A half-page typed letter addressed "Dear Robert" and signed "Wilbert Awdry" discussing Awdry's research in the archives of the Birmingham and Gloucester Railway ("B'ham & Glos. Rly"). "The Birmingham (Working) Committee Minutes are fascinating, full of almost day to day incidents in the running of the railway, and plenty about.....

24 panels. 5-1/4 by 6 inches closed and unfolding to 63 inches. An edition of 100 copies. A book with a double-sided accordion fold structure. The text is 20 "décima" (ten-line) poems about trains, each printed letterpress on a small sheet of handmade paper and mounted on a sheet printed.....

First Edition. A dictionary of terms related to railroad cars, illustrated with hundreds of illustrations. The book went through many editions into the 20th century and has been the basis of many facsimile editions. The book includes engravings of passenger and freight cars as well as detailed illustrations of many component.....