The Railway Revolution: George and Robert Stephenson by L T C Rolt

Hardcover with DJ in mylar. St. Martin's Press, 1962, first edition. In very good condition, name on front endpapers, outside page edges lightly soiled. DJ is fair, has some chips and tears, back cover is soiled and lots of edgewear, now encased in mylar. During the lifetime of the two men, England was transformed from a rural land where speed of communications had been determined by the horse, to an industrial complex linked by a network of rails which spanned rivers, burrowed beneath mountains, brought London and Edinburgh within a day's journey of each other.

Title: The Railway Revolution George and Robert Stephenson

Author Name: L T C Rolt

Categories: Americana - Railways, Railroads, Trains,

Edition: First Edition

Publisher: St Martins Press: 1962

Binding: Hardcover

Book Condition: Very Good

Jacket Condition: Fair

Type: Book

Seller ID: 016512
Price: $35.00

Steel of Empire The Romantic History of the Canadian Pacific, the Northwest Passage of Today by John Murray Gibbon

Hardcover, no DJ, in mylar cover. Bobbs-Merrill, 1935, stated first edition. In very good condition, edges of boards worn and rubbed, a few scratches on the front and back panels. Numerous b & w and color plates, illustrations, and fold-out maps. The Canadian Pacific railway system.

Title: Steel of Empire The Romantic History of the Canadian Pacific, the Northwest Passage of Today

Author Name: John Murray Gibbon

Categories: Americana - Railways, Railroads, Trains,

Edition: First Edition

Publisher: Bobbs-Merrill: 1935

Binding: Hardcover

Book Condition: Very Good

Type: Book

Seller ID: 016507
Price: $35.00

Narrow Gauge to Silverton The Story of An American Heirloom by John B Hungerford

Softcover. Hungerford Press, 1967. In good condition, cover wear, soiling and a couple of creases. Interior is clear and bright. B & W photos and illustrations, maps. History and overview of the Silverton Train, which runs between Durango and Silverton, Colorado. Great photos!

Title: Narrow Gauge to Silverton The Story of An American Heirloom

Author Name: John B Hungerford

Categories: Americana - Railways, Railroads, Trains,

Publisher: Hungerford Press: 1967

Binding: Soft cover

Book Condition: Good

Type: Book

Seller ID: 016515
Price: $8.00

The World's Rail Way by J G Pangborn

Oversized hardcover with DJ in mylar.  Bramhall House, 1974, revised edition, facsimile of 1894 edition. In very good condition, inscription and label on front end papers. DJ is fair, lots of wear and a large tear on front cover, encased in mylar. Anecdotes, little-known details that bring into focus the tensions, the frustrations, the disasters, the boundless confidence and faith that colored the lives of the railroad pioneers.

Title: The World's Rail Way

Author Name: J G Pangborn

Categories: Americana - Railways, Railroads, Trains,

Edition: First Thus

Publisher: Bramhall House: 1974

Binding: Hardcover

Book Condition: Very Good

Jacket Condition: Fair

Type: Book

Seller ID: 016494
Price: $20.00

The Steam Locomotive by Edgar A Haine

Oversized hardcover with DJ in mylar. Cornwall Books, 1990. In near fine condition. B & W photos, illustrations, and maps. More than one thousand illustrations which register the evolution, development, and applications of this source of motive power in various parts of the world.

Title: The Steam Locomotive

Author Name: Haine, Edgar A.

Categories: Americana - Railways, Railroads, Trains,

Publisher: Cranbury, New Jersey, U.S.A., Cornwall Books: 1990

ISBN Number: 0845347632

ISBN Number 13: 9780845347638

Binding: Hardcover

Book Condition: Near Fine

Type: Book

Seller ID: 016500

Keywords: LOCOMOTIVES HISTORY TRANSPORTATION RAILROADS, 

Price: $60.00

A Pathfinder in the Southwest by Grant Foreman

Hardcover, no DJ, ex-library. University of Oklahoma Press, 1968, second printing. In very good condition, usual library markings, some residual glue from tape on boards and front endpapers. The itinerary of Lieutenant A. W. Whipple during his explorations for a railway route from Fort Smith to Los Angeles in the years 1853 & 1854.

