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186820232ABLeipzig, Brockhaus, 1868. 8°. (1) Bl., XII, 290 (1) S. Mit 1 gef. Tabelle u. 1 gef. Tafel. Halblederbd. d. Zt. mit Rückenvergoldung u. goldgepr. Rückentitel + Wichtig: Für unsere Kunden in der EU erfolgt der Versand alle 14 Tage verzollt ab Deutschland / Postbank-Konto in Deutschland vorhanden +, 20232A (stärker berieben u. bestossen).
40 pages. Oblong 12" x 9.5". Circa 1923. Profusely illustrated with glorious contemporary black and white photos. Considerable supporting text. A sumptuous promotional work intended to highlight the investment potential of the British Columbia Electric Railway Company and its subsidiary companies: Vancouver Power Company Limited; Vancouver Island Power Company Limited; Western Power Company of Canada Limited; Vancouver Gas Company Limited; Victoria Gas Company Limited. Very attractive gilt lettering and decoration upon chocolate brown front cover. Clean and fresh with very light wear. Discrete prior owner's name atop front cover. Two short openings to fore-edge of front cover. An exceptional and rare copy of this exquisite vintage item. Book
85 pages plus six pages of nostalgic ads. Features: Behind the Scenes in Russia - Part I - Robert Wilton and his adventures as a British War Correspondent on the Eastern Front, with photos. (Wilton's book entitled 'Russia's Agony' was first published in 1918); The Man-Eating Tigers of Rengarih; My Bear Hunt in the British Columbia Rockies - Part II, by E. Ashmead-Bartlett; The Water-Wheels of Hama, Syria - with photo; Beyond the Law - part V - The Dalton Gang, the Condon Bank and the First National Bank at Coffeyville, Kansas; Fishing as a Vocation for War Heroes, by Ralph Stock; Photo of a fallen California Redwood - said to have been the largest tree in the world; In Unknown British Guiana - Part I - many nice photos; Tales of the Service - Part V - My Smuggle-Catching Adventures - by G.W. Hindmarch, a retired Customs and Excise officer in the Shetland Islands; Wonders of the Silver Spruce of British Columbia - in high demand for aircraft construction; Exploring the Ice-Wilds of Eastern Karakoram - Part V - by Fanny Bullock Workman and William Hunter Workman - with excellent photos; Our Seaplane Adventure - Captain Abbott Meade and his plane go down in the Indian Ocean; Photo of large pile of licorice root at Aleppo; The Revenge that went Wrong - James Bestow and his problem with a Yaqui Indian in Mexico; The Railway Conquest of the Australian Desert - construction of the thousand-mile transcontinental railway, from Kalgoorlie to Port Augusta - with many excellent photos; The "War Wolf" - Serbia's war hero Colonel Voyin A. Popovich; Whale Flesh as Human Food - informative brief article on the growth of the whale processing industry in Canada, with photo; Doctoring War Horses - the personal experiences of Blue Cross worker Charles W. Forward in France and Italy. Nice ad for the Hudson Navigation Company's New York - Albany - Troy route. Unmarked. Moderate wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this excellent vintage issue. Book
1880100458<p>Large thick folio 15x10 1/2 bound in soft tan calf maroon morocco corners and spine label marbled endpapers 26 425 111 blank pp. Hinges reinforced with cloth front joint split leather chipped at spine ends and corners are a bit worn light rubbing and finger soiling to contents; else very good. Fascinating piece of railroad memorabilia that documents railroad company mergers deeds for track expansion and other contractual correspondence dated from 1839-1915 chiefly between Massachusetts and New York. Many of the transactions mention concern the Boston and Albany Railroad connecting Boston to Albany. The ledger appears to record events from the original documents. Sometimes it cites the individual who copied the document. While the the dates of documents it refers to go back to the before the mid 19th century these entries were probably done in the late 19th century or early 20th century. The ledger contains over 400 pages of hand-written contract documents most one to three pages long plus 26 pages indexing 166 contracts at the front. Nearly all with Public Notarization as well as signatures of the people involved. These are copies of the originals inked in various highly legible hands. Many of the documents are of the Boston and Albany Railroad which would become part of the New York Central Railroad system. </p>
