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THE BATTLE FOR THE BAY
Edition: First Edition
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada: Western Producer Book Service, 1973. Green cloth, endpaper maps. pp (x), (273) + plates. Ex collegiate library with rubber stamps to page edges, remains of label at rear, tape stains to covers and jacket flaps, label on jacket spine, rubber stamped private bookplate inside front cover, a clean and unused copy otherwise. The story of the Hudson Bay Railroad.; Octavo 0919306519
Book ID: 43424More details Price: USD $15.00 USD $13.50 -
THE BIG FOUR REMEMBERED
Sparkford, Somerset: Haynes / Oxford Publishing Company, 1989. Second printing. Quarto, green boards. Unpaged. 326 photos. Soft shallow bumps at spine ends, else fine. Jacket is near fine, with rubbing and creases at spine ends. An omnibus edition of four books separately published 1979-85. The Great Western, the Southern, London, Midland and Scottish, and the London and North Eastern Railways. Note: 2.5 kg parcel, extra postage will be required.
Book ID: 43545More details Price: USD $30.00 USD $27.00 -
THE BRITISH TRAVELLING POST OFFICE
Edition: First Edition
London: Ian Allan, 1985. Black boards. 105 pp, photos. Ink owner names, else fine in fine jacket.
Book ID: 43585More details Price: USD $18.00 USD $16.20 -
THE CANADIAN NORTHERN RAILWAY. Pioneer Road of the Northern Prairies 1895-1918.
Edition: First printing
Toronto: Macmillan / Maclean-Hunter, 1976. Grey boards, black endpapers. pp (xvi), 543 + plates inserted. Fine copy. Jacket has nicks and mild rubbing at head of very lightly yellowed spine, else fine. Uncommon book. 1.275 kg parcel; Octavo 0770512852
Book ID: 54387More details Price: USD $225.00 USD $202.50 -
THE COPPER SPIKE
Edition: First Edition
Anchorage, Alaska: Alaska Northwest Publishing Company, 1975. Large quarto, yellow card covers. pp (8), 175. Photos, index. Sticker stain and small abrasion on front cover, else fine. Building of a railway line up the Copper River, 1905-11.
Book ID: 43577More details Price: USD $19.00 USD $17.10 -
THE DAWN OF WORLD RAILWAYS 1800-1850. Illustrated by Clifford and Wendy Meadway
Edition: First US printing
New York: Macmillan, 1972. Mustard boards. Nice colour lllustrations. Fine in near fine price-clipped jacket. Railways of the World in Color series.
Book ID: 43455More details Price: USD $10.00 USD $9.00 -
THE ELECTRIC LOCOMOTIVE
Montreal: Trains & Trolleys, 1969. pp 3-(30) stapled in tan card covers. Many photos. Facsimile reprint of an article from The Electric Railway Number of Cassier's Magazine, NY, Aug. 1899. Ink name at front, else fine. Note: lighter parcel, any default postage rate may be reduced.
Book ID: 43466More details Price: USD $10.00 USD $9.00 -
THE FERRYMEAD RAILWAY
Christchurch, New Zealand: Canterbury Branch of the New Zealand Railway and Locomotive Society, 1973. Squarish octavo, pp 8, stapled in paper covers. Photos. Soft creases, VG otherwise. Note: lighter parcel, any default postage rate may be reduced.
Book ID: 43463More details Price: USD $9.00 USD $8.10 -
THE FINAL YEARS: New York, Ontario & Western Ry
Edition: First Edition
Fredon, NJ: Carsten Publications, 1977. Oblong quarto. pp 98. Many photos. Large crease to lower outer corner of front cover through page 14, spine rubbing, VG otherwise.
Book ID: 43437More details Price: USD $15.00 USD $13.50 -
THE GOLDEN AGE OF THE RAILWAY POSTER
New York, c1976: Chartwell Books. Folio, green boards. pp (2), 148. Reproductions in colour and b&w. Fine in jacket. Note: over 1 kg parcel, extra shipping will be required.
