‎Chemin de fer‎

‎Hanshin Electric Railway Co, Ltd‎

‎Business report of Hanshin Electric Railway Co. Ltd. Property inventory Balance sheet etc. First half of 1904‎

‎Not Available 1906. Soft Cover. Fine. Volume: 1 Not Available paperback‎

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‎HARDMEYER J.‎

‎Le Chemin de Fer du Brunig de Lucerne à Interlaken. L'Europe illustrée No 91-92.‎

‎Zürich, Orell Füssli, vers 1890. 120 X 185 mm. broché, couverture ornée. 56 pp. Avec 30 illustrations de J. Weber gravées sur bois et une carte. Dos renforcé avec titre à la plume, nom sur garde.‎

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‎Harkort, Johann Caspar‎

‎Staatsspoorwegen‎

‎(Kunstwerken. Lijn H. Sectie 1.) Brug over de Lek bij Kuilenburg [heute: Culemborg]. Mit 30 doppelblattgr. lithogr. Tafeln aus der Lith. Druckerei der Brückenbau-Anstalt von Johann Caspar Harkort (22) u. vom Königl. Hof-Lith. Louis Veit, Berlin (8). [Duisburg u. Berlin, 1870]. Groß-Folio (60,0 x 50,0 cm). Halbleinwandband d. Zt. mit montiertem Titelschild auf dem Vorderdeckel. [8 Warenabbildungen]‎

‎"Die Lekbrücke bei Culemborg... ist im Jahre 1868 in Betrieb genommen worden (und) ist vor allem wegen folgender drei Eigenschaften bemerkenswert: 1. wegen der Verwendung einer neuen Stahlsorte, 2. wegen ihrer lange Zeit unerreicht großen Stützweite, 3. wegen des Gebrauchs der Halbparabelform in beträchtlichen Dimensionen." (Pottgießer). - Die aus Bessemer Flußstahl errichtete Brücke im Deltagebiet des Rheins liegt auf der Eisenbahnstrecke von Utrecht nach s'Hertogenbosch u. Boxtel. Der niederländische Ingenieur Gerrit van Diesen (1826-1916) hat sie im Rahmen seiner Verantwortung für die gesamte Strecke konstruiert. Seine Arbeit wurde auf der Wiener Weltausstellung 1873 mit der Goldenen Medaille belohnt. Zwischen 1863 u. 1868 wurde sie von der bekannten Brückenbauanstalt von Johann Caspar Harkort errichtet. Bei einer Gesamtlänge von 670 m besteht die Brücke aus sieben Öffnungen von je 57 m lichter Weite im Überschwemmungsgebiet, einer Öffnung von 80 m lichter Weite sowie der großen Hauptöffnung von 154,40 m, "die lange Zeit die weitestgespannte Balkenbrücke" der Welt gewesen ist (Lueger). - Die Tafeln zeigen für alle drei Öffnungen Gesamtan- u. Gesamtaufsicht (Maßstab 1:100 u. 1:200), Seitenaufrisse der Gesamtkonstruktion in kleinerem Maßstab (1:20, 1:30 u. 1:50), Querschnitte (1:20 u. 1:50), Details der Aufsichten (1:25, 1:30 u. 1:40), Ansichten der einzelnen Längs- u. Querträger (1:10, 1:15 u. 1:20) sowie weitere Details. Insgesamt bietet sich somit eine hervorragende, detailgenaue Darstellung aller Teile der Konstruktion.<br> Pottgießer S. 181-189 (inkl. mehreren Abb. sowie Geschichte der Firma Harkort). - Stein: 100 Jahre GHH-Brückenbau S. 51 u. 57 (mit Abb.). - Geschichte der Brücken. Zeit der Ingenieure S. 42 (mit Abb.). - Biogr. woordenboek van Nederland, Bd. I, S. 142f. (zu van Diesen). - Rücken erneuert. Deckel etwas verkratzt. Leicht gebräunt. 1 längerer Einriss u. 2 Ecken restauriert.‎

