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| This selection contains 9 title(s) on 1 page. This is page 1 with nrs. 1 to 9 |
 | BEEBE, LUCIUS. Highball: A Pageant of Trains. New York: Bonanza Books 1945. Reprint Edition. Hardbound 4to (about 11 inches tall) 223 pages. Description: Well illustrated in b&w with historic photographs. Includes a list of whistle codes at the end. This was originally published by Appleton-Century-Crofts, this Bonanza edition is a reprint. This is a companion volume to Highliners, High Iron, and Trains in Transition. BINDING/CONDITION: paper covered boards with cloth at the spine; a Very Good- book, with a Good dust jacket. ISBN: B000OKRZX6 USD 14.50 [Appr.: EURO 9.75 | £UK 8.75 | JP¥ 1247] Book number: 054669 Click here to order or inquire at The Bookworm. | |
 | BROWNE, JUANITA KENNEDY. A Tale of Two Cities and a Train: History of the Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad, 1874-1942. Nevada City, California: Nevada County Historical Society 1990. 2nd Printing. Oversize paperback 4to (11 inches tall) 216 pages. Index. Description: Well illustrated in b&w with 239 historic photographs and other pictures. A chronological history of the Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad from 1874 to 1942, with short stops at the Bear River Bridge Bending and Cable Snapping Caper in 1963 and the return of Engine No 5 in 1986. Much information from contemporary newspaper accounts. BINDING/CONDITION: an oversize paperback; a Very Good book. ISBN: 0-915641-03-8 USD 30.00 [Appr.: EURO 20 | £UK 18.25 | JP¥ 2580] Book number: 055835 Click here to order or inquire at The Bookworm. | |
 | CHANT, CHRISTOPHER; EDITED BY JOHN MOORE. Passenger Trains (The World's Railways [Railroads]). London: Grange Books 2002. Hardbound Oblong format: 9.5 inches tall by 12.25 wide 64 pages. Index. Description: Profusely illustrated in b&w and color. The U.S. publisher calls the series The World's Railroads; the U.K. publisher uses The World's Railways as the series title. This was originally published in 1999. BINDING/CONDITION: pictorial boards; a Near Fine book, with a Very Good dust jacket; the dust jacket is not price clipped. ISBN: 1-84013-357-0 USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 10 | £UK 9.25 | JP¥ 1290] Book number: 055072 Click here to order or inquire at The Bookworm. | |
 | COTTON, EDDY JOE. Hobo: A Young Man's Thoughts on Trains and Tramping in America. New York: Harmony Books 2002. 1st Edition, so stated; 1st Printing. Hardbound 8vo (8.5 inches tall) 285 pages. Glossary. map endpapers. Description: This copy is Signed by the author. Includes a few b&w illustrations. Zebu Recchia's mother left when her son was a baby and the father and son grew up more like brothers. When Zebu was nineteen, he left behind his ''hippie on a Harley'' father and set out with strong boots, a warm coat, and a will to roam. His goal was to end up in Mexico, his father's mecca of personal freedom and beauty. When Zebu jumped his first train, he was forever changed. His passion for the rails and the hobo way of life transformed him into Eddy Joe Cotton, a hobo-in-training. This is his personal account and a celebration of the cultural and historical significance of the hobo in American society. BINDING/CONDITION: paper covered boards; a Very Good book, with a Near Fine dust jacket; the dust jacket is not price clipped. ISBN: 0-609-60738-3 USD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 | £UK 15.25 | JP¥ 2150] Book number: 056948 Click here to order or inquire at The Bookworm. | |
 | DUNBAR, WILLIS F. All Aboard! A History of Railroads in Michigan. Grand Rapids, Michigan: William B Eerdmans Publishing Co 1969. 1st Edition. Hardbound 8vo (9.25 inches tall) 308 pages. Index. illustrated endpapers. Description: Many b&w illustrations, including maps and historic photographs. The author tells the story of the rise and fall, and of the troubled growth of railroading across Michigan. Beginning with the first private roads, Dunbar's account goes on to describe the ill-advised entry into railroading of the state government. Back in private hands again, the steel rails eventually spanned the state, linking ports such as Toledo on Lake Erie with Chicago on Lake Michigan. Then came the Golden Age of railroads, an era of rapid expansion, improved equipment, increasing speed and luxury. This is a comprehensive history of Michigan railroads. BINDING/CONDITION: slate-blue cloth with gilt spine text; a Very Good book, with a Very Good dust jacket; the dust jacket is not price clipped. ISBN: B0006CER0Q USD 55.00 [Appr.: EURO 36.5 | £UK 33.25 | JP¥ 4730] Book number: 053826 Click here to order or inquire at The Bookworm. | |
