Search Results: Transportation from Dale Steffey Books, ABAA

Los Angeles: Neuner Printing & Lithograph Co., 1932. SCARCE. Map of Long Beach, California printed by Neuner Printing, Los Angeles and done by Noordwall & Son Mapmakers of Los Angeles for Lyon Van & Storage Co. Folded size 7" x 3 3/4", opens to 21 3/4" x 14". With photos of Lyon Van's operations and procedures both sides. Fine, red dot marked on map presumably locating the new address where customers were being moved.. Folded Map . Fine. 7" x 3 3/4" .

Washington, D.C.: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), 1966. NASA Press Release no: 66-158 laid in, an announcement for the publication of this book. Book is Near Fine, faint rub to rear board, from the library of James H. Capshew, Historian for the National Park Service "Man in Space" program, his signature front end page. . First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. Large 8vo. Review Copy.

Georgia : Central of Georgia Railway Company, 1924. SCARCE. Near Fine, wrappers slight toning. 36 pp., Agreement, Rules Effective July 1st, 1921, pp. 3-15, Wages Effective Sept. 1st, 1924, Wage Scale pp. 15-36. . Eighth Edition. Stapled Wrappers. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.

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… Read More

Washington, D.C.: American Automobile Association , 1939. RARE automobile travel guide, not located at OCLC, not found in online searches. Near Fine, wrappers lightly soiled. 72 pages, maps, large fold-out map of Mexico at rear. spreads to 16 1/2" x 15" is Near Fine with a small corner crease. With 11 routes with maps. Cover reads : "This Official Guide to Mexico of the American Automobile Association is presented to you through courtesy of Cerveceria Cuauhtemoc, S. A. of Monterrey, Mex. makers of the finest and most popular beers in Mexico * CARTA BLANC - Bohemia". . First Edition. Stapled Pictorial Wrappers. Near Fine. 9 1/4" x 4 7/8".

Mount Morris, Illinois/ New York: Popular Book Corporation, 1930. SCARCE. The inaugural issue of this magazine. 96 pages, with publisher's promotional card laid in. Very Good Plus, 1" paper loss top edge of spine./4" loss bottom edge. Building a Sport Plane, What You Should Know About Aircraft Engines, Gliders, etc. A wonderful collectible for the aircraft enthusiast and collector ! . First Edition. Magazine. Very Good Plus. Tall 4to - over 9¾" - 12" Tall.

New York: Rizzoli, 1985. SCARCE. Publisher's promotional poster, 20"w x 30" h, featuring a vintage Cadu=illac on a sun-drenched street lined by palm trees. Distributed in limited numbers at the ABA trade show in 1985. Near Fine, faint creases at corners. Well suited for framing. Will be shipped loosely rolled in a mailing tube.. First Printing. Poster. Near Fine. 20" x 30".

Chicago: Cityfiles Press, 2007. SIGNED BY AUTHORS Michael Williams and Richard Cahan on title page. Fine in Fine dust jacket. Foreword by Stuart Dybek. . SIGNED BY AUTHORS. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

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.

Goddard Space Flight Center: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), 1969. Near Fine, tiny staple holes front cover, red x mark at spine. 328 pp., numerous black and white photographs. SCARCE. . First Edition. Printed Wrappers. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. Large 8vo.

St Moritz: Verlag Gammeter /Wetzel Offset lithograph reproduction of classic Swiss travel poster originally published 1925. No date, circa 1980s. 25"h x 18"w. Near Fine, faint top corner crease. Well suited for framing, will be shipped loosely rolled in mailing tube. . Reprint. Poster. Near Fine. 25" h x 18"w.

San Francisco: The Grabhorn Press, 1938. One of 500 copies printed at The Grabhorn Press. Near Fine, two small spots of browning to spine label. x, 367 pages, original white quarter cloth over peach buckram boards. A lovely copy. . Limited Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Limited Edition.

St Moritz: Verlag Gammeter /Wetzel Offset lithograph reproduction of classic Swiss travel poster originally published 1899. No date, circa 1980s. 25"h x 18"w. Fine. Well suited for framing, will be shipped loosely rolled in mailing tube. . Reprint. Poster. Fine. 25" h x 18"w.

Garden City: Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1929. Uncommon in lovely collecible dust jacket. Fine in Very Good dust jacket, small chips at spine ends, light rubbing. Illustrated with photographs. . First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Chicago: The Author, 1911. Presentation Copy, inscribed at title page -"Given to you by the son of the author ( see page 4)" and with the name stamp of Henry G.K. Tyrrell at title page. Very Good, rebound in later green cloth boards, paper label at spine, front hinge cracked and holding nicely, rear hinge just starting. Profusely illustrated with 328 illustrations, 478, (2) pp. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Tall 8vo. Presentation Copy.

San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1984. SCARCE publisher's promotional poster, distributed in limited numbers at the ABA trade show in 1984. Near Fine, faint creases, 17 3/4"w x 24"h. Featuring a black and white portrait of a locomotive done by Darius Kinsey in 1926. Well suited for framing, will be shipped loosely rolled in a mailing tube. . First Printing. Poster. Near Fine. 17 3/4" x 24".

No Place: Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, 1938. Personal copy of Herman B Wells, beloved former President and Chancellor of Indiana University, with his name in gilt at bottom of front boards. Apparently published as the response of the unions to management's demands for a 15% reduction in wages in 1938 and specially printed for prominent Americans in the hope that they would support the union's request for an increase in wages. 482 pages.Bound in brown leather with gilt lettering. A fascinating chapter in union- management history, and a great railroad collectible. Boards lightly rubbed at tips, and 1 page small corner crease.. First Edition. Buckram. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Chicago: Rand McNally & Co./ Matthews, Northrup & Company Engravers & Printers , Buffalo, NY, 1887. Corrected up to Apr. 1, 1887 [inset at upper left]. Single Sheet, Folded, 33 3/4" x 27 1/2" , entire verso contains - "Map showing land grant of the Northern Pacific Railroad Co. in eastern Washington and northern Idaho", with inset map showing "Northern Pacific Railroad System" . Sheet folded to 17 3/8" x 13 3/4", with additional folds making it 8 7/8" x 4 3/4" to fit in a pocket. Recto, titled - "Sectional Map Showing the Lands of Northern Pacific Railroad Co. In Eastern Washington and Northern Idaho, with Condensed Information Relating to the Northern Pacific Country" - contains printed information on the Pacific Northwest, company advertising, and a smaller map ( 10 3/4" x 8 1/2") of "Washington, Oregon & Northern Idaho" by Rand, McNally. Very Good, small tears and a few small holes at creases. RARE,… Read More

Washington, D.C.: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), 2007. NASA SP-2007-4231. . First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Washington, D.C.: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), 1971. Near Fine, small tear to wraps at head of spine, and SCARCE in collectible condition. NASA SP-4401. First Edition. Pictorial Printed Wrappers. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. Large 8vo.