Softcover. Paris: French National Railways (SNCF), 1959. Quarto; 95pp. English-language. Pictorial paper wraps. Illustrated throughout, with four full page, full-color illustrations. Cover rubbed with some light spots on lower front edge and a small tear at head of spine. Spine is rolled. Binding is sound. Pages are clean and unmarked..... More
Paris: Société Franco-Belge de Matériel de Chemins De Fer, [1970s]. Quarto; unpaginated. Book is bound in a black presentation binder with internal metal spiral binding. Mustard yellow and white graphic cover. Full-color illustrations and diagrams throughout, some which fold-out. Text primarily in French with some portions also translated to English..... More
Medina: Alvin F. Staufer, 1962. First Edition. Octavo; 304pp + appendix of 32 color plates. Approximately 1000 documentary B&W photographs embedded in text. Pictorial dust jacket reproducing full-color Grif Teller painting. Maroon cloth with gilt spine stamping and Pennsylvania Railroad emblem in gilt on front panel. Dust jacket tanned;..... More
Softcover. Pocket notebook (16 x 8cm); 40 leaves. Handwritten notes in ink on each recto. Staple-bound at top edge with black tape covering. Perforated leaves. Cardboard backing with no front cover, possibly as issued (one stub remains on top from a torn-out sheet; unsure if this was a cover page..... More
Scotch Plains: Morning Sun Books, Inc., 1998. First Edition. Octavo; 128pp. 200+ color photographs by noted rail photographer Willis A. McCabe; additional reproductions of pertinent B&O documents. Color photographic dust jacket. Dark navy boards with yellow stamping on front panel and spine. Dust jacket near fine. Binding clean and perfect;..... More
Laury's Station: Garrigues House Publishers, 1991. First Edition. 215 color photographs plus additional document reproductions. Five-color system map on front endpapers. Pictorial dust jacket. Army green boards stamps in gold front panel and spine. Dust jacket lacking large triangular chip (2" x 1.5") and additional thin strip (3.5") at bottom..... More
San Marino: Pacific Railway Journal, 1962. Revised [Second] Edition. Octavo; numerically paginated as 88pp., in fact published as only 79pp. (numbers not corrected when volume was reconfigured for revised edition). Two-color system map on front and rear endpapers; over 120 photographs and document reproductions. Pictorial jacket with train portrait by..... More
Boston and Cambridge: James Munroe and Company, 1857. First Edition. Octavo; xx, 480pp. Diagrams throughout with fold-out chart at back. Blindstamped black cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Ex-Loyola College Library, Baltimore MD, with written call number at base of spine and stamps / marks to title page and copyright..... More
Lynchburg: TLC Publishing, Inc., 1993. [Visually Redesigned Edition, 1998]. Octavo; vi + 114pp. 200+ documentary and photographic illustrations in B&W and color. Full color glossy boards with pictorial front panel painted by Andrew Harmantas; photographic rear panel. Photographic double-spread front endpapers; rear endpapers reproduce train menu and tabulate historical..... More
Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2002. Paperback reprint of 1990 volume from Greenberg Publishing. Octavo; 200pp. including appendices, bibliography, and index. 200+ B&W and color photographs and document reproductions. Glossy photographic card binding. Very slight wear to edges and corners. Textblock unmarred and unmarked. "In order to compete, B...... More
Softcover. Cerritos, CA: Ira L. Swett, 1974. Quarto (11"x8.5"); 95pp followed by a large "album" section with other back matter. Blue and white pictorial wraps. Cover has some rubbing and edgewear. Bottom rear corner has been bumped, no tears. Front and back hinges are starting, but text block is secure..... More
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1930. First edition. Octavo. 224 pages; 2 maps. Printed green dust jacket with $3.00 price intact; olive boards with gilt lettering on spine. Dust jacket unclipped, with slight wrinkling, a few tiny tears, and some discoloration to edges. Boards very light bumped at top right..... More
First Edition. Madison: University of Wisconsin, 1910. Octavo. Printed paper covers; 335 pages with one fold-out chart. Number 342 in the Bulletin of the University of Wisconsin Economics and Political Science Series (Volume 6, Number 1). Chipped around the edges and some loss at base of spine, at corners, and..... More
Lynchburg: TLC Publishing, Inc., 1993. First Edition. Octavo; iv + 76pp. Nearly 200 documentary and photographic illustrations in B&W. Full color glossy photographic card covers. Route map showing detailed train lines to coalfields inside front cover. Mainline route map inside back cover. Textblock unmarred and unmarked. Virtually no signs..... More
Unpublished autograph travel diary in a small notebook. May-June 1901. One commercially-produced octavo notebook (19cm x 12cm) of 48 unlined pages, sewn gatherings, all pageblock edges gilt. Covered for preservation in black plasticized faux leather, with a stylized vintage label—Tagebuch [Journal]—painted in silver, by an amateur hand, on the front..... More
[Portland, ME]: Maine Central Railroad, 1938. Octavo (23cm.); pictorial self-wrappers printed in blue; 15pp. Upper left-hand corner creased, additional light wear from handling, else Very Good and sound. More
Chicago: Railway Business Association, 1940. First Edition. Octavo; 100 pages. In red velvet wrappers, this volume was "prepared for the 32nd Annual Meeting of the Railway Business Association..." held Nov. 14, 1940." Includes photographs and sketches. Some light scuffing to wrappers, modest edgewear; pages clean and unmarked and tight in..... More
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Hardcover. New York: Drake Publishers, 1972. Original dustjacket over light blue cloth boards. Light shelfwear to jacket with no chips or tears. Price present but blacked out. Boards are square with some fading along top edge. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. More
Lynchburg: TLC Publishing, Inc., 2003. First Edition. Octavo; 128pp. 250+ documentary and photographic illustrations in B&W. Full color glossy boards with photographic front and rear panels. Front and rear endpapers reproduce the B&O rail system map during the steam years. Textblock unmarred and unmarked. Virtually no signs of wear..... More
Oxford: Oxford Publishing Co., [1980]. First Edition. Slim quarto (28.5cm.); publisher's simulated cloth in blue photo-illustrated dust jacket; unpaginated; chiefly half-tone photographic illus. Light shelf wear to jacket extremities, corners very gently bumped, faint clear tape reinforcement to jacket corners, else Very Good or better overall. The second title in..... More
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East McKeesport, PA: PC Railroader Magazine, 1975. First Edition. Two oblong octavo volumes. 93 & 112 pages. Black and white illustrations. Black and red printed wraps. Light edgewear and soiling to wraps. Some fraying at corners. Bindings sound and pages unmarked. More
Lynchburg: TLC Publishing, Inc., 1990. Octavo; 64pp. 150+ documentary and photographic illustrations in B&W and color. Full color glossy photographic card covers. Textblock unmarred and unmarked. Virtually no signs of wear other than faint age-tanning to textblock edges. Essentially a copious photo album, compiled from dozens of photographers..... More