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Steam Engines Books & Ephemera
Steam Trains A World Portrait
by Garratt, Colin
New York: Mallard Press. 1989. 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. Illustrated with Colour photographs. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 240 pages. . Reprint. Hardback.
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A$16.00
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
Trains Album of Photographs (18 volumes)
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, (1943-1950): Kalmbach Publishing Co. Oblong Quarto. 18 volumes of 19 lacking volume #11 but includes the volume 19 which is title circus trains., each volume illustrated in either color or black & white, plastic comb bound, all combs in working order with the exception of volume one which has only one comb broken. A very nice collection, condition from near fine to very good. These books cover every major railroad, eastern, mid western, far western, southern, etc.
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$165.00
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
Scalded To Death By The Steam. Authentic stories about railway disasters and the ballads that were written about them
by Lyle, Katie Letcher
London: W.H. Allen. 1985. Oblong Small Quarto Size [approx 25x22cm]. Very Good condition in Good Dustjacket - now protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. Illustrated with Black & White Photographs and Drawings. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 192 pages. With a Foreword by Mike Harding, this is a unique contribution to the history of the steam locomotive in the US. . 1st UK Edition. Hardback.
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A$18.00
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
Narrow Gauge Portrait: South Pacific Coast; Signed
by MacGregor, Bruce A
Glenwood Publishers. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1975. Limited/Numbered Edition. Hardcover. 0911760237 . Number 898 of 1000 copies, signed by author on half-title page; Book and DJ have very light edgewear, owner's embossed stamp on FFEP, page ends very lightly toning; DJ has light toning to edges, crease along bottom edge; DJ in protective Brodart cover; b/w photos; 187 pages; Signed by Author .
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$100.00
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
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
Rails Around Gold Hill
by Cafky, Morris
Rocky Mountain Railroad Club, 1955. Hardcover with Mylar-wrapped dust jacket. Used- Good condition. First edition. Limited edition number 760. Signed by the author. Book is clean and tight. Book shows shelf wear. Scuffing on the edges and corners of the dust jacket. Small tearing on the top right corner on the front cover of the dust jacket. Some creasing and small tearing on the bottom left corner on the front cover of the dust jacket. Small chunk missing on the top left edge on the back cover of the...
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$135.00
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
![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
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
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$14.00
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
The Western Maryland Railway in the Diesel Era
by Salamon, Stephen J. & Hopkins, William E
Silver Spring, Maryland: Old Line Graphics. 1991. Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Near Fine copy in Very Good dustjacket. Dustjacket has some very minor wear [creasing] to base of spine & is now protected in a purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Illustrated with Colour photographs. Endpaper maps. Uncommon. 128 pages The contents include Freight Routes and Schedules; The East and Tide Subdivisions, The Hanover and York Subdivisions; The Lurgan Subdivision; Hagerstown and The West...
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A$60.00
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
Highliners A Railroad Album
by Beebe, Lucius
New York: Bonanza Books. 1940. Oblong Small Quarto Size Oblong [29x20cm approx]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. llustrated with Black and White Photographs. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. xvi, 103 engines enumerated otherwise unpaginated. Over one hundred striking railroad photographs, action shots of all aspects of the Highliners. . 1st thus. Hardback.
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A$30.00
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
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
1858 1ed RAILROAD Engineering Permanent Way Coal & Steam Trains Colburn Holley
by COLBURN, Zerah
1858 1ed RAILROAD Engineering Permanent Way Coal & Steam Trains Colburn Holley
Zerah Colburn was a 19th-century American engineer who is best known for his designs to the steam locomotive and railway systems. He was regularly employed to collaborate with other engineers to explore improvements to American and European trains. One such work was 'The Permanent Way' in which Colburn and Alexander Holley discussed coal-burning locomotives and how they impacted train economy and the railway industry.
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Zerah Colburn was a 19th-century American engineer who is best known for his designs to the steam locomotive and railway systems. He was regularly employed to collaborate with other engineers to explore improvements to American and European trains. One such work was 'The Permanent Way' in which Colburn and Alexander Holley discussed coal-burning locomotives and how they impacted train economy and the railway industry.
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$599.00
Steam on the Road
by Wise, David Burgess
London, England: Hamlyn Books, 1985. Reprint . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 96 pages colour and b/w photos
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A$45.00
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
Taintor's Route and City Guides
This is a scarce, antique copy of "Taintor's Route and City Guides" - this particular guide is for the "Pennsylvania Coal Regions via Morris & Essex R.R." Published in 1867 by Taintor Brothers in New York. The guide features 4 color maps; the "Map of the Anthracite Coal Regions of Pennsylvania with Connecting Railways" is larger and folds out. "With sketches of the cities, villages, stations, scenery, and objects of interest along the route." There are illustrated advertisements at both the front and...
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$275.00
The Trains We Rode
by Beebe, Lucius; Clegg, Charles
Berkeley, CA: Howell-North Books; 1965, 1966.. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Two volumes. Black cloth with gilt lettering. Photo endpapers. 976 pp. Illustrated. Index. Volume 1 lacks the dust jacket and has a bump to head of spine. Volume 2 has a couple of small closed tears to jacket. A solid set. "...the most comprehensive picture survey of American railroad travel ever undertaken by historians in the field.
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$143.75
