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6270Van noy railroad news co kansas city SD In 4 obl 26cmX31cm 90 pages très nombreuses illustrations
1890010198Philadelphia: Pennsylvania Railroad Company 1890. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. First Printing. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Title continues;"including A General Map of the Pennsylvania Railroad Maps of the Principal Cities and Other Information of Interest to Shippers". With original wrappers bound in 20th c. black cloth with gilt lettering at spine Near Fine light soiling to wrappers one map detached but laid in and complete a few pages with contemporary pencil notations bottom edge of page block "FRT STAS PRR" in ink . Stiff cardboard wrappers 194 pp. with maps and numerous advertisements. "This book contains an alphabetical list of stations on all lines owned leased or operated by the Pennsylvania Railroad Company east of Pittsburgh and Erie together with numerous other points on its direct connections and shows at which of the various Freight Stations of the Company in New York Philadelphia and Baltimore shipments for the points named may be delivered; also the stations at which there are no agents or sidings and the junction points with connecting roads." p. 15. RARE not found at OCLC/WorldCat RareBookHub Auction & Book Sales Archive by BIBLIO or in Google search. Pennsylvania Railroad Company Hardcover
23954Los Angeles: Bekins Van & Storage. Very good. 15" x 13" indexed city street map issued as a promotional piece by Bekins Van & Storage "shippers of household goods to and from eastern points at half rates. Warehouse Cor. 4th & Alameda Sts. Very good condition with folding creases one small tear to right margin stabilized with archival tape. The map is undated but evidence of its early date comes from the photographic illustration on the verso which shows a line of horse-drawn moving vans and from the designation on the verso of Los Angeles as "Earth's Garden Spot Population 125000." 1902 is the estimated date given in the catalog record from the Huntington Library which holds the only copy we located of this edition of Bekins' map which was updated repeatedly over the next several decades. Bekins Van & Storage unknown
1914027585Pasadena: Pasadena Realty Board / Tournament Of Roses 1914. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Near Fine. Photographs. 8 Pp. 9 1/2" Tall. 6" Wide. Complete Schedule Of Parade Chariot Races And Athletic Competitions With Details And Photographs. This Is Not The Much Thicker Color Illustrated Newspaper Program. <br/> <br/> Pasadena Realty Board / Tournament Of Roses paperback
19714.219Olympia: State of Washington 1971. Book. Very Good. Ring Binding. small 4to. Stiff vinyl covers with 4-post ring binding. Gilt title light cover rubs some soil to fore-edge and a small dog-earred corner. 562pp w/index. State of Washington Hardcover
1911029381London: Oil" Circa 1911 1911. Soft cover. Very Good. Photographs. 63 Pp. Folding Map At End. Printed Gray-Brown Covers. Undated But Last Statistics Reported Are 1910 Thus Presumably Published 1911. Detailed Commercial Analysis. Very Scarce Only One Copy At Stanford Shown In Institutional Holdings By Worldcat. Light Wear Short Tears Where Covers Overlap Text Block 1/2" Chip On The Bottom Of The Spine Contents Fine No Names Or Marks. There Is A Plausible Argument That The National Economics Politics And Militarization Of Oil And Gas Is So Important That Twentieth Century And Twenty-First Century National Economics Politics And Militarization May To A Considerable Degree Be Considered As Just Aspects Of The Oil And Gas Business When One Evaluates How Petroleum And Gas Derivatives Provide Not Just Energy But The Chemicals Used In All Industry Including Ingredients And At Least The Lubrication Of Essential Machines. This Business Is Below The Radar Of The Media And Indispensably Dependent Upon The Oil Equipment Supply Business An Oligopoly Where Equipment Is Never Sold Only Leased Making The Users Dependent Upon Such Firms "Forever". See "Cheney". <br/> <br/> Oil" Circa 1911 paperback
