Titles starting with R from Gallagher Books, ABAA, ILAB

Flagstaff AZ:: Northland Press,, 1978.. First edition. Hardcover. Hardback quarto in burgundy cloth with black cloth spine. Signed and inscribed by the artist, with a brief personalized salutation, and dated in the year of publication. Light extremity wear to the book; interior clean and unmarked. Jacket has modest extremity wear and a one-inch tear at bottom of front panel. Nice rendition of the artist's lithos from the 1970's. ... more information

New York:: Scribner,, 1934-1935.. First Edition. Hardcover. Four octavo volumes, about 9.25 inches tall, in gilt stamped red cloth. About 2400 pages in the four volumes. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON THE FRONT ENDPAPER OF VOLUME I. A uniformly bound copy of the Pulitzer Prize winning biography. Bindings sound, text clean, covers lightly edgeworn and spines are mildly sunned. A pair of previous owner signatures on the front endpapers of three volumes, and one signature on the fourth. ... more information

Denver:: Sundance,, 1990.. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto in quarter black cloth with pictorial glossy cover. 416 pages illustrated by photographs, some in color, maps. Limited edition, #1801 of an unspecified number, SIGNED BY THE AUTHORS. The first volume in an extensive series of books, each of which collects vintage photographs of a relatively small section of this railway. The book is clean and unmarked. The publisher's acetate jacket is just a bit rubbed. ... more information

Denver:: Sundance,, 1991.. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto in quarter black cloth with pictorial glossy cover. 496 pages, illustrated by photographs, some in color, and maps. SIGNED BY BOTH AUTHORS, LIMITED EDITION #708 OF AN UNSPECIFIED NUMBER. The book is clean and unmarked. The publisher's acetate sleeve is fine. A terrific pictorial of the Telluride area, and the railroad's presence there. Typically wonderful entry in this lengthy series. ... more information

Denver:: Sundance,, 1994.. First edition. Hardcover. Quarter black cloth with photographic glossy cover. [494] pages illustrated by photographs, many in color. SIGNED BY ALL THREE AUTHORS, LIMITED EDITION, #1692 OF AN UNSPECIFIED NUMBER. A typically wonderful volume in this series with an excellent collection of period photographs. The book is clean and unmarked. The publisher's acetate sleeve is fine. ... more information

Denver:: Sundance,, 2003.. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto in quarter black cloth with pictorial glossy cover. 416 pages, illustrated by photographs, some in color, and maps. SIGNED BY BOTH AUTHORS, #51 OF A LIMITED EDITION OF UNSPECIFIED SIZE. The book is clean and unmarked. The publisher's acetate sleeve is fine. An excellent addition to the series including a short history of the RGS's last year of operation (1951). ... more information

Denver:: Sundance,, 2005.. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto in quarter black cloth with pictorial glossy cover. 376 pages illustrated by photographs, some in color. SIGNED BY ALL THREE AUTHORS, LIMITED EDITION #670 OF AN UNSPECIFIED NUMBER. A nice addition to the series including an excellent reprint of the arrival of the first trains in Durango by Allan Nossaman from his "Many More Mountains, Volume III". The book is clean and unmarked. The publisher's acetate sleeve is fine. ... more information

Denver:: Sundance,, 2006.. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto in quarter black cloth with pictorial glossy cover. 416 pages illustrated by photographs, some in color, maps, more than the usual number of schematics, etc. SIGNED BY ALL FOUR AUTHORS, #1670 OF A LIMITED EDITION OF UNSPECIFIED SIZE. An excellent addition to the series, this also has an index to pictures of passenger cars shown in Volumes I through X. The book is clean and unmarked. The publisher's acetate sleeve is fine. ... more information

Franklin Center PA:: Franklin Library,, 1977.. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, about 8.5 inches tall, in red leather decorated in gilt, all edges gilt, moire endpapers 342 pages. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Includes a new introduction by the author. Part of the publisher's series of signed editions of important books by contemporary authors. Well produced with high quality materials. The publisher's "Notes" pamphlet laid in. A bright, crisp, unworn copy. ... more information

Chicago:: Dibble Publishing Co.,, 1889.. None indicated. Hardcover. Hardback. Large octavo in brown cloth decorated in gilt and black. Modest extremity wear, spine a bit rubbed, minimal toning to text. Otherwise a very nice copy with a sound binding and decoration still bright and attractive. Harrison had been Mayor of Chicago, and was accompanied on this trip by his eighteen year old son and a friend. A beautiful copy of a very entertaining travelogue. ... more information

