St. Paul, Minnesota. Northern News Company. 1888. Hardcover volume illustrated in black and white, 390 pages, 7 x 5 inches, with discussions of ten "Divisions" of the Northern Pacific Railroad that include historical or scenic commentaries relating to each Division. The Divisions are listed on four "Contents" pages opposite an... More about Guide to the Northern Pacific Railroad and its Allied Lines
London. Scala House. No date. Ca. 1920. BOOKLET, black and white photo illustrations, black and white map, unpaginated, 10 x 7 1/2 inches, decorative gilt paper wrappers with pictorial paper label (softbound). Covers lightly worn with some edge creases and short tears, scattered foxing to map, overall good condition. Eric... More about By Air to Paris
Dresden. Bilderstelle Lohse. 1933. 265 black and white tipped-in photos, black and white frontispiece portrait of Ferdinand Graf Von Zeppelin, black and white text illustrations, maps, unpag, 9.5 x 13.5 inches (24 x 34cm), pictorial card wrappers. Covers are rubbed, light bump to edge of first few pages, interior is... More about Zeppelin-Weltfahrten. Vom ersten Luftschiff 1899 bis zu den Fahrten des LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin...
Chicago. American School of Correspondence. 1918. SIX VOLUMES. Black and white illustrations, 711pp, 8 1/4 x 5 1/2 inches, two volumes have patterned-paper covered boards and four volumes have red cloth covered boards (hardbound). Cover extremities lightly rubbed with one volume missing lower 1/2 inch of spine paper, a few... More about Gasoline Automobiles. Parts 1 through 6. 1918. SIX VOLUMES
No date. Ca. 1963. BOOKLET, black and white illustrations throughout, 35 pages, 6 x 9 inches, pictorial wrappers. Near fine condition. Reprint of 1910 Record 68. More about Baldwin Locomotive Works. Mallet Articulated Locomotives. Record No. 68
Clifton Heights, PA. Harry P. Albrecht. 1963. BOOKLET, full page and in-text black and white illustrations throughout, 32 pages, 6 x 9 inches, pictorial wrappers. Very good condition; light soiling to cover, interior clean. Reprint of 1917 Record 89 with additional pages and illustrations added. More about The Baldwin Locomotive Works. The Development of the Eight Driving Wheel Locomotive. Record...
Detroit, MI. Chevrolet Motor Division. 1949. Two large softbound books, each with numerous black and white illustrations, each 11 x 8 1/2 inches, wrappers (softbound). Very good condition. "This manual is designed to provide the service man with complete information on the construction, operation, maintenance and repair of various units... More about 1949 Chevrolet Passenger Car Shop Manual. 1950 Supplement to the 1949 Chevrolet Passenger Car...
Golden, CO. The Smoking Stack Press. 1963. Set of 5 books, profusely illustrated in black and white, black and white foldout illustrations, black and white foldout maps, double page maps, approx. between 110 and 177 pages each, indices, bibliographies, 9 x 6 inches each, pictorial wrappers. One volume has light... More about Colorado's Mountain Railroads. FIVE VOLUMES
Cincinnati, Ohio. Western Methodist Book Concern Press. 1871. String bound booklet in paper wraps, 84pp, 8.75 x 6 inches. Paper wraps lightly soiled. Paper loss to spine; modest paper loss to rear cover and last 4 pages not impacting text in any way. Lawyer John F. Fisk was elected to... More about Covington & Lexington Railway Company vs. Bowler's Heirs, Administrator, et al. (Kentucky...
New York. Thos. Cook & Son. 1925. Full page black and white photos, endpaper maps, 79 pp, 8vo, paper-covered boards (hardbound). Good condition: spine cocked, offset to endpapers, light foxing to a few pages, otherwise clean and tight. A cruise on the Franconia, sailing from New York January 14th and returning May 24, 1926. More about Around the World - A Cruise
London. G. & J. Cary. 1826. "Tenth Edition with Improvements" Hard cover volume 8 ¼ x 5 inches, 1071 pages, with eight folded maps (the average unfolded size of maps 2 through 8 is 7 ½ x 9 ¼ inches). Volume remains tightly bound, with dings to corners of covers... More about Cary's New Itinerary
London. Wm. Tweedie. 11- 1862. Paper backed guide book approximately 7.5 x 5 inches, 112 pages, with a folding map titled "The Railways and Telegraphs of Great Britain" (19 x 13.75 inches when unfolded). Modest paper loss to the cover; some dog-eared pages, last page torn with 1/4 missing. Overall... More about The ABC or Alphabetical Railway Guide
London. William Collins, Sons, & Co., Limited. No date. Ca. 1871. Large quarto, 15 x 11 1/2 inches, featuring sixty-four tipped-in double-page illustrations of locomotives from different manufacturers (chiefly British) as well as passenger carriages, goods carriages, locomotive turntables and other associated operational mechanics. WATER STAINING to approximately 18 double-page... More about Locomotive Engineering and the Mechanism of Railways. Vol. II
Clark and Colburn (illus).
