"Don't take me the long way" 30 true, truly outrageous cab stories
San Francisco: Off D Press, 2005. Paperback. 204p., introduction, very good first edition in pictorial wraps. Short stories about a San Francisco cabbie. More
Cat.No: 136367
San Francisco: Off D Press, 2005. Paperback. 204p., introduction, very good first edition in pictorial wraps. Short stories about a San Francisco cabbie. More
Cat.No: 136367
Berkeley, CA: Metropolitan Transportation Commission, 1974. 19p., 9.75x7.5 inches landscape layout, some pen underlining, simple cartoonish line drawing illustrations, good booklet in stapled orange wraps. Plans for public transit and roads in the SF Bay Area. More
Cat.No: 135248
San Bruno, CA: Local 9 Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association, 2005-2008. Magazine. 10 issues, 12-16 pp., 8.5x11 inch all-glossy pages journal. Several copies of same issues included. Very good condition. The now defunct local of the Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association at San Francisco International Airport represented skilled trades at United Airlines..... More
Cat.No: 257880
Chicago: Railway Business Association, 1943. Pamphlet. x, 64p., stapled wraps, 6x9 inches, maps, tables, wraps lightly worn else very good condition. More
Cat.No: 266378
Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2003. Hardcover. viii, 275p., 9x11.5 inches, preface, bibliography, index, profusely illustrated with vintage drawings, photographs, maps of routes etc., fine first edition in cloth boards and unclipped dj. Railroads Past and Present Series, George M. Smerk, series editor. More
Cat.No: 180827
San Francisco: Suprevisor Mirkarimi's Office, 2006. Single 8.5x11 inch handbill printed one side only on goldenrod stock. Announcing the town hall meeting with the Supervisor of D5 and Nathaniel Ford, Sr. the Director of the MTA. More
Cat.No: 255304
N.pl. [Mitten Management], [1926?]. Pamphlet. Four panel brochure, soiled and creased with minor chipping on the edges, 4x7.25 inches. Proposal for union-management cooperation in the street car industry. More
Cat.No: 301393
London: Nakong Ya Rena, [1979?]. Paperback. 121p., wraps lightly browned and soiled with minor wear at the foot of the spine, one corner bumped else good condition, 5.75x8.25 inches. More
Cat.No: 223321
Orangevale, CA: Carbarn Press, 1991. 64p., 8.5x11 inches, foreword, introduction, color photos grouped by division, very good monograph booklet in stapled orange pictorial wraps. More
Cat.No: 135061
Santa Rosa, CA: Angela Center Press, 2005. 97p., wraps, crease on front cover; signed by author. Poetry about riding public transit with guide dog, by the blind Bay Area psychotherapist. More
Cat.No: 142277
Walnut Creek: JD Graphics, 1974. 23p., 5.5x8.5 inches, b&w photos, very good first printing pamphlet in original stapled mustard pictorial wraps. History of the railway station. More
Cat.No: 90326
N.pl. National Progressive Traction Workers League, 1937. Newsletter. Four page newsletter, 5.5x8.5 inches, paper toned else very good condition. Not found in OCLC as of 9/2021. Dissident newsletter for members of ATU, includes favorable mention of the TWU the CIO union. More
Cat.No: 271565
Moscow: Foreign Languages Press, 1939. Pamphlet. 31p., stapled wraps, 4.25x5.5 inches, photos, wraps lighlty soiled, staples rusted, scattered foxing throughout. More
Cat.No: 126758
New York: The Workers Education Bureau Press, 1928. Hardcover. vii, 479p., original blue cloth binding, corners slightly bumped, spine lettering very dull , ownership signature of the San Francisco Labor Council. "The Brief submitted for the workers in the case... is such an illuminating interpretation of the social and economic..... More
Cat.No: 8827
New York: The Workers Education Bureau Press, 1928. Hardcover. vii, 479p., ex library, head of spine slightly frayed. "The Brief submitted for the workers in the case... is such an illuminating interpretation of the social and economic consequences of the proposed injunction that it is a distinguished contribution to information..... More
Cat.No: 81440
New York: The Workers Education Bureau Press, 1928. Hardcover. vii, 479p., original blue cloth binding, corners slightly bumped, spine lettering very dull , ownership signature of the San Francisco Labor Council. "The Brief submitted for the workers in the case... is such an illuminating interpretation of the social and economic..... More
Cat.No: 279441
Saint-Ouen: Voie prolétarienne, 1985. 63p., staplebound booklet, 7x10.5 inches, very good. Cahier no. 1, La Cause du communisme; revue théorique et politique. Supplement au no. 1, Partisan, le journal de l'OCML Voie prolétarienne. More
Cat.No: 269472
San Diego: Citizens for Rail California, 1980. ii, 18p., wraps, 8.5x11 inches, slightly musty. Propasals for alternate equipment and proposed route changes to make a mass transit rail network possible in California. More
Cat.No: 153032
Washington DC: Association of American Railroads, Bureau of Railway Economics, 1944. Pamphlet. 35p., stapled wraps, 6x9 inches, tables, graphs, small area of offsetting to rear wrap else very good condition. Reprinted from Railway Age, January 1, 1944, with figures revised to March 15, 1944. Special Series No. 73. More
Cat.No: 266380
npl: Pennsylvania Railroad, 1949. Pamphlet. [20]p.; alkaline coated paperstock with b&w pix, descriptions and technical stats for a number of specialized choo choos including six curious switching engines: electric, diesel, steam and combinations. Staplebound pamphlet in 5.5x8 inch oblong pictorial wraps, cover bears an unobtrusive smudge and a couple numerals..... More
Cat.No: 228251
San Jose: San Jose State College, 1969. iv, 109p., typed on onionskin paper bound in blue buckram, not the 'ribbon copy' but still legible. Endpaper gutters are toned, otherwise very good. Unpublished Master's thesis on SF's transit systems, including cable cars; whether Perotti's research is any great contribution is doubtful..... More
Cat.No: 251875
Washington: GPO, 1940. Paperback. 54p., wraps, ex library (with full use of both library & discard stamps), else good condition. United States Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics, bulletin no. 676. More
Cat.No: 112376
Oakland: PM Press, 2016. Paperback. 88p., 5x8 inches, illustrated wraps, as New. From the back cover: "The Traffic Power Structure argues for a different kind of traffic in a different kind of world." More
Cat.No: 212143
El Paso: Texas Western Press, 1987. Hardcover. 74p. frontis-map, preface, notes, figures and tables, very good first edition in blue and gray cloth boards and gilt. Southwest studies #87. On the El Paso-Ciudad Juarez border dispute in which fired transportation workers who had requested raises seized a streetcar as it..... More
Cat.No: 61120
London: London Museum, Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1973. Paperback. 48p., paperback item; minimal text, a couple of line mape, and profuse b&w photography on coated paperstock throughout; staplebound 7.8x8.2 inch wraps, faintly vertical crease affects cover and (very faintly) every leaf, mild crimping near spinefold, a good copy. More
Cat.No: 180978