London: Ward and Lock, n.d., ca. 1870s. First Edition. Diverse collection of anecdotes, advice, and jokes for the railroad passenger, covering such topics as the correct way of eating olives ("it being /comme il faut/ to use the fingers for that purpose," (p. 27)); and the statistics of bachelorism ("Bachelors..... More
New York: League for Industrial Democracy (L.I.D.), 1936. First Edition. Staple-bound pamphlet; original printed wraps; 38pp. Toning and light soil to covers; internally fine. A proposal for public ownership of the railroad utilities. More
New Bedford: Charles Taber & Co., 1853. First Edition. Sermon preached by the abolitionist Unitarian minister on the correlation between human folly and disasters, arguing that "Nature's revenge has been in direct ratio to man's recklessness" (p. 13). In this particular instance, Weiss was referring to two recent fatal railway..... More
N.p. Travelers Insurance Company, 1972. First Edition. Octavo (21cm.); publisher's blue pictorial staplebound card wrappers; 71pp.; insert order blank bound in. Extremities a bit rubbed, rear cover slightly soiled, else Very Good and sound. OCLC locates three copies as of November, 2019, at Cornell, Georgia State, and Appalachian State. More
Chicago: National Sound Money League, 1898. First Edition. Address originally delivered by Robinson, editor of the "Railway Age," at the National Currency Convention in Omaha. The Populist NSML was formed two years prior with the aim to continue "the efforts made during [William Jennings Bryan's] presidential campaign of 1896 for..... More
Chicago: Charles H. Kerr & Company, [1922]. First Edition. Octavo (19.5cm.); original cloth in white dust jacket printed in dark blue; 332pp. Jacket toned, extremities rather chipped and worn with a number of closed tears, spine crown partially separated but present. Near Fine in About Very Good jacket. Criticism of..... More
New York: New York Call, 1922. First Edition. 12mo (18cm). Pale blue ribbed cloth with paper spine and cover labels; dustjacket; 221pp; frontis. portr. Tight, Near Fine copy in the original pictorial dustwrapper with brief loss at crown and closed tear at base of spine; Very Good. Uncommon in jacket..... More
Moscow: Central Committeeof the U.S.S.R. Railwaymen's Union, 1928. First American Edition. 12mo. Printed card wrappers; 96pp; illus. Text rather darkened, with a bit of brittleness at margins; still a tight, complete copy, Good or better. More
New-York: William A. Mercein & Son, 1835. First Edition. Octavo (23cm.); disbound; 16pp. Recently staplebound, brief red ink note to upper cover, else Very Good and fresh. Includes the original act of 1826 as well as the 1828 and 1831 supplements, which connected the Pennsylvania Canal to the Allegheny Portage..... More
Norwich, CT: The Henry Bill Publishing Company, 1887. First Edition. Thick octavo (24cm); contemporary tan calf; red and dark brown morocco spine labels; all edges marbled; xxxvi, 715pp, frontispiece. Amateur repairs to backstrip and textblock preliminaries. Original leather shows some scratches, abrasions and wear; extremities rubbed with material loss. Minor..... More
Philadelphia: Joseph V. Baker Associates, 1968. First Edition. Octavo (22.5cm.); publisher's photo-illustrated staplebound wrappers; 16pp.; photographic illus. throughout. Quite cockled from exposure to damp, previous owner's extensive scribbles to upper and rear covers. Good only. Rail travel magazine published by the first black-owned public relations firm Joseph V. Baker Associates..... More
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, [1936]. First Edition. Thick octavo (22cm.); original cloth in decorative dust jacket; xviii,398pp.; 8 leaves of plates, additional text illus. throughout. Jacket extremities a bit rubbed, spine toned with a couple of faint blue pencil lines, tiny loss to spine foot, 1-inch closed tear..... More
