Search Results: Transportation from Walnut Valley Books/Books by White

New York, NY: Melcher Media/Harley-Davidson Motor Company, 2002 Melcher Media/Harley-Davidson Motor Company, New York. 2002. Softcover/French Wraps. No ISBN. First Printing by Line Number. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Near Fine; light surface scratches. No DJ. Pictorial card stock wraps. Wraps are not bent or folded; spine is not creased or split; text is secure in binding. Clean internals. 117 pp 4to. This book is a collection of the best images from a century's worth of motorcycle marketing. The 124 evocative and elegant ads gathered here help turn a Motor Company into an icon. This book is a chronicle of the Motor Company's growth and a collection of snapshots of America's changing face in the twentieth century. A clean very presentable copy.

New York, NY: Dodd, Mead, & Company, 1978 Dodd, Mead, & Company, New York. 1978. Hardcover. First Printing by Line Number. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for a gift inscription on the front pastedown. Book Condition: Near Fine; slight bottom board edge shelfwear. DJ: Very Good; Price Clipped; light chipping at head and tail; small closed tears on edges. Orange cloth boards and spine with bright black lettering on the spine. 265 pp 8vo. The author has been restoring collectable antique cars for over 25 years. Here he provides and account of his experiences that is as delightful as it is informative. Full of advice, solutions, and restoration tips. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.

Chicago, IL: M.A. Donohue, 1922 M. A. Donohue, Chicago, IL. 1922. Hardcover. Salesman's copy so no edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Good +; wear at head, tail, tips, and front board fore edge; moisture stains to spine. No DJ. Red cloth boards and spine with tarnished gilt lettering on front board and oval portrait of Ford affixed to front board. Suggestions About Selling, a bifold paper gives suggestions on sales talk to sell the book is laid in. In two locations are 15 b/w photographs about HF and Ford Motor Company, chapters of sample text, blank subscription pages at rear, and a sample spine cloth mounted on rear pastedown for an alternate color choice. Non-paginated 8vo. This book was used by salesmen to allow prospects to read a bit of the book, see what it was all about, and sign up orders for the book to be delivered at a later date. The book was not only to promote Ford and Ford Vehicles but to polish up his image a bit from his anti-semitic newspaper. A clean… Read More

Osceola, WI: MBI Publishing Company, 1998 MBI Publishing, Osceola, WI. 1998. Softcover/Trade Wraps. First Printing. The Crestline Series Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Fine. No DJ. Pictorial color wraps. Wraps are not bent or folded; spine is not creased or split. 160 pp. Intercity Coaches, School Buses, Suburban Coaches, City Buses, Tour and Sightseeing Buses, Airport Buses, Military and Government Buses and more.This book features archival photography of the great American buses; Mack, Yellow Coach, GMC, Flxible, Superior, Motor Coach Industries. The author chronicles the whole history of buses that carry the nation's children, entertainers, and workers. A clean pristine copy.

Mineola, NY: Dover Publications Inc. , 1993 Dover Publications Inc., Mineola, NY. 1993. Softcover/Trade Wraps. First Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Near Fine; small scuff on front wrap; light edge bumping. No DJ. Pictorial card stock wraps. Wraps are not bent or folded; spine is not creased or split; text is secure in binding. 129 pp 4to. This rare collection of 126 "builder portraits" of American locomotives offers a cavalcade of images that chronicle the momentous rise of steam locomotive power in America. Builder portraits are exacting official photographs of new taken while the locomotive is in new condition and not been taken on the rails. These are from the rogers Collection of American Steam locomotion. They demonstrate how developed the American steam locomotive had become before the advent of the diesel. A clean very presentable copy.

New York, NY: te Neues Publishing Company, 1998 te Neues Publishing Company, New York. 1998. Hardcover. First Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for a small remainder mark on the textblock bottom. Book Condition: Near Fine; trace bumping to tips. DJ: Near Fine; light bumping to tips. Black paper over boards and spine with bright gray lettering on the spine. Gray endpapers. 160 pp 4to. The photographer was introduced to biker culture in 1990 at a fundraiser for crippled children. Since then he has attended biker rallies all over the United States capturing black and white photographs of bikers looking candidly into the camera lens, revealing, behind a barrage of tattoos, chains, and leather, their humanity. A clean very presentable copy. No International Shipping. Priority mailing will require additional postage.

Osceola, WI: Motorbooks International , 1993 Motorbooks International, Osceola, WI. 1993. Hardcover. 2nd Printing. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Near Fine; slight shelfwear to head, tail, and tips. DJ: Near Fine; NOT Price Clipped ($29.95); light bumping to top edges of DJ. Plum colored boards and spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine. 160 pp 4to. This book is a history of the service station and the American car culture it helped create. This is the chronicle of the birth of roadside architecture, the development of gasoline pumps, corporate trademarks, and gas station memorabilia. A clean very presentable copy.

