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Toronto: Rowsell & Hutchinson, 1881. Book. Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Boards have a little soiling and sun fading but the contents are very tight and clean. 188pp including index..
RAILROAD BOOKS, PAMPHLETS AND EPHEMERA, 23 ITEMS by RAILROAD - VARIOUS
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[RAILROAD] RAILROAD BOOKS, PAMPHLETS AND EPHEMERA, 23 ITEMS. As follows: 1. DETROIT LUBRICATOR COMPANY. "GENUINE DETROIT" MODEL A LOCOMOTIVE FORCE FEED OILER, CATALOG NO. 174. Detroit, MI [n.d.] 56 pp. including folding charts and b/w and two-color illustrations, and halftone photos. 8vo., heavily soiled printed stapled wrappers, yellow. Some soil to page edges. 2. DETROIT LUBRICATOR COMPANY. DETROIT BULLSEYE LOCOMOTIVE LUBRICATORS, CATALOG NO. 38 L. Detroit, MI, 1918. 62 pp. Halftone photos. 8vo., moderate soil to printed stapled wrappers with 3 color embossed front cover. Light offset to front and rear pages, and some soil to page edges. 3. WORTHINGTON PUMP AND MACHINERY CORPORATION. WORTHINGTON LOCOMOTIVE BOILER FEED PUMP AND FEED WATER HEATER, TYPES B AND BL, GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR OPERATION BK-1608-F. New York, May 1927. 36 pp. Stiff green printed wrappers with green cloth tape spine, rounded corners. 12mo., moderate soil to covers and a few pages, b/w folding diagram, two-color folding diagram, b/w figs. in text. 4. SNODGRASS, J. M. et al. THE ECONOMICAL USE OF COAL IN RAILWAY LOCOMOTIVES. Urbana: University of Illinois Bulletin, Vol. XVI, No. 2, Sept. 9, 1918. Circular No. 8, Engineering Experiment Station. 76 pp. 8vo., printed stapled wrappers. Covers soiled, light soil to a few page edges. Boston and Maine Railroad office loan slip tipped in on inside front cover. 6 pp. of color illustrations of fireboxes. 5. FRANKLIN RAILWAY SUPPLY COMPANY. THE LOCOMOTIVE BOOSTER TYPES C-1 AND C-2 INSTRUCTION BOOK NO. 102. New York, 1927. 114 pp. 12mo., stiff red printed wrappers with rounded corners and red cloth spine tape. Minimal external soil, interior clean. B/w, halftone and two-tone illustrations. 6. INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINISTS. CONSTITUTION OF THE GRAND LODGE, DISTRICT AND LOCAL LODGES, INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINISTS. Washington, DC, 1925. 96 pp. + 15 pp. index. 24mo., blue printed stapled wrappers. Minor soil to covers, interior clean. 7. THE LESLIE COMPANY. INSTRUCTION CARD NO. AK-6: THE LESLIE TURBO GENERATOR AND STEAM HEAT PRESSURE REGULATOR, 1 1/2" X 2" CLASS "AK". Lyndhurst, NJ [n.d.] White cardstock, printed on one side, 10" x 8 1/4", folded in half. B/w diagram. 8. RAILWAY EDUCATIONAL BUREAU. WHEEL DEFECT GAUGE. Omaha, NE. Meta.
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Statutes Special and General Relating to The Toronto, Grey, and Bruce Railway Company
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Die anderen Nürnberger. Technisches Spielzeug aus der "Guten alten Zeit" Band 2
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Frankfurt A.M., Germany: Hobby Haas, 1973. This is a very good hardcover copy with just light wear. Bound in the original publisher's orange boards printed in black and white. Completely clean outside. Very clean inside, page edges darkening a little. Text in German. Preface in German and English. This is Band 2 only of this monumental multi-volume survey of old German toys reproducing many old catalogs by the Nurnberger toy manufacturers. Thousands of fine black & white illustrations of German toys, mostly metal toys, trains, airplanes, cars, trucks and magic props. Captions to illustrations are in German, English, French and Spanish. 12" high X 8" wide. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.. Hard Cover. Very Good.
