Hardcover. Novato CA, Newton K. Gregg, reprint, 1973, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover, reprint of the 1925 Simmons-Boardman edition. 1131 pages featuring steam locomotives, electric locomotives, industrial locomotives, and methods employed in their construction and repair. Many hundreds of photographs and dimensional diagrams of locomotives and various parts. Bound in original dark green cloth. Bright dust jacket taped to covers. Clean copy. DUE TO SIZE, DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY.
Hardcover. Salem, MA, The Essex Institute, 2nd pr., 1922, Book: Good, Hardcover, 122 pages. Ex-library copy with white tape on spine and small stamp on copyright page, otherwise clean. Blue cloth, gilt title to spine, no dust jacket. The second edition adds additional material and illustrations. Clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. NY, Rand McNally & Co., 1st, 1937, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a worn, chipped dust jacket, 80 pages. Written at the height of the Steam Age, this book combines Otto Kuhler's striking dry-brush locomotive pictures with Robert Henry's clear account of the development of the American steam locomotive. This happy combination of dramatic and realistic pictures and fascinating fact makes the book entertaining reading for all who are interested in the expansion and development of the country. Illustrated with almost 40 drawings plus pictorial endpapers. No markings.
Softcover. Clinton ME, self-published, 1st, 1971, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, stapled binding, 103 pages illustrated with b&w photos, maps, one a fold-out. Engaging history of the Wiscasset and Quebec Railroad from its incorporation in 1854 to its last run in 1933. Full of stories. and anecdotes handed down by actual workmen on the railroad or members of their families, on all the important events in the life of the railway, and examines the role it played in the small Maine communities through which it passed. Clean copy.
Softcover. Annapolis MD, Air Show Publishers , 1st, 1973, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 208 pages, b&w illustrations. A detailed study about the Shenandoah together with a bibliography about the big airships. Many rare photographs and documents, map of flight routes. Clean copy.
Hardcover. NY, Praeger Publishers, 1st, 1972, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket, 214 pages. Social history on two wheels (sometimes more or less), many b&w pictures, early photographs of the famous Dursley-Pedersen (1893), complete with hammock-saddle; the astonishing Crypto "Bantam" (1895); and the stylish Singer de luxe of the Edwardian period, to name but a few. There is even a photograph of the legendary G.P. Mills on the Humber tricycle aboard which he beat the Land's End to John O'Groats record in 1893. Small owner's stamp on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.
Softcover. Fonthill Media, reprint, 2017, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 144 pages illustrated in color. Cuba Cars and Cigars is full of glorious color images of the rare and varied Cuban-owned 1950s American and European automobiles, trucks, and station wagons that were imported before 1961. Among the famous Marques that feature are Cadillacs, Chevys, Buick, Dodge, Oldsmobile, Ford, Packard, De Soto, Pontiac, Plymouth, Edsel, Mercury and Metropolitan, Hillman, Singer and Austin, Nash Sedans, a Lloyd 600 German 2-cylinder/4-stroke 596cc car, Ramblers and SAABs, Mercs, Humber, Standard Vanguard, Ford Consul/Zephyr, Hillman Husky and Minx, Singer Gazelle and Austin. Most of these vehicles are still in running order, and are passed down from generation to generation. Trucks include Fords, a Fargo, Dodges and Chevys, not forgetting cigars, street urchins, and the lovely ladies of Havana. Clean copy.
Hardcover. NY, Whittlesey House, 1st, 1943, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, Hardcover in a worn, chipped dust jacket. recounts Joseph Bromley's career as a locomotive engineer on the Lackawanna Railway in New York. Beginning as a teenager as a callboy, by age 17 Bromley was aboard the engine, throwing wood pieces into one of the last of the old wood-burning models. At 20 he was promoted to the right-hand side of the cab, becoming the youngest engineer with the line. His entertaining reminiscences describe the more relaxed freight schedules of the day, when the crew could stop on a siding for several hours of fishing or to visit family and friends. Illustrated with line drawings by Stephen Voorhies, 288 pages. Long inscription on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.
Hardcover. Chicago, Stanton and Van Vliet Co, 1st, 1918, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 403 pages + glossary with illustrations, photos and fold-out charts in b&w. Light wear and fraying to black covers with a few small holes through the cloth. Internally very good.
