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58 pages. Features: Western Pacific orders Budd car after successful 10-day trial (short story); The Rutland Railroad - article with photos; The Locomotive in 1949 - railroads cut back diesel orders, almost forgot steam & admired the gas turbine - long article with photos; Ohio's last Narrow-Gauge - The Ohio River & Western - article with two great photos; Photo Section - including centerfold photo of Southern Pacific's Suntan Special in California; Broad Gauge Route - The Erie Railroad - photos; My Finest Train Trip - David P. Morgan describes his trip from New Orleans on the Panama Limited - with photos; Big Hook - the machinery and crews who clear away wrecks - super photos; Hub of the Washington Terminal - Ivy City Enginehouse services the steam, diesel and electric locomotives of the five railroads using the capital's Union Station - article with two photos; Los Angeles at Night - nice long-exposure photos; Casey Jones Died 50 Years Ago - article with photo; Lancaster & Chester - Miniature Division at Elliott Springs; Great vintage ads; and more. Unmarked. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
58 pages. Features: The Wabash Railroad - a very extensive article with many photos, list of locomotives and large map ; Photo Section - including centerfold of a 2-hour exposure photo ofTehachapi Loop in Southern Pacific's Joaquin Valley Line, 122 miles north of Los Angeles; It Could Happen Here - an expert examines the nationalization of British Railways - why it took place and what happened; Worcester, Mass. - served by three class 1 railroads - short article and photos; The Indomitable Epes Randolph - Harriman's right-hand man helped Southern Pacific save its line in the Imperial Valley - article with amazing photos; Great vintage ads; and more. Unmarked. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
58 pages. Features: Steam Success Story - Louisville and Nashville's Eastern Kentucky Division - article with many great photos; Mr. Walter Giger''s Remarkable Locomotive - d design that might have prolonged the life of steam power and delayed the diesel; The Texas & Pacific - long article with photos, map and list of locomotives; Photo Section - includes centerfold of a West Shore passenger train of the New York Central on the Hudson River; How to get rid of smoke - article with photos; Only One of Her Kind - Baldwin 2-6-6-4 - Beautiful photo; The Capital to Chicago - Baltimore & Ohio's Capital Limited - article with photos; In Pursuit of the Mail - Great Northern wanted the mail contract and not even a landslide could hold it back; Married to a Train - Esther Probst married a rail fan (J.P.) - article with photos; Streamlined Makeshifts - Before and after photos of some steam locomotives born after 1933 - article with photos; Great vintage ads; and more. Unmarked. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
Sm. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs (a number full-page) in the text, small neat signature on title, free endpapers lightly spotted; blue cloth gilt, gilt back, a little shaken but a good, sound copy. Ottley 2778.
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece map and numerous photographs in the text; coloured photographic wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a very good, clean copy. Ottley 18466
8vo., First Edition, with coloured portrait frontispiece, plates, and numerous illustrations and diagrams in the text; handsomely bound in full dark blue crushed morocco,sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, original backstrip gilt mounted on new leaf at front, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. Elegant copy of a classic standard reference. Ottley 378, 2848, 3976, 7029.
A book on wheels... literally! Cute board book. Average wear. Unmarked. For ages 3 and up. Book
Oversize. 96 p., illus. Hardcover Very good condition good
Pages 266-352 pages plus 16 pages of great vintage ads. Features: The Crowsnest Holdup - a spectacular hold-up on the Canadian Pacific Railway and the tragic manhunt that followed; The Fire-Walkers of Fiji - a mystery that has never been solved - great photo-illustrated article; Roaming the Wild South Seas (part I) - Jack McLaren relates some of his strange and exciting experiences there; Hunting Bighorn Sheep in Mexico - a most exciting shooting trip in the wild Cocopah Mountains of Mexico - fantastic photo-illustrated article; Alone Across the Atlantic - Mr. Alain J. Gerbault sailed alone from Gibraltar to New York in 142 days; The Road to Timbuctoo (part III) - readers who enjoyed 'Three Asses in the Pyrenees" will find this narrative even more amusing; How "Mac" Won His Wife - a New Zealander abducts and marries a beautiful girl - with revengeful natives in pursuit; In Search of Sea-Monsters (part V) - F.A. Mitchell-Hedges set out in 1921 on an expedition to the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean and caught multiple world-record-sized fish - article with photos; Zulliver's Travels - an ill-fated auto trip to California; Snapshots in China - great photos; Unknown Peru (part IV) - travel and adventure in the Andes - article with photos; Anstruther Gets a Job - an unemployed engineer in South Africa meets the promoter of a mine; The Two Strangers - an interesting sequel to "A Bunch of Keys" which appeared in the December 1923 issue; Great one-page illustrated General Electric locomotive ad speaks of the Mexican Railway between Orizaba and Esperanza where 10 electric locomotives will replace 25 steam locomotives; and more. Covers loose as one but present. Unmarked with average wear. A worthy copy of this great vintage issue. Book
8vo., First Edition, with numerous plates, and tables in the text; original black cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in the dustwrapper. Ottley, 12300.
