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Apercu Des Chemins De Fer Russes Depuis L'Origine Jusqu'en 1892
by Andre De Vladimir Herzenstein Et Louis Weissenbruch Gortschakov
Steam Engines Books & Ephemera
ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE OF LOCOMOTIVES. M. Baird & Co., Philadelphia. -- Matthew Baird, George Burnham, Charles T. Parry, Edward H. Williams, William P. Henszey, Edward Longstreth
by BALDWIN LOCOMOTIVE WORKS
Press of J. B. Lippincott. Philadelphia. USA. circa 1872. FIRST EDITION. 4to. (11 X 7.9 inches). 134pp. Illustrated with 16 fine albumen photographic prints of Locomotives, each mounted onto a card page with the technical details for that engine printed on the pages following each image, plus an engraved frontis of the Locomotive works building and several smaller wood engraved illustrations throughout the text. All pages with a printed red ruled border. Original brown pebble grained cloth on bevelled...
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NZ$3,087.78
Southern Pacific Steam Locomotive Compendium
by Diebert, Timothy S. And Joseph A. Strapac
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].
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NZ$251.93
Canada and United States Tour Prospectus -- August 1927
by Oxford and Cambridge Travel Club
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, &...
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NZ$161.71
The Canadian Northern Railway; Pioneer Road of the Northern Prairies 1895-1918
by Regehr, T.D
Toronto: Macmillan of Canada [0-7705-1285-2] [1976]. (Hardcover) 543pp. Very good, no dust jacket. Maps, tables, photographs, appendix, bibliography, index. The covers are lightly worn and there are institution stamps on the half-title and the fore-edges. Locale: Prairie Provinces; Western Canada. (Transportation, Canadian Northern Railway, Railroad Companies--Canada, Railways--Canada).
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NZ$638.97
Rails Around Gold Hill
by Cafky, Morris
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...
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NZ$229.80
All Aboard With E. M. Frimbo: Word's Greatest Railroad Buff
by Rogers E. M. Whitaker; Anthony Hiss
New York: Grossman Publishers/Viking, 1974. Presentation and Association Copy, SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR Rogers E. M. Whitaker, aka "E.M.Frimbo" at front end page - "To Portia, in memory of our travels on the Trans-Siberian. With love, Rogers E.M. Whitaker". Portia Curles Whitaker was the wife of Francis Whitaker, Rogers' brother and himself a world-renowned blacksmith. With 20 page typed book review for this title by Portia laid in, along with 2 newspaper articles and a...
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NZ$170.22
Many More Mountains, Volume 3: Rails into Silverton
by Nossaman, Allen
Sundance Books, 1998. Hardcover. Used - near fine condition in a very good clear vinyl dust jacket. Signed by author on first title page. Book has no damage and very little shelf wear. Light bumping at corners and at ends of spine. Vinyl dust jacket has some creases along edges. No writing or highlighting. Photos are of the copy we have at Barbed Wire Books.
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NZ$357.46
Street-Railway Roadbed
by Pratt, Mason D.; Alden, C.A
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.
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NZ$170.22NZ$102.13
Narrow Gauge Portrait: South Pacific Coast; Signed
by MacGregor, Bruce A
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 .
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NZ$170.22
Locomotives for all Gauges and Duties
by Beyer Peacock & Co. Ltd
Gorton: Beyer Peacock & Co. Ltd. Book. Good. Full-Leather. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. n.d. [c.1924]. 77pp, photos, tables, dark brown leather/gilt worn & scuffed, sl damage at spine, one or two annotations in pencil, landscape format. Text in English, French and Spanish. Presentation copy belonging to Sir Sam Fay, Chairman of Beyer Peacock 1923-33 and last Chairman of th Great Central Railway whose name appears in gilt on front cover. Subsequently owned by M.A. Crane, Assistant...
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NZ$340.72
The Mineral Belt, Volumes I-III: An Illustrated History
by David S. Digerness
Silverton, CO: Sundance Books, 1977. 3 vols. Hardcover. Very Good. 3 volume set:
Volume I - Old South Park - Denver to Leadville
Interior is clean and bright; binding is tight. Covers show moderate shelf and handling wear with rubbing and denting to all corners and edges, as well as overall abrasion.
Volume II - Old South Park - Across the Great Divide
Interior is clean and bright; binding is tight. Cover is in protective mylar which shows minor shelf and handling wear. Envelope attached inside rear... Read more about this item
Volume I - Old South Park - Denver to Leadville
Interior is clean and bright; binding is tight. Covers show moderate shelf and handling wear with rubbing and denting to all corners and edges, as well as overall abrasion.
Volume II - Old South Park - Across the Great Divide
Interior is clean and bright; binding is tight. Cover is in protective mylar which shows minor shelf and handling wear. Envelope attached inside rear... Read more about this item
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NZ$365.97
Empire Builder.
by [Anagram Press / Goat Back Press] Chandler O'Leary and Carol Inderieden
Tacoma, Washington:: Anagram Press / Goat Back Press,, 2015.. Edition of 50. 7 x 9" closed, extends to 15 feet; 20 pages including pastedowns. Accordion structure. Digitally printed from watercolor illustrations on archival, 100% cotton paper. Handbound paper over boards. In paper slipcase. Signed by both artists and numbered. Empire Builder is a collaboration between artists Carol Inderieden and Chandler O'Leary; both contributed text and illustrations. The two artists lament the changes...
