Vaughan, WalterMareMagnum
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388 pages. Index. Tissue-protected frontis of subject. Illustrated with photos. Describes the life of the railroad executive best-known for overseeing the construction of the first Canadian transcontinental railway. Blue buckram hardcover library binding remains sound. Usual library markings. Average wear. A solid copy. Book
1 vol. fort in-8 br., Grandes Encyclopédies industrielles, Encyclopédie du Génie civil et des Travaux publics, J.-B. Baillière, Paris, 1926, 784 pp. Rare exemplaire, en parfait état. Français
VG First Edition. Paperback covers are a little faded along the spine, otherwise no significant faults. Quarto 84pp with many photographs. Official handbook compiled to celebrate the 150th Anniversary of the Liverpool & Manchester Railway in 1980.
Extensive coverage of the Transvaal (Boer) War. Photos and illustrations include: Bivouac of the 3rd King's Rifles, De Beers Diamond Mines at Kimberley during the seige, Lord Roberts's reception at the Modder River Camp (laid in), the remains of the suffolk regiment after Moedder Farm, Chieveley Camp (laid in), Major-General T. Kelly-Kenny, Photos with General French's Command near Colesberg, Canadian Mounted Police Leaving Halifax for South Africa, The Attack on Spion Kop (Centerfold), Photos with the South African Railway Pioneer Regiment, Photo of H.M.S. Viper running at record speed of 35.5 knots. Moisture exposure at edges has resulted in light staining and waviness. Average wear. Binding intact. Book
Features: The Ill-fated Hans Hedtoft; The Duke of Edinburgh in India; Westonbirt School; Ivory Poaching in Kenya; Queen Victoria's Railway Saloon; Stunning Bank Architecture in Oklahoma City; The Hammersmith Fly-Over; Work on the Great Mound of Charsada, Near Peshawar; Auto Feature - The M.G. MGA Coupe; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Sound copy. Book
Features include: The World's Loneliest Island - Arthur Scholes on Heard Island, Antarctica; All Aboard for Adventure (part II) - Five young Americans set out in a sailboat for tropic seas; The Indians of Guatemala - colourful glimpses; Mountain Rescue - A Night Adventure on Bedean nam Bian, the loftiest mountain in Argyllshire, Scotland; The Warning - a tale of premonition; The Mysterious Stranger - a tale from the wilds of Tibet; Poll Chunk's Son - A Drama of Real-Life in the mountains of Kentucky; Noosing Wild Buffalo in Ceylon; The Hidden Pass - A strange story of the early days of Canadian railway development and the "Ice-Man of Revelstoke"; Land Without Women - the holy community of Mount Athos and its monestary of Simonpetra; A Riddle of the Bush - an Australian story; The Robin Hood of Sicily; In the Shadow of Ju-Ju - remarkable cases from West Africa; Pirate Treasure - Pirates were not unknown in Newfoundland at the time of the American War of Independence; Quack Doctors in Burma. Illustrated in black and white. Above-average wear to exterior with openings at covers. Contents good. Magazine
Features include: Five Hundred Miles to Freedom - the story of nine survivors of the Japanese capture of Rabaul; The Land Sharks - Would-be settlers in Canada fall victim to wonderful stories from plausible strangers of how to 'get rich quick'; Man-Eater - A former member of the Burma Frontier Service describes the eventful career of a tiger; Vale of the Gods - a curious blend of immemorial ritual and popular merrymaking in the Northern Punjab; The Ju-Ju Doctor - The facts of an amazing occurence on the Gold Coast; The Dragon - Author gets the scare of his live on an East Indian Island; The Sea-Dayaks of Borneo - Author finds the fromer head-hunters to be charming hosts; Section Man - A glimpse of the life of a track labourer on a Canadian railroad; The Poorhouse Tragedy - A puzzling American murder case. Exterior heavily worn with chips missing from spine and front cover partially detached. Contents good. Pencilled name upon back cover. Magazine
476pp. avec de nombreuses illustrations dans le texte (pour la plupart en couleurs), 34cm., reliure toile d'éditeur, jaquette illustrée, bel état, poids: 3.4kg., B93393
470pp., rijkelijk geïllustreerd (vnl. in kleur), 34cm., linnen uitgeversband, geïllustreerde stofwikkel, in gecart. foedraal van uitgever, zeer goede staat, gewicht: ca. 4kg., B99044
8vo., First Edition, with a coloured frontispiece, 58 monochrome plates on 20 and numerous facsimiles and maps (a number full-page) in the text; cloth, gilt back, a very good copy in the dustwrapper. Ottley, 9584
Fine English Paperback. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 16 cm). In Turkish. 304 p., b/w ills. Rumeli demiryollari. Railways of Roumeli.
3 brochure in-4, Usines des Ressorts du Nord, Douai, s.d. (circa 1930-1950), 5 ff. ; puis extrait de la Revue Générale des Chemins de fer, novembre 1952, 7 pp., puis 4 ff. agrafés Très bon état. Prix du lot, non séparable. Français
1 vol. in-4 br., s.d. (circa 1937) Usine des Ressorts du Nord, Douai (Nord), 16 ff. dont un dépliant Bel exemplaire (parfait état) de cette intéressante plaquette exposant en détail l'importante invention de l'Usine des Ressorts du Nord. Français
8vo., First Edition, with plates, full-page map in the text and pictorial endpapers; green cloth, backstrip lettered in brown, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
No marks or inscriptions. Small crease to lower corner of front, none to rear, very faint crease to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Protected in a professional removable plastic cover. 364pp. A classic work on the American West and how it was created. It tells the tale of the wagon train migrations in the middle decades of the nineteenth century.
