London: Titan Books, 2014. Tooby, Adam. First Edition. Large Hardcover.
First edition. A fine copy in a fine jacket.
188 pp. Adam Tooby is a rising star in the field of aviation art, creating groundbreaking photo-realistic work. Moving away from traditional approaches to the subject matter, he uses computer technology.....
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: The Stackpole Company, 1936. Hard Cover.
No jacket. Front board soiled, board corners bumped.
viii, 151 pp. This practical and precise guide to the chemical and heat coloring of all barrel steels and gun metals covers the earliest soft carbon methods to the latest rustless techniques--some 230 formulae.....
Knollwood Field, N.C. Headquarters, Army Air Forces Technical Training Command, 1942. Stapled Binding.
Ink name on front wrapper, front wrapper faintly foxed.
12 pp. CONTENTS: Master Cylinder Hydraulic Brake Systems.
New York: Viking, 1999. 3rd Printing. Hard Cover.
Third printing. Minor general wear.
xiii, 797 pp. After the Civil War, the building of the transcontinental railroad was the nineteenth century's most transformative event. Beginning in 1842 with a visionary's dream to span the continent with twin bands of iron, Empire.....
New York: Robert M. McBride & Company, 1928. Hard Cover.
No jacket. Loss to spine head, front board lightly soiled, ink name on front paste-down endpaper.
85 sketches and diagrams, glossary of terms, etc. CONTENTS: Prologue; Part I. The Elementary Principles Air Their Grievances; Part II. The Principles, Having Settled.....
San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1988. Kinsey, Darius & Tabitha May. 2nd Printing. Large Softcover.
Second printing. A fine copy.
143 pp. Volume 3 in this outstanding series on Darius and Tabitha Kinsey presents 41 superb oversized photographs showing the steam locomotives of the logging railroads of the western United States.....
San Mateo, California: The Western Railroader, 1957. First Edition. Stapled Binding.
First edition. Minor general wear.
40 pp. The California Western Railroad (reporting mark CWR), AKA Mendocino Railway popularly called the Skunk Train, is a rail freight and heritage railroad transport railway in Mendocino County, California, United States, running from.....
Chatanooga, Tennessee: A.C. Kalmbach Memorial Library / National Model Railroad Association, Inc., 2008. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. A fine copy in a fine jacket.
xviii, 590 pp. Foreword by David Rygmyr. CONTENTS: Forest Resources; Protection of Forest Property; Preparing Logs for Transport; Logging Camps; Woodworkers' Tools and Equipment;.....
New York: Regency House, 2000. First Edition. Large Hardcover.
First edition. Jacket reverse stained.
112 pp. Celebrating 150 years of steam trains from around the world from 1850-2000.
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.
Sarasota, Florida: Crestline Publishing, 1987. Large Hardcover.
Spine leans slightly to the right, top page ridge very faintly foxed.
589 pp. A catalog of 67 years of Lincoln and Mercury automobiles, with detailed descriptions and black-and-white photographs.
Temple City, California: Historical Aviation Album, 1978. 1st Printing. Large Softcover.
First printing. Sticker on front cover, small tear along edge of front cover, rear cover rubbed.
iv, 84 pp. Includes 3-view scale drawings of the Etrich Taube. The Etrich Taube, also known by the names of the various later.....
Philadelphia: Courage Books, 2001. 3rd Printing. Large Hardcover.
Third printing. Jacket flaps lightly toned.
176 pp. The steam railways that traversed North America now function primarily as history museums, but at one time they provided vital transportation for the United States and Canada. This grand tribute to the glory days.....
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1883. Soft Cover.
Edges lightly rubbed, front wrapper creased, ink name and date on front endpaper, light pencil marginalia throughout text, pages faintly toned.
xii, 256 pp. Elementary Treatise on Natural Philosophy. Illustrated by 180 engravings on wood, and one colored plate. CONTENTS: Introductory;.....
Lynchburg, Virginia: TLC Publishing, Inc., 1994. First Edition. Large Softcover.
First edition. A fine copy.
v, 74 pp. This book details the cycle of coal transportation, originating at the market and tells how the railroads of the Appalachian region developed and served this important trade. It concentrates on the Norfolk.....
Clifton Forge, VA: The Chesapeake & Ohio Historical Society, Inc., 2006. First Edition. Large Hardcover.
First edition. No jacket. Top board corners bumped.
iv, 108 pp. A new look at mines, towns, trains, people that were involved in transportation of coal from mine to market on C&O in the period.....
Dayton: Prime Printing, 1997. First Edition. Large Hardcover.
Limited first edition, #158 of an unspecified number of copies. Inscribed, signed, and dated by author on title page ('To Al Mancini, my new frind [sic]. Howard DuFour, Mar 1999'). Publisher mockup of jacket art tipped in with some transfer on front.....
Washington, D.C. U.S. Government Printing Office, 1961. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. No jacket. Ink name on front free endpaper.
xi, 240 pp. CONTENTS: Foreword by Dr. Hugh L. Dryden, Deputy Administrator; Abbreviations; Preface; Part I. From the Founding of NACA to the Dawn of the Space Age, January.....
London: Plymouth Press, 1998. Reprint. Soft Cover.
Reprint. Minor general wear.
64 pp. No doubt the finest fighting machine within the Western inventory today, the McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle is hampered by only one real problem: cost! It therefore has met with relatively little export success and such belongs to.....
Tinley Park, Illinois: The Goodheart-Willcox Company, Inc., 1995. Large Softcover.
Ink stamp on front wrapper verso, a few pages loose but included.
346 pp. "Automotive Encyclopedia is a complete automotive library in one easy-to-understand volume. In addition to exploring the many sciences involved in vehicle operation, electricity and electronics, hydraulics.....
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.....
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1976. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Rear jacket panel scratched. Stain on page ridge.
viii, 376 pp. Over 100 illustrations. A history of inventions that improved America during the 18th and 19th centuries.
London and Melbourne: Ward, Lock & Co., Limited, 1927. Hard Cover.
Rebound in library buckram without color plate on front board as originally issued. Lacks 2 of 12 plates. Former library copy - usual marks. No jacket. Frontispiece loose but included.
256 pp. With twelve colour plates and about 250.....
New York: Fuel Engineering Company of New York / The Marchbanks Press, 1930. Hard Cover.
Boards lightly soiled, a few pencil marks on front endpaper and margin of a few pages.
102 pp. CONTENTS: Advancing Standards in Steam Generation; RELATION OF PLANT DESIGN AND OPERATION TO THE COAL MARKET: Predicting.....
Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 2006. First Edition. Large Hardcover.
First edition. Bottom corner of jacket lightly bumped.
xv, 256 pp. The period of 1890-1950 marked the romantic era of steam power as the rails reached deep into the old growth of the Adirondack woods to harvest the timber crop.....