Search Results: Transportation from The Owl at the Bridge

Dover, NH, Arcadia, 1998. First Edition. Soft Cover. Signed. 128 pages, illustrations; 23.5 cm. From horse-drawn omnibus, horse cars, and cable tramways, via trolleys and trackless trolleys to the buses of today, this volume explores the history of getting about in Rhode Island from the Civil War to the creation of the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority. An album of photographs with caption commentary. Stock#44698/h. Very Good, inscribed by Molloy.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Railroad, 1929. One [age printed form. Filled in to indicate arrival of two crates of tulip stands to Beaver Falls, PA. Stock# 39,904. Good+

[Montreal, Canadian National Railways, 1959]. 7.5 x 12.5 cm. (3" x 5"). Filled in for Ste Anne station, train no. 10, Engine 454, conductor Kaine, Engineman Messer. Arrived 7:54 AM, left 7:55. Stock#40954a. VG. Price includes 1st class postage in US.

[Scranton, Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.] 1920s?. One sheet, 12.5 x 17 cm. (5" x 7"). "The Anthracite Line." "Copies will be made for each Conductor, Engineman and Operator or Dispatcher." Stock#40864. Good+. Price includes first-class postage.

[Scranton, Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.] 1950s?. 7 x 16 cm. (3" x 6 1/2"). The Lackawanna was known as "The Anthracite Line." Punched ticket for 60 cents. Stock# 40864e. Good+. Price includes first-class postage.

N.Y., Dover, c.1972.. Soft Cover. xvi, 147 p. 21.5 x 28.5 cm. An original Dover featuring engravings from trade mgazines, particularly during the post-Civil War era. Stock# 30,250. Vg/ wrappers

[Buffalo, Erie RR, 19??]. 9 x 2.5 cm. (3 1/2" x 1"). "Keep this in sight." Founded in 1832, based in Buffalo, the Erie ran between the banks of the Hudson across from New York to Buffalo. Unpunched. Faded pink. Price includes first-class postage. Stock#40953a.

Keene,NH, Cheshire Railroad Company, 1865. 7 x 17 cm. ( 2 3/4 x 6 5/8 inches). Printed form, filled out in ink dated Sept 30, 1863 for carrying three barrels of crackers from Athol Mfg. to Manchester Station. Stock# 40,865. Vg.

[Springfield, Missouri, Frisco, 195??]. 9 x 2.5 cm. (3 1/2" x 1"). Unpunched; VG. Stock#40953b. Price includes first-class postage.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Railroad, 1929. One page, two paragraph typed letter on PRR Letterhead, 20 July, 1929 re claim for lost chairs to Beaver Falls, PA. Stock# 39,903. Vg

Denver, RGS RR, 1896. 1 page. 5 lines. 29 x 20.5 cm. (11 x 8 inches) Edward T. Jeffery, president of the The Rio Grande Southern Railroad, to W.D. Lee, superintendent of said RR, approves upholstering Coach No. 22. Stock# 40,867. Good+, frayed along edges

New York, NY : Lyons Press [c1956, 1984]. Soft Cover. ix, 240 p., map, 22.5 cm. "In [this] book he participated in writing, he claimed that he and six others escaped [from a Siberian prison] and walked over 4000 miles south, through the Gobi desert, and over the Himalayas in winter to India in 1942. In 2006, the BBC released a report based on records from the former Soviet Union including some written by Rawicz himself that show that Rawicz was pardoned as a part of a general release of Poles from the Soviet Union in 1942, was afterward transported across the Caspian Sea to a refugee camp in Iran and that his escape to India never occurred." Stock# 44,310. Vg, former owner's label / soft cover.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Railroad, 1927. Three pieces. 1) exchange ticket from West Philadelphia to Broad Street Station, unpunched 1929-1934; 2.) passenger's check; punched for June 23; and 3.)card schedule for Bristol, PA line, Sept. 1927. Stock# 39,905. Good+

New York Central Rail Road, 1956. 6 x 6 cm. (2 1/2" x 2 1/2"). Ticket stub filled in with ink. Account is the Colorado & South. Ticket from Denver to Colorado Springs. Stamped on back Jul 30 1956. Stock#40954b. Good+. Price includes 1st class postage in US.

University of Utah Press, Salt Lake City [c1972]. 'Second printing 1976'. Soft Cover. 173 p., illus.; 24.5 cm. "In the vast gold rush literature the Panama route has received adequate attention... notwithstanding the many references to the subject, the full story of the Nicaragua route has never been told. The purpose of this book is to draw these many references together under one cover into a meaningful and complete story of the Nicaragua route to the gold fields." Contents include Early Travel Across the Isthmus; The Nicaragua Contract; Birth of the Nicaragua Route; The Route Changes Hands; Filibuster Complications; Rivalry Over a Charter; The Central American Transit Company; Steamship Schedules; Passengers by the Isthmian Routes 1848-1869; Index. Pictorial paper covers; a little underlining; VG. stock#720.

Railway Express Agency.. 4" x 9 1/2". Empty, unused tan envelope. Stock#40954c. Good. Price includes 1st class postage in US.

Chicago, Rock Island Railroad, 1951. 5 x 9.5 cm. (2" x 3 3/4"). Pink ticket "Rocket Reservation Card." Stamped and punched. Stock#40953d. Vg. Price includes first-class postage.

NY, Bonanza Books [c.1950]. Hard Cover. 213 p., illus., ports., facsims.; 28 cm. "In 1910 Floyd Clymer was the youngest car dealer in the US. He started selling cars at age 11, in Berthoud, Colorado." Stock#46304. Vg, owner stamp on fly leaf / dj edges soiled, no tears.

Rutland, Vermont, 1920. 1 page, 27 x 20 cm. From W.E. Osborn, Freight Claim Manager to a customer in Burlington sending forms. Stock# 40,866. Good, frayed edges.

Paris, Gallimard, Éditions de la Nouvelle revue française [1939]. Soft Cover. 3 p. L., 9-181, [1] pages, 1 L. 19 cm. "In 1929, a young French pilot became head of the Aeroposta Argentina Company. In an early biplane, with few flight instruments, he took to the skies and risked his life transporting South American mail over vast distances.Pioneering pilot Antoine de Saint-Exupéry logged many miles in that job. And he gathered inspiration for his poetic early novel, "Night Flight," one of the first books to capture the romance, risks and rewards of manned flight." Stock# 44,642. Poor, used paperback, rear cover torn off.