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Joel Chapman
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This is a short list of new arrivals from Acorn Books. Book(s) shipped
on receipt of payment by check or VISA, MC, Discover, or AmerEx. Full
refund for any reason on prompt return of merchandise. Subject to
prior sale. Books shipped by USPS 4th Class Book Rate insured.
Postage: $4. 1st book; $1.50 each additional. Foreign addresses: $3.
extra. California residents add appropriate sales tax. Prices net to
all. Please email to hold, or telephone (415) 563-1736 any hour.
Andersen, Timothy et al (Editors). CALIFORNIA DESIGN 1910. 148 pgs
with index. Photos, drawings, reproductions of works of art
throughout. Pictorial white wrappers. Quarto. No Place: California
Design, (1974). Very good condition. Exhibition giving a broad survey
of creative expression in California from 1895 to 1918. $20.
Baker, David. THE HISTORY OF MANNED SPACE FLIGHT. 544 pgs
with index. Color & black & white photos & drawings throughout. Cloth
in dust jacket. Folio. NY: Crown, (1981). 1st Edition [so stated].
Fine condition. $60.
Busignani, Alberto. POLLOCK. 96 pgs. Photos; color & black & white
reproductions throughout. Cloth in chipped dust jacket. Quarto.
London: Hamlyn, (1971). Very good condition in good jacket. Dead in a
car crash at just 44, Jackson Pollock revolutionized modern art with
his new painting techniques amply exhibited herein. $25.
Lee, Lawrence et al. STAINED GLASS. 207 pgs with bibliography &
index. Color & black & white photos & drawings throughout. Cloth in
dust jacket. Folio. NY: Crown, (1976). 1st U.S. Edition. Near fine
condition. Magnificent evocation of this art form, exhibiting some of
the world's finest windows, giving the history of this ancient craft,
& showing how windows are made, preserved & restored. $65.
Stern, Jane & Michael. ELVIS WORLD. 210 pgs. Color & black & white
photos throughout. Pictorial gold boards in printed clear mylar
wrapper. Quarto. NY: Knopf, 1987. 1st Edition [so stated]. Near fine
condition. $17.50
Wenner, Jann (Editor). 20 YEARS OF ROLLING STONE: What a
Long, Strange Trip It's Been. 464 pgs. Color & black & white photos &
drawings throughout. Cloth in dust jacket. Quarto. NY: Friendly Press,
1987. 1st Edition. Fine condition. History of "Rolling Stone" magazine
- music, film, politics, personalities, the concerns of a generation.
$35.
Klein, Mina & H. Arthur. TEMPLE BEYOND TIME: The Story of the
Site of Solomon's Temple. 191 pgs with bibliography & index.
Illustrated with photos, maps, & old prints. Cloth in lightly chipped
dust jacket. Quarto. NY: Van Nostrand Reinhold, (1970). 1st Edition.
Fine condition in near fine jacket. Survey of the site sacred to 3
great religions - Judaism, Christianity, & Islam. $20.
Wenkam, Robert. MAUI: THE LAST HAWAIIAN PLACE. Foreword
by David Brower. 160 pgs with bibliography & index. Color & black &
white photos & old prints throughout. Cloth in lightly chipped dust
jacket. folio. San Francisco: Friends of the Earth, no date (c.1968).
Near fine condition in very good jacket. $35.
Bricker, Charles. LANDMARKS OF MAPMAKING: An Illustrated History
of Maps & Mapmakers. Maps selected by R.V. Tooley. 276 pgs with index.
Color & black & white illustrations throughout, including many
fold-out plates. Cloth in dust jacket. Folio. NY: Dorset Press,
(1989). Near fine condition. Spectacular survey of 2,000 years of
mapmaking. $50.
Time-Life Books. LIFE IN SPACE. 304 pgs with index. Color &
black & white photos & drawings throughout. Cloth in dust jacket.
Folio. Alexandria, VA: (1983). Near fine condition. Pictorial history
of humanity's greatest adventure - from Sputnik to the space shuttle.
$35.
Asimove, Isaac. VISIONS OF THE UNIVERSE. Preface by Carl Sagan.
47 pgs. Color plates by Kazuaki Iwasaki. Cloth in dust jacket. Oblong
quarto. (Montrose, CA): Cosmos Store, (1981). Near fine condition.
