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1960152748Chicago: Railroad Retirement Board 1960. 103p. wraps 4x6.75 inches. Railroad Retirement Board unknown books
1989243643Chicago: Railroad Retirement Board 1989. 43p. staplebound booklet very good. Railroad Retirement Board unknown books
13390New York: Underwood Very good railroading image with man sitting on a tree stump watching a steam engine locomotive make the grade at this famous curve ".one of the best pieces of railroad construction in the country."; back of mount gives a couple of paragraphs of information regarding the industry construction more; photographer identifier at side of mount not dated title on back in six languages; a couple of identifying numbers: a large "81" at top middle; the number 81 - 5540 is at the title bar position at the bottom of the right-hand image; light wear to card tips edges; very good condition. Very Good. Underwood unknown books
186765589NP Oregon: np 1867. Broadsheet on blue-gray paper. 27 x 21 cm. Slight wrinkled old fold lines a few tears along folds not affecting text. Not in Belknap Oregon Imprints 1845-1870. <br/><br/> np unknown books
30107Philadelphia: Press of J. B. Lippincott & Co n. d. 1st edition Romaine p. 301. Ca 1871 - 72. Original publisher's pebbled terra-cotta cloth binding with gilt stamped lettering to spine & front board. Beveled edges. Overall VG slightly shaken/some shelfwear. 134 pp. T.p. printed in red & black. Text within rectangular red-rule border. Illustrated with wood engraved frontis depicting the 'Baldwin Locomotive Works' factory 11 intratextual cuts & 16 pasted-in photographs of divers Baldwin locomotives. 4to: 11" x 7-5/8" <br/><br/>The Baldwin Locomotive Works an American builder of railroad locomotives was located in Pennsylvania originally Philadelphia then moving in 1906 to nearby Eddystone. The company was the largest US producer of custom made-to-order steam locomotives. Founded in the early 1830s by Matthais Baldwin the firm stopped producing locomotives in 1956 ceasing business in 1972 having produced over 70000 engines the vast majority powered by steam. This one of the firm's first photograhically illustrated catalogues a lavish production issued in the ealy 1870s as Baldwin overtook Rogers as the premier locomotive manufacturer in the United States. Herein will be found photographs of their divers products including fill in with some names of locomotives. While not a particularly rare catalogue it's importance & desirablility lies in documenting the ascent to prominence of this significant US heavy equipment manufacturer as well as being an early trade catalogue illustrated with actual photographs. Press of J. B. Lippincott & Co hardcover books
194841915New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company 1948. 1st Edition. Black cloth with silver stamping. Blue dust jacket. VG slight lean/VG spine panel sunned/average wear. 10 304 pp. 8vo. <br/><br/> Thomas Y. Crowell Company hardcover books
45953London: Edward Arnold n. d. 1st edition presumed ca mid-1890s. Original publisher's grey-blue cloth printed in black to front board and gilt stamping to spine. Pale yellow eps. Geneal wear & soiling to binding. Slight cock. Bookplate. Very Good. vii 1 blank 232 16 pp. 1893 publisher catalogue at rear. Illustrated. Crown 8vo. 7-5/8" x 5" <br/><br/> Edward Arnold hardcover books
66432 card-mounted photographs; images each 5" x 8" mounts are 9" x 11 1/2" approximate size; views are of the same wreck appears to be a derailment of a locomotive and tender; track appears to be destroyed; no engine numbers readily discernible; some edge tips wear to mounts one with a split not intruding into the image; images a bit faded; no photographer noted; interesting and worth more research; Circa 1890; good condition. Good. unknown books
195345954London: Published by the Internal Combustion Group of teh Locomotive Manufacturers' Association of Great Britain 1953. 1st edition presumed ca mid-1890s. Original publisher's dark blue cloth with gilt stamping to front board & spine. Light wear. VG to Nr Fine. 48 pp. Illustrated. 10-1/8" x 8" <br/><br/> Published by the Internal Combustion Group of teh Locomotive Manufacturers' Association of Great Britain hardcover books
