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Denver: World Press, Inc.. Very good plus with light wear and a previous owners rubber-stamp address under front dj flap. Special limitation page signed in ink by the author "Michael Koch" and numbered "4077." Jacket is good with some spot worn through - but looks pretty good in its protective archival sleeve. . Very Good Plus. Hardcover. Limited Edition. 1971.

The Shay Locomotive
Titan of the Timber
Complete history of the Shay locomotive, built by Lima Machine Works of Ohio.
First Edition The pages, binding, and edges of the book are in very good condition. The spine has sun fading (see photos). 100% guaranteed that condition is as described. Prompt shipping from the US with tracking number.
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World Press Inc, 1971. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Limited edition. SIGNED by the author. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Boards betray fading and nicks and other signs of wear and imperfection commensurate with age. Binding is tight and structurally sound. Pages absent any extraneous marks. Number 4680. Mylar included to ensure future enjoyment. Secure packaging for safe delivery.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Denver, CO, USA: The World Press, Inc., 1971. Limited Edition . Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. ix, 488pp. bw photographs, drawings, colour plates w glassine protective leaves intact. Signed by the author and numbered (No. 2019) on the limitation page. Printed endpapers. Sensational Color Print Offer certificate laid in. Brown cloth w bright goldstamp figure and lettering to cover and spine. Very light shelf wear. Binding square and sound. DJ showing light soiling commensurate w age and handling and previous owner has trimmed top and bottom edges w masking tape (3/8") to guard against edgewear and reinforced backside of the spine and fore edges the same (not visible). Quarto. 2.15kg before packaging.

world press, 1971 hardback book in near fine condition,dust jacket is good to very good,signed by Michael koch. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good.

Denver.: World Press., 1971.. First edition.. Gilt decorated hard cover. . Fine copy in fine (very light edge wear) dust jacket (in mylar). . 4to.. Illustrated. Limited edition, number 2039. Signed by the author. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition.

Denver.: World Press., 1971.. First edition.. Hardcover.. Fine copy (book plate) in fine dust jacket (in mylar).. 4to.. Illustrated. Limited edition, number 3446. Signed by the author. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition.

Denver, CO: World Press, 1971. First edition First printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Copy number 4184 signed by Koch on special limitation page. The definitive book on the Shay locomotive, the preponderant locomotive of choice of the logging industry, consisting of 486 pages of text, photographs, color art, and builder's construction list of every Shay built. A perceptive biography of the inventor, the exciting story of the colorful logging industry in its heyday, a corporate history of the Lima Locomotive Works and the Shay locomotives it built. Bound in maroon cloth with lettering and illustration stamped in gilt. Fine in near fine, bright dust jacket with just a hint of edge wear. A very handsome copy.

Denver, CO: World Press, 1971. First edition First printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Copy number 819 signed by Koch on special limitation page. The definitive book on the Shay locomotive, the preponderant locomotive of choice of the logging industry, consisting of 486 pages of text, photographs, color art, and builder's construction list of every Shay built. A perceptive biography of the inventor, the exciting story of the colorful logging industry in its heyday, a corporate history of the Lima Locomotive Works and the Shay locomotives it built. Bound in maroon cloth with lettering and illustration stamped in gilt. Fine in near fine, bright dust jacket with just a hint of edge wear. A very handsome copy.

Denver: The World Press, Inc., 1971., 1971. First edition. First edition. Quarto. Signed by the author and numbered. This is copy 4533. Maroon cloth, gold stamped decorations on front cover and spine, decorated endpapers, ix [3], 486 pp., frontis. [Richard Ward color painting], foreword, illustrated, six full-color paintings, acknowledgments, bibliography, catalogues, maps and atlases, index. The complete history of the Shay locomotive, built by Lima Machine Works of Ohio. Ephraim Shay reasoned that if a small but powerful locomotive could be built to withstand the punishment of temporary trackage, loggers and lumbermen could tap otherwise inaccessible tracts of timber in any season of the year. The lumber industry was in its hey-day and after several years, Shay developed a unique, gear-driven locomotive with vertical pistons that could pull heavy loads up difficult grades and was simple to repair in the woods. Eventually Shay's locomotives came to be used wherever huge loads had to be moved… Read More