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Features: Railroad News Photos; Steam News Photos; 0-4-0T Engineer's-Eye View; A Locomotive is Born - GE's U25B, from concept to completion; The Short Line They Call the 'Hoot, Toot & Whistle' - the Hoosac Tunnel & Wilmington Railroad Company; August 24, 1934 - America's first fan trip; Photo of Cedar Grove, Louisianna Tower, Spring 1937; Pennsy - the No. 2 Ore Hauler (behind DM&IR); Train-Watcher in Yugoslavia - a lot of steam, some catenary, scaled-down Geeps, and much narrow gauge; and more. Average wear. Sound copy. Magazine
58 pages. Features: New photos; Steam news photos; CN's Rapido - the most talked about train on the continent - article with photos; An Airman argues we should keep the trains but sell the tracks to Uncle Sam; Swiftest Train in the World - the "Exposition Flyer", New York to Chicago; Photo feature "Mattagami's Mogul" - the division of Abitibi Power & Paper which serves three miles of line between Smooth Rock and Smooth Rock Falls, Ontario; and more. Somewhat above-average wear and soiling. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
Features: The Foliot and the Natural Day; Twenty-Sixth Annual General Meeting; Edward Aldridge of Deal; The 13th Century 'King Hezekiah' Water Clock; Chronometer Escapements; A 15th Century Italian Clockmaker's Workshop; The St. Alban's Clock - Addendum; The Fly in the Grimthorpe Escapement; Further Thoughts on Grimthorpe's Fly; Section News; Huyghens, the Secret in the Coster-Fromanteel 'Contract' - the Thirty-Hour Clock; A Precision Clock by Josiah Emery; Scientific Notes - A Musical Time Beater; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Quality copy. Book
Features: George Daniels; The Independent Jumping Sounds Mechanism of Jean Pouzait; Louis XIV "Oignons" III Unusual Examples; A New Look at the Dating of Early English Clocks; Pocket Chronometer Movement No. 1847 by Breguet; George Booth, Aberdeen, C. 1800; Section News; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Quality copy. Book
Features: Full-page photo of the opening of London's new civil aerodrome (Heathrow); Photos of the aftermath of the explosion of an ammunition train in Savernake Forest; More photos of the new Heathrow (Heath Row) Airport; Photos of Siam/Bangkok; A black week of railway collissions - many horrific photos; Where British and Indians were massacred - scenes in Bekassi; Surabaya - scenes during the battle for the Javanese port; Centerfold - Floating Whale Factories - ships which reduce their prey to oil and by-products on the spot - fantastic cutaway drawing; the funeral of Lord Keyes; Photos of hot water bottle manufacture and testing; and more. Faint ink stamp and name upon front cover. Moderate wear. Sound copy. Book
225 pages. An extra large issue profusely illustrated with incredible images of events after King's . Large full-page colour portraits of both the King and his Queen. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Binding sound. A quality copy. Book
38 pages. Features: Full-page photo of the Pope's Coronation; Photos of Representatives of Great Britain and other powers at the Papal Coronation; Full-page photo of the Pope's Open-Air Coronation on the Balcony of St. Peter's; Papal Coronation seen by a vaster crowd than ever before; The "Scapa Flow" of the Spanish Republican Fleet!; A Bronze Age Potter's Workshop - The First Found in Palestine - photos; Lachish - Traces of Nebuchadnezzar's Invasions - and Art Relics - photos; Two photos of the first white giraffe seen in Kenya - an adult "Albino" Bull; Among the "Red Men" of Ecuador - article with photos; How the Colorados Dye Themselves Scarlet and Trim their Hair - photos; Two dramatic photos of the sinking of the S.S. "Lillian" after a collission with the German freighter "Wiegand"; Royal Events and Activities of the Week - photos; Sultan of Perak Installed; The Japanese bomb Shumchun Market near Hong Kong - photo; Strange photo of gas mask for babies; Incredible colour photo of literally a "Red Indian" - a Colorado of Ecuador with skin and hair dyed scarlet from seeds of the blood tree and wearing a silver nose pin; Colour centerfold illustration of the only town established by the Romans in Wales - Venta Silurum; Photos of personalities of the week including Mahatma Gandhi, Field-Marshal Goering (in civilian clothes) and his wife, Colonel Rodriguez Lister, Dona Dolores Ibarruri; The Crisis in Slovakia - photos of leading personalities and turbulent scenes - Hlinka Guards; King of the late King George V. in St. George's Chapel; and more; Average wear. Centerfold and pages 411-416 loose but present. Pages 445-450 and any pages beyond page 452 missing. Magazine
Gr. In-8, 32p. Edition originale. Un des 850 exemplaires numérotés sur vélin fin (seul tirage). Ex-dono manuscrit en page de garde. Sinon en parfaite condition.
