The James Means control for flying machines, based on the principle of mental automatism
Boston: James Means, 1913. 12mo, pp. [12]; self wrappers, 4 drawings in text; a fine copy. More
Transportation
Report on the construction of a military road from Fort Walla Walla to Fort Benton
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
Report on the construction of a military road from Fort Walla Walla to Fort Benton
Washington: G.P.O., 1863. Large 8vo, pp. 363, [3]; 10 lithograph plates (most with hand coloring), plus 4 large folding maps; recent utilitarian library cloth, gilt-lettered direct on gilt-paneled spine; text block bound tight; clean inside. Early ownership signature of Mr. Thomson Mason, Baltimore, Nov. 1, 1863. See Howes M-884 showing... More
A century of Lionel, timeless toy trains. Photography by Bill Milne.
[New York: Friedman / Fairfax Publishers, 2000]. First edition, oblong 4to, illustrated throughout; fine copy of an essential book for the Lionel collector and causal engineer. More
Notre métro
[Neuilly-Sur-Seine]: J. Robert, 1983. Second edition, 4to, pp. 511, [1]; numerous photographic illustrations in black & white and color, as well as extensive diagrams, maps and charts; old Paris carte orange metro maps laid in (dated 1974, 1983-4); near fine in original brown cloth backed boards, pictorial dust jacket. More
Jane's world railways
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1967. Tenth edition, 4to, pp. 69 (ads), 522; numerous black & white photographic illustrations, maps, charts, index; light wear to extremities, a very good and sound copy. More
Balloons to jets.
Chicago: Henry Regnery Company, 1957. First edition, 8vo, pp. viii, [8]; black & white plates; fine in original light blue cloth, dust-jacket with light edgewear. Illinois State Historical Society Occasional Publication No. 52. A history of aviation. More
Three men in a motor car or a summer tour in France and Switzerland
New York: E.P. Dutton & Company, [1906]. 8vo, pp. xiv, 268; frontispiece, 16 plates, preliminaries lightly foxed and bottom corners clipped on the first 2 leafs; extremities a bit rubbed with some dampstaining to spine ends, else good in original red cloth with decorative color-illustrated upper cover and gilt lettering on spine. More
Justice tires and tubes. Automobile supplies [cover title]
Chicago: Sears, Roebuck and Co., n.d., [ca. 1915]. 8vo, pp. 104; illustrated throughout; original color pictorial wrappers; light edge wear else near fine. Justice Tires was Sears' own brand of tire. The catalog contains many different automobile supplies including horns, spark plugs, batteries, wrench sets, jacks, trunk racks, pumps, even... More
The Overland trail. A scenic guide book "Through the Heart of the Sierras" on the line of the Southern Pacific
Chicago: Curt Teich & Co., [n.d.] (ca. early 1900s). Oblong 4to, unpaginated; 23 full-p. sepia illustrations, mounted (including a folding double-page panorama), map, two pages of text containing illustration descriptions; tan pictorial wrappers lettered in green & gilt, paper label illustration mounted on upper cover, ribbon ties at spine; covers... More
Motor tours in Yorkshire...with photographs by R. de S. Stawell
New York: Hodder and Stoughton, [ca. 1909]. Small 8vo, pp. map endpapers, photographic frontispiece, approximately 50 plates; publisher's red gilt-stamped pictorial cloth, spine a bit toned with two small tears to cloth at head; a very good copy over all. More
Typescript letter concerning carriage part order
Dallas, Texas: 1914. Short typescript letter asking after details of an order of octagon buggy wrenches, with engraved letterhead depicting Studebaker Vehicle Works factory in South Bend Ind.; a few creases, fine. More
The beginnings of the London metro
Report of the banquet given by George Francis Train ... of Boston ... to inaugurate the opening of the first street railway in London, the Marble Arch line, March 23rd, 1861, with opinions of the press and extracts on the subject of street railways
London: P. Grant & Co., 1861. First edition, 8vo, pp. 110; original green printed wrappers; wrappers loose, but present; chips from the top corners of the front wrapper; all else very good. The whole of the proceedings, in condensed form, "of the inauguration of the first line opened in the... More
The lore of flight
[United States]: [Time-Life Books], [1970]. Large 4to; pp. 3-430, [2]; illustrated throughout; very good copy in original jacket. Previous owners' signature on front and rear flyleaf. More
Missiles, rockets and satellites [later, Missiles, rockets, and space vehicles; later still, Missiles, rockets, and ventures into space].
Washington, D.C. G.P.O., June 1958 - June 1962. 10 volumes, 4to, original beige printed wrappers; a few filing rubberstamps, but in all a near fine and complete set of the Army's bibliographic survey made art the request of the Office of the Chief of Research and Development on the space... More
I'd walk a mile
Report of the Secretary of War, communicating ... information respecting the purchase of camels for the purposes of military transportation
Washington, D.C. A. O. P. Nicholson, printer, 1857. First edition, 8vo, pp. 238; folding plate, 21 full-page illustrations, illustrations in the text; original brown cloth, gilt-stamped spine (dull); all else very good. Issued as Senate Ex. Document 62, 34th Congress, 3rd Session. Graff 4436. More
The lone scout of the sky. The story of Charles A. Lindbergh. With special contributions from Dr. John H. Finley, Commander Richard E. Byrd, Clarence D. Chamberlain. Contains complete instructions on how to make a flying model of The Spirit of St. Louis.
Philadelphia: for the Boy Scouts of America by the John C. Winston Co., [1928]. First edition, 8vo, pp. [20], [25]-275; frontispiece, 30 illus. on rectos and versos of 15 plates, plus illus. in text; fine copy in a fine jacket except for a torn piece missing from bottom of rear panel. More
From Salt Lake City to San Francisco Bay via the Western Pacific Railway Feather River Canon Route
Chicago: Curt Teich & Co. for the Van Noy Inter-State Co., [n.d.] (ca. early 1900s). Oblong 4to, unpaginated; 25 full-pg, illustrations in color and mounted, two pages of text containing illustration descriptions; tan pictorial wrappers lettered in black & gilt, color illustration mounted on upper cover, ribbon-bound; covers a bit... More
The romance of modern locomotion
London: Seeley and Co. Limited, 1907. 8vo, pp. 367, [1], 16 (ads); frontispiece, numerous black & white photographic plates, illustrations in the text; full blue cloth elaborately decorated in red, gilt, and light blue on upper cover and spine; edges a bit spotted, spine faded, light wear to extremities, else... More
A system of aeronautics, comprehending its earliest investigations, and modern practice and art. Designed as a history for the common reader, and guide to the student of the art. In three parts
Philadelphia: Joseph A. Speel, 1850. First edition, 8vo, pp. xvi, [17]-310; errata slip tipped in after the title page; steel-engraved portrait frontispiece, 12 lithograph plates; original brown cloth, gilt-stamped spine; spine ends chipped level with text block, corners worn, the binding slightly skewed; all else very good and sound. "John... More
The Aero blue book and directory of aeronautic organizations
New York: Century Co., 1919. 4to, pp. [30], vii, [1]. 202, [16]; addenda and errata slip tipped in at p. [1]; illustrated throughout; prelims and terminals are advertisements, ads also on endpapers; original gilt-stamped blue cloth; gilt on spine a bit dull, otherwise very good. "Text book of aerial transportation... More
