Search Results: Trains and Railroading from Sweet Beagle Books

NY & Indianapolis. NY & Indianapolis: Geo. H. Adams & Co.. Fair with no dust jacket. 1871. Hardcover. Brown cloth boards with red leather corners and spine. Covers are heavily worn, stained, lacking top inch of backstrip. Book is shaken, but binding is still fairly firm except at the top three or four inches where it is loosening. Pages are all present and attached, but soiled, varmint-gnawed at extremities of first several pages, small chips and tears. The pastedowns are loosening from the boards, and the last endpaper has a long tear. Some pages have owners' names and other marks and doodling, foxing, some creasing. Most of the soil, staining, and foxing is at the margins of pages. All pages are present and all text and illustrations are easily readable. Page 30 has been clumsily removed by someone and pasted to p. 13 (the blank verso of p. 12). . The title continues: "Gazetteer, giving a concise description and the location of cities, villages, post offices,… Read More

National Association of Railway Commissioners. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1914. Hardcover. Original black cloth covers are rubbed, extremities rubbed and a little worn. Binding has two cracked hinges, pages are clean and unmarked. . A profusion of information related to the state of railways in 1914. . 8vo - 8" to 9" tall. 477 pages. T2 .

NY. NY: American Railway Association. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1914. Hardcover. Original maroon cloth covers, bumped lower corner of front cover. Gilt is bright on front cover, somewhat dulled on maroon spine, spine is mottled. Contents are excellent; binding is tight, square, pages clean and bright. Ownership stamp of the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul RR on the first endpaper. . The American Railway Association was the major railroad association of the time, and eventually joined together with other rail organizations to become the Association of American Railroads in 1934. This a comprehensive set of rules and amendments agreed to May 20, 1914. Among the issues addressed by the rules are: automatic train control, detour agreement, diagrams providing various specifications, per diem rates, specs for rail sections, types A, B, and carbon steel, overhead crossings of electric light and power lines, air brakes and train air signals, block signals, car service, inspection and… Read More

NY. NY: American Railway Association. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1914. Hardcover. Original maroon cloth covers, lower corner of both covers show evidence of exposure to moisture, with loss of color to both corners and along fore-edge of rear cover, pages are unaffected. Gilt is bright on front cover and spine, spine has minor scrape marks and is somewhat worn at extremities. Contents are excellent; binding is tight, square, pages clean and bright. Ownership stamp of former owner on first endpaper. . The American Railway Association was the major railroad association of the time, and eventually joined together with other rail organizations to become the Association of American Railroads in 1934. This a comprehensive set of rules and amendments agreed to May 20, 1914. Among the issues addressed by the rules are: automatic train control, detour agreement, diagrams providing various specifications, per diem rates, specs for rail sections, types A, B, and carbon steel, overhead crossings of… Read More

Harper & Brothers. Near Fine. 1918. 1st Edition. Early Printing. Hardcover. Light rubbing and bumps to cover edges, no other defects. Binding is tight, pages are clean and unmarked. Bright gilt titles and decoration to front cover and spine. . One of readers' favorite Zane Grey novels, this is a historical romance set along the construction of the Union Pacific railway. This was published in March,1918, making it a very early printing (code C-S on copyright page). A handsome copy, lacking the dust jacket. . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 409 pages. G2 .

Stephen Greene Press. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1988. Hardcover. Dust jacket has edgewear, no other defects, now protected by fresh mylar sleeve. Book has bumped corner to front cover, no other defects. Binding is tight, pages are clean and unmarked. . Fascinating description of NY subway system history; filled with anecdotes and little-known facts. . Small 4to 9" - 11" tall. 176 pages. A2 .