Welcome
Railroad History and Technology, Western Americana, Civil War, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Supernatural, Children's Illustrated, and on occasion, various other interesting areas of fiction and non-fiction.Featured Items
BALDWIN LOCOMOTIVE WORKS. ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE OF LOCOMOTIVES
Philadelphia: Press of J.B. Lippincott/M. Baird & Co./Baldwin Locomotive Works [about 1871-1872], 134 pages with pages 5 through 45 a history of the Baldwin Locomotive Works. The rest of the pages feature.. more
Price: $2,700.00
THE NEW YORK TRILOGY; CITY OF GLASS, GHOSTS, THE LOCKED ROOM
Auster, Paul
Los Angeles: Sun & Moon Press, 1994. Number 65 of 200 copies signed by Auster on special limitation page in the rear. Fine in fine and bright.. more
Price: $650.00
FARMER IN THE SKY
Heinlein, Robert A.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1958. Signed by Heinlein on the title page. Dust jacket and title page illustrations by Clifford Geary. Very light toning to.. more
Price: $1,200.00
BABAR'S TRUNK: Babar the Gardener, Babar at the Seashore, Babar Goes on a Picnic, & Babar Goes Skiing
de Brunhoff, Laurent
[New York]: Random House [1966], Translated from the French by Merle S. Haas. All four books have a tiny bit of edge wear else all.. more
Price: $150.00
SNOW-WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS
Grimm, Brothers
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1972. 1973 Caldecott Honor Book. Fine in near fine dust jacket with small one inch barely noticeable damp mark to the.. more
Price: $125.00
TIMBERTIMES: LOGGING & LUMBERING, HISTORY & MODELING. NUMBER 10, 1995
Gatke, Steven R., and Philip H. Schnell, editors
Hillsboro, OR: TimberTimes Inc., 1995. Articles on the Diamond & Panhandle and Swan's Mill in King County, WA, Part 2, plus others. 36 pages, including.. more
Price: $15.00
![Extened title reads, "With Portraits of Representative Men that Advocate California's Progress and Industrial Suprmacy." A history of the development of competing transportation to the giant Southern Pacific Railroad. Photographs taken by Tabor of San Francisco and Spooner of Stockton. 224 pages, the majority of which pertain to the SF & SJV RW, with listing of subscribers and stockholders [with number of shares purchased], maps and contents pages. Numerous photographs of stockholders, subscribers, and officers, and scenes along the San Juaquin Valley. Bound in original three quarter brown leather over brown cloth boards, with lettering and rule in gilt. All text block edges in gilt. Marbled endpapers. Name stamp and owner's signature on the preliminary page. Name stamp on the top of several pages. Mild damp stain to the lower portion of the covers, pages not affected. A very good copy.](/gavora/images/items/120x500/27815.JPG "Extened title reads, \"With Portraits of Representative Men that Advocate California's Progress and Industrial Suprmacy.\" A history of the development of competing transportation to the giant Southern Pacific Railroad. Photographs taken by Tabor of San Francisco and Spooner of Stockton. 224 pages, the majority of which pertain to the SF & SJV RW, with listing of subscribers and stockholders [with number of shares purchased], maps and contents pages. Numerous photographs of stockholders, subscribers, and officers, and scenes along the San Juaquin Valley. Bound in original three quarter brown leather over brown cloth boards, with lettering and rule in gilt. All text block edges in gilt. Marbled endpapers. Name stamp and owner's signature on the preliminary page. Name stamp on the top of several pages. Mild damp stain to the lower portion of the covers, pages not affected. A very good copy.")
THE VALLEY ROAD (ILLUSTRATED): A HISTORY OF THE TRAFFIC ASSOCIATION OF CALIFORNIA, THE LEAGUE OF PROGRESS, THE NORTH AMERICAN NAVIGATION COMPANY, THE MERCHANTS' SHIPPING ASSOCIATION, AND THE SAN FRANCISCO AND SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY RAILWAY
San Francisco: Wheeler Publishing Co., 1896. Extened title reads, "With Portraits of Representative Men that Advocate California's Progress and Industrial Suprmacy." A history of the development.. more
Price: $495.00
SUPERMAN III
Kotzwinkle, William
London: Severn House, 1983. Based on the screenplay by David Newman and Leslie Newman. Colorful illustration of the stars Christopher Reeve and Richard Pryor... more
Price: $65.00
DUDLEY AND GILDEROY, A NONSENSE
Blackwood, Algernon
New York: E.P. Dutton & Co. Inc., 1929. "A moving story, although the tragic ending is disconcerting." Bleiler; Guide to Supernatural Fiction 194. Bookplate and contemporary owner's name.. more
Price: $95.00
![Vastly expanded from the 1834 edition. 272 pages of descriptions by state of existing railroads and canals and those planned, with glossary, condensed summary, and index, plus four page publisher's catalogue in the rear. Two foldout maps, a New Map of New York, and a New Map of Pennsylvania, and two foldouts with railroad and canal profiles. Teggart; Hopkins Railway Library, 29b. Howes; USiana [1994] T26. Bound in original dark green cloth with border and design on the covers stamped in blind and title and rule on the spine in gilt. Professionally rebacked with original spine laid on. Tiny fold tear to one of the maps professionally repaired. A few tiny spots of foxing throughout though numerous on the endpapers and initial pages. A very good copy.](/gavora/images/items/120x500/33538.JPG "Vastly expanded from the 1834 edition. 272 pages of descriptions by state of existing railroads and canals and those planned, with glossary, condensed summary, and index, plus four page publisher's catalogue in the rear. Two foldout maps, a New Map of New York, and a New Map of Pennsylvania, and two foldouts with railroad and canal profiles. Teggart; Hopkins Railway Library, 29b. Howes; USiana [1994] T26. Bound in original dark green cloth with border and design on the covers stamped in blind and title and rule on the spine in gilt. Professionally rebacked with original spine laid on. Tiny fold tear to one of the maps professionally repaired. A few tiny spots of foxing throughout though numerous on the endpapers and initial pages. A very good copy.")
A DESCRIPTION OF THE CANALS AND RAIL ROADS OF THE UNITED STATES, COMPREHENDING NOTICES OF ALL THE WORKS OF INTERNAL IMPROVEMENT THROUGH THE SEVERAL STATES
Tanner, H[enry] S[chenck]
New York: T.R. Tanner & J. Diturnell, 1840. Vastly expanded from the 1834 edition. 272 pages of descriptions by state of existing railroads and canals and those planned,.. more
Price: $950.00