Pt. In-4 à l'italienne, 166p. Très bel ouvrage comprenant une importante iconographie en noir et en couleurs. En excellente condition.
Gr. In-4, 601p. Ouvrage de référence sur le sujet, rassemblant une importante iconographie en noir et en couleurs. Importante bibliographie et index des noms cités en fin de volume. Exemplaire en parfaite condition.
In-4, 164p. Edition de luxe numérotée 1/2500 exemplaires sur vélin (deuxième tirage). Illustré de 16 hors texte en couleurs et de 23 culs-de-lampe en noir de Brunelleschi.
3 vols., roy. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs, illustrations and diagrams throughout; strongly bound in publisher's green cloth, upper boards and backstrips blocked and lettered in gilt, all original pictorial wrappers preserved, a fine run.
A single thick cirlox bound volume in stiff plastic wraps containing collections of two different publications: The Lenkurt Demodulator - 02/65, 01/65, 12/64, 11/64, 10/64, 9/64, 8/64, 2/64, 1/64, 12/63, 11/63, 10/64, 9/63; and RTTY - 3/63, 2/63, 12/62, 11/62, 10/62, 9/62, 8/62, 7/62, 6/62, 5/62, 4/62, 3/62, 1/62, and 2/62. The Lenkurt Demodulator was published monthly by Lenkurt Electric of Vancouver, British Columbia for individuals interested in multi-channel carrier, microwave radio systems and allied electronic products. RYYT was published by RTTY, Inc. of Pasadena, CA and presented news of amateur RTTY. Moderate wear. Solid condition. Each of these volumes was mailed to a Mr. R.J. Prosser, whose name is screen printed atop front cover. We surmise that Mr. Prosser may have been an official with Lenkurt Electric. Spine leaning. An interesting and informative collection with many illustrations throughout. Book
42 pages. Many black and white photos. Features: Old Guns; Early Vancouver Drug Store; Relics; Prairie News; Depression Glass; Sealed Bottles; Furniture; Pops; Insulators; License Plates; Locks; Vancouver Notes; Vancouver Mini Show; Patrick A. Milloy and his Montreal Soda Works. Light wear. Unmarked. A nice early copy of this upbeat and quite informative vintage Vancouver Island periodical. Book
In-4, 196p. Edition numérotée 1/3500 exemplaires sur vélin des Papeteries de Navarre. Illustré de 16 compositions hors texte en couleurs, bandeaux, lettrines et culs-de-lampe de Brunelleschi. Bel exemplaire.
Gr. In-8, 130p. Un des 945 exemplaires numérotés sur vergé du Marais (seul tirage après 55 Japon). Avec de nombreuses illustrations dans le texte par Evert van Muyden. Bien complet du portrait en pied de Champfleury par Paillet et Manesse. Bel exemplaire.
