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19132162Bombay India: Col. C.A.R. Browne 1913. 8.75" x 11" pp. 6 73 1 including multiple black and white images from photography maps including foldout map. Hardcover bound in blue cloth boards with gold stamping. Boards are worn at the edges and corners. Spine has a few small wrinkles as well as a chip with loss towards the bottom edge. Writing in pencil on the front free end paper. Text is lightly smudged. Good to very good. . Col. C.A.R. Browne unknown
18821906030061G.W. & C.B. Colton & Co. No. 182 William St. New York. 1882 . First Edition. Map. Very Good. Large Pocket Map in original printed folder. 65 x 126 cm 27-1/4 x 50 inches. Lithographed map. Scale of 12 miles per inch. Outline color by state with railroads colored in red and blue. Shows eastern United States and includes relief by hachures drainage cities and towns county boundaries and the railroad network in red. From Norfolk to Louisville. Includes: Virginia West Virginia Kentucky and Tennessee. Timber and coal regions are noted along with the rivers mountains cities and other details. Modelski LC U.S. railroad maps 546. G.W. & C.B. Colton & Co. No. 182 William St. New York. unknown
1909ZB506165NY: 1909-1934 passim. Volumes for 1909 1924 1926 and 1934 only all illustrated and include considerable advertising material; ex library in later half leather with binding rubbed and worn and a few sides detached overall clean internally. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. Photos available upon request. NY: hardcover
26758Headed Eton College Windsor 10 Sept. 1927. Four neatly written pages 4to very good condition. SEE photograph for full text. Hope-Jones see brief biography below including his appearance in an M.R. James ghost story writes a very substantial letter on the character activities school influence etc. of Douglas Byng-Stamper whose death evoked an Agatha Christie style mystery. See Google "Death on an Oban-bound Train" for a comprehensive article on the incident. William Hope-Jones evokes references on Google such as in court for bathing "without sufficient dress" or the following AI spiel: "William Hope-Jones known as "Hojo" at Eton was a math teacher and housemaster at Eton College noted for his eccentricity. He was a King's Scholar 1900-1906 Assistant Master 1907-1950 and Housemaster 1924-1939. Hope-Jones is also remembered for his loud singing and for writing the humorous song "National Anthem of the Ancient Britons" also known as "Woad" or "The Woad Ode" according to Wikipedia. He was a central character in M.R. James's 1928 ghost story "Wailing Well". [Headed] Eton College | Windsor, 10 Sept. 1927. unknown
19792083002117400753Not Available 1979. Soft Cover. Fine. Volume: 1 Not Available paperback
19292091502133904137Not Available 1929. Soft Cover. Fine. Volume: 1 Not Available paperback
19622083002117402548Railway science company 1962. Soft Cover. Fine. Volume: 1 Railway science company paperback
19192111902160305974Manzhou Daily Newspaper 1919. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of pages: 92 pages Size: A5 size 15cmx22cm Manzhou Daily Newspaper paperback
19068656Portland Oregon: The Oregon Railroad & Navigation Co. Fine with no dust jacket. 1906. First Edition. Original Wraps. Map unfolds to about 1 1/2'x5'. Colored semi-topographical map of the Columbia River with towns etc. Really cool!; Map; 4 1/2x9 1/2" . The Oregon Railroad & Navigation Co. paperback
1867100112Pamphlet original printed wrappers 8vo 35 pp. with lithographic map as frontispiece. Old ink ownership signature on front cover along with small rubber stamp of library on front cover too. Library stamp on back of title page some soiling to wrappers corners nicked and a slight vertical crease. Otherwise very good. Scarce pamphlet offering a view of the building of the transcontinental railroad and some of the challenges it faced including those related to the crossing the Sierra Nevada. The map shows most of the U.S. excluding the southern fringe with the Central Pacific and Union Pacific Railroads connecting just north of Salt Lake City. The map also shows the proposed Southern Pacific Railroad from St. Louis to Southern California. The pamphlet talks about the need for the railroad because of the gold discoveries and the unlimited agricultural potential of the region. The author speculates that California could handle a population of ten million people. Also includes facts and figures about the cost of the railroad. George Brown, Printer,