19201523St. Paul MN: Great Northern Railway 1920. Card 9 cm x 16 cm printed in red and black ink. Vertical bend at left side. One side contains an advertisement and rail schedule for the Great Northern. Stops listed are: Winnipeg Noyes Crookston Fergus Falls Alexandria St. Cloud Minneapolis and Saint Paul.<br/><br/>"You will enjoy traveling on this fine fast air-conditioned train with every modern convenience. [Great Northern Railway] unknown books
19376831Seattle: Progressive Printing Co. 1937. Octavo 20 x14.5 cm. 10 113 pages. Illustrated with a portrait of the author. FIRST & ONLY EDITION. A memoir of a railroad steward having served in dining-car service on the Portland to Seattle run since 1911. In part a guide to 'Humanized Hospitality' on the railroads and in part profiles of some of the celebrities the author served. Green-titled wrappers backed in brown cloth; small stain to front panel otherwise near fine. Inscribed at length in green ink by the author on the free front endpaper and dated 1953. OCLC locates nine copies. Progressive Printing Co.] hardcover books
192330668New York: Harry H Wolf Publisher 1923. 1st printing thus a reissue of an 1899 work. Original paper wrappers with color pictorial to front wrapper. Wrappers detached with some chipping to edges. A Good copy of a rare title. 32 pp. Adverts last 4 pages. 8vo. 9-5/8" x 6-7/8" <br/><br/> Harry H Wolf, Publisher unknown books
189946027New York: Macmillan Company 1899. First Edition. 12mo 17.5cm.; publisher's green pictorial cloth stamped in red yellow white and gilt top edge gilt; vi334pp. Board extremities a bit rubbed and corners bumped yellow portion of upper cover very slighly effaced else Very Good and sound. Inscribed and signed on front free endpaper: "For Hollis W Field / With the compliments of / Samuel Merwin." One of two novels produced by the Merwin-Webster collaboration this on the railway industry which had a notable effect on Frank Norris's own novel "The Octopus" published two years later. WRIGHT III 3708. Macmillan Company unknown books
194472914New York: Association of American Railroads 1944. Paperback. Very Good. photos 63p. Wrapper. 28cm. Cover browned around edges. <br/><br/> Association of American Railroads paperback books
1962493771962. Railroad Commission. Report of the Presidential Railroad Commission. Washington D.C.: n.p. 1962. vii 576 pp. Ink markings on title page. Ex-library with stamps. Cloth worn with gilt spine. Internally clean. $40. unknown books
1910014219St. Louis Missouri: Woodward and Tiernan Printing Company 1910. Large colored map of Missouri with railway lines which folds into the pocket cas. Map measured 27" x 31" when unfolded. Map is in excellent condition without tears. Previous owner's name top of front cover. . First Edition. Tan Cloth. and Soiling/No Dust Jacket. 4 1/4" x 7 1/8" Cover. Woodward and Tiernan Printing Company Hardcover books
194441488New York 1944. Ca. 1910 - 1944. Contemporary flexible embossed black calf post binder gilt "Photographs" lettered to front cover along with title of "New York State" in white ink to front cover nickel-plate posts at gutter margin. Minor edgewear with some rubbing and chipping to both album and leaves. Some lifting to the photos many of the leaves have wear to fore-edges. 1 of the nickel posts has snapped due to the weight of the textblock a few leaves detached. Withal a G/VG remarkable album. Unpaginated though 346 pp. 1111 real photographs tipped-in to thick black paper mounted with corners. Two colored postcards 2 maps 1 large folding brochure for the Jamestown Westfield & Northwestern Railway many with photographers notes stamped in ink many in pencil including some copy photos from magazines newspapers and trade magazines ranging in size from 2-1/4" x 3-1/4" all the way up to 9" x 11" including many panoramic photos and even some real photo postcards. Thick oblong format: "10-1/4" x 13-1/4" x 