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, trace of foxing to top of page edges and minor bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or creased with tiny piece missing from upper rear corner and slight sunning. 208pp. This book covers the range of pacifics built for the West Coast route, including the most powerful class of locomotives ever found in the UK. Includes some designs which never saw the light of day. Welll illustrated including locomotive diagrams.
Oversize. 208 p., illus. Paperback Very good condition
Book in mint unread condition. 65pp. A study covering this type of locomotive and their work on the Highland, North British, Glasgow and South Western, Great North of Scotland and Caledonian Railways. Illustrated. Undated ca 1990s.
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright faintly indented front board and no bumping to corners. 54pp. Pull-out sections depicting the train and its locomotives and the layout and exhibits at the Museum.
4to., First Edition, with photographs and illustrations throughout; pictorial boards, a fine copy. VERY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.
8vo., First Edition, with coloured frontispiece, title-vignette and numerous photographs and diagrams (a number full-page) in the text; maroon cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION. Ottley, 11772.
8vo., First Edition, with very numerous photographs and diagrams in the text; black cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Ottley, 12304.
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with unmarked black cloth boards and the tiniest bump to lower rear corner. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with very slight traces of storage. 123pp. Detailed stsudy of locomtives of class 4-6-0 in Scotland, which prior to 1923 existed on the Highland, the Caledonian and the Glasgow & South Western railways. Illustrated including drawings of each type. Scarce.
104 pages. Features: Great color photo Studebaker ad inside front cover features military insert; Plymouth ad; Great colour photo ad for Armstrong's Asphalt Tile; The First American Crusade - Herbert Hoover's personal memoirs of World War I, originally intended for release after his death but printed here in view of the imminent entrance of the US into World War II - with photos; Go Fly a Kite, story by Eddy Orcutt; Hearts of Oak, by Walter Havighurst; Cellini to Hearst to Klotz - the sale of fine art and objects by Gimbel Brothers; Stanford Football Coach Clark Shaughnessy behind the Eight Ball - article with photos; The Liar That Laid an Egg, by William Hazlett Upson; First Baby, by Dorothy Thomas; Botany Bay, by Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall; Morale in a Test Tube - Research at the Merck plant in Rahway, NJ; Great color photo ad for Campbell's Soup; The Phantom Filly, by George Agnew Chamberlain; Nice color ad for Oldsmobile cars, featureing a red two-door model; Great color ad for GM locomotives; Nice two-page Buick ad; Chrysler ad; Color Cadillac ad; Dodge Fluid-Drive car ad; Wonderful full-page two-color cartoon strip-style ad for Hotpoint appliances; Wonderful two-page color ad for Del Monte canned foods and their 3rd annual Round-Up; Nice two-color full-page ad for Champion spark plugs shows lady in top-had being hit by snowball; Fantastic Timken bearing ad shows all the military applications of its products; Wonderful color ad for the 1942 Packard Clipper, featuring a blue Clipper Club Sedan; Large color ad for RCA Victor Radios; Great color ad for Old Gold Cigarettes shows smooching young couple; Underwood typewriter ad; Dramatic illustrated Eveready Battery ad depicts the attack on the Egyptian liner ZamZam as experienced by C.A. McCarthy; Nice two-color ads for Nunn-Bush shoes and Aunt Jemima Pancakes; Lovely full-page color ad for Roblee shoes for men; Luden's cough drop ad illustrates 'Clothespin Nose"; Nice color ad inside back cover for Van Camp's pork and beans features Mrs. Lou Little; Ivory Soap ad on back cover. Average external wear and soiling. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, title-vignette and numerous photographs (a number full-page) in the text; maroon cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Ottley, 12305.
189322341New York: George G. Peck 1893. First edition. Hardcover. Fine. 4to. 117pp. Black cloth gilt titles on spine and upper board floral endpapers. Frontispiece engraving of Thomas Rogers. 47 full page plates of locomotives including specifications manufactured by this firm. Coal or wood fuels standard and narrow gauges 4 to 10 wheels. Plate 35 is strangely blank though with printed caption. A fine copy. George G. Peck hardcover
72 pages. Profusely illustrated with reproductions of archival black and white photos, accompanied by descriptive text. Oblong 11" x 8.5". Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy. Book
8vo., First Edition, with illustrated title, very numerous illustrations and maps (a number full-page) in the text, and pictorial endpapers; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Wide-ranging collection of 119 essays arranged by theme under ten headings. Contributors include Acworth, Betjeman, Hamilton Ellis, Nock, Pendleton, Rolt, Simmons, Tuplin and Whitehouse among many others. Ottley, 7812.
8vo., First Edition, with maps and tables; cloth, a very good, bright, clean copy in the dustwrapper. Detailed and scholarly account by the leading railway historian of his generation. Ottley 13043.
No inscriptions or marks. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked, torn or creased. 156pp. This book sets out to depict the great age of railways in terms of the way it affected the whole community.
