Travel & Adventure from The Book Shed

Boston: Boston and Maine Railroad. Paperback. Good. Two inch split at lower spine, covers spotted. 24 page staplebound booklet, undated but a notation places it in the late 40's early 50's. "The following pages illustrate some of the tools e use in the normal operation of our business." Route map, hsitorical facts, photographs of the old B &… Read more about this item

New York: Bonanza Books, 1967. reprint. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Shelf wear to tips, corners, and edges of the book and jacket. First printing of the Bonanza edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hard Cover. First published by W.W. Norton in 1947. Edwin P. Alexander was the author of a number of railroad history… Read more about this item

New York: D. Appleton, 1893. First American Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Later printing. Light shelf wear to tips, corners, and edges of the book, next to last page (417-18) is loose. Mrs. Elliot's last and scarcest "Idle Woman" title. Perhaps also the most interesting. From Wikipedia: "Frances Minto Elliot (1820–1898) was a prolific English writer, primarily of non-fiction… Read more about this item

Shelburne, VT: New England Press, 1993. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/near fine. Signed by the author on the title page. As new in all respects. First printing / edition stated, no others noted. Volume 1 only. "Railroads of Vermont is the most comprehensive history of railroading in Vermont ever published. Volume I covers 27 Vermont railroads (Addison through… Read more about this item

Leipsic: Karl Baedeker Publisher, 1909. Revised Edition. Hardcover. Good. Shelf wear to covers, splits beginning on spine, previous owner's name. Published in Leipsic by Baedeker, New York by Scribner's, London by Fisher Unwin. Thirty-three maps and forty-eight plans.The first edition to include Cuba, Porto Rico and Alaska. Scarce, the WorldCat locates 6 copies of this edition, just 2… Read more about this item

Springfield, Mass.: Samuel Bowles & Company, 1865. First edition. Hardcover. Good/no jacket, as issued. wear to tips, corners and edges of book, bookplate removal evidence, lacks first blank page, else clean and unmarked. In original publishers cloth. Map has a tear along the right edge through the states of Iowa and Illinois. First printing, no others noted. … Read more about this item

London: Macmillan, 1908. First U.K. Edition. Hardcover. Good/no jacket. shelf wear to tips, corners, and edges of the book, a bit of mottling to the front cover, previous owner's bookplate with brief notations to the front endpaper; no jacket. First printing, no others noted. 201 pages. Travel through France by car in 1906-07. In addition to her… Read more about this item

London: Macmillan & Co Ltd., 1930. Second Edition. Hardcover. Good. Shelf wear to tips, corners, and edges of the book, some pages dog-eared; no jacket, as issued. Map endpapers with 53 maps and "a complete atlas of north eastern France." Findlay Muirhead brought out the Blue Guides after splitting with the German publisher Baedeker during the Great War.… Read more about this item

New York: Geo. A. Crofutt, 1872. Fourth Edition. Hardcover. Good. Fourth volume, third revise. Much shelf wear to tips, corners, and edges of the book, fold-outs ripped, torn, lacks world map at rear. Full title: Crofutt's trans-continental tourist's guide : containing a full and authentic description of over five hundred cities, towns, villages, stations, government forts and camps,… Read more about this item

Bound Brook, NJ: The Pentecostal Union (Pillar of Fire), 1912. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. much wear to tips, corners, and edges of the book, covers rubbed, mottled. First printing, no others noted. The place of publication is misspelled as Bound Bbook, New Jersey so perhaps a very early printing of the first edition. Alma Bridwell White (June 16,… Read more about this item

Kingston-upon-Thames: Boat International Publications, 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/very good. lightest shelf wear to tips, corners, and edges of the book and jacket. Clean and unmarked. As well as featuring below decks tours of 21 mega yachts it is also a sort of an advertising and trade catalog for the top American yacht builders. Every effort is… Read more about this item

Waitsfield VT: Concepts Publishing, 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. New/new. New in publisher's shrink wrap. Charles and Christine Didcott lived full time on St. Barth for several years and were able to capture the seasons, topography, people, and daily life, as well as the carnivals and holidays. Every effort is made to ship all books and other items… Read more about this item

Waitsfield VT: W. W. Norton & Co., 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. New/new. New in publisher's shrink wrap."Fifty yachts are shown with historical and current photographs and textual information. Additionally, there are profiles of the people today who love and restore classic yachts. This lush, beautiful book is the most complete, up-to-date book on classic yachts ever produced. 250… Read more about this item

Kingston-upon-Thames: Boat International Publications, 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/no jacket. Shelf wear to tips, corners, and edges of the book, no jacket. Clean and unmarked. As well as featuring below decks tours of 21 mega yachts it is also a sort of an advertising and trade catalog for the top American yacht builders. Every effort is made… Read more about this item

Waitsfield VT: Concepts Publishing, 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/no jacket. Light shelf wear to tips, corners, and edges of the book; no jacket. With a list price of almost 6 million dollars "The stunning 41.55 metre J Class sailing yacht Ranger, listed for sale by Ann Avery at Northrop & Johnson, has been sold in an in-house… Read more about this item

Garden City: Doubleday Doran, 1935. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/no jacket. Shelf wear to tips, corners, and edges of the book,; no jacket; spine sunned but legible, covers rubbed, offsetting to the endpapers, pictures of Collins (probably from a magazine) taped to the front endpaper, previous owner's name, else clean and unmarked. First edition stated no others noted. Collins… Read more about this item

New York: Random House, 1946. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/good. Second printing. Light shelf wear to tips, corners, and edges of the book and priced jacket, previous owner's name else clean and unmarked. "Edward Hungerford (1875 – July 29, 1948) was an American journalist and author. His main interest was the railroad, about which he wrote many books… Read more about this item

London: Macmillan & Co Ltd., 1925. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Shelf wear to tips, corners, and edges of the book; no jacket, as issued. Map endpapers with 15 maps and plans including the fold out map at the front. First printing, no others noted. The first edition of the Blue Guide to Brittany. Findlay Muirhead brought out the… Read more about this item

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1953. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/good. Third printing of January, 1954 after the first of November, 1953. Light shelf wear to the book which is cocked; more to the tips, corners, and edges of the jacket which has four closed tears. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Born in the Himalayan town… Read more about this item

Brattleboro VT: Stephen Greene Press, 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/very good. Lightest shelf wear to the book; a bit more to the tips, corners, and edges of the jacket which has a closed tear at the upper left corner of the front panel. Clean and unmarked. " Saga of the 58-year Haul of That "Pricely Little Railroad"-… Read more about this item