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Pages 338-420 pages plus 16 pages of great vintage ads. Features: By Water in the Desert - an African witch doctor puts a curse on three white men; "Highclimbing" in the Tall Timbers - photo-illustrated article on high-climbers (high-riggers) of the Pacific Northwest which provides a vivid account of their work and its perils; Kwis-Kwis The Killer - British Columbia police sergeant Letherdale brings to book a most cunning and dangerous murderer in the vicinity of Queen Charlotte Sound; "Within the Law" - an unscrupulous Winnipeg estate agent tries to bring off an extra-smart deal; An African No Man's Land - the first crossing by white men of a queer region in the heart of the Belgian Congo - with photos; My Grandfather's Watch - after a watch is stolen in India, a servant suggests an unusual - and successful - method of retrieving it; Shark Catching Extraordinary - a local fisherman devises a novel method to take care of a shark which is threatening swimmers at a New Zealand resort; Through Spain in Disguise (part II) - Count and Countess Malmignati travel through Spain disguised as wandering Arab beggars; The Guru's Message - Journalist Colonel Charles Harrison Gibbons lay at death's door near the Khyber Pass but was relieved by a friend from a thousand miles away who was somehow contacted by an old native priest; The Big Voyage of the Little "Shanghai" (part IV) - the adventures of six young men sailing from Shanghai to Copenhagen; "On Construction" - the adventures of trying to build a new railway through the wilds of Africa; Experiences with the Alligators of Cambridge Gulf in Australia, with illustration of a Carl Jacobs alligator trap and photo of a massive 'gator caught at Wyndham; A Night with Lions - the appalling experience of corporal Fairweather of the B.S.A. Police on the banks of the Zambezi; and more. Unmarked with average wear. A worthy copy of this great vintage issue. Book
Features: Nice half-page photo-illustrated ad for the Alaska Steamship Company; Recent Railroad Rumors Given Flat Denial; Florida East Coast Railway open for Traffic; Edwin Hawley, Railway Wizard, Dead; Editorial - Seattle Must Have Terminals; The Successful Gas-Driven Vessel, Holzapfel I - major article with illustration of the vessel; Harbor Island [Port of Seattle] Terminals and What They Mean; Eight Prominent Shipping Men Endorse Terminals; Economy of the [Seattle] Municipal Plan (part 5) - major article with map of proposed Civic Center and adjacent district; Diagram of outboard profile of the steamer Potlatch; Panama Canal Tolls Before Congressional Committee; J. Bruce Ismay Coming To Coast - the president of the International Mercantile Marine Company will travel from New York to investigate trade and port facilities; Big Tonnage Building for Vancouver, B.C., Trade - informative article on Vancouver ship construction; Curious Light Phenomenon of Indian Seas - Phosphorescence; Marine Insurance and Shipping Law News; Great Dock System for Panama Canal - article with illustration of docks and harbor at Panama; and more. 44 pages including several pages of nostalgic ads, some illustrated in black and white, featuring local marine and rail interests. Printed upon glossy coated stock. Average wear. Binding intact. Few library markings to front cover. A well-preserved copy of this highly-informative memento of Pacific Northwest transportation over a century ago. 12" x 9". Magazine
Features: The Present Railway Situation in the United States; B.F. Bush becomes president of the Denver & Rio Grand (with photo of Bush); Railway Mileage in 1911; Interstate Commerce Commission Decisions; Coast Shipbuilding Companies Rushed With Work - feature article with photo of submarine F.3 immediately after launching, apparently at the Seattle Construction & Drydock Co.; Representative of the Royal Mail Steam Packet Line inspects the northwest for business opportunities which will open with the Panama Canal; Economy of the [Seattle] Municipal Plan (part 3); Free Ships and Revised Navigation Laws - discussion of the rehabilitation of the merchant marine; Free [Panama Canal] Tolls To American Ships Would Solve Problem; What Is The Merchant's Exchange of Seattle? - an explanatory article by R.C. Hill, whose photo accompanies the article; Seattle People Honor Captain "Buck" Bailey; Port Commission Plan for Grays Harbor; Review of Marine Insurance and Shipping Law; Bogue Plans for Tacoma Harbor Are Extensive - article with map; Tacoma Will Be Ready When Panama Canal Opened - brief article includes nice birdseye view illustration of the harbor and environs showing present developments and developments under way; and more. 44 pages including several pages of nostalgic ads, some illustrated in black and white, featuring local marine and rail interests. Printed upon glossy coated stock. Average wear. Binding intact. Few library markings to front cover. A well-preserved copy of this highly-informative memento of Pacific Northwest transportation over a century ago. 12" x 9". Magazine
