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Southern Pacific Lines. San Francisco, 1938 Book size about 8 by 9 inches folded to 4 by 9 inches with some 24 pages. Bound in illustrated wraps. Railroad time tables featuring travel by The Streamliner 'City of San Francisco' primarily from San Francisco to Chicago. Map of the Southern Pacific railroad routes for California and Nevada inside rear cover. Travel… Read more about this item

Santa Fe Railroad. Chicago., 1902 Book size about 8 by 10 inches with some 12 pages. Illustrated and decorated string tied pale green wraps in an Art Nouveau style. Book consists of a publisher 'Announcement' inside the front cover extolling the virtues of Santa Fe sleeper service to the West Coast followed by 12 full page photos of sleeper cars… Read more about this item

Picturama Publications. Arroyo Grande, Ca. 1977., 1977 Oblong book about 11 by 9 inches with unnumbered pages (About 200 in all). Bound in blue leatherette material with extensive silver decoration. Front cover shows this to be the 'Estate Edition'. SIGNED WITH LIMITATION BY THE AUTHOR IN 1989--#47/100. Illustrated throughout with superb photos in black/white and color. Very slight wear. NEAR… Read more about this item

Cadillac Motor Cars Division, General Motors. Detroit., 1978 Book size about 5 by 8 inches with some 109 pages. Bound in brown wraps with gilt lettering. Illustrated with photos and drawings. Typical automobile owner Manual. Front cover scuff at bottom right else light overall wear. GOOD Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng. 1st Edition.. Soft… Read more about this item

Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.A.: Bentley Pub, 1995 Book size about 8 1/2 by 11 inches with some 319 pages including an extensive Index. Bound in slick glossy illustrated wraps. Illustrated throughout with myriad photos and drawings. Ratings of the BMW vehicle by owners--it doesn't get any better than this for ratings. Book with light overall wear. Clean and unmarked book. VERY… Read more about this item

The White Company. Cleveland, Ohio. (1923)., 1923 Book size about 8 1/2 by 11 1/2 inches with some 32 pages. Bound in color illustrated wraps. Published by The White Company this quarterly publication is all about White trucks and buses. This appears to be the October-December, 1923 issue. Loaded with photos of White trucks and buses. Very scarce company publication.… Read more about this item

American Automobile Digest. Cincinnati. 1919. Revised Second Edition., 1919 Book size about 4 1/4 by 6 1/2 inches with some 174 pages. Bound in tan paper covered boards with gilt lettering and front cover illustration of a dynamo. Illustrated with numerous photos, drawings and schematics including a 12 page fold-out chart at the rear. Looks to be state-of-the art for… Read more about this item

Staples Press. London. 1952. First Edition., 1952 Book size about 7 1/2 by 10 inches with some 152 pages including an extensive Index. Bound in blue cloth. Numerous full page illustrations, a few in color. Accent on the men who commanded or made their mark while sailing wooden ships over a period of a thousand years. Very nice overview of… Read more about this item

Safetrans Systems Corporation. Lousiville, Kentucky. 1975., 1975 Book size about 6 by 9 inches with some 80 pages and 40 plates--many of them fold-out. Bound in white cloth with gilt lettering. Considered by many to be the definitive book on the subject it has long been out of print and is exceedingly scarce. This high quality limited edition reprint was… Read more about this item

Locomotive Stoker Company. Pittsburgh. 1925., 1925 Book size about 5 by 7 inches with some 22 pages. Bound in flexible card stock with black lettering. Illustrated with a photo, several drawings and five fold out drawings at the rear (Four in color). Page ten has been overprinted with a new page by the publisher. Manual for an automatic stoker which… Read more about this item

Chicago & Alton Railroad Company. Chicago. 1909., 1909 Book size about 4 1/4 by 6 1/2 inches with some 125 pages. Bound in reddish/brown thick wraps with similarly colored cloth spine. Front cover railroad logo and lettering in black. Several illustrations including a three page fold out showing the 'Longitudinal Sectional View Of A Locomotive Boiler'. All about running a… Read more about this item

Bus Transportation/McGraw Hill Publishing. NY. No date (Circa 1930)., 1930 Navy blue cloth with gilt lettering on the front cover only. 160 pages. Large 8vo. Illustrated throughout with numerous photos. A book of bus repair and maintenance with info taken from the magazine 'Bus Transportation'. Book chapters are: Maintenance Methods and Maintenance Control; Brakes-Tires-Lubrication; Operating Methods-Passenger Convenience; Electrical Ideas-Batteries-Wiring Diagrams;… Read more about this item

National Carbon Company. No place. 1940., 1940 Color illustrated wraps with a hole punched through near the top spine edge for a string hanger (Here). 36 pages. 8vo. Illustrated throughout with photos and drawings. Aimed at the dealer or service station this manual explains all the cooling system problems that may be encountered in the cars of the era (1930's).… Read more about this item

Ford Motor Company. Dearborn, Michigan. 1959. First Printing., 1959 Orangish wraps with front cover black and white lettering. 116 pages. Book size about 4 by 7 inches. 'This booklet contains service specifications for the 1960 Ford Car, Thunderbird, Falcon and Truck'. Covers moderately soiled; fingering to page edges and a few pages; light general wear. GOOD Language: eng Language: eng… Read more about this item