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Leroy O King Jr/Taylor Publishing, 1972. 323 pp/illus/maps. Details the history of streetcars in Washington, DC. Original green cloth covers w/ silver title on spine. DJ has wear/chipping. Very bright and clean.. 1st Edition. Cloth. Very Good+/Very Good(-). 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Munich, GE: Delphin Verlag, 1985. 280pp/illus. 100 year history of the car. Includes cutaway drawings of many models. German text. Clean. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.

Saint Joseph, MI: American Society of Agricultural Engineers, 1975. Published in two sections: 91 pages/illus and 60 pages/illus. Reprint of the 1954 limited edition published by the US Dept of Agriculture. With hundreds of b/w photos and drawings of tractors with descriptive captions. Text has extensive technical discussions with data and stats of the various tractors discussed including test results. Rare book. Clean. Trade Paperback. Very Good+/No Jacket - Wraps. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Warrendale, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.: Society of Automotive Engineers, 1994. 396pp/illus. Accurately forecast the necessity of alternative automobiles, in the first edition of this important publication, and the second edition of Alternative Cars in the 21st Century: A New Personal Transportation Paradigm offers considerably more information. Intelligent transportation systems and hybrid vehicles are granted elevated emphasis as their usefulness has been clearly proven in current vehicles, designs. Alternative fuels are examined in depth, including hydrogen as a fuel and the most recent hot topic, fuel cell technology. Clean. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 1965. 265 pages with several photos and illustrations. First complete authoritative treatment of the entire span of the American automobile industry.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good(-)/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A.: Johns Hopkins Univ Pr, 1993. 644 pages. A massive oversize book on all aspects of the Railroad Freight Car, profusely illustrated with hundreds of photographs, schematic drawings, detailed blueprints, technological developments affecting wheels, axles, draft gears, couplers, and brakes, a brief biographical sketch of the Railroad Car builders, a chronology from 1795 and the first wooden tramway to 1910 and the steel and steel framed cars, and an extensive notes and bibliography section. Small tear on front of dj. Clean. 1st Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good+. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Camden, Maine, U.S.A.: Intl Marine Pub, 1992. 184 pp with b/w and colour illustrations (drawings, maps, plans, paintings) by the author. Illustrations on title page, half title page and endpapers. Clean. 1st Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" Tall (oblong).

London: Martin Secker, 1912. 309pp/illus. Decorative bookplate inside front cover. Card pocket inside back cover. Text generally clean.. 1st Edition. Buckram. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.

New York: Fordham Univ Pr, 2003. 388pp/illus. A tribute to the world the subway created, this book looks at one of the marvels of the 20th century. Clean. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Crescent Books, 1987. 208 pages; Pictorial white boards showing children & old trains, profusely illustrated, many in color, bibliography, index . Tape repair to bottom of spine. Clean.. 1st Printing. Glossy Hard Cover/Boards. Very Good+/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" Tall (oblong).

Cambiage, MA: Mit Pr, 1998. 504 pp/illus/maps. A sweeping and detailed examination of "Architecture, the Automobile, Retailing in Los Angeles, 1920-1950". During this thirty year period Los Angeles saw the rise of the regional shopping center that was to be emulated throughout the rest of the country and eventually bring us Wal-mart. This is well-illustrated survey with maps, photographs, and drawings. Clean. Trade Paperback. Fine/No Jacket - Wraps. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

New York: Dodd, Mead, 1968. Book has 246 pages with a few illustrations and endpaper maps. Book has small amount of wear to edge of cover. DJ has light wear to edge and one small chip on binding. "Completely Revised Edition" In preparing previous editions, Blanchard cruised the tidewater area from Long Island Sound to Cape Henry poking around isolated creeks and covers, talking to hundreds of knowledgeable water mean and inspecting all cruising areas. Into this edtion, Mr. Stone adds information he gained including what yachtsmen will find on each of the rivers and many of the creeks, harbors; cruising conditions at all times of the eyar and other valuable information not on charts. . Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: St Martins, 1980. 591pp/illus/maps. This book concentrates on British achievements, and is a guide to seamen, ships, battles, and trading enterprises, covering Britain's rich heritage of mariners and maritime history. Clean. 1st Edition. Cloth. Very Good+/Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Lloyd's Register of Shipping, 1969. 2 Vol set. 779 pages. Includes all shipping casualties occurring since 1824 to the end of 1962 on the high seas, in territorial waters or in inland waters, including ship canals. Information unavailable anywhere else. Clean. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/No Jacket - Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

India: Allied Publishers Private Limited, 1963. Book has 457 pages. Cover is very discolored. Cloth is mottled. A few pages have the very top corner of the page folded. Covers the construction, management, traffic, economy, rates/fares, finance, personnel, public relations, planning of the Indian rail transport. . Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Finland: Tietoteos, 1985. 192pp/illus. Finnish railways and trains. Finish text with english text in rear. Clean. 1st Edition. Glossy Hard Cover/Boards. Near Fine/No Jacket - Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall - Oblong.

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Viking Penguin, 1999. Book contains 797 pages with center section of b&w photographs. Beginning in 1842 with a visionary's dream to span the continent with a single railroad line, Empire Express captures three dramatic decades in which the United States effectively doubled in size, fought three wars, and began to discover a new national identity. Culminating in the driving of the Golden Spike in the Utah desert in 1869, which touched off a frenzey of celebration, the narrative ends in 1873 in Washington under the Capitol rotunda with the crushing fall of a popular politician and the exposure of a powerful, hidden railroad lobby - a scandal, which, for half a year, dominated the press and the country's imagination.. Hard Cover/Boards. Very Good++/Very Good++. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Chartwell Books, 2001. A massive volume with 439 pages plus index. Gorgeous color photgraphy throughout, plus black and white vintage photos. Traces the company's history and devlopment and describes the bikes in detail.Gift inscription on ffep otherwise clean.. First Edition. Glossy Hard Cover/Boards. Fine/Near Fine. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.

New York: Crescent Books, 1965. 268 pages with over 225 illustrations and detailed drawings, with 50 in color. Traces the historical development of engine powered ships.. 1st Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good+/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall - Folio.

Bloomington, Indiana, U.S.A.: Indiana Univ Pr, 1991. 391pp. The only comprehensive survey of federal policies and programs related to mass transit. Clean. 1st Printing. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.