Locomotive

1921. Trade Paperback. Used - Very Good. Bobbs-Merrill Co, 1921. Very Good. USA ORDERS ONLY, LARGE AND HEAVY BOOK. 6 volumes complete, (2375 total pages plus volume 3 is index) 3rd edition. Each book is 9.25x6.5x2 brown cloth covered boards with a red and a black spine label. Owners bookplate on ffep. Light wear on edges. Very rare. Digital photo available upon request.

1868. Stockholm., 1868-(72). Atlas alene. Tvær-folio. 3 orig.helshirtmapper. Med 63+28+15 litograferede plancher. (15 plancher med lokomotiver og vogne). Ialt 106 plancher litograferede af Generalstaben, C.G.Höglind,Schlechter & Seedorff. Planchernes størrelse: 44 x 55 cm. A very rare and fine set of 106 lithographed plates depicting the Swedish trailway buildings and trains. Sweden started building railways comparatively late. Sweden hesitated under heavy debate for several years because of the costs and other issues. Following the parliament's decision in 1854 a colonel of the Navy Mechanical Corps, Nils Ericson, was chosen as the leader for the project of building the main lines (stambanorna). His proposal was that the line between Gothenburg and Stockholm (Västra Stambanan) should run south of Lake Mälaren to avoid competition with shipping. This was completed in 1862.He also proposed that the line between Malmö and Stockholm (Södra stamabanan) should go to Nässjö and then on to… Read More

London: Effingham Wilson, 1872. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 147pp, plates, engravings, folding diagrams, green cloth/gilt (spine renewed with original spine cloth relaid). Scarce original edition. As the title suggests, Fairlie was a leading advocate of the narrow gauge..

London: Offices of "Engineering", 1897. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 1-41, [adverts], xxvi, errata page, 677pp, photos, diagrams, modern green cloth binding. Ex- public reference library with several stamps but in very good condition. Revised, enlarged and brought up to date from articles in "Engineering" magazine. Heavy book - additional shipping charges will be added if sent overseas..

Gorton: Beyer Peacock & Co. Ltd. Book. Good. Full-Leather. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. n.d. [c.1924]. 77pp, photos, tables, dark brown leather/gilt worn & scuffed, sl damage at spine, one or two annotations in pencil, landscape format. Text in English, French and Spanish. Presentation copy belonging to Sir Sam Fay, Chairman of Beyer Peacock 1923-33 and last Chairman of th Great Central Railway whose name appears in gilt on front cover. Subsequently owned by M.A. Crane, Assistant to Sales Director, Beyer Peacock, whose name is written on ffep..

Beyer Peacock & Co. Ltd., 1947. Book. Good. Full-Leather. 1st Edition. 164pp, photos, diagrams, tables, dark blue leather/gilt/blindstamped worn at edges with sl damage at top of spine. Comprehensive review of Garratts built for service throughout the world. Presentation copy belonging to M.A. Crane, Assistant to Sales Director, Beyer Peacock, whose name is blindstamped on front cover. One or two items relating to South African Railways loosely inserted..

Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis Historical and Technical Society, Inc., 2007. Very Good+. Minor shelf and handling wear to cover, else Fine. Photo is of the copy we have here at Barbed Wire Books.

The Shay Locomotive
Titan of the Timber
Complete history of the Shay locomotive, built by Lima Machine Works of Ohio.
First Edition The pages, binding, and edges of the book are in very good condition. The spine has sun fading (see photos). 100% guaranteed that condition is as described. Prompt shipping from the US with tracking number.
Standard shipping typically takes 7-14 business days within the US. PROCEEDS FROM THIS SALE SUPPORT LITERACY PROGRAMS THROUGH CAMAS PUBLIC LIBRARY IN CAMAS, WA

Baltimore, Western Maryland Railway Company, 1952, hardcover, xvi-134 pp, Edition not stated, No previous printings noted, Very Good condition, no dustjacket as issued, Association Copy, Signed and inscribed on the half-title page to Robert B. Murray, Undersecretary of the Department of Commerce for Transportation from 1953-1955 "in appreciation of his outstanding public service" and dated Dec. 17, 1954. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, slight spine-end and corner wear, spine titles worn, a few tiny spots to rear cover. A complete history of the first century of this important transportation system servicing the Eastern seaboard and points further west. Illustrated throughout with black-&-white photographs of historic scenes and vintage locomotives including the Alliance, the Monocacy, and the Conewago.

Press of J. B. Lippincott. Philadelphia. USA. circa 1872. FIRST EDITION. 4to. (11 X 7.9 inches). 134pp. Illustrated with 16 fine albumen photographic prints of Locomotives, each mounted onto a card page with the technical details for that engine printed on the pages following each image, plus an engraved frontis of the Locomotive works building and several smaller wood engraved illustrations throughout the text. All pages with a printed red ruled border. Original brown pebble grained cloth on bevelled edges boards with gilt lettering to the front cover and spine. Blind stamped rule and decorative corner borders on both boards. There is a split to the cloth on about a third of the lower outer hinge, but the book is still tight and intact. Original dark brown coated endpapers. A crease to the front free endpaper and one page bumped to the outer corner of one mount page, not affecting the image and some minor rubbing and marking to the binding but overall a very good copy of this uncommon catalogue. ---… Read More

Hunter, NY: Stoney Clove and Catskill Mountain Press. Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards lightly worn.. 2015. First Printing. Hardcover. 0972070982 . Illustrated glossy hardcover. Black and white photos and illustrations, maps. This tribute to Dr. Webb's Railroad is an extensive photo essay that tells the story of the New York Central's Adirondack Division. More than four hundred pictures and captions provide the narrative. (from the rear cover) ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 256 pages .