Hardcover. London, David & Charles , reprint, 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a dust jacket. 79 pages with b&w illustrations. A reprint of a 1874 British publication. Clean copy.
Hardcover. NY, PublicAffairs, 1st, 2015, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 350 pages. Before the "Big Three," even before the Model T, the race for dominance in the American car market was fierce, fast, and sometimes farcical. Car Crazy takes readers back to the passionate and reckless years of the early automobile era, from 1893, when the first US-built auto was introduced, through 1908, when General Motors was founded and Ford's Model T went on the market. The motorcar was new, paved roads few, and devotees of this exciting and unregulated technology battled with citizens who considered the car a dangerous scourge, wrought by the wealthy, that was shattering a more peaceful way of life. Clean copy.
Softcover. Cambridge MA, The MIT Press , 1st, 2021, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 373 pages. A history of New York subway passengers as they navigated the system's constraints while striving for individuality, or at least a smooth ride. When the subway first opened with much fanfare on October 27, 1904, New York became a city of underground passengers almost overnight. In this book, Stefan Hohne examines how the experiences of subway passengers in New York City were intertwined with cultural changes in urban mass society throughout the twentieth century. Hohne argues that underground transportation--which early passengers found both exhilarating and distressing--changed perceptions, interactions, and the organization of everyday life. Clean copy.
Softcover. San Francisco, Pomegranate Books, 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 112 pages, color photos. "Art cars" are vehicles transformed by their creative owners into elaborately decorated statements of individual mobility. Blank, an independent filmmaker and art car aficionado, spent two years traveling the highways and byways of America in search of people who shared his unusual passion for artistically personalized transportation. The result was an independent documentary film (also entitled Wild Wheels ) and this book: a zany testament to the far reaches of the creative spirit enlivened by more than 100 color photographs and descriptions of 42 attention-grabbing autos with humorous names like the Beaded Bug, the Hippomobile, and the Grass Car. The book also contains brief stories about the artists who created them, providing insight into the ideas and emotions that sparked this novel pop art form.
Softcover. Iowa City IA, State Historical Society of Iowa, 1960, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, monthly magazine, stapled color wraps, 86 pages with b&w illustrations. Entire issue devoted to "Railroads Come to Iowa" by William Petersen. Clean copy.
Softcover. Osceola WI, Motorbooks International , 1st, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 128 pages. Softcover. Illustrated with full color photographs. Light rubbing to covers. Clean, tight copy.
Softcover. Newton MA, Stanley Motor Carriage Company, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 36 pages with stapled gray paper covers. B&w drawings/detailed diagrams of various parts, lists of parts with specs for the various models: running gear and mud guards, valves, boiler fittings, engine parts, etc. Includes prices circa 1910. Covers with soil, interior clean with mild wear.
Softcover. Down East Books, 1st, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 384 pages. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on the front fly leaf.Tugboats hold a fascination not only for anyone who has worked aboard a vessel or around a harbor but for many land-bound folks as well. There is something about their chunky, powerful build and their often risky but vital work that excites our interest and admiration. The captains and crews of the tugboats are justifiably proud of what they do, and they have some great stories to tell about the ships and barges they tow or push; the harbors, storms, tides, and dangerous passages they must negotiate; the unions; the pilots; the different designs and capabilties of their boats; and the way the boats and their livelihood are irrevocably changing. Clean copy.
Softcover. Reading Lines, 1st, 1958, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 60 pages, illustrated in 2-colors. The history of the Reading Railroad. Mild crease to cover, otherwise clean.
Hardcover. NY, Liveright, 1st, 2023, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Years before Charles Lindbergh's flight from New York to Paris electrified the nation, a group of daredevil pilots, most of them veterans of the World War I, brought aviation to the masses by competing in the sensational transcontinental air race of 1919. The contest awakened Americans to the practical possibilities of flight, yet despite its significance, it has until now been all but forgotten. In The Great Air Race, journalist and amateur pilot John Lancaster finally reclaims this landmark event and the unheralded aviators who competed to be the fastest man in America. His thrilling chronicle opens with the race's impresario, Brigadier General Billy Mitchell, who believed the nation's future was in the skies. Mitchell's contest--critics called it a stunt--was a risky undertaking, given that the DH-4s and Fokkers the contestants flew were almost comically ill-suited for long-distance travel: engines caught fire in flight; crude flight instruments were of little help in clouds and fog; and the brake-less planes were prone to nosing over on landing. The race was a test of endurance that many pilots didn't finish: some dropped out from sheer exhaustion, while others, betrayed by their engines or their instincts, perished. For all its tragedy, Lancaster argues, the race galvanized the nation to embrace the technology of flight. A thrilling tale of men and their machines, The Great Air Race offers a new origin point for commercial aviation in the United States. Clean copy.