1928211190216020041972 Daimyo-cho Matsumoto-shi Kobayashi Kokonoe 1928. Soft Cover. Fine. Volume: 1 72 Daimyo-cho, Matsumoto-shi Kobayashi Kokonoe paperback
19992091502133905326Not Available 1999. Soft Cover. Fine. Volume: 1 Not Available paperback
19292090502124701810Osaka Mainichi Shimbun 1929. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 1 Osaka Mainichi Shimbun paperback
192313348AB1923. Tokyo Kenkyusha 1923. 305 : 215 cm. Original boards. 2 leaves III pages1 leaf 97 pages 1 manyfolded coloured map. Original boards. Interestign report with many charts on state owned and privat railways but also on railways in Taiwan Goverment railways in South Karafuto and South Manchuria railway. The folded map 'General Railway of Japan & Manchuria' shows the diffrent lines. - Front board with small stamp. hardcover
1846201471Railway Chronicle Office nd 1846 1846. 2nd edition. VG. Second Edition. Paper covers with titles to the upper cover and publisher's advertisement to lower both with vignette views and enclosing 16 folding panels measuring 210 x 21.2 cm in total revealing a chart of the railway line between London and Brighton with vignette views and descriptions of notable places of interest en route. Covers dust-soiled and lightly worn at extremities with a few small holes in the spine and 1cm splits in the spine at the head and foot together with a touch of creasing to the corners. Internally the panels are a little toned to the edges with occasional light spotting. All in all a remarkable survival produced in the earliest years of the Brighton Line. Rainford & Parris Books welcomes enquiries so please do not hesitate to ask if you require further images or have any questions. All books are packaged with great care. Railway Chronicle Office unknown
19992111902152907848Railway History Preservation Society 1999. Soft Cover. Fine. Size: A4 size Railway History Preservation Society paperback
1944136446London & Tonbridge: Jas Truscott & Sons LTD 1944. Undetermined. very good. Original Poster. 25" X 39.25" 63.5 X 100 cm. Creases vertically and horizontally from where it was folded into 16 as well as a general rippling. Slight soiling and wear along edges. Some dark pencil markings to the top left corner which have been partially erased. Nice condition. very good A visually strong poster with red blue and white writing upon a light brown background. The message from the prime minister thanking the four British Main Line Railway companies for their work especially that during the war on the occassion of their 21st anniversary. Though he is not refered to by name on the poster Winston Churchill was the Prime Minister during this time and it is from him the gratitude is intended to come. The four railway companies included in the British Main Line Railway were the Great Western Railway GWR London Midland and Scottish Railway LMS London and North Eastern Railway LNER and the Southern Railway SR 1944 Jas Truscott & Sons LTD unknown
1879014135London Ontario: Advertiser Steam Presses / Great Western Railway 1879. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. First edition thus. 1879. Duodecimo/12mo. 102 pp. Very good. Black leather with flap enclosure binding. Gold titling to front board: "RULES. Great Western Railway. 1879." Ownership signature to FFEP: "Jos Anderson Conductor GWR Windsor July 29th 1879." A scarce rules and regulations book for the now defunct Great Western Railway in Ontario Canada. Marbled block. Clean throughout. The front hinge is lightly shaken though the binding is tight and fully intact. Black leather has a minor water stain to the front board. General wear and rubbing to the corners and extremities from use in the field. A scarce piece of rail and transportation history. A print copy is held in the Library and Archives of Canada. Securely shipped in a tracked box. <br/> <br/> Advertiser Steam Presses / Great Western Railway hardcover
a77678Burlington 1851 Chauncey Goodrich. Octavo 38pp. original stringbound wraps. VG light foxing. Scarce. . paperback