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‎HAROUY Michel‎

‎De Saumur à Poitiers par le rail. Avec la compagnie SP et les Chemins de fer de l'Etat de 1874 à nos jours.‎

‎Broché. 244 pages. 22x24cm.‎

‎HARRAND G.‎

‎CHEMINS DE FER ET CHEMINOTS‎

‎Les Editions Ouvriéres 1944 Les Editions Ouvriéres 1944, In-8 broché, 150 pages. Illustrations. Bon état.‎

‎Toutes les expéditions sont faites en suivi au-dessus de 25 euros. Expédition quotidienne pour les envois simples, suivis, recommandés ou Colissimo.‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 99912073

‎Harrisburg and Lancaster Railroad Company‎

‎Charter Supplements By-Laws and Reports 1834-53 of the Harrisburg and Lancaster Railroad Company‎

‎N/A. Collectible - Good. Pennsylvania: Various publishers 1834-53. A collection of reports from 1834 to 1853 bound in one volume. 8vo hardcover. Quarter red leather and red cloth. Gilt spine lettering and four raised spine bands. Various paginations. Good book. Leather rubbed. Pages foxed. Pencil notation on one page of text. Pennsylvania Railroad Law Inquire if you need further information. N/A hardcover‎

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‎Harrison, George L.‎

‎THE REMAINS OF WILLIAM PENN. Pennsylvania's Plea, The Mission to England, Visit to the Grave, Letters, Etc.‎

‎94p. + Full page wood engraved plates with original tissue guards. Top edge gilt. Uncut. Square 8vo. Original gilt decorated purple cloth binding, spine faded. Calling card of the author. A prominent Pennsylvanian's plea to England to allow the remains of Penn to be removed to Philadelphia. PA 59.‎

‎Hartford Providence & Fishkill Railroad Co.‎

‎REPORT OF SUNDRY DIRECTORS.TO THE STOCKHOLDERS. FEBRUARY 1858‎

‎Hartford 1858. Stitched lightly foxed and worn. 30 1pp. Good. This Road is in trouble but not so bad as critics have charged. Conceding undervaluation of anticipated construction costs the Company says it has also underestimated its future revenues. The Road has been hit hard by the Panic of 1857. FIRST EDITION. Not in Sabin. unknown books‎

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‎Hartman, Elizabeth; Jonsrud, Phil‎

‎Whistle Punks and Misery Whips: An Album of the Early Sandy Area‎

‎A clean, unmarked book with a tight inding. Brown leatherette cover with gilt lettering and illustration. Previous owner's inscription inside. 8 5/8"w x 11 1/4"h. 216 pages. Map endpapers. Many black and white photographs.‎

‎HARTMANN JEAN MICHEL‎

‎MAGIE DU MOB‎

‎Editions Otto 1985. In-8 cartonnage éditeur de 120 pages illustrées. Photos en noir et en couleurs. Bel exemplaire.‎

‎HARTWIG Helmut‎

‎Alte Bekannte - Neue Gesichter. Fotografische Begegnungen mit der Bahn.‎

‎Freiburg: Kehrer Verlag, 1990 in-8, 60 pages, illustrations. Cartonnage d'éd., étui, très bon état. Edition numérotée. Photographies de trains. Livre de photographies.‎

‎Alte Bekannte - Neue Gesichter. Fotografische Begegnungen mit der Bahn. (Freiburg: Kehrer Verlag, 1990). [M.C.: Photographie, Allemagne, trains]‎

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‎Hatter, Dr. James; Sayman, Al‎

‎Northwest Sportsman Magazine - Fishing, Hunting and Boating in B.C., August [Aug.] 1960 - Cover Photo of Einar Norman of Vancouver‎