Title: A Pathfinder in the Southwest

Author Name: Grant Foreman

Categories: Americana - Railways, Railroads, Trains,

Publisher: University of Oklahoma: 1968

Binding: Hardcover

Book Condition: Very Good

Type: Book

Seller ID: 016824

Keywords: RAILROADS , RAILWAYS MILITARY HISTORY WESTERN, 

Price: $20.00

They Built the West: An Epic of Rails and Cities by Glenn Chesney Quiett

Hardcover, no DJ. D. Appleton 1934. In very good condition, has minor to moderate bumping to corners and spine ends, light scuffing of covers, spine panel has severe sun-fading, owner's name on inside front cover and on front endpaper. The history of the great cities and railroads of the American West. B & W frontispiece and numerous additional b & w plates, bibliography, index.

Title: They Built the West An Epic of Rails and Cities

Author Name: Glenn Chesney Quiett

Categories: Americana - Railways, Railroads, Trains,

Publisher: 0

Binding: Hardcover

Book Condition: Very Good

Type: Book

Seller ID: 016607

Keywords: RAILROAD, AMERICAN HISTORY, OLD WEST, 

Price: $20.00 

ETE (European Train Enthusiasts) Express Summer 1979 by Geoff Fischer

Newsletter, softcover, 8 pages. European Train Enthusiasts, 1979. In very good condition, section missing from front cover (renewal form), some internal markings by previous owner. Newsletter for train enthusiasts. Contents: Editorial, Subscription Information, Postal Car, Modeling the Rheingold Train (John Schmate), Modeling Advice and Questions, Second News Report on Europe's Rails (Alfred E Hauser).

Title: ETE (European Train Enthusiasts) Express Summer 1979

Author Name: Geoff Fischer

Categories: Americana - Railways, Railroads, Trains,

Publisher: European Train Ethusiasts: 1979

Binding: Soft cover

Book Condition: Very Good

Type: Book

Seller ID: 016517

Keywords: TRAINS, EUROPEAN, RHEINGOLD, SCHMATE, HAUSER, RAILWAYS, RAILROADS,

Price: $20.00

ETE (European Train Enthusiasts) Express Fall 1979 by Geoff Fischer

Newsletter, softcover, 8 pages. ETE, 1979. In very good condition. Contents: Editorial, Subscription Information, Postal Car, Gene's Jottings, Prototype Corner - The Rhaetian Railways (Alfred E Hauser). Illlustrations depict railway line developments for Switzerland and the Grisons, Rhaetian Railways, Gerguen-Preda, and Alp Gruem-Poschiavo. Also a detail of the Standard Rhaetian Railway passenger coach - second class for 64 passengers.
 

Title: ETE (European Train Enthusiasts) Express Fall 1979

Author Name: Geoff Fischer

Categories: Americana - Railways, Railroads, Trains,

Publisher: European Train Enthusiasts: 1979

Binding: Soft cover

Book Condition: Very Good

Type: Book

Seller ID: 016516

Keywords: TRAINS, RAILWAYS, EUROPEAN, RHAETIAN, HAUESER, 

Price: $20.00

Cavalcade of the Rails by Frank P Morse

Hardcover, no DJ. E P Dutton, 1940, stated first edition. In very good condition, minor bumping to corners and spine ends, minor foxing to end-papers. Stories, legends, and history of railroading in America.

Title: Cavalcade of the Rails

Author Name: Frank P Morse

Categories: Americana - Railways, Railroads, Trains,

Edition: First Edition

Publisher: E P Dutton: 1940

Binding: Hardcover

Book Condition: Very Good

Type: Book

Seller ID: 016508
Price: $35.00

The Pictorial Encyclopaedia of Railways by Cuthbert Hamilton Ellis

Hardcover with DJ in mylar. Hamlyn, 1973, fifth impression. In very good condition, front hinge is beginning to separate. DJ is good, has a tear at top of spine, corners show some wear, protected by mylar. Over 800 pictures and 30,000 words of captions that tell the story of railways from the first Babylonian runways to the 100 MPH monorail.

Title: The Pictorial Encyclopaedia of Railways

Author Name: Ellis, Cuthbert Hamilton

Categories: Americana - Railways, Railroads, Trains,

Publisher: London, United Kingdom, Hamlyn: 1973

ISBN Number: 060003075X

ISBN Number 13: 9780600030751

Binding: Hardcover

Book Condition: Very Good

Type: Book

Seller ID: 016503

Price: $12.00

Smoke Over the Divide Union Pacific Wyoming Division by Ehernberger and Gschwind

Hardcover, no DJ, ex-library. E & G Publications, 1965. In very good condition, name on back of front cover, minimal library markings. 64 pages. Follow the history of railroads and locomotives in the Wyoming area.