244p. List of alphabetical Pennsylvania Post Offices. Small 4to. Original cloth spine over printed wraps soiled. Lists all the railroad postal points in PA. Useful. PA PAMPH 20_10 BX6
371 p. Foxed. Damped. All edges gilt gold. Marbled end papers. 230 mm. Original half green leather over green cloth boards. Original leather spine label. Raised bands. Front board decorated in gold with the official seal of the General Land Office. Leather rubbed and worn. Front board stained. Hardbound. Very good. W11
BERNE, Fr. Semminger - 1912 - In-8 ° broché - Carte dépliante H.T. des chemins de fer des alpes - avant-Propos III à VIII - 189 pages - Ex. non coupé, très propre
46 pages. Features include: CPR H24-66 'Trainmaster' - Modelling the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) H24-66 Trainmaster (circa 1955); Canadian Classic - Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) No. 8900 Trainmaster (circa 1955); Canadian Lines Home Layout - The Fern Valley Garden Railway; Canadian Rolling Stock - Custom Truck Trailers (Part 4) Buildiing a Propane Tank Trailer; Canadian Passenger Cars - (Part 2) Model a Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) Heavyweight "R" Class Sleeper; Canadian Trackside Structures - CPR No. 2 Privy; and Canadian National Railways (CNR) 2-8-0 Mikado S-2 (circa 1923). Binding sound. Minimal wearing front cover at spine. Contents clean and unmarked. A worthy copy. Book
42 pages. Features include: Canadian National Railways NW2 - Circa 1946 NW2 No. 7943 Engine model project; Canadian Classic - Brookmere: A Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) Divisional Point on the Kettle Valley Railway (Part I); Canadian Rolling Stock - Modelling the InterMountain Cylindrical Grain Hopper; Canadian Lines Home Layout - The Mansewood & Western Railway; A Walkaround Throttle for Your Layout; Canadian Rolling Stock - Building a Canadian Pacific (CP) Steam Generator Car; and Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) Steel Through Baggage Cars (circa 1925). Binding sound. Soiling to bottom of pages 3 - 13, content unaffected. A good reference copy. Book
46 pages. Features include: Modelling the "Mack" - Circa 1964 BC Rail MacKenzie Switcher "Mack" Alco C425 model project; Canadian Railway Stations - The Village Station at Marmora, ON (circa 1885); Photocell Detectors - A train detection device for your layout; N Scale Coupler Conversion Kits - Installing Micro-Trains Lines 'Magne-Matic' couplers; Canadian Passenger Cars - Building a Heavyweight Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) Buffet Parlour Car (circa 1925); and The Vulcan Truck (circa 1925). Binding sound. Minimal soiling front cover at spine. Contents clean and unmarked. A worthy copy. Book
42 pages. Features include: Station Scenes on the Aberfoyle Junction Railway - Southern Ontario 1950's Era O Scale layout; Canadian Classic - The Electrical Railways of Sir Adam Beck; Canadian Passenger Equipment - Modelling Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) "The Canadian" Passenger Car Part II; One Winter's Eve - Modelling removeable open loads; Canadian Rolling Stock - Modelling a Canadian Pacific (CP) International of Maine Division PS-1 Box Car; Canadian National RS-3 in O Scale - Modelling a Canadian National (CN) RS-3 No. 3016; and Canadian National Railways (CNR) Steel-Frame Single-Sheathed Box Cars (circa 1920). Binding sound. Unmarked. A worthy copy. Book
42 pages. Features include: Canadian National Alco S-2 in N Scale - Modelling the Canadian National Railway (CNR) Alco S-2 1000 hp diesel switcher (circa 1942 - 1950); Model Photography - Taking better model pictures; Canadian Rolling Stock - Custom Truck Trailers (Part 2) Buildiing a Dry Bulk Trailer; Canadian Classic - Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) Business Car No. 1 (circa 1887); One Winter's Eve - A Snowy Christmas layout; and Northern Alberta (NAR) 2-10-0 Decapod Type Road Number 101 (circa 1930). Binding sound. Minimal wearing front cover at spine. Contents clean and unmarked. A worthy copy. Book
46 pages. Features include: The Fort Henry & Sioux Lookout - A Beginners Layout; CPR S-4 Switcher (Part 2) - Modelling the unique Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) S-4 No. 7110 (circa 1950); The Manitoba Live Steamers; Canadian Rolling Stock - Kitbashing a Canadian National (CN) Covered Hopper; One Winter's Eve - Model an unusual Flat Car Load; Canadian Classic - Canadian National (CN) Snow Plow No. 55614 (circa 1959); and Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) 0-6-0 Switcher Class U3d&e (circa 1913). Binding sound. Minimal soiling front cover at spine. Contents clean and unmarked. A worthy copy. Book
