taber thomas townsend (50 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good+. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good+. 1st Edition. First Edition, First Printing of this illustrated history of the Morristown & Erie Railroad, a short line railroad that served the Morristown area in Northern New Jersey. Cloth, 68 pages, illustrated. The dust jacket has a bit of edge wear and there's light stains on both jacket flaps and both endpapers where a previous owner has used paper dots to secure the jacket. The jacket is now in a mylar dust jacket protector.

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. Very interesting railroad history.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. First Edition; First Printing. Just a hint of edge rubbing, with former owner's name blacked out inside front. In slightly edge rubbed DJ, with a couple of tiny chips. Now protected in a mylar jacket. Many b&w photos throughout text. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 68 pages.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. VG+/VG. Light wear to dust jacket. Book is in excellent condition with minimal wear. Bookplate on front pastedown. text is clean. Ships wrapped in bubble wrap and packed with care in a box.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. Hardback book with dust jacket (68 pages) - illustrated with color frontispiece and vintage black and white photographs. Dust jacket has creases on front top left corner - front board is slightly raised along right hand edge. Bookseller since 1995 (LL-9-bottom-R) rareviewbooks.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. First Edition. A withdrawn library copy in good shape, but with the jacket attached to the boards. Library markings are minimal. This informative book is lavishly illustrated and has a real treat in the front--a very colorful full-page painting of a locomotive, described by the author as "peacefully resting". Great New Jersey rail history.; Ex-library.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. xii, 67p. Publishers cloth over boards with the original dust jacket. Nicely illustrated. Includes four tipped in original Morristown & Erie train tickets dated 1917 and a postcard with a train. A fresh clean copy with a few tiny chips to the headband of the dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fair. Hardcover. Vol. 2. Book number 270 of limited edition. Minimal shelfwear to cover of book but otherwise sharp, attractive copy with clean, unmarked pages throughout. Binding is solid. Dust jacket has moderate water damage wrinkles, sun fade and rubbing but still presentable. Now with protective archival cover.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. 1st Edition. ** 1ST EDITION, 1981 ** NUMBERED LIMITED EDITION - SIGNED BY AUTHOR ** VOLUME 2 ONLY ** OVERSIZED CLOTH-BOUND HARDCOVER ** VERY GOOD BOOK ** (GOOD) DUSTJACKET ** NOT A LIBRARY BOOK ** CLEAN, STAIN-FREE, UNMARKED ** DOZENS OF PHOTOGRAPHS ** ENDPAPER MAPS ** PLUS: ORIGINAL "PHOEBE SNOW" FOLD-OUT PAMPHLET OF PASSENGER ITINERARY & ROUTE LAID IN ** Published by Thomas T. Taber III, 1981, with 396 pages, 4to (quarto). This is book #1991. SIGNED by Thomas T. Taber III on the title page. Very well-made book, bound in sturdy cloth-covered boards with embossed gilt lettering on the spine. The exterior cloth binding shows only slight wear at the bottom of the spine, otherwise cloth appears nearly as crisp and fresh as new. The book has no major flaws, but does show very occasional, brief, quite minor signs of use and age (age speckles on the top exterior page edges). The book is clean and stain-free, square and straight, firm in its binding, no pages are loose, missing, folded, or torn (book remains firm in its binding, but is no longer as tight as new). The hinges are sound and undamaged, the corners are sharp and unbumped. All pages are clean and stain-free, and all text and photographs are sharp and legible. There is no writing, underlining, highlighting, or any other such markings in the book (aside from author's signature). The dustjacket has scattered light edgewear, some light age foxing to the spine, and appears to be a tad age-toned. There is a short closed edge-tear at the top edge of the front jacket panel, and wear and tearing at the top of the jacket spine. That said, the jacket is otherwise intact and complete, and is clean and stain-free. The itinerary and route pamphlet is for the Phoebe Snow Daylight Trip from New York City to Buffalo. The pamphlet unfolds into 5 panels, each of the 5 printed on both sides. The rarely seen pamphlet is clean, complete, and intact, and shows only light occasional signs of use. Buy with confidence, professional booksellers for 35 years, selling online since 1995. DB75.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. 407 Pages. Book No. 597.

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. Limited Edition. Clean with firm hinges, sharp corners, clean pages and boards. DJ has light wear to corners, chipping to head and heel of spine. BP/Railroad.

hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. First Edition. Very Good in worn and soiled dust jacket. Slight yellowing to page margins else a clean and tight copy.

Cloth. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: VG+. First Edition. Tan cloth, lettered in brown. Front endpapers are mildly toned by age, otherwise as issued. Illus. dust jacket is a bit soiled and age-toned, with minor chipping along top edges and slight chipping at base of spine, now in mylar. xii,68 pp., illus. w/ b&w photographs. Accompanied by several items not original to issue: 1) folding map showing the Morristown & Erie rail route from Morristown east through Whippany, Hanover Station and Beaufort; 2) and 3) 8 x 10" b&w photographs of the Morristown & Erie RR, both with captions glued on verso identifying them, both dated July 1948. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Book.

