NY: Clarkson Potter, 1966. First Edition. Hardcover. 1st printing. 4to cloth. 197pp. Profusely illustrated. Appendices. Only fair condition because covers are discolored. No mustiness, but reading copy only in good dj with a few tears.
Palo Alto: American West Pub Co, 1969. First Edition. Soft cover. 1st printing this issue, May 1969. 4to pictorial wraps. 64pp. Illus. Contains articles celebrating the centennial of the Pacific Railroad AND Part 2 of William Ellsberg's article on Charles M. Russell, "Charles, Thou Art a Rare Blade." Top of.....
NY: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1877. First Edition. Hardcover. 1st printing. Pictorial cloth (map of New Spain on front cover). 221pp. Color folding map, "Hysometric Map of the Southwest, or New Spain with Lines of Railways West of the Mississippi River in Operation 1877 also The Ocean Warm Streams. "Boundary.....
Bradley & Russell, Harrison, 1923, 1923. First Edition. Soft cover. Printed wraps. 144pp. 1 page Introduction dated Harrison, Ark., Nov. 20, 1923, beginning, "Contained in this little volume are all the available facts connected with the strike of Union Employees which occurred on the Missouri and North Arkansas Railroad, during.....
n.p., (1962). 1962. First Thus. Soft cover. No printing stated. Decorated brown stapled wrappers. 13pp. R. C. Matthews was the Trainmaster. Instructions relating to places including Wellington & Kiowa, Kansas, and in Oklahoma, Altus, Alva, Blackwell, & Blair. Other work & safety instructions. Couple of old sticker marks on front.....
Rand-McNally, NY, 1971, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. 1st printing. Cloth. 480pp. Illust. Maps. Bibliography. Notes & References. Index. A scholarly history of the UPRR & the transcontinental railroad. Fine in edgworn dj with tears.
U of Nebr., Lincoln, 1976, 1976. Reprint. Soft cover. Reprint. Pictorial trade wraps. 480pp. Illust. Bibliography. Notes. Index. Lightly soiled. Vg.
Norman: OU, 1967. First Thus. Hardcover. 1st printing of New Edition which is a facsimile of the original. Gilt-stamped & pictorial cloth. 47pp. Illus. Foreword by Laurance S. Reid. Fine in dj with mild wear to extremities.
Berkeley: Howell-North, 1958. Limited/Numbered. Hardcover. Ltd edition, #228 of 850 copies. Gilt-stamped 4to cloth. 224pp. Profusely illustrated. Hand-drawn folding map in back pocket: "Common Carrier Narrow Gauge Railroads in Colorado Since 1870." Signed by both Beebe & Clegg. A wonderful book for railroad buffs. Fine in original glassine dj &.....
San Diego: Howell-North, 1980. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. 1st printing of 2nd edition. Cloth. 465pp. Illustrated profusely with vintage photos. The usual good produce from this pair of authors. Fine in vg dj which has top edge moderately worn.
Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1971. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 1st printing. Cloth. 478pp. Illus. Maps. Chronology. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Pictorial endpapers. The second volume of Berton's fine and engaging history of the building of the Canadian Pacific Railway. Fine in vg, lightly rubbed dj.
Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1970. Hardcover. 5th printing. Cloth. 439pp. Illus. Maps. Chronology. Notes. Bibliography. Index. The first volume of Berton's fine and engaging history of the building of the Canadian Pacific Railway. Fine in fair to good dj with minor chips, edge wear.
NYC: Holt, Rhinehart and Winston, 1977. Book Club. Hardcover. Book club edition. Cloth. 311pp. Illus. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Fine in dj with a couple of short edge tears.
Montreal & Brooklyn: Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) & Albertype, 1910. First Thus. Soft cover. Original printing of this version or edition of the cord-tied stiff wrappers, 12 1/2" x 10 1/2", tourist book of photos. 24 sepia litho (not photo-gravure) of the Canadian Rockies, Selkirks, and more of British Columbia.....
Montreal & Brooklyn: CPR News Service & Albertype Co, 1910. First Thus. Soft cover. 1st printing thus of this edition circa 1910. Oblong cord-tied wraps, approx. 12" x 10". Twenty-four (24) sepia photos of the Canadian Rockies & Selkirks, and also with photos of the present Trans-Canada route through the.....
Montreal: Bonaventure Press, 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. 1st printing. 4to cloth. 192pp. Illustrated profusely with truly fine photography of railroads, especially going through Canada & the Canadian Rockies. Presentation copy signed by the author to one of his friends. Fine in fine dj.
Chicago: Chicago and Northwestern Railway, 1901. Soft cover. Likely the first edition. Pictorial cloth wraps backed with paper. 114pp. Illustrations including some fine b/w Indian portraits. Long, color folding map in rear, "The Northwest in 1900 Showing The North-Western System and Connecting Lines to the Pacific. Also Indian Reservations, and.....
n.p. Choctaw, Oklahoma, and Gulf RR, 1895. Original. Soft cover. Dramatic original poster with period fonts large and small, and a decorated border, advertising a Fourth of July excursion from Ft. Reno (Oklahoma Territory) to Shawnee (OT). The section from OKC to Shawnee was to open for the first time.....
Norman: OU, 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. Cloth. 336pp. Illus. Bibliography. Index. Front cover corners slightly bumped, else fine in dj showing bump crease.
S. F. Francis Valentine & Co, 1879. First Edition. Soft cover. Original publication. Printed wraps. 23pp. (sewn; title page detached). Former owner's description: "... addressed the injustice of the railway system, focusing on the need to have them contribute their fair share to locally used taxes, and to give reasonable.....
n.p. Denver & Rio Grande RR, 1916. First Thus. Soft cover. Not a book. A color picture folder, postmarked/mailed from Twin Lakes to someone in Washington State. Red/pink ink stamp of "Top of the World" Tennessee Pass, etc. Folder has 23 brilliantly, but not garishly colored photos of Colorado scenes.....
Markham, Ontario: Viking/Penguin, 1988. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 1st printing. Cloth. 486pp. Illus. Endnotes. Index. Maps. Endpaper maps. Signed on the title page by both authors. Fine in dj.
NY: Newcomen Society in N. A., 1957. Soft cover. 2nd printing. Cream-colored printed wraps with Newcomen emblem in red ink. 28pp. Illus. An address to the society by the former VP of the CPRR. Light soiling. Vg.
Denver: Van Noy Inter-State Co, 1920. First Thus. Soft cover. 1st printing of this lovely travel book. 4to oblong pictorial wraps with famous b/w photograph on the cover ostensibly attributed to William S. Jackson. Unpaginated. Nicely reprinted sepia photos throughout with decorative borders. Bound in printed price label of 75.....
n.p. n.p., 1910. Soft cover. This is apparently the early, 1910, reprint of Dodge's book first printed two years earlier. Printed brown wraps. 1781pp. Photographic plates of scenes/locations and persons. Between the front cover & the blank ffep is a printed and bound-in slip, "Compliments of General Grenville M. Dodge.".....