Features: Title page photo of German prisoner being interrogated by French officer; Photo of Brazilian airmen newly arrived in England for training; Photo of crowd and smoke rising from distant stand at Hong Kong racecourse where over 600 lives were lost; Photo of Mr. Marcus M. Marks and others as they advance clocks one hour across the U.S.; The Heroism of the Stokehold (article); Will America Produce a Great General? (article); The Harvest of Hedgerow and Meadow(article); Photos of scenes near Es Salt (since evacuated); Article by G.K. Chesterton includes photos of The Right Hon. Lord Justice Sir Charles Swinfen Eady, Sir William Weir, and Edward Shortt, K.C. M.P.; One-page illustration of German POWs at work on British farm under guard; Two-page illustration of French and British Artillery co-operating before Amiens; America and the Air Problem (article); Five photos of the sinking of a German mine-laying trawler and her survivors; Article discusses how aliens, naturalised or otherwise, are taking jobs from British people; Great photo of British destroyer arriving in port with its deck full of survivors of a U-boat attack; Eight before and after photos show the devastation caused by an earthquake in Guatemala, particularly to the Guatemala City Central Railway Station and the cities fine cathedral; Centrefold reproductions (black and white) of notable pictures in this year's Royal Academy Exhibition (plus two additional pages of images from the Exhibition); Roll of Honour - photos of 18 officers including Brig.-Gen. Robert Gore, C.B., C.M.G., KIA; Wonderful illustrated quarter-page ad for very long Aviation boots, "The "Charfor" designed and sold by Harrods Ltd.; Fantastic two-colour back cover ad for "Erasmic" Shaving Stick shows fashionable young man and woman in bathrobes meeting on balcony as they water their plants; and more. 36 pages including several pages of marvelous vintage ads, most of which are illustrated. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this excellent WWI-era issue. Magazine
90 pages. Articles: From Rags to Riches - Chaplin in a Bluebeard role; America's Number One Mystery Man (part 1 of 2) - the career of Frank Costello and his strange empire - great photos; John Bull Sees Red, White and Blue - Britain's privations give rise to bitter criticism of America; Dem Bums Abroad - Brooklyn Dodgers did their spring training in Havana, Cuba; Mr. Secretary Marshall (conclusiont) - his military background can help him achieve diplomatic victories; The Happy Gentleman - Frank Crowninshield - article with photo. Fiction: The Blast (part 1 of 2); The Blond Hairpin; Promise in the earth; The Flexible Mind; The Curse of the Krebils; White Man in the White Land. Includes these ads: "The Man Out" - great full-page movie ad - starring James Mason; Canadian Pacific Vacations; Santa Fe Railroad; The National Guard (two pages); Dubonnet; Oldsmobile cars (nice); Great full-page color-photo ad for Fortune shoes for men; Schick Electric Shaver "Fits Your Face" - full-page color-photo; Packard cars (classy); Washington State Tourism (color-photos); Chevrolet; Life Savers; Timely Clothes; Red Cap Ale; Hickok Belts; Canadian National Railways - travel; Red Top Ale; Queen Anne Pecan Roll; Puritan Sportswear; United Jewish Appeal full-page ad features photo of General Eisenhower and lengthy excerpt of his speech to the U.J.A. in Washington, D.C.; Eversharp pens; Coke ad on back over features three young office ladies. Average wear. Center page loose but present. A worthy vintage copy. Book
Features: B.F. Bush on Evil Results to Accrue from Diversion of Capital from Railway Enterprises; Japanese Trainmaster kills self after Emperor is delayed; Tell the Truth, Mr. (Gifford) Pinchot! - fallout from a December 16th article about Alaska; Charles F. Speare discusses the alliance between the Northern Pacific and the Chicago & Northwestern Railroads; Southern Pacific and Pacific Mail (article from the Wall Street Journal); Cash Shortage in Western Canada; Captain N.E. Cousins has been in the employ of the Pacific Coast Steamship Lines Co. since 1878 - article with photo; Get Ready for the Opening of the Panama Canal; Economy of the [Seattle] Municipal Plan (part 2) - major article with map; Cunard and Anchor Lines Amalgamate - article with list of the vessels, and their tonnage, of each company; Protest the Carriage of Navy Coal in Foreign Bottoms - George F. Thorndyke of the Globe Navigation Company speaks out; Edvard Jansen to take over from Ida Wilson Lewis, "The Grace Darling of America", tending the Lime Rock light station; Review of Marine Insurance and Shipping Law; Illustration of the central winch on Dredge New Orleans; Portland News Notes; Schedule for Canadian-Pacific Railways Steamships connecting Seattle with Victoria and Vancouver; and more. 44 pages including several pages of nostalgic ads, some illustrated in black and white, featuring local marine and rail interests. Printed upon glossy coated stock. Average wear. Binding intact. Few library markings to front cover. A well-preserved copy of this highly-informative memento of Pacific Northwest transportation over a century ago. 12" x 9". Magazine
