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New York: Wayner Publications, 1980. Softcover. VG- (Book and pages are lightly tanned / aged;. Tan & illus. paper wraps, 89 pp., many outlined diagrams. "We have reproduced a comprehensive selection of diagrams from Amtrak's [1978] book, with some comments on the early history of these survivors of better times on the rails." (first page) A terrific historic resource for any rail fan.

Salem, Massachusetts: The Peabody Essex Museum, 1995. Softcover. VG, clean and tight. Some rubbing to back cover.. Dark green, glossy wraps with color illus.; white lettering on spine. 77 pp. with 39 color plates and additional bw illus. and maps. Wow, this is a fascinating catalogue! With a title essay about the history of shipping across the Atlantic and of the popularity of ships' portraits; biographies of the Liverpool artists; beautiful color plates of the graceful masted ships, along with details about each painting (even the background view!) and the ship's history; archival maps/charts showing the route from Liverpool to Holyhead and of approaches to Liverpool harbor. Volume 131, No. 1, 1995 of The Peabody Essex Museum Collections publication. Also the catalogue for an exhibition shown in 3 US locations.

New York, New York: teNeues Publishing Company, 2000. Softcover. VG. Color pictorial wraps; 139 pp.; 91 bw, 160 color illustrations. A book devoted to the culture of air travel, including plane interiors, food, fashion, and brand identity. Some of the food photos, in particular, are a hoot--why don't we see whole hams being wheeled through the plane at mealtimes anymore?

Forest Park, Ill: Heimburger House Publishing Company, 1996. Hardcover. VG. Coral cloth, gilt letters on spine & front cover, pink & color illus. dust jacket, illus. flyleaves, 176 pp., BW & color illus. "Between the years 1933 and 1942, America rose to the forefront of deluxe passenger train travel, fielding hundreds of streamlined trains that crisscrossed the United States. From boat-tailed observation cars to dome-diners and Slumbercoaches, the Streamliner Era added a multitude of words and images to our collective heritage." (dj) With many an archival photo.

Lincolnwood, IL: Publications International, 2007. Hardcover. As New. Color-illus. boards with yellow spine. Small, square, boxy book. Matching dj. 320 pp. with color photos throughout. A year-by-year tour of every US nameplate, each with a chapter that includes brief, informative comments on styling, performance, sales and featured. From the editors of Consumer Guide.

Antwerp, Belgium: Petraco-Pandora, 2005. First. Hardbound. VG, first two pages have small tears on the bottom due to a small portion being uncut from the publisher.. Light gray cloth boards with BW pictorial DJ,176pp, numerous color and BW illustrations. From the jacket--Between 1873 and 1934 over 2.7 million people, fleeing poverty and persecution in their native countries, boarded vessels of the Red Star Line in the port of Antwerp, Belgium, to start a new life across the ocean. It was the period of industrial revolution in Europe and the unemployment and starvation for the jobless that followed. [...] Thanks to the Red Star Line, Antwerp was put on the map and developed into one of the major players in the market of European emigration. [...] The Red Star Line represents a highly important part of Antwerp history and is a symbol of its historical link with the United States. This fascinating story is told by eight different writers, all highly respected specialists in their field.

London: Whittaker & Co, 1896. Hardcover. VG- (Binding has moderate wear to edges; outer spine is somewhat mottled; flyleaves and first adjacent page are slightly aged or lightly foxed; remainder of pages are lightly aged but very nice.). Red cloth, gilt letters on spine and front cover, 249 pp. plus 48 pp. of ads at rear, BW illus. Translated from the French by Lucien Serraillier, with preface by Baron de Zuylen de Nyevelt. Covers everything you needed to know about automobiles at the time. The Baron says in his preface: "Theorists and scientists will find in the first part scientific information, technical details, and the laws that govern this new industry." Many nice detailed illustrations of all sorts of mechanical parts. Includes as appendices: Sir David Salmons' letter to the press on the passing of the 'Locomotives on Highways Bill" ; The Locomotives on Highways Bill ; The Paris-Marseilles race, Sept. 1896 ; Table of French and English equivalents. Please note that this is an original printed… Leer más

Vercelli, Italy: White Star Publishers, 2008. Hardcover. VG (Slight wear to edges of dj.). Black & color illus. boards, matching dust jacket, illus. flyleaves, 208 pp., profusely illus. in color, weighs 6.5 lbs. Illustrates and classifies these automobile models into five themes: built for fun, built for prestige, built for speed, built for power, and built for beauty. An oversize book that will amaze.

New York: Dorset Press, 1987. Hardcover. VG+(as new, ex-lib, stamp on title page, sticker on back dj). Black cloth over boards; gold lettering on spine; glossy gold/black illustrated dj; 271 pp; illustrated with 331 bw photographs. The closest retelling of life aboard the last great ships, from embarkation through arrival; transatlantic ocean liners discussed but not limited to are the "Queen Mary", the "Normandie", and the "United States.

Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, 1910. Hardcover. Good, ex-library with typical markings. Green library buckram, gilt spine titles. xiv, 940 pp. In English. At head of title: Hodgkins Fund.