191438194Austin Minn.: The Book Committee 1914. 8vo pp. 324 1 errata leaf; folding map; original tan cloth soiled lettered in red and black; contemporary signature Edward Chenery Gale's bookplate; some toning throughout; back hinge a bit weak; a good copy. <br/><br/> The Book Committee hardcover books
1947036809Jenkintown PA: Old York Road Historical Society 1947. Book. Good. Half-Leather. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Custom-bound in brown 1/2 leather burgundy cloth containing Volumes XI through XV 1947 through 1951 annuals each originally issued in booklet form here retaining original wraps. Leather rubbed at corners with loss along bottom front corner rubbed along spine extremities and joints. Rear board damaged from silverfishing along a 4" section of fore-edge with loss to cloth and several indentations/holes with smaller holes extending into fore-edge margins of the final few leaves not affecting any text. 4740476442 pp. illus. Scarce. Old York Road Historical Society Hardcover
0136190 In-8 Broché
1932022444Pasadena: Fairchild Aerial Surveys 1932. Original Photograph . No Binding. Fine. 9 1/2"x 7 1/2. Finely Detailed Aerial Photograph Taken On A Clear Day With San Rafael Avenue And Lower Arroyo Seco In Foreground Colorado And Holly Street Bridges At Left Foreground Showing Almost All Of Pasadena In A Fine Panoramic View Extending To San Gabriel Mountainss With Snow-Capped Peaks In Background. <br/> <br/> Fairchild Aerial Surveys unknown
19200295721920. 1st Edition . Blue Cloth. Very Good. Map 22" X 10" Scale 1" = 200'. Good Detail. Undated But Circa Early Twentieth Century. <br/> <br/> hardcover
1975039537Los Angeles Circa 1975 1975. Original Photograph . No Binding. Fine. Total Size 10" X 7 7/8". <br/> <br/> unknown
1940039354Los Angeles Circa 1925-1945 1940. Original Photograph . No Binding. Near Fine. Original Photograph Image 14" X 9 3/4". No High Rises Visible. <br/> <br/> unknown
1964039370Pasadena 1964. Original Photograph . No Binding. Fine. Original Photograph Image 9" X 9". A Fine Image Dated July 28 1964 Code Gs-Vaww At Upper Right. <br/> <br/> unknown
1964039369Pasadena 1964. Original Photograph . No Binding. Very Good. Original Photograph Image 12 1/2" X 10 1/2". A Fine Image A Cklose-Up And Enlargement Taken From A July 28 1964 Photograph The Date Not Showing In This Enlargement. <br/> <br/> unknown
1890022794Pasadena 1890. Original Photograph . No Binding. Very Good. 10" X 8". Pasadena Tournament Of Roses Assn. Stamp On Verso. Ink Name "Senator Maclaughlin" Hand Corrected To "Mclachlan". <br/> <br/> unknown
1889022068Pasadena 1889. Original Photograph . No Binding. Fine. 9 1/4" x 7 1/2. Buggy Decorated And Almost Entirely Covered With Flowers Holding A Man And A Woman Two Horses A Black Man In Top Hat Standing And Facing Them Date 1889 Written In The Photograph Below The Figures In Front Of An Immense Private Residence In Pasadena. One Of The Earliest Photographs Of The New Years Day Parade Which Became The Tournament Of Roses In 1890. Stamp Of Pasadena Tournament Of Roses On Reverse Handwritten Note "Buggy And Pair Pic P. 23 Make Actual Size: 26 X 15 Picas" "Returned To ---- Akers". <br/> <br/> unknown
19630296431963. 1st Edition . No Binding. Very Good. Original War Map 20" X 18 1/2" Printed Entirely In Purple Ink Dated Late 1963 At Bottom Right With Red Stamp Dated In 1970 On Reverse. Scale 1:100000. "Viet-Nam Cong-Hoa" At Upper Left "Tong Nha Dien-Dia" At Upper Right. <br/> <br/> unknown
1893024544San Francisco: Charles C Hoag 1893. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8 1/4"x 5 3/4" x 1 3/8. Illustrated Ads Throughout. Xxx 358 Lxxxii. Blue Cloth Spine White Board Gilt Embossed. Full Of Ads Directories And Street Guides Some In Color Printed On Heavy Glossy Paper Blue Or White. Clean No Names Or Marks No Fraying To Cloth But Paper Covered Boards Beginning To Fray At Edges. Hinges Cracked But Binding Solid. This 1893 Edition Is Rare With No Worldcat Record Of An Institutional Holding Except For E-Books And Microform. <br/> <br/> Charles C Hoag hardcover
