping the West, pp. 172-175; Hill 1281; Howes P-3; Wagner-Camp 262-267; Reese, Best of the West 138; Reese, Stamped with a National Character 75; Wheat, Transmississippi 822-824, 843-846, 852, 853, 864-867, 874, 875, 877-882, 898, 936

First quarto edition. The numerous lithographs depict bird’s-eye views of the region, native peoples of the areas explored, folding maps detailing newly discovered areas, etc. Contains the reports of Humphreys, Stevens, Beckwith, Whipple, Warren, Williamson, Lander, et al. “The Pacific Railroad Surveys are the most important and massive compilation of exploration reports and data about Trans-Mississippi West published in the era of exploration” (Reese) and is “the most important work on North American birds up to its date since Audubon and Wilson” (Ayer).

Includes a first edition of the Warren Map (dated “1854-5-6-7” and engraved by Selmar) in Volume XI, which was “among the great maps of the United States that preceded the Civil War” (Wheat) and considered by Cohen to be a “masterpiece” that integrated for the first time the discoveries of the earliest explorers beginning with Lewis and Clark to the newly compiled data of the Pacific Railroad Surveys.

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Raised in northern New Jersey, Darren moved to New York City in 1988 and began his career there as a bookseller in 1995. He spent the next 18 years selling to private clients and at East Coast book fairs. In 2003 he moved with his young family to Sharon, Connecticut where, in 2009, he opened his own bookshop. Darren Winston, Bookseller offered rare and vintage books, prints, fine art, and more, and hosted over 50 book signings and art shows. He was a trustee and, later, Board President, of the Sharon Historical Society, and for six years a trustee of Indian Mountain School in Lakeville, Connecticut.

Darren has hosted the radio program "Darren Winston's Book Report" for NPR-affiliate WHDD since 2009, appeared in the 2014 book-themed documentary The Paper Trail, and in 2024 he joined Antiques Roadshow as a books and manuscripts appraiser. From 1999 to 2005, Darren was the buyer and consultant to the Fine and Rare Books Department at Asprey, the British luxury goods company, at its New York headquarters. While there he spearheaded various in-store events including readings by Salman Rushdie and Dominick Dunne.

In 1993, Darren was hired as a Creative Consultant to Columbia Records, where he assisted in the repackaging of their 12-record Aerosmith back catalogue. He later sold his extensive collection of Aerosmith memorabilia, which he began amassing at the age of 14, directly to the band.

Darren now lives on the Main Line, outside Philadelphia, with his wife, two children, and dog. The family travels frequently to his wife's native England and Scotland. When not bookselling, he plays guitar in Pumped, an Aerosmith tribute band. Darren also appears on the top-rated PBS television program Antiques Roadshow.

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[Americana] [Pacific Railroad Survey] Reports of Explorations and Surveys, to Ascertain the Most Practicable and Economical Route for a Railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean...

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[Americana] [Pacific Railroad Survey] Reports of Explorations and Surveys, to Ascertain the Most Practicable and Economical Route for a Railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean...

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