Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.: Transportation
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A Move for Better Roads: Essays on Roadmaking and Maintenance / and Road Laws, / for Which Prizes or Honorable Mentions Were Awarded Through the University of Pennsylvania by a Committee of Citizens of Philadelphia, with a Synopsis of Other Contributions and a Review by the Secretary, Lewis M. Haupt, Also an Introduction by William H. Rhawn
Philadelphia, PA: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1891. 1891. Philadelphia, PA: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1891. 1891. Very good. - Octavo, tan cloth titled in black on the front cover & spine. The covers are bumped & lightly rubbed. xvi & 319 pages plus a 1-page list of publications by Lewis M. Haupt. There are some pencil notations & markings in the first prize essay. Very good.
First edition.
In his introduction, William Rhawn comments that there have been no improvements in the common roads to match the spectacular growth and improvement of the railroads. The University of Pennsylvania's competition aimed to remedy this situation. Very good .
-- Boeknummer: 4444
USD 35.00 [Appr.: EURO 32.5]
Catalogus: Transportation
Trefwoorden: TRANSPORTATION; ROADS; COMMON ROADS; PENNSYLVANIA; ROADMAKING; ROAD CONSTRUCTION; ROAD MAINTENANCE; ROAD LAWS; ESSAYS; COMPETITION; UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA; LEWIS M. HAUPT; WILLIAM H. RHAWN; JAMES BRADFORD OLCOTT; HENRY IRWIN; D. H. BERGEY; NINETEENTH
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. Union Hill, NJ: Hudson Printing Company, 1922. 1922. Fair. - 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 .
Boeknummer: 25926
USD 50.00 [Appr.: EURO 46.5]
Catalogus: Transportation
Trefwoorden: 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
Train and Transport: A Collector's Guide. With an Introduction by Maurice Rickards, Founder of the Ephemera Society.
London: Bracken Books, (1981). (1981). London: Bracken Books, (1981). (1981). Fine. - 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 .
Boeknummer: 34326
USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 9.5]
Catalogus: Transportation
Trefwoorden: TRANSPORTATION; COLLECTING; COLLECTIBLES; ANTIQUES; EPHEMERA; REFERENCE; TRAINS AND TRANSPORT; GUIDE; JANICE ANDERSON; EDMUND SWINGLEHURST; EPHEMERA SOCIETY; MAURICE RICKARDS; RAILROADIANA; RAILWAYS; TRAINS.
Passenger Ships Owned by the United States Government
Washington, DC: The United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation, [1920]. [1920]. Washington, DC: The United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation, [1920]. [1920]. Good. - 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 .
Boeknummer: 22998
USD 35.00 [Appr.: EURO 32.5]
Catalogus: Transportation
Trefwoorden: 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
Highball: A Pageant of Trains
New York: Bonanza Books, [circa 1980's]. [circa 1980's]. New York: Bonanza Books, [circa 1980's]. [circa 1980's]. Fine. - Quarto, yellow cloth-backed black boards in pictorial dust wrapper. 223 & [i] pages with profuse black & white illustrations throughout. Near fine.
Reprint edition. Fine .
Boeknummer: 2596
USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 14]
Catalogus: Transportation
Trefwoorden: TRANSPORTATION; RAILROADIANA; RAILROADS; RAILWAY; TRAINS; LUCIUS BEEBE; HIGHBALL; ILLUSTRATIONS.
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). London: Michael Joseph, (1983). (1983). Fine. - 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 .
Boeknummer: 5752
USD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 23.25]
Catalogus: Transportation
Trefwoorden: 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.
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. Boston, MA: Eastern Press, Publishers, 1927. 1927. Very good. - 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 .
Boeknummer: 98534
USD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 23.25]
Catalogus: Transportation
Trefwoorden: 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.
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 .
Boeknummer: 491
USD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 23.25]
Catalogus: Transportation
Trefwoorden: TRANSPORTATION; RAILROADS; RAILROADIANA; RAILWAYS; LOCOMOTIVES; STEAM LOCOMOTIVES; TRAINS; BURLINGTON ROUTE; MODEL RAILROADS; LOCOMOTIVE PLANS; FIRST EDITION; ILLUSTRATED; PICTORIAL HISTORY; WILLIAM KERKA.
