Search Results: Railway / Marine / Transport and Transportation from Post Horizon Booksellers

Stretford, Manchester, England: North Eastern Railway Association, 2008. First U.K. Edition 2nd Printing. Soft cover. Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 112pp w appendices. bw photos, reproductions, maps, track plans. Colour illustrated wrapper is clean and without wear. Binding square and not creased. Quarto. With contributions from Vera Mallon and Chris Woolstenholmes. First published September, 2007 and reprinted August, 2008.

Melbourne, Australia: James Alston & Sons Pty. Ltd. Cloth. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 128pp. Illustrated throughout w adverts, bw photos, repros and drawings.. Colour illustrated wrapper is clean and without wear, showing hole punched through top corner at spine, as published, for hanging the book by string loop. This copy has been professionally rebound to cloth (HC) over the SC wrapper: red cloth w gilt lettering to cover and spine. No wear to covers or spine. Binding square and sound. Small octavo: 225 x 143mm. Full title: Alston's Patent Steel Windmills. Patent Steel-Framed Galvanized Stock Troughs. Pumps Valves and Fittings. Manufacturers of all Requisites for Watering Stock, House or Garden, also referred to as the "Blue Cow Catalogue" in reference to the cover illustration. n.d. Originally published circa 1936. (Morawa District Historical Society).

Logan, UT, USA: Utah State University Press, 2008. First U.S. Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xii, 316pp. bw photos, maps in text. Charcoal grey cloth w pale grey lettering to spine. No wear to covers or spine. Binding square and tight. Full-wrap illustrated DJ is clean and without wear. Octavo.

Glen Ellyn, Illinois, USA: Crestline Publishing Co., 1976. First U.S. Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 284pp w index. 2,000 illustrations. Textured red boards w full-wrap goldstamp illustration on covers, gold lettering on cover and spine. Light bumping to head and tail, binding square and sound. From the Crestline Auto Books series w editing and design by George H. Dammann. Quarto: 28.5 x 22.5cm. Additional shipping may required - 2.4kg.

Brattleboro, Vermont, USA: The Stephen Greene Press, 1973. First U.S. Edition 2nd Printing. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. x, 226pp, [4] index. Illustrated w historical bw photographs and figures. Brown endpapers. Dark blue cloth w gilt lettering on spine. No wear to covers or spine. Binding square and sound. Photo illustrated DJ is clean, showing surface scuff to fore edges and prev owner has neatly trimmed top and bottom edges w masking tape (3/8") to guard against wear and reinforced backside of the spine and fore edges the same (not visible). Quarto: 28 x 21cm.

Coromandel Valley, South Australia: Peter Manning Design and Drafting, 2009. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 64pp. Detail and mechanical drawings, colour frontis, map. Wrapper is clean and without wear. Clear vinyl covers over wrapper, as published. Wire coil binding. No tears to page perforations. Oblong quarto: 212 x 305mm. A detailed look at the design and construction of K1, the original Garratt locomotive built for the Tasmanian Government Railway.

Philadelphia, PA, USA: Gary Gentile Productions, 1989. First U.S. Edition . Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 160pp. colour and bw photographs, colour and bw reproductions. Red cloth w bold, crisp gilt lettering on spine. No wear to covers or spine, showing small bumping to top corners. Binding square and sound. Colour photo illustrated DJ is clean and without wear, showing mild sunning to spine, preserved now in archival cover. Octavo.

Garden City, NY, USA: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1937. First U.S. Edition . Cloth. Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xxv, 319pp. Fifty-eight indexed unpaginated bw photo plates. Rebound in red cloth w fine yellow lettering on spine. Light bumping to bottom corners. Binding square and sound. Library label and pocket on rear pastedown. A Junior Books edition.

Laurys Station, PA, USA: Garrigues House, Publishers, 2008. First U.S. Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 216pp. bw photos including frontis, reproductions, maps. Folded map in pocket to rear pastedown as published. Mapped front endpapers. Dark blue boards w crisp gold lettering to covers and spine. No wear to covers or spine. Binding square and sound. Photo illustrated DJ is clean and without wear. Oblong quarto: 225 x 285mm. First edition, first printing, stated.

Ingleburn, NSW, Australia: Bruce Spencer Irwin, 2005. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 96pp. bw photos, ports, reproductions, maps, track plans. Illustrated wrapper is clean and without wear. Stapled binding sound. Quarto.

