Chicago. Softcover. Very Good. Undated, 1901. 59 pp, with illustrations, in original wrappers. Pale dampstain to bottom edge/margin, light handling wear. Scarce illustrated catalogue from the early years of automobile road construction and maintainence. Includes offerigns for the Austin Motor Road Roller ("the latest achievement in improved road machinery"), the... Item #2650
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Habana: Avisador Comercial, 1875. First Edition. Softcover. Good. 33 pp + 4 tables at rear (3 folding), in original wrappers. Moderate wear to wrappers, particularly spine (some outer paper loss), toned pages; text clean. Annual report of this Cuban railroad, containing a list of the Board of Directors, financial details... Item #2996
Boston, MA: Good Roads Machinery Co. Inc. Softcover. Near fine. Undated, c. 1910. 24 pp, illustrated, in original pictorial wrappers. Light shelf wear wrappers; text clean. Scarce catalogue from the early years of automobile road construction and maintainence. From the Introduction: "This book comes to you, not as an argument... Item #2672
St. Paul: Riley Brothers, 1886. Hardcover. Very good. 5 x 7 inches, 370 pp + 3 pages of ads. Original flexible brown cloth, titled on the cover "Guide to the Northern Pacific Railroad and its Allied Lines. Official Edition, 1886-7." Light rubbing to extremities, a bit of dust soiling, else... Item #20458
Detroit, MI: Nash Motors. Soft cover. Very Good. Undated, but c. 1952. 70 pp, consisting of 158 historic photographs, with brief descriptions of each car pictured. Comb binding. Comb is damaged at the foot of the spine, covers have light edgewear. Contents clean. Item #12164
American Society of Naval Engineers, [1899]. Softcover. Very Good. Offprint. Reprinted from Journal of the American Society of Naval Engineers, Volume XI, No. 2. pp. 285-303 + 5 illustrations from photographs, in original wrappers. Handling wear, vertical folding crease; text clean. Report on testing done by the U.S. Navy on... Item #2875
Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1908. Hardcover. Good. 286 pp + 4 (folding detailed financial statements) + 1 (folding map), with index, in library binding, red pebbled cloth. Ex-library with bookplate from Dayton Museum of Natural History, front hinge cracked. This volume covers issues pertaining to Armament, Transporation, and Supply... Item #1652
Syracuse, NY: Franklin Automobile Company, 1914. Approximately 6 x 9 inches, 16 pp, with half-tone illustrations in the text. Stapled wrappers. But for a previous owner's ink stamp in purple ink on both the upper wrap and title page, the pamphlet is fine, clean, and bright. Not found in OCLC... Item #19800
Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1989. Hardcover. Fine in a Fine dust jacket. xi, 560 pp, with b/w illustrations from photographs, diagrams, appendices, index. Minimal signs of wear in like dust jacket. "From the first spherical balloons made by Eustace and Oswald Short, the author traces the brothers' progress as... Item #399
1919. Softcover. Very Good. 22 pp, in original wrappers. Light handling wear to wrappers, old horizontal crease; contents clean and sound. Text of the resolution of a lawsuit grought by the United States Govenment over oil-bearing lands in California granted to Southern Pacific Railroad. The Government argued that Southern Pacific... Item #1495
London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Hardcover. Good. pp 224 + 40 (publisher's catalogue), illustrations from photographs. General wear to boards, spine sunned, stamp and book store label on front pastedown; contents clean. No dust jacket. A survey of British railroad history for young people, including details about routes, stations... Item #509
Chicago: Reilly & Lee, 1922. Hardcover. Very good. Second printing. 222 pp, in original brick-colored cloth. Boards lightly soiled; mild spine slant. Binding sound, contents clean. No dust jacket. Despite the expose-like title, this biography paints a favorable portrait of Ford. Item #14352
