Scotch Plains, New Jersey: Morning Sun Books, Inc., 1997. First Edition. Large Hardcover.
Both volumes first edition. Near fine copies in near fine jackets.
127; 127 pp. Extensive full color photos and descriptions of 40's and 50's LA area pacific electric interurban equipment.
Linden, N.J. / Trenton, N.J. / Bloomfield, N.J. / Tarrytown, N.Y. / Baltimore, M.D. Eastern Aircraft Division, 1944. Large Hardcover.
No jacket. Spine toned, boards lightly toned, rear board soiled.
A photographic history of The Eastern Aircraft Division of General Motors, which produced F4F Wildcats and TBF Avengers under license.....
Hartford: J.B. Burr and Hyde, 1872. Hard Cover.
Rebacked with original backstrips laid down, pages foxed.
1304 pp. Engraved title page, with over 500 engraved plates and illustrations. Contents include: sewing machines; printing press; watches; steam boilers; steam navigation; ship building; money; ice; lithography; stereotyping; cigars and tobacco; sugar; fire.....
Boston: Crosby and Nichols, 1862. First Edition. Trade Paperback.
First edition - a paperback original. Wrappers lightly toned.
42 pp. Printed wrappers, sewn binding. A study of characteristics of the Mississippi River related to flooding and flood protection, printed during the American Civil War.
PA: International Textbook Company. Hard Cover.
18 volumes inside wooden box. Wooden box in very good condition - no major stains. Publisher dates range from 1925 - 1950. Top page ridges of some volumes lightly faded, light stain along bottom page ridge of one volume. Slightly musty.
18 volume set.....
Hillsboro, Oregon: Timber Times, 2002. 2nd Printing. Large Hardcover.
Second printing. A fine copy in a near fine jacket.
280 pp. To the people who used them, steam donkeys and other logging equipment made their livelihoods possible. From its beginnings in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, to its heyday.....
New York: Simmons-Boardman Publishing Company, 1981. 3rd Printing. Hard Cover.
1981 third printing of second edition, which added three chapters on steam utilization, distribution of locomotive weight, and braking. No jacket.
ix, 564 pp. Includes four folding diagrams in rear pocket, numerous diagrams in text (some fold-outs). CONTENTS: Locomotive Classification;.....
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1947. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Jacket edges rubbed with multiple chips and tears along top edge, jacket price-clipped.
vi, 359 pp. In four parts--Flight Instruments, Engine Instruments, Navigation Instruments, and Automatic Pilots--Dials and Flight deals with each instrument in a separate chapter, which.....
Hong Kong: Permanent Printing, Ltd., 2009. Revised and Expanded Edition. Large Hardcover.
Revised and expanded edition. Related papers laid in. Jacket edges lightly bumped.
212 pp. The history of N&W Class A locomotive has been revised by author Ed King. The original book about this most productive of locomotives has.....
New York: Effective Spraying, 2010. First Edition. Trade Paperback.
First edition. Signed by author with inscription, "To Tim. Many thanks for your support. With best wishes. Andrew Landers December 2010." CD included. Spine creased.
xiii, 261 pp. CD included. Details: airflow adjustments and nozzle orientation; methods of quantifying deposition; maintenance.....
Silverton, Colorado: Sundance Books, 1979. First Edition. Large Hardcover.
First edition. Signed by author on half-title page without inscription. No jacket. Highlighting and ink notes on a few pages.
416 pp. Volume one of two. Volume 1 in this fascinating history, packed with photos of articulated steam locomotives, focuses on.....
New York: Abrams, 2012. Link, O. Winston. First Edition. Large Hardcover.
First edition. CD included. A fine copy in a fine jacket.
239 pp. O. Winston Link photographed the Norfolk and Western, the last major steam railroad in the United States, when it was converting its operations from steam to.....
London: Macmillan, 1978. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Jacket edges lightly rubbed.
xvii, 188 pp. ...enlarged the knowledge of the vital part played in that battle by the V-12 Merlin, the aero engine which powered the Hurricane and Spitfire, the Lancaster and Mosquito, the Mustang and, in one marque.....
