Search Results: Railroads from Lippincott Books

Clinton, ME: Self-published, 1964. Hardcover. Good/Good. Green cloth. 8vo. 282 pp. A history of a Maine town and its "two footer" - the birth, life & death of the Narrow Gauge Railroad known as Wiscasset, Waterville & Farmington Railway. With numerous photographs. With index. Previous owner's name on ffep. Cocked spine else VG. In scarce dust jacket, soiled along spine and edges.

Littleton, Ma: Flying Yankee Enterprises, 1986. First Edition . Hardcover. VG+/GVG. xii, 274 pp. Quarto. No. 429 of a limited, signed edition of 600 copies, which has become quite scarce, signed by both authors. Color frontispiece. With Diamond Jubileee B&A Christmas card with color RR photo. The definitive history of the Bangor and Aroostook Railroad, with numerous illustrations and photographs, some in color. With 7 appendices: roster of locomotives, stations, big game shipped, etc. VG+ in GVG dust jacket with color photographs on front and back cover, with some creasing on the back cover and one small tape repair.

Littleton, Ma: Flying Yankee Enterprises, 1986. First Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. xii, 274 pp. 4to Softcover. Color photographs on front and back cover. Color frontispiece. The definitive history of the Bangor and Aroostook Railroad, with numerous illustrations and photographs, some in color. With 7 appendices: roster of locomotives, stations, big game shipped, etc. VG

Chicago: Central Electric Railfans Association, 1965. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. CERA Bulletin number 108. 223, [1] pp. Illustrated with 4 color plates, 14 color route maps, 1 folding schedule, and hundreds of charts, photographs and facsimiles of ephemera such as tickets and transfers. Bound in yellow cloth, title page has blue banner across top and a color illustration of Windermere line cars. Previous owner's name on ffep. Very faint over-all soil, yet an attractive copy.

Pasadena, Ca: Self Published, 1929. First Edition, Limited . Limp Card. Very Good. 97 pp. Signed limited edition of a privately published travel book. Illustrated with pen & ink sketches by the author and one of his daughters. Benjamin and his family spent the summers of 1897 and 1903 in England. This book includes unusually detailed descriptions of the family's train trips, living arrangements, and meals. Of particular interest are lists of what the family paid for meals, lodging and tips. A card with a printed poem titled Over Production, giving the author's justification for no longer sending Christmas cards, is laid in. A prime example of doggerel; the poem lists some of the excesses which lead to the depression, such as: "...Too many houses crowd the street and still the agents plan for more...

Maine: Self-published. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine. 518 pp. Numerous photographs and diagrams. Includes a register of Maine automobiles for 1905 and index. A few small nicks on top right corner of front board, crease on free front endpaper else fine.

Grand-Falls Windsor, Newfoundland: Mont Lingard Publishing, 2000. Soft cover. Near Fine. viii, 128 pp. Quarto. Stiff paper covers. Signed by author. A "story of a lifeline stretching across the island of Newfoundland, providing a safe, comfortable means of travel for residents and visitors alike". Color covers and numerous black and white illustrations throughout. Near fine. Oversize: for Overseas and Canadian customers there may be an adjustment in shipping; the book will ship at cost. ABE shipping quotes are only estimates.

Grand Falls-Windsor, Newfoundland: Mont Lingard Publishing, 1996. First Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine. Shufelt, Mike. viii, 112 pp. Quarto. Stiff paper wrappers. With photographs by Mike Shufelt throughout and inscribed by Shufelt. History and anecdotes of the Gaff Topsoil section of the railway in Newfoundland. "Keeping trains running here had proven to be next to impossible during the entire lifetime of the railway." Near Fine. Oversize: for Overseas and Canadian customers there may be an adjustment in shipping; the book will ship at cost. ABE shipping quotes are only estimates.

Summerside, P.E.I.: Williams & Crue, 2001. Soft cover. Near Fine. vi, 250 pp. Stiff paper wrappers. Illustrated history of the Prince Edward Island Railway from the 1860's to Dec. 28th, 1989. The text is drawn from vivid editorials, articles and letters found in PEI newspapers from 1866 to 1919. With numerous photographs. Light crease on corner of front cover, else Fine. Oversize: Overseas and Canadian customers please request a shipping quote; the book will ship at cost.

Seattle: Superior Publishing Co, 1981. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 200 pages. Well illustrated with b&w photographs. Includes bibliography and Index.