Titles starting with 5 from Gallagher Books, ABAA, ILAB

Baltimore:: Barnard, Roberts & Co.,, 1978.. First Edition. Oblong softcover quarto, about 12 inches wide. Cream colored wraps with comb binding, title in red and gray. Limited edition, numbered 351 of an unspecified edition size. A nicely produced collection of photographs from the huge system. The second book in the series, the first having been credited to Herbert Harwood Jr. Actually 52 images, the last two being only peripherally related to railroads. Clean, bright and sound but for a shadow o... more information

New York:: Vanguard Press,, 1938.. Early printing. Hardcover. Nice early printing with modest shelf wear and wear at extremes, with loss of color but not worn through to the boards. The covers are otherwise bright and unsoiled; the interior unmarked. The jacket, with $2.50 price intact, has minor extremity wear, a few very small chips at top of back panel, and some loss of material at extremities including about a quarter inch at each spine end. The spine folds are also rubbed with some loss of color. ... more information

London:: John Murray,, 1921.. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo in red cloth stamped in gilt. 331 pages illustrated by 11 maps, some fold-out, and a few photographs. A World War I unit history, the division being made up of soldiers from London. A soundly bound copy with very light foxing to the prelims and the fore edge of the text block. Previous owner gift note on the front endpaper. Original sales slip from 1923 laid in. Modest general wear with both fading and darkening to a minor degree to the m... more information