Railroad from Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA

N.p.: Pennsylvania Railroad Company, 1925. Hardcover. 16mo. Brown cloth with gilt lettering. 207pp. Tables, line drawings (some partly color). Very good. Faint binding edgewear only, else internally tight and near fine; abrasion near top of front flyleaf; discreet archival strengthening on inner hinges. Tight and nice copy of this occasionally-updated manual (here "Effective April 26, 1925") for the Pennsylvania… Read more about this item

Marathon, FL: Pigeon Key Foundation, Inc, 1998. Paperback. Edited by Dan Gallagher. 8vo. Stiff glossy pictorial wrappers. viii, 112pp. Numerous illustrations. Very good. Faintest wear to outer wrappers (only), else tight and internally fine; scribbled out ownership name on inside front wrapper. Tight and nice first edition of this personal account of an extraordinary engineering feat that extended a… Read more about this item

Chicago: Central Electric Railfans' Association, 1995. Hardcover. 8vo. Green paper over boards with gilt lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 305pp. Extensive illustrations, maps, pictorial endpapers. Fine/fine. Absolutely pristine first edition of this delightfully thorough, heavily pictorial history of Chicago's famed "L" system -- Bulletin 131 of publisher CERA.

New York: The Century Co, 1922. Hardcover. 8vo. Burgundy cloth with gilt spine lettering. 332pp. Very good. Binding faintly edgeworn, with spine lightly sunned; text block lightly age toned as usual, with bits of sporadic foxing and age toned endpapers; faint floral mustiness. Tight and decent first edition. Folded press release (near fine) laid in.

New York: Bonanza Books, n.y.. Hardcover. 4to. Mustard cloth spine with brown lettering and red paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 239pp. Extensive illustrations. Very good/very good. Jacket mildly edgeworn, with archivally-closed (on verso) edge tear. A handsome and tight reprint edition of this heavily pictorial 1941 survey, undated but circa 1970s vintage.

Lubbock: Texas Tech University Press, 1998. Hardcover. 4to. Full red leatherette with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 320pp. Frontispiece, extensive illustrations. Fine/near fine. Superb and tight first edition of this exhaustively-illustrated compendium.

Berkeley: Howell-North Books, 1966. Hardcover. 4to. Black cloth with gilt lettering, pictorial dust jacket. (5pp), pp. 466-976. Color frontispiece, extensive illustrations (some color), pictorial endpapers. Near fine/very good. Light jacket edgewear; bookplate on front flyleaf of jet and automotive engineer and patent holder Robert H. Jespersen. A tight and handsome first edition of the second volume (only) of this… Read more about this item

Carrollton, OH: The Standard Printing & Publishing Co, 1962. Hardcover. 4to. Burgundy pebble-grained cloth with gilt lettering and medallion, pictorial dust jacket. 320pp. Extensive illustrations. Very good/very good. Jacket a bit edgeworn, with several small edge chips and archivally-closed (on verso) edge tears; front flyleaf ownership signature/address. Tight, nice first edition of the first volume of this highly-regarded and… Read more about this item

Denver: The Van Noy Inter-State Company, 1922. Paperback. Wide small 4to. Stiff calf-textured wrappers and large ornate gilt lettering, string-tied. (40pp). Numerous large sepia-tone photographs. Very good. Faint wear to outer wrappers (only). Tight and attractive first edition of this oversize promotional vehicle for the storied Denver & Rio Grande Railroad, featuring full-page images of the major tourism sites… Read more about this item

N.p.: The Pioneer Press, 1889. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Brown cloth with gilt spine lettering and ornate and elaborate spine and front board black decorative stamping. xv, 463pp. Pink floral endpapers. Very good. Faint binding edgewear, else tight and internally bright and fine. A handsome later printing ("From the Fourth English Edition") of this popular 1857 biography of the "Father… Read more about this item

Moscow, Idaho: University of Idaho Press, 1997. Hardcover. Small 4to. Tan cloth with black spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. x, 239pp. Frontispiece, map, illustrations. Fine/fine. A perfectly pristine first edition of this chronicle of the railroad line that traversed Montana, Idaho and Washington. Uncommon.

New York: Bonanza Books, 1945. Hardcover. 4to. Salmon and black cloth, pictorial dust jacket. xiii, 223pp, (1p). Frontispiece, numerous illustrations. Very good/very good. Mild jacket edgewear, with small chip at head and tail of spine. Tight, quite nice reprint edition of this broad and well-illustrated survey. Interestingly, tipped to front flyleaf is a 4" X 7" "Illinois Central Railroad… Read more about this item

New York: Bonanza Books, n.y.. Hardcover. Small 4to. Yellow and salmon cloth, pictorial dust jacket. 200pp. Extensive illustrations. Near fine/very good. Jacket edgeworn and a tad rubbed, with tiny edge chips. A tight and nice reprint edition of this popular 1956 McGraw-Hill production, which the jacket front cover boasts bears "Over 300 Nostalgic Photographs & Over, 60,000 Words of… Read more about this item

New York: Bonanza Books, n.y.. Hardcover. 4to. Light brown cloth with brown spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xiii, 210pp. Frontispiece, numerous illustrations. Near fine/very good. Faint jacket edgewear and touch of rubbing. A tight and quite attractive reprint edition of this 1941 D. Appleton-Century Company survey by the ever-popular and prolific Beebe.

Seattle: Superior Publishing Company, 1978. Hardcover. Small 4to. Textured red paper over boards with gilt spine lettering. 175pp. Frontispiece, maps, extensive illustrations. Very good. Bit of edgewear, mainly at head and tail of spine; ownership name/address inked on front pastedown. A tight and nice first edition of this superbly-illustrated study.

Polo, IL: Transportation Trails, 1994. Hardcover. 4to. Full brown leatherette with gilt lettering, border and decorations, pictorial dust jacket. 208pp. Extensive illustrations, figures. Fine/near fine. A superbly tight and handsome first edition of this well-illustrated study, handsomely inscribed and signed on the front flyleaf in black ballpoint by the prolific writer and railroad specialist (1932-2008): "For a retired Jim,… Read more about this item

New York: A.S. Barnes and Company, 1965. Hardcover. Folio. Green cloth with black spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 395pp. Extensive illustrations. Very good/very good. Mild jacket edgewear, with several tiny edge chips. Tight, handsome early printing with nonauthorial gift inscription on front flyleaf dated 1973. Subtitled on jacket "The Story of the Iron Horse and Some of the Roads… Read more about this item

New York: Bonanza Books, 1965. Hardcover. Small 4to. Orange cloth, pictorial dust jacket. 190pp. Extensive illustrations. Near fine/near fine. A wonderfully bright 'n' tight reprint edition of this superbly and extensively illustrated volume first published by Superior -- fifth in the "Old Railroad" series.

New York: Bonanza Books, 1945. Hardcover. 4to. Burgundy and black cloth, pictorial dust jacket. xiii, 223pp, (1p). Frontispiece, numerous illustrations. Near fine/very good. Faint jacket edgewear. A tight, quite nice reprint edition of this unusual survey.

London: B.T. Batsford Ltd, 1986. Hardcover. Small 4to. Glossy pictorial paper over boards. 120pp. Frontispiece, extensive illustrations, map. Near fine. Tight and handsome first edition.