1910Best.-Nr. 207092Canadian Pacific Railway 1910. Hardcover. VG-: White stains on the front cover. Wear to the edges and corners. There used to be a yellow ribbon to tie the book shut but it has been torn. Clean plates. Brown boards with gilt text on the front cover. Inside are 12 large plates several in color labelled and tucked into a three-flap 'pocket.'. Contents/plates are as follows: The Three Sisters from Canmore -- Bow River Valley at Canmore -- Banff Springs Hotel from Tunnel Mountain -- Bird's-eye view Lower Kicking-Horse Cañon Rocky Mountains -- Hermit Mountain near Glacier House -- Roger's Pass from the Glacier House -- Ice grotto Great Glacier of the Selkirks -- The Great Glacier of the Selkirks near Glacier House -- Albert Cañon Selkirk Range -- Fraser Cañon near Spuzzum -- Indian Salmon Camp Fraser Cañon -- Mouth of the Fraser Cañon at Yale B.C. Canadian Pacific Railway hardcover
1910Best.-Nr. 207092Canadian Pacific Railway 1910. Hardcover. VG-: White stains on the front cover. Wear to the edges and corners. There used to be a yellow ribbon to tie the book shut but it has been torn. Clean plates. Brown boards with gilt text on the front cover. Inside are 12 large plates several in color labelled and tucked into a three-flap 'pocket.'. Contents/plates are as follows: The Three Sisters from Canmore -- Bow River Valley at Canmore -- Banff Springs Hotel from Tunnel Mountain -- Bird's-eye view Lower Kicking-Horse Cañon Rocky Mountains -- Hermit Mountain near Glacier House -- Roger's Pass from the Glacier House -- Ice grotto Great Glacier of the Selkirks -- The Great Glacier of the Selkirks near Glacier House -- Albert Cañon Selkirk Range -- Fraser Cañon near Spuzzum -- Indian Salmon Camp Fraser Cañon -- Mouth of the Fraser Cañon at Yale B.C. Canadian Pacific Railway hardcover books
1865Best.-Nr. 47The printers of the Bordentown Register produced this winter timetable for RR agent W.H. Gatzmer in a format that could be either folded and mailed or posted. Gatzmer had previously been agent in Philadelphia of the Camden & Amboy Railway. Train schedules linked Bordentown to Philadelphia New York City South Amboy or Trenton. An express ran from Bordentown via Jersey City to New York City. Suydam & Flynn
1894Best.-Nr. 125669St. Paul Minn: Office of General Passenger and Ticket Agent 1894. Softcover. Good. 94 p. 20 cm. B&w photos and sepia line drawings. Grey paper covers with gold print. Lower spine chipped with pages separating. Some soiling to covers including white marks on rear. Stain on margin of p. 20. Office of General Passenger and Ticket Agent paperback
Best.-Nr. 21455Railroad Missouri Pacific Railway System. Official Time Tables Corrected to November 1st 1889. Cover title Chicago: Rand McNally & Co. 1889. Light yellow pictorial wraps. 8.5 x 20.8 cm. Illustrated. Map. 63 pp. Very good. OCLC shows no holdings. Apparently unrecorded. "General Form 5 W. T." Map shows North Mexico Texas Indian Territory; north to Nebraska; east to Mississippi and Illinois and west to Colorado. Many illustrated local advertisements including for hotels and banks wine and food merchants etc.
