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Apercu Des Chemins De Fer Russes Depuis L'Origine Jusqu'en 1892
by Andre De Vladimir Herzenstein Et Louis Weissenbruch Gortschakov
Five Separate Weekly Issues, Jan - Aug, 1856, Of Railroad Record And Journal Of Commerce, Banking, Manufactures, And Statistics
by Editor D Mansfield
Steam Engines Books & Ephemera
The Great Steam Trek
by Lewis, C.P.; Jorgensen, A.A
Cape Town: C.Struik Publishers. 1978. Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Light wear to dustjacket edges and corners with small closed tear - no loss - to upper front edge, all but invisible under plastic covering. Illustrated with Colour and Black & White Photographs with colour map. This is a heavy book and will cost more to ship internationally. Please contact us for a precise quote for your...
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A$22.00
The Most Powerful Idea in the World
by Rosen, William
London: Jonathan Cape. 2010. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our clear archival purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 370 pages. A story of steam, industry, and invention. . 1st Edition, Later Printing. Hardback.
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A$20.00
Locomotive Operation: Questions and Answers Defects and Remedies Examination Questions
by Deal, Alonzo W. Sr
, 1918. Very Rare Private Press: Title Page: The Westinghouse Automatic and Straight Air-Brake Combined E.T. Equipment and Machinery Questions and Answers with Their Defects and Remedies Private Press, published by the author: Circa 1918 Small 16mo red clothbound hardcover has very thin boards with lovely rounded corners; 346 pages with some black and white illustrations. Author Alonzo Deal was an Air-Brake and Machinery Examiner for the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad. He began his railroad...
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A$255.65
The Iron Sherpa: Darjeeling and its Remarkable Railway Volume 2
by Martin, Terry
1st ed near Fine in VG+ dw Large format 28x22cm, 384 pages, very well illustrated with b&w and colour photos, technical drawings of the locomotives and rolling stock, and maps. Volume Two is the famous 'missing volume' and is very hard to find in any condition. Please note that this is a large, heavy book and thus postage may be a little more than that shown as standard. Please contact me for more photos of the book inside and out.
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A$1,259.83
Lure Of Steam
by Treacy, Eric
Abingdon: Fraser Stewart Books. 1995. Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Fine condition in a Near Fine Dustjacket - DJ now protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. An excellent copy. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 208 pages. . Reprint. Hardback.
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A$25.00
An Historical Sketch of Road Development in Ontario (1)
by Public Roads and Highways Ontario
[1914]. (Oversize paper covers) 45pp. Good to very good. Card covers, bound typed manuscript. Spine worn on edges, 1" chip from the bottom of the front cover, a previous owner's name and date on the front inside cover and front endpaper. (1) (with particular reference to the settlement of the older parts of the province and the public works policy of the last century). This appears to be the typed manuscript for an article printed in 'Public Roads and Highways' Ontario 1914....
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A$187.09
The Best of Live Steam
by Joe D. Rice
Wildwood, 1985. Two volumes. Fine. Blue cloth, publisher's bindings. Lower corner of Vol. 2 ever so slightly bumped and rubbed; minor shelf wear to covers at edges and spine. Interiors clean, tight, and free of ownership marks. Gorgeous set! Photo is of the set here at Barbed Wire Books.
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A$209.17
Cab-Forward; The Story of Southern Pacific Articulateds
by Church, Robert J
Wilton: Central Valley Railroad Publications 1982. (4to) 310pp. Very good plus, no dust jacket. Dark green leatherette with gilt lettering to the cover and spine. Illustrated photographic endpapers, plans, photographs, tables, six fold-out plans. Photocopies of 8 pages substituted where the pages left blank; a charming letter signed by the author explaining how to attach the replacements laid in. "The cab-forward, exclusive trademark of the Southern Pacific for nearly half a century, was the...
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A$268.43
Railroading Along The Waterfront
by Rantanes, Eli (As Told To Laura Sebastian-Coleman)
Milwaukee, WI: Wm. K. Walthers, Inc.. Near Fine with no Dust Jacket. 1997. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 0941952533 . Small bump on front edge, a few scratches on rear board, not deep enough to go through the color ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 21808 .
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A$46.48
Fading Steam : A History
by Holdsworth, Malcolm
Hyde Park, South Australia: Cadeco. 2010. Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Near Fine copy in Near Fine dustjacket. DJ now protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. An excellent copy. Illustrated with Colour photographs. 176 pages. Australian rail enthusiast presents a beautifully illustrated tribute to his passion - organised geographically. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Hardback.
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A$50.00
The Santa Fe, Prescott and Phoenix Railway: The Scenic Line of Arizona
by Sayre, John W
Pruett Publishing, 1990. Hardcover with dust jacket. Used- Fine condition. First edition. Book is clean and tight. Book shows light shelf wear. Very slight crease on the bottom left corner on the front cover of the dust jacket. No markings on the inside of the book. Photos are of the book we have here at Barbed Wire Books.
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A$162.69
Morphetts Enginehouse and the Cornish Bean Engine Burra Mine South Australia
by Drew, G.J
Burra: Burra Mine Management Committee. 1987. Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. Very Good condition. Staple-bound. Illustrated with Black & White Photographs and Drawings. Light rubbing to spine edge. Previous owner's details to insde front cover. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 51 pages. . 1st Edition. Softcover.
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A$25.00
Southern Pacific Daylight Train 98-99
by Wright, Richard K. (Jacket illustration by Harlan Hiney.)
Pasadena: Whistle Stop Publication [1977], 3rd edition. (4to) 656pp. Very good plus in very good plus dust jacket. Volume 1. Illustrated cover. Photograph endpapers, frontispiece, photographs, maps, diagrams, tables, chronology, index. Jacket illustration by Harlan Hiney. Locale: California; United States. (Transportation, Boxcars, Freight Cars, Passenger Cars, Railroads, Rolling Stock, Southern Pacific Daylight, Southern Pacific Railway Company, Trains).
