Milwaukee: Kalmbach, [1964]. First edition, 4to, pp. 434; profusely illustrated, some in color and folding; bookplate on front pastedown, pictorial endpapers, spine cocked, extremities spotted, otherwise good in original green cloth with gilt lettering on upper cover and spine, dust jacket (lightly worn and soiled). An extensive history of passenger trains. More
Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1873. First edition, 8vo, pp. 20; full-page map; wrappers and stitching perished; paper quite toned, old library release stamp on title page; fair copy of a rare book. More
Detroit: 1919. Small 8vo, pp. 63; illustrated throughout; original gray printed wrappers; very good. A very detailed mechanical analysis of the Ford product. More
Paris: Dupain-Triel, ans VII, [i.e. 1799]. First edition in French, 8vo, pp. xvi, 247, [1]; 6 engraved folding plates, 1 engraved folding map; nice copy in contemporary full mottled calf, smooth gilt-decorated spine laid out in 6 compartments, red morocco label in 1. Translated from the English by François de... More
Hammondsport, NY: G. H. Curtiss Mfg. Co., [1907]. Oblong 8vo, pp. [12]; illustrated throughout; specifications for 13 different models of Curtiss motors for airplanes and motorcycles; near fine in original pictorial wrappers. In the original Curtiss mailing envelope on the verso of which are early pencil sketches of airplane wings... More
Harrow Weald, Middlesex: Capital Transport, [1994]. First edition, oblong 4to, pp. 80; profusely illustrated with maps and sketches, many full-pg and in color; a fine copy in pictorial boards. A unique history of the importance of the London Underground Diagram. Harry Beck produced his first sketch for the Diagram in... More
New York: Praeger, [1954]. First American edition, 8vo, pp. [iii]-304; 160 illustrations on plates and in the text; fine copy in the dust-jacket. More
London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd., 1924. Folio, pp. [38], xi, [1], [390]; numerous black & white photographic illustrations, diagrams, advertisements, etc.; a good, sound and serviceable copy in original navy cloth stamped in gilt on upper cover and spine. The 16th year of issue. More
Hartford: The Guyde Publishing Co., 1923. 8vo, unpaged; 2-toned (black and red) maps, including one folding map mounted to back pastedown, photographic illustrations throughout; original red cloth (a bit soiled), gilt-lettered upper cover, very light shelf wear, else a fine copy. Advertisements for local establishments (such as the Puritan Hotel... More
Milwaukee: Harley-Davidson Motor Co., 1932. 8vo, pp. 60; illustrated throughout; original pictorial orange wrappers; fine. Sales of riding breeches, leather clothing, gauntlet mitts, helmets, goggles, license plate reflector jewels, eagle ornaments, saddle bags, tandem seats, toy motorcycles, chain grease, friction tape -- all the gear, all the necessities for being... More
Bruxelles: imprimerie du Moniteur Belge, 1930. Tall 8vo, pp. vi, 53; 106 plates, many in color; original brown printed wrappers backed in black cloth; very good. Instruction manual for the Westinghouse braking systems for automobiles, trains, etc. OCLC locates only 1 copy, in Switzerland. More
Nairobi: East African Railways and Harbours, n.d., [1949]. First edition, 4to, pp. xii, 582; 2 folding color maps, 14 plates showing 20 portraits and illustrations; original green cloth stamped in gilt on upper cover and spine; small hole in cloth at top of spine, else a very good copy. More
Berkeley: Howell-North, 1962. First edition; 8vo; pp. xv, [1], 282; pictorial endpapers, illustrations throughout; ex-library else very good in slightly soiled beige cloth, stamped in black on upper cover and spine. More
New York: Walker and Company, [1967]. 8vo, pp. [10], 166; 14 plates, map endpapers; original blue cloth, fine in fine pictorial dust jacket. More
Chicago: Laird & Lee, [1906]. 12mo, pp. xxv, [1], 27-252, [4] ads; a number of illustrations throughout; original limp brown morocco, gilt-lettered upper cover; spine perished (portions preserved and laid in; text block sound. More
Park Forest, IL: Transport History Press, 1993. First edition, 4to, pp. 384; map endpapers, illustrated throughout in black & white and color, text in double column; gift inscription of the verso of the front free endpaper, else a fine copy in the dust jacket. More
Stockholm: Albert Bonniers, [1955]. First Swedish edition printed in a limited but unspecified number (this is copy no. 155), signed by Lindbergh, 8vo, pp. [8], 483, [1], [10]; photographic portrait frontispiece, 11 illustrations on rectos and versos of 3 plates, 7 pages of maps and graphs at the back; fine... More
London: Passenger Transport Board, 1938. Tall slim 4to, pp. 72; chart frontispiece, folding map printed in red and black in rear, black and white photographs throughout; original red printed wrappers, yapp edges; edges a bit rubbed and worn, some soiling, else very good and sound. More
Minneapolis: Lerner Publications, [1979]. First edition, 8vo, xiv & [178]pp., numerous text illus.; upper front hinge torn, else a fine, tight copy in a dust jacket. A study of the business-leader founder of "one of the most important street railway companies in the U.S." by his grandson. Laid in the... More
London: F. C. Westley, 1836. First edition, 8vo, pp. 52; wrappers and stitching perished; small paperclip stain in gutter margin of the title page. An important ballooning narrative taking the aeronauts from England to Germany. Green's introduction of coal gas instead of hydrogen was the mosty important advance in aerostation... More
Detroit: 1915. Small 8vo, pp. 24; illustrated and printed in red and black throughout; original gray wrappers printed in black and red; very good. Instructions on all facets for the new owner of the Maxwell 5-passenger touring car, including starting the car, care of the carburetor, testing the magneto, lubrication... More
1932. Cardboard scrapbook, 12" x 9", pp. [58]; invitations, calling cards, 15 hand illustrated dinner place cards with the names of Chinese ladies, dinner menus (both handwritten and printed), 63 mounted photographs, and an assortment of postcards, all from 1931-1939, with the majority from 1932. The contents have been removed... More
Boston: James Means, -1909. 8vo, pp. [8]; original green printed wrappers (slight fading at extremities); fine copy. Letters patent granted May 25, 1909 for a signaling apparatus and 3 types of launching apparatus. More
Boston: James Means, 1913. 12mo, pp. [12]; self wrappers, 4 drawings in text; a fine copy. More
Washington: G.P.O., 1863. Large 8vo, pp. 363, [3]; 10 lithograph plates (all but 1 tinted), plus 4 large folding maps (all bound in upside down); original diaper-patterned green cloth, gilt lettering on spine quite faded, else a very good copy. Ex-Northern Pacific Railway Co. with 2 small rubberstamps on the... More
