Thursday, October 31, 2019

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.

Author Name: L T C Rolt
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

Wednesday, October 30, 2019

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.

Author Name: John Murray Gibbon
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Bobbs-Merrill: 1935
Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Very Good
Type: Book
Seller ID: 016507
Price: $35.00

Tuesday, October 29, 2019

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!

Author Name: John B Hungerford
Publisher: Hungerford Press: 1967
Binding: Soft cover
Book Condition: Good
Type: Book
Seller ID: 016515
Price: $8.00

Monday, October 28, 2019

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.

Author Name: J G Pangborn
Edition: First Thus
Publisher: Bramhall House: 1974
Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Very Good
Jacket Condition: Fair
Type: Book
Seller ID: 016494
Price: $20.00

Sunday, October 27, 2019

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.

Author Name: Haine, Edgar A.
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
Price: $60.00

Saturday, October 26, 2019

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.

Author Name: Grant Foreman
Publisher: University of Oklahoma: 1968
Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Very Good
Type: Book
Seller ID: 016824
Price: $20.00

Friday, October 25, 2019

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.

Author Name: Glenn Chesney Quiett
Publisher: 0
Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Very Good
Type: Book
Seller ID: 016607
Price: $20.00 

Thursday, October 24, 2019

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).

Author Name: Geoff Fischer
Publisher: European Train Ethusiasts: 1979
Binding: Soft cover
Book Condition: Very Good
Type: Book
Seller ID: 016517
Price: $20.00

Wednesday, October 23, 2019

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.
 
Author Name: Geoff Fischer
Publisher: European Train Enthusiasts: 1979
Binding: Soft cover
Book Condition: Very Good
Type: Book
Seller ID: 016516
Price: $20.00

Tuesday, October 22, 2019

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.


Author Name: Frank P Morse
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: E P Dutton: 1940
Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Very Good
Type: Book
Seller ID: 016508
Price: $35.00

Monday, October 21, 2019

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.

Author Name: Ellis, Cuthbert Hamilton
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

Sunday, October 20, 2019

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.

Author Name: Ehernberger and Gschwind
Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Very Good
Type: Book
Seller ID: 013866
Price: $20.00

Saturday, October 19, 2019

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.

Author Name: Berton, Pierre
Edition: First Thus
Publisher: Knopf: 1972
ISBN Number: 0394465695
ISBN Number 13: 9780394465692
Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Very Good
Type: Book
Seller ID: 020524
Price: $25.00

Friday, October 18, 2019

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.

Author Name: Barry B Combs
Publisher: 1969
Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Very Good
Type: Book
Seller ID: 016498
Price: $15.00

Thursday, October 17, 2019

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.

Author Name: Ambrose, Stephen E.
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
Price: $10.00

Wednesday, October 16, 2019

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.

Author Name:
Publisher: Union Pacific: 1945
Binding: Soft cover
Book Condition: Very Good
Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Type: Book
Seller ID: 016511
Price: $50.00

Tuesday, October 15, 2019

Jana Bibi's Excellent Fortunes by Betsy Woodman

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

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

Monday, October 14, 2019

The Traditional West: Anthology of Original Stories by Western Fictioneers

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

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

Sunday, October 13, 2019

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 

Saturday, October 12, 2019

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.

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
Price: $18.00

Friday, October 11, 2019

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.

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

Thursday, October 10, 2019

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.

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

Wednesday, October 9, 2019

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...

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

Tuesday, October 8, 2019

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?

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

Monday, October 7, 2019

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.
 
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
Price: $10.00

Sunday, October 6, 2019

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!

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

Saturday, October 5, 2019

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.

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

Friday, October 4, 2019

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!

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

Thursday, October 3, 2019

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.

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

Wednesday, October 2, 2019

The Borgia Betrayal by Sara Poole

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

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

Tuesday, October 1, 2019

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.

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