Osceola, WI: MBI Publishing Company, 1995 MBI Publishing Company, Osceola, WI. 1995. Softcover/Trade Wraps. Stated First Published in 1995. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Very Good; light foxing to first and last page; small splash stains to textblock bottom edge; light edge bumping. No DJ. Pictorial card stock wraps. Wraps are not bent or folded; spine is not creased or split; text is secure in binding. 192 pp 4to. This book chronicles more than 130 years of bicycle in the US, from the high-wheelers of the late-180s to the high tech mountain and race bikes of today. All of the great American bikes and their stories are here, such as Schwinn, Monark, Columbia, Huffy, Elgin, Iver Johnson, Shelby, Roadmaster, as well as the many others covered in the thoroughly entertaining text. More than 200 illustrations including brochures, historical photos, drawings, and dozens of specially commissioned studio photographs fill the pages. A clean very presentable copy.

Silverton, CO: Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad, 2007 Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad, Silverton, CO. 2007. Softcover/Trade Wraps. Stated Second Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Near Fine; slight edge bumps. No DJ. Pictorial Wraps. Wraps are not bent or folded; spine is not creased or split. 188 pp small 8vo. This is the essential book for those who want to know the history of the Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad and to use it as a tour guide when the come to the area. This book features the highlights of the spectacular 45-mile route giving an insightful look the colorful history of the railroad and of the geology of the mountains as the steam engine assents and descends the mountains. A clean and very presentable copy.

David City, NE: South Platte Press, 1999 South Platte Press, David City, NE. 1999. Softcover/Trade Wraps. Stated First Printing. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Fine. No DJ. Pictorial card stock wraps. Wraps are not bent or folded; spine is not creased or split; text is secure in binding. 60 pp 4to. This is the story of the Arkansas Valley Interurban, an electric-powered railroad that served the plains of south-central Kansas from 1910 to 1940 connecting the major cities of Wichita, Hutchinson, and Newton. The AVI was constructed in a short-lived era of great public optimism for interurban railroads, which was derailed with the advent of the automobile. A clean very presentable copy.

New York, NY: Theo. Audel & Co. Publishers, 1939 Theo. Audel & Co. Publishers, New York. 1939. Flexible Boards. 2nd Printing of the 1937 edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Fine; no observable signs of use. No DJ. Green cloth over flexible boards and spine with bright black lettering on the spine and front board; diagram picture on front board. 209 pp + 28 pp of advertising 16mo. This book is an attempt to bring together a time-saving, well-organized, ready reference group of popular connection diagrams showing conditions encountered most often in average practice. Numerous illustrative diagram examples are given especially in the parts dealing with power transformers and synchronizing connection of alternating current generators. A clean very presentable copy.

Arcadia, CA: Post-Era Books, 1976 Post-Era Books, Arcadia, CA. 1976. Hardcover. First Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: New. No DJ. Blue faux-leather boards and spine with bright gold lettering on spine and front board with picture in gold of old radiator repairman. 192 pp. The radiator, prominently positioned at the very forefront of the automobile became not only the life-blood of keeping a motor running but the subject for stylized effects. This comprehensive, step-by-step handbook is as valuable for the precision restorer now as it was for the small shop radiator mechanic for whom it was originally addressed. Coverage extends from the primitive, long-abandoned core constructions to the commercially efficient tubular and honeycomb types, variations of which were already then being used by the majority of car producers. Cooling system basics, particularly as fine points relate to the historic automobile, are reviewed in a special closing chapter. A clean pristine new copy… Read More

Wichita, KS: Boxcar Books , 1998 Boxcar Books, Wichita, KS. 1998. Softcover/Trade Wraps. 2nd Printing of the 1966 original. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Very Good +; light crease in front spine edge from opening front wrap. No DJ. Pictorial card stock wraps. Wraps are not bent or folded; spine is not creased or split; text is secure in binding. 156 pp 8vo. This book is based on the papers of William Prescott Smith and many of the telegrams sent to and from him that gives the best chance to see the workings of the railroads during the Civil War. As Master of Transportation for the B&O during the war, he handled men, horses, and supplies along a constantly threatened rail line. A clean very presentable copy

Bastrop, TX: Sandborn Tours, 1989 Sandborn Tours, Bastrop, TX. 1989. Softcover/Trade Wraps. First Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for a rubber stamp on the title page of the Sandborn Tours new address and a name in ink on the front wrap. Book Condition: Very Good; rubbing to wraps; light edge and tip wear. No DJ. Pictorial card stock wraps. Wraps are not bent or folded; spine is not creased or split; text is secure in binding. 89 pp 8vo. Known as Copper Canyon in English, the Barranca del Cobre is a labyrinthine system of chasms stretching from horizon to horizon. Its environ is the home of one of the most reclusive Native American tribes in North America, the Tarahumara. This is the definitive book about the Copper Canyon. The author has given a complete description and history of the Sierra Tarahumara and its people. The railroad log is a concise description of what the traveler will see along the Chihuahua al Pacifico. A clean very presentable copy.

