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[1914]. (Oversize paper covers) 45pp. Good to very good. Card covers, bound typed manuscript. Spine worn on edges, 1" chip from the bottom of the front cover, a previous owner's name and date on the front inside cover and front endpaper. (1) (with particular reference to the settlement of the older parts of the province and the public works policy of the last century). This appears to be the typed manuscript for an article printed in 'Public Roads and Highways' Ontario 1914. Locale: Ontario. (Transportation, Highways, Public Works, Roads).
Early Mt Washington Cog Railway Picture Book by Robertson, Edwin "Bill
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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).
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An Historical Sketch of Road Development in Ontario (1)
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Portfolio of Historic Canadian Steam Locomotives
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Belleville: Mika Studio [no date]. (Portfolio) Not paginated. Fine. 10 multi-colour hand prints for framing inside an illustrated, publisher's envelope. The envelope is edgeworn. (Transportation, Locomotives, Railways, Trains).
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Southern Pacific Daylight Train 98-99
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Pasadena: Whistle Stop Publication [1977], 3rd edition. (4to) 656pp. Very good plus in very good plus dust jacket. Volume 1. Illustrated cover. Photograph endpapers, frontispiece, photographs, maps, diagrams, tables, chronology, index. Jacket illustration by Harlan Hiney. Locale: California; United States. (Transportation, Boxcars, Freight Cars, Passenger Cars, Railroads, Rolling Stock, Southern Pacific Daylight, Southern Pacific Railway Company, Trains).
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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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The Canadian Northern Railway; Pioneer Road of the Northern Prairies 1895-1918
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Toronto: Macmillan of Canada [0-7705-1285-2] [1976]. (Hardcover) 543pp. Very good, no dust jacket. Maps, tables, photographs, appendix, bibliography, index. The covers are lightly worn and there are institution stamps on the half-title and the fore-edges. Locale: Prairie Provinces; Western Canada. (Transportation, Canadian Northern Railway, Railroad Companies--Canada, Railways--Canada).
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[1914]. (Oversize paper covers) 45pp. Good to very good. Card covers, bound typed manuscript. Spine worn on edges, 1" chip from the bottom of the front cover, a previous owner's name and date on the front inside cover and front endpaper. (1) (with particular reference to the settlement of the older parts of the province and the public works policy of the last century). This appears to be the typed manuscript for an article printed in 'Public Roads and Highways' Ontario 1914. Locale: Ontario. (Transportation, Highways, Public Works, Roads).
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Portfolio of Historic Canadian Steam Locomotives
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Belleville: Mika Studio [no date]. (Portfolio) Not paginated. Fine. 10 multi-colour hand prints for framing inside an illustrated, publisher's envelope. The envelope is edgeworn. (Transportation, Locomotives, Railways, Trains).
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Southern Pacific Daylight Train 98-99
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Pasadena: Whistle Stop Publication [1977], 3rd edition. (4to) 656pp. Very good plus in very good plus dust jacket. Volume 1. Illustrated cover. Photograph endpapers, frontispiece, photographs, maps, diagrams, tables, chronology, index. Jacket illustration by Harlan Hiney. Locale: California; United States. (Transportation, Boxcars, Freight Cars, Passenger Cars, Railroads, Rolling Stock, Southern Pacific Daylight, Southern Pacific Railway Company, Trains).
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The Canadian Northern Railway; Pioneer Road of the Northern Prairies 1895-1918
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Toronto: Macmillan of Canada [0-7705-1285-2] [1976]. (Hardcover) 543pp. Very good, no dust jacket. Maps, tables, photographs, appendix, bibliography, index. The covers are lightly worn and there are institution stamps on the half-title and the fore-edges. Locale: Prairie Provinces; Western Canada. (Transportation, Canadian Northern Railway, Railroad Companies--Canada, Railways--Canada).
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From Wood to Steel; Classic Canadian Railway Passenger Cars from 1860 to 1920
by McQuade, Richard (Illustrations by Andrew Merrilees.)
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Toronto: Martin Grove Press [0-9733126-0-2] [2003]. (Oblong folio hardcover) 199pp. Near fine in fine dust jacket. Illustrations, photographs, appendices, bibliography. There are presentation inscriptions on the front endpaper along with the ownership inscription of Canadian railway artist Robert McInnis, corner creases on about a dozen pages. Illustrations by Andrew Merrilees. (Transportation, Passenger Cars, Railway Companies--Canada, Trains).
