General Transportation

Texas Department of Transportation, 2006. Softcover (Spiral Bound). Very Good Condition. 4 very large spiral-bound volumes that represent the complete draft of the environmental impact statement for this project. Volume 4 also includes a CD with Appendices G-14 & G-15. Lots of charts and maps. Size: 4mo - over 9 3/4" - 12" tall. 4-volume set (complete). Pages are tight and clean. Ex-library with minimal markings. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Over 6 pounds. Category: Law & Criminal Studies; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 107433. . Additional shipping charges may apply.

London: Effingham Wilson, 1872. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 147pp, plates, engravings, folding diagrams, green cloth/gilt (spine renewed with original spine cloth relaid). Scarce original edition. As the title suggests, Fairlie was a leading advocate of the narrow gauge..

Hull: Hull Packet Office, 1879. Book. Good. Paper-covered Boards. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 165pp, original paper-coverd boards with cloth spine worn. Scarce original edition..

City of Brooklyn, 1883. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good minus/Without dust jacket, if issued. Small quarto, 8 3/4" tall, 40 pages, decorative endpapers, gilt titles on decorative blind-stamped brown cloth. A very good minus overall, generally clean, neat hard cover first edition with moderate shelf wear and rubbing at the corners, light exterior soiling, binding tight, paper light to moderately yellowed. Without dust jacket if issued.

Beyer Peacock & Co. Ltd., 1947. Book. Good. Full-Leather. 1st Edition. 164pp, photos, diagrams, tables, dark blue leather/gilt/blindstamped worn at edges with sl damage at top of spine. Comprehensive review of Garratts built for service throughout the world. Presentation copy belonging to M.A. Crane, Assistant to Sales Director, Beyer Peacock, whose name is blindstamped on front cover. One or two items relating to South African Railways loosely inserted..

1837 1ed English Pleasure Carriage TRAIN Railroad Coach Invention pre Automobile

William Adams' "English Pleasure Carriages" is a history of coaches and carriages. This book leaves no topic untouched covering aspects of building and construction, inventions to improve carriages, the influence of railroads on transportation, and notable designs of coaches. This 1837 first edition contains numerous full-page engravings throughout.
Item number: #19983
Price: $499
ADAMS, William
English pleasure carriages : their origin, history, varieties, materials, construction, defects, improvements, and capabilities: with an analysis of the construction of common roads and railroads
London : Charles Knight & Co. Ludgate Street, 1837. First edition.

Details:
· Collation: Complete with all pages
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xviii, [2], 315, [1]
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16 plates, numerous in-text illustrations throughout
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Provenance: Handwritten – Ralph Richardson
· Language: English
· Binding: Hardcover; tight and secure
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Yarm: On Parallel Lines Publishing, 2010. Book. Very Good. Card Covers. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 169pp, photos, landscape format. Privately produced album of photos of steam in the 1960s. V scarce..

Ottawa: Photogelatine Engraving Co., 1925. Wraps of limp card-stock. Very Good and Collectible.. Wraps of limp card-stock with photo; Oblong 11.5 by 8.25 inches; with 1 page of text and 23 leaves of captioned photographs attached. Interior without flaw; wraps modest handling and soiling; rub on the top outer corner and a closed 1 in. tear near the top of the spine. Uncommon with only one copy located in institutions: Glenbow Museum. There are a few similar publications with slightly different page counts and titles. [OCLC/WorldCat]. A lovely representation of architecture and city scenes with historical photographs. Subjects: Architecture in Calgary, Alberta, Canada; Buildings; Travel.

Massachusetts: Fall River Line and Old Colony Railroad, 1888. Original 1888 issue by the Fall River Line and Old Colony Railroad. 8vo.wrappers with printed card covers, 5" x 8", 86pp., illustrated with plates, b/w reproductions within the text and 5 fold-out maps, of which only the first two are present - "General Map Old Colony Railroad" (3-color, 2-fold) and "Newport" (single fold, b/w). The other three maps are supplied in b/w facsimilie. Chipping to the spine wraparound at the heel, else a very good example - clean, unsoiled, strong, unmarked. Scarce. . Soft Cover. Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo.

Leicester: R. Tebbutt, 1841. Book. Good. Card Covers. Improved ed. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 122pp, 5 engraved plates, folding map, lacks timetable, card covers, linen spine. Scarce early railway guide produced in Leicester with bookplate of Arthur Elton, author of British Railways (1945). Unfortunately the timetable sheet is missing..

London/Manchester: Adams/Blacklock, 1897. Book. Very Good. Full-Leather. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. xl, 675pp, 4 folding maps, adverts, marbled endpapers & page edges, full morocco leather/gilt presentation binding with owner's name (Glegge Thomas, Esq.) on front cover, sl wear..

Kingston, Ontario, Canada:: Transformer Press,, 2023.. Edition of 6. 15" long 5" high 7" wide. Screen printed. Lucida Bright bold font. Automobile structure made of industrial wool felt and needle-felted wheels. Materials: cloth, wool, buttons, felt, textiles, plastic. Sewn cloth cover over automobile structure. Housed in gray box. Signed and numbered by the artist. Lise Melhorn-Boe: "This felt book resembles a car, a 1970 Buick Electra, to be exact. The poem, by Kingston, Ontario area poet Diane Dawber, refers to an old Buick; she also refers to her aunt as an angel. I chose the Electra, because I thought it sounded like a good name for an angel. The hood of the car opens to reveal the text of the poem, screen-printed on fabric. The trunk opens to reveal the colophon. There are found textiles, acetate windows and embroidered details. The wheels are needle-felted." "Aunt" by poet Diane Dawber was published in 1984. Dawber earned a Masters of Education… Read More

Du Bose Heyward. Mamba's Daughters, A Novel of Charleston. Grosset & Dunlap Reprint Edition. Copyright 1929 Du Bose Heyward. States 1929 on the title page. USED. Very Good Condition/ Very Good G&D dust jacket. 311 Pages. 5 ¼ X 7 ¾.

Dorchester, England: Veloce Publishing Limited, 2007. Hardcover. VG in VG DJ. Interior is clean, tight, bright, and unmarked. Rear pastedown ripped and delaminated in two places. Corners lightly bumped. DJ shows moderate shelf and handling wear with a sun-faded spine, as well as creasing and a 1" tear. Overall, a clean, solid copy. Photo is of the copy here at Barbed Wire Books.

Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2006. First edition, Signed. As New/ As New. A pristine copy, never read and only opened for signing. Dustjacket is as new, unmarked and price intact with no chips or tears. Seven essays from Pulitzer Prize winner and national treasure John McPhee. Signed by the author on the title page. "This is a book about people who drive trucks, captain ships, pilot towboats, drive coal trains and carry lobsters through the air: the people who work in freight transportation." A New York Times Notable Book of the Year in 2006. Carefully packaged and shipped in a box.