An Account of the Manufactures of the North British Locomotive Co. Ltd. during the period of the War 1914-1919, with a Short History of the Firms which constituted the Company when formed in 1903 by North British Locomotive Co.Ltd - 0

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.

New York: The Sanitation Engineer. Good+. 1884. Hardcover. Volume 10, June to November 1884. Text tight, clean & intact. Pages 293 & 295 with small edge tear. Numerous B/W illustrations. The latest in sinks, toilets, tubs and urinals. Public health, drainage, water supply, ventilation, heating & lighting. Clean marbled boards with modest edge wear. Green cloth tape spine with gilt lettering. X-Library with some internal markings including book plate. Technical, Sanitation Engineering; Ex-Library; B&W Drawing; Folio 13" - 23" tall; 618 pages .

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 .

Olive Press Publications. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2001. No Edition Stated. Hardcover. 0933380372 . Book and DJ have slight edgewear, tiny faint soil spot to top edge of front cover; DJ has tiny wrinkle to top rear edge; b/w photos; DJ in protective Brodart cover ; 184 pages .

Rocky Mountain Railroad Club, 1955. Hardcover with Mylar-wrapped dust jacket. Used- Good condition. First edition. Limited edition number 760. Signed by the author. Book is clean and tight. Book shows shelf wear. Scuffing on the edges and corners of the dust jacket. Small tearing on the top right corner on the front cover of the dust jacket. Some creasing and small tearing on the bottom left corner on the front cover of the dust jacket. Small chunk missing on the top left edge on the back cover of the dust jacket. Small tear in the middle and right side edge on the top on the back cover of the dust jacket. Scuffing and small pieces torn off on the top and bottom edge of the spine on the dust jacket. Limited edition copy numbered 760 /2,750. Signed by the author on limited edition page. No further markings on the inside of the book. Photos are of the book we have here at Barbed Wire Books.

Robertson Books [1997]. (4to paperback) 68pp. Very good plus. Signed by the author. Photographs, maps, illustrations. There is a small wrinkle on the front cover near the spine. Locale: Mount Washington--New Hampshire; New Hampshire. (Transportation, Cog Railways, Locomotives, Mount Washington Railway, Railway Companies--United States).

, 1918. Very Rare Private Press: Title Page: The Westinghouse Automatic and Straight Air-Brake Combined E.T. Equipment and Machinery Questions and Answers with Their Defects and Remedies Private Press, published by the author: Circa 1918 Small 16mo red clothbound hardcover has very thin boards with lovely rounded corners; 346 pages with some black and white illustrations. Author Alonzo Deal was an Air-Brake and Machinery Examiner for the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad. He began his railroad career with the North Pennsylvania Railroad in 1876. His biography appears on page 2 and his photograph on page 3. Bumped head and heal of sunned spine with some wear and soil to covers; dusty top. Blank back endpage was stuck to back of inside cover and caused a tear to rep, with some residual paper on rear inside cover. Thanks for shopping with us! 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and lifelong learning. . Soft Cover. Good/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾" -… Read More

NY: Evert Duyckinck, 1821. First edition thus, Newly Arranged, Improved and Enlarged with Useful Selections and a New Set of Accurate Mathematical Tables by James Ryan. Published NY: Evert Duyckinck, 1821. 8vo., v+360pp., plus 184pp. of tables, plus 14 fold out copper plates. Full leather with leather spine label. Leather worn at the hinges and extremities, covers strong, light foxing, pencil calculations on pastedowns, but a good, workable copy. . 1st. Hard. Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo.

1952. Magazine: Vol. 2, July-Sept. 1952 No. 6; an 8vo size staple bound magazine, paginates from 220-262 with black and white illustrations and photographs. Contents include: The Serpollet System The Late Mr. R. H. Bolsover The Scott-Newcomb Steam System Doble Steam Cars British Light Steam Power Society Steam Launches and Their Machinery, 1909 Firing Monotube Steam Generator with Solid Fuel A 1920 Stanley Steamer wtih Modern Boiler and Burner Thermodynamics of Vapour Power-Plants for Motor Vehicles Some rubbing wear to covers, staples in binding have rusted and there are rusty areas a staple insertion points, particularly in the center fold and top back cover. There are some light wrinkles on back cover and on page 229 and wear to top of spine. Ephemera includes: 1. Published sheet, circa 1951, titles Modern Steam Power Development. There is an underlined sentence and a folded edge on the right side. 2. Published Legal size sheet, also circa 1951 with some information on Modern… Read More

British Insulated Callender's Limited, London, September 1956, Serial No: 41, Fine Hardcover / no dustjacket, 52 page, 8.5" x 11.25". Plus 16 page booklet produced by B.C. Electric Company, "120,000 kilowatts under the sea", Fine Softcover, 8.25" x 10.25". The details of linking Vancouver Island with the mainland power grid with a 17 mile submarine cable.