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8vo., First Edition, with a portrait frontispiece, 27 plates on 14 and 16pp of diagrammatic route guide, neat contemporary signature on front paste-down, some light and occasional spotting; original pictorial red cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in black, red top, neatly recased, a very good, firm copy. Recalling the heady days of LMS immediately before WWII, Laurie Earl's minute-by-minute account of a day on the footplate on the London-Carlisle run has long been recognised as a railway classic. Ottley 4196, 6835.
191935935London 1919. Mit zahlr. Zeichn., Tab., Planskizz. u. Abb. i. T. u. a. Taf./Faltblätt. XVI, 646 S. Ldrbd. Goldgepr. Rückentitel. 42x29 cm.
191935936London 1919. Mit zahlr. Zeichn., Tab., Planskizz. u. Abb. i. T. u. a. Taf./Faltblätt. XV, 648 S. Ldrbd. Goldgepr. Rückentitel. 42x29 cm.
cROU-2031Paris, Louis Chaux, 1899 ;grand in-8°, couverture factice de papier fort vert mousse, étiquette manuscrite à l'encre au dos,couverture imprimée en noir et illustrée d'une vigentte conservée; 188pp.,1p.nch.; illustré de 77 figures dans et hors texte en noir.Petit manque de papier au dos de la couverture factice en tête, la couverture imprimée est un peu jaunie, très petite tache brune dans la marge externe de 3 feuillets.
647273R.A.G. Editions Lyon 1992 In-4 carré ( 310 X 245 mm ) de 189 pages, pleine toile vert amande à la bradel sous jaquette de l'éditeur. Abondante iconographie en noir dans et hors-texte. Très bel exemplaire. Ouvrage épuisé chez l'éditeur.
196012445Omaha NE, Barnhard Press, 1960. illustrated with diagrams and detailed photographs plus mechanical information. / mit sehr vielen fotografischen Abbildungen nebst Detailzeichnungen. ill. softcover, not pag. (ca. 180 pages) Large 8vo ( 9 to 11 inches) / ill. OKt., ca. 180 S., Gr.-8° quer [2 Warenabbildungen]
5622N° 94 au 120 de 1933 du 2 mars au 24 août - cartonnage éditeur
187517098Paris, Plon, 1875 ; in-12, demi chagrin bordeaux, dos à nerfs, fleurons et titre dorés (reliure de l'époque) ; 424 pp. , portrait en frontispice et nombreuses vignettes gravées sur bois.
178615La Régordane Chanac 1994 In-4 ( 305 X 215 mm ) de 160 pages, cartonnage sous jaquette illustrée de l'éditeur. Abondante iconographie en noir dans et hors-texte. Très bel exemplaire. Ouvrage épuisé chez l'éditeur.
246240Editions Pygmalion - Gérard Watelet Paris 1980 In-4 carré ( 270 X 210 mm ) de 286 pages, broché sous couverture illustrée en couleurs rempliée. Très nombreuses illustrations en noir dans le texte et hors-texte. Bon exemplaire. Ouvrage épuisé chez l'éditeur.
