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First Edition, [iii],4-62,[2]pp., later buckram. Begun as a commercial speculation, this bridge project, like others, became the centre of an important political controversy, involving questions of governmental roles in commercial development and public protection and access. Dorchester Neck and the annexation of that peninsula to the town of Boston. The state Legislature approved a petition in 1804 to annex the Neck to Boston and authorised a toll bridge to link the two areas. The Boston South Bridge opened in 1805.
Firenze, Stabilimento Grafico A. Salani, 1953. PRIMA EDIZIONE. Con questo libro la Federazione Italiana Bridge ha divulgato le norme ufficiali che disciplinano il giuoco del Bridge e le sue gare. Prima della sua pubblicazione vigeva in Italia la più brillante anarchia legislativa in fatto di Bridge. Dall’indice: Statuto Nazionale della Federazione Italiana Bridge; Il codice italiano per il Bridge Contratto Duplicato; La licitazione; Il giuoco; Il punteggio; Comitato Organizzatore - Giuria; Il direttore di torneo; Vademecum del direttore di torneo. In 16mo (cm. 19); legatura originale in mezza tela, piatti cartonati rigidi, titoli al piatto e al dorso; pp. 130, (2). In allegato in una tasca al retro del piatto posteriore: lo Statuto Nazionale della Federazione Italiana Bridge, approvato dall’Assemblea Straordinaria del 4 ottobre 1953. Ottima copia. PAxs
8°, tela rossa edit., tit. in oro al piatto ant., pp. 68 - (2). Fioriture per il tipo di carta ma buon es. Prima edizione.
44 pages. Dozens of black and white illustrations. Chapters include: Woods and Materials; Mold & Work Board; Boiling Through; Tools & Glue; Bending the Sides; Linings and End Blocks; Assembling the Sides; Jointing Top & Back; Top & Back Construction; Neck Construction; Fretboard; Bridge; Gluing Top and Back; Banding and Purfling; Finishing; Supplement - for folk guitar construction. Average wear. Moderate external soiling. Pencil markings to page three, otherwise unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy of this excellent guide. Book
[1937] With 23 plates and many diagrams in the text. 158 pages. A little curling to covers. Light wear to cover extremities.
112 pages. Illustrated with colour photography. Inspires innovative entrepreneurship between city and countryside. "An intimate look into the life and process of Jan Huijgen and the creation of Eemlandhoeve." - from back cover. Text in English. Unmarked with light wear. A sound copy. Book
119 pages nearly entirely of large, sometimes full page, color photos of Chinese residential architecture and architectural detail from seven areas in China and Tibet in an oversize, oblong format. Captions both in Chinese and English. Lots of unusual examples: "two storey round earth-built tower,""log cabin of Tibetan residents." "carved beams in Langshelin Villa". Upper corner of front cover is damaged and lower corner of same is missing piece of dust jacket, general wear and scuffing otherwise to dust jacket. Interior/text is clean and unmarked in any way. Very unusual volume.
No marks or inscriptions. Light crease to upper corner of rear cover, no creasing to spine. No bumping to corners. A very clean very tight copy. 96pp.
1st edition. Hardback in dustjacket. VG/VG. 11907. eng
Book is in excellent condition with very light wear to covers only. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no other blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 416 pages full of full page color photos, floor plans, elevations, landscape drawings, etc. Features include:Wild Turkey distillery complex, Inout house, the Smile, Wrap house, Linear cabin, Michigan lake house, Newberg residence, North main, Point house, Immanuel church and paris centre, Cologne, Mont-Blanc base camp, Nanjing Wanjing garden chapel, Grandview Heights aquatic centre, T3, Samuel Beckett civic campus, et al.
144 pages plus section with numerous full-page black and white illustrations. Captain Hayman was the skipper of the ferry crossing Okanagan Lake between Kelowna and Westbank before it was replaced by a floating bridge. Clean, bright and unmarked. Excellent copy. Book
38 pages. Features: Lost Fenian Gold; John Herron - Policeman, Plainsman and Politician; Bridge Creek Correspondence; The Home-Made Propellers; Fort Victoria 1858 (Part IV); John Innes' Historic Paintings of British Columbia. Average wear. Moisture exposure/staining to bottom edge. A worthy reference copy. Book
Translated by Burton Raffel, Forword by Robert Creed. Light wear only to uncreased covers, sharp corners, text/interior is free of marking of any kind. 121 pages. In Business for 21 years, we provide excellent and responsive customer service and pack in padded shipping material.
