Taber Thomas Townsend (43 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: 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.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: 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. Condition: 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. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: 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. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: 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 A withdrawn library copy in good shape, but with the jacket attached to the boards.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. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: 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. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: 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. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 407 Pages. Book No. 597.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: 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.

Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: 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. …

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Dust jacket in good condition. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Dust jacket has scuffing and edgewear along with minor tearing and previous pricing sticker. Boards have additional scuffing and smudging. Binding is sound. Page edges along with several interior pages have minor damp staining; text and images however are overall clean and unmarked. Secure packaging for safe delivery.…

4To Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: 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. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: 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. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: 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 fmc2%262D.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: 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. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: 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. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: 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. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: 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; 3rd Printing. Condition: Fine. 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. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: 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. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: 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. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: 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. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: 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.…

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

Hardcover. Condition: Very good+. Dust Jacket Condition: 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.…

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. Volume 2. In original shrink wrap. A history of the famous railroad, this copy is marked Book #854. Scarce. Size: Octavo. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Book number 548 & 2598, respectively. Original cloth hard covers, in dust jackets. Moderate handling and toning to jackets (now in archival mylar sleeves). Otherwise clean, tight and unmarked. Very neat -- a sound and handsome copy. Illustrated. Size: 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Book. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Limited Edition Number 2480 On Title Page, 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, 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.…

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. Signed. First Edition. SIGNED two volume set; both volumes signed on title page by author Thomas T. Taber III and numbered copy 70. Very Good in somewhat rubbed and creased dust jackets. Minor yellowing to page margins else a nice clean set.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good.