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A BRUSH WITH STEAM: David Shepherd's railway story
Edition: First Edition
Newton Abbot & London: David & Charles, 1983. Dark green cloth. pp 264. Photos (some in colour) and drawings. Fine in jacket. Artist and lover of steam. Note: 1.5 kg parcel, extra postage may be required.
Book ID: 43588More details Price: USD $19.00 USD $17.10 -
A HISTORY OF THE LEHIGH VALLEY RAILROAD. "The Route of the Black Diamond"
Berkeley, CA: Howell-North Books, 1978. Second printing. Large quarto, beige cloth, endpaper maps. pp 372. Photos, maps, ads, index. Fine copy. Jacket has a three inch tear to rear panel internally repaired, smaller tears elsewhere, generally VG otherwise. Note: 2 kg parcel, extra postage will be required.
Book ID: 43605More details Price: USD $40.00 USD $36.00 -
A TRIP TO MANITOBA; or, Roughing It on the Line
Edition: First Edition
Toronto: Rose-Belford, 1880. Original dark olive pictorial cloth stamped in black, gilt, and blind. pp xvi, (14)-267. Book a little leaned, mild wear to spine tips and corners, cloth snag at center of rear cover repaired, slight cloth bubbling to covers, yellowing to endpapers; else a VG clean and tight copy, no owner names. "Railroad Edition" rubber stamped in red on rear free endpaper by publisher. "Light-hearted anecdotes on a railroad trip out west, by the woman who co-authored two books with Catherine Parr Traill." - Waterston, The Travellers, p. 152.; Small octavo
Book ID: 26797More details Price: USD $75.00 USD $67.50 -
ACE CORSON, RAILROADER 1878-1960
Edition: First printing
New York: Frederick Fell, 1964. Cloth and boards. pp 250, [6]. Yellowing to page edges, faint spotting to boards, VG otherwise. Price-clipped jacket has small chips and tears; front cover rippled from damp; good. Saga of Corson's 60 year career on the rails in the American West.
Book ID: 43530More details Price: USD $18.50 USD $16.65 -
ALGOMA CENTRAL RAILWAY
Edition: First Edition
Sault Ste Marie (Ontario) / London: Algoma Central Railway / A. & C. Black, 1975. Quarto, dark grey cloth. pp 190, [2] + plates, many in colour. Ink gift inscriptioins at front, mild rubbing to spine ends, else a VG+ copy. Dust jacket has a few nicks, slight rubbing at spine ends; VG otherwise. The Algoma Central travelled the north shore of the Great Lakes. Note: 1.5 kg, extra shipping may be required.
Book ID: 40703More details Price: USD $30.00 USD $27.00 -
An historical analysis of the Crow's Nest Pass agreement and grain rates : a study in national transportation policy : a submission of the Province of Saskatchewan to the Royal Commission on Transportation, 1960.
1961: Queen's Printer, 1960. pp 58, [6]. stapled in light green card covers. Small corner chip to front cover; some creasing; ink name inside cover; good. Note: light parcel, any default shipping may be reduced; Octavo
Book ID: 50549More details Price: USD $14.95 USD $13.46 -
ARCADE & ATTICA RAILROAD
Arcade, NY: The Baggage Car, 1972. Second edition. Quarto, orange card covers. pp 104. Illustrated. Folding map, publisher advertisements, colour brochure, laid in at rear. Light spine sunning, else fine. Uncommon book about this short line railroad operating south of Buffalo, NY.
Book ID: 43436More details Price: USD $25.00 USD $22.50 -
Bassett-Lowke Railways : A Commemorative Edition (cover title)
Edition: First Edition
London: Bassett-Lowke Railways, 1968. Oblong quarto, black cloth, front cover lettered and decorated in gilt, plain gilt spine. pp 136. Photos and illustrations on every page. No 3679 of a "special limited edition" of 5,000 issued to commemorate the company's participation in the Flying Scotsman's tour of the U.S.A. 1969. Mild corner wear at head of spine, ink owner name and date at front, else a VG copy lacking the slipcase. Reproductions of the company's model railway cars and locomotives from the 19th and 20th centuries.