84 pages. Features: Interview with U.S. newsman Edwin Newman; Classy two-page ad for Seiko digital watches; Volkswagen Rabbit ad; This Country Showed Such Promise Once...; Nice color photo ad for Sears/De Beers Diamonds features new mother with child; CN Rail ad features image of executive R.R. Latimer; Media coverage of the House of Commons; Willy De Roos sails into Vancouver's False Creek Harbour, setting a world record for fastest Northwest Passage trip in the smallest craft ever to make the route; John McCallum burned by Winnipeg restaurant pyrotechnics; Bloody Italy - terrorist casualties mount; AMC Concord car ad; Ad for Montreal's Quen Elizabeth Hotel - the two storey hotel; Nice Pentax camera ad; Feature article on filmmaker Harry Rasky; Gilles Villeneuve - The Next Canadian Hero - photo-illustrated article; Lufthansa 737 hijacked to Mogadishu, Somalia - Entebbe-like rescue; The Ulster Peace Movement and Ciaran McKeown; Allan Bakke claims reverse discrimination at the University of California's medical school; Celebrity news about Linda Rondstadt, Billy Martin, Reggie Jackson and Billy Graham; People rush to Northern BC for pipeline and other opportunities; Trevor Pilley of the Bank of British Columbia (B.C.); Dodge Magnum XE colour-photo ad; The new 'Ottawa Today' newspaper; Ad for the Audi 5000; Musician Murray McLauchlan; Allan Fotheringham says Toronto may finally have something going for it!; and more. Average wear. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
180 pages. Features: What new soil conditioners mean to you; Should the government pay farmers to spread limestone?; What's the ceiling for butterfat in your herd?; New pasture profits in the west; Finding new profits with a pencil; Get a free start on egg quality from your hens; Watch that grain spoilage; These fencing ideas will save you time; Good news about legume seed supplies; Treated seed can boost your grass-legume yields; New implements for faster farmwork; Brooding without a hover; A Vocal Exercise (fiction); Gangway for tomorrow (part 2 of 5). Ads: New Ideas mowers (color photo inside front cover; Texaco ad features Mr. Kermit Noble of Noble Brothers and Sam E. Bray of the Rosegill Plantation; Vintage Rototiller brand tiller photo ad; General Motors cars; John Deere No. 5 power mower; Sheppard diesel tractors; Surge milkers; International Harvester McCormick Farmall Super C tractor (color photos); Simplicity utility tractor (nice color one-page); Allis-Chalmers forage harvester; V-C fertilizer; New Holland baler ad with Fred S. Larsen of Centuria, WI; Oliver QD (quick-detachable) cultivator; '52 Buick; Lee work wear; Champion spark plug ad featuresMr. Ernest Munter of the William Gehring Farm, Rensselaer, IN; Bolens garden tractors; De Laval milkers; Milwaukee rotary tillers; Massey-Harris tractors; Homelite chainsaws; Wisconsin motors; Springfield garden tractors; Minneapolis-Moline Model R tractor; Ford tractors (2 pages); Tide detergent; Gillette razor ad features baseballer Ned Garver; Kitchen Aid mixers; The Stow, MA garden club beautifies the village; 7up ad shows young boy downing a bottle; Noxzema ad with Paulette Hendrix of Savannah, GA; Chevrolet cars; Aunt Jemima pancake mix (color); American Petroleum Inst. ad shows oil pumping in Benton, IL; Pontiac car; Jergens ad features Mrs. Wilmer Mallard of Trenton, NC; Hudson cars (nice color); Nescafe instant coffee; Nice color Greyhound bus ad shows family boarding; Nice color photo Studebaker ad inside back cover includes father and son craftsman team; Fantastic color back cover Camel cigarette ad features Eva Gabor. Average wear. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
48 pages. Printed upon glossy stock. Many black and white photos. Features: Steel from Abbey Works; Price Increase; Progress of the Industry; My Journey Was Necessary! - D.R. Burge recounts his time in Japan and with United Nations forces in Korea in 1950-51; Transporting heavy transformers to the Brisbane City Electric Light Company; Canadian News Letter - including photo in St. Catharines, Canada of wedding shower for Miss Ann Colton, who will soon marry Edward Mewett; Lap Chun and the Eccentric Egg; Preston Works in 1900 - article with photos; Mr. Patrick Penrose recovers from loss of leg at "Hampsfield", the Sir George Nelson Convalescent Home - article and photos of the home; Maundy Money; Article on blind co-workers Miss Pauline Davis and Miss Joyce Walker; Social notes from Bradford, Preston, Liverpool, Stafford, and Rugby; Trooper C.L. Cowdrey is engaged in operations against Communist bandits in Malaya; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound and informative vintage copy. Book