Habana: De Howson y Heinen, 1886. Wraps. Good. 6-1/4 x 9" printed wraps, pp. [3], 4-19, [1], sunned wraps rehinged with japanese tissue and chipped at the corners and edges, a few chips out at the fore-edges of the pages internally. An ownership inscription in black ink to the upper... Item #20289
Lausanne: The Association Pro Sempione. Softcover. Very Good-. Undated, c. 1907. 120 pp, with many sepia-toned illustrations from photographs, two color plates, and a one-page map. Large chip missing from corner of front cover; back cover with a tape repair; contents clean and sound. Intented "to introduce the traveller to... Item #1746
London: John Long, 1929. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good in a good dust jacket. 223 pp, with illustrations from photographs. Publisher's dark red cloth with bright gilt titles on spine. Foxing to fore edge of text block, extending occasionally into the page margins; otherwise clean and sound. In the scarce... Item #20592
Louisville, KY: John P. Morton, 1910. Softcover. Very Good. 144 pp, with maps, illustrations, in original wrappers Front wrap starting to separate at spine ends (but still firmly attached); contents clean. Revised, with material not contained in earlier editions. A prefatory section titled "Announcement" noted that the original purpose of... Item #1510
Mossley, UK: Manchester Transport Museum Society, 1980. Softcover. Near fine. 120 pp, with b/w and color illustrations, tables, maps tipped in at rear. Minor handling wear to wrappers; contents clean and sound. A history of transport in Ashton-Under-Lyne extensively illustrated. Includes chapters on turnpikes, canals and railways, horse trams, trolleybus... Item #436
American Society of Naval Engineers, [1894]. Softcover. Near fine. Large, detailed folding table, accompanied by one text page, in original wrappers. Very light shelf wear, contents clean. Reprinted from Journal of the American Society of Naval Engineers, Volume VI, No. 1. "The accompanying table has been prepared with a view... Item #2845
ournal of the American Society of Naval Engineers, [1894]. Softcover. Very Good. Offprint. 1 pp + 2 (folding tables), in original wrappers. Handling wear with a few short chips and tears to edges; text clean. Reprinted from Journal of the American Society of Naval Engineers, Volume VI, No. 3. Tables... Item #2876
Boston: Little, Brown, 1923. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. 206 pp, indexed, illustrated, in original brown cloth. Spine lean, wear to corners and spine ends, including chipping to the cloth at the head; occasional penciled lines in the margins.Binding sound. No dust jacket. A highly regarded character study of Henry Ford... Item #14351
[1892]. Very good. Menu for a picnic held to celebrate the first Pullman Car manufactured in Australia. Single sheet of cardstock folded once, 11 x 15 cm (4.5 x 6 in) when unfolded. Light dust soiling to the front cover; very good. P.N. Hyden is listed as the Superintendent of... Item #18876
Chicago: Midland Press, 1922. Hardcover. Good. Salesman's dummy. Moderate general wear and soiling to boards, a few smudges in the margins, old water damage to lower margin of about half the page. Includes c. 30 pp of b/w illustrations from photographs and sample text, with blank subscription pages at rear... Item #2541
North Branch, MN: Specialty Press, 2009. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good in a very good dust jacket. 8.5 x 11.5 inches, 616 pp, with index and many illustrations. Book is as new except for on small stain on the edge of the text block and previous owner's notation of date... Item #20573
London: Adam & Charles Black, 1966. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine in a Very Good dust jacket. xvii, 268 pp, with 8 color plates, 48 b/w plates, and 5 drawings. Corners lightly bumped; internally clean and sound. Dust jacket has moderate edgewear and a few tape reinforcements on the inside... Item #517
American Society of Naval Engineers, [1894]. Softcover. Near fine. Offprint. Reprinted from Journal of the American Society of Naval Engineers, Volume VI, No. 1. Pages 445-463 + 4 plates (3 charts, photographic frontispiece) in original wrappers. Discusses testing on the steamer's boilers, engines, and electrical plant. Item #2871
