CAN YOU BEAT IT? THE OLD RELIABLE LOUISVILLE AND GREAT SOUTHERN RAILROAD LINE MAKES THE FOLLOWING FAST TIME: From Montgomery to Louisville, 19 Hours, 45 Minutes [followed by five more examples of trips, with elapsed time, from Montgomery, to Cincinnati, Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia, and New York]

Louisville, KY: John P. Morton & Co., [1877 “Time corrected January 18”]. Broadsheet, 16 ½ x 22 inches, folded to narrow 8vo. Recto prints six timetables for various routes, four panels refer to Pullman Cars on various routes, and the cover panels [rear panel title: "North in Palace Cars via the Louisville and Great Southern Railroad Line...."]; 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). Also tipped in is a small printed announcement, 3 1/2 x 3 1/8 in., that "This is the only Line running Pullman Sleeping Cars to Points North and West, from Jacksonville, Fla...." Not recorded on OCLC; however, the Huntington Library holds an earlier edition. Some old soiling and staining, particularly to two panels, several small tears into edges. Item #70860

Price: $600.00