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No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, slight foxing to top of page edges and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with slight rubbing to upper corners and minor traces of storage. 164pp. The author provides a detailed study of the evolution of each Atlantic design, the variations which were made in later experiments, details of outstanding performance by each 4-4-2 type and tables of their numbers, building dates and leading dimensions.
8vo., First Edition, with 70 plates on 32 and illustrations and tables in the text; red cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. A standard reference, and companion to the author's volume on the Pacifics. Ottley, 10439.
Roy. 4to., Third Edition, with numerous photographs in the text; original laminated photographic boards, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly age-soiled with two closed tears. First published in 1945 and reissued in 1991. Ottley 3077 (recording the second edition)
95p. illus. Hardcover Very good condition
3 vols., 4to., with very numerous photographs, illustrations and diagrams throughout, and pictorial endpapers; black cloth, upper boards and backstrip lettered in gilt, a very good bright clean set in dustwrapper. The set comprises Vol. 1: 1900-1930; Vol. 2: 1930-1960; Vol.3: 1960 - the Present Day.
8vo., with plates (a number double-page), and numerous illustrations and diagrams in the text; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Ottley, 2835, 4052 (recording the first edition of 1893).
8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs in the text; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
1967 Edition. No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, slight foxing to page edges and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with slight rubbing/nicks to spine ends and slight rubbing to upper front edge. 240pp. Published a a time when the production of British steam locomotives was at an end, this study reviews all the Pacific design locomotives from The Great Bear of the GWR onwards to the standard designs of British Railways. Well illustrated.
8vo., Second Edition, with frontispiece, plates and numerous diagrams and tables in the text; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, backstrip lightly faded at tail else a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Published a year after the first edition. The standard reference. Ottley, 2911 (recording the first edition).
8vo., First Edition, with plates and illustrations in the text; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Ottley, 12533.
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and plates; black cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Ottley, 7338.
50 pages. Features/Articles: Science rides the rails - work conducted in the Motive Power and Car Shops in Point St. Charles - with photos; Top Notch First-Aiders; Ira Kennedy and his passion for locomotives; The Sons of Martha; Passports to Adventure - the Ticket Bureau handles daily, thousands of items from hat checks to mouse traps; The Greatest Show on Earth - each day within the walls of any large railway station; The Human Side of Railroading; New Station opened at Grand Rapids; Training Our Future Mechanics; When the Train Whistle Blows; Riding into 1949; System news; Around the Departments; William Carr collects historical guns; Nailfinders ad on back cover; and more. Above-average wear. Unmarked. Address label on back cover. Cover holding by one staple. A worthy reference copy. Book
Features: Notes and news; Canadian Rail Transportation Museum; The Canadian Railroad Historical Association; The Canadian Rail Transportation Museum; Lists of equipment; Restoration of Maritime Railway No. 5; New museum acquisitions are Gasoline-Powered - M-235 and No. 9 - "Sans Pareil"; Diagram of the Temiscouata Railway steam locomotives Nos. 7, 8 and 9 (they later became Nos. 1015, 1016 and 1017 of the National System). Unmarked with average wear. A sound copy. Book
4to., First Edition, with illustrated title-spread and numerous photographs throughout; brown cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Ottley 11966.
No marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and minor bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with slight rubbing to corners and traces of storage. 136pp.
8vo., First Edition, with illustrated title-spread, photographs and diagrams throughout, and pictorial endpapers; brown cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
214 pages. Duo-tang binding. Oblong 22 x 11 cm. Appears to be a 1947 revision of the 1945 first edition. Crammed full of detailed specifications, tables and diagrams. Contents moderately toned with age. Prior owner's details inside teale front cover, otherwise unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy of this marvelous steam-age Canadian locomotive reference. Book
4to., First Edition, with illustrated title-spread and numerous photographs throughout; terracotta cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Ottley 11975.
10 pages. Features: CN's new visual redesign programme for passenger trains; Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway Preservation Company Limited; New CN colours in use; Montreal Street Railway No. 274; Early Locomotives on Vancouver Island, by I.E. Barr; Two Nova Scotia Colliery Lines to Close; Observations. Unmarked with average wear. A sound copy. Book
Signed by author, without inscription, upon title page. Stated 1987 first printing/Golden Jubilee Edition. 104 pages. Bibliography. Profusely illustrated with colour photography on glossy stock. Oblong 9.5" x 12". "Traces the rise and decline of the famous streamliners, the restoration of No. 4449 and the high points in her new career as one of America's most celebrated steam locomotives: the American Freedom Train, Sacramento Railfair Excursion, World's Fair Daylight and Gold Coast Flyer - all are remembered in words and pictures." - from dust jacket. Faint beige shadow where address label removed from front free endpaper, otherwise book clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Binding sound. Average wear to dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. A quality copy of this wonderful Daylight memento. Book
Book in mint unread condition. 48pp.
4to., First Edition, with illustrated title-spread and numerous photographs throughout; green cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Ottley 15763.
8vo., First Edition, with plates (one in colour) and patterned endpapers, half-title and title lightly browned; maroon cloth, gilt back, upper hinge tender (but binding entirely sound), a bright, clean copy. UNCOMMON IN THIS CONDITION. Ottley 3973.
36 pages including 29 full-page black and white reproductions of photos of the grand 6218 steam locomotive operated by the CNR, plus historical text and a page of diagrams indicating dimensions of this popular engine. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
8vo., First Edition, with numerous plates; cloth, a very good, clean copy in the dustwrapper, the latter lightly frayed and creased at edges. Nock's vividly written account of locomotive journeys undertaken during 1951. Scarce, especially in this condition. Ottley, 3083.