Search Results: Railroad History from Books About The South

New York NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1965. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. VG/VG/First Edition stated. A solid copy with a little wear to the jacket. The jacket has a little tear(no loss of paper)on the rear panel along with a wrinkle and the loss of paper at the top and bottom of the spine. The rest of the jacket has excellent color, and the price is intact. The book has a little play in the spine, the pages are clean and bright, no foxing. 623pp., with photos and illustrations, graphs and maps, chapter notes, bibliography, index. Comes to you in an acid free document bag for storage, mailed boxed, and I can have it in the mail tomorrow. BRBC

Boulder Colorado: Pruett Publishing Company, 1978. 3rd Printing. . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Vg+/VG/1st ed., 3rd printing. Here is all the brilliance of those circus trains captured in a beautiful volume of pictures, posters, and text. A delightful book for the circus buff and rail fan alike! Book Condition is Very Good+; black bucram over boards with gold lettering on spine. 390pp. First Edition, 3rd printing. B&W photos, full color photos, documents, handbills and posters. Appendix and index. Clean with no markings, binding tight, pages white, corners square. Dust Jacket Condition is Very Good; clean jacket with a open tear at top of spine. Several small closed tears and nicks to jacket. Vibrant color to jacket; Lithograph courtesy of Circus World Museum. Covered with a removable mylar dust jacket. Attractive. BRBC

Sylacauga, AL: Swen Communications Inc., 1998. 2nd Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. June Pody Mann. VG/2nd ed. Very nice copy. Black buckram over boards with title in gold lettering on front and spine. Clean and unmarked, binding tight, corners not worn. 293pp., lots of b&w photos, index. churches, schools, businesses, clubs and organizations. Comes to you in an acid free document bag for storage, mailed boxed and I can have it in the mail to you tomorrow. BRBC

Douglas GA: Okefenokee Fund, 1998. Soft cover. Very Good+. VG+/1998. This booklet would be in the Fine range except for the rusty staples and some light soiling on the paper covers. The interior is bright white pages, no marking or soiling. 62pp., several maps including a large double page map of the Logging Railroads in the Okefenokee Swamp, many illustrations, notes, bibliography. Comes to you in an acid free document bag for storage, well packaged for mailing, and I can have it in the mail tomorrow. BOXB

Macon GA: Mercer University Press, 1998. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. F/F/Stated First Edition/1st prntng. A great copy; no nicks or tears to jacket and great even color now covered with a new mylar sleeve. The book has no markings or writing any where-there is one small light stain on the bottom edge of the pages (see photos). Otherwise this could be a new copy. Sharp corners, and this is definitely not an ex library or remainder. 284pp., illustrations, maps, graphs. Several appendices included: Annotated List of Stockholders,Railroad Shipments for the Confederate Government, list of Railroad employees, bibliography, index. Book comes to you in an acid free document bag for storage, mailed boxed, and I can have it in the mail to you tomorrow. BRBC

Carmel Indiania: Guild Press, 1999. First Edition. . Paperback. Very Good+/None Issued. VG+/1st ed. Clean with no wear, no marking. Firm binding. 232 pages, postscript, notes, bibliography and an index. Several maps and quite a few b&w photos. Comes in a acid free document bag for storage. I can have it in the mail tomorrow. BASA

Folkston GA: Okefenokee Wildlife League, 1998. Soft cover. Near Fine. NF/1998. This is a great copy of an uncommon publication. Clean, no marking or soiling, bright white pages. 6pp., location of Logging Railroad in the Okefenokee Swamp from 1889 - 1942, illustrations. Comes to you in an acid free document bag for storage, mailed boxed, and I can have it in the mail to you tomorrow. BOXB

Dekalb, IL: Northern Illinios University Press, 2006. First Edition. . Hardcover. Very Fine/Very Fine. VF/VF/1st ed. When the Southern Railway dissolved the corporation and abandoned much of the former trackage, the G&F became the "Gone & Forgotten." Yet in its 57-year lifespan the G&F did much to bring about agricultural diversification and relative prosperity in the wiregrass region of southern Georgia and northern Florida. Offering insignts on social and economic conditions in the South from the 19th century to the mid-20th century, Grant's study of this obsure yet noteworthy railroad will appeal to those interested in transportation, business, railroad, and Southern regional history. Book Condition is Very Fine; black cloth over boards with gold lettering on spine. 223pp., First Edition. B&W photos, notes, maps, index. Book and dust jacket are as brand new. Jacket covered with a mylar dust jacket.

Yellow Springs CO: Graphic Press, 1994. First Edition . Soft cover. Very Good+. VG+/1st ed.