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Steam Engines Books & Ephemera
Locomotives for all Gauges and Duties
by Beyer Peacock & Co. Ltd
Gorton: Beyer Peacock & Co. Ltd. Book. Good. Full-Leather. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. n.d. [c.1924]. 77pp, photos, tables, dark brown leather/gilt worn & scuffed, sl damage at spine, one or two annotations in pencil, landscape format. Text in English, French and Spanish. Presentation copy belonging to Sir Sam Fay, Chairman of Beyer Peacock 1923-33 and last Chairman of th Great Central Railway whose name appears in gilt on front cover. Subsequently owned by M.A. Crane, Assistant...
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£160.00
Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railway in Color
by Schauer, David C
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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A$90.00
Steam On The Road
by Wise, David Burgess
London: Hamlyn Publishing Group. 1974. Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Top and bottom edges of cover s and DJ spine slightly faded. Gift inscription to front free endpaper. Illustrated with colour and black & white photographs and diagrams. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 96 pages. . 2nd Impression. Hardback.
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A$14.00
Statutes Special and General Relating to The Toronto, Grey, and Bruce Railway Company
by Joseph, F J
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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$225.09
Les Locomotives Electriques De Type 2D2 Midi, P.O., Etat et S.N.C.F.
by Charmantier, G
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 &...
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A$45.00
Congressional Grants of Land in Aid of Railways ( Bulletin of the University of Wisconsin No. 30 )
by Sanborn, John Bell
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.
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$100.00
New Orleans Steam Spectacular!
by Strapac, Joseph A
Huntington Beach, CA: Shade Tree Books. Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Very Good condition. Light wear to edges and corners of front and back cover. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 64 pages. . 1st Edition. Softcover.
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A$20.00
A Treatise on Navigation By Steam Comprising A History of the Steam Engine, And An Essay Towards A System of The Naval Tactics Peculiar To Steam Navigation, As Applicable Both to Commerce and Maritime Warfare; Including A Comparison of Its Advantages As Related To Other Systems In The Circumstances of Speed, Safety, and Cronomy, But More Particularly With Plates And Engravings
by Ross, Captain John (K.S.R.N)
London: John Weale, 1837. Second Edition. (xxiii)68pp. Quarto. 28 x 22 cm. Nonpareil colored marble boards. Black leather spine and corners. Spine has six panels and five raised bands. Gilt lettering on spine. Bookplate on front pastedown paper. Frontispiece and title page are a bit foxed, otherwise the text is very clean. Slight old repaired tear on the frontispiece.. Original frontispiece plate tissue. Thirty-one illustrations. Errata slip before the text. Slightly bumped corners and spine....
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CA$2000.00
Portrait of the Rails From Steam to Diesel
by Ball, Don Jr
New York: Galahad Books. 1972. Quarto Size [approx 26cm x 29cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good [Price-Clipped] Dustjacket. DJ protected in purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. This is a heavy book and will cost more to ship internationally. Please contact us for a precise quote for your part of the world. 296 pages + Credits and Index. In hundreds of photographs, this book chronicles America's most colourful industrial transition: the change-over of the railroad industry from steam-power to...
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A$45.00
Illustrated Encyclopedia. Classic Days of Steam
by Garratt, Colin
London: Select Editions. 2001. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition. Illustrated with Colour and Black & White photographs. 128 pages. An authoritative history of the steam locomotive from 1830 to 1950. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . Reprint. Softcover.
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A$12.00
Canada and United States Tour Prospectus -- August 1927
by Oxford and Cambridge Travel Club
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, &...
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$95.00
Closing Arguments of Hon. Harry Bingham Before the Railroad Committee of The New Hampshire Legislature, Wednesday, August 10, 1887
Concord, New Hampshire: N.H. Democratic Press Company, 1887. In favor the "Atherton Bill" and in Opposition to the "Hazan Bill" Rare, unique volume. Harry Bingham (1821-1900) was a lawyer and a long-serving member of the New Hampshire legislature where he was known a talented debater. Many of his speeches (including this one) were published, and this volume is among his better known speeches. Bingham was also the chief counsel for the Concord (New Hampshire) Railroad System....
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$155.00
Southern Pacific Steam Locomotive Compendium
by Diebert, Timothy S. And Joseph A. Strapac
Huntington Beach: Shade Tree, 1987. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. SIGNED by author Joe Strapac, with short inscription to his own uncle Joe. dustjacket has edgewear and tears, with large loss to back panel, now in archival mylar sleeve. 426pp w/index. [ref. E3.208.p8s AH].
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$148.00
Locomotive Cyclopedia of American Practice: Definitions and Typical Illustrations of Railroad and Industrial Locomotives, Their Parts and Equipment; also Locomotives Built in America for Operation in Foreign Countries - Including a Section on Locomotive Shops and Engine Terminals
by Wright, Roy V., et. al
Wright, Roy V., et. al. Locomotive Cyclopedia of American Practice: Definitions and Typical Illustrations of Railroad and Industrial Locomotives, Their Parts and Equipment; also Locomotives Built in America for Operation in Foreign Countries – Including a Section on Locomotive Shops and Engine Terminals. (New York: Simmons-Boardman, 1938) - 10th edition
Quarto. 1232 pages, profusely illustrated. Hardcover. Bound in black cloth-covered boards stamped in gilt on spine with title and date and blind... Read more about this item
Quarto. 1232 pages, profusely illustrated. Hardcover. Bound in black cloth-covered boards stamped in gilt on spine with title and date and blind... Read more about this item
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$225.00
Preserved Steam in Britain
by Whitehouse, Patrick B
London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd.. 1979. Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 168 pages. The panorama of Steam preservation in Britain. . 1st Edition. Hardback.
