Search Results: Transportation from Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.

Chelsea House Publishers, (1969).. (1969).. Fine. - Quarto, red cloth titled in gilt, in a dust wrapper. The covers are lightly bumped; the dust jacket is lightly soiled with the spine & extremities slightly darkened. Half-title, title, xii pages [introduction], [2] leaves & leaves numbered 8-83, each depicting an automobile in black-and-white with the specifications printed in black & red below the illustration. Near fine in a very good dust wrapper.

Oldsmobile Division, General Motors Corporation, 1962.. 1962.. Very good. - Quarto, 10-1/2 inches high by 10-1/2 inches wide. Softcover, bound in pictorial white wrappers. The covers are slightly soiled with minor faint creasing to the edges. 32 pages, with color illustrations throughout. Very good.

David and Charles Reprints, (1969).. (1969).. Very good. - 12mo [6-3/4 inches high by 4-1/8 inches wide], cloth, in a price-clipped dust wrapper. The dust jacket is slightly soiled with the top & bottom edges lightly chipped. The head & tail of the jacket's spine have been repaired with scotch tape internally. Title & facsimile consisting of [ii] & 128 pages plus 36-page index. Very good. <p>The catalog was first published by Edward Baker in 1893. The index first appeared in the 1895 supplement to the catalog.

(Storrs-Mansfield, CT: Maurizio Martino), n.d. [1996].. n.d. [1996].. Fine. - Quarto, green cloth titled in gilt. Lightly soiled. 63 pp. B&W head- pieces. Near fine. <p>Reprint, limited to 100 copies, of the original 1887 Paris edition.

London: B. T. Batsford Ltd., (1965).. (1965).. Very good. - Octavo, cloth, in dw. The covers are bumped with the top edge of the front cover rubbed. The dw is lightly rubbed, chipped & soiled. 216 pp. B&W frontispiece, B&W photographic illustrations & B&W full-page & textual maps. Very good. <p>First edition.

Seattle, WA: Superior Publishing Company / Saanichton, BC: Hancock House Publishers, (1974).. (1974).. Fine. - Quarto, silver paper covered boards, in a pictorial dust wrapper. The dust jacket is rubbed with some soiling to the rear panel. The head of the dust jacket spine is chipped & has been partially repaired with scotch tape internally. 175 pages. Profuse black-and-white illustrations. Near fine in a good dust wrapper. <p>First edition.

Boulder, CO: Pruett Publishing Company, (1980).. (1980).. Very good. - Quarto, textured maroon cloth titled in gilt on the spine, in a pictorial dust wrapper. The bottom edges of the covers & the tail of the spine are lightly rubbed. The dust jacket is rubbed & lightly chipped & soiled & the head & tail of the dust jacket spine have been reinforced with scotch tape. xvi & 444 pages. Profusely illustrated in black & white & color. There is an owner's name on the front endpaper. Very good. <p>First edition.

(Lincolnwood, IL): Publications International, Ltd., (1989).. (1989).. Very good. - Quarto [12-3/4 inches high by 10 inches wide], paper-covered boards, in a dust wrapper. The boards are rubbed & bumped with a few tiny dents in the rear board. There is some spotting to the spine & rear panel of the dust jacket with a price-sticker on the rear flap. Profuse color illustrations. Very good.

NY: Guggenheim Medal Board of Award, 1964.. 1964.. Good. - Small quarto, purple wraps. Faded at the extremities & slightly bumped. 125 pp. Illustrated in B&W. Ex-library with a pocket in the rear & a label on the half title. Good. <p>An informative catalogue providing biographical sketches of the Guggenheim Medalists in Aviation from 1929 to1963.

Newton Abbot, Devon, U.K.: David & Charles Reprints, 1971., 1971.. Very good. - Large octavo, black cloth titled in gilt in a dust wrapper. The bottom corner of the rear cover is lightly creased & the top edge of the dust wrapper is slightly roughed. [viii] & 520 pages plus 12 pages of ads. Illustrated in black & white with a folding map and profuse full-page & textual illustrations, including charts & maps. Very good. <p>Translated into English by Miss L. Kukol-Yasnopolsky. Revised by John Marshall. The book was originally published in 1900 to encourage English tourists and businessmen to patronize the Trans-Siberian Railway.

New York: Bonanza Books, [circa 1980's].. [circa 1980's].. Fine. - Quarto, yellow cloth-backed black boards in pictorial dust wrapper. 223 & [i] pages with profuse black & white illustrations throughout. Near fine. <p>Reprint edition.