5" <br/><br/>A massive photo album brimming with over 1100 images of street cars trolleys motor cars locomotives service trains interurban railway lines and railroads across New York from the 1890s up to WWII. With neatly handwritten captions photographer's notes often on verso and even some typed text. The compiler has traced the development of the New York transit system before WWII including many short lines and trolley lines that have become defunct and most absorbed into the modern New York railway system. This tremendous photograph album supplies one of the most lavishly illustrated visual archives of New York Interurban Railways Street Cars Trolleys and the development of mass transit in the Northeastern United States before WWII we have ever seen. Included within the album are images of over 60 different Interurban lines Trolley Lines and Short Line railways including the Albany Southern RR Albany & Hudson Railway Batavia Traction Co. operated 1914-1927 Bennington & Hoosik Valley Railway Co. 1989-1927 the Coney Island and Brooklyn Railroad which was the first railroad of any kind to reach Coney Island and after 1923 became part of the Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit Corporation along with the Brooklyn & Manhattan Transit Brooklyn & Queens Traction Co. and the Brooklyn Rapid Transit. In addition there are substantial sections devoted to the Empire State Railroad the Fonda Johnstown & Gloversville RR - significant for showing the ultra modern art deco Bullet interurban cars acquired in 1932 to boost ridership; the Schenectady Railway Company which connected Schenectady -Albany -Troy -Saratoga and was one of the most extensive trolley lines in the Northeastern US; as well as the New York Elevated Railroad the New York Railways Co. which operated trolleys and streetcars from 1911 until 1925 when their lines were replaced with buses the Rochester & eastern Rapid Railway which operated from 1901 until 1930 when the line was dismantled; the Steinway Lines Co. which began as the Steinway Railway Company and would become part of the New York & Queens County Railway until 1932 when it broke free and operated as a trolley line until 1939 when they were replaced with buses. This album is filled with trolleys electric trolleys electric motor cars and electric locomotives which were built by numerous different companies including J. M. Jones & Sons Interurban Car Builders Wason Manufacturing Co. Jackson-Sharp Manufacturing Baldwin-Westinghouse Sheffield Car Co. and many others. The photographers stamps on the versos of some images include Howard Humes of Balston Spa NY Fred Abele of Albany NY Charles A. Brown of Chicago IL and many others. The photos provide a vivid picture of New York in the first part of the 20th century depicting the advertising signage the architecture fashions civic movements the impact of Pearl Harbor with trolleys outfitted to look like Navy Recruiting posts and much more. Of particular interest are many of the images showing abandoned trolleys and motor cars in wrecking yards sideyards others showing accident damage from being hit by trucks some being sold at auction and others being burned for scrap as much of the Interurban system was being scrapped for buses at the outbreak of World War II. unknown books
196422308London: Ian Allan 1964. 1st edition. Black cloth binding. Dust jacket. VG slt lean/small inkstamp at title page/VG pc/darkened rear panel/plastic coating at upper wrapper bubbled. 128 pp. Illustrated. 8vo. 23cm x 15.5cm. <br/><br/> Ian Allan hardcover books
197221543Caldwell Idaho: Caxton Printers 1972. 1st edition. Red cloth binding. Dust jacket. Nr Fine/VG pc/ few small incomplete tears at extremities/ light soiling. 265 pp including index. Profusely illustrated. 4to. 29cm x 22cm. <br/><br/> Caxton Printers hardcover books
196716678New York: Bonanza 1967. Reprint edition. Yellow & brown cloth. Dust jacket. F/NF minor creasing at bottom of spine. 248 pp. including index. Illustrated with b/w photos. 4to. <br/><br/> Bonanza hardcover books