Title: Smoke Over the Divide Union Pacific Wyoming Division

Author Name: Ehernberger and Gschwind

Categories: Americana - Railways, Railroads, Trains,

Binding: Hardcover

Book Condition: Very Good

Type: Book

Seller ID: 013866
Price: $20.00

The Impossible Railway: The Building of the Canadian Pacific by Pierre Berton

Hardcover. Very good condition, cover has a few light marks, map on front endpaper has minor stain at top of page, pages toning. DJ is good, shows edgewear and has a crease near the price. Illlustrated with 27 maps and 16 pages of halftones. Originally published in Canada in two volumes: The National Dream and The Last Spike. This is the first American edition of the combined volumes.

Title: The Impossible Railway: The Building of the Canadian Pacific

Author Name: Berton, Pierre

Categories: Americana - Railways, Railroads, Trains,

Edition: First Thus

Publisher: Knopf: 1972

ISBN Number: 0394465695

ISBN Number 13: 9780394465692

Binding: Hardcover

Book Condition: Very Good

Type: Book

Seller ID: 020524

Keywords: CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY HISTORY, 

Price: $25.00

Westward to Promontory Building the Union Pacific Across the Plains and Mountains by Barry B Combs

Oversized hardcover with DJ in mylar. Garland Books, 1969. In very good condition iwth a good DJ, has a chip out of top right corner, some minor soiling and wear. A J Russell chronicled the building of the Union Pacific. His pictures are here with Combs knowledge of the history of the UP Railroad.

Title: Westward to Promontory Building the Union Pacific Across the Plains and Mountains

Author Name: Barry B Combs

Categories: Americana - Railways, Railroads, Trains,

Publisher: 1969

Binding: Hardcover

Book Condition: Very Good

Type: Book

Seller ID: 016498
Price: $15.00

Nothing Like It in the World : The Men Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad 1863-1869 by Stephen E Ambrose

Trade paperback. Near fine condition. The story of the Central Pacific and Union Pacific Railroads and the men who built them.

Title: Nothing Like It in the World : The Men Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad 1863-1869

Author Name: Ambrose, Stephen E.

Categories: Americana - Railways, Railroads, Trains,

Edition: First Edition

Publisher: Simon & Schuster: 2000

ISBN Number: 0684846098

ISBN Number 13: 9780684846095

Binding: Soft cover

Book Condition: Near Fine

Type: Book

Seller ID: 018781

Keywords: CENTRAL PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY RAILROADS_CONSTRUCTION, 

Price: $10.00

Union Pacific Railroad Company Form 7171

Small, stiff orange-brown cloth-covered covers, teal pin binding, black lettering on front cover. Union Pacific, Effective August 1, 1945. In very good condition, edgewear, a spill on front board. Rules and Instructions Governing Maintenance of Air Brakes, Communicating Signal System, Electric Headlights, Heating, Air Conditioning, Water Systems, and Lighting. Definitions, general rules and index.

Title: Union Pacific Railroad Company Form 7171

Author Name:

Categories: Americana - Railways, Railroads, Trains,

Publisher: Union Pacific: 1945

Binding: Soft cover

Book Condition: Very Good

Jacket Condition: No Jacket

Type: Book

Seller ID: 016511
Price: $50.00

Jana Bibi's Excellent Fortunes by Betsy Woodman

Trade paperback. She's a Scottish woman in a small town in India...

Title: Jana Bibi's Excellent Fortunes

Author Name: Woodman, Betsy

Categories: Historical Literature,

Edition: 1st Edition

Publisher: Henry Holt: 2012

ISBN Number: 0805093494

ISBN Number 13: 9780805093490

Binding: Soft cover

Book Condition: Near Fine

Jacket Condition: No Jacket

Type: Book

Seller ID: 021943
Price: $15.00

The Traditional West: Anthology of Original Stories by Western Fictioneers

Trade paperback. Very good condition. Anthology of Western stories.

