Hirota, Naotaka. Steam Locomotives of Japan. Photo available. Tokyo. Kodansha International Ltd. 1972. 104 pps. Octavo. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated in black, white and color. Folding plates. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Price: $100 |
Book ID: 217786 |
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Hitt, Rodney. Electric Railway Dictionary. Definitions and Illustrations of the Parts and Equipment of Electric Railway Cars and Trucks. Photo available. New York. McGraw Pub. 1911 (1972). 4to. Hardcover. Facsimile edition. Illustrated. Very scarce. Excellent reference work for traction work. Fine copy in near fine (very light shelf wear) dust jacket (in mylar).
Price: $40 |
Book ID: 117349 |
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Hofsommer, Don L. The Southern Pacific. 1901-1985. Photo available. College Station. Texas A & M University Press. 1986. 373 pps. 4to. Hardcover. 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: $65 |
Book ID: 206578 |
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Hofsommer, Don. The Iowa Route. A History of The Burlington Cedar Rapids & Northern Railway. Photo available. Bloomington. Indiana University Press. 2015. 288 pps. Folio. Hardcover. First edition. Full number line. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar). As new.
Price: $75 |
Book ID: 235875 |
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Hofsommer, Don. The Southern Pacific. Inscribed by the author. . 1901-1985. Photo available. College Station. Texas A & M University Press. 1986. 373 pps. Folio. Hardcover. First edition. Illustrated in black, white and color. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Signed by the author on title page and inscribed "For Blaine Lamb May your signals all be green! Don L. Hofsommer 25 October 1986". Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Price: $65 |
Book ID: 232641 |
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Holbrook, Stewart. The Story of American Railroads. Photo available. New York. Bonanza. 1967. 468 pps. Octavo. Hardcover. Reprint. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Price: $20 |
Book ID: 182733 |
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Holbrook, Stewart. The Story of American Railroads. Photo available. New York. American Legacy Press. 1981. 468 pps. Octavo. Hardcover. Reprint. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Price: $20 |
Book ID: 190427 |
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Holland, Cecelia. Railroad Schemes. Photo available. New York. Tom Doherty. 1997. 271 pps. Octavo. Hardcover. Stated first edition. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in near fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Price: $20 |
Book ID: 107332 |
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Holland, Chuck & Patrick Michael Karnaham. Glory of The Sierra. Inscribed by the author. Photo available. Sonora. Tuolumne County Historic Society. 2017. 112 pps. 4to. Decorated hard cover. Stated first edition. Illustrated in black, white and color. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Inscribed by the author "Helga - Thank you so much for allowing the use of Al's great map. I hope you enjoy these views of our favorite railroad. Chuck Holland 2017". Fine copy.
Price: $125 |
Book ID: 217954 |
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Hollenback, Frank. Pikes Peak by Rail. Photo available. Denver. Sage Books. 1962. 91 pps. Octavo. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Price: $20 |
Book ID: 211264 |
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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. 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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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.
Price: $20 |
Book ID: 127955 |
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Huffman, Wendell W. Waiting for the Cars. Alfred A. Hart's Stereoscopic Views of the Central Pacific Railroad. 1863-1869. Photo available. Carson City. Nevada State Railroad Museum. 2012. 480 pps. Folio. Decorated hard cover. Holographic inlay. First edition. Full number line. Illustrated in black, white and color. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. 2 pair of 3D viewers. Fine copy. As new.
Price: $100 |
Book ID: 234758 |
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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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