Meticulous, almost photographic portraits of the cosmos painted by the
Japanese artist are a stunning display of the universe. $35.
Guinness, Desmond & William Ryan. IRISH HOUSES & CASTLES.
352 pgs with bibliography & index. Color & black & white photos
throughout. Cloth in lightly chipped dust jacket. Folio. NY: Viking,
(1974). Near fine condition in very good jacket. $35.
Publications International. ELVIS ALBUM. 319 pgs. Color & black &
white photos, & news clippings throughout. Maroon fabricoid. Quarto.
(Lincolnwood, IL: 1991). Near fine condition. Presley's life
chronicled in a scrapbook format. $15.
[Stern, Harold Phillip & Thomas Lawton]. THE FREER GALLERY ART- II
JAPAN. 184 pgs. Color & black & white photos throughout. Cloth in dust
jacket. Folio. Tokyo: Kodansha, no date (c.1972). Fine condition.
Survey of the Japanese art holdings of this gallery in Washington DC.
$15.
Pritchard, James (Editor). THE HARPER ATLAS OF THE BIBLE. 254 pgs.
Color maps & illustrations throughout. Cloth in dust jacket. Folio.
NY: Harper & Row, (1987). 1st Edition [so stated]. Near fine
condition. $25.
Roberts, Clifford. THE STORY OF THE AUGUSTA NATIONAL GOLF
CLUB. 257 pgs. Color & black & white photos & drawings; color golf
course plan endpapers. Cloth in chipped dust jacket. Quarto. Garden
City, NY: Doubleday, 1976. Very good condition. $25.
Macomber, Ben. THE JEWEL CITY. Its Planning & Achievement; Its
Architecture, Sculpture, Symbolism, & Music; Its Gardens, Palaces, &
Exhibits. 204 pgs with index + advertisements. Tipped-in color
frontispiece & black & white photos. Pictorial tan cloth. 12mo. San
Francisco: Williams, 1915. 1st Edition. Exhibit book for the
Panama-Pacific International Exposition. $35.
Carlisle, Rodney. SOVEREIGNTY FOR SALE: The Origins & Evolution
of the Panamanian & Liberian Flags of Convenience. 278 pgs with
bibliography & index. Photos & maps. Cloth in dust jacket. Octavo.
Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, (1981). 1st Edition. Fine
condition. $15.
Burton, Anthony & John Scott-Morgan. BRITAIN'S LIGHT RAILWAYS.
144 pgs with index. Photos throughout. Cloth in dust jacket. Imperial
octavo. (Ashbourne, Derbyshire, England): Moorland, (1985). 1st
Edition. Fine condition. The story of the small, local lines, from
their beginning in the narrow gauge railways of industry through to
the sad days when so many succombed to the challenge of the motor bus
& the lorry, & then finally to the happier days of restoration &
preservation. $25.
Amin, Mohamed et al. RAILWAY ACROSS THE EQUATOR: The Story
of the East African Line. 92 pgs. Color photos throughout. Cloth in
dust jacket. Small folio. London: Bodley Head, (1986). 1st Edition.
Inked name/address on front pastedown endpaper; inked name on bottom
edge; otherwise, fine condition. Tells of the dramas & dangers
involved in the construction of this line that Winston Churchill
described as "the most romantic railway in the world." $35.
Olmsted, Robert. WEST END RAILS [New York Central, Pennsylvania
Railroad, Penn Central, Erie Lackawanna, & Conrail]. 104 pgs. Photos
throughout. Cloth in dust jacket. Quarto. No Place: Privately
Published, 1992. 1st Edition [so stated]. Fine condition. $30.
Myers, Johnnie. TEXAS ELECTRIC RAILWAY. 256 pgs. Color & black
& white photos & profile drawings, maps, & facsimiles throughout.
Cloth in chipped & tape-repaired dust jacket. Quarto. (Chicago):
Central Electric Railfans' Association, (1982). Bulletin 121. 1st
Edition. Rubber stamped name & inked address on front pastedown
endpaper & on bottom edge; otherwise, near fine condition in very good
jacket. $22.