Title: The Traditional West: Anthology of Original Stories By The Western Fictioneers

Author Name: Western Fictioneers; Kit Prate; Chuck Tyrell; Matthew P. Mayo; Troy . D Smith; Rod Miller; Clay More; Cheryl Pierson; James J. Griffin; C. Courtney Joyner, Jerry Guin; Pete Peterson, Steven Clark; Robert J. Randisi; Ross Morton, Scott D. Parker; Edward A

Categories: Historical Literature,

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform: 2011

ISBN Number: 1463728417

ISBN Number 13: 9781463728410

Binding: Soft cover

Book Condition: Very Good

Jacket Condition: No Jacket

Type: Book

Seller ID: 022793
Price: $12.00

Outlaw Range by Steven Webb

Hardcover, no DJ. A L Burt Company, 1936. In very good condition, corners bumped, name stamped on bottom outside pages, pages yellowing. Sheriff Dan Lutz is killed by an outlaw's bullet and the bank is burned to the ground. Someone in town must be behind the outlaw Flick Sutton, trying to drive the ranchers out of town - but who?

Title: Outlaw Range

Author Name: Steven Webb

Categories: Historical Literature,

Binding: Hardcover

Book Condition: Very Good

Type: Book

Seller ID: 013473

Keywords: WESTERN, 

Price: $12.00 

Coastal Del Rey by Billie L. Stephens

Hardcover. Domhan Books, 2001. In near fine condition, front end paper has light soiling. Spence has done nothing but drift since the Civil War, but then he meets the Harris family and the Colonel who owns the Triple Y Ranch.

Title: Coastal Del Rey

Author Name: Stephens, Billie L.

Categories: Historical Literature,

Publisher: Brooklyn, New York, U.S.A., Domhan Books: 2001

ISBN Number: 1583459154

ISBN Number 13: 9781583459157

Binding: Hardcover

Book Condition: Near Fine

Type: Book

Seller ID: 013595

Keywords: FICTION SUSPENSE WESTERNS, 

Price: $18.00

The Tiger Queens: The Women of Genghis Khan by Stephanie Thornton

Trade paperback. Learn about the women of Genghis Khan. The women in his life both helped and hurt him in his political endeavors.

Title: The Tiger Queens: The Women of Genghis Khan

Author Name: Stephanie Thornton

Categories: Historical Literature,

Edition: 1st Edition

Publisher: New American Library: 2014

ISBN Number: 0451417801

ISBN Number 13: 9780451417800

Binding: Soft cover

Book Condition: Near Fine

Jacket Condition: No Jacket

Type: Book

Seller ID: 021960
Price: $12.00

The Secret of Lost Things by Sheridan Hay

Hardcover. She's a young woman working in a book store and gets caught up in a search for a missing manuscript.

Title: The Secret of Lost Things: A Novel

Author Name: Sheridan Hay

Categories: Historical Literature,

Edition: 1st Edition

Publisher: Doubleday: 2007

ISBN Number: 038551848X

ISBN Number 13: 9780385518482

Binding: Hardcover

Book Condition: Near Fine

Jacket Condition: Near Fine

Type: Book

Seller ID: 023050

Price: $18.00

The Mapmaker's Children by Sarah McCoy

Hardcover. Stated first edition. She found a porcelain doll head and discovered a piece of the Underground Railroad under her house...

Title: The Mapmaker's Children: A Novel

Author Name: Sarah McCoy

Categories: Historical Literature,

Edition: 1st Edition

Publisher: Crown: 2015

ISBN Number: 0385348908

ISBN Number 13: 9780385348904

Binding: Hardcover

Book Condition: Near Fine

Jacket Condition: Near Fine

Type: Book

Seller ID: 021941
Price: $20.00

O'Sullivan's Odyssey by Rick Spier

Hardcover. Moon Donkey Press, 2004, first. In very good condition, slight corner bumping. Eoghan O'Sullivan has high hopes for his children. But does see them as they are, or merely as he wants them to be?

Title: O'Sullivan's Odyssey

Author Name: Rick Spier

Categories: Historical Literature,

Edition: First Edition

ISBN Number: 0975439804

ISBN Number 13: 9780975439807

Binding: Hardcover

Book Condition: Very Good

Type: Book

Seller ID: 011199
Price: $12.00

Return to Thrush Green by Miss Read

Hardcover, bookclub edition. Houghton Mifflin, 1979. In very good condition, name on front fly leaf, DJ is fair - looks like it soaked up some tea - book has no damage from it . Joan and Edward Young are content and happy in their Cotswold stone house, but Joan's father returns and the Young's tranquillity is ruffled by change.
 

