Search Results: Transportation from Motte & Bailey, Booksellers

Strasbourg, France: Editions Hirlé, 2001. First English language edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. Tall quarto (oversized). Slight wear to edges and corners of dj. Slight scuffing to dj. 160 p. wth many full color illustrations focusing on the 206 WRC Peugot. The book covers design, manufacturing, testing, and racing of the car, which won the manufacturers' and drivers' championships in 2000. The World Rally Championship consist of 12 three day events on various surfaces, some natural. Cars must be two liter 4-cylinder vehicles, but design modifications can push the cost to over one million dollars. Uncommon, more so in the English language edition.

Fletcher, OH: Cam-Tech Publishing, 1987. probable 3rd printing. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. Quarto (oversized). Slight wear to edges and corners of dj and boards. Covers of dj soiled in a couple spots. Old sticker residue on first flap. a few lines of notes by former owner on flyleaf. 152 p. w/ b&w illustrations, railroad statistics, bibliography, index, and two folded maps in rear pocket. An overview of this town, for 130 years a center for rail activity.

Arvada, Co: Fox Publicaions, 1995. 3rd printing. Hardcover. Very good/very good. Thin quarto (over size). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards and dust jacket. 128 p. w/ many b&w illus.. Facsimile signature of the author next to his name on the title page, printed as part of the book. A photographic essay on the difficult routes in this particularly mountainous area of Washington State.

Wauwatosa, WI: Running Light Press, 2008. First edition. hardcover. Very good/very good. Squarish quarto (over sized). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards and dust jacket. 240 p. w/many color and b&w illus.. photo and illustration sources. The story of a ship that rode on the Great Lakes for over 100 years. Launched as the in 1906 as the WILLIAM P. SNYDER, after several name changes Iit now carries the name ST. MARY'S CHALLENGER and in 2013 became an articulated lake barge pushed by a tugboat. the book goes up to 2006.

Chicago: Central Electric Railfans' Association. , 2006. First edition. Hardcover. Very good/very good. Quarto (oversize). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards and dust jacket. 248 p. w/maps, color and b&w illus, bbliography, index. Includes two fold out charts and 3 railcar schematics laid in.

Glasgow: Brown , Son & Ferguson LTD., Nautical Publishers, 1987. First edition. Hardcover. Very good/good. Tall octavo (standard size). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards, more so to dust jacket. Dj has more wear and creases. Name and stamp of former owners on flyleaf. x, 182 p. w/ color and b&w illus., glossary, index. a history of the clipper ship era, diuscussing the China tea trade, the Wool trade, and then 20 individual ships, including both ships in the title.

Omaha, NE: Simpson-Boardman Books Inc, 2018. First edition. Oversized Paperback. Very good. Quarto . Landscape format. (over size). Slight wear to edges and corners of covers. xxi, 230 p. w/color illus., bibliography & recommended reading, endnotes, index.

Halifax, PA: Withers Publishing, 1999. First edition. Hardcover. Very good/very good. Quarto (oversized). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards and dust jacket. 224 p. w/ b&w illus., roster, technical data, additional reading, and appendices on locomotive quantities and chronology. Covering the diesels of this great American railroad from the streamliner era to the beginnings of mergers with other major railroads. This volume starts with the 1000 series locomotives and continues through the end with the 3000 series and others to 1982.

Halifax, PA: Withers Publishing, 1999. First edition. Hardcover. Very good/very good. Quarto (oversized). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards and dust jacket. 224 p. w/ b&w illus., roster, technical data, additional reading, and addiional section of color photographs of locomotives. Covering the diesels of this great American railroad from the streamliner era to the beginnings of mergers with other major railroads, up through the 900 series passenger locomotives.

Farmington MI: the author, 1999. First edition. Oversized Paperback. Very good. Thin quarto (oversized). Slight wear to edges and corners of covers. SIGNED and i nscribed b the author on title page. 68 p. w/many b&w illus, chronology.

Driffield and Ipswich, UK: Japonica Press and Old Pond Publishing, 1999. First edition. Hardcover w/pictorial boards. Very good. Quarto (over size). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards. No dust jacket issued. 224 p. w/many color and b&w illus., appendices on power, conversions, and serial numbers, bibliography, index. A well done survey, with special focus on the UK, not excluding the US. Includes the New Holland period after Fiat bought out Ford's farm machinery.

Belfast, Northern Ireland: Blackstaff Press, 1979. New edition, with additional photographs. Hardcover. Very good/very good. Smaller octavo (standard size). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards and dust jacket. 158 p. w/ maps, charts, tables, b&w ilus., index of stations and halts. A history and study of this 560 mile Irish railway in the years between World Wars I and II.

Paris: Èditions Alban Michel, 1989. First edition. Hardcover w/glossy pictorial boards. Very Good. Octavo (oversized). Slight wear to edges of boards. Heel of spine noticably bumped. 173 p. w/ color and b&w, notes, bibliogaphy, index. A survey, in French, the the Parisian transportation system.

Southfields, East Sussex, UK: KHL Group Publication, 1997. First edition. Hardcover. Very good/very good. Tall quarto (over size). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards and dust jacket. Corners bumped. 264 p. w/ many illus., index. A survey of cranes throughout Western history, with emphasis on the 20th c.

Hillsboro, OR: Timber Press, 2002. Second printing. Hardcover. Very good/very good. Quarto (oversized). Slight wear to edges of boards and dust jacket. Scuffing to dj at heel. Ink notation to first free endpaper only. 280 p. w/many b&w illus., appendices, bibliography, index. A survey of steam donkeys (a variety of equipment used to haul, load, and move wood) used in Oregon in the heyday of logging.

Polo, IL: Transportation Trails, 1989. First edition. Hardcover. Very good/very good. Quarto (oversized). Slight wear to edges and corner sof boards and dust jacket. Spine of dj faded but legible. Custom streetcar related bookplate on flyleaf. 208 p. w/many b&w illus and a few color illus., maps, bibliography, index, and maps on endnpapers. A history of one of the more imporatnt passenger late 19th/early 20th c. rail lines that ran from Boston to Chicago.

Swanage, Dorset, UK: Finial Publishing / Buxworth Steam Group, 1998. First edition. Hardcover. Very good/very good. Octavo (standard sized). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards and dust jacket. Lovely colored endpaper map of the Basildon area. xxvii, 292 p. w/b&w illus, glossary, recommended reading, personalities, appendices, index, and a brief bit on th development of steam ploughing. A memoir of the days of steam ploughing in the heart of England by one the few experts of the time on the topic, who had worked with them since the age of 14.

Hillsboro, OR: Timber Press, 2001. First edition. Hardcover. Very good/very good. Quarto (oversized). Slight wear to edges of boards and dust jacket. x, 230 p. w/many b&w illus, bibliography. A Lexicon (a kind of dictionary) of a wide variety of loggers terms from across the United States.

Lansing, MI: Michigan State University Press, 2005. First edition. Hardcover in full cloth. Very good/No dust jacket issued. Quarto (oversized). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards. 906 p. total in the 2 volumes, maps. More of a technical reference work, with rail line information is table form, noting milage, locations, switches, construction, ownership, and more. Will likely require more shipping.

the author, 2002`. First edition. Oversized Paperback. Very good. Thin, landscape octavo (over size) Slight wear to edges of covers. 56 p. w/maps on endpapers, color and B&w illus. Covers this hard working rail line in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Uncommon.