Mackay, James. RAILWAY ANTIQUES. 136 pgs with index. Color & black &
white photos throughout. Cloth in dust jacket. Imperial octavo.
(England): Mayflower/Ward Lock, (1978). 1st Edition. Rubber stamped &
inked name/address on front pastedown endpaper; otherwise, fine
condition. Collector's guide to railway relics & collectable items
associated with railways. $25.
Middleton, William. TRACTION CLASSICS: The Interurbans - Interurban
Freight, Volume Three. 182 pgs with bibliography & index. Color
frontispiece & black & white photos, drawings, & plans throughout.
Cloth in dust jacket. Quarto. San Marino, CA: Golden West, (1985). 1st
Edition. Inked name/address on front pastedown endpaper & bottom edge;
otherwise, near fine condition. $60.
Pennypacker, Bert. READING POWER PICTORIAL, From the Steam Era to
Today's Diesels. 320 pgs. Locomotive photos throughout. Cloth in dust
jacket. Quarto. (River Vale, NJ): Carleton Rail Books, (1980). Rubber
stamp & inked name & address on front pastedown endpaper; inked name
on bottom edge; otherwise, near fine condition. $60.
Campbell, George. NORTH SHORE LINE MEMORIES. 287 pgs with index.
Photos, facsimiles, & maps throughout. Cloth in dust jacket. Quarto.
Northbrook, IL: Domus Books, (1980). 1st Edition. Rubber stamped &
inked name/address on front pastedown endpaper; inked name on bottom
edge; otherwise, fine condition. Documentation of the history of one
of America's foremost interurban lines, highlighting the personal
aspects of day-to-day operations. $28.50
Yanosey, Robert. PENNSY DIESEL YEARS. 128 pgs with index. Collr
locomotive photos throughout. Cloth in dust jacket. Quarto. (Edison,
NJ: Morning Sun, 1991). 1st Edition [so stated]. Fine condition.
$27.50
Holley, Noel. THE MILWAUKEE ELECTRICS. 310 pgs with bibliography &
index. Color & black & white photos throughout. Cloth in dust jacket.
Quarto. (Hicksville, NY): N.J. International, 1987. 1st Edition. Inked
name/address on front pastedown endpaper; inked name on bottom edge;
otherwise, fine condition. $75.
DeNevi, Don & Bob Hall. UNITED STATES MILITARY RAILWAY SERVICE:
America's Soldier-Railroaders in WWII. 160 pgs with bibliography &
index. Photos throughout. Cloth in dust jacket. Quarto. (Toronto,
Canada): Boston Mills, (1992). 1st Edition. Fine condition. $35.
Cupper, Dan. CROSSROADS OF COMMERCE: The Pennsylvania Railroad
Calendar Art of Grif Teller. 184 pgs with bibliography & index. Color
reproductions & black & white photos throughout. Cloth in dust jacket.
Oblong quarto. Richmond, VT: Great Eastern, (1992). 1st Edition. Fine
condition. $50.
Seims, Charles. MOUNT LOWE: THE RAILWAY IN THE CLOUDS.
234 pgs with index. Photos, maps, & drawings, including fold-outs.
Cloth in dust jacket. Quarto. San Marino, CA: Golden West, (1979).
Rubber stamp on front pastedown endpaper; inked name/address on bottom
edge; otherwise, fine condition. $30.
Gladulich, Richard. BY RAIL TO THE BOARDWALK. 331 pgs with
bibliography & index. Photos, facsimiles, & maps throughout. Cloth in
dust jacket. Quarto. Glendale, CA: Trans-Anglo, (1986). 1st Edition
[so stated]. Inked name/address on front pastedown endpaper; inked
name on bottom edge; otherwise, fine condition. Railroading in
Atlantic City & along the South Jersey coast. $75.
MacGregor, Bruce & Richard Truesdale. SOUTH PACIFIC COAST: A
CENTENNIAL. 351 pgs with index. Color & black & white photos, maps, &
facsimiles throughout. Cloth in dust jacket. Quarto. Boulder, CO:
Pruett, (1982). 1st Edition [so stated]. Rubber stamp & inked
name/address on front pastedown endpaper & on bottom edge; otherwise,
fine condition. $50.
