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Motorbooks International, 1997. Softcover. Fine. Glossy, pictorial wraps, 96 pages, 9-in tall. A survey of steam tractors manufactured by 17 companies.

Morning Sun Books, 2006. first printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Photographs throughout, 11-in tall, 128 pages. Includes the Canadian Pacific Railway, Canadian National Railways, Pacific Great Eastern Railway, British Columbia Railway, and 9 other smaller railways. Fine in a fine dust jacket.

Monte Vista Publishing, 2001. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. Pictorial wraps, 58 pages, 8.5-in tall. Full-page photographs of fifty-one 900 class steam locomotives. Volume 3 in the Santa Fe Steam series. Front cover shows a spot of light surface rubbing, else is fine.

Pacific Railway Journal, 1961. first printing. Softcover. Good. 34 pages, 11-in tall. History of an interurban line that became a steam railroad. A historical society discard with markings to corners of the front cover and inside front cover, otherwise clean and unworn.

London: G. T. Foulis and Co., 1962. first edition. Hardcover. Fine/good. Blue leatherette, 154 pages, 9-in tall. A history of English royal cars and royal motoring from 1896 to 1962, from King Edward VII to Queen Elizabeth II. Illustrated with 28 photographs of English royalty, including Queen Elizabeth II and the Queen Mother, in their cars. Front panel… Read more about this item

National Railway Historical Society, 1958. Softcover. Good. Pictorial wraps, 48 pages, 9-in tall. Many photographs of 800 Series interurbans that travelled between Allentown and Philadelphia, known as the "Liberty Bell Route" of the LeHigh Valley Transit Company. Unworn covers with some soil. Ownership name inside front wrap, otherwise fine internally.

National Aeronautics Council, 1942. Softcover. Very Good. Profusely illustrated with photographs and diagrams, 96 pages, 9-in tall. This issue contains 3-position silhouettes, general specifications and photographs of 90 leading fighting planes of United States, Great Britain, Norway, Germany, France, Russia, Japan, Italy. Covers with light soil, light wear, internally fine.

Burd Street Press, 2001. Softcover. Fine. 178 pages, 9-in tall. Author's signature on title page.

Staunton, Virginia: Woodrow Wilson Birthplace Foundation, 1990. Softcover. Fine. 16 pages, 8.5-in tall, many photographs.

Chicago: A. J. Munson & Co., 1917. Hardcover. Good/no jacket. Red cloth, 250 pages, 8-in tall, frontispiece, index. A record of the 150 year effort to devise a means of propelling a vehicle without animal power. Includes a complete list of passenger automobiles manufactured in the U. S., with the number of cylinders and the retail price of… Read more about this item

Woodridge, Illinois: McMillan Publications, 1992. first printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/near fine. Blue cloth-like covers, 240 pages, 11.5 in tall. Front endpaper map of Santa Fe wheat lines and super freight routes in Colorado and Kansas, route map for Oklahoma and Texas panhandle is on rear endpaper. Color photographs of Santa Fe locomotives and trains throughout.

Moscow: Progress Publishers, 1980. Softcover. Fine/no jacket. 151 pages, 8.5 in tall, illustrated with many photographs. Chronicles the construction of the Baikal-Amur Railway (BAM), the second trans-Siberian.

Philadelphia: Community Press, 1963. Softcover. Very Good/no jacket. Many photographs of PCC railway cars, 71 pages, 11 in tall. An attempt to track down each Presidents Conference Committee Car built in the United States since the first experimental model and to present general characteristics of each general type of car constructed. Listings by state and country.

Cambridge: University Press, 1923. Softcover. Good/no jacket. The report in gray wraps, 334 pages, 10.5 in tall. A study of 8 New England railroads: New Haven, Boston & Maine, Boston & Albany, Maine Central, Bangor & Aroostook, Grand Trunk, Rutland, and Canadian Pacific. A separate volume in biege wraps contains a general map of New England railroads plus… Read more about this item

Edmonds, WA: Pacific Fast Mail,1988. Hardcover in near fine condition, lacking dust jacket. Blue cloth, 191 pages, 8.5 in tall, bibliography. Photographs of Berkshire and Texas type steam locomotives throughout. Rear cover with just a trifle of surface wear, otherwise clean and unworn.

Sutton Publishing, 2002. First edition. Hardcover in near fine condition, lacking dust jacket. Glossy pictorial covers, 127 pages plus 16 pages of color plates, map frontispiece, 10.5 in tall, bibliography. This title tells the story of the SVR in Shropshire County, England through photographs and detailed captions from the 1960's to the present day. A clean copy showing just a… Read more about this item

Scranton, Pennsylvania: Steamtown Volunteer Association, 1998, c1980. Third printing. Hardcover. Fine/good. Blue cloth and gilt title on spine, 377 pages, frontispiece and many photos, 29cm tall, quarto. The front and rear map endpapers show the route of the Phoebe Snow passenger train between Hoboken and Buffalo. Rear panel of dust jacket shows a small faint sticker ghost, spot… Read more about this item

New York: Curtiss-Wright Corporation, 1930. Softcover. Good/no jacket. Many b/w photos and portraits, 32 pages, 28cm tall, quarto, volume 1 number 4. The Curtiss-Wright Corporation began in 1929 when aviation companies founded by Glenn Curtiss and the Wright Brothers merged. In this issue: Curtiss-Bleecker helicopter; women in aviation; Major James Doolittle; Curtiss-Wright Exhibition Company; and more. Covers show… Read more about this item

Washington DC: Railway Accounting Officers Association, 1919. Softcover. Very Good/no jacket. Gray covers, blue title. 17 pages, 22cm tall, octavo. An address delivered at the 31st annual meeting of the Railway Accounting Officers Association in 1919. A summary of activities of the Military Railways organization in France and the United States during WWI. A clean and unworn copy.… Read more about this item

Carl Eliason & Company, 1998. Softcover. Fine/no jacket. 35 pages, photos throughout, 28cm tall, quarto.