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144p. illus. Hardcover Very good condition
Limited edition neatly signed, without inscription, by Koch upon limitation page. ix, [5], 526 pages. Bibliography. Index. Profusely illustrated with marvelous glossy archival black and white photos. Decorated endpapers. "Recounts the fascinating and colorful history of a century and a half of logging railroads in the area stretching from the Kennebec River in Maine to Puget Sound and from the Gulf of Mexico to Alaska and Canada." - from dust jacket. Average wear to book. Binding intact. Above-average wear to dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A worthy copy of this magnificent tribute to a now-vanished era when men of mighty mettle fought and tamed the prodigious forests on their own terms. Author well-known for his earlier treatise on the Shay Locomotive. Book
20825Milwaukee, Kalmbach Pub. Co. 1959.,IN FOLIO oblong,cartonnage rouge decoré;126 p. illus. 29 x 42 cm.
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with slight rubbing to upper and lower edges and traces of handling. 144pp.
2 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with frontispieces, title-vignettes and very numerous photographs and diagrams (a number full-page) in the text; green cloth, gilt backs, dustwrapper of first volume sunned at backstrip else a near fine set in unclipped dustwrapper. The set comprises: Part 1: Inside-Cylinder Classes 1894-1910; Part 2: 'Counties' to the Close 1904-1961. COMPLETE SETS ARE SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Ottley, 11984.
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.
ca.100 illus. p Hardcover Very good condtion, small taped tear on backstrip
1st Pan edition. VG pbk. ISBN 033002681X. 20478. eng
8vo., First Edition, with plates; black cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Ottley, 6976.
192158606Lima OH: Repair Parts Dept. & Works Lima Locomotive Works Inc. G.M. Basford Co. Advertising 1921. 4to. 50 pp. With photo illustrations diagrams tables. Printed softcovers outline of Shay geared locomotive on front cover lettering in dark blue on brown background punch sewn w/green linen spine center choir w/ white linen reinforcement at gutter margin minor shelfwear scuffing soiling soot soiling some pencil annotations still G copy w/ former ownership stamp of Hofius Steel & Equipment Co. 272 Oak Street Portland OR. First edition thus of this rare original catalogue for the Shay Geared Locomotive the dominant locomotive for logging railroads sawmills milling operations switching yards coal mines across the country through the early 20th century. The photo illustrations show such types as the Class A two cylinder two truck Class B - three cylinder two truck Class C - three cylinder three truck and finally the Class D - three cylinder four truck Shay locomotives. No copies of this original located in Worldcat only the 1979 reprint by Pacific Fast Mail. Repair Parts Dept. & Works, Lima Locomotive Works, Inc., [G.M. Basford Co., Advertising], paperback
8vo., First Edition, with numerous illustrations in the text; original pictorial wrappers, covers a little age-marked else a very good, clean copy. Scarce in this condition. Published in Allan's 'ABC Locomotive' series, this is the second of Burtt's hugely detailed trilogy on the predecessors of the Southern Railway. Ottley, 7216.