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A$16.00
Portfolio of Historic Canadian Steam Locomotives
by Author not named]
Belleville: Mika Studio [no date]. (Portfolio) Not paginated. Fine. 10 multi-colour hand prints for framing inside an illustrated, publisher's envelope. The envelope is edgeworn. (Transportation, Locomotives, Railways, Trains).
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$105.00
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
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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$250.00
Street-Railway Roadbed
by Pratt, Mason D.; Alden, C.A
STREET RAILWAY ROADBED. Street Railway Publishing Company, New York. First Edition, 1898. 135 pages indexed. Authors: Mason D. Pratt and C.A. Alden. ILLUSTRATED with drawings, diagrams, tables. Former owner name and date of 1903 on front floral end-paper. RARE. USED. VERY GOOD CONDITION/ NO DUST JACKET IF ISSUED. A nice copy. Please see our photos.
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$100.00
The Mineral Belt, Volumes I-III: An Illustrated History
by David S. Digerness
Silverton, CO: Sundance Books, 1977. 3 vols. Hardcover. Very Good. 3 volume set:
Volume I - Old South Park - Denver to Leadville
Interior is clean and bright; binding is tight. Covers show moderate shelf and handling wear with rubbing and denting to all corners and edges, as well as overall abrasion.
Volume II - Old South Park - Across the Great Divide
Interior is clean and bright; binding is tight. Cover is in protective mylar which shows minor shelf and handling wear. Envelope attached inside rear... Read more about this item
Volume I - Old South Park - Denver to Leadville
Interior is clean and bright; binding is tight. Covers show moderate shelf and handling wear with rubbing and denting to all corners and edges, as well as overall abrasion.
Volume II - Old South Park - Across the Great Divide
Interior is clean and bright; binding is tight. Cover is in protective mylar which shows minor shelf and handling wear. Envelope attached inside rear... Read more about this item
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$215.00
Many More Mountains, Volume 3: Rails into Silverton
by Nossaman, Allen
Sundance Books, 1998. Hardcover. Used - near fine condition in a very good clear vinyl dust jacket. Signed by author on first title page. Book has no damage and very little shelf wear. Light bumping at corners and at ends of spine. Vinyl dust jacket has some creases along edges. No writing or highlighting. Photos are of the copy we have at Barbed Wire Books.
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$210.00
![Railway Machinery: A Treatise on the Mechanical Engineering of Railways; Embracing the Principles and Construction of Rolling and Fixed Plant, in All Departments. Illustrated By a Series of Plates on a Large Scale [Complete in 30 Parts]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/772/899/127899772.0.b.jpg)
Railway Machinery: A Treatise on the Mechanical Engineering of Railways; Embracing the Principles and Construction of Rolling and Fixed Plant, in All Departments. Illustrated By a Series of Plates on a Large Scale [Complete in 30 Parts]
by Clark, Daniel Kinnear
Glasgow, Edinburgh, London, and New York: Blackie and Son, 1855. Book. Very Good. Original Wraps. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Complete in 30 Parts, as originally issued, in original pale green wraps, each Part separately bound but collectively unbound, with original prices per Part indicated at 2s. 6d. (British), 65 cents (American). Approx. 10 1/2" x 14". Illus. (as stated) by "a series of plates on a large scale, and by numerous engravings on wood."...
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$2000.00
All Aboard With E. M. Frimbo: Word's Greatest Railroad Buff
by Rogers E. M. Whitaker; Anthony Hiss
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...
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$100.00
Railroads Of The Santa Maria Valley: Three California Railroads, Three Different Gauges
by Madson, Hal
Olive Press Publications. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2001. No Edition Stated. Hardcover. 0933380372 . Book and DJ have slight edgewear, tiny faint soil spot to top edge of front cover; DJ has tiny wrinkle to top rear edge; b/w photos; DJ in protective Brodart cover ; 184 pages .
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$140.00
The Railway Signal Directory 1911 Edition
by Adams, Braman B. & Rodney Hitt
NY: Simmons-Boardman Publishing Co.. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1912. Second Edition. Hardcover. 15701 . 'An illustrated vocabulary of terms which designate American railway signals, their parts, attachments, and details of construction, with descriptions of methods of operation and some illustrations of British signals and practice'. Second edition revised by A. D. Cloud and H. H. Simmons. Black boards with gilt on the front cover and spine. Filled with lots of charts, diagrams, stats,...
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$600.00
From Wood to Steel; Classic Canadian Railway Passenger Cars from 1860 to 1920
by McQuade, Richard (Illustrations by Andrew Merrilees.)
Toronto: Martin Grove Press [0-9733126-0-2] [2003]. (Oblong folio hardcover) 199pp. Near fine in fine dust jacket. Illustrations, photographs, appendices, bibliography. There are presentation inscriptions on the front endpaper along with the ownership inscription of Canadian railway artist Robert McInnis, corner creases on about a dozen pages. Illustrations by Andrew Merrilees. (Transportation, Passenger Cars, Railway Companies--Canada, Trains).
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$173.25
