1881 Baldwin Locomotive Catalogue Burnham, Parry, Williams 2nd Edition Albumen Burnham, Parry, Williams & Co. Rare Book Room

Baldwin Locomotive Works. Illustrated Catalogue of Locomotives. Burnham, Parry, Williams & Co., Philadelphia. George Burnham, Charles T. Parry, Edward H. Williams, William P. Henszey, Edward Longstreth, John H. Converse. Second Edition. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1881. Complete 18 albumen photos. 153 p, 11 x 7.750094, royal 8vo. PLATES 84 & 9697 DETACHED FROM BINDING WITH SCUFFING AND SOME TEARING AROUND EDGES! In fair condition. Boards normally scuffed at edges and wornbumped at corners. Head and tail of spine collapsed with some frayed cloth & chipping. Hinges rubbed. Gilt lettering on spine dulled, but legible. Gift inscription, in ink, found on front fly-leaf, dated 1884. Front gutter cracked at frontispiece (recto). Water or tea dampness staining at top corner from title page to approximately page 60. Toning and finger-soiling in margins through text-block. PLATES 84 & 9697 DETACHED FROM BINDING WITH SCUFFING AND SOME TEARING AROUND EDGES! Binding is intact, but fragile. Please see photos and ask questions, if any, before purchasing. Matthias Baldwin (1795-1866), a former jeweler and tool manufacturer, was commissioned in 1831 by Franklin Peale to fashion a miniature locomotive engine to be displayed at his Philadelphia Museum. Soon the Philadelphia, Germantown and Norristown Railroad asked Baldwin to construct 0093Old Ironsides,0094 his first full-size engine, in 1832. Subsequently, M.W. Baldwin, incorporated in 1831, became an establishment for the manufacture of locomotive engines at 400 North Broad Street in Philadelphia. The poor economic climate of the first half of the nineteenth century caused Baldwin to seek out financial support for his new company, which he found through partnerships with George Hufty, George Vail, Asa Whitney, and Matthew Baird. The company produced engines for a multitude of American and international railroads. During the Civil War, many southern Railroads withdrew their purchases due to Matthias Baldwin0092s alleged abolitionist stance, but in the meantime Baldwin built no fewer than thirty engines for the federal government. Baldwin passed away in 1866 and Matthew Baird became the senior member of the company. By 1873, Baird had sold his shares to George Burnham, Charles T. Parry, and Edward H. Williams, who renamed the company Burnham, Parry, Williams & Co. In 1890 the company was officially incorporated as Baldwin Locomotive Works, which had been the name of its center of operations in Philadelphia for many years, and in 1929 operations moved to Eddystone, Pennsylvania. The company remained there until, due to halted production and the downturn of steam engines, it merged with the Lima-Hamilton Company in 1950. Baldwin Locomotive Works stopped production in 1956. PLATES 84 & 9697 DETACHED FROM BINDING WITH SCUFFING AND SOME TEARING AROUND EDGES! RAREA1881JPQX - 1025 - HK2849