Albuquerque, NM: AbqPress, 2012 AbqPress, Albuquerque, NM. 2012. Softcover/Trade Wraps. INscribed by author on the title page. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Fine. No DJ. Pictorial Wraps. Wraps are not bent or folded; spine is not creased or split. 165 pp. This is the story of Jesse Harper's passage from boyhood to manhood; from learning to drive Mule Rider's 18-wheeler back in New Mexico to becoming a U.S. Army trucker, under fire, in Iraq. Women truckers, Hoot 'N' Holler, play supporting roles stateside, as does a black and white border collie named Sergeant Sloan. In Iraq, Jesse's companion trucker is Kelsey Brannigan, a no-nonsense female Army gear jammer from Seattle. A clean pristine copy.

Topeka, KS: Self-Published by Author, 1953 Self-Published by Author, Topeka, KS. 1953 is the only date listed on the last page. No edition stated as this was passed out by the author as a gift. Inscribed by the author on the first blank page. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Very Good; light wear to head, tail, and tips; areas of finish flaking on the spine and lower boards; light foxing to textblock edges and endpapers. No DJ. Red cloth boards and spine with gilt lettering on the front board with globe in gilt. 124 pp 8vo. The author and his wife were world travelers and with that in mind and as a memorial to her he wrote this book about his travels and interesting places he visited in the USA, Europe, and US island possessions in the Pacific. Photographs, poetry, and general advice on life and people included. A clean presentable copy.

Radnor, PA: Chilton Book Company/Automotive Editorial Department, 1974 Chilton Book Company/Automotive Editorial Department, Radnor, PA. 1974. Softcover/Trade Wraps. Stated First Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for the original price sticker on the front wrap. Book Condition: Fair; large cut from a box cutter across the front wrap; soiling to textblock edges from shop use; light sunfading to spine; soiling to wraps from shop handling. No DJ. Pictorial card stock wraps. Wraps are not bent or folded; spine had light paper creases but is not split; text is secure in binding. 242 pp 4to. Written by Chilton specialists who avoid filling the book with technical jargon. Repair procedures are written so that most tasks can be performed without the need for special tools. The book is profusely illustrated with manufacturer's photographs, diagrams, and drawings. A presentable copy for the shop or auto restorer.

Lakewood, CO: Western Guideways, 1996 Western Guideways, Lakewood, CO. 1996. Softcover/Trade Wraps. Stated 7th Edition/29th Printing. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Very Good +; small creases to wraps; slight wear to head, tail, and tips from shelvingl. No DJ. Pictorial card stock wraps. Wraps are not bent or folded; spine is not creased or split; text is secue in binding. 168 pp 8vo. For those inquisitive people who wonder how and why a railroad was built through this wild country, or wonder why some of the rocks along the Animas river are a bright red color and abruptly disappear, or how in thunder the early settlers ever survived a winter in these mountains-- this guidebook is written for you. It is an attempt to combine the fascinating history of the area with an explanation of the geology and natural beauty visible from the train. New detailed maps. A clean very presentable copy.

Lakewood, CO: Western Guideways, 1985 Western Guideways, Lakewood, CO. 1979. Softcover/Trade Wraps. Stated 18h Printing of the Fourth Edition. This edition of Cinders and Smoke commemorates the 100th anniversary of the railroad's arrival in Silverton and the first anniversary of the D&SNG R.R. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Near Fine; edge bumping and tip bumping. No DJ. Pictorial Wraps. Wraps are not bent or folded; is not creased or split; spine is secure in binding. 141 pp 8vo. For those inquisitive people who wonder how and why a railroad was built through this wild country, or wonder why some of the rocks along the Animas river are a bright red color and abruptly disappear, or how in thunder the early settlers ever survived a winter in these mountains-- this guidebook is written for you. It is an attempt to combine the fascinating history of the area with an explanation of the geology and natural beauty visible from the train. A clean very presentable copy.

New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1946 Alfred A. Knopf, New York. 1946. Hardcover. Stated First Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for gift inscription on FFFP. Book Condition: Near Fine; small bleached area on rear lower tip. DJ: Good; intact but with small missing pieces on top edge and at cover at heel; several closed tears on edges and at front top flap edge. Maroon cloth boards and spine with bright gold lettering on spine. 151 pp. The covered bridge is one of the genuine American landmarks. The story of the development of these old bridges in Vermont is in many respects representative of the story of covered bridges throughout the country. A fascinating study of which the author and photographer of this book have made full use of. This new and corrected edition of a standard work includes 100 superb B&W photographs. A clean and very presentable copy in Brodart mylar.