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Near fine/Vg (undamaged clipped dj with light handling marks to white back cover, front cover clean and bright, clean beige boards with brown lettering on white cloth backstrip, a very crisp bright copy with contents in fine condition, one small stain front free endpaper and speckling outside page edges) octavo 224pp. First edition first printing. One of America's best-known yachting writers tells stories on himself and his life afloat.
8vo., First Edition, with plates; blue cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in black, a very good, clean copy in unclipped, lightly age-soiled dustwrapper. Much-needed reissue of the original edition of 1953.
Full title: THE CRUISE OF THE STEAM YACHT NORTH STAR; A Narrative of the Excursion of Mr. Vanderbilt's Party to England, Russia, Denmark, France, Spain, Italy, Malta, Turkey Madeira, Etc. pp. 353, (20) [Publisher's Ads. Engraved and woodcut illustrations. Foxed and age & damp stained. 12 mo. 200 mm. Original blue cloth binding, lightened from water exposure. Hardbound. The Steam Yacht "North Star" was the flagship of the New York Yacht Club. It was owned and sailed by Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt Cornelius Vanderbilt (1794-1877), an American industrialist and philanthropist who built his wealth in shipping and railroads. He was also the patriarch of the Vanderbilt family and one of the richest Americans in history. TRAV 1
2022__3838216075Ibidem-Verlag Haunschild/Schoen gbr 2022. Paperback. New. 200 pages. Spanish language. 8.27x5.83x0.60 inches. Ibidem-Verlag Haunschild/Schoen gbr paperback
8vo., with frontispiece, 2 coloured plates of house flags, and numerous plates and plans in monochrome; original blue cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in gilt, brown endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter with loss at upper edge of front panel.
8vo., First Edition, with coloured and monochrome photographs (several double-page) in the text; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
191 pages including bibliography. Author's inscription upon front endpaper. Rips away the carefully woven veil of confusion to expose a well-financed, long-term campaign by big business to beat back the emerging wave of consumer and victim rights. Clean unmarked copy with very light wear. Minor warp to book. Damage to lower half-inch of dust jacket spine. Book
8vo., Third Edition, with frontispiece, title in red and black, plates and folding plans, small neat inscription on front free endpaper, free endpapers lightly browned; blue cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in white, case a little loose (but binding entirely sound), an unusually bright, clean copy. A standard reference by one of the leading historians of the age of sail.
8vo., Seventh Edition, with frontispiece, plates and folding plans, top and fore-edge lightly spotted; blue cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in gilt, a remarkably bright, clean copy. A standard reference by one of the leading historians of the age of sail.
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece, title in blue and black, numerous plates, several illustrations and diagrams in the text, 3 folding maps and plans, and endpaper maps; buckram, gilt back, covers mildly age-soiled, backstrip faded (but gilt partially legible) else a very good, clean copy. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR AND W DENYS GODIN, CHAIRMAN OF KILLICK MARTIN, ON HALF-TITLE. Splendid presentation and association copy of an uncommon and substantial shipping history. Founded in 1861 and here celebrating its centenary, Killick Martin was one of the foremost runners tea clippers.
Folio, First Edition thus , with full-page colour plates and pictorial endpapers; blue cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in gilt, a near fine copy. Well-produced modern abridgement of the original 1930s editions.