1908069961Chambersburg PA: Kittochtinny Historical Society 1908. Book. Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Partial early run consisting of Vol. V Mar. 1905-Feb. 1908 Vol. VI Feb. 1908-Feb. 1910 Vol. VII Feb. 1910-Feb. 1912 Vol. IX Feb. 1915-Apr. 1922 and Vol. X No. 1 Old Iron Works of the Cumberland Valley. Uniformly bound in off-white wraps lettered in black. All volumes show soiling to covers and text block edges contents clean bindings firm. 350 247 206 634 14 pp. Kittochtinny Historical Society Paperback
1898032034Lebanon PA: Lebanon County Historical Society 1898. Book. VG. Original Wraps. First Collected. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Near complete set of the Papers Read Before the Lebanon County Historical Society aka Lebanon County Historical Society Journal inaugurated in 1898 and still being published. Issued somewhat irregularly this publication typically appeared in booklet form in wraps of various colors light green brown tan royal blue and others later perfect-bound with illustrated wraps. This run is virtually complete see specifics below with most of the missing issues probably available directly from the Lebanon County Historical Society. Average condition is solid VG with several issues showing loose covers or chipped spines many if most issues showing only light shelf wear solid Near Fine some showing price stickers at top front cover corners indicating that they had been purchased from LCHS; all are individually sleeved in archival bags and boards for protection. Vol. I: 1 3-18 of 18; II: 1-14 complete; III: 1-13 complete; IV: 1-13 complete; V: 1-9 complete; VI: 1-17 complete; VII: 1-12 complete; VIII: 1-14 complete; IX: 1-11 complete; X: 1-10 complete; XI: 1-6 complete; XII: 1-3C complete 5 issues total; XIII: 1-8 complete; XIV: 1-5 of 7; XV: 1-3 5 of 5; XVI: 1-4 complete; XVII: 1-5 of 6; XVIII 18: 2 4 of 6; XIX 19: 1 3 of 4. Thus of the total 182 issues comprising Vols. 1-19 this run contains 172 of them lacking only one issue Vol. I No. 2 in the scarcer early volumes. Each issue ranges from 20-24 pp. to more than 100 pp. in several instances covering a wide range of historical interests: church history railroads breweries and taverns long rifles genealogy town and village histories Millbach the Pennsylvania German dialect food lore etc. Due to the frequency of publication through the early decades this title is among the most difficult PA county publications to complete. Lebanon County Historical Society Paperback
1929019435Pasadena: Pasadena City College 1929. First Edition . Boards. Good. 11 1/2" Tall. Wood Cut Prints. 320 pp. A nice clean copy a little rubbing at corners paper frayed along edges of boards. Signed by many people. <br/> <br/> Pasadena City College hardcover
1911059079Pasadena: Pasadena Daily News 1911. First Edition . Illustrated Wrappers. Fair. Color Cover By Hernando G. Villa; Photographs. 13 3/4" X 10 3/8" Good Quality Photographs Reproduced On Glossy Paper Very Many Ads For The Premier Business Establishments And Hotels Dozens Of Pages Of Photographs Of Pasadena Houses And Architectural Details. Full Page Color Ad For Southern California Edison Double Page Of Views Of Busch Estate / Gardens. . Light Wear But Water Damage- Staining And Adhering Of Paper- At Top Center Of Covers And Pages. <br/> <br/> Pasadena Daily News unknown
1939034564Opasadena: Pasadena Water Department 1939 1940 1941 1939. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine. City-Funded And Published Local Guide For Home Gardening In Pasadena Before Its Self Designation As A City Of Gardens And Before Moronic Landscape-Less 4 Story Apartments And Condos Arose En Masse With Approval By City Planning Employees Who Largely Didn't Live In Pasadena. All 25 Issues 1939-1941 Bound By The Publishers In A Brown Wrapper With Green Printing. Helpful Information For Gardeners In Pasadena. Worldcat Locates Only Two Institutional Holdings. Unlikely To Ever Be Published Again In A Modern City. <br/> <br/> Pasadena Water Department 1939 1940 1941 paperback
1961032321Pasadena: Pasadena Women's Buddhist Association 1961. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine. Photographs Throughout. Blue Cloth Gilt 11" X 8 1/2". Many Photographs Of Members And Activities. Text In English And Japanese. Fine <br/> <br/> Pasadena Women's Buddhist Association hardcover