Glasgow. Blackie and Son. 1860. First Edition. A publication issued in ten parts; original paper wrappers 15 x 11 inches, each part with two folding plates 15 x 20.5 inches save No. 10 which has a third plate, 15 x 10.5 inches; total 21 plates. Eighty-four... More about Recent Practice in the Locomotive Engine
Leipzig. Wilhelm Engelmann. 1875. 58 black and white double page illustrations, 10 1/2 x 7 inches, cloth covered boards with leather spine and corners - three quarter leather(hardbound). Ex-library. Cover extremities and spine rubbed with some abraded areas, library stamps on endpapers, perforated library stamps on title page and a.... More about Atlas zu dem Handbuch fur specielle Eisenbahn-Technik unter Mitwirkung von Fachgenossen...
Nashville, TN. Marshall & Bruce Co., Ca. 1900. Two-color map, xvi+985pp, index, full leather with gilt-titled leather spine labels (hardbound) 9 1/2 x 6 inches. Covers very worn and sections of spine leather lacking, front and back boards detached, light foxing to endpapers, otherwise interior is tight and clean. The... More about Legal History of the Entire System of Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Ry. And Possessions
The Oregon Railroad & Navigation Company. 1907. Color and black and white in-text illustrations and diagrams, index, 147pp, 6 3/4 x 4 1/4 inches, cloth covered boards (hardbound). Covers lightly rubbed with small areas of cloth loss, previous owner's name in ink on front paste-down; very good condition. Detailed instruction... More about The Oregon Railroad & Navigation Company. Rules and Regulations of the Transportation...
New Jersey. Engineering News Publishing Co., July - December / 1887. Volume XVIII. 3 double page color maps, b/w full page and in text ills, xii + 484pp, folio (14 x 10.5 in), cloth covered boards (hardbound) with spine title label. Bound volume of the journal covering the period from... More about Engineering News and American Contract Journal
New York. McGraw Publishing Company. 1911. 1st Edition. Profusely illustrated with black and white photo illustrations and diagrams, 292 pages + 55 pages of advertisements, 12 1/4 x 9 inches, leather-covered boards (hardbound). New gilt-lettered leather spine, wear to extremities now skillfully repaired, hinges repaired with Japanese paper, very light... More about Electric Railway Dictionary. Definitions and Illustrations of the Parts and equipment of...
Melbourne. Department of Works and Railways. 1928. Black and white illustrations, 3 fold out maps including red black and white map of the federal aid highway system of the U.S. (12 1/4 x 19 inches), red white and black map of the U.S. system of highways (12 1/4 x 19... More about Report in relation to Investigations and Inquiries into various matters associated with the...
Denver, CO. Denver & Rio Grande Rail Road. 1901. Nineteenth. Staple-bound booklet in paper wraps; 8 1/2 x 6 1/2 inches; 96 pp; illustrated with 19 photographic views and one map (Marshall Pass) Booklet features verse and prose tributes to the scenic wonders of the Rockies and other areas associated... More about Rhymes of the Rockies
New York. Henry T. Williams. 1876. Black and white full page and in-text wood engravings, 293pp, 9 1/4 x 7 inches, gilt lettered cloth covered wrappers (softbound). Covers worn with soiling, creases, tears to head and tail of spine; page corners bumped on first and last dozen pages, occasional light... More about The Pacific Tourist. Williams' Illustrated Trans-Continental Guide of Travel, from The Atlantic...
Chicago. The Overland Publishing Company. 1879- 1880. 272 pages, illustrated throughout in black and white, textured cloth binding 7 1/2 x 5 1/4 inches. The volume is illustrated with 18 folded double-page views of Western scenery, one of which is fully detached. Light wear to spine extremities, several pages at... More about Crofutt's New Overland Tourist and Pacific Coast Guide
Chicago. George F. Cram. 1895. Folio atlas, 18 x 13 inches, 451 pages featuring full-color maps, each with a key identifying, by color, the various rail lines operating in the individual state, territory, province, or country. A miscellany of world maps rounds out the volume. The atlas represents an extraordinary... More about Cram's Standard American Railway System Atlas
1974. Booklet, color illustrations throughout, 11 x 8 1/4 inches, unpaginated (16 pages), color pictorial wrappers (softbound). Fine condition. Advertising brochure for the 74 VW Bug. Back page is a list of specifications, with color squares showing paint, cloth and leatherette colors and patterns. More about The VW Beetles. They're built better than ever
