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Berkeley, CA: Howell-North Books; 1965, 1966.. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Two volumes. Black cloth with gilt lettering. Photo endpapers. 976 pp. Illustrated. Index. Volume 1 lacks the dust jacket and has a bump to head of spine. Volume 2 has a couple of small closed tears to jacket. A solid set. "...the most comprehensive picture survey of American railroad travel ever undertaken by historians in the field.
THE PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD: NEW YORK ZONE/ NEW YORK DIVISION/ TIME-TABLE NO.34 - 35, NO.1 - NO. 6 / FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF EMPLOYES ONLY (8 CONSECUTIVE TIME TABLES SEPT. 29 1940 TO NOV. 14 1943) by Pennsylania Railroad - 1940-43
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THE PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD: NEW YORK ZONE/ NEW YORK DIVISION/ TIME-TABLE NO.34 - 35, NO.1 - NO. 6 / FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF EMPLOYES ONLY (8 CONSECUTIVE TIME TABLES SEPT. 29 1940 TO NOV. 14 1943)
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Jersey City, N. J.: The Pennsylvania Railroad. Very Good+. 1940-43. First Edition. Soft Cover. Clean, flexible tan cardboard covers with black lettering. Texts are tight, clean & intact with approx 25 blank leaves in the rear of each. Two books have additional information attached inside front cover & two inside back cover. No. 6 has a small dampstain at lower margin of first 80 pages. Condition ranges from VG to Near Fine. Railroad; 8vo; 2208 pages .
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The Trains We Rode
by Beebe, Lucius; Clegg, Charles
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Trains Album of Photographs (18 volumes)
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Milwaukee, Wisconsin, (1943-1950): Kalmbach Publishing Co. Oblong Quarto. 18 volumes of 19 lacking volume #11 but includes the volume 19 which is title circus trains., each volume illustrated in either color or black & white, plastic comb bound, all combs in working order with the exception of volume one which has only one comb broken. A very nice collection, condition from near fine to very good. These books cover every major railroad, eastern, mid western, far western, southern, etc.
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FIRST ANNUAL REPORT OF THE RAILROAD COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS
by Neill, Robert
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Fairfield, New Jersey, United States
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Little Rock, Ark.: Thompson Lithograph & Printing. Good+. 1901. First Edition. Hardcover. Black cloth with dull edges. Spine gilt worn off, no longer legible. Text tight, clean & intact. Illustrated with fold out statements of rates which have slightly age toned edges. Interior hinges have paper tears with covers are fully attached. Rare volume. South, Southern Railroads; Fold out rate Tables; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 459 pages .
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A Treatise on the Principles and Practice of Levelling; Showing Its Application to Purposes of Railway Engineering and the Construction of Roads, Etc.
by Simms, Frederick W.
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Washburn, Wisconsin, United States
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London: John Weale, 1856. Fourth Edition Revised with Additions. Hardcover. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. With Mr. Law's practical examples for setting out railway curves, and Mr. Trautwine's field practice of laying out circular curves with plates and woodcuts." This copy has been professionally rebacked with a beautiful matching new spine, including lettering and design in keeping with the original.215 pages plus plates and index; 6 x 9 Inches.
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George Francis Train Signed Letter, 1863, With Ephemera
by Train, George Francis
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, . 5" x 8" signed letter on personal stationery from George Francis Train (1829-1904), visionary businessman, powerful financier, charismatic orator, passionate political activist, and legendary world traveler, who was known as much for his successes as for his eccentricities. A short list of his achievements would include establishing a line of clipper ships at age sixteen to sail from Boston around the tip of South America to San Francisco in order to serve those desiring to join in the Gold Rush; creating a track-guided horse tram in the cities of London and Birkenhead, England; partnering with Thomas C. Durant in the formation of the Union Pacific Railroad; organizing Credit Mobilier America to finance construction of the Transcontinental Railroad (later the object of scandal); founding Credit Foncier to raise capital for the purchase of land along the rail route; thrice circumnavigating the globe—first in 80 days, then 67, and finally 60 (reportedly inspiring the Jules Verne novel);…
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The Trains We Rode
by Beebe, Lucius; Clegg, Charles
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Berkeley, CA: Howell-North Books; 1965, 1966.. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Two volumes. Black cloth with gilt lettering. Photo endpapers. 976 pp. Illustrated. Index. Volume 1 lacks the dust jacket and has a bump to head of spine. Volume 2 has a couple of small closed tears to jacket. A solid set. "...the most comprehensive picture survey of American railroad travel ever undertaken by historians in the field.
