alvin staufer (271 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Poor. Book is clean with a square, tight binding and bright pages. Book has minor wear on the edges that is difficult to see in the scans. Dust jacket has many tears and missing pieces. The volume is basically a collection of the finest photographs available that do justly represent the steam motive power of the New York Central and its affiliate lines. The book you see in the image is the actual book we have for sale. When you buy this book from us, you are helping to support a small brick and mortar family owned store. We have been curating our collection for three generations and currently have over 250,000 volumes in stock. Please feel free to call for more stock.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. First Edition; First Printing. Oversize; a bit of writing on fep, which also has several very light stains; dust jacket is very worn with significant staining throughout, wear to edges, corners and spine tips and several taped tears; 304 pages.

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good+. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good+. 1st Edition. Large maroon-boards hardback with an unclipped dust jacket now protected in a new archival-quality, removable plastic cover. The spine is slightly cocked/stacked plus- minor foxing on the endpages. This copy has an "opened-several-times" look and feel, but with no crushes to the boards' corners. Black-and-white and a few color Pennsy photos. Stored in sealed plastic protection and mailed (bubble-wrapped) in a sturdy Jiffy Rigi Bag envelope. We ship daily from Roswell, Ga. Proudly serving satisfied book customers for over thirty years. 350-stated pages.

Condizione: good. Books may contain some notes and highlighting. Supplements such as Access Codes, Cd's Dust Jackets, etc. are not guaranteed with used book purchases.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good Condition. Condizione sovraccoperta: No Dust Jacket. 1st Edition. //NO REMAINDER MARK//NO PREVIOUS OWNER MARKS OF ANY KIND (no names or inscriptions, no bookplate, no underlining, etc) //NOT PRICECLIPPED// NEW MYLAR COVER// pages are lightly buckled // "first printing" printed on the title page.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good-. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Reading Copy>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Book and dust jacket are worn, rubbed, and soiled with lower edges water stains.

hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. ***Please Read*** HAS A PLASTIC COVER OVER DUST JACKET - DUST JACKET HAS A SMALL TEARS ON THE EDGES - No marks on text - My shelf location 24-TOP*.

Condizione: good. Books may contain some notes and highlighting. Supplements such as Access Codes, Cd's Dust Jackets, etc. are not guaranteed with used book purchases.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Condizione: Good. Good condition. Acceptable dust jacket. (locomotives, united states ) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains. NOT AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. First edition, first printing. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Wear commensurate with age and use. Clean unmarked copy. Chipping and tearing to jacket as shown in photographs. Light bumping visible to corners of boards and ends of spine strip. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. 224 OVERSIZE, photos, diagrams, Very good hardcover first edition, third printing with tattered dust jacket.

hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Hardback--small stain on outer page edge--otherwise excellent condition--otherwise excellent condition--no dust cover.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. 1st Edition. 351 pp. Tightly bound. Tips of lower corners lightly bumped. Text is free of markings. No ownership markings. Very good dust jacket. Jacket not price clipped. PLEASE NOTE: The reason for the lower "good" rating is because there is foxing on the top fore-edge. Published in 1968 and stated First Printing. This copy is smyth sewn. Smyth sewing is a method of bookbinding where groups of folded pages (referred to as signatures) are stitched together using binder thread. Each folded signature is sewn together individually with multiple stitches and then joined with other signatures to create the complete book block. This is the traditional and best method of bookbinding.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. A larger black-boards hardback with a dust jacket. The dust jacket has edgewear and scuffing, but is now protected in a new archival-quality, removable plastic cover. Supplemental material included (See second photo). Black-&-white steam locomotive illustrations. Stored in sealed plastic protection and mailed (bubble-wrapped) in a sturdy Jiffy Rigi bag envelope. We ship (tracking included) promptly from Roswell, Ga. Proudly serving satisfied book customers since 1999.

hardcover. Condizione: Very Good++. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good++. 1968. Stated First Printing. Fine and unread and unopened condition. Cover is clean and strong. DJ is rubbed at edges, price is intact on DJ closed and repaired tear at bottom edge of spine and front edge of DJ.

hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. 1965. Alvin Staufer Pub. 351 pages. Pages all clean bright and tight. Hardcover is strong with light rub at upper right corner of cover. DJ is missing.

Hardcover. Condizione: VG-. Condizione sovraccoperta: G. Book: rubbing & some edgewear; small cornerbumps w/ some cornerwear; duststaining & some yellowing; gift inscription; otherwise overall clean & sound. DJ present w/ chips, creases, closed tears; yellowing, duststaining, marked-out price, etc. 351 pages.

Condizione: Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. Owner's name embossed on half title. (Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company, locomotives, history) NOT AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES.

hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. Signed by author with "sincere regards" on decorative end page. Very good copy with minor shelfwear and mild page yellowing. Dust jacket with shelfwear and several small tears along edges and at ends of spine and corners -- protected in Brodart covering.

hardcover. Condizione: Fair. Pictorial cover. No DJ. Some tanning. Shelving code LENS.

Cloth Over Board. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good w/ Protective Cover. This book is in very good condition with tight binding and clean text. There is major foxing onthe top foredge. The dj is in good condition with wear, foxing, a couple of rips/pieces missing, and a small stain on the front cover. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. Hardcover with mylar covered dust jacket. Brown faux leather covers with gold lettering and design. Gold is faded. Pages very readable and slightly browning with age. There is some underlining noted that do not interfere with the reading of the text. This book's 352 pages contain over 800 photographs and drawing, four of which are in full color. This railroad was controlled by Commodore Vanderbilt. Speed was the craze and the New York Central had the men and the machines to deliver what the public wanted. The men took immense pride in their jobs, appreciating the social position that was associated with running "the Vanderbilt Road." This is the story of their trains, their railroad, and most important of all--THEIR LOCOMOTIVES. Included is a Plain Dealer article of December, 1975 of the "Wreck of the luxurious Pacific Express in Ashtabula 100 years ago is recalled".

hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good.

hardcover. Condizione: Good. Hardback--spine tight--pages unmarked--mylar protecting cover.

Paperback. Condizione: Fine. First Edition. Paperback, illustrated, 177 pp. A fine copy with clean contents and solid binding.

Hardcover. Condizione: very good. Very Good Copy. Customer Service Guaranteed.