10956The scrapbook undated collection assembled in 1920s. The scrapbook is landscape 8vo 28 x 18.5 cm and contains 28 leaves of brown paper tied together with ribbon on which together with the inside of the back cover the images dating from between 1860 and 1928 are laid down. The scrapbook lacks the front cover and its leaves are worn but the images are in good overall condition with occasional wear and creasing. Ranging in size from 14.5 x 11 cm 'Fowler 8/c Traction About 1875. Jointed Horn Plates.' to 7.5 x 5.5 cm 'S/c Traction About 1875-80'. An impressive collection formed by an engineer or serious enthusiast with most of the photographs which form the majority of the images apparently having been made from engineering journals and catalogues while others are clearly original photographs of engines in situ. Also present are a number of original engravings taken from the same sources. Almost all items captioned. For example on the first page: 'CPD. Road Roller. Armstrong-Whitworth Ltd. Scotswood Newcastle-on-Tyne' and 'John Allen & Sons Ltd. Cowley Oxford'. Other examples include '1895 S/c Spring Mounted Road Loco. John Fowler & co. Leeds Ltd.' and 'Aveling & Porter 1871. DNP "Steam Sapper" drawing ARMSTRONG Breech Loadg Siege gun 95 cwts.' The blueprint 22.5 x 15 cm is for an '8 H. P. Traction Engine Barrows & Stewart. Engineers. LANBURY. Oxon. 1879.' See images; others on request. The scrapbook undated (collection assembled in 1920s?). unknown
A particularly interesting issue with topics ranging from the 100 horsepower blower for the organ in the new Chicago Stadium to an English vending machine which dispenses individual lit cigarettes. Features: The eyes and ears of the railroad - the complicated signal system that spells safety for rail travel; Editorials - Arthur G. Halfpenny - An Awakening Due - Lopsided progress; International Affairs; Did a meteorite strike a car in Crawfordsville?; New light on old fools - ultr-violet irradiation to create vitamin D; Unique solutions of bridge construction problems - caissons sunk on artificial islands - divers employed; Vacuum tubes in industry - thermionic tubes, grid-glow relays, photo cells find wide use; A new use for radium - radiography possible without combersome apparatus; Radio goes man-hunting - radio alarm system reduces the criminal's chance of escape; New temperature measurements of the sun, moon, mars - sensitive thermo-couples reveal surface conditions; Chicago's "Madison Square Garden" - called "world's largest sports arena"; has unusual features; Butterfly farming - an intriguing business started by Iowa youth; When locomotives go to sea - special steamers built to accomodate monsters of the rails (excellent photos); A machine-age "milk maid" - the "rotolactor' milks 240 cows in one hour; Centrifugally spun concrete piles - new manufacturing process; mass production of preserved foods - a huge industry that grew from a market basket; Salt making in India - Primitive methods illustrated and described. Average wear. Unmarked. Crease to front cover. Advertisement inside front cover features photo of luxurious Cord front drive automobile manufactured by the Auburn Automotive Company. Book
5622N° 94 au 120 de 1933 du 2 mars au 24 août - cartonnage éditeur
1992LFA-126732977Une plaquette de 24 pages, format 210 x 295 mm, illustrée, brochée couverture couleurs, publiée en 1992, SNCF, bon état
Over one inch thick. "The first major sawmill in British Columbia was the Port Alberni Anderson mill of 1860/1864, which was closed because it ran out of logs. Manager Gilbert Sproat advised the owners that to get logs to the mill they would need to build a railway. The owners refused so the mill was closed. It was to be almost fifty years until the first logging railway was built in 1912. The last train of logs was delivered to MacMillan Bloedel's Franklin River Camp A in 1957. In the intervening period more than thirty locomotives operated on hundreds of miles of railway grade in the area. Thousands of men were involved in a large number of logging camps, big and small. This 45 year period of railway logging is the subject of our story." - from back board. Abundantly illustrated in black and white. Glossy illustrated boards. Crisp, clean and unmarked with very light signs of handling. Minor cigarette smell. Excellent copy. Book
8vo., First Edition, with illustrations in the text; blue cloth, upper board lettered in red, joints very lightly rubbed else a very good, bright, clean copy.
8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs and drawings in the text, small neat signature on title; cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a very good, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Ottley, 12284.
