Russell, Andrew J. Westward to Promontory.

Building the Union Pacific Across the Plains and Mountains. A Pictorial Documentary. Photos by A.J. Russell. Promontory Press, 1969. ISBN 0883940116. (ISBN numbers were adopted in 1969.) Text by Barry B. Combs. Illustrated with reproductions of A.J. Russell photographs made with 10 x 13 collodion wet plate negatives. Essential book on the history of railroads and Russell’s western landscape photography. Before he did these photos, A.J. Russell was active as a photographer during the Civil War. He is considered one of the major figures in Western United States landscape photography in the nineteenth century. Important book for both the history of railroads and the history of photography.  Fine with very good chipped and edge worn dust jacket. There are three small pieces of the dust jacket missing on the top and bottom edges, the largest on the back about one inch in diameter.