1916Best.-Nr. 23535Roanoke VA: Agricultural & Industrial Department Norfolk & Western Railway 1916. Softcover. Good. The Southern Homeseeker and Investor's Guide was published quarterly by the Norfolk & Western Railway from 1909 to 1918. Each 11.5" x 8.25" issue has an attractive color-illustrated cover and contains 40 pages of articles and advertisements relating to agricultural prospects and investment opportunities in the area served by the Norfolk and Western Railway. Most relates to Virginia but there is also content on North Carolina and West Virginia and occasional reference to states further afield. Articles cover topics such as fruit growing wheat farming dairying success stories about specific farms advice for prospective settlers higher education in Virginia what bankers' associations are doing to help farmers boys' and girls' agricultural clubs etc. This grouping includes Volume IV Number 2 June 1912 Volume IV Number 3 Sept. 1912 Volume IV Number 4 Dec. 1912 Volume V Number 3 Sept. 1913 and Volume VIII Number 1 March 1916. Condition ranges from good to very good with varying degrees of chipping tears creasing and general handling wear and a few detached wrappers. Internally all are very good. OCLC lists holdings of this periodical at only 6 institutions. Agricultural & Industrial Department, Norfolk & Western Railway unknown
Best.-Nr. 38507INDIANA. OHIO FALLS MARINE RAILROAD CO. Documents Relating to the Ohio Falls Marine Railroad Company. Incorporated under the General Railroad Law of Indiana July A.D. 1852. 30pp. incl. 4pp. list of boats navigating the river. 16x24" folding map. In protective library binder with trimmed yellow printed wrap laid down. Binder lightly chipped map with a couple of short splits on folds. Very good. The Bureau of Railway Economics copy the only copy located by NUC. The map shows the river at Louisville and New Albany IN and the route on the Indiana side to move cargo around the rapids. unknown
1855Best.-Nr. DEMO013877IWashington: Beverly Tucker 1855. First & Quarto edition. Hardcover. Fair. 13 chromolithographs. maps. 4to orig. sheep lacks t-p & spine. Ex libris House of Repr. Vol. #792. Half moon circular stain on bottom margin affecting chromolithographs. This volume contains seven Reports by Gunnison Beckwith Pope Parke Emory etc. along the 38th & 39th & 41st Parallels. House Exec. Doc. no. 91. Howes P3; Wheat TRANSMISSISSIPPI 822ff; Wagner - Camp - Becker 262a-1; Rittenhouse 442. "This widely known work requires no comment - Cowan CALIFORNIA p.512." Also John Grubb Parke Wm. H. Emory. House Exec. Doc. no. 91 Pt. 792. Howes P3; Wheat TRANSMISSISSIPPI 822ff; Wagner - Camp - Becker 262a: nos. 1-7. Twelve chromolithographs 24 botanical and geological lithographs 2 folding maps in pt. 5 lacks four maps and title-page in pt.1. Part 1 has a semicircular stain on the lower margin affecting the chromos. 13 chromolithographs. maps. Beverly Tucker hardcover
1855Best.-Nr. DEMO014219IWashington: Beverly Tucker 1855. First & Quarto edition. Hardcover. fair. 34 chromos 22 monochromes. 4to 13485102114 pages original sheep defects. Ex libris House of Repr. Vol. #796. Lacks the two maps and two sheet profiles. This volume contains seven Reports by Abbott Conrad Newberry Girard & Baird along the Sacramento Valley to the Columbia River. House Exec. Doc. no. 91. Howes P3; Wheat TRANSMISSISSIPPI 822ff; Wagner - Camp - Becker 264a-1; Rittenhouse 442. "This widely known work requires no comment - Cowan CALIFORNIA p.512." 34 chromolithographs 22 monochromes. Beverly Tucker hardcover
1849Best.-Nr. 100732Pamphlet 8vo folding map and charts 24 pp.Two small holes in the margin of the pamphlet not affecting text or charts covers show some minor soiling some aging and foxing throughout 1 1/2 inch piece missing from upper margin of the folding map not affecting image; otherwise very good. Interesting early railroad piece that documents the coal trade in Pennsylvannia. Includes a folding map that illustrates the anthracite and bituminous coal fields and the canals and railroads that take that coal to market. The pamphlet also includes three other foldout charts. Contains a lot of statistics on the coal trade including the quality of the coal. A rather scarce title. T.K. and P.G. Collins
