ANCIENT SHORES
New York: HarperPrism/Harper Prism, 1996. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Nebula Award nomination, 1998. Jacket illustration by Jim Burns. Fine in fine and bright dust jacket. An as new unread copy.
New Arrivals
CHAMA/CUMBRES, WITH A LITTLE CHILI
Santa Fe, NM: R.D. Publications, 1988. First edition, first printing. Oblong hardcover. The third of five volumes on southwestern Colorado narrow gauge. 206 pages with photographs, diagrams, maps and roster. Some photographs and illustrations are in color. Fine in near fine, bright dust jacket with three short closed tears.
CHAMA/CUMBRES, WITH A LITTLE CHILI
Santa Fe, NM: R.D. Publications, 1993. Second edition. Oblong hardcover. The third of five volumes on southwestern Colorado narrow gauge. 222 pages with photographs, diagrams, maps and roster. Some photographs and illustrations are in color. Fine in fine and bright dust jacket.
THE CHILI LINE AND SANTA FE THE CITY DIFFERENT
Santa Fe, NM: R.D. Publications [RD], 1996. First edition, first printing. Oblong hardcover. The 100 mile narrow gauge branch from Antonito to Santa Fe, New Mexico. Depicts the tracks through northern New Mexico, recording by photograph the quaint villages and atmosphere encountered along the route. 215 pages with photographs, diagrams...
THE MILL ON THE BOOT; THE STORY OF THE ST. PAUL & TACOMA LUMBER COMPANY
Seattle, WA: University of Washington Press/Washington State Historical Society, 1982. First edition, first printing. Oblong hardcover. Inscribed by Murray on the half-title page, "For Jack - looking forward to his forthcoming book on Alaska steam. Murry M." 286 pages with photographs, notes and index. Corrections to the text were made...
NEW YORK CENTRAL CARS
New York: Wayner Publications [no date]. First edition, first printing. Oblong softcover. 65 pages of photographs of freght and passenger cars, cabooses, mow and special purpose cars. Owner's name printed on the first page. 1945 and 1950 NYC passenger timetables laid in. A near fine copy.
MY LIFE WITH TRAINS; MEMOIR OF A RAILROADER
Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 2017. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. McClellan worked in the railroad industry for forty years. He participated in the creation of both Amtrak and Conrail and worked for the Norfolk Southern, the New York Central, the US Railway Association, and the Federal Railroad Administration. 321...
SIX NOVELS OF THE SUPERNATURAL: THE VIKING PORTABLE LIBRARY
New York: Viking Press, 1944. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Collects six short novels by Mrs. Oliphant, Walter de la Mare, Frances Hodgson Burnett, Arthur Machen, Mary Johnston, and Robert Nathan. Fine in very good plus, bright, price-clipped dust jacket with only a hint of wear at the ends of...
STEAM IN THE REDWOODS
Caldwell, ID: Caxton Printers, 1988. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. The primary area of the redwood industry of Northwestern California was located in Del Norte, Humboldt and Mendocino Counties. The big factor that allowed the rapid and huge expansion of numerous mills was the building of railroads. 224 pages with...
PINO GRANDE; LOGGING RAILROADS OF THE MICHIGAN-CALIFORNIA LUMBER CO.
Union City, CA: R/Robb Ltd., 1984. Second edition, revised and enlarged. Hardcover. Third printing. Historical photographs give a most detailed record of the Michigan-California Lumber Co. operations, both standard and narrow gauge, near California's Mother Lode. 176 pages of text, photographs, maps, engine diagrams, roster and index. Fold-out map in...
LOGGING THE REDWOODS
Caldwell, ID: Caxton Printers, 1975. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Inscribed by Carranco, "For Tony Keschner and Chad with warm regards - Sincerely, Lynwood Carranco." The story of the California redwood lumber industry. 145 pages with photographs. Map endpapers. Fine in fine dust jacket with just a hint of edge wear.
LOGGING RAILROADS OF WEYERHAEUSER'S VAIL-McDONALD OPERATION: INCLUDING THE CHEHALIS WESTERN AND THE CURTIS, MILBURN & EASTERN
Hamilton, MT: Oso Publishing, 2004. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. The logging operation documented in this book is one of many affiliated with the Weyerhaeuser family name that existed throughout the Midwest, Idaho, Pacific Northwest, and South. 354 pages with historic company photographs, maps, equipment and locomotive rosters, bridge and...
MALLETS ON THE MENDOCINO COAST; CASPAR LUMBER COMPANY RAILROADS AND STEAMSHIPS
Hillsboro, OR: Timber Times, 2002. Fourth printing. Hardcover. Operating from 1861 until 1955, the Caspar Lumber Company's mill at Caspar, CA, was supplied with timber for 75 of those years by the company's own private railroad. They operated a fascinating array of motive power over the lightest of rail, crossing...
