Trains Transition by Beebe Lucius (58 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.9.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. B/w Illustrations (illustrator). May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.55.

Condition: Good. 1941. No Edition Remarks. 210 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over brown cloth covered boards. Contains many black and white photographs. Pages remain clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Minor pencil marking to front free end-paper. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Mild crushing to spine ends. Unclipped jacket has light edge wear with tears and creasing. Heavily rubbed.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Former library book; Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.95.

undated modern reprint of 1941 original, Hawthorn Books Inc., card covers, 210pp, illustrated. Very good condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. A reprint edition of a work first published in 1941 by D. Appleton-Century Co. The conversion of railroads from steam powered locomotives to diesels is detailed here. With 176 black & white photos, the majority of which were taken by the author, as well as a title page drawing. --- In brown paper-covered boards backed in reddish-brown cloth, with spine titling in black. Jacket bears photo of steam-powered train rolling down the tracks. --- A well-preserved copy: clean, tightly-bound and unmarked. Dust jacket with a little buckling to clear outer skin, minor creasing to edges; wrapped in removable archival mylar protector. ; Small Quarto - 9 to 11 in. tall; xiii, 210 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. pp. 210 / Geïllustreerd / Illustrated / Illustré / Illustriert English.

Condition: good. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. from the front DJ flap, "Trains in Transitions," third volume in Lucius Beebe's trilogy of the saga of American railroading and companion volume to "High Iron, A Book of Trains," and "Highlanders, A Railroad Album, is designed to survey the achievements of steam and steel in real transport during the past decade and with the aid of ample and dramatic illustrations, to chronicle the up-to-the-minute railroad practices which have made overland travel a part of the national legend." DU5. hardcover, DJ wrapped in mylar, 11.25" x 8.25", 210 pages, illustrated, notes written on front paste and ffep one sentence with dealer price in pencil.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Reprint. Slight wear at head and foot of spine, Very Good Minus, in Very Good Minus Dust Jacket with minor chips and tears.

Unknown. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.95.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. 1st thus. Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ is a little rubbed and has a sunned spine and is now protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. Gift inscription to front free endpaper. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 210 pages. The third volume of the author's trilogy of the saga of American railroading - the other two volumes are "High Iron, A Book of Trains" & "Highliners, A Railroad Album". First published by D. Appleton-Century in 1941. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels.

Hard Cover. Condition: vg. Dust Jacket Condition: vg-. xiv 210 pages; b/w photos throughout; contents unmarked; 11" tall; small chips & tears to edges of rubbed brown dj. Hardcover (dj).

Hardcover. Condition: VG-. Dust Jacket Condition: VG-. DJ: rubbing & edgewear; creases/chips at edges & corners; yellowing and some duststaining/foxing. Book: some rubbing & edgewear; small corner bumps; yellowing; some duststaining; otherwise overall clean & tight. 210 pages.

Condition: Very Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair - Cash. Heavier wear to the cover, corners and edges. There is soiling to the cover and pages, with creases and some tearing. Corners have some heavy rubbing and fraying, the boards are exposed. Has a bookplate from central pacific. Stock photos may not look exactly like the book.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Later printing. Previous owner name written in. Jacket has some chipping and light rubbing.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. Oversize; dust jacket is chipped and worn at edges (especially front DJ, ) corners and spine tips, with 2" tear bottom front near side edge and 3/4 x 1 1/2" surface tear on spine; Historical Society stamp on fep; 210 pages.

Condition: Very good. First printing. Hardcover. Very good condition (no dust jacket). Internally clean and tight.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Bonanza Books January 1941 Binding: Hardcover.

Condition: Very Good. Very Good condition. Good dust jacket. (trains, locomotives, history) A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. 1st Edition. usual stamps 210 pages b/w photos.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. A reprint of the original 1941 Appleton-Century publication. Date of this edition is an estimate. Very good to fine, tight, clean, no markings or bookplate. In fair to good dust jacket with some creases, small chips at base of front panel, some rubbing, and some tears and light fading to spine.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Brown cloth over boards. Clean and tight. DJ has slight wear on edges. Rubbed on covers. In archival cover.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Former owner stamp inside front cover.

Very Good in Good+ dust jacket; The dust jacket has closed tears, creases, chipping and rubbing ; This is the third printing of the reprint edition. The dust jacket is protected by a Brodart mylar cover. Most books shipped within 24 hours. ; B&W Photographs; 4to.; 210 pages. Reprint edition. Binding is Hardcover; Third Printing.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine condition. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine dust jacket. Reprint of 1941 D. Appleton-Century ed. New York: Bonanza Books No date (but 1950s?). 8.25" wide by 11.25" tall. Clean, square, tight, unmarked copy. Sharp corners. No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder mark. Illustrated with 176 photos. A look at developments in railroading during the 1930s, with attention to the "Diesel-electric locomotive and the light weight air-flow equipment which complements it." Includes chapters on the "technical aspects of Diesel-electric power, on the fabrication and operation of modern, high speed passenger trains and the evolution of the hotshot freights." Original brown cloth. Keywords: Steam Diesel Electric Trains Locomotives Railroads Railways Railroad . Reprint of 1941 D. Appleton-Century ed. Oversize Hardcover. Fine condition/Near Fine dust jacket. xiii, 210pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Prompt Shipment, shipped in Boxes, Tracking PROVIDEDVery good hardcover in very good, lightly worn dust jacket. Prior owner's gift inscription on front free endpaper. Otherwise, clean pages. Dust jacket a little sunned. 4to. 210pp.

G ex-library. Title page repaired with tape, heavy edge wear, label, pocket, stamps. Illustrated by Illus.

Hardcover. New York: Appleton-Century, 1941. Brown cloth, edges rubbed, no dj, first, first few pages darkened. Railroad BJ; ciaiew2979.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. New York: Bonanza Books, 1941, DJ rubbed, owner's sticker on cover page. Railroad; ciaiew2944.