1998Q-0070580537International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press 1998-04-01. Hardcover. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press hardcover
56 pages. Features: The Canadian Battle of Normandy Foundation; The postcard war 1914-1918 - Postal images reveal a unique pictorial record of war; Jim Jenson's Journey; The Great Canadian Dinosaur Rush in the Alberta Badlands; Sointula - harmony and turmoil on the B.C. coast; Abraham Groves - early Canadian surgeon; To Canada by sail - a young man's voyage to work for the Hudson's Bay Company. Clean, bright and unmarked with minimal wear. Lovely copy. Book
1553686004.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
Features: New York to Paris - around the world in one hundred and seventy days - from the files of George Schuster; 1957 Glidden Tour; World's Largest Antique Auto Meet - the national fall meet at Hershey; The "One Car" Club - Road Testing a 1913 Merz Cyclecar; The Eastbourne Battle of Flowers in May, 1896; Basket Case on a Budget - or - Who Needs Money When He Has a Friend? - a three-year restoration of a Ford Town Car - article with photos; Self-Propelled Vehicles from 1400 to 1900 - today's automobile got its start in the dark ages - article with photos; 7th annual "Old Car Festival" at Ford's Greenfield Village; America's Fastest Antique Car - Thomas J. Lester's 1913 LozierIn Duster and Veil; Opel and Vauxhall celebrate anniversaries with introduction to American Market - article with photos; Memories of a DuPont Special; Sixtieth Anniversary for Olds; Ford Facts - Black Radiator Restorations; Index for November, 1945, Volume 9, No. 3-4 to Fall, 1957, Volume 21, No. 3 *39 Pages*; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
Features: The Glidden Tour; The 60th Anniversary of the Original "Brighton" Run of 1896 - includes article and list of 232 entrants; Eagle Rock Hill Climb; Steam Car Meet at Schwenksville, PA; The First New York Auto Show; Bollee's Steam Carriage; 1923 "Hard Top" Buick; The Antique Auto Hobby; Grandpa Knows Best; Car and Carriage Caravan - to open at Luray Caverns, VA in May, 1957; The Washington Motor Car; Model T Topics; Front Axle - Caster, Camber and Toe-in; Rare Model T Postcards; In Duster and Veil; Photo and details of a curious six wheeler 1903 Pullman; Instructions for Operating the Stanley Steam Car - 1911 (Part 2 of 2); and more. Average wear. Some external soiling. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
Features: Tenth Annual Glidden Tour; Tour Awards; Toronto Antique Show - Canadian National Exhibition (CNE); Silver Jubilee International Rally of the Veteran Car Club of Great Britain; Peterborough, NH Meet; 1955 Indiana Beach Antique Auto Exposition; Are Tires Hard to Get? - Thanks to Firestone, No! - article with photos; A Month's Tour of Florida in our Three-Wheel 1901 Knox; The Cross Engine Franklin - Part 1; Frank Newton - The Fangio of his day - article with great photos; "How, Where and Who"; In Duster and Veil; Model T Topics; and more. Average wear. Some external soiling. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
Features: Full-page photo memoriam for Merle (Jerry) J. Duryea, 1895-1957; Restoring the Easy Way; Transcontinental Records - interesting article and photos; History of the Automobiles Turcat, Mery et Cie of Marseilles, France - major article with photos and specs/details for their cars from 1899 through 1933; Horn's Cars of Yesterday; Automobiles and Road Building in the Alabama Black Belt after 1900; James Melton Autorama - photos with captions; Emblem collection (with photos); 100 Miles per day for mThree Months (in 1902) - Henry Hewetson; Touring the Junk Shops; Model T Topics - related to commutator; How the Rambler Got its Name; In Duster and Veil; The Story Behind the Picture - The EMF Pathfinder stuck in mud in 1909; Steam Corner - Development of the Piston Valve Cylinder to Replace the Cylinder on a Regular Stanley 20-hp. 4 x 5 Engine Frame; The 1957 Detrick Steamer; Questions and Answers on Stanley Steamers 1920; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
Features: Charles Cotta and his four-wheel-drive Steamer; Philadelpia's Treasury of Automobile Information - the Thomas McKean Collection on the Automobile; Le Musee des Arts et Metiers de Paris; Getting antiques out of Mexico; The Best Car Built in America - The Story of the Locomobile; My Antique Model Automobiles; Albert Augustus Pope - He put a nation on wheels; "Good Roads" and Bad in the Alabama Black Belt - 1875-1917; Carbide Candlepower - interesting article on auto lighting; The Late Lord Austin of Longbridge - The father of the Wolseley and Austin cars; The Reluctant Helpmate; In Duster and Veil; Restoring a 1922 Stanley; The Cross Engine Franklin - Part 3 of 3; Book Review Index for all books reviewed in this publication 1945-1955; and more. Average wear. Some external soiling. Bit of writing atop front cover and in classified ads otherwise unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