Title: Return to Thrush Green

Author Name: Read, Miss

Categories: Historical Literature,

Publisher: Boston, MA, U.S.A., Houghton Mifflin Company: 1979

ISBN Number: 0395276276

ISBN Number 13: 9780395276273

Binding: Hardcover

Book Condition: Very Good

Jacket Condition: Fair

Type: Book

Seller ID: 007391

Keywords: ENGLAND FICTION THRUSH GREEN IMAGINARY PLACE GENERAL, 

Price: $10.00

No Holly for Miss Quinn by Miss Read

Hardcover. Houghton Mifflin, 1976, first. In very good condition with some bumping on spine, DJ shows a couple of tears and some soiling. Miss Quinn is NOT going to celebrate Christmas and doesn't need any family around her. Unfortunately, her family needs her - her sister-in-law must go in the hospital and she finds herself babysitting her brother's children!

Title: No Holly for Miss Quinn

Author Name: Read Staff

Categories: Historical Literature,

Publisher: Boston, MA, U.S.A., Houghton Mifflin Company: 1976

ISBN Number: 0395247683

ISBN Number 13: 9780395247686

Binding: Hardcover

Book Condition: Very Good

Type: Book

Seller ID: 007392
Price: $12.00

On Both Sides of the River by Alberto Ramon

Trade paperback. Guild Press of Indiana, 1996. In near fine condition. A Texas attorney fights violent drug lords on both sides of the Mexican border, corrupt public officials, corrupt attorneys - and sometimes himself.

Title: On Both Sides of the River

Author Name: Ramon, Alberto

Categories: Historical Literature,

Publisher: Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.A., Emmis Pr: 1996

ISBN Number: 1878208845

ISBN Number 13: 9781878208842

Binding: Soft cover

Book Condition: Near Fine

Type: Book

Seller ID: 013518
Price: $10.00

I Rode with Cullen Baker by R L B Hartmann

Trade paperback. As new. It's Civil War days, and soldier raiders kill Jess's family and burn her home down. An old Negro slave helps her escape, but he gets killed in town and suddenly she's all alone. Until a strange man saves her - and he's a bandit!

Title: I Rode with Cullen Baker

Author Name: R L B Hartmann

Categories: Historical Literature,

Edition: 1st Edition

Publisher: Catawba River Press: 2008

ISBN Number: 1411642260

ISBN Number 13: 9781411642263

Binding: Soft cover

Book Condition: As New

Jacket Condition: No Jacket

Type: Book

Seller ID: 019622

Keywords: ROMANCE ADVENTURE, 

Price: $15.00

The Blood Promise: A Hugo Marston Novel by Mark Pryor

Trade paperback. An old man signs a letter in blood and then hides it in a secret compartment in a sailor's chest. It doesn't make it to its destination because of plague.

Title: The Blood Promise: A Hugo Marston Novel

Author Name: Pryor, Mark

Categories: Historical Literature,

Edition: 1st Edition

Publisher: U.S.A., Seventh Street Books: 2014

ISBN Number: 1616148152

ISBN Number 13: 9781616148157

Binding: Soft cover

Book Condition: Near Fine

Jacket Condition: No Jacket

Type: Book

Seller ID: 021959
Price: $10.00

The Borgia Betrayal by Sara Poole

Trade paperback. Before the Tudors, there were the Borgias. Passionate. Dangerous. Deadly.

Title: The Borgia Betrayal

Author Name: Poole, Sara

Categories: Historical Literature,

Edition: 1st Edition

Publisher: U.S.A., St. Martin's Griffin: 2011

ISBN Number: 0312609841

ISBN Number 13: 9780312609849

Binding: Soft cover

Book Condition: Near Fine

Jacket Condition: No Jacket

Type: Book

Seller ID: 021955
Price: $20.00

Sweet Lass of Richmond Hill by Jean Plaidy

Hardcover. Putnam, 1988, first American edition. In very good condition, price clipped, light soiling in two spots on outside book pages. The young Prince of Wales and Maria Fitzherbert.

Title: Sweet Lass of Richmond Hill

Author Name: Plaidy, Jean

Categories: Historical Literature,

Edition: First Thus

Publisher: E Rutherford, New Jersey, U.S.A., Putnam Pub Group: 1988

ISBN Number: 0399133623

ISBN Number 13: 9780399133626

Binding: Hardcover

Book Condition: Very Good

Type: Book

Seller ID: 011088
Keywords: ROMANCE, MARIA FITZHERBERT
Price: $15.00