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Statutes Special and General Relating to The Toronto, Grey, and Bruce Railway Company
by Joseph, F J
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Toronto: Rowsell & Hutchinson, 1881. Book. Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Boards have a little soiling and sun fading but the contents are very tight and clean. 188pp including index..
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Trains Album of Photographs (18 volumes)
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Scottsdale, Arizona, United States
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Milwaukee, Wisconsin, (1943-1950): Kalmbach Publishing Co. Oblong Quarto. 18 volumes of 19 lacking volume #11 but includes the volume 19 which is title circus trains., each volume illustrated in either color or black & white, plastic comb bound, all combs in working order with the exception of volume one which has only one comb broken. A very nice collection, condition from near fine to very good. These books cover every major railroad, eastern, mid western, far western, southern, etc.
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FIRST ANNUAL REPORT OF THE RAILROAD COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS
by Neill, Robert
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Little Rock, Ark.: Thompson Lithograph & Printing. Good+. 1901. First Edition. Hardcover. Black cloth with dull edges. Spine gilt worn off, no longer legible. Text tight, clean & intact. Illustrated with fold out statements of rates which have slightly age toned edges. Interior hinges have paper tears with covers are fully attached. Rare volume. South, Southern Railroads; Fold out rate Tables; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 459 pages .
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Many More Mountains, Volume 3: Rails into Silverton: An Illustrated History of Silverton and the High San Juans from the Opening of the 1880s through the Outlaw Period and the Construction of the Railroad to the Beginning of the Red Mountain Excitement
by Nossaman, Allen
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- 9780913582640 / 0913582646
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Longmont, Colorado, United States
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Sundance Books, 1998. Hardcover. Used - near fine condition in a very good clear vinyl dust jacket. Signed by author on first title page. Book has no damage and very little shelf wear. Light bumping at corners and at ends of spine. Vinyl dust jacket has some creases along edges. No writing or highlighting. Photos are of the copy we have at Barbed Wire Books.
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Railroading Along The Waterfront
by Rantanes, Eli (As Told To Laura Sebastian-Coleman)
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Taylor, Texas, United States
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Milwaukee, WI: Wm. K. Walthers, Inc.. Near Fine with no Dust Jacket. 1997. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 0941952533 . Small bump on front edge, a few scratches on rear board, not deep enough to go through the color ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 21808 .
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The Western Maryland Railway in the Diesel Era
by Salamon, Stephen J. & Hopkins, William E
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Silver Spring, Maryland: Old Line Graphics. 1991. Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Near Fine copy in Very Good dustjacket. Dustjacket has some very minor wear [creasing] to base of spine & is now protected in a purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Illustrated with Colour photographs. Endpaper maps. Uncommon. 128 pages The contents include Freight Routes and Schedules; The East and Tide Subdivisions, The Hanover and York Subdivisions; The Lurgan Subdivision; Hagerstown and The West Subdivision; Cumberland and The Connellsville Subdivision; Cumberland and The Thomas Subdivision; and The Durbin and GC&E Subdivisions,. . 1st Edition. Hardback.
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Power Railway Signalling
by Wilson, H. Raynar
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London: Publishers of the Railway Engineer. Good with no dust jacket; Boards rubbed, owner name on front free . endpaper, usual library stamps, waterstain at top inner joint of first . thirty pages.. 1909. Hardcover. The Railway Series of Text Books and Manuals by Railway Men for Railway Men and Others, No. 5. Green beveled boards with titles stamped in black on front boards and in gilt on spine. Many photos and illustrations of railway equipment plus several pages of illustrated advertisements at front and rear. Measures 30 x 24 cm. "This volume deals with what may be called the structure which has been raised on the foundations laid by the pioneers of the art of Power Signalling for railways, and among whom should be mentioned Cooke and Whetstone who introduced the speaking telegraph; Edward Tyer, who enabled single lines to be controlled by electricity, thus greatly increasing their carrying capacity with safety; W. R. Sykes, whose "lock-and-block" is used all over the…
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Street-Railway Roadbed
by Pratt, Mason D.; Alden, C.A
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STREET RAILWAY ROADBED. Street Railway Publishing Company, New York. First Edition, 1898. 135 pages indexed. Authors: Mason D. Pratt and C.A. Alden. ILLUSTRATED with drawings, diagrams, tables. Former owner name and date of 1903 on front floral end-paper. RARE. USED. VERY GOOD CONDITION/ NO DUST JACKET IF ISSUED. A nice copy. Please see our photos.