Features: 1955 Glidden Tour; The Saga of the Sears High Wheelers - a long and wonderfully illustrated article; The Best Car This Country's Seen - Abner Devilbiss has been driving his Stanley Steamer for 34 years; The Late S.F. Edge ( of Gordon-Bennett Fame); Let's Do It Again; Anglo-American Vintage Car Rally; In Duster and Veil; Mr. Stanley Steamer - Jack Brause; Model T Topics - worn transmission linings; Minden, Nebraska's Pioneer Tribute; Steam Automobiles - Will They Stage a Comeback?; and more. Average wear and external soiling. A sound copy. Magazine
Features: 21st Annual Meeting; The Passing of Louis S. Clarke; The Passing of pioneer auto builder Herman Earl; The Dramatic French Grand Prix of 1923; Grandpa Knows Best; 3000 Miles of Fun - Roger and Elsie Johnson and their 1901 three-wheeler tour England and France - very long article with many photos; The Mitchell Car; The passing of two of America's old time racing drivers - George Robertson and Ralph DePalma; Long article with many interesting illustrations and photos; In Duster and Veil; Model T Topics - Extraordinary T Trucks; Daytona's Century Club; 1921 Leland-built Lincoln Attends the Univ. of Virginia; Elmer A. Sperry and the Waverly Electric; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
Features: 20th Annual Meeting; Une Voiture Francaise de 53 ans de Paris en Amerique; A Speedy Restoration - a 1925 Dodge business sedan; The Cross Engine Franklin - Part 2 - major article with illustrations; Cadillac - from one to sixteen cylinders - specifications for 97 Cadillac models from 1902 to 1942; 1921 Overland with a personality; Will the Monsters Vanish? - vintage trucks; The Reo Model T; The Kearns Automobile; The Second Half; List of American Auto Manufacturers 1925-1954; 1902 Automobile Memo Book; Restoration of Steam Boilers; Brewster Body for a T; London's First Automobile Exhibition; Low-priced cars on the early British market; In Duster and Veil; and more. Average wear. Some external soiling. Few minor markings in classified ad section otherwise unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
Features: Lake Forest National Spring Meet - an outstanding success; Steam Meet - Lake Forest, Illinois; Down Memory Lane - Automobile Skits at Lake Forest; Royal Motorist King Edward VII - article with photos; Second Annual London to Brighton Tour; Annual Shore Run, Ocean City, NJ; In Duster & Veil; Rallye Lyon, France; 50th Anniversary of General Motors -article with photos; America's famous automobile society and its beginning - early members Henry M. Leland and Charles F. Kettering; 10th Granville Rally in Ohio; Ford Facts; Grand Canyon Tour; Early 1900 Mitchell; 1903 De Dion Bouton Type D; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
Features: 1907 Glidden Tour; Full-page Firestone ad for antique car tires, tubes & rims; 50 Years Later - A Revival Glidden Tour; Revival Glidden Tours in Review, by Leslie R. Henry, 1957 Chairman; Self-Propelled vehicles from 1400 to 1900; Mexico's First Car - The Mohler; AACA Film Library; Felix W. Hudlass, O.B.E.; Association Review and Outlook; In Duster and Veil; The Story of George Dorris - as recalled by Duncan R. Dorris; Notes on Insurance; 15-Year-Old Member Robert Ladd Restores a 1905 Northern; Ford Facts - Increasing transmission band life; Photo ad for the Hallock Junior Olds; The Story Behind the Hallock Junior Olds; Third Annual Steam Car Meet at Kent, Ohio; Nice photo ad for the James Melton Autorama inside back cover; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. Some external soiling. A sound copy. Magazine
Features: Tenth Annual Revival Glidden Tour, 1955 - with list of the 237 entrants and many photos; Charles J. Glidden; Previous Revivals of the Glidden Tour; Women Gliddenite; Those Early Tours; Let's Do It Again - Part II; The Emancipation Run on Saturday, November 14th, 1896; Fashion of Today - 1917 - 1930 - four pages of great vintage illustrations; Peter Helck; Eight pages of American Auto Manufacturers with their years of operation; Twenty-five Years on the track of an 1890 Peugeot; The Pierce-Arrow Rolls Again - Sidney Strong's 1915 car; In Duster and Veil; Antique Cars Safer! - C.J. Posey explains superiority of early vehicles; and more. Somewhat above-average wear and external soiling. Some writing on front cover. A sound copy. Magazine
