Hardcover. London, Reaktion Books, 1st, 2019, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 256 pages illustrated in color and b&w. Meals associated with train travel have been an important aspect of railway history for more than a century - from dinners in dining cars to lunches at station buffets to foods purchased from platform vendors. For many travelers, the experience of eating on a railway journey is often a highlight of the trip, a major part of the 'romance of the rails'. Food on the Move focuses on the culinary history of these famous journeys on five continents, from the earliest days of rail travel to the present. The engaging story and vivid illustrations invite readers to discover an array of railway feasts: haute cuisine in the elegant dining carriages of the Orient Express, American steak-and-eggs on the Santa Fe Super Chief, and home-cooked regional foods along the Trans-Siberian tracks. Readers will be tempted to eat their way across Canada's vast interior and Australia's spectacular and colourful Outback; grab an infamous `British railway sandwich' to munch on the Flying Scotsman; snack on spicy samosas on the Darjeeling Himalayan `Toy Train'; dine at high speed on Japan's `Bullet Train'; and sip South African wines in a Blue Train luxury lounge car featuring windows of glass fused with gold dust. Food on the Move focuses on the culinary history of these famous journeys. Clean copy.
Hardcover. Lanham MD, Rowman & Littlefield , 1st, 2014, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, glossy pictorial boards, 173 pages, b&w illustrations. In roughly one hundred years - from the 1870s to the 1970s - dining on trains began, soared to great heights, and then fell to earth. The founders of the first railroad companies cared more about hauling freight than feeding passengers. The only food available on trains in the mid-nineteenth century was whatever passengers brought aboard in their lunch baskets or managed to pick up at a brief station stop. It was hardly fine dining. Seeing the business possibilities in offering long-distance passengers comforts such as beds, toilets, and meals, George Pullman and other pioneering railroaders like Georges Nagelmackers of Orient Express fame, transformed rail travel. Fine dining and wines became the norm for elite railroad travelers by the turn of the twentieth century. The foods served on railroads - from consomme to turbot to souffle, always accompanied by champagne - equaled that of the finest restaurants, hotels, and steamships. Bright, clean copy.
Hardcover. London, Hamish Hamilton, 1st, 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 496 pages. SIGNED BY THEROUX on title page. In 1975 a young and ambitious writer named Paul Theroux made his literary mark by taking the 28,000-mile intercontinental journey via rail from London to Tokyo and back home again. Thirty years later, an older and wiser Theroux decided to retrace his steps. The result is Ghost Train to the Eastern Star, a fascinating account of the places you vaguely knew existed, yet definitely should know something about. Get on board Theroux's fast-moving travelogue, which features some of the most astute commentary on our distorted notions of time, space, and each other in the age of jet speed, broadband connections, and cultural extinction. A railway journey through Eastern Europe, India, and Asia. Clean copy
Hardcover. Baltimore, Johns Hopkins University Press, 1st, 2012, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 276 pages, b&w illustrations. Few people have had as profound an impact on the history of New York City as William J. Wilgus. As chief engineer of the New York Central Railroad, Wilgus conceived the Grand Central Terminal, the city's magnificent monument to America's Railway Age. Kurt C. Schlichting here examines the remarkable career of this innovator, revealing how his tireless work moving people and goods over and under Manhattan Island's surrounding waterways forever changed New York's bustling transportation system. After his herculean efforts on behalf of Grand Central, the most complicated construction project in New York's history, Wilgus turned to solving the city's transportation quandary: Manhattan - the financial, commercial, and cultural hub of the United States in the twentieth century - was separated from the mainland by two major rivers to the west and east, a deep-water estuary to the south, and the Harlem River to the north. Wilgus believed that railroads and mass transportation provided the answer to New York City's complicated geography. His ingenious ideas included a freight subway linking rail facilities in New Jersey with manufacturers and shippers in Manhattan, a freight and passenger tunnel connecting Staten Island and Brooklyn, and a belt railway interconnecting sixteen private railroads serving the metropolitan area.
Hardcover. NY, Crown, 1st US, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Really nice, almost new-looking condition. Previous owner's name front end paper. Color illustrations by Burningham. Hardbound, no dust jacket.
Hardcover. Omaha NE, The Colonial Press, 1st, 1940, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, red cloth covers with gilt title on spine. 265 pages plus appendix with names of workers, tonnage statistics, wages, etc. b&w illustrations. About 15 pages with yellow highlighting, otherwise a solid copy.
Softcover. Charleston SC, Arcadia, 1st, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 128 pages, b&w illustrations. As the twentieth century dawned, the Boston & Maine Railroad Company controlled virtually all of the rail lines in New Hampshire, as well as much of the service in Maine and Massachusetts. Ultimately, the company operated more than 2,000 stations in northern New England. The train was the most important mode of travel, and the stations were the center of the community. Boston & Maine in the 20th Century continues the first pictorial history of the railroad company, entitled Boston & Maine in the 19th Century. With more than 200 rare images and historical narrative, the book details the trains and their destinations: the terminals, stations, depots, and whistle stops to which they sped. Times changed, and the railroad was passed by; however, its legacy lives on. Clean copy.