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The Manchester South Junction & Altrincham Railway Its Inception & Development ( with Maps ) 1848 - 1899 Jubilee
by M. S. J. & A. Railway
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Manchester & London: Manchester South Junction & Altrincham Railway Company, 1899. Book. Very Good. Sewn Wraps. First Printing of the First Edition. Just very good, with edgewear and soil. Still intact, and complete with folding map. Illust. by photos. 30 pages. Scarce..
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THE PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD: NEW YORK ZONE/ NEW YORK DIVISION/ TIME-TABLE NO.34 - 35, NO.1 - NO. 6 / FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF EMPLOYES ONLY (8 CONSECUTIVE TIME TABLES SEPT. 29 1940 TO NOV. 14 1943)
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Jersey City, N. J.: The Pennsylvania Railroad. Very Good+. 1940-43. First Edition. Soft Cover. Clean, flexible tan cardboard covers with black lettering. Texts are tight, clean & intact with approx 25 blank leaves in the rear of each. Two books have additional information attached inside front cover & two inside back cover. No. 6 has a small dampstain at lower margin of first 80 pages. Condition ranges from VG to Near Fine. Railroad; 8vo; 2208 pages .
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A Treatise on the Principles and Practice of Levelling; Showing Its Application to Purposes of Railway Engineering and the Construction of Roads, Etc.
by Simms, Frederick W.
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London: John Weale, 1856. Fourth Edition Revised with Additions. Hardcover. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. With Mr. Law's practical examples for setting out railway curves, and Mr. Trautwine's field practice of laying out circular curves with plates and woodcuts." This copy has been professionally rebacked with a beautiful matching new spine, including lettering and design in keeping with the original.215 pages plus plates and index; 6 x 9 Inches.
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Statutes Special and General Relating to The Toronto, Grey, and Bruce Railway Company
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Toronto: Rowsell & Hutchinson, 1881. Book. Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Boards have a little soiling and sun fading but the contents are very tight and clean. 188pp including index..
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Die anderen Nürnberger. Technisches Spielzeug aus der "Guten alten Zeit" Band 2
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Frankfurt A.M., Germany: Hobby Haas, 1973. This is a very good hardcover copy with just light wear. Bound in the original publisher's orange boards printed in black and white. Completely clean outside. Very clean inside, page edges darkening a little. Text in German. Preface in German and English. This is Band 2 only of this monumental multi-volume survey of old German toys reproducing many old catalogs by the Nurnberger toy manufacturers. Thousands of fine black & white illustrations of German toys, mostly metal toys, trains, airplanes, cars, trucks and magic props. Captions to illustrations are in German, English, French and Spanish. 12" high X 8" wide. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.. Hard Cover. Very Good.
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The Manchester South Junction & Altrincham Railway Its Inception & Development ( with Maps ) 1848 - 1899 Jubilee
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Manchester & London: Manchester South Junction & Altrincham Railway Company, 1899. Book. Very Good. Sewn Wraps. First Printing of the First Edition. Just very good, with edgewear and soil. Still intact, and complete with folding map. Illust. by photos. 30 pages. Scarce..
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THE PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD: NEW YORK ZONE/ NEW YORK DIVISION/ TIME-TABLE NO.34 - 35, NO.1 - NO. 6 / FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF EMPLOYES ONLY (8 CONSECUTIVE TIME TABLES SEPT. 29 1940 TO NOV. 14 1943)
by Pennsylania Railroad
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Jersey City, N. J.: The Pennsylvania Railroad. Very Good+. 1940-43. First Edition. Soft Cover. Clean, flexible tan cardboard covers with black lettering. Texts are tight, clean & intact with approx 25 blank leaves in the rear of each. Two books have additional information attached inside front cover & two inside back cover. No. 6 has a small dampstain at lower margin of first 80 pages. Condition ranges from VG to Near Fine. Railroad; 8vo; 2208 pages .
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A Treatise on the Principles and Practice of Levelling; Showing Its Application to Purposes of Railway Engineering and the Construction of Roads, Etc.
by Simms, Frederick W.