82 pages. Features: Scotty's Fantastic Trip - record run from Los Angeles to Chicago on the Santa Fe, chartered by Death Valley Scotty in 1905; Memories of Frisco Steam - some of the most beautiful locomotives in the country; Farewell, GM&O (Gulf, Mobile & Ohio) - merger spells the end; Rio Grande on the Run - Utah's Wasatch Range offers quite a barrier to the D&RGW's run to the west; Steam at Christchurch; Commuting in British Columbia - great article with map and colour photos; Guide to Night Photography; Through Illinois on the Locals; Little Dumpy Steams Again - restoration of a locomotive for the Monticello and Sangamon Valley Railway. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy. Book
50 pages. Many wonderful black and white photos. Features: Florence & Cripple Creek - famous narrow-gauge line of an earlier day hauled rich ores through a scenic empire; The Ma & Pa - two narrow-gauge lines were the ancestors of this successful and picturesque standard gauge railroad; 18 Selected Railroad Photographs; Railroad Photography; The Railroad Treasurer - Handling a railroad's money is as big a job as handling its cars and locomotives; Milwaukee Road S-2; Tintic, Utah; A Locomitive is Born - the engineering department strives for a design that will meet all operating needs; Wow! - Two-page photo of Union Pacific No. 4002 - the world's biggest. Average soiling and wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
50 pages. Many wonderful black and white photos. Features: Two Daylights Daily - Southern Pacific's West Coast streamliners carry 1,500 passengers a day; Greatest Show on Earth - New York Division P RR; Washing Locomotives - article and photos; David Moffat's Dreams Come True - his life work - a transcontinental railroad west from Denver; Grizzly Flats Railroad; Please note: we believe this is the January, 1942 issue, not January 1941 as stated on title page. Average wear and soiling. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
50 pages. Many wonderful black and white photos. Features: Milwaukee Electrification - CMStP&P electric locomotives help each other climb the Rockies and the Cascades; Varnish Vignettes - Passing thoughts, railroads and travel; Loss- $5,500 /day - railroad companies often lose money but must maintain their service - New Haven case story; Southern Pacific old-timers at Sacramento; Electricity powers trains in Chicago; One-Man Railroad in Rhode Island - 5.6-mile Wood River Branch Railroad is the link between Hope Valley and the New Haven; ; Shay Locomotives - Lima's best seller is an out-puller too! - Shays pull extra heavy loads on sharp curves, steep grades; Engine "999"; Blue Ridge Railway - with aspirations of a thorough line nipped by the Civil War, BR Ry. becomes traffic link; Pennsylvania's "The Jeffersonian" - new fast coach train between St. Louis and the East follows success of Trail Blazer; Hiawathas at New Lisbon - when four steam-powered streamliners meet at a single point there's bount to be real activity. Average wear and soiling. A sound vintage copy. Book
50 pages. Many wonderful black and white photos. Features: Great Northern Electrics - The Cascade electrification ; The Man in the Tower; Colorado Midland - a martyr to the cause of commerce and industry - major article with many super photos; Old EL Locomotives - they turned on a nickel; New Illinois Central 4-8-2's - Data on the 2600 class; Worth it in Cold Cash - capable legal and claim departments often save a railroad their cost many times over; Chicago Subway - after 39 years of planning, Windy City approaches goal of underground transit; "War Babies" - denied new locomotives by War Production Board, railroads turn to rebuilding some of their older power - many shop photos; First "Pacific"? - CM&StP conversion. Average wear and soiling. A sound vintage copy. Book
50 pages. Many wonderful black and white photos. Features: Saga of the UP Streamliners - many years of experimentation led to 17-car coast streamliners of today; Utah Interurbans; The Lady Said No - Lady Baltimore balked at pulling trains for which she was not designed - awaits dismantlers; By Rail Across Lake Michigan - car ferries run every day, winter or summer, cutting mileage and avoiding the congested Chicago area; Railfans on Parade - the New Yorker's reporter-at-large takes a look at an institution which has vanished for the duration; Diesel in the Rockies - internal combustion and steam work together on the climb to the Moffat Tunnel; Your Guess is Good - Railroad picture quiz; White Pass & Yukon - Bill Moore's Trip, Part II - a trek on a three-foot gauge grapevine stepped in mining lore; Locomotives of the White Pass & Yukon; New Tunnel - larger locomotives force replacement of tunnel 85 years old - the Chesapeake & Ohio (C&O) between Afton and Waynesboro, Va; Average wear and soiling. Centerfold lookse but present, otherwise a sound vintage copy. Magazine
8vo., First Edition, with very numerous photographs and illustrations throughout; burgundy cloth, gilt back, upper board lightly age-marked else a very good, bright, clean copy. VERY SCARCE. Ottley, 7858.
Dark blue cloth boards with gilt titles and decoration to spine. Book shows general wear, marking and scuffing to back cover. Front cover is fairly well preserved with light edge and corner wear. Hinges are both worn to intact binding mesh and loose. Page block still quite solid, with no marking of any kind to interior/text. Title page reads "Five comprehevsive books in one volume": The Industrial Age; The World's Science and Invention; Marvelous Peculiarities and Noteworthy Facts of All Nations and Countries of the World; Amazing Wonders of Nature; and Things We All Should Know. "Nearly" 400 photographic illustrations. A fine example of the boyish exuberance of the beginning of the industrial age, when the triumphant White Man and his Noble God were destined to rule the known world and all its native wonders as toys for the expansion of empire, no mind to the rape of the earth and any non-Christians who happen to live there. Cut the giant forests to build ships! We grow great like a virus!