Bibliography and Priced Catalogue of Early Railway Books 1893. (Facsimile)
David and Charles Reprints, (1969). (1969). David and Charles Reprints, (1969). (1969). Very good. - 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 .
Boeknummer: 11416
USD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 23.25]
Catalogus: Transportation
Trefwoorden: 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
Guide to the Great Siberian Railway (1900).
Newton Abbot, Devon, U.K.: David & Charles Reprints, 1971. 1971. - Large octavo, black cloth titled in gilt in a dust wrapper. The bottom corner of the rear cover is lightly creased & the top edge of the dust wrapper is slightly roughed. [viii] & 520 pages plus 12 pages of ads. Illustrated in black & white with a folding map and profuse full-page & textual illustrations, including charts & maps. Very good.
Translated into English by Miss L. Kukol-Yasnopolsky. Revised by John Marshall. The book was originally published in 1900 to encourage English tourists and businessmen to patronize the Trans-Siberian Railway. Very good .
Boeknummer: 35596
USD 35.00 [Appr.: EURO 32.5]
Catalogus: Transportation
Trefwoorden: TRANSPORTATION; RAILROADS; RAILWAYS; RUSSIA; TRANS-SIBERIAN RAILWAY; GUIDE TO THE GREAT SIBERIAN RAILWAY(1900); TOURISM; A. I. DMITRIEV-MAMANOV, EDITOR; A. F. ZDZIARSKI, EDITOR; L. KUKOL-YASNOPOLSKY, TRANSLATOR; JOHN MARSHALL; ILLUSTRATIONS; MAPS; REVISED
Canadian Pacific Railway: Motive Power - Rolling Stock - Capsule History
Seattle, WA: Superior Publishing Company / Saanichton, BC: Hancock House Publishers, (1974). (1974). Seattle, WA: Superior Publishing Company / Saanichton, BC: Hancock House Publishers, (1974). (1974). Fine. - 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 .
Boeknummer: 4790
USD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 23.25]
Catalogus: Transportation
Trefwoorden: TRANSPORTATION; RAILROADS; RAILWAYS; LOCOMOTIVES; TRAINS; CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY; FREIGHT TRAINS; PASSENGER TRAINS; PATRICK C. DORIN; ILLUSTRATIONS; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.
Some Classic Locomotives
London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd, (1949). (1949). London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd, (1949). (1949). Good. - 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 .
Boeknummer: 1403
USD 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 18.75]
Catalogus: Transportation
Trefwoorden: TRANSPORTATION; RAILROADS; RAILWAYS; TRAINS; LOCOMOTIVES; BRITISH; ENGLISH; HAMILTON ELLIS; ILLUSTRATIONS; PAINTINGS; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.
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). Boulder, CO: Pruett Publishing Company, (1980). (1980). Very good. - 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 .
Boeknummer: 12656
USD 125.00 [Appr.: EURO 116]
Catalogus: Transportation
Trefwoorden: TRANSPORTATION; RAILROADS; RAILWAYS; TRAINS; LOCOMOTIVES; GRAND TRUNK WESTERN RAILROAD; STEAM; DIESEL; PICTORIAL HISTORY; ILLUSTRATIONS; TIMETABLES; CHARLES R. ROSS; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.
A Narrative History of Aviation
NY: The Macmillan Company, 1930. 1930. NY: The Macmillan Company, 1930. 1930. Good. - 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 .
Boeknummer: 6148
USD 30.00 [Appr.: EURO 28]
Catalogus: Transportation
Trefwoorden: BOOKS-ON-BOOKS; REFERENCE; ART OF THE BOOK; BIBLIOGRAPHY; (Transportation). (Aviation). A NARRATIVE HISTORY OF AVIATION. Goldstrom, John.
The Louisville and Nashville Railroad / 1850-1940 / 1941-1959
Louisville, KY: L. & N. Magazine, 1959. 1959. Louisville, KY: L. & N. Magazine, 1959. 1959. Very good. - 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 .
Boeknummer: 30169
USD 17.50 [Appr.: EURO 16.25]
Catalogus: Transportation
Trefwoorden: TRANSPORTATION; RAILROADS; RAILWAYS; TRAINS; ENGINES; LOUISVILLE AND NASHVILLE RAILROAD 1850-1959; KINCAID HERR; ILLUSTRATIONS.
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