All Aboard with E. M. Frimbo: World's Greatest Railroad Buff
Penguin, July 1978. Paper Back. Heavily foxed. Soiled. Sunned spine. Darkened throughout. Well worn, not pretty. Non-authorial gift inscription. Reading copy with no underlining. More
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Some Classic Trains
Kalmbach Publishing Company, 1975. Hardcover. Quarto in edgeworn jacket with several tears between one-quarter inch & one inch. Jacket stains (mostly) at bottom of spine & a few small spatters backside of jacket along spine likewise toward bottom. Frayed edge along fold of rear flap. Sixth printing. 2 large full..... More
West with the Night
North Point Press, May 1983. Trade Paperback. "West with the Night" is the story of Beryl Markham--aviator, racehorse trainer, beauty--and her life in the Kenya of the 1920s and '30s. More
Bike Snob
Chronicle Books, May 2010. Hardcover. Cycling is exploding in a good way. Urbanites everywhere, from ironic hipsters to earth-conscious commuters, are taking to the bike like aquatic mammals to water. BikeSnobNYC cycling's most prolific, well-known, hilarious, and anonymous blogger brings a fresh and humorous perspective to the most important vehicle..... More
The Spirit of St. Louis
Minnesota Historical Society Press, September 1993. Paper Back. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Biography, this is Lindbergh's own account of his historic transatlantic flight in 1927. Chosen as one of the "100 Greatest Adventure Books" of all time by National Geographic Adventure magazine. More
Buses, Trolleys and Trams
Paul Hamlyn, January 1967. Cloth. Edgeworn dust jacket with tears. Red cloth with black lettering & black design on front panel. Quarto. First edition/2nd printing. More
Railroads of Nevada and Eastern California, Vols. 1 and 2 (2 books)
Howell North Books, January 1963. Cloth. Tale quarto. Two volumes light brown cloth in tattered, torn but still whole & intact dust jackets both volumes. Gold lettering on spine & front boards of cloth. Jackets (both) have tears, damp stains to reverse, tears, & chipping yet nothing missing that effects..... More
1987 Corvette Electrical Service Manual ST-364-87
Chevrolet Motor Division, January 1987. Paper Back. Quarto; heavy staining/soiling; well worn. More
Voyages and Discoveries
Penguin Group USA Inc, December 1982. Trade Paperback. Renaissance diplomat and part-time spy, William Hakluyt was also England's first serious geographer, gathering together a wealth of accounts about the wide-ranging travels and discoveries of the sixteenth-century English. One of the epics of this great period of expansion, The Principal Navigations..... More
Narrow Gauge in the Rockies
Howell-North Books, February 1970. Cloth. 6TH printing; Quarto; Dark grey cloth with gold lettering in rubbed, mildly edgeworn jacket with three inch closed tear from top of front fold down to the 's' in 'Rockies' of title. Sound binding. Clean interiors. Railroad mail with index and mileage gauge end pages..... More
The Age of Steam: A Classic Album of American Railroading
Howell-North Books, May 1972. Cloth. Quarto. 2nd edition in dust jacket mild rubbing & splattered damp stains & one small (one-eight inch) tear center spine. Binding clean & solid. Interiors without markings. Beige cloth with brown elipse with white lettering & design upon spine & front board. More
Service Manual Chassis and Body Series 124 Preliminary
Mercedes-Benz of North America, Inc., 1989. Oversize Softcover. Light shelf wear. Small scrape on the edge of the print block. Good, clean, tight copy. More
A History of Maine Built Automobiles, 1834-1934
R. & N. Fraser (Self Published), January 1991. Cloth. Oblong octavo in jacket with mild edgewear with chipping/tears. Some mild foxing/soiling to textblock edges mostly.Green cloth with gilt lettering. Inscribed & signed: 'Happy Motoring, Richard & Nancy' on title page. More
Railroading coast to coast: Riding the locomotive cabs, steam, electric and diesel, 1923-1950
Hastings House Publishers, January 1976. Cloth. Folio in tattered dust jacket. Blue cloth with white lettering on spine & front board. More
Auto Biography: A Classic Car, an Outlaw Motorhead, and 57 Years of the American Dream
Dey Street Books, March 2015. Trade Paperback. A brilliant blend of Shop Class as Soulcraft and The Orchid Thief, Earl Swift's wise, funny, and captivating Auto Biography follows an outlaw auto dealer as he struggles to save a rusted '57 Chevy--a car that has already passed through twelve pairs of..... More
Skoolie!: How to Convert a School Bus or Van Into a Tiny Home or Recreational Vehicle
Storey Publishing, October 2019. Hardcover. School buses that have been converted into mobile living spaces -- known as skoolies -- are a natural extension of the tiny house craze. Buses are not only easier and safer to drive than an RV, they provide a jump-start on the conversion process with..... More
Bicycling Science (The MIT Press)
The MIT Press, May 2020. Paper Back. An updated edition of a classic: an indispensable companion for a new era in cycling. The bicycle is almost unique among human-powered machines in that it uses human muscles in a near-optimum way. This essential volume offers a comprehensive account of the history..... More
The Railway Journey: Industrialization and Perception of Time and Space
Berg Publishers, November 1986. Paper Back. With marginal ink notes & ink underlining throughout text. Nevertheless a good reading copy with bright clean cover and solid binding. More
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