Wilton, California: Signature Press, 2008. Hardcover. VG+ light wear & creasing to spine bottom. light foxing to textblock fore-edge; instances of light foxing to pg edges. pgs clean. dustjacket has smudges & scratches.. blue cloth boards w/ white spine printing. illustrated pastedowns & flyleafs. 224 pgs w/ bw & color illustrations. glossy blue and pictorial dustjacket. 400+ photographs. A nice copy.

New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1893. Hardbound. Good, ex public library copy with marks, few pages loose but overall a tight copy.. Old blue library buckram. xxxiv+500 pp. with 691 text illus. This is the first major American book on the subject (though Bradford Gilbert's privately printed work on stations appeared in 1881). In the present work the author describes over five hundred different buildings; there are chapters on watchman's shanties; section tool-houses; section houses; dwelling houses for employees, sleeping quarters &c for ditto; snow-sheds and protection sheds for mountain slides; signal towers; car sheds and car cleaning yards; ashpits; ice-houses; sand houses; oil storage houses; oil mixing houses; water stations; coaling stations for locomotives; engine houses; freight houses; platforms, platform sheds and shelters; combination depots; flag-depots; local passenger depots; terminal passenger depots; and appendix. There are 691 illustrations. This description is courtesy of Charles Wood, 1984. Leer más

Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society, 1972. Hardbound. VG (May be ex art library copy with makrs, never used, internally very clean and crisp). Yellow cloth boards with brown cloth spine. 144 pp. followed by a final folding plate, profusely illustrated in bw with several other folding plates. "No 4 in a series of reprints from 'The Shipbuilder and Marine Engine-Builder'." A beautiful ship she was, and all you might want to know about her is likely in this book, from her conception to her untimely demise at the hands of a German submarine.

Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society, 1972. Hardbound. VG (DJ is slightly aged, inside and out; otherwise quite nice.). Yellow cloth boards with brown cloth spine, white & illus. dust jacket,144 pp. followed by a final folding plate, profusely illustrated in bw with several other folding plates. "No 4 in a series of reprints from 'The Shipbuilder and Marine Engine-Builder'," first published in 1931 on the occasion of the ship's maiden voyage. A beautiful ship she was, and all you might want to know about her is likely in this book, from her conception to her untimely demise at the hands of a German submarine.

Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2016. Hardcover. VG-/VG (binding lightly cocked). Slate cloth/oblong boards; silver lettering. Color-illus. dj with red lettering. xxxiv, 370 pp., full of color and bw images. With a foreword by John McPhee. Ancient records of canoes are found from the Pacific Northwest to the coast of Maine, in Minnesota and Mexico, in the Southeast and across the Caribbean. Neuzil and Simms tell the story of that singular American artifact, so little changed over time: of canoes, old and new, the people who made them, and the labors and adventures they shared.Transportation.

Kentfield, California: Newton K. Gregg, 1971. Hardcover. VG- (textblock edge has red scuffs/shelf-wear; rubbing to corners w/ red staining; back corner bumped & creased; edge-wear. textblock rattled; firm w/ intact pgs. previous owners name to cover pastedown). green boards w/ gilt spine printing. 166 pgs w/ section of 6,344 illustrations; 54 pgs of advertisments. A mammoth edition of technical illustrations for the railroad historian and enthusiast. Wonderful, early 1900s era advertisments.

Kentfield, California: Newton K. Gregg, 1971. revised. Hardcover. VG/G (spine top spongy; textblock & pgs firm. red shelf-wear/scuffs to lower textblock. wear to edges & corners. dustjacket fragile; chipped at spine ends & edges; tears to edges; inner flap detached.). square green boards w/ gilt spine printing. 203 pgs bw illustrations w/ an additional 358 of figures & 28pgs advertisements. yellow & red illustrated dustjacket. Lavishly illustrated. A fascinating historical and technical reference for historians and railway enthusiast. Wonderful section of late 1880s era advertisements.

London: Merrell, 2002. Hardcover. VG- (Slight tanning to inner dj, and slight edge wear to top of it; otherwise clean and sharp.). Black buckram, red & color illus. dust jacket, 288 pp., 800+ BW & color illus. "The first in a brand new series of annual guides to every new car design that has been unveiled during the year -- an easily steered A to Z of all the latest models. From the Acura RD-X to the Volvo XC90, via the Maserati Spyder, Mercedes-Benz F400 Carving, and Toyota pod, close to 130 new cars are engagingly described, clearly highlighting their key stylistic features and innovations. Each vehicle is brought vividly to life in a series of stunning photographs and original renderings, showing exterior and interior design features, the car's stylistic development, and its engine layout." (dj).

Minneapolis, Minnesota: Voyageur Press, 2010. Hardcover. VG (Light wear to cloth at extremities.). Black cloth over boards, color pictorial dj.; 176 pp.; Profusely illustrated in bw and color. A history of Pullman cars, from the early era of wooden cars, to steel cars, to lightweight cars and beyond. Wonderfully illustrated, with extensive text.

London: Sotheby & Co, 1969. Softcover. G (Moderate edge wear to covers; interior is good.). Olive green paper wraps, 165 pp., many BW illus., one color illus. as frontispiece. Catalogue of a 1969 auction of these early vehicles and car-related memorabilia. Describes the 372 lots, and includes many BW photographs of vintage cars from the 1900s-1930s.