Chicago: The Reilly & Britton Co., 1912. First Edition. Small Hard Cover.
First edition. No jacket. A very nice copy.
176 pp. Red cloth boards with gilt title and gilt illustration of airplane on front board. Includes 82 black-and-white illustrations. CONTENTS: The Engineering Aspect: Sources of Data: Examples from Nature.....
Warrensburg, Missouri: Self-Published, 1977. First Edition. Large Softcover.
First edition. Scarce - 3 copies in OCLC, and only 2 of this edition. Author's bookplate on title page. An advance copy sent to a member (or surviving family) of the 332nd Engineers, with a slip explaining this laid in. Photographic fold-out.....
. S.N., 1852. Single Sheet.
A few minor tears along edges, creased and lightly foxed, ink markings on reverse side.
16 x 9 3/4. O. Nichols' Patent Corn and Cob Crusher and Pulverizer, for Crushing Corn, Cobs, Bark &c., 1852. Patent, directions and certificates, with engraved illustrations.
Albany: J.B. Lyon Company, 1920. Hard Cover.
No jacket. Bottom corner of rear board bumped.
492 pp. Report of the Superintendent of Public Works on the Canals of the State for the Year Ended June 30, 1919 and on the Trade and Tonnage of the Canals for the Year 1919.....
Millard, Nebraska: R.E. Prince, 1980. First Edition. Large Hardcover.
First edition. No jacket. A nice copy.
352 pp. Authoritative history of the Norfolk & Western Railroad and The Virginia Railway with emphasis on motive power. Covers the South Side Railroad, the Virginia & Tennessee, the Norfolk & Petersburg, the Atlantic.....
Boston: Saco-Lowell Shops, Boston / William Bond Wheelwright, 1924. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Edges a bit rubbed.
83 pp. A one-hundred-year history of the textile mill which pioneered the first factory system, devised by Francis Cabot Lowell. This was the first time spinning and weaving were performed under.....
Arlington, Washington: Oso Publishing Company, 2001. First Edition. Large Hardcover.
First edition. A fine copy in a fine jacket.
x, 134 pp. Basing his research on newspaper clippings, photographs, and interviews with loggers, independent researcher Schmelzer recounts the history of the logging of Tiger Mountain in Washington state between 1910.....
Minneapolis, Minnesota: Voyageur Press, 2009. First Edition. Large Hardcover.
First edition. A fine copy in a fine jacket.
176 pp. Once the second-largest steam locomotive builder in the U.S., American Locomotive Company (Alco) produced 75,000 locomotives, among them such famous examples as the 4-6-4 Hudsons and 4-8-4 Niagaras built for.....
Pittsburgh: Standard Sanitary Mfg., Co., 1920. Large Hardcover.
Boards lightly soiled.
637, 52 pp. Price Supplement A follows text. A collection of plumbing equipment for bathrooms from the Standard Sanitary Manufacturing Company in 1920.
CA: Galil Motion Control, Inc., 1994. Large Softcover.
Very minor general wear.
208, 19 pp. Introduction: The purpose of this book is to provide a simplified step-by-step procedure for the design of motion control systems. It is written for engineers and scientists and requires no previous experience with such systems.....
Tampa, FL: Vibration Consultants, Inc., 1994. First Edition. Large Hardcover.
First edition. No jacket. Boards a bit soiled.
xiii, 360 pp. CONTENTS: Introduction to Machinery Vibration; Time and Frequency Analysis Techniques; Hardware and Software Required for Accurate Diagnostics; Accurate Evaluation of Machinery Condition; Accurate Diagnosis of Antifriction Bearings; Accurate Evaluation.....
Wilton, California: Central Valley Railroad Publications, 1992. First Edition. Large Hardcover.
First edition. Signed by Church on title page without inscription. Jacket edges rubbed, jacket spine lightly faded, small tear along jacket spine head.
vi, 432 pp. Widely acclaimed in its first edition, not only for its complete and detailed.....