189357405New York: International League of Press Clubs 1893. 4to. 9 x 11.5 in. 149 1 pp. Photo frontisp. with sepia-tinted illustration of locomotive numerous text illustrations historiated initials decorated initials woodcut-engravings & tail-pieces. Brick-red publisher’s simulated morocco over beveled boards gilt lettering & border decoration in blind dyed fore-edges to textblock minor rubbing to corners light rubbing head & foot of spine still VG bright copy. First edition of this nicely illustrated souvenir travel account of the International League of Press Clubs traveling to the Press Club Convention organized to promote the West Coast and the forthcoming 1894 California Midwinter International Exposition. Michael Henry de Young 1849-1925 noted Jewish-American co-founder of the San Francisco Chronicle arranged for the Eastern Press Clubs and Midwestern Clubs to travel in the lavishly appointed Wagner train with stops in Denver side trip to Salt Lake City UT the Citrus Fair in Auburn CA and Sacramento lunched with the Sutros stayed at the palatial Hotel Del Monte in Monterey visited the Lick Observatory & Los Angeles. The memorable dinner banquet included courses of California Oysters Kennebec Salmon in Holland Sauce Broiled Mushrooms Filet of Beef Richelieu and the Canvas-Back Duck with Celery Sauce. Return stops included viewing the Mojave Indians the Apache in Needles the pueblos in New Mexico and a stop later at Niagara Falls. International League of Press Clubs, hardcover
189437699Chicago: Knight Leonard & Co. May 1894. 1894. 16" x 31 1/2" sheet folded to 32 panels with cover panels showing the Royal Gorge and Marshall Pass. Opens to a 14-panel color map outlining of the United States from Chicago westward and 2 panels with information on excursions along with rates. Backed with time tables and notes on Colorado's resources. Laid in is a 2-panel illustrated advertisement for "The Colorado" at Glenwood Springs with illustration of and information about the resort. Lightly soiled but in very nice condition. Knight, Leonard & Co., May, 1894. unknown
1850106702<p>Small pocket sized guide 4"x3" original printed wrappers folding map which is glued inside front wrapper affecting part of New York map 160 pp. Very modest wear spine expertly repaired some slight aging; otherwise very good or better. Rare pocket-size mid-19th century transportation guide. The map shows New England on one side and New York City on the other. OCLC/WorldCat lists only one copy of this August 1850 issue and the University of Michigan. Excellent detail in this what appears to be a monthly publication. #</p> Geo. R. Holbrook & Co.,
1876102314<p> Folding railroad time table unfolded 16" x 28" folded 4" x 8" illustrated with route map and engravings. Some minor chips and tears at folds and extremities some browning and aging and a little soiling; otherwise about very good. Attractive Erie Railroad time table and map. Includes large illustration of the inside of a Pullman car and two additional illustrations of a dinning car and part of Niagara Falls. The time table and schedule has considerable detail. # 102314</p>
1904106398<p>Small 8vo soft red covers numerous illustrations from photographs; map on inside of rear wrapper 160 pp. Light wear top corner slightly bent normal aging; very good or better condition. Descriptions of the numerous locales accessible by the California Northwestern Railway running from Tiburon north to Willits with branches to Guerneville Sebastopol and a few other places. Includes interesting famility type pictures of places like Oleander's Farm Ridgewood Sonoma Creek and Greenwood Park. There is a map of California Northwestern Railway and Connections on the inside of the rear cover. The railroad was formed in 1898 and merged into the Northwestern Pacific Railway in 1907. Seems to be rather rare the OCLC/WorldCat lists only the copies at Stanford and UCLA. OCLC. </p> California Northwestern Railway,
192453471N. P.: Privately printed 1924. 1924. A lovely color pictorial map 17" x 45.5" folding to 8.5" x 4" and showing the route of the Canadian Pacific from Calgary and Macleod in the east to Vancouver and Seattle in the west as well as several shorter branch lines. Map has a split at one fold but is otherwise in fine condition. Over-sized folder has chips and tears. Includes excellent detail of topography with different mountain ranges identified and names and elevations given for many individual peaks. Parks are also identified as are numerous small towns. Steamer lines are shown in Kootenay Lake Arrow Lake Okanagan Lake and the Straits of Georgia and Juan de Fuca. There is a table of distances at the lower right and an inset map of the coastline from Seattle to Skagway Alaska. Privately printed, 1924. unknown
