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Washington, DC: The United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation, [1920].. [1920].. Good. - Small quarto, 10-3/8 inches high by 8 inches wide. Softcover, bound in dark green wraps printed & decorated in tan. The wraps are rubbed & lightly soiled & chipped around the edges with pieces out. [41] pages. Profuse full-page illustrations in brown & white. There is some light soiling & creasing to the contents. Good. <p>Scarce.<p>A wonderful pictorial book issued in the years following the First World War depicting the amenities on ships flying the American flag. These include ships of The United States Lines, The Pacific Mail Steamship Company, The Admiral- Oriental Line, The Munson Steamship Lines, and The Los Angeles Steamship Company.

Waltham Abbey, Essex: Frazer Stewart, (1990)., (1990).. Very good. - Small quarto, green boards in color pictorial dust wrapper. A price sticker is mounted at the bottom of the front panel of the dust jacket. 50 leaves, including endpapers. Profusely illustrated in black & white. Near fine.

Washington, DC: Library of Congress, 1975., 1975.. Very good. - Small quarto, pictorial wraps. Bottom corners very lightly creased. v & 112 pp. B&W illustrations. Near fine. <p>620 maps are catalogued.

London: Michael Joseph, (1983).. (1983).. Fine. - Quarto, brown cloth titled in gilt on the spine, in a dust wrapper. The covers are lightly bumped. The dust jacket is rubbed & a price sticker has been removed from the front flap. 270 pages. The fore-edge is lightly foxed. Profusely illustrated in color & black & white. Near fine. <p>First edition.

London: B. T. Batsford Ltd., (Winter 1947-48).. (Winter 1947-48).. Good. - Octavo, cloth, in a dust wrapper. The covers are bumped & rubbed & slightly warped. The dust jacket is lightly chipped with 2 small stains to the front panel & some foxing to the top edge & flaps. The dust jacket spine is slightly faded with a short tear to the head. vii & 120 pages. There is scattered light foxing. Color frontispiece & black-and-white illustrations. Good. <p>First edition.

Union Hill, NJ: Hudson Printing Company, 1922.. 1922.. Fair. - Quarto [12-1/4 inches high by 9-1/8 inches wide], softcover bound in printed brown wrappers. The binding is lightly rubbed & creased with pieces out of the edges of the wraps & with staining to the inner edge of the rear wrap. The wraps are partially detached with a long tear to the lower half of the spine, a piece out of its tail & a large piece out of its head. 95 pages. Illustrated in black & white with a frontispiece, 6 plates [5 of them folding], 2 folding charts and 19 full-page illustrations. There is some staining to the preliminaries with a piece out of the top corner of the front endpaper. The top page corners are bumped & the front margin of page 87 is chipped. The contents are generally very good. Fair

London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd, (1949).. (1949).. Good. - Octavo, red cloth titled in gilt within black rectangle on spine. The spine is faded & the covers are lightly rubbed with a small scoremark to the rear cover & a small stain to the front cover. x & 173 pp. There is an owner's ink name on the front endpaper. There is a small area of spotting to the front pastedown & slight soiling to the rear pastedown. Color frontispiece & 7 color plates from paintings by the author & B&W photographic illustrations. Good. <p>First edition.

(Red Oak, IA): published by the authors, (1960)., (1960).. Good. - 4to, black cloth titled in gilt, in dw (lightly chipped; crease & light scoremarks to lower half of front panel). 304 pp. (hinges reinforced with tape; ink name on front endpaper). 1 full-page color illustration & profuse B&W illustrations, charts & diagrams. Good. <p>First edition.<p>"It is felt that the following photographs, plans, and data on the locomotives of the Burlington Route will add to the enjoyment and knowledge of those who wish to study an era in railroading now past....To make a well-rounded story, a section on the development of the Burlington System has also been included....The book should be of particular interest to scale-model locomotive builders. The locomotive plans included are representative of Burlington motive power....For those discriminate persons who wish to build accurately detailed models, the assignment sheets list the accessories (feedwater heater system, stoker… Read More

London: Bracken Books, (1981).. (1981).. Fine. - Quarto, black cloth titled in gilt on spine in color pictorial dust wrapper. 96 pages profusely illustrated in color and black & white. Near fine. <p>A later printing. A superb reference on collecting Railroad ephemera.

Washington, DC: American Aviation Publications, Inc., (1955).. (1955).. Good. - Octavo, cloth. The cloth is spotted & lightly stained. 345 pp. Good.