(Adams, T. Albeus; Chairman).

Report of the New Jersey Interstate Bridge and Tunnel Commission to the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey: Hudson River Vehicular Tunnel and Delaware River Bridge. Dated January 16, 1922.

Union Hill, NJ: Hudson Printing Company, 1922. 1922. - Quarto [12-1/4 inches high by 9-1/8 inches wide], softcover bound in printed brown wrappers. The binding is lightly rubbed & creased with pieces out of the edges of the wraps & with staining to the inner edge of the rear wrap. The wraps are partially detached with a long tear to the lower half of the spine, a piece out of its tail & a large piece out of its head. 95 pages. Illustrated in black & white with a frontispiece, 6 plates [5 of them folding], 2 folding charts and 19 full-page illustrations. There is some staining to the preliminaries with a piece out of the top corner of the front endpaper. The top page corners are bumped & the front margin of page 87 is chipped. The contents are generally very good. Fair . Fair .

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Book number: 25926

Catalogue: Transportation

Keywords: TRANSPORTATION; ENGINEERING; REPORT OF THE NEW JERSEY INTERSTATE BRIDGE AND TUNNEL COMMISSION To the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey; Hudson River Vehicular Tunnel; Delaware River Bridge; TRAFFIC; CONTRACTS; 1922 REPORT; FOLDING CHA

Anderson, Janice; and Swinglehurst, Edmund.

Train and Transport: A Collector's Guide. With an Introduction by Maurice Rickards, Founder of the Ephemera Society.

London: Bracken Books, (1981). (1981). - Quarto, black cloth titled in gilt on spine in color pictorial dust wrapper. 96 pages profusely illustrated in color and black & white. Near fine.

A later printing. A superb reference on collecting Railroad ephemera. Fine .

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Book number: 34326

Catalogue: Transportation

Keywords: TRANSPORTATION; COLLECTING; COLLECTIBLES; ANTIQUES; EPHEMERA; REFERENCE; TRAINS AND TRANSPORT; GUIDE; JANICE ANDERSON; EDMUND SWINGLEHURST; EPHEMERA SOCIETY; MAURICE RICKARDS; RAILROADIANA; RAILWAYS; TRAINS.

(Anonymous).

Passenger Ships Owned by the United States Government.

Washington, DC: The United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation, [1920]. [1920]. - Small quarto, 10-3/8 inches high by 8 inches wide. Softcover, bound in dark green wraps printed & decorated in tan. The wraps are rubbed & lightly soiled & chipped around the edges with pieces out. [41] pages. Profuse full-page illustrations in brown & white. There is some light soiling & creasing to the contents. Good.

Scarce.

A wonderful pictorial book issued in the years following the First World War depicting the amenities on ships flying the American flag. These include ships of The United States Lines, The Pacific Mail Steamship Company, The Admiral-Oriental Line, The Munson Steamship Lines, and The Los Angeles Steamship Company. Good .

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Book number: 22998

Catalogue: Transportation

Keywords: TRANSPORTATION; SHIPS; PASSENGER SHIPS; UNITED STATE SHIPPING BOARD; EMERGENCY FLEET CORPORATION; ILLUSTRATIONS; ILLUSTRATED; PHOTOGRAPHY; UNITED STATES LINES; STEAMSHIPS; PACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP COMPANY; ADMIRAL-ORIENTAL LINE; MUNSON STEAMSHIP LINES; LOS

Beebe, Lucius.

Highball: A Pageant of Trains.

New York: Bonanza Books, [circa 1980's]. [circa 1980's]. - Quarto, yellow cloth-backed black boards in pictorial dust wrapper. 223 & [i] pages with profuse black & white illustrations throughout. Near fine.

Reprint edition. Fine .

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Book number: 2596

Catalogue: Transportation

Keywords: TRANSPORTATION; RAILROADIANA; RAILROADS; RAILWAY; TRAINS; LUCIUS BEEBE; HIGHBALL; ILLUSTRATIONS.

Biddle, Gordon; and Nock, O. S.

The Railway Heritage of Britain: 150 Years of Railway Architecture and Engineering / Gordon Biddle and O.S. Nock / with Other Contributors.

London: Michael Joseph, (1983). (1983). - Quarto, brown cloth titled in gilt on the spine, in a dust wrapper. The covers are lightly bumped. The dust jacket is rubbed & a price sticker has been removed from the front flap. 270 pages. The fore-edge is lightly foxed. Profusely illustrated in color & black & white. Near fine.

First edition. Fine .

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Book number: 5752

Catalogue: Transportation

Keywords: TRANSPORTATION; RAILROADS; RAILWAYS; BRITISH; BRITAIN; STATIONS; TRAIN STATIONS; TRAINS; BRIDGES; ARCHITECTURE; ENGINEERING; HISTORY OF RAILROADS; GORDON BIDDLE; O. S. NOCK; THE RAILWAY HERITAGE OF BRITAIN; ILLUSTRATIONS; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.

