CAN YOU BEAT IT? THE OLD RELIABLE LOUISVILLE AND THE GREAT SOUTHERN RAILROAD LINE MAKES THE FOLLOWING FAST TIME: From Montgomery to Louisville, 19 Hours, 40 Minutes [followed by five more examples of trips, with elapsed time, from Montgomery, to Cincinnati, Buffalo, Baltimore, Philadelphia, and New York]

Louisville, KY: John P. Morton & Co. [for the railroad], [1876, “Quickest and Best Route to the Centennial”]. Broadsheet, 16 ½ x 22 inches, folded to narrow 8vo. Recto prints six timetables for various routes, an advertisement for trains to the Centennial in Philadelphia (13 ½ x 7 7/8 inches), featuring large display types (to 1/1/4 inches), and the cover panels; verso prints a map, “Map of the Louisville and Great Southern Railroad Line & Connections” (Fisk & Russell, N.Y.), showing the main route, Montgomery to Louisville, with connections to Memphis and Knoxville, in a bolder black line, with other connections in the south, north, and midwest; inset map “City of Louisville” (4 5/8 x 5 ¾ inches). Not recorded on OCLC; however, the Huntington Library holds a copy. Original printed self-wrappers (a little soiled, several small tears into edges. Very good. Item #67156

Price: $600.00