1849Best.-Nr. 100732Pamphlet 8vo folding map and charts 24 pp.Two small holes in the margin of the pamphlet not affecting text or charts covers show some minor soiling some aging and foxing throughout 1 1/2 inch piece missing from upper margin of the folding map not affecting image; otherwise very good. Interesting early railroad piece that documents the coal trade in Pennsylvannia. Includes a folding map that illustrates the anthracite and bituminous coal fields and the canals and railroads that take that coal to market. The pamphlet also includes three other foldout charts. Contains a lot of statistics on the coal trade including the quality of the coal. A rather scarce title. T.K. and P.G. Collins books
1890Best.-Nr. 50270New York: Railroad Commissioners of New York 1890. 1890. MAP NEW YORK RAILROADS. First Edition. Large Folding Map. 44"x35". A detailed map showing all of the major and short-line railroads in the state of New York in 1890. Map also shows surrounding areas of Canada Vermont Connecticut New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Scale is 10 miles to 1 inch. Several places with splitting along folds as map is printed on relatively thin paper. Railroad Commissioners of New York, 1890. unknown
Best.-Nr. 01-1105St. Paul Minn.: Great Northern Railway 1936. 1941 poster calendar. Route of the Empire Builder Between Chicago and the Pacific Northwest Via Glacier National Park. Painting by Winold Reiss. Color poster calendar with metal bands at upper and lower edge 21 x 16 inches. Original vintage calendar without the calendar portion; with a single large Indian image . 8.5 x 11 inch prospectus also included. Fresh condition. St. Paul, Minn.: Great Northern Railway, [1936]. unknown
1921Best.-Nr. 026418Virginia : News-Tribune Printing Company 1921. Full-Leather. Very Good. No Edition Or Printing Stated. Bound In Black Flexible Leather With Marbled Endpapers. No Ownership Information Present And The Text Is Free Of Marks Or Writing. Light Tanning Of The Edges. News-Tribune Printing Company hardcover
Best.-Nr. 35948Oldham: Hugh Broadbent 1976. . Deluxe limited edition of 250 copies folio pp.xviii8viiiadverts publisher’s full red pictorial leather binding gilt a.e.g. 16 colour plates including 3 folding plates b/w thumbnails; a fine copy in red cloth slipcase which has light marking to one side and some rubbing to extremities otherwise vg. Oldham: Hugh Broadbent, 1976. hardcover
Best.-Nr. 50824London: Paris New York & Melbourne: Cassell And Company Limited 1900 . A very good original binding with all maps in good condition. 16mo. 6.75" x 5.0" x 1.25". 4pp. - Adverts/pp.388/2pp. - Adverts . Illustrated red cloth binding edges carefully strengthened. Front cover with black titles and an illustration of "King's Gateway Trinity College Cambridge". Spine with similar black titles. Rear cover with advert. Clean illustrated text throughout on lightly toned paper. This book contains 25 Maps most are folded and are strengthened along the hinges. They include: "Map Of The Great Eastern Railway."; "Panoramic Map Showing The Course of The Great Eastern Railway Section 1 ." ; " "Map Of The London And Suburban District." ; Plan Of London." ; "Plan Of Epping Forest District." ; "Map Of The Essex District."; Panoramic Map Showing The Course of The Great Eastern Railway Section 2 ."; "Plan Of Colchester." ; Plan Of Ipswich."; "Map Of The Suffolk District."; "Plan Of Norwich." ; "Plan Of the Broads District." ; "Map Of The Norfolk District." ; "Plan Of Yarmouth." ; Panoramic Map Showing The Course of The Great Eastern Railway Section 3." ; "Plan Of Cambridge." ; "Map Of The Cambridgeshire Huntingdonshire And Lincolnshire Districts." ; "Plan Of Birmingham." ; "Manchester." ; "York." ; Map Of The Harwich Route." ; "Brussels." ; London: Paris, New York & Melbourne: Cassell And Company, Limited, 1900 . hardcover
1869Best.-Nr. 005463New York: L.H. Biglow & Co. printers 1869. Paperback. Good -. 32 p.; 23 cm. Front wrapper reproduces title page within decorative border. The Lykens Valley Railroad and Coal Company was incorporated in Pennsylvania in 1830; Thomas P. Cope was the first president. It ran from Millersburg to Williamstown and was the fourth in the United States and the first in Dauphin County to carry anthracite coal. By 1845 the line had to be regraded and relaid. It merged into the Penndel Co. in 1956. Written at the head of the front wrapper: "Preserve with Care." Very scarce. In Good- Condition: wrapper is lightly soiled; front wrapper is detached but present with closed 4-cm. tear from gutter edge; somewhat brittle with chipping at edges and separations at gutters; a few notations internally; otherwise clean. L.H. Biglow & Co., printers paperback