1860DEMO010833IWashington: Thomas H. Ford 1860. First & Quarto edition. Hardcover. chromolithographs b&w pls. Quartos 358 40; 399 pages 21stC 3/4 calf marbled boards waterstains <br/><br/>House Exec. Doc. no. 56. Howes P3; Wheat TRANSMISSISSIPPI 822ff; Wagner - Camp - Becker 261ff; Rittenhouse 442. Vol.I has 70 chromolithographed scenes. With 3 folding maps. Vol.1 has the Report. Vol.2 has the Botany Zoology Ornithology Fish Mollusks & Crustaceans. "The plates in Book 1 are all really tinted. Book II has 8 fine colored plates of birds; 45 black & white plates of fish animals insects and plants -Whitman Bennett in his PRACTICAL GUIDE TO AMERICAN NINETEENTH CENTURY COLOR PLATE BOOKS p.101." Thomas H. Ford hardcover
1880100458<p>Large thick folio 15x10 1/2 bound in soft tan calf maroon morocco corners and spine label marbled endpapers 26 425 111 blank pp. Hinges reinforced with cloth front joint split leather chipped at spine ends and corners are a bit worn light rubbing and finger soiling to contents; else very good. Fascinating piece of railroad memorabilia that documents railroad company mergers deeds for track expansion and other contractual correspondence dated from 1839-1915 chiefly between Massachusetts and New York. Many of the transactions mention concern the Boston and Albany Railroad connecting Boston to Albany. The ledger appears to record events from the original documents. Sometimes it cites the individual who copied the document. While the the dates of documents it refers to go back to the before the mid 19th century these entries were probably done in the late 19th century or early 20th century. The ledger contains over 400 pages of hand-written contract documents most one to three pages long plus 26 pages indexing 166 contracts at the front. Nearly all with Public Notarization as well as signatures of the people involved. These are copies of the originals inked in various highly legible hands. Many of the documents are of the Boston and Albany Railroad which would become part of the New York Central Railroad system. </p> books
185748219Albany New York: Printed By C. Van Benthuysen 1857. 1857. RAILROAD NEW YORK. First Edition. Tall 8vo. Blind-stamped cloth titles stamped in gilt on the front cover 2 large folding maps; 44 plates including 16 folding of bridges locomotives tunnels rail sections and more. Mostly details the state of New York but also information on Pennsylvania Vermont Massachusetts New Hampshire and Connecticut. A bit of cosmetic touch up to the corners and foot of spine internally clean and tight for a very good copy. Printed By C. Van Benthuysen, 1857. hardcover
191863179Bethlehem PA & New York NY: Lehigh Valley Railroad ca. 1918. Large oblong double atlas panoramic silver gelatin photograph sized 47 x 8.5 in. caption at lower fore-edge w/in the negative preserved in the original quarter-sawn oak black stained original glass VG image with excellent contrast. This original panoramic photograph approaching a water tank hauling 75 cars of grain for the War effort during World War I captures the efforts of delivering harvested and processed grain from farmers through grain elevators and later delivery to markets for processing and sale. Although originally founded in 1846 to haul anthracite coal from the coal fields of Pennsylvania the Lehigh Valley RR became an essential freight and passenger line through New York in the early 20th-Century and were well known for their significant network of grain elevators and transport logistics. The Class R-1 Steam Locomotives from Baldwin were numbered originally from 4000-4075 many of which were used by Lehigh Valley RR for slow heavy freight haulage. Lehigh Valley Railroad, unknown
18882301090080Rome NY: New York Locomotive Works 1888. Photographs. Very Good. Texas Railroads Original Albumen photograph. Photograph dimensions: 24 x 42 cm. The engine has George Dullnig's name on it. Dullnig was prominent German-Texas businessman who attempted to create a railroad to connect the towns of Stockdale to San Antonio. He later sold out to Southern Pacific. The coal car is no. 42 of the San Antonio & Aransas Pass. Railroad. Small chip off top left corner of margin. New York Locomotive Works unknown
MA05H-00104not identified. Collectible - Acceptable. Kansas City MO: publisher not identified 1923. 16mo. 190pp. Illus. Fair book. Hinges cracked. Writing inside. Texas railoads trainmen handbooks and manuals Inquire if you need further information. not identified unknown
19102111902160200784Yamamoto Matsusaburo 1910. Soft Cover. Fine. Volume: 1 Yamamoto Matsusaburo paperback
59178aafgr. in-8vo / in-4°, reich farbig illustrierte Zeitschrift, komplett bis anfang 2003, gebunden in Original-Leinenbde.
