THE SHAY LOCOMOTIVE; TITAN OF THE TIMBER
Denver, CO: World Press, 1971. First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. Item #48719
Copy number 4184 signed by Koch on special limitation page. The definitive book on the Shay locomotive, the preponderant locomotive of choice of the logging industry, consisting of 486 pages of text, photographs, color art, and builder's construction list of every Shay built. A perceptive biography of the inventor, the exciting story of the colorful logging industry in its heyday, a corporate history of the Lima Locomotive Works and the Shay locomotives it built. Bound in maroon cloth with lettering and illustration stamped in gilt. Fine in near fine, bright dust jacket with just a hint of edge wear. A very handsome copy.
Price: $450.00