Augusta, ME: Severance and Dorr, Printers, 1845. Plain gray paper covers. The railroad was later merged into the Maine Central. 11 pages. Bound with thread. Foxing throughout. Split to upper spine and several tiny chips. A very good copy. More
Philadelphia, PA: Baldwin Locomotive Works, 1907. Oblong softcover. Baldwin Record No. 60. 32 pages comparing the efficiency of new Baldwin locomotives to older models. Numerous locomotive photographs plus statistics. Bound in gray card covers with art deco and lettering in red, gilt, green and black. A quite striking locomotive catalogue..... More
St. Paul, MN: Northern Pacific Railway, 1914. Brochure. Northern Pacific passenger promotional brochure presenting the scenic route from St. Paul to Portland and Seattle. Eighty four pages with descriptions by state of towns, cities and locations, with elevation and population along the route from St. Paul to Portland and Seattle..... More
Philadelphia, PA: J.G. Brill Company, 1923. First printing. Soft cover. All twelve issues of Brill Magazine for the year 1923. A total of 384 pages with photographs, car diagrams, maps, car data, and index for 1923 in the final issue. All 12 portrait inserts are present. Very light rust to..... More
Philadelphia, PA: J.G. Brill Company, 1912. First printing. Soft cover. All twelve issues of Brill Magazine for the year 1912. A total of 384 pages with photographs, car diagrams, maps, car data, and index for 1912 in the final issue. All 12 portrait inserts are present. Very light rust to..... More
Forty Fort, PA; [1970s]: J.G. Brill Company/Harold E. Cox. Facsimile reprints. Soft cover. Reprints of all 12 issues of the second year of Brill Magazine. Each about 20 plus pages. Most show light toning along spine and light rust on staples, else all are in fine condition. Seldom found individually..... More
London: W. Peacock, 1795. Second edition. Hardcover. Lengthy title continues: "Interspersed with Historical Anecdotes, to which are added, a Chronological Table from the Creation to the Present Time; A Monthly List of all the Fixed Fairs in England and Wales; and, A Table of the Coins of the Various Nations..... More
Philadelphia, PA: Baldwin Locomotive Works/Burnham, Williams & Co., 1893. First edition. Hardcover. Printed by J.B. Lippincott & Co. Presents a general description of the locomotives exhibited by Baldwin at the World's Columbian Exposition. Illustrated with builder's photographs of locomotives of various railroads plus data for each. Locomotives featured are for..... More
Columbus, OH: Jeffrey Manufacturing Company, 1917. Staple bound. Twenty-four pages with numerous photographs of the locomotives in use. Descriptions and data for various models. Staple bound in original brown stiff paper covers printed in black and gray. Number written on the upper left corner of the front cover and tiny..... More
New Albany, IN: New Albany and Salem Rail Road, 1856. Sheet, folded. "Railroad organized 1847, after years of legislation to provide transportation to move goods and people to and from the state's interior. Completed to Michigan City 1854 when last rail was laid in Putnam County. New Albany's economy expanded..... More
Pittsburgh, PA: H.K. Porter Company, 1920. Soft cover. The Porter Fireless Steam Locomotive is a steam locomotive without boiler and firebox. A simple exlantion on the workings is in the introduction.Thirty-two pages wtih builder's photographs and data information below or above, half-page and full-page photographic examples of the locomotives in..... More
Philadelphia, PA: Baldwin Locomotive Works, 1900. Oblong softcover. Baldwin's Catalogue Number 21. Each page features a locomotive photograph with data on the page following. This was specially pulblished for the Paris Exposition of 1900. Text is in both English and French. Bound in original green stiff paper covers, lettered and..... More
Cincinnati, OH: American Railway Master Mechanics' Association/Aldine Printing Works, 1886. Hardcover. 207 pages with numerous single page and foldout diagrams of boilers, rods and other locomotive parts. Bound in three quarter leather over paper covered boards. Library bookplate and two library stamps and call numbers on several pages. No other..... More
Southern Railway Company, 1916 and 1918. Hardcover. Volume I: 100 pages, many as foldouts featuring diagrams and dimensions of equiment and signs such as a baggage wagon, ballast fork, cattle guard, clearance post, depot platform and curbing, frogs, wooden highway bridge, lever car, push car, signs, ties, wooden water tank..... More
London: Vacuum Brake Co. [1885]. Hardcover folio. Thirteen pages printed recto only. Page one is a description of the Vacuum Brake; two is a listing of the railway companies using the Vacuum Brake; three is a page of instructions for working the Brake; page four is a foldout diagram of..... More
Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, Inc., 1985. First edition. Hardcover. Signed by Atwood on the title page. "Dystopian novel of a world ruled by militaristic fundamentalism in which sexual pleasure is forbidden." Quoted from Barron, Anatomy of Wonder 4, 4-23. Basis for the 1990 film directed by Volker Schlöndorff, starring Natasha..... More
Toronto, Canada: McClelland & Stewart, 2003. First edition. Hardcover. Signed by Atwood on the title page and dated by her "December 4 2003." Atwood's eleventh novel. Fine in fine and bright dust jacket. More
Paris: Chez F.D. Pillot, Éditeur, 1835. First edition. Hardcover. Title translated into English: "NATURAL HISTORY OF INSECTS, VOLUME IX, ORTHOPTERICS AND HEMIPTERS; TREATING OF THEIR ORGANIZATION AND THEIR MANNERS IN GENERAL BY M. V. AUDOUIN, AND INCLUDING THEIR CLASSIFICATION AND DESCRIPTION OF THE SPECIES, BY M. A. BRULLÉ." From the..... More
London: Macmillan London Limited, 1989. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Inscribed by Banks on the title page; "To Bob, Iain sez: all the best. Cheers, Iain Banks (paramaniac) 6/9/89". Fine in fine and bright dust jacket with just a hint of rubbing. More
Sauk City, WI: Arkham House Publishers, Inc., 1983. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Inscribed by Bear on the title page, "For Dick! Who mainlines Arkham House! Greg Bear". One of 3046 copies of the first printing. Out of print within three months of publication. The fastest selling Arkham House title..... More
Oakland, CA: Grahame H. Hardy, 1949. Third edition. Hardcover. This is the "Bucket of Blood" edition signed by Beebe and Clegg on special page which notes that this edition was signed on their private car, "The Gold Coast," and for sale only at the "Bucket of Blood" saloon in Virginia..... More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1961. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. An Inner Sanctum Mystery. Fine in near fine, bright dust jacket. A handsome copy. More
Philadelphia, PA: Terminus Publishing, 1991. Gahan Wilson. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Volume 52, number 3, whole number 300. Number 71 of 200 copies signed special page by Bloch, the illustrator Gahan Wilson, the publisher George H. Scithers, and the editor Darrell Schweitzer. Bound in original light blue cloth with..... More
Paris: Paul Ducrocz, Libraire-Éditeur, n.d. [1866]. First edition. Hardcover. 604 pages with 16 color gravures with tissue guards and 40 woodcut illustrations, and index. Bound in brown half leather over brown cloth boards, five raised bands with lettering and rule between in gilt. All edges gilt and illustrated silk endpapers..... More