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Early Mt Washington Cog Railway Picture Book
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Early Mt. Washington Cog Railway Picture Book - Signed By Bill Robertson
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Westbrook, ME Edwin B. Robertson (1997)., 1997. VG lg sz PB. Signed by author. In 1865 Sylvester of Littleton, NH, obtained a charter for for ascending Mt. Washington by cog railroad. Four engines were designed and constructed with upright boilders and a single pair of cylinders from designs by Herrick Aiken, of Franklin, NH, who had first conceived the idea of a cog railway up Mt. Washington. Illustrated by Stereosopic photos, maps.
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Westbrook, ME: Edwin B. Robertson, 1997. 68p., b/w illus., original stiff printed wrappers, quarto format, SIGNED by the author on the t.p.
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Railroading Along The Waterfront
by Rantanes, Eli (As Told To Laura Sebastian-Coleman)
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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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Die Baureihe 64 : Der legendare Bubikopf
by Melcher, Peter
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Freiburg: Eisenbahn Kurier. [1987]. Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Very Good condition in pictorial laminated boards. Lower corners lightly bumped. Illustrated with Colour and Black & White Photographs. Black & white drawings. Text in German. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 296 pages. The series 64 [often referred to as "bob"] was in operation from 1928 until after World War Two. A comprehensive look at this steam locomotive. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Hardback.
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Les Locomotives Electriques De Type 2D2 Midi, P.O., Etat et S.N.C.F.
by Charmantier, G
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Menton, France: Les Editions du Cabri. 1981. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Very Good+ condition in pictorial laminated boards. An excellent copy. Illustrated with Black & White Photographs and Line Drawings. Text is in French. 240 pages. Originally planned as a photographic volume on 2D2's last service year, the books was substantially changed when research produced a multitude of old documents. It now is a technical and historical study, with a large number of illustrations & photographs chosen from about 2000 photographs supplied by individual photographers. The selection was difficult, but we have tried to present a representative overview of the various series of 2D2 as part of their normal, or unusual, service in almost all of the areas they employed. . 1st Edition. Hardback.
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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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THE DIESEL BUILDERS: Fairbanks-Morse and Lima-Hamilton
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Quarto (11 1/4 by 8 3/4 inches) Interurban Press, Summer, 1985. First Printing. Hardcover. 111 pages, illustrated with black and white vintage photos, old advertisements, index, colorful pictorial dust jacket. Very good condition.Interurbans Special 98: The author " . . . gives us the complete history of these two builders of Diesel locomotives, with a full discussion of the various models and their use on North American railroads. This history is complemented with a treasury of rare photographs and an all-time builders' list for each company."
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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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Congressional Grants of Land in Aid of Railways ( Bulletin of the University of Wisconsin No. 30 )
by Sanborn, John Bell
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Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Press, 1899. SCARCE. Very Good Plus, small chips, light soiling, prior owner name in ink front cover, pages of text are uncut and clean. PHD Thesis. 130 pp. . First Edition. Printed Wrappers. Very Good Plus/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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All Aboard With E. M. Frimbo: Word's Greatest Railroad Buff
by Rogers E. M. Whitaker; Anthony Hiss
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New York: Grossman Publishers/Viking, 1974. Presentation and Association Copy, SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR Rogers E. M. Whitaker, aka "E.M.Frimbo" at front end page - "To Portia, in memory of our travels on the Trans-Siberian. With love, Rogers E.M. Whitaker". Portia Curles Whitaker was the wife of Francis Whitaker, Rogers' brother and himself a world-renowned blacksmith. With 20 page typed book review for this title by Portia laid in, along with 2 newspaper articles and a magazine article about Whitaker. Very Good Plus, marginal pencil notations and underlining as expected in a reviewer's copy. In a Very Good Plus dust jacket, small edge tears and light soiling. Rogers E. M. Whitaker was a long-time editor and writer for The New Yorker magazine, and a perpetual train traveller who accumulated over 2,700,000 miles in his lifetime. A wonderful Association Copy. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good Plus/Very Good Plus. 8vo - over…
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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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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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