20232ABLeipzig, Brockhaus, 1868. 8°. (1) Bl., XII, 290 (1) S. Mit 1 gef. Tabelle u. 1 gef. Tafel. Halblederbd. d. Zt. mit Rückenvergoldung u. goldgepr. Rückentitel (stärker berieben u. bestossen).
187099999-1294St. Gallen Zollikofer 1870. With 2 long multiple folded plates. 25 pp. 3 leaves. 4to 255 x 205 mm. Modern half cloth title on spine. St. Gallen Zollikofer 1870. A technological concept about construction work for a connection between Switzerland and Italy via Splügen pass. Involved in this venture was Alfred Escher 1819-1882 railways pioneer and founder of the Credit Suisse. In fact this proposal of a railway was never realized. RAILWAY / EISENBAHN ; St. Gallen, Zollikofer hardcover
1876950DB2 Bde. (1 Text- u. 1 Tafelband). Berlin, Rudolph Gaertner, 1876. Gr.-8° u. 4°. XXIX (1), 562 S. Mit 270 gest. Abb. im Text; (4) S. Mit 3 gef. Tabellen u. 40 gef. Tafeln. Halblederbände der Zeit (berieben und bestossen).
1836016450Boston: Dutton & Wentworth Printers 1836. Book. Very good condition. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo 8vo. A bound volume containing a collection of ten publications relating to the Western Rail-Road Corporation from the incorporation in 1836 to 1840. The First Annual Report from 1836 is included twice. Bound in contemporary original three quarter leather which is moderately to heavily worn with the front board nearly detached. There is minor to moderate foxing and the final half of the text is lightly stained at the top corner. The 1836-37 Reports of the Engineers is complete with two fold-out maps which were printed on very thin onion-skin paper. These two maps have been detached and are misfolded with minor tearing as well as some foxing. A ready-made collection of the founding documents of this railroad company which starts in Boston winding its way across the state where it enters New York State at West Stockbridge. Dutton & Wentworth, Printers Hardcover
1836016450Boston: Dutton & Wentworth Printers 1836. Book. Very good condition. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo 8vo. A bound volume containing a collection of ten publications relating to the Western Rail-Road Corporation from the incorporation in 1836 to 1840. The First Annual Report from 1836 is included twice. Bound in contemporary original three quarter leather which is moderately to heavily worn with the front board nearly detached. There is minor to moderate foxing and the final half of the text is lightly stained at the top corner. The 1836-37 Reports of the Engineers is complete with two fold-out maps which were printed on very thin onion-skin paper. These two maps have been detached and are misfolded with minor tearing as well as some foxing. A ready-made collection of the founding documents of this railroad company which starts in Boston winding its way across the state where it enters New York State at West Stockbridge. Dutton & Wentworth, Printers Hardcover books
19088848London Waterlow and Sons Ltd 1908. Sheet size 39 x 52 cm printed in colours text on verso one or two small tape repairs to folds tabbed and folded for inclusion in 1908 timetable booklet. The main map shows central London including the site of the 1908 Franco-British Exhibition; an inset shows the line between Harrow and the Mets northern outpost at Verney Junction and a fare table is included bottom right. A blue and red line shows the boundary for the free collection and delivery of parcels and passengers luggage which could be handed in rather than carried on crowded trains. The text on the verso gives information about tickets and goods traffic and carries an advertisement for the west end furniture supplier Oetzmann & Co. Map unknown
48857London: Railway Chronicle Office 14 Wellington-street North Strand. c.1846. 210 x 22 cm. Original chart of the railway line between London and Brighton. The chart shows the line from London to its terminus in Brighton with vignette views and descriptive text of destinations en route as seen from the eastern and western side of the line down each side. Title vignette view of London Bridge station introductory text and map at head. vignette view of Brighton from the terminus at foot. The chart folds between original paper covers with titles to upper cover and publisher's advertisement to lower cover vignette views to upper and lower covers. Pencil inscription to upper cover. Spine worn and reinforced. Some toning to upper cover and a few folds. Generally in very good condition. London: Railway Chronicle Office, 14, Wellington-street North, Strand. [c.1846] unknown