Heimburger, Donald. ALONG THE EAST BROAD TOP. 248 pgs. Color
& black & white photos & drawings throughout. Cloth in dust jacket.
Quarto. (River Forest, IL: Heimburger House, 1987). 1st Edition. Inked
name/address on front pastedown endpaper; otherwise, fine condition.
History of this Pennsylvania three-foot-gauge coal-hauling railroad.
$25.
Signor, John. BEAUMONT HILL: Southern Pacific's Southern California
Gateway. 174 pgs with bibliography & index. Color & black & white
photos, maps, & facsimiles throughout. Cloth in dust jacket. Quarto.
San Marino, CA: Golden West, (1990). 1st Edition. Inked name/address
on front pastedown endpaper; otherwise, fine condition. $30.
Ferrell, Mallory Hope. WEST SIDE: NARROW GAUGE IN THE SIERRA.
319 pgs with bibliography & index. Color & black & white photos
throughout. Cloth in dust jacket. Quarto. No Place: Pacific Fast Mail,
(1979). 1st Edition. Inked name/address on front pastedown endpaper &
on bottom edge; otherwise, fine condition. $36.
Middleton, William. FROM BULLETS TO BART. 176 pgs. Photos througout.
Cloth in dust jacket. Oblong octavo. (Chicago): Central Electric
Railfans' Association, (1989). Bulleton 127. Fine condition. $22.50
Ball, Jr., Don. AMERICA'S RAILROADS: THE SECOND GENERATION.
216 pgs with index. Color photos & maps throughout. Cloth in dust
jacket. Quarto. NY: Norton, (1980). 1st Edition [so stated]. Inked
name/address & label on front paste down endpaper; inked name on
bottom edge; otherwise, fine condition. $34.50
King, Ed. THE A: NORFOLK & WESTERN'S MERCEDES OF STEAM.
176 pgs with index. Color & black & white photos throughout. Cloth in
dust jacket. Quarto. Glendale, CA: Trans-Anglo, (1991). 1st Edition
[so stated]. Fine condition. $27.
Joel McKee Chapman, Proprietor.
Acorn Books (ABAA)
740 Polk Street
San Francisco CA 94109-7830
(415) 563-1736
acor...@netcom.com
acor...@best.com
on receipt of payment by check or VISA, MC, Discover, or AmerEx. Full
refund for any reason on prompt return of merchandise. Subject to
prior sale. Books shipped by USPS 4th Class Book Rate insured.
Postage: $4. 1st book; $1.50 each additional. Foreign addresses: $3.
extra. California residents add appropriate sales tax. Prices net to
all. Please email to hold, or telephone (415) 563-1736 any hour.
Andersen, Timothy et al (Editors). CALIFORNIA DESIGN 1910. 148 pgs
with index. Photos, drawings, reproductions of works of art
throughout. Pictorial white wrappers. Quarto. No Place: California
Design, (1974). Very good condition. Exhibition giving a broad survey
of creative expression in California from 1895 to 1918. $20.
Baker, David. THE HISTORY OF MANNED SPACE FLIGHT. 544 pgs
with index. Color & black & white photos & drawings throughout. Cloth
in dust jacket. Folio. NY: Crown, (1981). 1st Edition [so stated].
Fine condition. $60.
Busignani, Alberto. POLLOCK. 96 pgs. Photos; color & black & white
reproductions throughout. Cloth in chipped dust jacket. Quarto.
London: Hamlyn, (1971). Very good condition in good jacket. Dead in a
car crash at just 44, Jackson Pollock revolutionized modern art with
his new painting techniques amply exhibited herein. $25.
Lee, Lawrence et al. STAINED GLASS. 207 pgs with bibliography &
index. Color & black & white photos & drawings throughout. Cloth in
dust jacket. Folio. NY: Crown, (1976). 1st U.S. Edition. Near fine
condition. Magnificent evocation of this art form, exhibiting some of
the world's finest windows, giving the history of this ancient craft,
& showing how windows are made, preserved & restored. $65.