Softcover. Logan Airport, Northeast Airlines, 1st, 1972, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 64 pages, profusely illustrated with b&w photos. No author but with opening statement by Bill Michaels, President of the airline at the time. Lively commemorative booklet published by Northeast for its employees on July 31, 1972, the day before officially merging with Delta. Features many black & white photos of personnel, advertising and operations. Clean copy.
Hardcover. Novato CA, Newton K. Gregg, reprint, 1972, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, large folio, reprint of the 1906 First Edition with 5,148 illustrations. Definitions, photographs, illustrations, and diagrams which designate American railroad locomotives, their parts, attachments and details of construction. 523 pages plus 46 pages of ads in the rear. DUE TO SIZE, DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY.
Softcover. privately printed, 1st, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 63 pages, illustrated with many b&w photos. Clean copy. No date but appears to be mid-1970s.
Softcover. Irvine CA, Bowtue Press, 1st, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 256 pages, b&w illustrations. This book contains invaluable lessons for avoiding nasty accidents. Presenting new tips and topics geared toward protecting riders from road dangers with a special focus on mental and physical preparedness. Diagrams, examples, plain talk. Clean copy.
Hardcover. Ames IA, Iowa State University, 1ST, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, The author of aviation books and the "Flying Carpet" column in AOPA Flight Training magazine entertainingly shares "some lessons a pilot never forgets." Illustrations include maps of US destinations and b&w photos of his planes and family.
Softcover. Medford OR, Webb Research Group, 1st, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover in pictorial wrappers, 127 pages, b&w illustrations. Fascinating history of the Rogue River Valley Railway which connected Jacksonville and Medford, Oregon and the Southern Oregon Traction Co., an electric street railway that served Medford. Illustrated throughout with black and white photos. With maps, locomotive roster, timetables, and bibliography. 127 pages with index. Clean copy.
Softcover. Washington DC, Smithsonian Books, reprint, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 368 pages. The editors bring together for the first time nearly seventy of Wilbur and Orville Wright's published writings into a single, annotated reference. Spanning the decades from the brothers' turn-of-the-century experiments with gliders until Orville's death in 1948, the articles describe the design of their aircraft, early test flights, and camp life at Kitty Hawk. As the airplane evolved, the brothers frequently commented on such subjects as the future of commercial aviation and air travel, sport flying, air safety, and military aviation. Because Wilber's sudden death in 1912 ended any hope that the Wrights would produce a book of their own, the articles collected in this volume are their only published words. Clean copy.
Hardcover. International Marine Publishing , 1st, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 269 pages. From the dust jacket: "John Leather's definitive study of the gaff rig is twofold: the practical aspects of the rig and the history of gaff rigged craft. John Leather's story of gaff rig is exciting and romantic; featuring such delightful anomalies as a yard building a smuggling cutter alongside a Naval cutter and captains fishing in winter and skippering the great many racing yachts of the late-19th century during summer. The superlative drawings complement the lucid text and the forty photographs represent a unique historical collection". Clean.
Softcover. Gainesville FL, University Press of Florida, 1st, 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 283 pages. Index and bibliography. Many never-published-before images and a complete history of the slow development and long decline of the railroad in Florida. Clean copy.
Softcover. Lake Forest IL, Shore Line Interurban Historical Society, 1st, 2011, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 11" x 8.5"; 83 pages in b&w and color. Fold-out maps in center.
Niagarail Publications, 1st, 1984, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 144 pages. INSCRIBED by both authors and stamped "Author's Proof Copy" on the front fly leaf. Clean copy.
Hardcover. Stanford CA, Stanford University Press, 1st, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 4to. 673 pages. Illustrated in b&w and some color. If you ever wondered how California prospered and grew from the 49er's until now you have to read this heavy volumned book. You will find obscure little railroads and the more recognized later standard gauged railroads that brought about transportation for not only the gold rush but the later on and still flurishing agricultural industry. Small railroads and their towns are identified and their locations given. Commodities that still make the "Golden State" one of the leading areas of production are identified and the railroads that serviced them are located and mapped. This book is heavy, thick, through and the information in it is the reason why. A must have for narrow gauge railroad lovers.