Features: Railroads in Canada One Hundred Years Ago - interesting article with many nostalgic photos/illustrations; C.P.R. Track Construction - chart and map of progress of CPR track construction westward from Winnipeg Season - 1882; Diagram and details of CPR Sleeping Car circa 1882; Victoria Bridge - the Railway wonder of Canada in 1882 - great illustrations; Major Rogers discovers the Rogers Pass. Unmarked with average wear. A sound copy. Book
36 pages. Index of advertisers inside back cover. Features: Windjammer Days, by Captain C.c. Sainty; Westernmost Lighthouse in the U.S.A., by Eric Wahleen; International Tugboat Races; Princess of Vancouver; Ramblings in Indonesia, by Captain A. Cabot; Weather Observing in Ships, by L.K. McGlening; Ghosts of Old Seaman Behind Stained Glass, by Norman Hacking; Venture Proves Successful - Jervis Inlet Water Taxi Limited; New Freight Carrier Introduces "Pick a Back" System - the M.V. Clifford J. Rogers; New Company - The North Shore Dock & Warehouse Co., Ltd; ; Aerial Views of Harbours - Montreal, Sarnia, Prince Rupert, Port Alberni, Nanaimo, Victoria; Lions Gate Bridge photo taken from south end - with two handwritten names; Pilot's Convention; The Appointment of Captain Lee, by Captain Thomas Gilchrist; Half-page ad for The Black Ball Line; Mere Figureheads, by James E. Carver; M.V. Chinook II; Business is Coming to British Columbia; Sixth International Tugboat Races; They Have Passed On; Pigs and Ships. Writing on front cover. Gift inscription on President's Message page suggests this copy formerly belonged to Captain H. Roach, President of the Guild in 1955. Average wear. A sound copy. A great memento from the earlier days of west coast maritime navigation. Book
Features: "The Military Profession - Lt. Gen. W.A.B. Anderson, Commander of Mobile Command; Biathalon Training; From North Star to Southern Cross - The Travels of a Yukon and its crew; Destroying a beached Second World War British Mine, lodged in driftwood on a Vancouver Island beach; Sea survival for Starfighter pilots; They were given a real bridge to blow up - 2 Field Squadron, Royal Canadian Engineers brings down the old Hawkshaw Bridge, mid-way between Fredericton and Woodstock, N.B.; Shades of Alley Oop - a CH-113A Voyageur removes dinosaur bones from their ancient resting place; Classroom for the sea - Fleet School (Pacific) at Esquimalt (5 pages); The Buffalo Aircraft - Our newest tactical transport; Sea Sparrow surface-to-air missile systems. Sound copy. Magazine
36 pages. Black and white reproductions of archival photos. Features: Defence of Fort Vercheres against the Iroquois; How History Came to the Blindman River in 1895; The Conquering Cook - Chinaman Lee Poon; Renata, B.C. - Eden of the Arrow Lakes; Gold - The ABC's of Gold Panning; Collins' Overland Telegraph (part 2); Disaster at Dejardins Canal - 59 passengers and crewmen rode the train onto the bridge to disaster; John Costello, aka "Billy the Bug"; 1679 - The Mystery of the Griffon - 300 years after La Salle's trading ship sailed into oblivion the mystery remains unsolved; An Earful; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
Vg/Vg clipped dj no inscriptions. clean and crisp internally. 1st edition
No marks or inscriptions to contents. Crease to lower corner of front cover and to first page. A very clean tight copy with a trace of foxing to bright boards and no bumping to corners. 52pp. Sketches by the author of Halifax and district including Heptonstall, Ripponden, Hebden Bridge, Elland, Todmorden, Mytholmroyd, Stainland, Brighouse, Greetland, Sowerby and Northowram.
102 pages. Feature: Heman Clark and the 'Salem Bridge' Shelf Clocks. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Sound copy. Book
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Edge wear and small blemish from price tag removal on cover. Printed on one-side only on heavy cardstock. Includes step-by-step, illustrated instructions, clearly numbered pieces, and an exploding diagram for easy assembly.
Brush Up Your Bridge is not a textbook, but is designed (as its name implies) to fortify, in as agreeable a manner as possible, the technical equipment of those who already play the game. With twenty-five drawings by Ward. 119pp. Soiled covers with small marks on front. Browning and light foxing to endpapers. Quite a few pencilled tick marks on game plans. Previous owner's inscription on front free endpaper.
Book is in excellent condition with deep brown cloth HB covers, silver print at spine. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Dust jacket shows the slightest signs of shelf wear only, no tears. 308 pages with color photos throughout, mechanical drawngs, architectural drawings, engineered drawings, models, sketches, arial photos, measured, structural diagrams, etc. Bridges of all types: pedestrian, train, auto, aquaducts, and of all kinds of materials: stone, steel, reinforced concrete etc. and of all type of design: suspension, cable stayed, haunched beam, beam, truss, arched, etc. Contents include: How is a bridge designed, Guidelines for the aesthetic design of bridges, Influence of alignment, Building materials, Old stone bridges, Pedestrian bridges, Bridges at grade separated junctions, Elevated street, Large beam bridges, Large arch and frame bridges, etc. Dual language in English and German. copyright Pistil Books, 2011
24 pages. Songs include: When the Organ Played O' Promise Me; In the Valley of the Moon; In a Little Gypsy Tea Room; Somewhere in Old Wyoming; On a Little Bamboo Bridge; A Little Street Where Old Friends Meet; Good Night Little Girl of My Dreams. Above average wear. Binding intact. Some markings. A worthy vintage copy. Book