Stern, Jane & Michael. ELVIS WORLD. 210 pgs. Color & black & white
photos throughout. Pictorial gold boards in printed clear mylar
wrapper. Quarto. NY: Knopf, 1987. 1st Edition [so stated]. Near fine
condition. $17.50
Wenner, Jann (Editor). 20 YEARS OF ROLLING STONE: What a
Long, Strange Trip It's Been. 464 pgs. Color & black & white photos &
drawings throughout. Cloth in dust jacket. Quarto. NY: Friendly Press,
1987. 1st Edition. Fine condition. History of "Rolling Stone" magazine
- music, film, politics, personalities, the concerns of a generation.
$35.
Klein, Mina & H. Arthur. TEMPLE BEYOND TIME: The Story of the
Site of Solomon's Temple. 191 pgs with bibliography & index.
Illustrated with photos, maps, & old prints. Cloth in lightly chipped
dust jacket. Quarto. NY: Van Nostrand Reinhold, (1970). 1st Edition.
Fine condition in near fine jacket. Survey of the site sacred to 3
great religions - Judaism, Christianity, & Islam. $20.
Wenkam, Robert. MAUI: THE LAST HAWAIIAN PLACE. Foreword
by David Brower. 160 pgs with bibliography & index. Color & black &
white photos & old prints throughout. Cloth in lightly chipped dust
jacket. folio. San Francisco: Friends of the Earth, no date (c.1968).
Near fine condition in very good jacket. $35.
Bricker, Charles. LANDMARKS OF MAPMAKING: An Illustrated History
of Maps & Mapmakers. Maps selected by R.V. Tooley. 276 pgs with index.
Color & black & white illustrations throughout, including many
fold-out plates. Cloth in dust jacket. Folio. NY: Dorset Press,
(1989). Near fine condition. Spectacular survey of 2,000 years of
mapmaking. $50.
Time-Life Books. LIFE IN SPACE. 304 pgs with index. Color &
black & white photos & drawings throughout. Cloth in dust jacket.
Folio. Alexandria, VA: (1983). Near fine condition. Pictorial history
of humanity's greatest adventure - from Sputnik to the space shuttle.
$35.
Asimove, Isaac. VISIONS OF THE UNIVERSE. Preface by Carl Sagan.
47 pgs. Color plates by Kazuaki Iwasaki. Cloth in dust jacket. Oblong
quarto. (Montrose, CA): Cosmos Store, (1981). Near fine condition.
Meticulous, almost photographic portraits of the cosmos painted by the
Japanese artist are a stunning display of the universe. $35.
Guinness, Desmond & William Ryan. IRISH HOUSES & CASTLES.
352 pgs with bibliography & index. Color & black & white photos
throughout. Cloth in lightly chipped dust jacket. Folio. NY: Viking,
(1974). Near fine condition in very good jacket. $35.
Publications International. ELVIS ALBUM. 319 pgs. Color & black &
white photos, & news clippings throughout. Maroon fabricoid. Quarto.
(Lincolnwood, IL: 1991). Near fine condition. Presley's life
chronicled in a scrapbook format. $15.
[Stern, Harold Phillip & Thomas Lawton]. THE FREER GALLERY ART- II
JAPAN. 184 pgs. Color & black & white photos throughout. Cloth in dust
jacket. Folio. Tokyo: Kodansha, no date (c.1972). Fine condition.
Survey of the Japanese art holdings of this gallery in Washington DC.
$15.
Pritchard, James (Editor). THE HARPER ATLAS OF THE BIBLE. 254 pgs.
Color maps & illustrations throughout. Cloth in dust jacket. Folio.
NY: Harper & Row, (1987). 1st Edition [so stated]. Near fine
condition. $25.
Roberts, Clifford. THE STORY OF THE AUGUSTA NATIONAL GOLF
CLUB. 257 pgs. Color & black & white photos & drawings; color golf
course plan endpapers. Cloth in chipped dust jacket. Quarto. Garden
City, NY: Doubleday, 1976. Very good condition. $25.
Macomber, Ben. THE JEWEL CITY. Its Planning & Achievement; Its
Architecture, Sculpture, Symbolism, & Music; Its Gardens, Palaces, &
Exhibits. 204 pgs with index + advertisements. Tipped-in color
frontispiece & black & white photos. Pictorial tan cloth. 12mo. San
Francisco: Williams, 1915. 1st Edition. Exhibit book for the
Panama-Pacific International Exposition. $35.
