Search Results: RAILROADS from Franklin Gilliam :: Rare Books

San Francisco: Francis Valentine & Co., Book and Job Printers, 1879. . 8vo, self-wrappers Cowan p. 133.Appealing to Farmers to try and force the railroads into paying a greater share of taxes

New York: [The Company] Printed by George F. Nesbit, 1844. . 8vo, pale blue wrappers, front printed Five Holdings in OCLC

Trenton: [The Company]; Press of the Emporium, 1846. . 8vo, self-wrappers, side-stitched Not found in OCLC.

Londoon:: [The Railrway],.. Not illustrated. Various sizes, see below. 1. LONDON & SOUTH WESTERN AND LONDON BRIGHTON & SOUTH COAST RAILWAYS. Time Table of the Train Conveying the Remains of Her Late Majesty Queen Victoria. His Majesty King Edward VII, his Imperial Majesty The German Emperor and Other Royal Personages. . .2nd February, 1901`. Small folio bifolium (11 8 inches) black bordered heavy stock, printed on p. [1] only. London: [Printers]: Waterlow & Sons, Limited, 19012. LONDON & SOUTH WESTERN RAILWAY Special Notice No. 118, 1901. Supplementary Notice of Special Traffic for Friday, 1st, and Saturday, 2nd February, as to the Conveyance of Troops for the Funeral Procession of the Late Queen Victoria. . .Instructions to Enginemen and Guards [cover title]. Not illustrated 16 pp. Large 8vo, self-wrappers. [London: (Printers): Waterlow & Sons, Limited, 1901]3. LONDON & SOUTH WESTERN RAILWAY. Special Notice No. 130, 1901. Supplementary Notice of Special Traffic in Connection with the Funeral… Read More

S.l.: [The Company] Passenger Department, [1912]. . Oblong 12mo, stiff color wrapper, front pictorial. No holdings found in OCLC

S.l.: S.n., . . Oblong 8vo, marbled boards, new red leather spine Detailed descriptions of locomotives of different classes supplied to various railway lines.The first section, preceded by a table containing the companies included and brief specifications for each is for the "Four-Coupled Bogie (4-4-0) Express Engines". The 17 engines, including the Class C & D, vary according to the designer, and these include Wainwright, Ivatt, Pettigrew, Drummond and others, and are for many of the major railway lines of the U.K.The second group deals with 10 of the "Four-Coupled Atlantic (4-4-2) Express Engines . This is followed by 8 "Six-Coupled Bogie (4-6-0) Express Engines"; 2 "2-4-0 Passenger Engines". Then 14 little blueprints of the "Six-Coupled Goods (0-6-0). Also included are Mineral Engines, Tank Engines, etc.A remarkable collection of a variety of different engine types for a great variety of lines, designed by many of the top… Read More

Cincinatti: The Company, 1905-6. . Oblong 8vo, pale red cloth, covers and spine printed in black, all edges red Not in McKinstry. No copy of this catalogue located. OCLC shows oneholdings for an 1892 Catalogue No. 2; and one holding for a 1919 Catalogue No. 10

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1867. . 8vo, buff wrappers, front printed. Five holdings in OCLC.

S.l.: [The Company, 1930]. . 8vo, yellow wrappers, front pictorial; back with some abrasiion. This appears to be a variant of the item with the same title in your collection.

[Chicago: The Company, 1923]. . 8vo, pictorial stiff wrappers, printed in color; Third Edition, so stated on the final page with the dated 4-23.St. Louis has the 40-page 1940 edition.

New York: The Company, 1833. . 8vo, self-wrappers 3 holding libraries in OCLC

Topeka, Kansas: [The Company] Crane & Company Printers, 1905. . 8vo, pale blue/green stiff wrappers, front printed, some soiling and a trifle light-struck Not found in OCL:C

Leipzig: A Deichertsche, 1931. . 8vo, stiff gray wrappers, front printed.

New York: New York Journal of Commerce, June 1910. . Large 8vo, buff wrappers, front printed; has been folded vertically. Two holdings in OCLC Univ. of Missouri and the De Golyer.Offprint from the New York Journal of Commerce, June 1910.

San Francisco: [The Chamber], 1874. . 8vo, pale blue wrappers, lacking many segments; text firm and unchipped except for lower outer corner of title missing, not affecting text. Fifteen holdings in OCLC.

Denver, Colordo: [The Company], 1954. . Folio, maroon cloth, partially unopened. No other copy located although there is a 1950 publication with the same title and author, but with a different pagination which is held by five US institutions.The volume is a study for a proposed railroad to run from the east of Caracas and Barcelona on the Caribbean coast, southward, crossing the Orinoco at Ciudad Bolivar to El Trueno, the center of a very large iron ore deposit. A total distance of some 267 miles. It would be standard gauge and would carry 100 trucks each containing 100 tons of iron ore, in addition to passenger cars, thereby opening up what had been a very isolated area.The bridge over the Orinoco would have two levels, the upper would accommodate motor traffic and would replace the ferry then in use; the train would use the lower level..The study is very detailed and covers every aspect of construction, cost of materials, payment of work crews, etc. The benefits to… Read More

St. Louis, Mo.: The Company, 1872. . 8vo, pale blue wrappers, front printed This copy has been marked up for another printing by an unknown hand using the ititials "EW"

Philadelphia: [The Company]; Crissy & Markley, Printers, 1848. . Folding map and 32 pp. and 30 pp. 8vo, pale-green wrappers, fronts printed; back cover of the first volume detached

St. Louis: The Company:Printed by Buxton & Skinner , 1905. . Large 8vo, printed color stiff wrappers; back wrapper somewhat soiled Microfilm holdings only in OCLCAt the foot of the front cover is the legend " Presented to the Confederate Veterans, at their Re-Union, Loouisville, Ky., June 14th 1905, with the Compliments of the Passenger Department "Cotton Belt Route".Ownership signature of "E. W. Winkler"

Austin: [Texas Senate], 1889. . 8vo, self-wrappers Seven holdings in OCLC (Cornell, Yale and 5 Texas institutions)