Search Results: Transportation from Henry Berry, books/ephemera

[AVIATION; OWNER SIGNED, SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT, HEAD OF ADVANCED RESEARCH 1950s-1970s] AIRCRAFT STRUCTURES by David J. Peery, Ph.D., signed twice (inside front and back covers) in pen by Philip L. Michel, Head of Advanced Research, Sikorsky Aircraft, published by McGraw-Hill, 1950, first edition (stated),, blue cloth hardcover with gilded lettering on spine, 6" x 9", 566 pages, diagrams, charts, illustrations, tables (appendices), index; NOTES: PHILIP L. MICHEL, 1917-2012, Sikorsky Aircraft Head of Advanced Research from 1952-1970s, earlier in his career he worked with Brewster Aeronautical Corp., Republic Aviation Corp., and Grumman Aviation (obituary notice); PROVENANCE: acquired at an estate sale of P. L. Michel possessions in Stratford, CT., not far from the Sikorsky plant /// CONDITION: very good-plus, general light wear including light whitish circle at lower part of front cover.

THE ARROW, Series 62, Model 2, Managing Editor Mrs. Mary B. Hecht, published by the Pierce Arrow Society, 1962, stapled-bound softcover, 7" x 5-1/4", 36 pages including covers/wraps, RARE issue of the Society's publication with content on membership and Pierce Arrows being offered for sale, want notices, and parts and memorabilia for sale in the section titled "Emporium – Sales and Needs" (pages 4-15), members by state headed by the respective state flag (pages 16-30); no copies found for sale /// CONDITION: fine, front cover lightly faded, negligible wear.

[1883 RAILROAD CONTRACT, NEW YORK, NEW ENGLAND, RARE] CONTRACT AND SPECIFICATIONS FOR GRADING AND MASONRY For the Extension of the Second Track, New York and New England Railroad Company, Office of the Chief Engineer, Boston, Mass. 1883, Printed by the Rand Avery Supply Company, 1883, softcover, 8" x 10", 16 pages (right-hand pages only with reverse sides blank), specific areas of contract Alterations, Excavations for Foundations, Kind of Work, First-class Arch Masonry, Payment, Precautions and Safeguards, Slopes, etc.; RARE, no copies recorded at WorldCat/OCLC, none found for sale, presumably limited edition printing for limited number of individuals who woUld be involved in the contract, this copy with blank spaces for prices, dates, etc., not fllled in; PROVENANCE: contract was among a group of assorted railroad materials of Herbert C. Keith, a leading railroad engineer and consultant of the latter 1800s-early 1900s who worked mostly on bridges, notably the Des Moines -Fort Dodge River Viaduct /… Read More

[1853 DEED LAND GRANT DANBURY NORWALK RAILROAD 1911 fair copy] 1853 LAND GRANT / DEED FOR SALE OF LAND TO THE DANBURY AND NORWALK RAILROAD BY BETSY CANNON (member of family Cannondale, CT, is named after), 21" x 15" 1911 fair copy on large-size heavy period document paper with horizontal adhesive strip indicating where two pieces of paThinper were attached to lengthen the fair copy so the "crowded" original (see note below) could be better comprehended, 21" high x 15" across, two horizontal and two vertical folds as folded, reproduced signatures at bottom Betsy Cannon, Charles Cannon, Harvey Smith, and "Recorded by Sherman P. Fitch", printed text with blank sections filled in by hand with details of the land and its borders, noting in one part that the railroad is purchasing the land for the "construction and maintenance of a Railroad, and the transportation of passengers and property by locomotive or other engine, propelled by steam or otherwise", and at the end that the railroad will build a fence… Read More

[1902 DES MOINES RIVER–FORT DODGE RAILROAD BRIDGE/VIADUCT GROUP OF PHOTOGRAPHS, ALBUMEN, CYANOTYPE, ASSOCIATION TO HERBERT C. KEITH, LEAD ENGINEER OF THE BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION] A GROUP OF PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE DES MOINES RIVER–FORT DODGE, IOWA RAILROAD BRIDGE/VIADUCT, 4 original mounted albumen photographs (faint with notes on back), 7 photocopies of original period cyanotype photographs (i. e., copies on paper, not original photos, see below)…4 albumen photos are faded, notes on subjects on back, albumen photographs 4-1/2" x 6-1/2" on black board mounts 7" x 9", Bridge Superintendent Herbert C. Keith pencil notes in black on back of black mounting can be clearly read with microscope under light, notes are (1) "Site for Fort Dodge Viaduct, MC-FD RR [Mason City-Fort Dodge Railroad], Looking Across Des Moines River and up the west hill, December 1902"; (2) "Des Moines River Viaduct at Fort Dodge, Iowa, for Mason City–Fort Dodge RR, section of first truss span, Winter of 1902-3"… Read More

[1856 RAIL ROAD GUIDE; GREAT CENTRAL ROUTE; AMERICANA; RARE] INTERNATIONAL TOPOGRAPHICAL RAIL ROAD GUIDE Between the Atlantic Seaboard and the Missouri River, Containing A Large Map in Colors, Correct time Tables of Railroads, Comprising the Great Central, Northern and Southern Routes, Together With Descriptions of Cities, Villages and Points of Interest, Compiled From Authentic Sources, Publications Office Niagara Falls, Where All Communications Must Be Addressed, Niagara Falls, 1856 [W. E. Tunis, publisher], somewhat worn copy with worn map, 3-3/4"x 5-1/2", 172 pages (numbered 1-143, followed by unnumbered pages for ads, last two pages are Contents and Index to Railroads numbered 171-172), organization is pages 15-80 sections for major railroad regions identifying railroads leading from these with naming of the stops of cities and towns along a route with descriptions of these varying in length depending on their size and importance including variously distances to other cities and towns, notable… Read More