Carlisle, Rodney. SOVEREIGNTY FOR SALE: The Origins & Evolution
of the Panamanian & Liberian Flags of Convenience. 278 pgs with
bibliography & index. Photos & maps. Cloth in dust jacket. Octavo.
Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, (1981). 1st Edition. Fine
condition. $15.
Burton, Anthony & John Scott-Morgan. BRITAIN'S LIGHT RAILWAYS.
144 pgs with index. Photos throughout. Cloth in dust jacket. Imperial
octavo. (Ashbourne, Derbyshire, England): Moorland, (1985). 1st
Edition. Fine condition. The story of the small, local lines, from
their beginning in the narrow gauge railways of industry through to
the sad days when so many succombed to the challenge of the motor bus
& the lorry, & then finally to the happier days of restoration &
preservation. $25.
Amin, Mohamed et al. RAILWAY ACROSS THE EQUATOR: The Story
of the East African Line. 92 pgs. Color photos throughout. Cloth in
dust jacket. Small folio. London: Bodley Head, (1986). 1st Edition.
Inked name/address on front pastedown endpaper; inked name on bottom
edge; otherwise, fine condition. Tells of the dramas & dangers
involved in the construction of this line that Winston Churchill
described as "the most romantic railway in the world." $35.
Olmsted, Robert. WEST END RAILS [New York Central, Pennsylvania
Railroad, Penn Central, Erie Lackawanna, & Conrail]. 104 pgs. Photos
throughout. Cloth in dust jacket. Quarto. No Place: Privately
Published, 1992. 1st Edition [so stated]. Fine condition. $30.
Myers, Johnnie. TEXAS ELECTRIC RAILWAY. 256 pgs. Color & black
& white photos & profile drawings, maps, & facsimiles throughout.
Cloth in chipped & tape-repaired dust jacket. Quarto. (Chicago):
Central Electric Railfans' Association, (1982). Bulletin 121. 1st
Edition. Rubber stamped name & inked address on front pastedown
endpaper & on bottom edge; otherwise, near fine condition in very good
jacket. $22.
Mackay, James. RAILWAY ANTIQUES. 136 pgs with index. Color & black &
white photos throughout. Cloth in dust jacket. Imperial octavo.
(England): Mayflower/Ward Lock, (1978). 1st Edition. Rubber stamped &
inked name/address on front pastedown endpaper; otherwise, fine
condition. Collector's guide to railway relics & collectable items
associated with railways. $25.
Middleton, William. TRACTION CLASSICS: The Interurbans - Interurban
Freight, Volume Three. 182 pgs with bibliography & index. Color
frontispiece & black & white photos, drawings, & plans throughout.
Cloth in dust jacket. Quarto. San Marino, CA: Golden West, (1985). 1st
Edition. Inked name/address on front pastedown endpaper & bottom edge;
otherwise, near fine condition. $60.
Pennypacker, Bert. READING POWER PICTORIAL, From the Steam Era to
Today's Diesels. 320 pgs. Locomotive photos throughout. Cloth in dust
jacket. Quarto. (River Vale, NJ): Carleton Rail Books, (1980). Rubber
stamp & inked name & address on front pastedown endpaper; inked name
on bottom edge; otherwise, near fine condition. $60.
Campbell, George. NORTH SHORE LINE MEMORIES. 287 pgs with index.
Photos, facsimiles, & maps throughout. Cloth in dust jacket. Quarto.
Northbrook, IL: Domus Books, (1980). 1st Edition. Rubber stamped &
inked name/address on front pastedown endpaper; inked name on bottom
edge; otherwise, fine condition. Documentation of the history of one
of America's foremost interurban lines, highlighting the personal
aspects of day-to-day operations. $28.50
Yanosey, Robert. PENNSY DIESEL YEARS. 128 pgs with index. Collr
locomotive photos throughout. Cloth in dust jacket. Quarto. (Edison,
NJ: Morning Sun, 1991). 1st Edition [so stated]. Fine condition.
$27.50
Holley, Noel. THE MILWAUKEE ELECTRICS. 310 pgs with bibliography &
index. Color & black & white photos throughout. Cloth in dust jacket.
Quarto. (Hicksville, NY): N.J. International, 1987. 1st Edition. Inked
name/address on front pastedown endpaper; inked name on bottom edge;
otherwise, fine condition. $75.