Taunton, Somerset, England: Gotton Engineering, 1979. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good +. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. 76pp, [4] blank. Textured green endpapers Blue cloth w black lettering, decorative border and silhouette figure. No wear to covers or spine. Binding square and sound. Illustrated DJ is clean showing small surface scuff to spine and previous owner has neatly trimmed top and bottom edges w masking tape (3/8") to guard against edgewear and reinforced backside of the spine and fore edges the same (not visible). Small folio: 317 x 242mm. Reproduced in facsimile from the original printed ca. 1905 which does not include any pages numbered 5, 6, 7, & 8.

Truro, Cornwall, England: D. Bradford Barton Ltd, 1975. First U.K. Edition . Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 96pp. bw photographs, facsimiles. Photo illustrated endpapers. Grey-weave cloth w crisp gilt lettering to spine. No wear to covers or spine. Binding square and sound. Photo illustrated DJ is clean, however previous owner has neatly trimmed top and bottom edges w masking tape (3/8") to guard against edgewear and reinforced backside of the spine and fore edges the same (not visible). DJ now preserved in new mylar cover. Square octavo.

Milwaukee, WI, USA: Kalmbach Publishing Co., 1970. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xv, 628pp. Figures and technical drawings in text. Two fold-outs in original folds and without tears. Light brown cloth w black lettering to spine. No wear to covers or spine. Binding square and sound. Photo illustrated DJ is clean, however previous owner has neatly trimmed top, bottom and fore edges w masking tape (3/8") to guard against edgewear and reinforced backside of the spine and fore edges the same (not visible). DJ now preserved in mylar cover. Octavo. Reprint of the 1930 edition published by Richard R. Smith (New York), with a new Introduction by R.A. Le Massena

Denver, CO, USA: Sundance Publications, 1976. 3rd Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 192pp. bw and color photos, mostly bw. facsimiles, maps. Mapped endpapers. Colour photo illustrated boards, black quarterwrap spine. No wear to covers or spine. Binding square and sound. Quarto. Third edition, revised, including new historic [sic] illustrations. Limited edition of 5000 copies, of which this is no. 485.

Lynchburg, VA, USA: TLC Publications, 2000. First U.S. Edition 3rd Printing. Hardcover. Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 142pp. bw and color photos, facsimiles, map. Illustrated endpapers. Color illustrated boards are clean and without wear. Binding square and sound. Quarto. 3rd printing, Summer 2000, stated.

Chicago, IL, USA: Frederick J. Drake & Co., 1914. First U.S. Edition . Hardcover. Good. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. 165pp w indices, [27] pub cat. Instructional diagrams and figures in text. Foldout figure tipped in as published p88/89 has been restored to original folds and tear neatly repaired. Front hinge cracking. Decorative endpapers. Prev owner name penciled to ffep. Black leatherette w gold lettering to cover and spine, showing wear to tail, shallow chipping to head. No wear to joints or edges. 16mo: 172 x 110mm. This is the original. Automobile Mechanician's Catechism and Repair Manual: A Series of Questions and Answers Covering the Construction, Care, and Operation of Automobiles; also Complete Instructions for Locating Troubles and Making Adjustments and Repairs of All Kinds; Prepared Expressly for Owners, Chauffeurs, Garage Men and Automobile Machinists - from title page.

Peoria, Illinois, USA: Avery Company Manufacturers. Facsimile Reprint . Booklet. Fine. 32pp. Illustrated w bw photographs and drawings. Illustrated wrapper is clean and without wear. Stapled binding sound. Oblong octavo: 21.5 x 28.5cm. Facsimile reprinting of an undated catalogue of Avery Steam Traction Engines and Attachments. Reduced shipping may apply.

Winshill, Burton upon Trent, England: Trent Valley Publications, 1990. Soft cover. Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 112pp. bw and colour photos, scale drawings. Colour illustrated wrapper is clean and without wear. Binding square and not creased, showing sunning to spine. Quarto.

Forest, Virginia, USA: TLC Publishing, 2008. First U.S. Edition . Soft cover. Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 80pp. bw photos, facsimiles, maps. Photo illustrated wrapper is clean and without wear. Binding square and not creased. Quarto.

Baltimore, MD, USA: Baltimore Streetcar Museum, 2018. First U.S. Edition . Soft cover. Fine. 257pp. bw and color photos mostly bw), facsimiles, maps. Photo illustrated wrapper is clean and without wear. Binding square and tight, not creased. Quarto