Peter Smith, 1948., 1948.. Very good. - Octavo, light tan cloth. Lightly soiled with a sticker removed from the spine. 678 pp. Illustrated with 5 plates, including a folding plate. Very good. <p>Reprint of an edition published by the Carnegie Institution of Washington.

(Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1985).. 1985).. Very good. - Small quarto, cloth, in a pictorial dust wrapper. A price-sticker has been removed from the front panel of the dust jacket & there is a small crease to its top edge. The rear panel is very lightly rubbed & soiled. 143 pages. Profuse color illustrations from photographs by Steve McCurry. Near fine in a very good dust wrapper. <p>First edition.

London: John Weale, 59 High Holborn, 1849., 1849.. Good. - Octavo, unbound, removed. 40 pages. There is some soiling & darkening to the title page & the last page. The last leaf is detached with a small piece out of its top corner. There are small pieces out of the top corners of 2 other leaves. Good. Goldsmiths' Kress library of economic literature No. 36429.Lord John Russell (1792-1878) was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1846-52 and 1865-66. Civil engineer George Preston White's letter to Russell promoting railways in Ireland was written in 1849, in the last year of the Irish "Great Famine", a period of mass starvation, disease and emigration between 1845 and 1849. Russell showed very poor leadership during this disaster. Though he continued Sir Robert Peel's grain exports to Ireland, he generally maintained a laissez-faire attitude towards the plight of the Irish, shifting the emphasis of relief to reliance on Irish resources.The purpose of White's letter, he explains, is to point out… Read More

Louisville, KY: L. & N. Magazine, 1959.. 1959.. Very good. - Quarto [11-1/4 inches high by 8-5/8 inches wide], black cloth titled in gilt. The binding is bumped & lightly rubbed. viii & 234 pages, with the text printed in 3 columns. Black-and-white frontispiece & profuse black- and-white textual illustrations. Very good. <p>Third printing, with revisions and three new chapters.

Boston, MA: Eastern Press, Publishers, 1927., 1927.. Very good. - Octavo, 7-1/4 inches high by 4-1/2 inches wide. Softcover, bound in white pictorial wrappers with a black, white & green illustration on the front cover. The edges of the covers are lightly stained with a little strip of paper rubbed away from the front edge of the rear cover. 52 pages, including 4 pages on pink stock, illustrated with four maps. Very good.
The brochure is replete with advertising and contains dozens of bus and rail schedules for New England destinations.

Philadelphia, PA: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1891.. 1891.. Very good. - Octavo, tan cloth titled in black on the front cover & spine. The covers are bumped & lightly rubbed. xvi & 319 pages plus a 1-page list of publications by Lewis M. Haupt. There are some pencil notations & markings in the first prize essay. Very good. <p>First edition.<p>In his introduction, William Rhawn comments that there have been no improvements in the common roads to match the spectacular growth and improvement of the railroads. The University of Pennsylvania's competition aimed to remedy this situation.

NY: The Macmillan Company, 1930.. 1930.. Good. - Octavo, black cloth titled in gilt. The binding is rubbed with a 1-inch piece out of the tail of the spine. 319 pp. Illustrated with B&W plates. Good. <p>First edition.

(Milwaukee, WI): Kalmbach Publishing Co., (1965)., (1965).. Very good. - 4to, dark blue cloth (very lightly bumped; 3 tiny marks to front cover; rear cover lightly rubbed) titled in silver on spine & in blind on front cover, in dw (lightly rubbed & chipped; top edge of front panel & head of dw spine lightly creased). 483 pp. Blue & black pictorial endpapers, B&W pictorial title & profuse B&W illustrations. Near fine in very good dw. <p>First edition.<p>"Throughout its tumultuous 83-year career the late Nickel Plate Road was never really regarded as an enduring institution....Constructed in a matter of 500 days, the Nickel Plate connected Chicago and Buffalo with a 513-mile road characterized by long tangents, mild grades, and impressive bridges. It was built at great cost through a well-developed region already tapped by many railroads....Lacking even a modest reservoir of captive business, the railroad grubbed out a living in an intensely competitive… Read More

London: Ingram, Cooke, and Co., 1852., 1852.. Fair. - Octavo, 9-1/8 inches high by 5-3/4 inches wide. Rust brown cloth titled with a gilt vignette on the front cover. The rubbed and bumped covers are detached and the spine is lacking. 390 pages, illustrated with an extra engraved pictorial title page, a full-page frontispiece, 7 full-page plates and 30 textual vignettes. The first signature consisting of the frontispiece, engraved title and title page is detached but present. There is occasional foxing and soiling. Else, a complete copy which would be well-worth rebacking. First edition.An early study of the building of the British railways issued during the period of the railroad boom. The book is authored by the Congregational minister and railway historian Frederick S. Williams.