4To Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fair. 399pp. Number 2095. Blue boards, golden lettering on spine, unclipped jacket. Text and photography is clean on unmarked, uncreased pages. Hinges are intact, textblock is square with pointed corners. Minimal overall book shelf/timewear, boardwear, board corner bumps, faintest edgeblush, moderate++ jacketwear, jacket corner and edgewear, edge tears, sunning and smudging.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. Second Printing. Edition is numbered at 2351. Moderate rubbing along the bottom edges of cover and bottom spine; light bumping on the bottom of back cover corners; and faint rubbing on front cover. Mild foxing on side text block and moderate foxing on the back endpaper, front endpaper, and half title page. Dust jacket has corner and spine wear. Top of spine is frayed and chipped. Otherwise the book is in good condition with clean and bright pages, neat corners, and decent binding. Overall a sharp copy.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good+. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. This is Book Number 1052; light coverwear with 2 very small tears top front DJ ; 11.1 X 8.4 X 1.2 inches.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: very good. First edition. 9 X 11 in. high. xxi, 68 pages. Condition of the book is VERY GOOD; Two words written on front pastedown, 1 inch tear at edge of frontis illustration, otherwise excellent, text & illustrations are very clean, binding is tight. Condition of dust jacket is VERY GOOD; lightly soiled, not price-clipped ($6.95), in new mylar wrapper. American History RGR.

Oversize Hardback. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. Ex-library book with the usual stamps and markings. Interior pages clean and unmarked with a tight binding. 8 3/4"w x 11 1/4"h. This is volume two, pages 381 to 778. Many black an white photos. Timetable in pocket at front. "This volume covers the history and operation of the ferries, the freight activities in New York harbor, public relations and a sstation listing giving information concerning every named point along the railroad." [blurb] Keywords: Locomotives, Ferries, Freight activities, New York harobr, Public relations, Adverstising, Trains, Train Cars, Timetables 2.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. Third printing. Blue cloth and gilt title on spine, 377 pages, frontispiece and many photos, 29cm tall, quarto. The front and rear map endpapers show the route of the Phoebe Snow passenger train between Hoboken and Buffalo. Rear panel of dust jacket shows a small faint sticker ghost, spot of soil on front panel. Fine in a good, unworn dust jacket. 1998, c1980.

Cloth. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. Limited/Numbered. Equipment and Marine The Road of Anthracite book # 1745 w/ laid in yellow Corrections and Additions sheet, Map endpages, 776 pgs Index. Excellent copy. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover; 3rd Printing. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: No Dust Jacket. A fine hardcover copy lacking dustjacket. Book number 225. "The History of the Formation and Development of the D. L. & W. "Family" of Railroads, and Their Locomotives, Which, in the Following Century Became One of Our Most Admired and Beloved Railroads." Volume 3 printed on spine. Profusely illustrated, with map endpapers. ; MCN33836; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 408 pp.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Number 854 of this numbered edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Book is in very nice condition, text is unmarked and pages are tight. Dust jacket has a tiny closed tear on bottom edge of rear panel. Dust jacket now nicely protected in mylar cover.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. Two Volumes, Continuously Paginated. 776 Pages Total + Index. Part 2 Is Signed By T. Thomas Taber 3D On Title Page. Part 1 Is Book No. 2050. Part 2 Is Book Number 1979. Dust Jackets Slightly Worn.

4to Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. Signed. A limited edition copy, no. 456 printed. Signed by Taber on title page of part II. Previous owner's name penned on upper front fly. Heavy foxing on endpapers and text-block. Contents are otherwise unmarked on white pages with numerous photos. Bindings are firm with hinges fully attached. Navy blue cloth boards have gilt lettering on spine with light shelf wear and small dent on bottom front edge. Jackets are unclipped and toned with foxing on surfaces and closed tears along the extremities. Mild chipping on spine ends.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. 1st Edition. Two volumes. Volume 1 The Route of Phoebe Snow. Book number 2591. Volume 2 The Road of Anthracite Book number 2540. Both volumes are crisp blue boards with gilt lettering, white dust jackets with a minimal amount of soiling. Enclosed is a letter from the author to the previous owner. Large volumes extra shipping will apply.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 0960339841 Limited Edition Number 2523 And 2191 On Title Page, Volume One: The Route Of Phoebe Snow - The History And Operation Of The Lackawanna Railroad, Which Would Be Recognized As Mile For Mile, The Most Highly Developed Railroad In America. Volume Two: Road Of Anthracite - The Equipment And Marine Operation Of The Lackawanna Railroad. Both Volumes Lavishly Illustrated With Black And White Period Photos On Quality Paper, End Papers Are Railroad Maps, Index, Blue Cloth Boards, Gold Spine Titling, Unclipped Jacket Has Very Light Edge Wear And Very Minor Soiling, Foxing. Contents Clean, Binding Tight And Square, Over 15 Years Book Selling Experience, Buy With Confidence.

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good.

hardcover. Condizione: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

Hardcover. Condizione: Very good+. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good-. Second Printing Limited and Numbered. Volume 2.only. Pages 331-776 frontispiece. , This copy is marked Book number 3029. Previous owner stamp on the front free endpaper,100's of black and white illustrations throughout. Light foxing to the endpapers, minor edgewear. "This volume covers the history and operation of the ferries, the freight activities in New York harbor, public relations and advertising, locomotives and cars, and a station listing giving information concerning every named point along the railroad. The Phoebe Snow advertising program was one of the first in the United States to have a person represent a product, and it was phenomenally successful in causing the railroad to outdistance its competitors" . The Unclipped pictorial jacket has mottling on the spine Size: Octavo. Book.