Phila: Reading Company, 1941. First. Soft Cover. First printing. Oblong in illustrated still wrappers; 108 pps. Illustrated with drawings and vintage photographs of historic locomotives on virtually every page. A pictorial and textual record of locomotives operated by the Reading Railroad for more than 100 years. Very good, some soiling.....
Privately Printed. Softcover. N.d. (circa 1965), n.pl. 48 pp. Illustrated with vintage photographs. Monograph on interurban trolleys, particularly in Ohio and western New York. The photographic section contains some 70 vintage photos of rolling stock. Near fine. Laid in is a short article "How To Be A MotorMan (Pre-PCC Cars)".....
New York: Crescent, 1989. First edition. Hardcover. First edition copy in fine condition with fine dustjacket. Hardcover.Illustrated throughout with vintage black and white photographs as well as a few color photos. 128 pp. with index.
Voyageur Pr, 2008. Hardcover. (NO EXPEDITED SHIPING THROUGH MAZON, ALIBRIS , B&N. These order will ONLY ship domestic media mail.) New, unused copy. Oversized hardcover. 256 pp. with index. lavishly illustrated throughout in color. Toy train fans are whisked though a century of legendary Lionel history. More than 400 photo's.....
Dover Publications, 2005. Paperback. As new. Oversized in color illustrated card wrappers. 24 detachable postcards featuring full color vintage advertising 1917-1936 for Lionel, Ives, Dorfan, American Flyer trains and train sets.
Kalmbach Pub Co, 1989. Paperback. Oversized in glossy color illustrated softcovers. Fine. Illustrated with color and black and white photographs and with various track diagrams.
Dover Publications, 1993. Paperback. Oversized in glossy illustrated softcovers. xi+129 pp. With 126 photographs. Rare collection of images of "Builder portraits' of American locomotives that chronicle the age of steam power transportation from just before the Civil War through the post World War II period. Near fine.
Philadelphia: Claxton, Remsen & Haffelfinger, 1874. First edition. Leather_bound. Scarce. 18mo. (4" x 6") in self folding leather wraps with front flap, flap decorated in gilt with an image of a19th century Baldwin passenger locomotive, spine lettered in gilt, all edges gilt. Frontispiece portrait engraving of M.W. Baldwin with tissue.....
Hicksville, NY: N J Intl, 1982. First edition. Paperback. First edition. Softcover. In fine condition with ownership stamp on first page. Illustrated with color photos. Unpaginated (32 pps.).
NY: Lyon, 1908. Hardcover. Very good hardcover. Volume 2 only. Oversized volume in maroon cloth with spine lettered in gilt. 267 pp. Few light abrasions to the cloth and a small dark spot front cover, gilt lettering bright. Internally clean and unmarked.
NY: Lyon, 1908. Hardcover. Oversized hardcover in maroon cloth with spine lettered in gilt. Laid in are two large folding color maps, the first a map of steam railroads in New York State and the seond an even larger map of electric railroads in the state. Fine, as are both.....
NY: Lyon, 1909. Hardcover. Oversized hardcover in maroon cloth with spine lettered in gilt. 318 pp. . Volume 3 only. Text clean. Near fine.
Phila: E.C. And J. Biddle, 1848. First. Three-Quarter Leather. Three quarter dark brown leather lined and lettered in gilt over dark brown pebbled cloth. Contains Voluime I No. I May, 1848 and Volume II No. II September, 1848. 608 pps. with index. No. I consists of the historical register and.....
(Hamburg, Pa): Privately Printed, (1991). Softcover. Color illustrated softcovers. As new except for a tiny obscured ownership stamp corner of first page. 36 pp. Illustrated with vintage photos and reproductions, double page color centerfold color painting, route map. A look at the history of Pennsylvania's Blue Mountain and Reading Railroad.....
Muncy, PA: Privately Printed, 1977. Limited ed. Hardcover. Fine in fine dust jacket. One of an unspecified number of numbered copies signed by the author on the copyright page, this being No. 493. Large, thick oversized volumed in navy blue cloth with spine lettered in gilt. Map endpapers, 407 pp.....
East Syracuse, New York: Rainy Day Books, 1992. First Printing. Paperback. First Printing. Softcover. In fine condition except for small obscured ownership stamp on first page. Illustrated with black-and-white and color photographs. 96 pgs.
West Vancouver, BC: Steamscenes, 1993. First edition. Paperback. Oblong oversized in color illustrated glossy softcovers. 48 pp. with bibliography. Illustrated with color photographs; map inside front cover of the Denver & Rio Grande Western routes. Fine.
Milwaukee, WI: Kalmback, Publishing, 1971. Softcover. Softcover. In fine condition except for small obscured ownership stamp and unobscured ownership stamp on first page. Illustrated with black-and-white sketches and photgraphs. 147 pgs.
London: Frederick Warne. Hard Cover. No date but circa 1890s. Slim, large 8vo. in color litho paper covered boards with design of three children waving to a passing train in the countryside. Unpaginated (26 pps.) Illustrated with full and partial page engravings of trains, boatsa nd ships, travel scenes. Front.....
The Steamtown Volunteer Association, Inc., 1995. Softcover. Softcover. In fine condition with small obscured ownership stamp on first page. Illustrated with color photos and graphics. Resources. 32 pgs.
Cleveland: Arthur Westbrook Co. First Edition. Original Wraps. Circa 1900. Original color illustrated wrappers featuring drawing of the title train heist. Pulp, 190 pps. with one page ads at rear. Thrilling pulp adventure of folk hero-bandit Jesse James and a train robbery. Very good, some creasing to the wrappers and.....
North Pomfret, VT: David & Charles, 1982. Reprint. Paperback. Softcover in bright yellow paper covers. 32 pp. Illustrated with diagrams and drawings. Detailed information on 54 different types of steam engines accompanied by pictures. As new. Originally appeared in journal Industrial Archaeology, reprinted in booklet.
Washington D.C. Smithsonian, 1965. First. Hard Cover. First printing. Green cloth lettered and decorated in gilt; pictorial endpapers, 167 pps. with index, bibliography. Illustrated. United States National Museum Bulletin 245. A history of locomotive builders in Cincinnati in the two decades prior to, and during, the Civil War. The history.....
Privately Published, 1975. Paperback. Oversized in illustrated softcovers. 277 pp. Illustrated with vintage photos and reproductions of ephemera. Route maps at rear. Very good.
Mineola, New York, U.S.A. Dover Pubns, 1993. Softcover. Oversized in photo illustrated softcovers; xi+129 pps. Woth 126 photographs. Rare collection of "builder portraits" of American locomotives (photos taken before any repairs, alterations or weathering). ranging from pre-Civil War to the mid 20th century. Fine.