‎34 pages. Features: Quick Reference 1960-61 Hunting Regulations and Game Management Maps; Mailbag; Dr. James Hatter and his Game Outlook; Nice one-page Old Vienna ad features large photo of hunter with deer and B.C. deer hunting statistics; One-page Crown Zellerbach ad with illustration of hunter says "Hunting Not Prohibited Here"; 2/3-page ad for the "Cariboo Dayliner" rail service offered by the Pacific Great Eastern Railway; One-page ad for Harkley & Haywood Sporting Goods Ltd. features fireamrs and accessories; Trout Fishing For Sport and a Delightful Recreation; Clay Chips - includes photos of Harvey Mackie, Colin Peacock, George Walker, R. Weatherhead, Rudy Wiley, Arnie Homewood, Henry Remple, Verne Greensword, Col. N.C. Sherman, Arnie Homewood, Aldon Hanson, Cy Bourne, Ken Bodwell, Tom Held, Russ Young and Jack Pratt; One-page ad by the Department of Recreation and Conservation gives tips for hunting on private lands; Back cover Pilsener beer ad; Many additional nostalgic ads. Unmarked with moderate wear. A quality vintage copy. Book‎

‎Having Under Consideration Pending Railroad Legisl‎

‎A Memorial by the National Shippers Conference to the Joint Conference Committee of the Congress of the United States‎

‎paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 1331737702.G ISBN : 1331737702 9781331737704

‎Haynes, F Jay [Northern Pacific Railway] [Northern Pacific Views]‎

‎Indian Burial Ground. 587. Stereoview‎

‎Fargo D.T. Dakota Territory: F. Jay Haynes Official Photographer Northern Pacific Railway 1880. Photograph. Very Good. Stereoview photograph on a yellow Northern Pacific Railway mount 10 cm x 18 cm. Northern Pacific Views backstamp with decorative diamond border lines. Title is negative-etched in white along along the bottom edge of the right image. Both the card and the image is a little bit rubbed and dirty. Image is still clear and sharp. View of the burial ground with several structures visible. Taken at ground level centered and from a middle distance.<br /> <br /> Frank Jay Haynes 1853-1921 was the official photographer for the Northern Pacific Railway and later for Yellowstone National Park. Haynes took many noteworthy photographs at various locations along the Northern Pacific Yellowstone Park Line. Haynes travelled to Yellowstone in 1882 and captured many images of the emerging park. He opened his Log Cabin Studio the following year at Mammoth Hot Springs and continued to photograph the park for many years to come. Haynes' photography is inextricably linked to the public image of the famous national park. F. Jay Haynes, Official Photographer, Northern Pacific Railway unknown‎

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‎Hedschasbahn/Hedjaz Railway‎

‎Anhang Nr. 3 und 4 des Vertrages zur Erneuerung der Konzessionsurkunde eines Unternehmens aus Damaskus Damascus Tramway and Electricy Company‎

‎Ohne Verlag und Ort 1935. 46 S. kartoniert . - Text arabisch - unknown‎

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‎Heels, Charles H. [Signed], Capon, Elan R. [Editor]‎

‎Railroad Recollections‎

‎Signed, without inscription, by author upon title page. [4], 110 pages. Index. Map endpapers. Profusely illustrated with sepia-tone reproductions of archival photos. "Charles Heels worked for the railways from 1912 until his retirement in 1960. Over the years he collected and recorded the history of his vocation. From early in the twentieth century he collected and took photographs related to his special field. The result is that the only copy of many of the photographs of the early days of railroading in Canada have been preserved in his collection. This book illustrates over 100 of these photos and records the history of many of the events which make up the history of railroading in Canada. Heels worked out of Lindsay, Ontario where he was responsible for freight cars in the district between Toronto, Belleville, Peterborough and points north and east. He thus needed to know all of the workings of the railway in central Ontario for almost half a century" - dust jacket. Writing blacked out in lower left corner of title page, otherwise book clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Binding tight. Moderate wear to dust jacket which is now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A quality copy of this important Ontario railroad history. Book‎