50 pages. Features/Articles: Cover photo of Joan Fontaine, who starred with Bing Crosby in "The Emperor Waltz", filmed in Jasper; Unity of Purpose - delegates from all parts of the C.N.R. system in Canada and the U.S. met in Montreal on June 11th; Jasper goes Hollywood - filming of The Emperor Waltz - with photos; T.C.A. links Canada with Chicago - soon service to Cleveland will begin; A Century of Progress - The Great Western Railway from Hamilton to London; Vancouver's Diamond Jubilee; Waterway for Salmon - Hell's Gate fishways on the C.N.R. and C.P.R. sides of Fraser River Canyon; He Knows his Race Tracks - Jim Quinn, operator, Canadian National Telegraphs, Toronto; Meet Mr. Saskatchewan - E.G. Wickerson; System News; Dozens of photos of new names on pension roll; Departmental Doings; Photo of one of the largest single-unit freight shipments ever handled by rail - a 100-ton crude oil fractioning tower for McColl Frontenac Oil Company at Montreal; Lots of company news; Young Railroaders' Club; Coke ad on back cover; and more. Address label on back cover. Unmarked. Three inch opening to top edge of front cover. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
Features: Long Island Rail Road - the nation's busiest passenger railroad - extensive and well-illustrated article; Railroad News Photos; Great 2-page photo of Great Northern's S-2 4-8-4, No. 2580; Over Niagara on a Wire - only four men in the world believed the railroads could span the boiling Niagara gorge with a thin cable... Two attempted the task and one achieved it - illustrated - Wow!; Chesapeake & Ohio presents 2-8-4 2727 to the Museum of Transport, St. Louis; Trainmaker - an idea to keep freight cars rolling more often; Oil-burning Pacific #153 preserved south of Miami; Nice color Pullman ad; and more. Date stamp on front cover else unmarked. Cover fold partially open else a sound copy., Magazine
Features: Clyde Carley tells about The Train Master - 'Dip' Dipprey - nice illustrated article; Steam in Mississippi - The Mississippian Railway - substantial article with photos; Pacific Great Eastern's (PGE's) RDC's - includes photo of 5 cars near Squamish, BC and map of RDC's on mainland British Columbia; Fantastic centerfold photo of the black smoke belching Louisville & Nashville M-1 2-8-4 1962 crossing the Red River Bridge at Stearns, Kentucky; Nice photo section; Railroad News Photos; New England in February - a Tripmaster feature; and more. Faint date stamp to front cover else unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
Features: Central plus Pennsy (NYC + PRR) - what does this possible merger mean?; Railroad news photos; So you want to be the Super - what would you do? - the problem of freight trainloads is often complicated by traffic problems of schedules and deliveries; South Pacific Salon - railroading on New Zealand's North Island; Jean-Jacques Heilmann and his remarkable Fusee locomotive; Diary of a Railroader - a railfan 'went firing' and found there was to it than waving at pretty gals!; and more. Faint date stamp to front cover else unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
Features: All about Budd's new coast; Middleman of the Alphabet Route - Pittsburgh & West Virginia (P&WV) bankrupted its builder, turned to coal for a living, finally came into its own as a speed-conscious bridge road - latter day solvency stems in part from the travels of a very famous business car; A Virginia & Truckee Sampler; New York Central's Oldest Steam Engine - an Alco 1000-type diesel electric locomotive; nice photo section; Colour centerfold painting of Starrucca Viaduct; The Pioneer III - an 85 foot long car! - article with many photos/diagrams; Steam in Indian Summer - Concerning Henry Ford, a 4-6-0 built in 1900, small boys and bliss and ignorance; Railroad news photos; Nice black and white ad for Elector-Motive Division's (EMD's) Aerotrain; and more. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
Features: The Engine that made Penn Station Possible - the DD1 - long article with illustrations including colour painted centerfold; Your choice - Two-Storey Santa Fe Streamliners or Pennsy's ankle-view train, both built by Budd; Railway news photos; Railroads out of Rio - Brazil's frantic search for modernism has rudely booted the locomotive out of public affection - article with photos; Great photo section; Steam in Indian Summer - 5 - Steam - it fares better in the flatlands; and more. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine