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By: N/A
Price: $12.00
Stock No.: 77097
Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket
Volume 124, No. 24. The trade weekly magazine for the rail industry. Contains a feature story on the Trailer Train company. With lots of period advertising for the various rail suppliers of the day. With light wear and address sticker to the Comptroller of the D&RGWRR in Denver. Ships via First-Class Mail (or Priority Mail if so desired). ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 82 pages View more info
By: N/A
Price: $10.00
Publisher: St. Ives, Huntingdon, U.K., Photo Precision Ltd.: [c.1970s]
Stock No.: 82720
ISBN: 0859330281
Condition: Very Good
A slim booklet profiling many of the steam locomotives in use in the British Isles from 1829 to 1951. In all, the power units of 30 British lines are featured, each with a color illustration of a locomotive, and the emblem of the railroad which put it into service. --- A softcover copy in stapled wraps. Booklet in very nice condition; clean and bright but with lengthy gift inscription inked to inside of front cover.; 12mo (7 to 7-1/2 in. tall); 32 pages View more info
By: ABDILL, Geo. B.
Price: $17.00
Publisher: New York, Bonanza Books: 1961
Stock No.: 82802
Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket
Railroads served a crucial role in the conduct the American Civil War. They were relied upon for the transport of munitions, food, and other supplies to be moved along with the troops themselves. This work offers dozens of black & white photos with descriptions of all manner of railroading in the war: stations, bridges, car floats, artillery, wrecks, raids and wild rides. --- In an oblong hardcover edition, in grey cloth-covered boards with blue spine titling. Jacket with four representative photos from the book. --- A clean, bright, tightly-bound, copy lacking damages worthy of mention. Jacke... View more info
Price: $16.00
Publisher: New York, Bonanza Books: [c.1960s-70s]
Stock No.: 83206
Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket
The glory days of American steam locomotives are displayed in this gallery of historic black & white photos, collected by former Southern Pacific locomotive engineer George B. Abdill. These several dozen photos portray power units, railroad people, and the sights to be seen along the trackage. This work was originally published by Superior Publishing Company of Seattle. --- In full orange cloth-covered boards with titling in black to spine. Dust jacket with engine images to front panel. --- With prior owner's signature and bookplate affixed to front free endpaper, Christmas-time sticker to ver... View more info
By: ADAMS, Kramer A.
Price: $17.50
Publisher: New York, Bonanza Books: 1961
Stock No.: 82807
Condition: Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket
A summary of the railroads that were built to address the needs of loggers and mills in the Western U.S. With dozens of black & white photos depicting logging operations, locomotives, and several impressive but rather dodgy-looking trestles. Includes listing of logging railroads by state at rear of volume; indexed. --- In full beige cloth-covered boards with spine titling in dark brown. Jacket with blue monochrome image of train pulling logs. --- A very nice copy: clean, bright and tightly bound but with slight soiling to cloth. Jacket with rubbing, light chipping to edges and a little fading... View more info
By: Administration, U.S. National Archives and Records
Price: $10.00
Publisher: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Ocean Service: 1989
Stock No.: 75110
Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket
2nd Edition, May 1989. In nice shape, clean and unmarked. Intended for use as an aid in the reading of NOAA aeronautical charts. ; 11 in. wide x 8-1/2 in. tall; 108 pages View more info
By: Air Force Museum Foundation, Inc.
Price: $15.00
Publisher: Dayton, Ohio, Air Force Museum Foundation, Inc.: [c1980s]
Stock No.: 77346
Condition: Very Good+ with no dust jacket
A catalog of the exhibits at the Museum in Dayton, with descriptions and photos of hundreds of various aircraft housed there, from the Wright brothers through spacecraft. The volume is undated, but likely produced in the 1980s. Cover with a 1916-vintage SE-5E WWI biplane. --- A clean, bright, firm copy lacking obvious damages. ; Oblong 8vo 8" to 9" tall; 162 pages View more info
By: ALLAN, Ian
Price: $18.00
Publisher: London, Ian Allen: 1964
Stock No.: 78376
Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket
A roundup of the various types of locomotives and other equipment used on United Kingdom railroads in the 1960s. With numerous b&w and color photos. Text supplies details about the trains pictured. No author or editorial names are provided. --- In pictorial hardcovers; lacks a dust jacket (likely as issued). --- A clean, bright copy without markings but with mildly bumped cover corners. Scarce in this edition.; tall 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 64 pages View more info
Price: $10.00
Publisher: New York, Simon & Schuster: 2000
Stock No.: 83217
ISBN: 0684846098
Condition: Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket
The late great Stephen Ambrose, author of "Undaunted Courage" and many other notable works, turns his attention to the amazing feat of the building of a transcontinental railroad across the United States. Mr. Ambrose focuses on the people responsible: the investors, politicians, engineers & surveyors and especially the thousands of laborers who built the line, mostly by hand. With a section of black & white photos and a map of the route at endpapers. --- A 7th printing, in full brown and blue paper-covered boards with gilt-stamped spine titling. Jacket with color illustration from the ... View more info
Price: $11.50
Publisher: Seattle, Washington, Superior Publishing Company: 1958
Edition: First Edition
Stock No.: 82805
Condition: Fair with no dust jacket
The daunting job of felling, milling and transporting the magnificent redwood trees of Northern California is described in this work. With numerous historic black & white photos of the men, railroads, saws, sawmills and ships used in this effort. --- In grey cloth-covered boards with woody titling in red to cover and spine. Volume lacks the dust jacket. --- A Fair only copy, with a near-complete split at rear hinge and retailer's rubberstampings to front endpapers, else binding is rather tight and leaves are clean.; Small Quarto (9 to 11 in. tall); 174 pages View more info
By: ANGELUCCI, Enzo
Price: $43.50
Publisher: New York, Crown Publishers, Inc.: 1981
Stock No.: 77691
ISBN: 0517547244
Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
A hefty compendium of all manner of aircraft of the world. Contains over 3000 illustrations, many in color, depicting alternate views, comparative sizes of aircraft, airline insignias, engines, and much more. --- In full blue paper-covered boards with titling in silver on spine. Jacket with color images of aircraft, in their commercial or military paint schemes. --- A bright, clean, firm copy in similar jacket. (NOTE: Due to substantial weight of this item, extra shipping charges may be requested.) ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 414 pages View more info
By: BALL Jr., Don
Price: $14.00
Publisher: New York, Galahad Books: 1972
Stock No.: 83352
ISBN: 0883651009
Condition: Very Good+ in Good dust jacket
Extensively illustrated with photos, this work takes the reader through the transformation of America's railroads from coal-fired steam engines to diesels. With introduction by David P. Morgan and dozens of black & white photos. --- In grey paper-covered boards with spine titling in white. Jacket with photos from both the steam and diesel eras. --- A clean, bright, unmarked copy. Unclipped jacket with chips, rubbing and small tears but intact and protected in removable archival mylar protector.; Quarto - 11 to 13 in. tall; 296, (8) pages View more info
By: BECKSROM, Paul; BRAUN, David W.
Price: $140.00
Publisher: Edmonds, Washington, Pacific Fast Mail: 1992
Stock No.: 83079
ISBN: 0915713241
Condition: Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
A history of the Swayne Lumber Company of northern California, and the narrow gauge railroad they operated as part of their business. Based at Oroville, California, the railroad was used to transport logs from the forests to the company's mills. Many of the black & white photos in this work were taken by Lloyd Swayne, a photography buff and son of founder Robert Swayne. With color paintings by John Coker and Jim Finnell. Includes schematic drawings of railroad equipment and finished Swayne wood products by Al Armitage and others; along with rosters of company equipment and maps. The authors al... View more info
By: BEEBE, Lucius
Price: $54.00
Publisher: Berkeley, California, Howell-North Books: 1959
Edition: First Trade Edition
Stock No.: 83016
Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket
The fabulous private Pullman cars that were used by the "well-born and well-off" of America as they traveled across the country are profiled in this work by the noted railroading expert Lucius Beebe, himself a connoisseur of these opulent cars. Includes hundreds of illustrations by Howard Fogg and E. S. Hammack, 4 in full color; also with drawings, sketches of car layouts, menus, itineraries and other details about these opulent rolling "mansions". Appendix includes roster of Pullman business and private cars built between 1882 and 1930. First trade edition, following a limited... View more info
By: BEEBE, Lucius; CLEGG, Charles
Price: $21.00
Publisher: Berkeley, Calif., Howell-North Books: 1970
Stock No.: 82809
ISBN: 083107003X
Condition: Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket
Stated 6th printing, February 1970. The high, narrow valleys of the Rocky Mountains necessitated railroads that were narrower than the normal, flatland railroads. This is the story, in words and pictures, of these roads that attained the height of their popularity in the late 1800s. Loaded with 250 b&w photos, color paintings, maps, drawings and with fold-out chart of Pleasant Valley Creek bridge near Ophir, Colorado. Includes map of Colorado and northern New Mexico at endpapers showing all narrow gauge lines. --- In full black cloth-covered boards with titling in gilt on cover and spine. Jac... View more info
By: BEEBE, Lucius; CLEGG, Charles
Price: $20.50
Publisher: Oakland, California, Grahame Hardy: 1951
Stock No.: 82996
Condition: Very Good- in Very Good dust jacket
Stated second edition of this history of San Francisco's various cable car lines. With over 150 historic black & white photos, showing the golden age of San Francisco. Decorations by E. S. Hammack. Color drawings of various S.F. cable cars to endpapers and with at least one map. --- In brown paper-covered boards with cable car illustration to cover, white spine titling. Jacket with elaborate color Hammack drawing of a busy city street scene. --- With a partial split at mid-volume which doesn't affect the soundness of the binding, and with a little cover edge rubbing & prior owner's signature t... View more info
By: BEEBE, Lucius; CLEGG, Charles
Price: $34.50
Publisher: New York, Rinehart & Company, Inc.: [1957]
Edition: First Edition
Stock No.: 83013
Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket
First edition, with Rinehart colophon on copyright page. The great legacy of documenting American railroads by Lucius Beebe and Charles Clegg is augmented with this tribute to the steam engines that were being phased out as this work was being published. Includes over 500 illustrations, consisting of black & white historic photos and engraved drawings. --- In full pale green cloth-covered boards with titling in white on red cover & spine ovals. Jacket features color painting by Howard Fogg to front panel, and a color photo of the authors enjoying a meal in one of their privately-owned Pullman ... View more info
By: BEEBE, Lucius; CLEGG, Charles
Price: $16.00
Publisher: Garden City, New York, Doubleday & Company, Inc.: 1962
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Signed by Author
Stock No.: 83017
Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket
A first edition of this account, in words and pictures, of the glamorous days of railroading, when ". . .the starred performer was the brave engineer". With 223 pages of black & white photos and illustrations of locomotives, trains, people, stations and rail-side sights, which artistically depict the strange beauty of these railroads. --- In full black cloth-covered boards with titling and decorations in gilt and silver on cover and spine. Jacket with color Howard Fogg painting of Pennsylvania & Reading RR train to cover. --- Once wrapped in an old-style Bro-Dart mylar dust jacket prot... View more info
By: BEEBE. Lucius
Price: $29.00
Publisher: Berkeley, California, Howell-North Books: 1963
Edition: First Edition
Stock No.: 83080
Condition: Very Good in Fair dust jacket
First Edition. The western portion of the first transcontinental railroad was constructed by the fledgling Central Pacific Railroad which evolved into the massive Southern Pacific Railroad. This massive work, published at the centennial of the birth of the CPRR, tells the story of the railroad, with 900 illustrations, 7 full-color pictures, as well as many maps, diagrams and railroad memorabilia. Operating all over California, as well as in Oregon, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Louisiana and elsewhere, the railroad consisted of a massive assemblage of rolling stock, trackage, stati... View more info
Price: $22.00
Publisher: Boston, Appalachian Mountain Club: 1980
Inscription: Signed by Author
Stock No.: 83216
ISBN: 0910146322
Condition: Very Good
Per the back cover, this work details the history of logging in New Hampshire at the turn of the 20th century. The timber was needed for lumber and paper in the rapidly-growing country, and logging companies relied heavily upon steam-powered trains to transport both the logs and the finished products to market. With 20 maps and 60 black & white historic photo. With a foreword by Sherman Adams. Signed by author C. Francis Belcher on half title page. --- In brown wraps with color Arch McDonnell painting to cover. --- A clean, tightly-bound copy, but with minor chafing and creasing to extremities... View more info
By: BEST, Gerald M.
Price: $40.00
Publisher: Berkeley, California, Howell-North Books: 1965
Edition: First Edition
Stock No.: 83351
Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket
A first edition of this history of California's Nevada County Railroad. Notable for its high trestles & bridges, the narrow gauge line was built to service the mines, and also carried passengers between Colfax and the "twin cities" of Nevada City and Grass Valley. With several dozen black & white photos of people, equipment, timetables and other relevant information. Also with route and yard maps, specifications, power units, rolling stock and other info. Includes a fold-out schematic drawing to NCNGRR unit no. 5. --- In orange cloth-covered boards with railroad insignia stamped in mar... View more info
Price: $11.00
Publisher: New York, Empire State Railway Museum, Inc.: 1969
Stock No.: 82718
Condition: Very Good-
A guide to various local operating United States and Canadian passenger tourist railways as of 1969. Includes steam and trolley (electric) lines, as well as museums devoted to railroading. Each line is profiled, with black & white photo and information about locations, schedules, fares, and amenties. Organized alphabetically by state or province. A tribute to the centennial of the laying of the Golden Spike is also included, as is a section of black & white photos of steam locomotives at back of volume. --- A softcover copy, with Golden Spike art and references to gold-toned front and back cov... View more info
By: BOLLINGER, Edward T.; BAUER, Frederick
Price: $140.00
Publisher: Denver, Sage Books / Alan Swallow: 1962
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Signed by Author
Stock No.: 83012
Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket
Number 456 in a limited edition of 2000 copies, so noted on a limitation page and signed by both authors, with full color Otto Kuhler painting. The story of the Moffat Road, "America's most colorful railroad" is told, with dozens of historic black & white photos, schematics and schedules. The road was notable for its Moffat Tunnel through the Continental Divide, as well as many other smaller tunnels. Folded map of the Moffat Road routes used by the Road's operating companies laid in. Also laid in is a separate publication in stapled wraps, which provides supplementary information about... View more info
Price: $27.00
Publisher: Boston, Ginn and Company: 1907
Edition: First Edition
Stock No.: 82377
Condition: Very Good+ with no dust jacket
First edition. A description of the development of railways through the Appalachian Mountains and in the eastern U.S. With lots of black & white illustrations. The intent of this work, per the author's preface, is to make geography and history interesting to his target audience, which is the student. --- In pale green cloth-covered boards with titling and railroad-and-pine-tree motif to cover and spine. --- An exceptionally clean, tightly-bound copy, though with penciled notations to front free endpaper.; 12mo (7 to 7-1/2 in. tall); viii, 188 pages View more info
By: BROWN, Dee
Price: $11.00
Publisher: New York, Holt, Rinehart & Winston: 1977
Edition: BCE
Stock No.: 82728
Condition: Very Good in Good dust jacket
A full-sized book club edition of Dee Brown's examination of the importance of transcontinental railroads in building the American West. With several black & white photos and drawings, as well as maps of western rail routes at endpapers by Rafael Palacios. --- In full black cloth, with titling in gold and red foil to spine. Dust jacket with image of steam locomotive to cover. --- A sound, bright copy but with spot of soiling to top textblock edge. Jacket with sunned spine, sticker remnants to spine, and a little chipping and creasing to edges; else bright and intact.; Octavo (8 to 9 in. tall);... View more info
By: BRYAN, C.D.B. (text); LARKIN, David (art direction and design)
Price: $12.00
Publisher: Toronto, Peacock Press/Bantam Books: 1982
Stock No.: 78434
ISBN: 055301384X
Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket
A softcover reprint edition of earlier work featuring exhibits from the Smithsonian Institution's Air and Space Museum. With copious color photos. Extensive text explains the histories of flight in its many variations. --- In pictorial covers. A firm, clean copy though with some chafing to cover extremities. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 160 pages View more info
By: BRYAN, C.D.B. (text); LARKIN, David (art direction and design)
Price: $12.00
Publisher: Toronto, Peacock Press/Bantam Books: 1982
Stock No.: 78435
ISBN: 0553013858
Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket
A softcover reprint edition of earlier work featuring exhibits from the Smithsonian Institution's Air and Space Museum. With copious color photos. Extensive text explains the histories of space travel in its many variations. --- In pictorial covers. A firm, clean copy though with some chafing to cover extremities. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 160 pages View more info
Price: $11.00
Publisher: Washington, United States Government Printing Office: 1954
Stock No.: 83411
Condition: Very Good
A 1954 revised edition of a U.S. Navy training manual for Firemen: personnel who tend to the boilers, engines and other machinery of ships. With several photos and drawings showing essential elements of engines and shipboard machinery. --- In stiff navy wraps with image of uniformed Navy fireman to cover. --- An excellent copy: clean, bright and sound though with prior owner's inkings to endpapers, some of which maintain that one Ivan Johnson is the author of this revision.; Small Octavo - 7-1/2 to 8 in. tall; 355 pages View more info
Price: $95.00
Publisher: New York, G. P. Putnam's Sons: 1930
Edition: First Trade Edition
Stock No.: 82848
Condition: Good with no dust jacket
A memoir of Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd's aviation adventures flying in Antarctica, based at Little America, and including his first-ever flyover of the South Pole. With 74 black & white photos and maps, including two fold-out maps. Signed by Byrd on half title page. Though stated as a first edition, this is actually the first trade edition, following the Author's First Deluxe Edition. --- In full electric blue cloth-covered boards with titling stamped in gilt on cover and spine; gilt-stamped frame and aircraft to front cover. Volume lacks the dust jacket. --- A somewhat loosened front hinge ... View more info
By: CAIN, Charles W. (general editor)
Price: $18.00
Publisher: Windsor, Berkshire, England/Garden City, New York, Profile Publications Ltd./Doubleday & Company Inc.: 1975
Stock No.: 79086
ISBN: 0385099827
Condition: Very Good in Good dust jacket
Revised (4th) edition, 1975. A U.S. edition of the first volume in the Aircraft in Profile series, providing in-depth descriptions of twelve important aircraft models used in World War I and World War II. With dozens of color illustrations and black & white photos. A facsimile edition of the first volume in the series. Publishers' dust jacket sticker apologizes for the lessened quality of the photos. --- In blue paper-covered boards and with titling gilt-stamped on spine. Dust jacket with aircraft images on front and back. --- Remainder spray to lower textblock edge, otherwise a clean, firm, u... View more info
By: CARR, Stephen L.; EDWARDS, Robert W.
Price: $18.00
Publisher: Salt Lake City, Western Epics: 1989
Stock No.: 83072
ISBN: 0914740342
Condition: Near Fine
A tribute to the many railroads that formerly operated in Utah, many in the mining industry. Organized by regions of the state. With dozen of black & white photos, maps and descriptions of these lines and the people who ran them. --- A softcover edition, in stiff wraps with color Bennett painting to cover. --- An excellent copy, clean and tightly bound but with retailer's back cover sticker. ; Small Quarto (9 to 11 in. tall); 208 pages View more info
By: CARRANCO, Lyunwood; SORENSEN, Henry L.
Price: $54.00
Publisher: Caldwell, Idaho, The Caxton Printers, Ltd.: 1988
Edition: First Edition
Stock No.: 83214
ISBN: 0870043218
Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket
First edition. The difficult job of felling, milling and transporting the magnificent redwood trees of Humboldt County in Northern California required the use of various steam-powered railroads. These railroads are described in this work, along with dozens of black & white photos, as well as rosters and maps. --- In cloth-covered boards with wrap-around red monochrome illustration of a steam locomotive pulling a load of mammoth logs. Jacket repeats the monochrome photo from the book covers. --- A clean, tightly-bound copy, but with a hint of rubbing to edges. Dust jacket is in excellent condit... View more info
By: CAVALIER, Julian
Price: $29.00
Publisher: Cranbury, New Jersey, A. S. Barnes & Co., Inc.: 1979
Stock No.: 77689
ISBN: 0498021211
Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
Some of the notable railway stations in towns and cities in Canada and the U.S. are profiled here. Each station is pictured with over 300 photos, usually in black & white (but a few in color), along with a brief description of the railway they are on, with architectural features and history. Introduced and edited by Frederick A. Platt. Indexed. --- In full blue paper-covered boards, with titling stamped in silver on spine. 2 color photos of stations on jacket cover. --- A bright, firm, unmarked copy lacking apparent damages. Jacket with crease & tiny tear to upper front edge, else very nice an... View more info
By: CHAPPELL, Gordon
Price: $22.00
Publisher: Golden, Colorado, Colorado Railroad Historical Foundation: 1967
Stock No.: 82794
Condition: Very Good
A thin pictorial history of narrow gauge railroading over Southern Colorado's and Northern New Mexico's 10,015 foot Cumbres Pass, ("Los Cumbres"), the highest rail pass in the United States. The line also runs through the steep Toltec Gorge. Originally built starting in 1879 by the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad, the line ran from Alamosa, Colorado to Chama, New Mexico and ceased operations in 1967. However, a joint effort by the two states resulted in the 1970 rebirth of the line, renamed the Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad. This book offers historic views of trains along these track... View more info
By: CHAPPELL, Gordon; HAUCK, Cornelius W.
Price: $26.00
Publisher: Golden, Colorado, Colorado Railroad Museum: 1970
Stock No.: 83213
Condition: Very Good in Good dust jacket
In lieu of bypassing the Rocky Mountains in a quest to complete a transcontinental railroad route, the overseers of the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad chose to route their narrow-gauge trains directly through these rugged mountains. This volume offers two separate works in one regarding this subject: Scenic Line of the World by Gordon Chappell, and Black Canon Revisited by Cornelius W. Hauck. These stories are told, along with dozens of historic photos, timetables and maps; as well as two color paintings by Otto Kuhler. --- In full brown cloth-covered boards with titling in gilt to cover... View more info
By: COHEN, Marvin H.; BOGEN, Stephen D. (editors)
Price: $12.50
Publisher: Middletown, New York, Empire State Railway Museum, Inc.: 1986
Stock No.: 82696
Condition: Very Good
A guide to various local operating United States and Canadian passenger tourist railways as of 1968. Includes steam, trolley, electric, diesel lines, as well as museums devoted to railroading. Each line is profiled, with black & white photo and information about locations, schedules, fares, and amenties. Organized alphabetically by state or province. --- A softcover copy, with color illustrations to front and back covers. In very nice shape: clean and unmarked.; Octavo (8 to 9 in. tall); 200 pages View more info
By: COHEN, Stan
Price: $15.00
Publisher: Missoula, Montana, Pictorial Histories Publishing Company: 1984
Stock No.: 83073
ISBN: 0933126190
Condition: Very Good-
Stated third printing, March 1984. A tribute to the steamboats that plied the Yukon River during the height of the Klondike Gold Rush of the late 1800s & early 1900s. With dozens of black & white photos, a few maps and reproductions of advertisements and schematic drawings. --- A softcover edition, in stiff wraps with color steamboat images to covers. --- A sound copy, clean and tightly bound but with 1-inch tear to back cover.; Quarto (11 to 13 in. tall); 118 pages View more info
By: COHEN, Stan
Price: $12.00
Publisher: Missoula, Montana, Pictorial Histories Publishing Company: 1988
Stock No.: 83075
ISBN: 0933126433
Condition: Very Good+
Stated third printing, April 1988. A pictorial account of the history of the Alaska Railroad. With dozens of black & white photos, along with newsclips, schematic drawings and timetables. --- A softcover edition, in stiff pale blue wraps with promotional images and high trestle image to cover. --- A sound copy, clean and tightly bound but with slight rubbing to extremities.; Quarto (11 to 13 in. tall); 144 pages View more info
By: COLLMAN, Russ (author); McCOY, Dell A. (publisher)
Price: $70.00
Publisher: Denver, Sundance Publications, Limited: 1990
Stock No.: 83356
Condition: Near Fine
A likely first edition of this first volume in the eventual 12-volume set, detailing the history of the Rio Grande Southern Railroad. The railroad was the final narrow gauge line to be built in Colorado, starting in 1890. The trains served the mines and towns of southwestern Colorado, generally south of Montrose in Ridgway, Telluride, Rico, Dolores, and Durango. Being some of the most challenging, steep terrain in the Colorado Rockies, the RGS had to construct numerous bridges and trestles. This portfolio of historic and modern photos in black & white and color tells the story of the power uni... View more info
By: COMSTOCK, Henry B. (editor)
Price: $12.00
Publisher: Chicago, Popular Publications, Inc.: 1947
Stock No.: 82750
Condition: Fair
A rather fragile pulp magazine in a post-war edition. Featured articles include "Lake Superior to Puget Sound" (concerning the Northern Pacific), "Canada's Shortest Common Carrier", "Last of the Two Footers", with much additional fare for rail buffs, including fiction, adventure tales of the rails, model railroading info.; with plenty of black & white photos and period ads. Cover features Frederick Blakeslee painting, "Highballing the Grain". --- Fair only copy due to fragility of the covers, leaves somewhat tanned but binding is intact.; Tall Octavo (9 to 10 in... View more info