48697London: Railway Chronicle Office 14 Wellington-street North Strand. c.1847. 219 x 22 cm. Original chart of the railway line between London and Cambridge. The chart shows the line from Bishopsgate Station in London to its terminus in Cambridge with vignette views and descriptive text of destinations en route as seen from the eastern and western side of the line down each side. Title vignette view of King's College introductory text and map of the Eastern Counties District at head. The chart folds between gilt-stamped red cloth covers and is housed in green cloth case with gilt-titled black label to upper cover. Old ownership label to upper cover of cloth case. Some very light shelf-wear to edges of cover chart clean and fresh. Overall in excellent condition. London: Railway Chronicle Office, 14, Wellington-street North, Strand. [c.1847] hardcover
48859London: Railway Chronicle Office 14 Wellington-street North Strand. c.1846. 256 x 21.5 cm. Original chart of the railway line between London and Dover. The chart shows the line from London to its terminus in Dover with vignette views and descriptive text of destinations en route as seen from the eastern and western side of the line down each side. Title vignette view of Dover Castle introductory text map and vignette view of London Bridge Station at head. Folds between original buff paper covers with publisher's title label with vignette border to upper cover and attractive publisher's adverstisement with vignettes to lower cover. Covers a little worn at extremities. Some toning at folds chart generally very clean and bright. London: Railway Chronicle Office, 14, Wellington-street North, Strand. [c.1846] unknown
48720London: Railway Chronicle Office 14 Wellington-street North Strand. c.1846. 267 x 21.5 cm. Original chart of the railway line between London and Dover. The chart shows the line from London to its terminus in Dover with vignette views and descriptive text of destinations en route as seen from the eastern and western side of the line down each side. Title vignette view of Dover Castle introductory text map and vignette view of London Bridge Station at head. Folds between buff paper covers with publisher's title label with vignette border to upper cover and attractive publisher's adverstisement with vignettes to lower cover. Housed in green cloth case with facsimile of title label to the upper cover. Old ownership label to upper cover of cloth case. Title label and advertisement worn at extremities repaired and reinforced on verso. Chart generally clean and bright. London: Railway Chronicle Office, 14, Wellington-street North, Strand. [c.1846] hardcover
48721London: Railway Chronicle Office 14 Wellington-street North Strand. c.1846. 112 x 21 cm. Original chart of the railway line between London and Guildford. The chart shows the line from Nine Elms Station to its terminus in Guildford with vignette views and descriptive text of destinations en route as seen from the eastern and western side of the line down each side. Title vignette view of Nine Elms introductory text at head vignette view of Guildford High Street at foot. Folds between buff paper covers with publisher's title label with vignette border to upper cover and attractive publisher's adverstisement with vignettes to lower cover. Housed in green cloth case with facsimile of title label to the upper cover. Old ownership label to upper cover of cloth case. Covers and chart clean bright and in good condition. London: Railway Chronicle Office, 14, Wellington-street North, Strand. [c.1846] hardcover
19312091202133212882Simmons Boardman publishing company 1931. Soft Cover. Fine. Volume: 1 Simmons Boardman publishing company paperback
19122091502135410677Not Available 1912. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 1 Not Available paperback