Hardcover. Chicago, Central Electric Railfans' Association, 1st, 2010, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a brigh dust jacket, 256 pages, b&w illustrations, some color. Bulletin 143 of the Central Electric Railfans Association. Clean copy.
Hardcover. Minneapolis, Univ Of Minnesota Press, 1st, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 151 pages illustrated in b&w. Iowa Central Railway supporters fought for a north-south route across the state that would link Minneapolis and St. Paul and St. Louis. This is the history from station records, reports, newspaper articles, and interviews of "The Hook & Eye", which brought both the industrial and human sides of railroading into sharp and memorable view. Clean copy.
Softcover. NY, William W. Fausser, 1st, 1976, Softcover, 68 pages. White coated paper stock covers with title and vintage photo ( in blue) on front. White covers show some light soil. This is the story of a small suburban railroad in what is now the Burrough of Brooklyn,which eventually became part of the New York City Transit System. It is also, partially, the story of Canarsie a section of Brooklyn that became the butt of many comedians in vaudeville. No markings.
Hardcover. Camden ME, International Marine Publishing, 1st, 1982, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, price-clipped dust jacket. 341 pages. History of the steam launch, 1860-1980, with great b&w photos throughout. Includes steam navigation and technological refinements, especially concerning engines. Clean copy.
Softcover. Forty Fort PA, Harold Cox, 1st, 1970, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 86 pages, b&w photos, drawings and maps. Some light soill to covers. Folded map in rear is missing.
Softcover. Forty Fort PA, Harold Cox, 1st, 1975, Book: Very Good, Softcover, 68 pages. B&w photos, drawings and maps. Clean, bright copy of a scarce pamphlet.
Omaha NE, Union Pacific Railroad, 1st, 1969, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover brochure, 36 pages illustrated in color. A promotional piece issued by The Union Pacfic Railroad celebrating the 100th anniversary of the company. Clean.
Hardcover. New York, Atheneum, 1st, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 88 pages. Illustrated with black & white photographs. Light sun fading to dust jacket spine. Clean, tight copy. A history of barnstorming in America, with an ample number of anecdotes about the dangerous acrobatics and stunts performed by thrill-seeking exhibition flyers, mostly ex-military pilots, especially during the 1920s.
Hardcover. Boston Mills Press , 1st, 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. For a world coming out of economic depression in the 1930s, the Pan American Airways Clipper "flying boats" symbolized elegance and luxury, adventure and romance. Illustrated with rare period photographs, vintage travel posters, magazine ads and colorful company brochures, this fascinating book covers every aspect of the fabulous era of Pan American's graceful clippers. Like their maritime namesakes, the Clippers used the oceans to form a vast global network of travel routes. Pan Am founder Juan Trippe was a visionary who saw the importance of international travel to a changing world. His Clippers would play a key role in the evolution of transoceanic flight, setting time and distance records over the Atlantic and Pacific, providing airmail delivery between countries, and eventually serving the Allies as troop and cargo transports during World War II. A major appeal is the 200 color images and 100 historical black-and-white photographs. Clean copy.
Hardcover. Golden CO, Colorado Railroad Museum, 1st, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket, 238 pages. B&w and color illustrations. Five of the articles are on passenger and mixed (passenger and freight) trains and trolleys in a topographic setting that owing to mineral resources had a phenomenal network of rail lines. Written for the train buff, the historian of western transportation will find good material here. Heavily illustrated with modern and period photos. The sixth piece is on the steam-powered meter-gauge trains of Zimbabwe. Clean copy.
Hardcover. Chicago, Central Electric Railfan's Asso. , 3rd pr., 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. A history of the Chicago, Aurora & Elgin and associated lines. 138 pages with photographs, diagrams and rosters, plus 30 pages of maps and timetables. Clean copy.
Softcover. Englewood CO, Schweizer; Jeppesen Sanderson Training Products , reprint, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Trade paperback in very good condition, unpaginated. A book designed to check the student's understanding of the material in the Schweizer Helicopter Pilot Manual. Clean.
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