Book ID: 43554More details Price: USD $25.00 USD $22.50 -
BRITISH ELECTRIC TRAINS
Edition: First Edition
London: Ian Allan, 1947. Octavo, plain card covers with attached jacket. pp 133 including photos on glossy paper. Fine copy. Jacket has a few nicks, one small tear, minor rubbing, VG otherwise, attractive period art. Early publication from this specialist publisher (est. 1942). Note: lighter parcel, any default postage rate may be reduced.
Book ID: 43555More details Price: USD $25.00 USD $22.50 -
CANADIAN NATIONAL'S WESTERN DEPOTS: the country stations in Western Canada
Edition: First Edition
Toronto: Fitzhenry & Whiteside, 1977. Small folio, green boards. pp 128. Well illustrated with photos and charts. Fine in jacket.
Book ID: 43444More details Price: USD $30.00 USD $27.00 -
CANADIAN PACIFIC IN THE SELKIRKS: 100 years in Rogers Pass
Edition: First printing
The Calgary Group of The British Railway Modellers of North America, 1985. Oblong quarto. pp 50 including inside of glossy card covers. Map, photos. Corner crease to front cover repaired on inside with clear archival paper tape, VG otherwse. Note: lighter parcel, any default postage rate may be reduced.
Book ID: 43539More details Price: USD $15.00 USD $13.50 -
CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY. Summary of Equipment
Musquodoboit Harbour, Nova Scotia: Yagar Book Services, 1981. Octavo, pp 16, stapled, in red card covers. Facsimile reprint of the edition of 1920. Edition of 50 copies, this is number 34. Note: lighter parcel, any default postage rate may be reduced.
Book ID: 43536More details Price: USD $10.00 USD $9.00 -
CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY: motive power, rolling stock, capsule history
Edition: First Edition
Seattle / Saanichton, BC: Superior Publishing Company / Hancock House, 1974. Large quarto, silver boards. pp 175. Photos, tables. Fine copy. Price-clipped jacket has short tears and shallow chip at head of spine, some rubbing, good. Note: 1.5 kg parcel, extra postage may be required.
Book ID: 43575More details Price: USD $20.00 USD $18.00 -
CANADIAN RAILWAY DEVELOPMENT FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES
Edition: First Edition
Toronto: Macmillan, 1933. Octavo, original brown cloth. pp xvi, 402, (2) + 8 plates. Ripples to paper at inner margins of front endpapers (manufacturing flaw), else fine, no owner names.
Book ID: 36720More details Price: USD $40.00 USD $36.00 -
CANADIAN RAILWAY SCENES No. 2
Skookumchuck, BC: Good Medicine Books, 1986. Second printing. Oblong quarto, glossy card covers. pp (112). Many photos. Fine. CPR Centennial Issue Montreal to Vancouver.
Book ID: 43508More details Price: USD $15.00 USD $13.50 -
CATARACT TRACTION: the railways of Hamilton
Toronto: Upper Canada Railway Society / Ontario Electric Railway Historical Association, 1971. pp 116. Illustrated. Ink owner name on front cover, near fine otherwise. Canadian Traction Series Volume 2. ; Quarto
Book ID: 43510More details Price: USD $18.95 USD $17.06 -
CATARACT TRACTION: the railways of Hamilton
Toronto: Upper Canada Railway Society / Ontario Electric Railway Historical Association, 1971. pp 116. Illustrated. Fine in fine jacket. Canadian Traction Series Volume 2. ; Quarto
Book ID: 50471More details Price: USD $24.95 USD $22.46 -
CHAPTERS FROM MY OFFICIAL LIFE. Edited by Everilda MacAlister.
Edition: First UK edition
Condition: Very Good
Book ID: 10182More details Price: USD $35.00 USD $31.50 -
Chief Engineer: Life of a Nation Builder-Sanford Fleming
Edition: First printing
Toronto: Dundurn Press, 1993. Maroon boards. pp 191. Photos, index. Fine in fine jacket.; Octavo 1550021958
Book ID: 50072More details Price: USD $11.95 USD $10.76 -
CINDERS & SMOKE: a mile by mile guide for the Durango to Silverton narrow gauge trip
Lakewood, CO: Western Guideways, 1991. 24th printing. Many photos. Fine copy.
Book ID: 43462More details Price: USD $8.00 USD $7.20