 | GALLOWAY, JOHN DEBO. The First Transcontinental Railroad: Central Pacific, Union Pacific. New York: Dorset Press 1989. Reprint Edition. Hardbound 8vo (8.5 inches tall) 319 pages. Bibliography, index. Description: Dust jacket art by Mark Teague. Includes two sections of b&w plates. ''The complete history of the building of the Pacific Railroad, which linked the Eastern United States with California to open the American West.'' BINDING/CONDITION: paper covered boards with cloth at the spine; owner's gift note, otherwise a Very Good book, with a Very Good dust jacket. ISBN: 0-88029-409-4 USD 8.50 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 | £UK 5.25 | JP¥ 731] Book number: 056142 Click here to order or inquire at The Bookworm. | |
 | NICHOLSON, LOREN. Rails Across the Ranchos. Fresno, California: Valley Publishers 1980. 1st Edition. Hardbound 4to (about 11 to 12.5 inches tall) 197 pages. Notes, index. Description: This copy is Inscribed and Signed by the author. Illustrated in b&w with historic photographs and other pictures. The history of San Luis Obispo County between 1885 and 1905 is the story of the slow transition from horse and buggy days to the mechanization of the new century. The events of those years were determined in great part by the coming of the railroad. Forty years passed from the time the short San Francisco and San Jose Railroad line was built in 1864 until the Southern Pacific Railroad provided a complete rail connection along the coast all the way to Los Angeles in 1904. As the 'coastal gap' was closed and the railroad line was built along the Cuesta and across the Santa Maria and Santa Ynez rivers, the face of the land began to change. The large ranches were subdivided and new communities were born. The people of San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties worked hard to promote their area, to obtain rights of way for the railroad, and to encourage Southern Pacific officials to continue the line. Their efforts were met with a series of disappointing delays, but the first Southern Pacific train rolled into San Luis Obispo in May 5, 1894, and the years of waiting were over. BINDING/CONDITION: green cloth; a Very Good book, with a Very Good dust jacket; the dust jacket is not price clipped. ISBN: 0-913548-72-3 USD 50.00 [Appr.: EURO 33.25 | £UK 30.25 | JP¥ 4300] Book number: 044728 Click here to order or inquire at The Bookworm. | |
 | SABIN, EDWIN L. Building the Pacific Railway. Philadelphia: J B Lippincott 1919. 1st Edition. Hardbound Small 8vo (about 7.5 inches tall) 317 pages. Index. Description: Includes a fold-out map, a frontis and eleven additional b&w plates. The subtitle reads: ''The construction-story of America's first iron thoroughfare between the Missouri river and California, from the inception of the great idea to the day, May 10, 1869, when the Union Pacific and the Central Pacific joined tracks at Promontory Point, Utah, to form the nation's transcontinental'' BINDING/CONDITION: red cloth; a Good+ book, no dust jacket. The spine is slightly slanted, and a bit faded, no markings, two tiny stains to the edges of the text block; the hinges are sound. ISBN: B00085GVA0 USD 50.00 [Appr.: EURO 33.25 | £UK 30.25 | JP¥ 4300] Book number: 046478 Click here to order or inquire at The Bookworm. | |
 | SHUNK, WILLIAM FINDLAY. The Field Engineer; 15th Edition. Princeton, New Jersey: D Van Nostrand Company 1903. 15th Edition, Revised and Enlarged. Flexible Binding about 6.75 inches tall by 4.25 wide; page height is 6.5 inches 345 pages. Addenda, index. Description: The subtitle reads: ''A handy book of practice in the survey, location, and track-work of railroads; containing a large collection of rules and tables, original and selected, applicable to both the standard and the narrow gauge; and prepared with special reference to the wants of the young engineer.'' This was originally published in 1890. BINDING/CONDITION: flexible pebble-textured burgundy binding with a fold-over flap, gilt spine text; all edges gilt, dark burgundy endpapers; a dog-ear to the extreme corner of the front endpaper, otherwise Very Good condition. There are no markings; the binding is sound throughout; the paper is in good health; only very light handling wear. ISBN: B001BIVSBK USD 50.00 [Appr.: EURO 33.25 | £UK 30.25 | JP¥ 4300] Book number: 055401 Click here to order or inquire at The Bookworm. |
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