Boston: press of the Boston Daily Advertiser, W. L. Lewis, print. 1829. 8vo, pp. vii, [1], 64; uncut and stitched, as issued; blank corner torn from title page, otherwise near fine. This horse-drawn rail proposal was one of the first in the country. Hale was acting chairman of the Mass..... More
New York: Theo. Audel & Co., 65 W. 23rd St. 1927. 12mo, pp. [14], xvi, 17-476, [6], 23, 23a-23b, 24-48, [4] ads; illustrated throughout; fine in original limp brown cloth, gilt-stamped spine. This manual was originally published in 1915 and regularly updated. This appears to be its seventh iteration. "Nehemiah..... 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
Boston: Wright & Potter, state printers, 1870. 8vo, pp. 118; tables and illustrations in the text; short tear in fore-margin of front wrap and first few leaves, small hole in back wrapper and last 2 leaves; all else very good in original printed tan wrappers. Early ownership signature at the..... More
Stuttgart: Germania-verlag g.m.b.h., [1925]. Folio, pp. xii, 396; 4 color plates, numerous illustrations throughout, mostly from photographs; later red cloth, gilt-lettered spine; slightly skewed, else near fine. 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
New York: Funk & Wagnalls Company, 1938. First edition. 8vo, pp. xii, 356; photograph frontispiece, several illustrations and diagrams throughout; original blue cloth stamped in silver on the front cover and spine; very good with a slightly skewed spine and a faint dampstain on the front free endpaper; lacks the..... More
Philadeklphia: Dorrance & Co., [1949]. First edition, 8vo, pp. x, 11-301, [1]; fine copy in original red cloth, dust jacket with very shallow chips at extremities. This copy warmly inscribed to (presumably) the author's wife: "To my beloved Linnie Alice: without your constant encouragement and help this book would not..... More
New York: Sleight & Van Norden, print, 1833. 8vo, pp. 38; folding table in the pagination; original blue printed wrappers; small chip out of the lower corner of the front wrapper (no loss of letterpress); all else very good. Includes the report of the committee appointed by a resolution of..... 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
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1939. 8vo, pp. x, 85, [1]; frontispiece and 39 plates, most in color, after paintings by Basil Lubbock; original beige cloth boards, signature on free endpaper, light soiling to spine, near fine. The text and abridgement of SAIL 1, 2, and 3. More
New York: W. J. Johnston, 1888. Second edition, enlarged, 4to, pp. x, 282 (pagination skipping 85-88); over 300 text illustrations, 1 folding plate; original brown cloth, gilt title on spine and cover; spine toned and rubbed, contemporary bookplates on pastedown of the Franklin Union Foundation and S. B. Whiting, faint..... More
Boston: James Means, 1909. 8vo, pp. [12], self-wrappers; fine. 6 in OCLC. The apparatus, as described by Means, is suitable for military scouting. The text of this pamphlet is in English, French and German. 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
Dublin: Midland Great Western Railway of Ireland, n.d., [ca. 1870s]. Unaccomplished pro-forma folio broadside (approx. 13¾" x 8¾") on gray paper; fine. Pro-forma contract for the purchase of rails and fish plates, with blanks left for tons of rails, date, terms, signature, and date. "To be delivered free on any..... More
London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1974, 1985. First edition of each volume, oblong 8vo, pp. [68] and [63] respectively; illustrated throughout; original pictorial laminate boards; fine copies. More
Paris: Malet-Bachelier, 1861. First edition, 8vo, pp. 40; three folding plates depicting a transit system via air balloon; original printed paper wrappers; spine largely perished, gatherings resewn and wrappers neatly reattached, covers lightly soiled, one or two pages with damp in the margins; good or better. A treatise on the..... 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
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
