Description:
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.
Appletons' Railway and Steam Navigation Guide, December 1876 by Thomas, G. F., Agent - 1876
by Thomas, G. F., Agent
Appletons' Railway and Steam Navigation Guide, December 1876
by Thomas, G. F., Agent
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
D. Appleton & Co., 1876. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 7x5 225 pages. Yellowed from age and lightly worn on corners. No indication of a fold-out map. No fold-out map. This is orginial edition, not a copy.
- Bookseller Kazoo Books LLC (US)
- Format/Binding Paperback
- Book Condition Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition No Jacket
- Binding Paperback
- Publisher D. Appleton & Co.
- Date Published 1876
- Keywords Trains, Railroads, Railway, Navigation Guide
The Trains We Rode
by Beebe, Lucius; Clegg, Charles
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Carson City, Nevada, United States
- Item Price
-
NZ$244.29
Show Details
Item Price
NZ$244.29
More Photos
Statutes Special and General Relating to The Toronto, Grey, and Bruce Railway Company
by Joseph, F J
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
St.Marys, Ontario, Canada
- Item Price
-
NZ$382.50
Show Details
Description:
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..
Item Price
NZ$382.50
More Photos
Southern Pacific Steam Locomotive Compendium
by Diebert, Timothy S. And Joseph A. Strapac
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780930742126 / 0930742125
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Olympia, Washington, United States
- Item Price
-
NZ$251.51
Show Details
Description:
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].
Item Price
NZ$251.51
A treatise on the law of railroads; (Elliott on Railroads) 3rd edition (6 volumes) [Hardcover] Elliott, Byron K and William F. Elliott
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Binding
- Paperback
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States
- Item Price
-
NZ$2,039.28
Show Details
Description:
1921. Trade Paperback. Used - Very Good. Bobbs-Merrill Co, 1921. Very Good. USA ORDERS ONLY, LARGE AND HEAVY BOOK. 6 volumes complete, (2375 total pages plus volume 3 is index) 3rd edition. Each book is 9.25x6.5x2 brown cloth covered boards with a red and a black spine label. Owners bookplate on ffep. Light wear on edges. Very rare. Digital photo available upon request.
Item Price
NZ$2,039.28
More Photos
Rails Around Gold Hill
by Cafky, Morris
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Used- Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Longmont, Colorado, United States
- Item Price
-
NZ$229.42
Show Details
Description:
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 dust jacket. Small tear in the middle and right side edge on the top on the back cover of the dust jacket. Scuffing and small pieces torn off on the top and bottom edge of the spine on the dust jacket. Limited edition copy numbered 760 /2,750. Signed by the author on limited edition page. No further markings on the inside of the book. Photos are of the book we have here at Barbed Wire Books.
Item Price
NZ$229.42
The Trains We Rode
by Beebe, Lucius; Clegg, Charles
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Carson City, Nevada, United States
- Item Price
-
NZ$244.29
Show Details
Description:
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.
Item Price
NZ$244.29
More Photos
Statutes Special and General Relating to The Toronto, Grey, and Bruce Railway Company
by Joseph, F J
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
St.Marys, Ontario, Canada
- Item Price
-
NZ$382.50
Show Details
Description:
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..
Item Price
NZ$382.50
More Photos
Southern Pacific Steam Locomotive Compendium
by Diebert, Timothy S. And Joseph A. Strapac
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780930742126 / 0930742125
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Olympia, Washington, United States
- Item Price
-
NZ$251.51
Show Details
Description:
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].
Item Price
NZ$251.51
A treatise on the law of railroads; (Elliott on Railroads) 3rd edition (6 volumes) [Hardcover] Elliott, Byron K and William F. Elliott
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Binding
- Paperback
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States
- Item Price
-
NZ$2,039.28
Show Details
Description:
1921. Trade Paperback. Used - Very Good. Bobbs-Merrill Co, 1921. Very Good. USA ORDERS ONLY, LARGE AND HEAVY BOOK. 6 volumes complete, (2375 total pages plus volume 3 is index) 3rd edition. Each book is 9.25x6.5x2 brown cloth covered boards with a red and a black spine label. Owners bookplate on ffep. Light wear on edges. Very rare. Digital photo available upon request.
Item Price
NZ$2,039.28
More Photos
Rails Around Gold Hill
by Cafky, Morris
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Used- Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Longmont, Colorado, United States
- Item Price
-
NZ$229.42
Show Details
Description:
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 dust jacket. Small tear in the middle and right side edge on the top on the back cover of the dust jacket. Scuffing and small pieces torn off on the top and bottom edge of the spine on the dust jacket. Limited edition copy numbered 760 /2,750. Signed by the author on limited edition page. No further markings on the inside of the book. Photos are of the book we have here at Barbed Wire Books.
Item Price
NZ$229.42
Railroading Along The Waterfront
by Rantanes, Eli (As Told To Laura Sebastian-Coleman)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine with no Dust Jacket
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780941952538 / 0941952533
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Taylor, Texas, United States
- Item Price
-
NZ$50.98
Show Details
Description:
Milwaukee, WI: Wm. K. Walthers, Inc.. Near Fine with no Dust Jacket. 1997. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 0941952533 . Small bump on front edge, a few scratches on rear board, not deep enough to go through the color ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 21808 .
Item Price
NZ$50.98
The Western Maryland Railway in the Diesel Era
by Salamon, Stephen J. & Hopkins, William E
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Used -
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9781879314078 / 187931407X
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Clarence Gardens, South Australia, Australia
- Item Price
-
NZ$66.59
Show Details
Description:
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 Subdivision; Cumberland and The Connellsville Subdivision; Cumberland and The Thomas Subdivision; and The Durbin and GC&E Subdivisions,. . 1st Edition. Hardback.