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London: John Weale, 1856. Fourth Edition Revised with Additions. Hardcover. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. With Mr. Law's practical examples for setting out railway curves, and Mr. Trautwine's field practice of laying out circular curves with plates and woodcuts." This copy has been professionally rebacked with a beautiful matching new spine, including lettering and design in keeping with the original.215 pages plus plates and index; 6 x 9 Inches.
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Legends: Gimme Some Lovin
by Various Artists; The Guess Who; Bad Company; Electric Light Orchestra; Grand Funk Railroad; Sugarloaf; The Raspberries; Canned Heat; Linda Ronstadt; Jethro Tull
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Report of Special Masters, in the Case of Vermont and Canada R. R. Co. vs. Vermont Central R. R. Co. and Others. Filed April 24, 1877 [and] VT. & Canada R. R. Co. vs. Vt. Central R. R. Co. et als. In Chancery, Franklin County,State of Vermont. Accounting Before Special Masters; Testimony Taken by the Board of Special Masters, January 1, 1884 [and] James R. Langdon et als. vs. Vt. & Canada R.. R. Co. et als: Petition of VT & Canada R. R. Co. for Dismissal of Suit, or Stay of Proceedings, Etc. [and] Letter from the president of Central Vermont Railroad. [THREE BOUND ITEMS & SHORT REPORTS, PLUS LETTER]
by Various [Including a letter from the President of the Central Vermont Railroad, E. C. Smith to CVR attorney B. F. Fifiel)
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Vermont, 1877,1884. Hardcover. Good or better. COMPILATION OF VERMONT RAILROAD REPORTS FROM THE LATE 19TH CENTURY BOUND TOGETHER: 1. Report of Special Masters, in the Case of Vermont and Canada R. R. Co. vs. Vermont Central R. R. Co. and Others. Filed April 24, 1877 (175 pages) [bound with] 2. VT. & Canada R. R. Co. vs. Vt. Central R. R. Co. et als. In Chancery, Franklin County, State of Vermont. Accounting Before Special Masters; Testimony Taken by the Board of Special Masters, January 1, 1884 (51 pages) [bound with several short reports, separate pagination] · Special Masters' Report (7 pages) · Order Accepting Report of the Special Masters.... (4 pages) · Petition of Central VT and Consolidated Railroads for Discharge of Recieves + Order of Court Discharging Receivers (7 pages total) · Petition of VT. and Canada RR Co for Dismissal of Suit, or Say of Proceedings, etc... + Order Dismissing Said Cause, etc... (8 pages total) · Order Approving Report of Special Masters (3 pages) A…
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DRAWINGS OF MAPS, BRIDGES, PROFILES, COAL BURNING LOCOMOTIVES, CHAIRS, BRAKES, SPLICES, & C. ACCOMPANYING THE REPORT OF THE BOARD OF RAILROAD COMMISSIONERS FOR 1856
by VARIOUS RAILROAD COMPANIES
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Albany, New York: Printed By C. Van Benthuysen, 1857., 1857. First edition. First Edition. Tall 8vo. Blind-stamped cloth, titles stamped in gilt on the front cover, 2 large folding maps; 44 plates (including 16 folding) of bridges, locomotives, tunnels, rail sections and more. Mostly details the state of New York, but also information on Pennsylvania, Vermont, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Connecticut. A bit of cosmetic touch up to the corners and foot of spine, internally clean and tight for a very good copy.
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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.
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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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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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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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Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railway in Color
by Schauer, David C
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Scotch Plains, NJ: Morning Sun Books Inc.. 2002. Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Near Fine copy in Near Fine dustjacket. DJ now protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. An excellent copy. Illustrated with Colour photographs. 128 pages. Tour the fabled Missabe Road from the 1950s when it was "discovered" as a last bastion of steam into its diesel years. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Hardback.
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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. DJ has some minor edgewear, age-darkening to spine and 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 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. . 1st Edition. Hardback.
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Outline of Japanese National Railways, 1956
by Anon
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1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. Oversized, mimeograph copy stapled discussing the JNR during American occupation after the war, 22pps + index, much valuable data on how the system operated with policies and statistics, rare, VG.
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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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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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