Holley, Alexander L., B.P. American and European Railway Practice in the Economical Generation of Steam, Including The Materials and Construction of Coal-Burning Boilers, Combustion, The Variable Blast, Vaporization, Circulation, Superheating, Supplying and Heating Feed Water, Etc., and the Adaptation of Wood and Coke-Burning Engines to Coal-Burning; and in Permanent Way. Including Read-Bed, Sleepers, Rails, Joint Fastenings, Street Railway, Etc., Etc. Photo available. New York. D. Van Nostrand. 1861. 168 pps. + plates. Folio. Gilt decorated hard cover. Professionally rebound in full leather. Marbled edges. First edition. Illustrated. Folding plates. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Portion of original back-strip laid in. Fine copy.
Price: $500 |
Book ID: 215641 |
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Hollingsworth, Brian. An Illustrated Guide to Modern Trains. 80 Locomotives from 1945 to the Present Day... Photo available. New York. Arco. Salamander. 1985. 4to. Hardcover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
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Book ID: 188069 |
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Hollingsworth, Brian. The Illustrated Encyclopedia of the World's Steam Passenger Locomotives. A Technical Directory of Major International Express Train Engines from the 1820s to the Present Day. Photo available. New York. Crescent Books. 1982. 205 pps. Octavo. Hardcover. First edition. Illustrated in black, white and color. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Price: $20 |
Book ID: 185340 |
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Hollister, Will. Dinner in the Diner. A Cookbook. Great Railroad Recipes of All Time. 300 Recipes from America's Era of Great Trains. Photo available. Glendale. Trans-Anglo Books. 1984. 144 pps. 4to. Decorated hard cover. Reprint. Illustrated. Maps. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy. As new.
Price: $40 |
Book ID: 221342 |
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Holmes, Norman W. California's Tidewater Shortlines. Railroads that Touched the Western Pacific Between Stockton and San Francisco. Photo available. Bellflower. Shade Tree Books. 2009. 128 pps. 4to. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated in black, white and color. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Price: $45 |
Book ID: 212867 |
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Hood, Clifton. 722 Miles. The Building of the Subways and How They Transformed New York. Photo available. Baltimore. The Johns Hopkins University Press. 1995. 336 pps. Octavo. Soft cover. First edition thus. Full number line. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy. As new.
Price: $20 |
Book ID: 226935 |
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Hook, W.E. O'er Canon and Crag. To the Land of Gold. Series 3. Photo available. Colorado Springs. The Reilroad View Publishing. 1904. 4to. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Very good copy. Light shelf wear.
Price: $50 |
Book ID: 211014 |
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Hooper, S.K. "Around the Circle" in 1892. Photo available. [Denver] Golden. [Passenger Department of the Denver & Rio Grande RR] Outbooks. [1892] 1986. Octavo. Soft cover. Facsimile edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Price: $20 |
Book ID: 211196 |
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Hornbeck, Mark C. The Southern Pacific in Northern California & Oregon. The Diesel-Era in Color. Photo available. Upland. Southern Pacific Historical & Technical Society. 2014. 296 pps. Folio. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated in black, white and color. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Price: $125 |
Book ID: 212837 |
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Hosokawa, Bill. Old Man Thunder. Father of the Bullet Train. Photo available. Denver. Sogo Way. 1997. 224 pps. Octavo. Hardcover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Price: $20 |
Book ID: 102275 |
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Howard, Danny. Southern California and the Pacific Electric. Volume I. Mt. Lowe Resort, Downtown Los Angeles, The Subway. Photo available. Los Angeles. Self published. 1980. 80 pps. 4to. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Price: $35 |
Book ID: 227666 |
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Howard, Robert. The Great Iron Trail. The Story of the First Trans Continental Railroad. Photo available. New York. G.P. Putnam's Sons. 1962. 376 pps. Octavo. Hardcover. First edition. Illustrated. Fine copy in near fine (light shelf wear) dust jacket (in mylar).
Price: $20 |
Book ID: 176687 |
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Hubbard, Steve. Powerhouses of The Sierra Nevada. Images of America. Photo available. Charleston. Aracadia. 2007. Octavo. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Price: $20 |
Book ID: 212021 |
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Huddleston, Eugene L. World's Greatest Steam Locomotives. C&O. Virginian 2-6-6-. N&W 2-6-6-4. UP 4-8-8-4. Photo available. Lynchburg. TLC Publishing. 2001. 132 pps. Folio. Decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated in black, white and color. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy. As new.
Price: $50 |
Book ID: 227394 |
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Hudson, F.K. Rail Book Bibliography. 1948-1972. A Comprehensive Guide to the Most Important Railbooks, Publications and Reports. Cross-Indexed by Subject, Author, Title, Company, and Many Other Categories. Photo available. Ocean. Specialty Press. 1972. 225 pps. Octavo. Soft cover. First edition. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
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Book ID: 127955 |
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Hughes, Stephen. The Brecon Forest Tramroads. The Archaeology of an Early Railway System. Photo available. Aberystwyth. Royal Commission on Ancient and Historical Monuments in Wales. 1990. 367 pps. 4to. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Price: $40 |
Book ID: 220218 |
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Hungerford, Edward. Daniel Willard Rides the Line. Photo available. New York. G.P. Putnam's Sons. 1938. 301 pps. Octavo. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy. Spine lightly cocked, frontis lightly foxed.
Price: $20 |
Book ID: 108642 |
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Hungerford, Edward. Men of Erie. The Lively Story of the Building, Plundering and Regeneration of the First Railroad to Connect the Atlantic Seaboard and the Great Lakes. Photo available. New York. Random House. 1946. 346 pps. Octavo. Gilt decorated hard cover. Stated first edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in very good (light shelf wear, chips at spine tip) dust jacket (in mylar).
Price: $25 |
Book ID: 221795 |
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Hungerford, Edward. Pattern for a Railroad for Tomorrow. Photo available. Milwaukee. Kalmbach Pub. 1960. 323 pps. Octavo. Gilt decorated hard cover. Limited edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Near fine copy. Spine faded.
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Book ID: 107205 |
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Hungerford, Edward. Transport for War. 1942-1943. Photo available. New York. E.P. Dutton & Co. 1943. 272 pps. Octavo. Decorated hard cover. Stated first edition. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine (very light fading) dust jacket (in mylar).
Price: $40 |
Book ID: 218030 |
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Hungerford, John B. Cab-In-Front. The Half-Century Story of an Unconventional Locomotive. Photo available. Reseda. Hungerford Press. 1974. 36 pps. Octavo. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Price: $30 |
Book ID: 218155 |
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Hungerford, John. Hawaiian Railroads. A Memoir of the Common Carriers of the Fiftieth State. Photo available. Reseda. Self published. 1963. 81 pps. Octavo. Decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Price: $50 |
Book ID: 211021 |
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Hungerford, John. Hawaiian Railroads. A Memoir of the Common Carriers of the Fiftieth State. Photo available. Reseda. Self published. 1963. 81 pps. Octavo. Decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine (small name on end paper) copy.
Price: $50 |
Book ID: 217953 |
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Hungerford, John. Narrow Gauge to Silverton. Photo available. Reseda. Hungerford Press. 1960. 36 pps. Octavo. Soft cover. Reprint. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Price: $20 |
Book ID: 211184 |
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Hungry Wolf, Adolf. Canadian Sunset, A Farewell Look at North America's Last Great Train. Photo available. Glendale, CA: Trans-Anglo Books, 1991. 112 pps. 4to. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated in black, white and color. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Price: $45 |
Book ID: 212587 |
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