Search Results: Railroads from Twin City Antiquarian Books

Feltham: Paul Hamlyn, 1968 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Red boards, black titles on spine & dec. on front board, pictorial endpapers, 141 pp, profusely illustrated with photos & reproductions of old drawings & paintings. DJ has a 1 cm tear at top of rear panel; in Brodart archival cover. Traces the development of public transportation (mostly in the British Empire, Europe, and North America) from horse-drawn omnibuses & stage coaches through steam carriages, horsecars, electric streetcars, trolley buses, and motor buses. Fits in medium flat-rate box. Shipping weight 3 lbs.. 2nd ptg. . Fine/Near Fine. 28½ X 21½ cm.

New York: Castle Books WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Undated reprint of the 1964 Prentice-Hall title. Quarter beige cloth with black paper-covered boards, x, 341 pp, bibliography, glossary, index. Corners bumped, spine ends slightly rumpled, a few originally uncut leaves have been carelessly opened leaving ragged edges, a few more are still unopened. DJ somewhat rubbed and soiled, with a few small chips and tears; in Brodart archival cover. A very comprehensive book on model railroading that lives up to its title. Contains a brief history of model trains from the first toys made shortly after the invention of the steam locomotive to the 1960s. Over 600 photos, diagrams, charts, and layouts. Contents: the birth of a hobby; getting started; selecting motive power; primer for kit assemblers; superdetailing and conversions; care and maintenance; painting and special effects; layout design and track plans; track tips; along the maintenance way; scenery… Read More

1967 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Black pebble-grained cloth, 186 pp. Extremities rubbed, numerous notations indicate corrections or changes in rules. Contains operating rules for railroads generally north and west of Chicago, including the Milwaukee Road, Chicago & Northwestern, Rock Island, Great Northern, Soo Line, Northern Pacific, and connecting short lines. Shipping weight 1 lb.. . G-/No dj. 17 ½ X 10½ cm.

New York: Viking, 1999 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Tan boards, black spine with gilt titles, xvii, 797 pp, 16 ff b & w plates, 7 maps in text, notes, bibliography, index. Slight shelf wear. DJ in Brodart archival cover. Shipping weight 4 lbs.. First Edition. . Near Fine/Near Fine. 24 X 16 cm.

New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc, 1915 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Joint publisher: London: Chapman & Hall. Dark brown flexible leather, gilt titles on spine, all edges gilt, brown endpapers. Text: xvii, 309 pp, 4 plates, 148 figures; bound together with Tables: 320 pp, 44 tables. Offered as is: worn, soiled, stained, part of backstrip missing, spine cracked, explanation of tables goes through table XXXI, possibly there are a few pages missing at end. Contents: reconnaissance; preliminary survey; theory of maximum economy in grades and curves; location; simple curves; compound curves; reversed curves; turnouts & crossings; the spiral curve; cross-sections; calculation of earthwork; earthwork tables; earthwork diagrams; haul and the mass diagram; construction; track laying; topographical sketching; adjustment of instruments; tables. Shipping weight 1 lb.. 17th Ed. . Fair/No dj. 17 X 10½ cm.

New York: Arco Publishing Company, Inc., 1977 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Stiff paper pictorial covers, sewn through folds, [vii], 145 pp, 64 full-page watercolors, index. Very light wear to corners and spine ends. A short history of the steam locomotive, illustrated by 64 color plates of influential locomotives from around the world. Details of performance of each illustrated locomotive and circumstances leading to its design and construction are given in the back. Fits in small flat-rate box. Shipping weight 1 lb.. Trade Paperback. Fine/No dj. Illus. by Clifford & Wendy Meadway. 19 X 13 cm.

New York: New American Library, 1967 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Quarter green paper, light grey cloth-covered boards, maps on endpapers, xx, 21-448 pp, 8 ff b & w photo plates, bibliography, index. Small stain to top corner of rear board, spine ends rubbed. A social history of hoboes; includes interviews with hoboes as well as information from published sources. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. First US Edition. . VG/No dj. 22 X 15 cm.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1961 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Quarter black cloth, blue cloth-covered boards, gilt & red titles, pict. endpapers, 575 pp, profusely illustrated. DJ slightly rubbed at edges; in Brodart archival cover. Illustrated with archival photos, woodcuts, and engravings from a variety of sources. Shipping weight 6 lbs.. . Fine/Near Fine. 28½ X 22 cm.

New York: Walker and Company, 1969 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Full grey reinforced cloth, black titles on spine, endpaper maps, 175 pp, 6 ff b & w plates, index. DJ has slight edge wear and a small tear at top edge of rear panel; in Brodart archival cover. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. First US Edition. . Fine/VG. 21 X 14 cm.

St. Paul: MBI Publishing Company, 2001 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Laminated pictorial boards, 192 pp, profusely illustrated with photos and drawings in color and black & white on most pages, index. DJ in Brodart archival cover. Shipping weight 4 lbs.. . Fine/Fine. 30½ X 24 cm.

Dawlish: David and Charles, 1964 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Green boards, gilt titles on spine, 189, [2] pp, 11 ff b & w photo plates incl. frontis., bibliography, index. Manufacturing defect--offsetting on one side of sheet with signature "L", which creates an annoying double-text effect on 8 pages, otherwise fine. DJ has lightly rubbed; in mylar cover. Emphasis is definitely on the railroads rather than the travel experience. Many good photos of French railway stations, bridges, and equipment in the era when diesel locomotives were replacing steam. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. First Edition. . Very Good/Near Fine. 22½ X 14½ cm.

New York: Urizen Books, 1979 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Translated from the German by Anselm Hollo. Full blue cloth, foil titles on spine, red endpapers, [ix], 213 pp, many b & w illustrations in text, notes. DJ has one 2-cm tear with creasing at bottom of front panel, slight edge wear; in Brodart archival cover. Social history of railroad travel in the 19th century. Shipping weight 3 lbs.. . Fine/VG. 27½ X 21½ cm.

New York: Smithmark, 1996 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Pictorial boards, 80 pp, color photos, index. DJ in Brodart archival cover. Brief but richly illustrated book about large railway stations, mostly in Europe and the United States. Fits in medium flat-rate box. Shipping weight 3 lbs.. . Fine/Fine. 32 X 23 cm.

Wein: Verlag Pospischil, 1982 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Laminated pictorial boards, brown cloth spine with gilt titles, pictorial endpapers, 96 pp, illustrated throughout with black & white photos, index. Slight shelf wear, else fine. German language pictorial history of streetcars in Vienna from 1867 to 1914. Most pages contain captioned photos of street scenes with horsecars or electric streetcars. Shipping weight 3 lbs.. First Edition. . Near Fine/No dj. 29 X 21½ cm.

Palo Alto, CA: American West Publishing Company, 1969 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Full dark blue buckram, gilt titles on spine & decorations (a golden spike) on front board, black endpapers, 80 pp. Slight sunning to edges. DJ extremities rubbed with small edge tears and a crease to front panel; in Brodart archival cover. The building of the Union Pacific Railroad from Omaha to Promontory is depicted in photographs from large-format wet-plate collodion negatives made by A. J. Russell, the official Union Pacific photographer. A brief introduction is followed by the photos and explanatory text by Combs. Shipping weight 3 lbs.. 2nd ptg. . VG+/VG-. 28½ X 26 cm.