Hardcover. NY, Black Dog & Leventhal, reprint, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Oblong hardcover, 143 pages. 41 superb photos of the early logging locomotives of the Northwest. Essay by John T. Labbe. Bright copy in a dust jacket.
Hardcover. New York , Treasure Books/ Grosset & Dunlap, 1st, 1950, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, illustrated boards, 28 pages. Color drawings throughout by Art Seiden. Light cover wear.
Hardcover. NY, Simmons-Boardman, 1st, 1925, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, black cloth stamped in gilt, Definitions and typical illustrations of locomotives, their parts and equipment; descriptions and illustraions of shops and tools employed in their construction and repair; locomotives built in America for railroad and industri al operations in foreign countries. 1131 pages with product information on locomotives and parts, plus photographs and dimensional diagrams. Clean bright copy.
Hardcover. NY, Simmons-Boardman Publishing, 1st, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, blue cloth covers with gold design, titles, 1028 pages. Definitions and typical illustrations of steam, turbine, electric and diesel locomotives, their parts and equipment, including a section on locomotive shops and engine terminals. Photographs, illustrations and diagrams. One of the final issues of the Cyclopedias in which steam locomotives would be featured. Small date on front fly leaf, otherwise a clean, tight copy.
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. NY, Simmons-Boardman, reprint, 1985, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, reprint of the 9th edition, 1930. VG cond. hardcover, no dj. Red boards w/ bright gilt lettering on spine. Extensively illustrated in b&w. 1440 pages. Square, straight, tight, Some numbers in ink on inside front cover, otherwise bright & clean, overall very good condition.
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.
Hardcover. NY, Atheneum/Richard Jackson Books, 1st, 2013, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 64 pages. Floca proves himself masterful with this Caldecott Medal winner. The book's large format offers space for a robust story in a hefty package of information. Set in well-paced blank verse, the text begins with a quick sketch of "how this road was built" and moves abruptly to the passengers on the platform and the approaching train. The author smoothly integrates descriptions of the structure and mechanics of the locomotive, tasks of crew members, passing landscapes, and experiences of passengers. Simply sketched people and backgrounds, striking views of the locomotive, and broad scenes of unpopulated terrain are framed in small vignettes or sweep across the page. Though a bit technical in explaining engine parts, the travelogue scheme will read aloud nicely and also offers absorbing details for leisurely personal reading. Substantial introductory and concluding sections serve older readers. There's also a detailed explanation of the author's efforts and sources in exploring his subject. Train buffs and history fans of many ages will find much to savor in this gorgeously rendered and intelligent effort. True First Printing minus the stickers.
NY, New York Central Lines, 1915, Book: Good, Softcover brochure that folds out to approx. 30 X 27" with a color map on one side. Rand McNally did the map as a promotional piece for the New York Central Railroad Lines. The opposite side features a wealth of tourist information: lists of hotels, boarding houses, camps, steamer lines, rates and fares, train schedules, etc. Clean with little to no paper loss or any repairs.
Softcover. Rapid City SD, Black Hills & Western Railroad, 1927, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, folding automotive road map, printed in red and black on beige paper stock. Dated 3-31-27 at bottom. Open size appox. 9 X 16". Ads on reverse side.
Hardcover. Bloomington IN, Indiana University Press, 3rd pr., 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 138 pages. the complete run of lithographic posters done to promote the South Shore Railroad in the early 20th century by artists such as Will Bradley, Maxfield Parrish, Ethel Reed, J. C. Leyendecker, Edward Penfield etc. Color illustrations.
Softcover. Washington DC, Association of American Railroads, 1st, 1948, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Oblong softcover, stapled wraps., 37 pages. Includes name of train - road on which it operated - between which cities- equipment - power . Clean copy.
Softcover. self-published, 1st, circa 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 48 pages. The author was a traveling salesman and railroad buff. In the course of his work in the 1930s, he had the opportunity to photograph many of the trains he traveled on. The variety of locomotives and the trackside structures captured should make this invaluable to historians and railroad fans.. Also includes 2 carefully drawn maps. Clean copy.
Softcover. Hanover PA, Privately Published, 1st, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 48 pages with photographs of various electric locomotives and cars, abbreviated rosters and index. A fine and bright copy.
Softcover. Cleveland OH, New York Central Lines, nd, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, multi-panel brochure which opens up to a 34 X 20" map on one side. A promotional piece from a consortium of railroads that shows how their routes tie together the industrial heartland. Hundreds of stops listed in a detailed map. Very good condition. In a brown card folder, clean. No date but assumed 1920s.
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