Baltimore, MD: John Hopkins University Press, 1994. First edition, second printing. Hardcover. Following the same format as White's book on the passenger car, this is a 644 page early history of the American freight car with numerous pictures, photos and schematic drawings. Fine in fine and bright dust jacket. More
Baltimore, MD: John Hopkins University Press, 1978. First edition, third printing. Hardcover. The railraod cars was the product of many crafts and techniques. The author explains methods of construction in wood, iron, steel, aluminum, and stainless steel. He traces the evolution of such important elements as wheels, brakes, axles and..... More
Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1985. Soft cover. Two part softcover issue. The definative book on the American railroad passenger car. With 387 photographs and 385 line drawings, this book explains the methods of construction of wood, iron, steel, and aluminum cars. It traces the evolution of wheels and..... More
Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, 1965. First edition. Hardcover. 171 pages including a 15 page appendix listing all the locomotives built in Cincinnati between 1845 and 1868. A fine copy, issued without dust jacket. More
Boston, MA: The Railway and Locomotive Historical Society, 1979. First edition. Soft cover. 118 pages with photographs. A near fine and bright copy. More
Boston, MA: The Railway and Locomotive Historical Society, 1979. First edition. Soft cover. 128 pages with photographs and rosters. A fine and bright copy. More
Washington, DC: United States Geological Survey/USGS/Government Printing Office/GPO, 1953. Soft cover. Pages 117 through 160 with figures 14 through 31, references and index. Bound in original stiff gray covers printed in black. Library stamp on the title page. No other library markings, plates or pockets were ever present. A very..... More
Washington, DC: United States Geological Survey/USGS/Government Printing Office/GPO, 1977. Soft cover. Description of the first specimen of the extinct Arctic sea cow, Hydrodamalis gigas, to be found in place in Pleistocene deposits outside the Commander Islands, U.S.S.R. 19 pages with maps, photographs, tables and references, with the eight photographic plates..... More
Washington, DC: United States Geological Survey/USGS/Government Printing Office/GPO, 1977. Soft cover. Description of the first specimen of the extinct Arctic sea cow, Hydrodamalis gigas, to be found in place in Pleistocene deposits outside the Commander Islands, U.S.S.R. 19 pages with maps, photographs, tables and references, with the eight photographic plates..... More
Washington, DC: United States Geological Survey / USGS / Government Printing Office / GPO, 1959. Map. Eight folded plates in pocket within a hardcover folder. Orange paper covered boards printed in black. Stamp on the front cover. A fine copy. Folded plated appear to have never been used. More
San Francisco: California Academy of Sciences, 1967. First edition. Soft cover. Diatoms were collected stratigraphically from diatomaceous deposits in three areas; near Monterey, California, the Purisima Hills, north of Lompoc, California; and from an area south of Lompoc, California. 217 diatom photographs. 105 pages with references. Bound in original light..... More
Berkeley, CA: Howell-North Books, 1981. First edition, second printing. Hardcover. Written primarily from the records and photo collections of the St. Louis Car Co. preserved in the archives of Washington University, St. Louis. 302 pages of text, photographs and index. Near fine in very good dust jacket with sever tears..... More
Socorro, NM: State Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources/New Mexico Institute of Mining & Technology, 1965. Soft cover. 128 pages with photographs, maps, tables, photographs, references and index, plus the six folded plates in the rear pocket. Bound in white stiff card covers with lettering in brown. A very good..... More
Socorro, NM: New Mexico Bureau of Mines & Mineral Resources, 1970. Soft cover. 23 pages with the two folded plates in the rear pocket. A fine and bright copy. More