Boston:: Loring,, 1868.. First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. Hardback 12mo, almost 7 inches tall, in green cloth, blind stamped on covers, decorated title and figure on spine in gilt. 296 pages. Alger's illusive first "rags to riches" story. First state with "Fame and Fortune" announced for December and Dick alone on the decorative title page. A nice copy in collectible condition, soundly bound although there is professional repair to a cracked front endpaper. Covers have... more information

Berkeley:: Howell-North,, 1972.. First Edition. Hardback quarto. Beige cloth stamped in blue. 146 pages, illustrated by photographs, color frontis by R. Schlechter. The story of the North Beach freight and commuter railroad which had connecting ferries and sent freight such as fish and lumber by sea. A lovely copy with no wear to speak of but a little soiling on bottom edge. The jacket is mildly rubbed and edgeworn with a one inch tear at top rear panel. ... more information

San Diego CA:: Howell-North,, 1963.. First Edition. Hardcover. Brown cloth. 933 pages over the two volumes, pagination continuous. Index and rosters in Volume II. Map in pocket at rear of Volume I along with a card with explanatory notes from the publisher. A first rate history of both the railroads and the region with excellent period photographs, plenty of maps. Soundly bound, bright copies with light extremity wear. There is very light and very faint foxing (perhaps it's fingerprints) on the ... more information

Aguora CA:: Yerba Seca Publications,, 1998.. First Edition. Softcover quarto, about 11 inches tall. Illustrated lilac wraps. 349 pages illustrated by black and white photographs and color route maps. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON THE TITLE PAGE. Nicely produced pictorial on the Los Angeles mass transit system. While this is denominated a first edition, there is an earlier, similar, somewhat shorter, version of this with only a slightly different title. Clean, bright and sound, without wear ... more information

Charlotte NC:: Heritage Publishing Co.,, 1987.. First Edition. Hardback quarto. Gilt stamped red cloth. 272 pages illustrated by photographs, maps. Nice illustrations, but the short histories of the small railways of the area are the important thing. It includes an addendum for the first volume and a thorough index for both Volumes 1 and 2. A bright, clean, sound copy with a hint of extremity wear. The jacket is clean and complete but it has a bit of wrinkling at the head of the spine. ... more information

Long Beach CA:: Johnston-Howe,, 1963.. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto in brown faux leather stamped in gilt. 206 pages illustrated by photographs, map endpapers. Covers the development of the Yosemite Valley Railroad, the Yosemite Lumber Co., Yosemite Sugar Pine Lumber Co., and the Yosemite Portland Cement Corp. Plenty of information on the building of these short lines, and particularly interesting photos of the operation of inclines in the logging operations. No discernible wear to the book - clean... more information

New York:: Antique Bulletin Publishing Co.,, 1930.. First Edition. Hardcover. Hardback quarto in red cloth. 106 pages plus a 3 page index. This is the "Library Edition" and not part of the limited edition of 500 copies. However this book has not seen the inside of a library. It is clean, bright and unmarked but for some irregular toning to the endpapers. It has 38 plates on railroad subjects; 35 plates on Indians; and 34 plates on pioneers. A nice research item, it identifies all the prints... more information

San Diego CA:: Howell-North,, 1975.. First edition. Hardcover. Hardback quarto in olive cloth. 477 pages illustrated by photographs. A clean and bright copy with a hint of extremity wear. The jacket has minor edge wear and an inch tear near top front spine fold. There is also minor wear to spine ends with some abrasion, and the spine is a bit sunned. The first volume of the multi-volume set, this photographic history shows the landscape over which ran the Texas & Pacific, the Southern Pacific and... more information

New York:: Macmillan,, 1938 .. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, about 8.75 inches tall, in gilt stamped burgundy cloth. 292 pages. The biography of a 57 year veteran of railroading from the 1870's onward. The author's father worked on 15 different railroads in very nearly every possible position. Nice copy with light rubbing to the covers. Otherwise sound and clean inside. The jacket is bright and attractive, but there are significant chips and tears, the most significant chip a triangular on... more information

New York:: G.P. Putnam's Sons,, 1878.. Revised Edition. Hardcover. Twelvemo, about 7.25 inches tall, in green cloth stamped in black and gilt. 230 pages plus 4 pages of publisher's ads. A major figure in the 4th generation of the illustrious family, the author was a recognized expert on railroad management and later the president of the Union Pacific from 1884 to 1890. A scratch and wrinkle to the head of the spine and very mild extremity wear, but the covers are otherwise bright. Inside is cle... more information