‎Hegardt, G.B.; Ebey, H.; Gilman, D.H.; Closson, C.C.‎

‎Railway & Marine News, A Semi-Monthly Publication Devoted to Pacific Coast Transportation Interests, February 1, 1912, Vol. X, No. 2 - Portland's Proposed Harbor Front Development / Bogue Plans for Tacoma Harbor‎

‎Features: Big Improvements by Northern Pacific During 1912; Through Service Seattle to Texas; O.-W. R. & N. Enter Vancouver; Will Carl Gray Succeed L.W. Hill? - article with photo of Gray; Dangers Attending Hauling Explosives; New H-H-1 Locomotive Design; Seattle's Greatest Opportunity; Bush Terminal Company to Build on Harbor Land - article with photo of Model Loft buildings at the New York Bush Terminal, similar to those to be built on Harbor Island; Portland's Proposed Harbor Front Development and the Commission of Public Docks - major article; South and Central American Trade; Great Prospects for Vancouver, B.C.; The Official Statement of the [Seattle] Port Commission re: improvements and facilities; Economy of the [Seattle] Municipal Plan (part 4) - major article which includes official map of Grand Trunk Pacific Railway showing proposed extension to Vancouver and Seattle, plus map of new thoroughfare donated to Seattle by Great Northern Railway with franchise for Interbay-Ballard Route; Bogue Plans for Tacoma Harbor Are Impressive - major article with map showing City section of harbor plans; Casualties to Pacific Coast Shipping for Year 1911 - Four full pages of fine print document the voluminous incidents of the year including the vessel and damage it sustained; Photo of Strathalbyn's bow after collision; Review of Marine Insurance and Shipping Law; Big Company to use Panama Canal - International Mercantile Marine; and more. 44 pages including several pages of nostalgic ads, some illustrated in black and white, featuring local marine and rail interests. Printed upon glossy coated stock. Average wear. Binding intact. Few library markings to front cover. A well-preserved copy of this highly-informative memento of Pacific Northwest transportation over a century ago. 12" x 9". Magazine‎

‎HEGELBACHER, M.‎

‎La Locomotive a vapeur.‎

‎in-12 de 271 pp., illustrations, figures, planche depliante, broche, couv. Bel exemplaire. [MI-19]‎

‎Hehl, Markus‎

‎Die Karwendel-Bahn‎

‎Freiburg, EK- Special 60, 1. Quartal 2001. Broschur/Zeitschrift/Heft, mit s/w- und farbigen Deckelphotos, ca. DinA 4, 98 Seiten, sehr viele sw-Photos und Farbfotos, Einband mit minimalen Gebrauchsspuren, Falz zum Rücken mit geringen Knickspuren, gut erhalten / guter Zustand [4 Warenabbildungen]‎

‎Ein Magazin vom Eisenbahn Kurier; Inhalt u.a.: Eisenbahnlandschaft zwischen Isar und Inn; Eisenbahn am Russenhaus; Kochelseebahn; Pfaffenwinkelbahn; Ammergaubahn; Außerfernbahn; Zugspitzbahn; Karwendelregion‎

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‎Heilmann, Jean-Jacques‎

‎Ein Vergleich zwischen der Mechanischen Locomotive und der Heilmann'schen Electrischen Locomotive‎

‎Paris, Druckerei Guérin, Derenne und Co., 1895. 4to. (30,8 x 21,0 cm). 15 S. Orig.-Umschlag.‎

‎Jean-Jacques Heilmann (1853-1922) hatte 1892/93 Versuche mit einer dampfelektrischen Lokomotive unternommen, "die die Nachteile des direkten Radantriebs der herkömmlichen Dampflokomotive vermeiden und die elektrische Kraftübertragung einführen sollte" (Preuß/Preuß: Lex. Eisenbahn S. 177). Die vorliegende vergleichende Arbeit ist möglicherweise die erste deutschsprachige Schrift über das System von Heilmann, der als Ingenieur in verschiedenen elsässischen Maschinenbaufirmen tätig gewesen ist.<br> Vgl. Metzeltin: Lokomotive S. 99, Röll² 4, S. 211 u. www.archivesnationales.culture.gouv.fr/camt/fr/egf/donnees_e fg/2005_060/2005_060_INV.pdf (Stand 4/2011). - Ränder gebräunt u. angestaubt.‎