1908XIV, 154 pages. Index. Six nice maps plus one more on back cover. Printed upon glossy stock. Many nice black and white photos. "The main idea has been to dispel, by means of facts and photographs, the notion held by many people that the county is 'bleak and stony'." - from Preface. Above-average external wear and soiling. Unmarked. A worthy vintage copy. Book
195126 pages. Black and white illustrations. Features: Great cover photo after a successful caribou hunt; Editorial - We Can Have Highways; Who the Loon Got its White Neck Band and Spots on its Back - And Man Was Turned into a Lynx; Pioneer Judge's Wife - part 1; Along the Trapline; Two clear photos of the aftermath of a locomotive boiler explosion in the railway yars of P.G.E. at Quesnel, B.C. in September 1951; The Ghost of Hunter Jack - Poem; Photo of a group of gold panners at Lowhee Placer mine with a pan full of huge nuggets; Yukon Epic - a true tale of the northland; Nature Oddities; Dawson Creek Motorists First to Drive over John Hart Highway - Ralph Thomsen and son Bob, Stan Carnell and Bob Greer - brief write-up with two photos; Four Million Acres of Untouched Grassland - review of "Grass Beyond the Mountains" by Richard P. Hobson Jr. - with a small photo of Hobson; Back cover ad for Finning's "Caterpillar" Diesel farm and logging tractors; Dozens of ads for small local businesses; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy of this vintage British Columbia publication. Magazine
1959298 pages. Index. Fold-out map inside back board. Printed upon glossy stock. Illustrated in colour and primarily black with tables, diagrams, and reproductions of archival photos, illustrations, and railway ephemera. "The present volume takes the reader from the earliest days to 1863, to embrace the story of the South Yorkshire which by then was to all intents and purposes part of the MS&L." - from Author's Introduction. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. Rubbing to gilt lettering upon spine. A sound copy. Book
1957xxiv, 129-194 pages. Features: Heroes of the Tractor Trails (with cover illustration) - photo-illustrated article on the men who blaze tractor trails across the frozen north to supply mines and the military; Full Ahead to Destruction - a ten million dollar smuggling operation in the Mediterranean - article with photos; Red Eyes of Evil - hunting a 15' crocodile on the Zambezi; The Temple of Snakes - five white men filming a documentary amongst the savage Arusi tribesmen find trouble; Murderers in my Kitchen - the author's two jungle workers were convicted murderers; Trapped in a Floating Tomb - an astonishing sea story from off the Prussian coast involving the "Aurora"; Tooth for a Tooth - a Scotish flyer creates trouble in the city of Kandy on Ceylon when he violates a sacred shrine; Squeeze to Freedom - the amazing escape of a British P.O.W. from a German train in WWII; Caught in a Whirlpool in the Vialala river in Eastern Papua - article with photos; Sports Day with the Veiled Warriors - the Oulliminden Tuaregs of the French Sudan - article with photos; Jungle Guinea Pigs - Sgt. Ken McConnell's Auster crashed in Malaya - his nightmare trip to safety; and more. Bit of pencil writing on front cover. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Book
1915Cover portrait of Commodore Reginald Y. Tyrwhitt, C.B. The Railway Battles of Northern France. Centerfold illustration of 'Charge of the French Light Cavalry after the German artillery had been destroyed at Lassigny'. Photos and illustrations: The Town of Metz; Infantry advance near Arras; Sir William Robertson; Wrecked Hotel De Ville and belfry at Arras; Full-page photo of a hasty wayside breakfast with General Joffre at the front; and more. Covers secured by tape. Somewhat above-average wear. Book
Best.-Nr. L111Trois documents comptables in-folio, 2 pages, 10 tableaux sur double page, 4 pages, 10 tableaux sur double page, 6 pages, 10 tableaux sur double page, brochés.
1932Best.-Nr. 8789EBDairen [Dalian], The South Manchuria Railway, 1932. 4°. 28,5 x 19,5 cm. VII Seiten, [1] Tabelle, 235 Seiten, [2] Faltkarten. Rote Broschur mit goldgeprägtem Deckel- und Rückentitel.