London, Nd(ca.1881): Ward, Lock & Tyler. Octavo. Second Edition, tewnty-seventh thousdand. 144 pp. (8)pp pubisher's ads, with 300 illustrations. Rich detailed drawings of cornices, platforms, engines, and the essentials of mechanical drawing. A remarkably nice copy, near fine, bound in pictorial gilt green embossed cloth, spine lettering gilt, endpapers are..... More

Troy, NY: W. & L.E. Gurley, 1874. Small Octavo. Frontispiece, [3]-234p. 12 plates, in text illustrations. Dating their instruments before 1909 is difficult but this edition greatly expanded the size of the 1868 edition published after the Civil War and it shows the improved instruments used such as the plates..... More

New York: McGraw-Hill, 1918. First Edition. Octavo. Half-title, 105 pages, index. While many assume the laying of track was a simple matter, it was often delayed by poor engineering and the lack of trained trackmen. The Book of Rules in the back is one of the most carefully written guides..... More

Saint Petersburg: Saint-Petersburg State Mining Institute, 2008. Quarto. Text in English and Russian. 191 pages. One of the world's finest natural history and engineering museums. English text (opposite Russian text) allows those in the West to see the great examples richly photographed to illustrate some of the finest examples of..... More