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Pop-Up Book of Trains
by Penick, Ib
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Salem, Oregon, United States
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1976 Random House First Edition. Pop-Up Book #31. RARE! PAPER ENGINEERING BY IB PENICK. All pop-ups and sliders in working order. Used. Unpaginated. 6 3/4 X 9 1/4. Very Good condition. Quite the find! Please see our photos.
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Beds in the East
by Burgess, Anthony
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London: Heinemann. 1959. Octavo Size. Very Good in a Good Dustjacket. Age-toned DJ has some minor edgewear with a very small piece missing to top edge near spine - now protected in a purpose-made plastic sleeve. 237 pages. The third novel in Burgess's Malayan Trilogy 'The Long Day Wanes'. The trilogy was a comic fictional exploration of the impact of the Malayan Emergency which started in 1948. Burgess wrote the Malayan trilogy with the ambition to become a fictional expert in Malaya as he spoke and wrote excellent Malay and the trilogy was based on much of his own experience. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Hardback.
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The Western Maryland Railway Story: A Chronicle of the First Century, 1852-1952
by Williams, Harold A
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Baltimore, Western Maryland Railway Company, 1952, hardcover, xvi-134 pp, Edition not stated, No previous printings noted, Very Good condition, no dustjacket as issued, Association Copy, Signed and inscribed on the half-title page to Robert B. Murray, Undersecretary of the Department of Commerce for Transportation from 1953-1955 "in appreciation of his outstanding public service" and dated Dec. 17, 1954. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, slight spine-end and corner wear, spine titles worn, a few tiny spots to rear cover. A complete history of the first century of this important transportation system servicing the Eastern seaboard and points further west. Illustrated throughout with black-&-white photographs of historic scenes and vintage locomotives including the Alliance, the Monocacy, and the Conewago.
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Canada and United States Tour Prospectus -- August 1927
by Oxford and Cambridge Travel Club
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Cambridge: Oxford and Cambridge Travel Club, 1927, 1927. A splendid look at pre-Depression transatlantic travel, this prospectus for two linked August 1927 tours sponsored by the Oxford and Cambridge Travel Club, with comments on the benefits of travel and of joining the club, open to present & past Oxford & Cambridge University men. Itinerary of the 'short trip' included New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington DC, Buffalo, Niagara Falls, Toronto, a week in Canada's Algonquin Park, Ottawa, & Montreal; the 'long trip' (cost, 102 guineas, nearly $9000 in modern terms) headed west from Niagara, going to Sarnia, then through lakes Huron & Superior to Port Arthur, Winnipeg, Jasper National Park (snow skiing, even in summer, possibility of bears), Prince Rupert, along the coast to Vancouver, Victoria, Edmonton, then back to Toronto, Ottawa, & Montreal. Includes some comments on the more notable places to be visited, frontispiece reproducing a full-color painting of the RMS Carmania by C. F. Hopkinson;…
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Narrow Gauge Portrait: South Pacific Coast; Signed
by MacGregor, Bruce A
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Glenwood Publishers. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1975. Limited/Numbered Edition. Hardcover. 0911760237 . Number 898 of 1000 copies, signed by author on half-title page; Book and DJ have very light edgewear, owner's embossed stamp on FFEP, page ends very lightly toning; DJ has light toning to edges, crease along bottom edge; DJ in protective Brodart cover; b/w photos; 187 pages; Signed by Author .
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Rebels at Relay Depot : A Story of C&A, Mobile and Ohio, GM&N and GM&O Pullmans and Parlor Cars to St. Louis: TRRA and the GM&O Volume 21, Number 1
by Larry Thomas
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Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis Historical and Technical Society, Inc., 2007. Very Good+. Minor shelf and handling wear to cover, else Fine. Photo is of the copy we have here at Barbed Wire Books.
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