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A$455.52
SELF-PROPELLED VEHICLES - A PRACTICAL TREATISE ON THE THEORY, CONSTRUCTION, OPERATION, CARE AND MANAGEMENT OF ALL FORMS OF AUTOMOBILES
by Homans, James E
SELF-PROPELLED VEHICLES / A PRACTICAL TREATISE ON THE THEORY, CONSTRUCTION, OPERATION, CARE AND MANAGEMENT OF ALL FORMS OF AUTOMOBILES, Audel, 1910, some dust-soiling to the covers and light wear to the lower fore edge corners, else a near very good copy with over 500 illustrations and diagrams including fold-outs and a short chapter on motorcycles.
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A$34.71
Cheffins's Map of the Railways in Great Britain: From the Ordnance Surveys
by Cheffins, Charles F
London: Chas. F. Cheffins, 1848. Map. Good. "Published by Chas. F. Cheffins, 9 Southampton Buildings, Holborn. And W.S. Orr & Co. Paternoster Row. Also by Wareing Webb, Castle Street, Liverpool." 1 map: handcolored engraved map; dissected and mounted on linen; 126 x 96 cm., folded to 20 x 13 cm. Scale: 10 miles to 1 inch. Front cover is blind-stamped cloth board; back cover is stiffened marbled paper. Small circular label for William Lipton Ltd. on back cover. In Good Condition: linen...
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A$359.46
International Locomotives From the Collection of Paintings by the Late H.M. Le Fleming
by Durrant, A.E. (Descriptive Material) & Snell, J.B. (Edited)
London: The Institute of Mechanical Engineers. 1972. Oblong Small Quarto Size [approx 31cm x 22cm]. Very Good copy in a Very Good dustjacket. DJ now protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Illustrated with colour reproductions. 192 pages. Ninety-two [92] paintings of railway engines from various countries by H.M.Fleming, all accurate in mechanical detail, providing a record of the age of steam. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels....
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A$20.00
Rebels at Relay Depot : A Story of C&A, Mobile and Ohio, GM&N and GM&O Pullmans and Parlor Cars to St. Louis
by Larry Thomas
Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis Historical and Technical Society, Inc., 2007. Very Good+. Minor shelf and handling wear to cover, else Fine. Photo is of the copy we have here at Barbed Wire Books.
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A$154.94
The Call of Trains Railroad Photographs By Jim Shaughnessy
by Brouws, Jeff ( Shaughnessy, Jim ) ( SIGNED )
N. Y.: W. W. Norton & Company, 2008. Book. Illus. by Shaughnessy, Jim. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Photographer. First Printing of the First Edition. Fine, apparently unread copy, in jacket with a tiny spot of wear to crown at back fold. an exceptional copy of this increasingly uncommon title. Signed by Shaughnessy above the title, on the title page. Very large, overweight volume will require extra postage..
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A$283.60
The Western Maryland Railway Story: A Chronicle of the First Century, 1852-1952
by Williams, Harold A
Baltimore, Western Maryland Railway Company, 1952, hardcover, xvi-134 pp, Edition not stated, No previous printings noted, Very Good condition, no dustjacket as issued, Association Copy, Signed and inscribed on the half-title page to Robert B. Murray, Undersecretary of the Department of Commerce for Transportation from 1953-1955 "in appreciation of his outstanding public service" and dated Dec. 17, 1954. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, slight spine-end and corner wear, spine titles worn, a...
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A$154.94A$131.70
Power Railway Signalling
by Wilson, H. Raynar
London: Publishers of the Railway Engineer. Good with no dust jacket; Boards rubbed, owner name on front free . endpaper, usual library stamps, waterstain at top inner joint of first . thirty pages.. 1909. Hardcover. The Railway Series of Text Books and Manuals by Railway Men for Railway Men and Others, No. 5. Green beveled boards with titles stamped in black on front boards and in gilt on spine. Many photos and illustrations of railway equipment plus several pages of illustrated advertisements at...
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A$77.47
The Iron Sherpa: Darjeeling and its Remarkable Railway Volume 1
by Martin, Terry
1st ed near Fine in VG+ dw Large format 28x22cm, 368 pages, very well illustrated with b&w and colour photos and maps. Volume One covers the history of Darjeeling and its remarkable railway. Please note that this is a large, heavy book and thus postage may be a little more than that shown as standard. Please contact me for more photos of the book, inside and out.
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A$290.73
Taintor's Route and City Guides
This is a scarce, early copy of "Taintor's Route and City Guides" - this particular issue is for the "NORWICH LINE - New York to Boston and the White Mountains, Via New London, Norwich, Worcester, Lake Winnipiseogee (now "Winnipesaukee"), Plymouth, or Littleton." Published in 1868 by Taintor Brothers in New York. With attached large (8-panel) fold-out "Map of The Route to the White Mountains" in color. The guide contains illustrated advertisements at both the front and back. The guide includes...
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A$503.56
Light Steam Power Magazine: Vol. 2, July-Sept. 1952 No. 6
1952. Magazine: Vol. 2, July-Sept. 1952 No. 6; an 8vo size staple bound magazine, paginates from 220-262 with black and white illustrations and photographs. Contents include: The Serpollet System The Late Mr. R. H. Bolsover The Scott-Newcomb Steam System Doble Steam Cars British Light Steam Power Society Steam Launches and Their Machinery, 1909 Firing Monotube Steam Generator with Solid Fuel A 1920 Stanley Steamer wtih Modern Boiler and Burner Thermodynamics of Vapour Power-Plants for Motor...
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A$170.43