(Motor Coach and Bus Association of New England, Inc).

The Motor Coach Guide. Corrected to August, 1927. Published Monthly. Endorsed by the Motor Coach and Bus Association of New England, Inc.

Boston, MA: Eastern Press, Publishers, 1927. 1927. - Octavo, 7-1/4 inches high by 4-1/2 inches wide. Softcover, bound in white pictorial wrappers with a black, white & green illustration on the front cover. The edges of the covers are lightly stained with a little strip of paper rubbed away from the front edge of the rear cover. 52 pages, including 4 pages on pink stock, illustrated with four maps. Very good.

The brochure is replete with advertising and contains dozens of bus and rail schedules for New England destinations. Very good .

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Book number: 98534

Catalogue: Transportation

Keywords: TRANSPORTATION; BUSES; BUS SCHEDULES; TRAIN SCHEDULES; THE MOTOR COACH GUIDE; 20TH CENTURY; TWENTIETH CENTURY; MAPS; SCHEDULES; MOTOR COACH AND BUS ASSOCIATION OF NEW ENGLAND, INC.; EASTERN PRESS PUBLISHERS.

Corbin, Bernard; and Kerka, William.

Steam Locomotives of the Burlington Route.

(Red Oak, IA): published by the authors, (1960). (1960). - 4to, black cloth titled in gilt, in dw (lightly chipped; crease & light scoremarks to lower half of front panel). 304 pp. (hinges reinforced with tape; ink name on front endpaper). 1 full-page color illustration & profuse B&W illustrations, charts & diagrams. Good.

First edition.

"It is felt that the following photographs, plans, and data on the locomotives of the Burlington Route will add to the enjoyment and knowledge of those who wish to study an era in railroading now past..To make a well-rounded story, a section on the development of the Burlington System has also been included..The book should be of particular interest to scale-model locomotive builders. The locomotive plans included are representative of Burlington motive power..For those discriminate persons who wish to build accurately detailed models, the assignment sheets list the accessories (feedwater heater system, stoker type, etc.) used on each locomotive."--From the authors' Foreword. Good .

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Book number: 491

Catalogue: Transportation

Keywords: TRANSPORTATION; RAILROADS; RAILROADIANA; RAILWAYS; LOCOMOTIVES; STEAM LOCOMOTIVES; TRAINS; BURLINGTON ROUTE; MODEL RAILROADS; LOCOMOTIVE PLANS; FIRST EDITION; ILLUSTRATED; PICTORIAL HISTORY; WILLIAM KERKA.

Cotterell, S.; compiler.

Bibliography and Priced Catalogue of Early Railway Books 1893. (Facsimile).

David and Charles Reprints, (1969). (1969). - 12mo [6-3/4 inches high by 4-1/8 inches wide], cloth, in a price-clipped dust wrapper. The dust jacket is slightly soiled with the top & bottom edges lightly chipped. The head & tail of the jacket's spine have been repaired with scotch tape internally. Title & facsimile consisting of [ii] & 128 pages plus 36-page index. Very good.

The catalog was first published by Edward Baker in 1893. The index first appeared in the 1895 supplement to the catalog. Very good .

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Book number: 11416

Catalogue: Transportation

Keywords: TRANSPORTATION; RAILROADS; RAILWAYS; REFERENCE; BIBLIOGRAPHY; BOOKS-ON-BOOKS; CATALOG; CATALOGUE; PRICED CATALOGUE; GREAT BRITAIN; IRELAND; PUBLICATIONS; DOCUMENTS; CHARTS; FACSIMILE; S. COTTERELL; BIBLIOGRAPHY AND PRICED CATALOGUE OF EARLY RAILWAY BOOKS

Dorin, Patrick C.

Canadian Pacific Railway: Motive Power - Rolling Stock - Capsule History.

Seattle, WA: Superior Publishing Company / Saanichton, BC: Hancock House Publishers, (1974). (1974). - Quarto, silver paper covered boards, in a pictorial dust wrapper. The dust jacket is rubbed with some soiling to the rear panel. The head of the dust jacket spine is chipped & has been partially repaired with scotch tape internally. 175 pages. Profuse black-and-white illustrations. Near fine in a good dust wrapper.

First edition. Fine .

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Book number: 4790

Catalogue: Transportation

Keywords: TRANSPORTATION; RAILROADS; RAILWAYS; LOCOMOTIVES; TRAINS; CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY; FREIGHT TRAINS; PASSENGER TRAINS; PATRICK C. DORIN; ILLUSTRATIONS; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.

Ellis, Hamilton.

Some Classic Locomotives.