192658188Davenport IA: Davenport Locomotive Works 1926. Oblong 8vo. 9.5 x 6.5 in. 72 pp. Printed throughout in green & black illust vignette on title page of factory photo illustrations throughout. Embossed gray illustrated softcovers embossed & raised black lettering cover art illust. of Davenport Locomotive minor soiling creasing very minor rippling to textblock still VG- copy w/ H.J. Armstrong logo stamped at foot of front cover. Tenth edition substantially revised & expanded of this scarce switching engine catalogue. Founded originally in 1901 as the W.W. Whitehead Co. it was renamed in 1904 the Davenport Locomotive Works and specialized in a mixture of rod and geared locomotives particularly tank models of rod locomotives. Their locomotives were desired by cement plants coal companies fruit companies logging companies and mining operations. This catalogue does feature a few listings for gear-drive locomotives and gasoline engine locomotives which were first built by the company in 1924. During World War I they were one of only three builders to supply 2 foot gauge trench railways and later supplied the US Army switching locomotives through the Korean War. The company was later purchased by the Canadian Locomotive Co. and its plant shut down in the 1950’s. Worldcat locates 3 copies Davenport U of IA Henry Ford incorrect date of 1905. Davenport Locomotive Works, paperback
Oblong 4to., First Edition, with 17 fine drawings on japon, each separated by blank leaf and organised with printed tabs by category; navy faux-morocco cloth lettered in gilt, twin-screw fastening, a very good, bright, clean copy. The Pritchard Binder was intended as a sales aid for representatives and agents canvassing retail outlets. It is unclear how many drawings constituted a full set; the drawings here present are: LMS LOCOS (8 drawings): Class 5 Mixed Traffic Locomotive by Stanier (code M/L/10); 0-6-6-0 Diesel Electric Loco by Ivatt (code M/L/12); Class 7p 4cyl Pacific Express Loco by Stanier (code M/L/14); Class 8 2-8-0 Freight Locomotive by Stanier (code M/L/16); Class OF Diesel-Electric Shunter by Armstrong-Whitworth (code: M/L/19); Class 4p 2-6-4 Passenger Tank by Stanier (code M/L/21); Class 2 Intermediate Passenger 4-4-0 by Fowler (code M/L/25); Class 4 0-6-0 Standard Goods by Fowler (code M/L/26). LMS TENDERS: (2 drawings): Standard 4000 Gallon Tender (code M/TE/20); 3500 Gallon Tender (code M/TE/21). LNER LOCOS (1 drawing): 0-6-2 Suburban Passenger Tank Loco by Gresley (code NE/L/47). GWR LOCOS (1 drawing): 0-6-0 Pannier Tank 5700 Class (code W/L/17). WAGONS (5 drawings): Fuel Oil Tank Wagon by Shell-Mex and Anglo-Persian Oil (code G/112); 4 Wheel Steel Container Truck & 6 Wheel Steel Truck (Vehicle Carrier) (code G/114); 40 Ton Hopper Ballast Wagon & 10 Ton Box Van (code G/117); 50 Ton Sulphate Wagon & 25 Ton Covered Van (code G/126); Covered All Metal Bogie Van 'Mink F' & All Metal Bogie Coal Wagon (code G/128). A further 4 drawings, not by Roche and unconnected with the set, are loosely inserted. SCARCE ALBEIT INCOMPLETE.
55404Faller France. 19 rue des Cressonnières. 95500 Gonesse - Imprimé en France. Imp. G. Lecocq Roubaix - "Le plus vaste gamme pour les amateurs de trains miniatures" - grand in-8 broché - Illustré
4to., First Edition, with illustrated title-spread, numerous photographs throughout and pictorial endpapers; red cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Ottley 17622.
No marks or inscriptions to contents. No creasing to covers. A clean very tight copy with very slightly marked boards and no bumping to corners. 48pp. A 1978 reprint of a Clayton & Shuttleworth Ltd of Lincoln illustrated catalogue from around 1910 with photographs and drawings and technical information for their range of road locomotives including traction engines, road rollers, wagons, agricultural locomtives, scarifier, crane, sleeping van etc. Clayton & Shuttleworth were one of the top firms for these products in the country. Undated with a photo of their exhibit at the Grand Prix Paris of 1900. Extremely scarce.
1983LFA-126721310Revue mensuelle de 60 pages, format 210 x 270 mm, illustrée, brochée couverture couleurs, bon état
195741EdParis Société Nouvelle Mercure 1957 In4 144 pages - broché - trés nombreuses illustrations et publicités d'epoque - Au Sommaire - La voie moderne par Leduc / Equipement électrique , sécurité , automatisme par Walter / la traction diésel a la SNCF par Tourneur : l'evolution générale des locomotives électriques depuis 10 ans par Garreau / la station d'essai de vitry sur seine par Laplaiche / Evolution de la construction du materiel remorque par Desroy / L'Utilisation des autorails dans le reseau SNCF par Soulard / historique de la tarification des marchandiseqs par Lescure / les methodes d'aprovisionnement de la SNCF par Cretin / Etc. - Bon etat