DeNevi, Don & Bob Hall. UNITED STATES MILITARY RAILWAY SERVICE:
America's Soldier-Railroaders in WWII. 160 pgs with bibliography &
index. Photos throughout. Cloth in dust jacket. Quarto. (Toronto,
Canada): Boston Mills, (1992). 1st Edition. Fine condition. $35.
Cupper, Dan. CROSSROADS OF COMMERCE: The Pennsylvania Railroad
Calendar Art of Grif Teller. 184 pgs with bibliography & index. Color
reproductions & black & white photos throughout. Cloth in dust jacket.
Oblong quarto. Richmond, VT: Great Eastern, (1992). 1st Edition. Fine
condition. $50.
Seims, Charles. MOUNT LOWE: THE RAILWAY IN THE CLOUDS.
234 pgs with index. Photos, maps, & drawings, including fold-outs.
Cloth in dust jacket. Quarto. San Marino, CA: Golden West, (1979).
Rubber stamp on front pastedown endpaper; inked name/address on bottom
edge; otherwise, fine condition. $30.
Gladulich, Richard. BY RAIL TO THE BOARDWALK. 331 pgs with
bibliography & index. Photos, facsimiles, & maps throughout. Cloth in
dust jacket. Quarto. Glendale, CA: Trans-Anglo, (1986). 1st Edition
[so stated]. Inked name/address on front pastedown endpaper; inked
name on bottom edge; otherwise, fine condition. Railroading in
Atlantic City & along the South Jersey coast. $75.
MacGregor, Bruce & Richard Truesdale. SOUTH PACIFIC COAST: A
CENTENNIAL. 351 pgs with index. Color & black & white photos, maps, &
facsimiles throughout. Cloth in dust jacket. Quarto. Boulder, CO:
Pruett, (1982). 1st Edition [so stated]. Rubber stamp & inked
name/address on front pastedown endpaper & on bottom edge; otherwise,
fine condition. $50.
Heimburger, Donald. ALONG THE EAST BROAD TOP. 248 pgs. Color
& black & white photos & drawings throughout. Cloth in dust jacket.
Quarto. (River Forest, IL: Heimburger House, 1987). 1st Edition. Inked
name/address on front pastedown endpaper; otherwise, fine condition.
History of this Pennsylvania three-foot-gauge coal-hauling railroad.
$25.
Signor, John. BEAUMONT HILL: Southern Pacific's Southern California
Gateway. 174 pgs with bibliography & index. Color & black & white
photos, maps, & facsimiles throughout. Cloth in dust jacket. Quarto.
San Marino, CA: Golden West, (1990). 1st Edition. Inked name/address
on front pastedown endpaper; otherwise, fine condition. $30.
Ferrell, Mallory Hope. WEST SIDE: NARROW GAUGE IN THE SIERRA.
319 pgs with bibliography & index. Color & black & white photos
throughout. Cloth in dust jacket. Quarto. No Place: Pacific Fast Mail,
(1979). 1st Edition. Inked name/address on front pastedown endpaper &
on bottom edge; otherwise, fine condition. $36.
Middleton, William. FROM BULLETS TO BART. 176 pgs. Photos througout.
Cloth in dust jacket. Oblong octavo. (Chicago): Central Electric
Railfans' Association, (1989). Bulleton 127. Fine condition. $22.50
Ball, Jr., Don. AMERICA'S RAILROADS: THE SECOND GENERATION.
216 pgs with index. Color photos & maps throughout. Cloth in dust
jacket. Quarto. NY: Norton, (1980). 1st Edition [so stated]. Inked
name/address & label on front paste down endpaper; inked name on
bottom edge; otherwise, fine condition. $34.50
King, Ed. THE A: NORFOLK & WESTERN'S MERCEDES OF STEAM.
176 pgs with index. Color & black & white photos throughout. Cloth in
dust jacket. Quarto. Glendale, CA: Trans-Anglo, (1991). 1st Edition
[so stated]. Fine condition. $27.
Joel McKee Chapman, Proprietor.
Acorn Books (ABAA)
740 Polk Street
San Francisco CA 94109-7830
(415) 563-1736
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