London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd, (1949). (1949). - Octavo, red cloth titled in gilt within black rectangle on spine. The spine is faded & the covers are lightly rubbed with a small scoremark to the rear cover & a small stain to the front cover. x & 173 pp. There is an owner's ink name on the front endpaper. There is a small area of spotting to the front pastedown & slight soiling to the rear pastedown. Color frontispiece & 7 color plates from paintings by the author & B&W photographic illustrations. Good.

First edition. Good .

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Book number: 1403

Catalogue: Transportation

Keywords: TRANSPORTATION; RAILROADS; RAILWAYS; TRAINS; LOCOMOTIVES; BRITISH; ENGLISH; HAMILTON ELLIS; ILLUSTRATIONS; PAINTINGS; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.

Foss, Charles R.

Evening Before the Diesel: A Pictorial History of Steam and First Generation Diesel Motive Power on the Grand Trunk Western Railroad, 1938-1961.

Boulder, CO: Pruett Publishing Company, (1980). (1980). - Quarto, textured maroon cloth titled in gilt on the spine, in a pictorial dust wrapper. The bottom edges of the covers & the tail of the spine are lightly rubbed. The dust jacket is rubbed & lightly chipped & soiled & the head & tail of the dust jacket spine have been reinforced with scotch tape. xvi & 444 pages. Profusely illustrated in black & white & color. There is an owner's name on the front endpaper. Very good.

First edition. Very good .

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Book number: 12656

Catalogue: Transportation

Keywords: TRANSPORTATION; RAILROADS; RAILWAYS; TRAINS; LOCOMOTIVES; GRAND TRUNK WESTERN RAILROAD; STEAM; DIESEL; PICTORIAL HISTORY; ILLUSTRATIONS; TIMETABLES; CHARLES R. ROSS; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.

Goldstrom, John.

A Narrative History of Aviation.

NY: The Macmillan Company, 1930. 1930. - Octavo, black cloth titled in gilt. The binding is rubbed with a 1-inch piece out of the tail of the spine. 319 pp. Illustrated with B&W plates. Good.

First edition. Good .

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Book number: 6148

Catalogue: Transportation

Keywords: BOOKS-ON-BOOKS; REFERENCE; ART OF THE BOOK; BIBLIOGRAPHY; (Transportation). (Aviation). A NARRATIVE HISTORY OF AVIATION. Goldstrom, John.

Herr, Kincaid.

The Louisville and Nashville Railroad / 1850-1940 / 1941-1959.

Louisville, KY: L. & N. Magazine, 1959. 1959. - Quarto [11-1/4 inches high by 8-5/8 inches wide], black cloth titled in gilt. The binding is bumped & lightly rubbed. viii & 234 pages, with the text printed in 3 columns. Black-and-white frontispiece & profuse black-and-white textual illustrations. Very good.

Third printing, with revisions and three new chapters. Very good .

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Book number: 30169

Catalogue: Transportation

Keywords: TRANSPORTATION; RAILROADS; RAILWAYS; TRAINS; ENGINES; LOUISVILLE AND NASHVILLE RAILROAD 1850-1959; KINCAID HERR; ILLUSTRATIONS.

Holden, Bryan; and Leech, Kenneth H.

Portraits of 'Kings': Portraits of Every Western Region 'King' Class Locomotive in Single and Double Chimney Form, with Footplate Comments. With Additional Research & Drawings by Richard S. Potts.

Waltham Abbey, Essex: Frazer Stewart, (1990). (1990). - Small quarto, green boards in color pictorial dust wrapper. A price sticker is mounted at the bottom of the front panel of the dust jacket. 50 leaves, including endpapers. Profusely illustrated in black & white. Near fine. Very good .

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Book number: 2597

Catalogue: Transportation

Keywords: TRANSPORTATION; RAILROADIANA; RAILROADS; LOCOMOTICES; KING CLASS; SINGLE AND DOUBLE CHIMNEY; BRYAN HOLDEN; KENNETH H. LEECH; ILLUSTRATIONS.

Langworth, Richard M.; and Poole, Chris.

Great American Automobiles of the 50s.

(Lincolnwood, IL): Publications International, Ltd. (1989). (1989). - Quarto [12-3/4 inches high by 10 inches wide], paper-covered boards, in a dust wrapper. The boards are rubbed & bumped with a few tiny dents in the rear board. There is some spotting to the spine & rear panel of the dust jacket with a price-sticker on the rear flap. Profuse color illustrations. Very good. Very good .

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Book number: 24029

Catalogue: Transportation

Keywords: TRANSPORTATION; AUTOMOBILES; CARS; MOTOR CARS; VINTAGE AUTOMOBILES; COLLECTIBLES; GREAT AMERICAN AUTOMOBILES OF THE 50S; FIFTIES; RICHARD M. LANGWORTH; CHRIS POOLE; ILLUSTRATIONS; PRODUCTION FIGURES; SPECIFICATIONS.