79884RAILROAD RAILROAD BOOKS PAMPHLETS AND EPHEMERA 23 ITEMS. As follows: 1. DETROIT LUBRICATOR COMPANY. "GENUINE DETROIT" MODEL A LOCOMOTIVE FORCE FEED OILER CATALOG NO. 174. Detroit MI n.d. 56 pp. including folding charts and b/w and two-color illustrations and halftone photos. 8vo. heavily soiled printed stapled wrappers yellow. Some soil to page edges. 2. DETROIT LUBRICATOR COMPANY. DETROIT BULLSEYE LOCOMOTIVE LUBRICATORS CATALOG NO. 38 L. Detroit MI 1918. 62 pp. Halftone photos. 8vo. moderate soil to printed stapled wrappers with 3 color embossed front cover. Light offset to front and rear pages and some soil to page edges. 3. WORTHINGTON PUMP AND MACHINERY CORPORATION. WORTHINGTON LOCOMOTIVE BOILER FEED PUMP AND FEED WATER HEATER TYPES B AND BL GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR OPERATION BK-1608-F. New York May 1927. 36 pp. Stiff green printed wrappers with green cloth tape spine rounded corners. 12mo. moderate soil to covers and a few pages b/w folding diagram two-color folding diagram b/w figs. in text. 4. SNODGRASS J. M. et al. THE ECONOMICAL USE OF COAL IN RAILWAY LOCOMOTIVES. Urbana: University of Illinois Bulletin Vol. XVI No. 2 Sept. 9 1918. Circular No. 8 Engineering Experiment Station. 76 pp. 8vo. printed stapled wrappers. Covers soiled light soil to a few page edges. Boston and Maine Railroad office loan slip tipped in on inside front cover. 6 pp. of color illustrations of fireboxes. 5. FRANKLIN RAILWAY SUPPLY COMPANY. THE LOCOMOTIVE BOOSTER TYPES C-1 AND C-2 INSTRUCTION BOOK NO. 102. New York 1927. 114 pp. 12mo. stiff red printed wrappers with rounded corners and red cloth spine tape. Minimal external soil interior clean. B/w halftone and two-tone illustrations. 6. INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINISTS. CONSTITUTION OF THE GRAND LODGE DISTRICT AND LOCAL LODGES INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINISTS. Washington DC 1925. 96 pp. 15 pp. index. 24mo. blue printed stapled wrappers. Minor soil to covers interior clean. 7. THE LESLIE COMPANY. INSTRUCTION CARD NO. AK-6: THE LESLIE TURBO GENERATOR AND STEAM HEAT PRESSURE REGULATOR 1 1/2" X 2" CLASS "AK". Lyndhurst NJ n.d. White cardstock printed on one side 10" x 8 1/4" folded in half. B/w diagram. unknown books
46900.1n.p n.d. 1st Printing. White paper slipped into a larger card stock leaf now housed in a mylar sleeve. A VG copy. Some age toning and light soiling. And light scuffing. Broadside held in a large leave. 8-3/4" x 5" <br/><br/>We assume this menu to be from the 20th Century Limited passenger train that ran form NYC to Chicago. The line ran from 1902 - 1967. unknown books
46900n.p n.d. 1st Printing. White paper slipped into a larger card stock leaf now housed in a mylar sleeve. A VG copy. Some age toning and light soiling. Broadside held in a large leave. 8-3/4" x 5" <br/><br/>We assume this menu to be from the 20th Century Limited passenger train that ran form NYC to Chicago. The line ran from 1902 - 1967. unknown books
194183631941. Booklet. Green wrapper with green-cloth spine. Lettered in black ink. VG some soiling to wrappers/thumbprints to many leaves especially the first few. 51 pp. 10.5 cm x 16.5 cm. <br/><br/>The rules of work. 133 in all. hardcover books
18661008228vo pamphlet original printed wrappers 20 pp. Wrappers with some tears and chips at the extremities a 1x3 piece missing from top of front wrapper notation on front wrapper front wrapper and title page partially detached small tear in the middle that runs through not affecting text or particularly visible middle crease number and library stamp on title page some minor soiling normal aging; still a good or better copy. The Philadelphia and Reading represents one of the nation's oldest railroads with its roots going back to 1832. The Atlantic and Great Western is a railroad that would merge and morph several times and become the New York Pennsylvania and Ohio Railroad. The present agreement is actually between several railroad companies and the goal appears to be to share rail and transport to Philadelphia. H.G.Leisenring's Steam Printing House, books