Book ID: 43625More details Price: USD $25.00 USD $22.50 -
THE GOLDEN YEARS OF THE METROPOLITAN RAILWAY AND THE METRO-LAND DREAM
Edition: First Edition
London: Bloomsbury, 1988. Large quarto, brown boards. pp 128. Well illustrated with photos. Ink gift inscription on half-title leaf, else fine in jacket.
Book ID: 43483More details Price: USD $18.00 USD $16.20 -
THE GRAND JUNCTION RAILWAY
Edition: First Edition
Belleville, Ontario: Mika, 1985. Large quarto, glossy yellow card covers. pp [2]. 187, [5]. Illustrated, index. Corner crease to rear cover and last three (blank) leaves, else fine. Story of a short-lived 19th century railway based in Belleville, Ontario.
Book ID: 43568More details Price: USD $19.95 USD $17.96 -
THE GRAND TRUNK IN NEW ENGLAND
Edition: First Edition
Toronto: Railfare, 1986. Large quarto, olive boards, colour photo endpapers. pp 176. Photos (a few in colour), maps, tables, ads, diagrams, index. Black dot to bottom page edges, else a fine copy. Jacket has a small corner chip at bottom of spine, nicks at head of spine, VG otherwise. Note: 1.5 kg parcel, extra postage may be required.
Book ID: 43606More details Price: USD $40.00 USD $36.00 -
THE INTERURBAN ERA
Milwaukee: Kalmbach Publishing Co, 1978. 7th printing. Large quarto, black cloth gilt. pp 432. Photos. Diagrams and charts at rear. Several rubber stamps of previous owner on front endpaper and title page, which also has an ink annotation; ink underlining and marginalia in text; else a generally VG jacketless copy. Note: heavy book, extra shipping will be required.
Book ID: 43617More details Price: USD $35.00 USD $31.50 -
THE LIGHT RAILWAY ERA 1896-1996
Edition: First printing
Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers, 1997. Tall octavo, red boards. pp 190. Many photos, a few in colour. Fine in very nearly fine jacket.
Book ID: 43523More details Price: USD $19.50 USD $17.55 -
THE MA & PA: a history of the Maryland & Pennsylvania railroad
Berkeley, CA: Howell-North Books, 1966. Third printing. Grey cloth. pp 183. Photos (one in colour), tables, maps, index. Fine copy. Dust jacket has a three inch tear to upper inner corner of front panel, mild rubbing and nick to spine ends, VG otherwise.
Book ID: 43626More details Price: USD $19.00 USD $17.10 -
THE MIDLAND & SOUTH WESTERN JUNCTION RAILAY
Edition: First Edition
Newton Abbot: David & Charles, 1967. Grey boards. pp 160. Colour frontispiece, plates, illustrations in text, index. Light sticker shadows at front, soft corner crease to early leaves, VG otherwise. Jacket has short tears, creases on rear panel, VG otherwise.
Book ID: 43586More details Price: USD $18.00 USD $16.20 -
THE MODEL RAILROADER CYCLOPEDIA. Fifth edtion. Railroad equipment prototype plans
Milwaukee: Kalmbach Publishing Co, 1947. Third printing of the fifth edition. Quarto, dark green cloth. pp [10], 184 + 27 folding plans. Tidy ink owner name at front; yellowing to page edges and endpapers; flaps (only) of jacket laid in; VG otherwise. Note: 1.5 kg parcel, extra postage may be required.
Book ID: 43533More details Price: USD $40.00 USD $36.00 -
THE NATIONAL DREAM: the great railway 1871-1881
Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1973. 10th printing. Red cloth. Fine coy. Black price-clipped jacket has rubbing and small chips to foot of spine, chips and creased tear to bottom margin of rear panel; a few nicks; VG otherwise. One of Berton's key books, there was a sequel THE LAST SPIKE, in 1974. 1.2 kg parcel; Octavo; Signed by Author
Book ID: 54045More details Price: USD $24.95 USD $22.46 -
THE OPEN GATE: Toronto Union Station. A collection of essays and photographs
Edition: First Edition
Toronto: Peter Martin, 1972. Card covers. pp xviii, 126. Photos by John Taylor. Contributions by Pierre Berton, John Robert Colombo, William Kilbourn, others. Fine copy. ; Oblong quarto
Book ID: 45045More details Price: USD $18.95 USD $17.06