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3375S.l.: S.n. . . Oblong 8vo marbled boards new red leather spine Detailed descriptions of locomotives of different classes supplied to various railway lines. The first section preceded by a table containing the companies included and brief specifications for each is for the "Four-Coupled Bogie 4-4-0 Express Engines". The 17 engines including the Class C & D vary according to the designer and these include Wainwright Ivatt Pettigrew Drummond and others and are for many of the major railway lines of the U.K. The second group deals with 10 of the "Four-Coupled Atlantic 4-4-2 Express Engines . This is followed by 8 "Six-Coupled Bogie 4-6-0 Express Engines"; 2 "2-4-0 Passenger Engines". Then 14 little blueprints of the "Six-Coupled Goods 0-6-0. Also included are Mineral Engines Tank Engines etc. A remarkable collection of a variety of different engine types for a great variety of lines designed by many of the top designers. S.l.: S.n., . hardcover books
185234084Philadelphia: Baird 1852. First Edition. 30224 adspp. Illus.2 plates and woodcuts in the text. Full contemp. calf with gold stamped leather label on the spine. Norris gives the result of his experience after a study of twent years His brother William built the first locomotive in America. He relates all he knows relating to the construction of locomotives. Very scarce and important work. Baird hardcover books
196216881Great Britain Circa 1962. Very good. Album measuring 7.5" x 6.25" approx string-tied in faux basketweave binding stamped "Photographs" in gilt. Contains forty gelatin silver photographs corner-mounted on 20 black leaves recto and verso each measuring 5.25" x 4.5" approx. Rubbing to boards and minor edgewear to pages. Very good plus. <br/><br/>An album composed with great care containing forty photographs of train engines mounted one to a page and captioned in a neat hand. Clearly compiled by an enthusiast with deep knowledge of locomotives with notes on the dates of manufacture engine specs and emergence of trends and new technologies. Captions date the images between 1950 and 1962 and place them all across England and Scotland. A handsome album containing finely composed images almost entirely shot on the diagonal evoking the Lumieres' iconic Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat. hardcover books