SUGAR PINE RAILWAY MEMORIES; RECOLLECTION OF A STEAM ENGINEER
Sonora, CA: Tuolumne County Historical Society, 1991. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. The Sugar Pine Railway was one of many California steam railroad reaching deep into the unspoiled forests of the Sierra Nevada mountains. Bound in laminated pictorial covers. A fine and bright copy, issued without dust jacket.
RED RIVER; PAUL BUNYAN'S OWN LUMBER COMPANY AND ITS RAILROADS.
Chico, CA: California State University, 1981. First edition, second printing. Hardcover. A colorful account of a vast enterprise and its network of railroads. Entertaining text accompanies superb photographs of progress in logging and transportation. 305 pages with photographs, maps, bibliography, rosters and index. Map endpapers. Fine in near fine dust...
ROBERT W. RICHARDSON'S NARROW GAUGE NEWS; COLORADO RAIL ANNUAL NO. 21
Boulder, CO: Colorado Railroad Museum, 1994. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Signed by Richardson on the title page. A reprinting of all 79 issues of Robert W. Richardson's occasional newsletter, the Narrow Gauge News, published in Alamosa, CO, during years 1948 to 1958. 303 pages with numerous photographs. Fine in fine and bright dust jacket.
STOREYS FROM THE OLD HOTEL
United Kingdom: Kerosina Publications, 1988. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Number 235 of 250 numbered copies signed by Wolfe on special limitation page. World Fantasy Award co-winner, 1989, best short story collection. A collection of 34 of the author's more obscure stories, some printed here for the first time. Includes...
CLIMAX; AN UNUSUAL STEAM LOCOMOTIVE
Rahway, NJ: Railroadians of America, 1961. First edition, second binding. Hardcover. This is the prefered issue with the four page addenda of additional information and corrections bound in. Number 1297 of an edition limited to 2000 copies. 102 pages. The history and development of this unique steam engine with diagrams...
CLIMAX; AN UNUSUAL STEAM LOCOMOTIVE
Rahway, NJ: Railroadians of America, 1961. First edition, second binding. Hardcover. This is the prefered issue with the four page addenda of additional information and corrections bound in. Number 1784 of an edition limited to 2000 copies. 102 pages. The history and development of this unique steam engine with locomotive...
ROCK ISLAND MOTIVE POWER, 1933 - 1955
Port Byron, IL: Calvert Systems [about 1995]. Reprint. Hardcover. 207 pages with numerous photographs of steam engines and early diesels, plus diagrams, rosters, passenger train consists, and bibliography. Color dust jacket illustrated by Howard Fogg. Fine in fine and bright dust jacket. An as new copy.
ROCK ISLAND STEAM POWER
Edson Publications, 2002. First edition, first printing. Oblong hardcover. 139 pages with vintage photoagraphs and a wealth of rosters. Bound in laminated color pictorial covers. A near fine copy with mild rubbing.
ROCK ISLAND WESTWARD, VOLUME ONE; MEMORIES OF THE HIGH LINE; A HISTORY OF THE CLAY CENTER LINE
Clay Center, KS: T. Lee Publications [AG Press], 1992. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Number 135 of an unknown number of copies. 256 pages with numerous photographs, some in color, and interviews with former employees. Map endpapers. A fine copy with fine clear vinyl dust protector. An as new copy.
TRACKSIDE AROUND ILLINOIS 1960-1973 WITH GEORGE STROMBECK
Scotch Plains, NJ: Morning Sun Books, 2004. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Features the color photographs of George Strombeck. 128 pages. Fine in fine and bright dust jacket.
WHEN STEAM WAS KING: RAILROADS OF THE CENTRAL MOTHER LODE REGION OF CALIFORNIA: SIERRA RAILWAY, PICKERING LUMBER COMPANY, WEST SIDE LUMBER COMPANY
Petaluma, CA: Eureka Publishing LLC, 2007. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. The railroads featured are the Sierra Railway, Pickering Lumber Company, Empire City Railroad, Stanislaus Railway, and the West Side Lumber Company241 pages with photographs, maps, rosters, and bibliography. Map endpapers. Bound in pictorial laminated covers. A fine and bright...
RAILROADS THROUGH THE COEUR d'ALENES
Caldwell, ID: Caxton Printers, 1983. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. 195 pages of pictorial history of an area that has produced mining wealth far exceeding that of the famed Comstock Lode. Many photographs by Warren McGee, Phil Hastings, F.J. Haynes, Ron Nixon, Otto Perry and Don Roberts, and from the...