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‎Heinz, Kurt‎

‎Brennkrafttriebfahrzeuge. - Fahrzeugebetrieb.‎

‎Starnberg, Keller Verlag (=Eisenbahn-Lehrbücherei der Deutschen Bundebahn Band 117), 1972. 1. Aufl. mit 49 Abb. ill. OKt., 140 S., Gr.8°‎

‎* Fachschrift mit Register. ** bestoßen, sonst gut erhalten. ANY QUESTIONS ?? Please don't hesitate to ask for details !! Besuchen Sie uns zur Antiquariatsmesse in Leipzig 27. - 30. März 2025 !‎

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‎HEJAZ RAILWAY‎

‎Broadside: Construction of the Railway's Northern Branch.‎

‎Istanbul: May 1330 Rumi / 1914 CE. North Arabia and the First World War First and only printing of this rare decree by the Ottoman Chamber of Deputies written in the opening months of the First World War which outlines the state's commitment to constructing a 23-kilometre railway connection between the towns of Jenin and Nablus in what is today the West Bank as an extension of the Jerusalem branch of the Hejaz railway. The decree states that the government will spend 1200000 Kuru from the budget for 1329/1913-14 and 4800000 Kuru from the budget for 1330/1914-15 and that it will complete the track within a period of two years. It also lays out the assembly's assent and an analysis of how the budget for the project will be balanced. A list of the committee members who had signed off on the project is appended. The railroad was a key piece of infrastructure in supplying Ottoman troops in the Sinai hence the decision of the Ottoman government to spend large amounts of money on its expansion as the war began. The ultimate vision for the railway was to link Istanbul with the holy cities of Mecca and Medina and thereby consolidate Ottoman military control over the Arabian Peninsula. However only the section of the main line from Damascus to Medina was ever constructed becoming fully operational in 1909. Single bifolium with text in Osmanl Turkish printed across three pages. Light folds old pale stain at left edge a few light pencil annotations otherwise in good condition. unknown‎

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‎HEJAZ RAILWAY; MUKHTAR BEY‎

‎Hamîdiye hicâz demiryolu güzergâhini irâe eder harita ve profildir "Map and Overview Presenting the Hejaz Railway Route".‎