Oversize harback with red illustrated paper over green cloth boards. 10"w x 12 1/4"h. Elaborate color map endpapers of the Saint Lawrence River, several other maps inside. Back of cover has a presentation seal identifying the book as #4485, presented to "The N.E. Dairyman" in neat cursive pen. An introduction by the commissioners, after which the book has text on the L. page with a very large b&w photo on the right, captioned below, displaying some element of the Port or some aspect of the Montreal harbor, all on glossy paper.
Features: Steam Travel and Photography Forty Years ago - 1957, a vintage year, Part I - Germany and Austria; Golden Snake Bites the Dust - the last Chilean State Railways (FFCCE) type 29 2-Co-Co-2 electric locomotive; Narrow Gauge Railways in the Ukraine - Part 2; Swiss Railways 150; The World's Southernmost Railway - in Argentina; Preserved Steam Locomotives of Ontario; Vintage Steam in Denmark; Back Track; K1 Garratt Restoration. Small date stamp atop front cover else clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Book
Features: News Photos; I Still Like Trains, by Al Kalmbach; Steam and where to find it in 1954; Rails vs. Rubber; An American Beauty - a native of France, an American Architect and a Swedish genius pooled their talents to produce one of the finest American 4 - 4 - 0 type locomotives of all time; When Steam ruled San Antonio; The Argonaut heads east; Hy Gailey - Railroader Extraordinary; Interchange with Cuba; Photo of CN's new dome caboose; and more. Small date stamp upon front cover else unmarked else average wear. Sound copy. Book
Features: Railroad News Photos; Steam News Photos; The Fast and Frequent Railroad - an operating ratio isn't necessarily holy writ; The Tennesse Railroad of Oneida, Tenn. - article, photos, list of locomotives, map; Photos of a derailment in progress!; Photos - these sharks survived; Pleasures and Pitfalls of a Railroad Museum - the Kentucky Railway Museum; Rail Recollections by C. Grattan Price Jr.; and more. Average wear. Date stamp atop front cover else unmarked. Sound copy. Book
74 pages. Features: A Train Leaves Cleveland; Toledo's got a new front door; Mexico - my greatest railroad adventure; Famous steam locomotives - Swashbuckling speedsters; trains for the thrifty; Railroads get the Shriners to and from Miami; Notable feats of railroad engineering under the continental divide; Escape by Train. Two small date stamps upon front cover else unmarked with average wear. Sound copy. Magazine
Features: Famous steam locomotives - for 6 years the 4 - 4 - 0 sat in the mud at the end of a forgotten spur in Idaho, then Northern Pacific recalled that she was its last American Standard locomotive; Runaway - Engineer Harry Brower tried his brakes. They didn't work. The Federal Express was out of control!; The 'impossible' railroad - along the north shore of Lake Superior; Whistle in the Valley - the Interstate Railroad; The Wobbly comes of age; and more. 5" opening at bottom of coverfold. Average wear. Small date stamp upon front cover else unmarked. Worthy copy. Book
50 pages. Many wonderful black and white photos. Features: Locomotives - Data on Cotton Belt L-1, Southern Pacific P-13; The Man in the Tower; Baltimore Belt Line - tunnel route replaced time-consuming ferry transfer across Baltimore Harbor - is electrified in tunnels; Yosemite Valley Railroad - Gateway to Yosemite National Park; Pennsylvania Special - 3 miles in 85 seconds! - a speed record that stands today, 38 years after it was made; Helper Engines - used where mountains must be crossed; By Rail to Guatemala - U.S. and Mexican freight cars roll into Central America with the completion of the Suchiate Bridge; The Bear and the Semaphore - bear forces young signalman up a signal pole; Locomotives of the Wisconsin Central, including No. 96. Average wear and soiling. Small date stamp atop front cover. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