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NZ$1,021.32
Statutes Special and General Relating to The Toronto, Grey, and Bruce Railway Company
by Joseph, F J
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..
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NZ$383.13
Locomotive Cyclopedia of American Practice: Definitions and Typical Illustrations of Railroad and Industrial Locomotives, Their Parts and Equipment; also Locomotives Built in America for Operation in Foreign Countries - Including a Section on Locomotive Shops and Engine Terminals
by Wright, Roy V., et. al
Wright, Roy V., et. al. Locomotive Cyclopedia of American Practice: Definitions and Typical Illustrations of Railroad and Industrial Locomotives, Their Parts and Equipment; also Locomotives Built in America for Operation in Foreign Countries – Including a Section on Locomotive Shops and Engine Terminals. (New York: Simmons-Boardman, 1938) - 10th edition
Quarto. 1232 pages, profusely illustrated. Hardcover. Bound in black cloth-covered boards stamped in gilt on spine with title and date and blind... Read more about this item
Quarto. 1232 pages, profusely illustrated. Hardcover. Bound in black cloth-covered boards stamped in gilt on spine with title and date and blind... Read more about this item
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NZ$383.00
Trains Album of Photographs (18 volumes)
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, (1943-1950): Kalmbach Publishing Co. Oblong Quarto. 18 volumes of 19 lacking volume #11 but includes the volume 19 which is title circus trains., each volume illustrated in either color or black & white, plastic comb bound, all combs in working order with the exception of volume one which has only one comb broken. A very nice collection, condition from near fine to very good. These books cover every major railroad, eastern, mid western, far western, southern, etc.
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NZ$280.86
The Manchester South Junction & Altrincham Railway Its Inception & Development ( with Maps ) 1848 - 1899 Jubilee
by M. S. J. & A. Railway
Manchester & London: Manchester South Junction & Altrincham Railway Company, 1899. Book. Very Good. Sewn Wraps. First Printing of the First Edition. Just Very Good, With Edge Wear And Soil, And A Little Creasing To Back Cover. Still Intact, And Complete With 2 Folding Maps. Illust. By Photos. 30 Pages. Scarce..
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NZ$405.08
The Western Maryland Railway in the Diesel Era
by Salamon, Stephen J. & Hopkins, William E
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...
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NZ$66.76
Steam on the Road
by Burgess Wise, David
Hamlyn, 1973. Hardcover. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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NZ$14.11
Portfolio of Historic Canadian Steam Locomotives
by Author not named]
Belleville: Mika Studio [no date]. (Portfolio) Not paginated. Fine. 10 multi-colour hand prints for framing inside an illustrated, publisher's envelope. The envelope is edgeworn. (Transportation, Locomotives, Railways, Trains).
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NZ$178.73
Congressional Grants of Land in Aid of Railways ( Bulletin of the University of Wisconsin No. 30 )
by Sanborn, John Bell
Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Press, 1899. SCARCE. Very Good Plus, small chips, light soiling, prior owner name in ink front cover, pages of text are uncut and clean. PHD Thesis. 130 pp. . First Edition. Printed Wrappers. Very Good Plus/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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NZ$170.22
Die anderen Nürnberger. Technisches Spielzeug aus der "Guten alten Zeit" Band 2
by Baecker, Carlernst and Dieter Haas
Frankfurt A.M., Germany: Hobby Haas, 1973. This is a very good hardcover copy with just light wear. Bound in the original publisher's orange boards printed in black and white. Completely clean outside. Very clean inside, page edges darkening a little. Text in German. Preface in German and English. This is Band 2 only of this monumental multi-volume survey of old German toys reproducing many old catalogs by the Nurnberger toy manufacturers. Thousands of fine black & white illustrations of German...
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NZ$425.55
The Age of the Traction Engine
by Whitehead, Robert A
Waltham Abbey, UK: Fraser Stewart Books. 1994. Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. 96 pages. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . Reprint. Hardback.
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NZ$24.48
Norris's hand-book for locomotive engineers and machinists
by NORRIS, Septimus
1864 Civil War RAILROAD Locomotive Engineer Norris Steam Engine Illustrated
A rare 1864 printing of 'Norris's Hand-book for Locomotive Engineers and Machinists' by Septimus Norris with help from his brother William Norris who was the first to build a locomotive in America and the first engineer to attempt to surmount the Inclined Plane across the Schuylkill. Norris wrote this work as a teaching manual to all those who would be interested in the science of mechanics. He discusses:
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A rare 1864 printing of 'Norris's Hand-book for Locomotive Engineers and Machinists' by Septimus Norris with help from his brother William Norris who was the first to build a locomotive in America and the first engineer to attempt to surmount the Inclined Plane across the Schuylkill. Norris wrote this work as a teaching manual to all those who would be interested in the science of mechanics. He discusses:
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NZ$849.40
The Trains We Rode
by Beebe, Lucius; Clegg, Charles
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.
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NZ$244.69
New Orleans Steam Spectacular!
by Strapac, Joseph A
Huntington Beach, CA: Shade Tree Books. Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Very Good condition. Light wear to edges and corners of front and back cover. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 64 pages. . 1st Edition. Softcover.
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NZ$27.82