‎Constantinople: Matba'a-i Bahriye "The Press of the Navy" 1319 Rumi 1903. Mapping the great Hejaz Railway – the embodiment of Hamidian Pan-Islamism A rare and important official map depicting the route of the Hejaz Railway based on a manuscript drafted under the supervision of the "brilliant Turkish engineer" Hadji Mukhtar Bey Maunsell p. 585 who served as chief of operations. It was issued in 1903 while the main line from Damascus to Medina was still under construction but after its final route had been established. This imposing and finely detailed large-format map depicts a very broad area extending from just north of Hama Syria all the way south a little way past Mecca in the Hejaz; it covers most of Syria all of Palestine the Sinai Peninsula the Suez Canal and all the north-western Arabian Peninsula. It clearly delineates those parts of the railway that are in place and those under construction employing a bold orange line land with each station labelled. Additionally it depicts the two alternative routes proposed for extending the line to Mecca employing broken lines while another line traces the proposed but unrealized route of a rail line from Mecca to the port of Jeddah. The map also labels important roads and caravan routes. In September 1907 four years after publication of this map the railway reached AlUla. Although AlUla is not marked here Mada'in Salih modern al-Hijr/Hegra is present which was a significant station responsible for the maintenance of locomotives. Today it is the site of one of two Hejaz railway museums the other being at Medina. Mada'in Salih was UNESCO's first World Heritage Site in Saudi Arabia and comprises "a major site of the Nabataean civilization in the south zone of its influence. The site is located at a meeting point between various civilizations of late antiquity on a trade route between the Arabian Peninsula the Mediterranean world and Asia. It bears outstanding witness to important cultural exchanges in architecture decoration language use and the caravan trade. Although the Nabataean city was abandoned during the pre-Islamic period the route continued to play its international role for caravans and then for the pilgrimage to Mecca up to its modernisation by the construction of the railway at the start of the 20th century" UNESCO. Construction of the Hejaz Railway began in 1901 and by 1908 had reached Medina 400 km short of Mecca where for various political reasons it had to be terminated. Nevertheless until the outbreak of the First World War it allowed hundreds of thousands of pilgrims to make the hajj in safety and with relative ease. Moreover for the first time branch lines provided a rapid link from Syria to Palestine. The moving figure behind this map was the veteran military engineer Hadji Mukhtar Bey who had conducted "military-scientific expeditions in east Africa Harrar and the Somali coast in the 1870s and early 1880s producing the first 'correct' cartographic maps of the region" El Shakry p. 42. It was he along with fellow officer Ali Rida al-Rikabi later first prime minister of modern Syria who originally assessed the route when they joined the 1900 hajj. Initial field surveys for the present map were conducted by two Ottoman cavalry officers Captain Umar Zaki and Lieutenant Hasan Mu'ayyin. In an interesting article in Jerusalem Quarterly Zeynep Celik and Zeinab Azarbadegan pay particular attention to this map and note that the Ottoman Navy "produced different versions of the map in Arabic and Ottoman Turkish pointing to the multiple purposes and audiences targeted within and beyond the empire. The mass production of maps demonstrates the Ottoman state's attempt to disseminate cartographic knowledge about the empire to the public. This speaks to the third and final aspect of analysis of the Hejaz Railway: its use as a tool of Ottoman state propaganda during the Hamidian era". There are at least two states of this map with slightly different titles. Colour lithographic map 800 x 520 mm coastal profiles of the Red Sea in left and right margins script in Ottoman Turkish. Light vertical creasing throughout minor foxing publisher's stamp in the cartouche marginal small tears repaired with old paper. A very good example. Zeynep Celik & Zeinab Azarbadegan "Late Ottoman Visions of Palestine: Railroads Maps and Aerial Photography" Jerusalem Quarterly 82 Summer 2020; Lieut.-Col. F. R. Maunsell "The Hejaz Railway" The Geographical Journal Vol. 32 No. 6 Dec. 1908; Omnia El Shakry The Great Social Laboratory: Subjects of Knowledge in Colonial and Postcolonial Egypt 2007. unknown‎

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‎HEJAZ RAILWAY‎

‎Kit b ta'alim t al-haraka.‎

‎Amman: "Cooperative Society Press for the Jordanian Ministry of Transport" 1960. Rare operational guide for the Hejaz Jordan Railway First edition of this manual of regulations for railway workers comprising numerous technical terms and train-driving and handling instructions and procedures. We have traced no other copies. After the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire in 1922 the famous Hejaz Railway which connected Istanbul to Mecca via Damascus and Amman was split into branches one being the narrow-gauge Hejaz-Jordan Railway HJR from Jaber al-Sirhan to al-Mudawwara. This was the main passenger-carrying railway in Jordan. In 1960 the year of publication "talks between Syria Jordan and Saudi Arabia about rebuilding the railway began in 1948 but it was not until 1960 that a contract was drawn up with an unlikely consortium of Arabian Japanese and Spanish companies. This was cancelled in 1962" Lambert p. 91. This manual which replaced the instructions of 1934 was issued by the Jordanian Ministry of Transport and it is signed off by Abd al-Karim al-Aqla Director General of the Jordanian Hejaz Railway. Copies were to be distributed "to each competent employee". It includes guidance on conditions of service shift work official clothing and badges distribution of bulletins operational instructions and much more. In addition to the names of several kinds of trains and manual signals to be used at day or night in different situations examples include "don't open the doors of the carriages when the train is moving" nor let passengers on or off outside stations; "fire extinguishers"; "types of traffic lights" illustrated with diagrams; and "sirens" long and short and what specific numbers of repetitions mean. Some final sections address specific issues such as if a train or carriage is suddenly out of control the duties of the train conductor and those of workers using push-trolleys. The later note in German on the flyleaf says that the book was to be used by the Aqaba Railway Corporation ARC the organisation running the freight Aqaba Railway line from 1979 to 2018. Quarto 322 x 210 mm. Lithographed on rectos only small in-text diagrams. Text in Arabic. Original printed brown cloth blue cloth spine lettered in black on front cover and with the coat of arms of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan within a decorative border. Note in German pencilled to flyleaf. Binding rubbed and somewhat lightly stained hinges weakening short closed tear at foot of first leaf couple of minor tears or creases to endpapers contents toned unobtrusive repair to long clean tear on one leaf just touching a few letters: a very good clean copy. Anthony Lambert Lost Railway Journeys 2018. hardcover‎