Item Price
NZ$66.59
Power Railway Signalling
by Wilson, H. Raynar
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Used - Good with no dust jacket; Boards rubbed, owner name on front free endpaper, usual library stamps, waterstain at top inner joint
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Selkirk, New York, United States
- Item Price
-
NZ$84.97
Show Details
Description:
London: Publishers of the Railway Engineer. Good with no dust jacket; Boards rubbed, owner name on front free . endpaper, usual library stamps, waterstain at top inner joint of first . thirty pages.. 1909. Hardcover. The Railway Series of Text Books and Manuals by Railway Men for Railway Men and Others, No. 5. Green beveled boards with titles stamped in black on front boards and in gilt on spine. Many photos and illustrations of railway equipment plus several pages of illustrated advertisements at front and rear. Measures 30 x 24 cm. "This volume deals with what may be called the structure which has been raised on the foundations laid by the pioneers of the art of Power Signalling for railways, and among whom should be mentioned Cooke and Whetstone who introduced the speaking telegraph; Edward Tyer, who enabled single lines to be controlled by electricity, thus greatly increasing their carrying capacity with safety; W. R. Sykes, whose "lock-and-block" is used all over the…
Read More Item Price
NZ$84.97
More Photos
Street-Railway Roadbed
by Pratt, Mason D.; Alden, C.A
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No DJ Included
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Salem, Oregon, United States
- Item Price
-
NZ$169.94NZ$101.96Save NZ$40.00!
Show Details
Description:
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.
Item Price
NZ$169.94NZ$101.96
Save NZ$40.00
!
More Photos
Pop-Up Book of Trains
by Penick, Ib
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No DJ
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780394832616 / 0394832612
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Salem, Oregon, United States
- Item Price
-
NZ$212.24NZ$127.34Save NZ$49.96!
Show Details
Description:
1976 Random House First Edition. Pop-Up Book #31. RARE! PAPER ENGINEERING BY IB PENICK. All pop-ups and sliders in working order. Used. Unpaginated. 6 3/4 X 9 1/4. Very Good condition. Quite the find! Please see our photos.
Item Price
NZ$212.24NZ$127.34
Save NZ$49.96
!
Beds in the East
by Burgess, Anthony
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Used -
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Clarence Gardens, South Australia, Australia
- Item Price
-
NZ$110.99
Show Details
Description:
London: Heinemann. 1959. Octavo Size. Very Good in a Good Dustjacket. Age-toned DJ has some minor edgewear with a very small piece missing to top edge near spine - now protected in a purpose-made plastic sleeve. 237 pages. The third novel in Burgess's Malayan Trilogy 'The Long Day Wanes'. The trilogy was a comic fictional exploration of the impact of the Malayan Emergency which started in 1948. Burgess wrote the Malayan trilogy with the ambition to become a fictional expert in Malaya as he spoke and wrote excellent Malay and the trilogy was based on much of his own experience. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Hardback.
Item Price
NZ$110.99
More Photos
The Western Maryland Railway Story: A Chronicle of the First Century, 1852-1952
by Williams, Harold A
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Not Issued
- Edition
- Edition not stated, No previous printings noted
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Lukeville , Arizona, United States
- Item Price
-
NZ$169.94NZ$144.45Save NZ$15.00!
Show Details
Description:
Baltimore, Western Maryland Railway Company, 1952, hardcover, xvi-134 pp, Edition not stated, No previous printings noted, Very Good condition, no dustjacket as issued, Association Copy, Signed and inscribed on the half-title page to Robert B. Murray, Undersecretary of the Department of Commerce for Transportation from 1953-1955 "in appreciation of his outstanding public service" and dated Dec. 17, 1954. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, slight spine-end and corner wear, spine titles worn, a few tiny spots to rear cover. A complete history of the first century of this important transportation system servicing the Eastern seaboard and points further west. Illustrated throughout with black-&-white photographs of historic scenes and vintage locomotives including the Alliance, the Monocacy, and the Conewago.
Item Price
NZ$169.94NZ$144.45
Save NZ$15.00
!
More Photos
Canada and United States Tour Prospectus -- August 1927
by Oxford and Cambridge Travel Club
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Beloit, Wisconsin, United States
- Item Price
-
NZ$161.44
Show Details
Description:
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, & Montreal; the 'long trip' (cost, 102 guineas, nearly $9000 in modern terms) headed west from Niagara, going to Sarnia, then through lakes Huron & Superior to Port Arthur, Winnipeg, Jasper National Park (snow skiing, even in summer, possibility of bears), Prince Rupert, along the coast to Vancouver, Victoria, Edmonton, then back to Toronto, Ottawa, & Montreal. Includes some comments on the more notable places to be visited, frontispiece reproducing a full-color painting of the RMS Carmania by C. F. Hopkinson;…
Read More Item Price
NZ$161.44
More Photos
Narrow Gauge Portrait: South Pacific Coast; Signed
by MacGregor, Bruce A
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
- Edition
- Limited/Numbered Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780911760231 / 0911760237
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Magalia, California, United States
- Item Price
-
NZ$169.94
Show Details
Description:
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 .
Item Price
NZ$169.94
Rebels at Relay Depot : A Story of C&A, Mobile and Ohio, GM&N and GM&O Pullmans and Parlor Cars to St. Louis: TRRA and the GM&O Volume 21, Number 1
by Larry Thomas
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Edition
- Summer 2007 0 Issue 67
- Binding
- Paperback
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Longmont, Colorado, United States
- Item Price
-
NZ$169.94
Show Details
Description:
Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis Historical and Technical Society, Inc., 2007. Very Good+. Minor shelf and handling wear to cover, else Fine. Photo is of the copy we have here at Barbed Wire Books.
Item Price
NZ$169.94