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‎HEJAZ RAILWAY - HSAN, Ahmed‎

‎Servet-i-Fünun "The Wealth of the Arts".‎

‎Istanbul: Ahmed hsan 1900-06. The birth of the Hejaz railway First editions first printings of 82 issues of this influential Ottoman magazine notably with illustrated reports covering the establishment of the Hejaz Railway between 1901 and 1906. Striking images include the transportation of the track itself from Beirut Issue 547 the inauguration of the line between Dar'a and Muzayrib Issue 553 and an inspection of the line by the governor of Damascus Issue 555. Numerous issues contain images charting the progress of the construction. The documentary quality of these pictures is particularly unusual. In Issue 688 for example the front cover depicts a group of Ottoman soldiers at work at Haifa station on the railway's Palestinian branch line while the cover of Issue 701 shows Sultan Abdülhamid II inspecting the section from Damascus to Ma'an on the anniversary of his accession. These latter images were taken by a special reporter appointed by the magazine. Servet-i funün began to be published in 1891 under the direction of its owner Ahmed hsan and continued its activities until 1944. It occupies a special place within the history of Turkish periodicals of which it was considered the most intellectual. Initially an illustrated supplement of the newspaper Servet it took on a more literary character from 1895 when the editorship was handed to Tevfik Fikret and printed the work of famous contemporary writers including Cenab ehabeddin Halit Ziya Mehmed Rauf and Ali Ekrem. Despite these literary leanings the magazine maintained robust coverage of current affairs as is evinced by the political supplements and the many documentary images of contemporary events in the Ottoman Empire which are found in these issues. Volume 22 contains the consecutive issues 547-572 and the unnumbered volume holds issues 599-625 followed by the political supplements to issues 599-624. The last bound volume contains the consecutive issues 781-806 followed by the political supplements to each issue. The unbound issues are 507 687 688 696 and 701. Folio 335 x 235 mm 3 bound vols and 5 unbound issues. Bound vols: one vol. in contemporary half brown morocco rebacked retaining original title lettering piece spine with raised bands unnumbered cloth sides; two vols in contemporary sheep spines with raised bands gilt lettered direct both numbered in gilt in third compartment "22" and "31" cloth sides. Unbound issues: spines hand stitched and sometime strengthened with paper. Gilt stamp of "Doctor Essad" at foot of spine of vol. 31. Lacking a few leaves only: pp. 211-2 from supplement to vol. 31; pp. 133-4 161-2 and 187-8 from political supplements of unnumbered volume. Unnumbered volume: Judiciously restored contents with faint damp stains at ends and margins creased in places repair to p.41 with clear tape. Numbered vols: Extremities judiciously repaired and strengthened scuffed and recoloured in places some stripping of leather and wear to edges minor loss to spine of vol. 31 some issues printed on lighter paper stock. Unbound issues: four issues with neat recent repairs to spines occasional light damp staining one issue with repaired tear to front wrapper and a few small holes throughout. Overall some toning mild scattered foxing or staining and a few marginal tears or chips. A good set overall. hardcover‎

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