Signed and inscribed by author upon title page. xii, 319 pages. Bibliography, index, references, maps, black and white reproductions of archival photos, map endpapers. "The first publication to detail the history of the Shire of Mundaring, Australia. Traces the progress of the area from the time of the earliest European sightings of the hills through to the residential expansions of the 1950s and '60s. Book clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Light wear to dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. A high-quality copy of this very informative work. Book
Contents: interesting Borg-Warner ad features color military illustration promoting their desalination equipment; Full-page ad for movie 'To Have and Have Not' starring Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall; Interesting ad with several photos of the Great Northern Railway; Norfolk and Western Railway color ad; Friction over policy for Europe disturbs relations of big three - idealism of U.S. clashes with realism of British and quiet toughness of Reds; Red Thrust on Hungarian front may be master key to victory - Vienna, aim of campaign, is strategically a greater prize than even capital of Reich; Inside V-2 - official British diagram of a German V-2 shows the workings of the rocket and its relative size as compared with a man; The Ormoc Trap; Disaster in China - struggling to save lifelines to the Occident; Kaywoodie Briar pipe - beautiful color ad; Photo of a Fifteenth Air Force Liberator aflame over a heavy flak barrage; Men over 26 to fill the ranks as casualty lists grow longer - 26 to 37's must work or fight in bitter war months ahead; Interesting ad for the Comptometer displays a Googol! - of interest to modern-day Google fans!; White Truck color ad - attractive; France sated with bloodletting - moderates move to halt purge - Germans threaten reprisals against French captives in Reich if executions are continued; Photo of Canadian General Crerar with Cpl. E. O'Connor of Toronto; De Gaulle with Molotov; Industry puts reconversion aside to answer hurry call for arms; The Japs failed purge of the Philippine educational system; Great Lakes Steel color ad featuring futuristic auto body styles. Average wear. Address label atop front cover. Unmarked. Center page loose but present. Book
Features: First Annual Report of American Express Companies; John F. Stevens Retires From Hill Lines; B.F. Bush Succeeds George Gould as president of the Missouri Pacific Railway (with photo of Mr. Bush); Causes for Trade Depression; Development of Alaska Fisheries; Hearing Regarding Pacific Coast Rate Cases; Larger Terminal Yards Planned for Tacoma; The Railroads and the Panama Canal; Sixty-Seven Steamships in Canadian Pacific's Great Fleet - article with nice illustration; Review of Marine Insurance and Shipping Law; Three Sailors of the British Steamer Benedick convicted of mutiny by Edinburgh court; Captain David Baird to take charge of the Victoria and Vancouver Stevedore Co.'s Vancouver Branch - with photo of Mr. Baird; Suspension of Capt. Alfred Croskey Reduced; Tacoma News; Captain Fred Warner to command the famous steamer Corwin (brief article with photo); Nice illustrated one-page ad for The Shasta Limited, "The Finest Train in the West", which connects Seattle to San Francisco; Nice one-page illustrated ad for the Vulcan Iron Works of Seattle features an aerial view of their plant; Willamette Iron & Steel Works ad features nice photo of fireboat "Geo. H. Williams" belching black smoke and pumping water in the air; Canadian-Pacific Railway Steamships ad features schedule for their connections between Seattle, Victoria and Vancouver; and more. 40 pages including several pages of nostalgic ads, some illustrated in black and white, featuring local marine and rail interests. Printed upon glossy coated stock. Average wear. Binding intact. Few library markings to front cover. A well-preserved copy of this highly-informative memento of Pacific Northwest transportation over a century ago. 12" x 9". Magazine
Features: Northern Pacific Railway Co. Making Big Improvements in the State of Washington; Julius Kruttschnitt an Optimist; Mobilization and the Railways - article from the Army & Navy Journal; Amending Our Shipping Laws; George G. Gould Retains His Position; Railway News in Brief; Noted Engineer E.C. Hawkins - Obituary with photo; Interstate Commerce Decisions; San Francisco Will Be Ready for the Panama Canal and the Panama Pacific International Exposition in 1915 - article with photos of "San Francisco's Two Big Men", James Rolph Jr., Mayor, and C.C. Moore; Statutory Regulation of Ocean Traffic; Pacific Coast S.S. Co. Places Order for 10,000-Ton Steamer - article with diagram of outboard profile of the vessel; Comprehensive Review of Far Eastern Shipping Situation by U.S. Consul General at Hong Kong, George E. Anderson; Astoria Getting Ready for Panama Canal; Panama Canal Rates - The Big Issue; Captain John Truebridge - Obituary; Review of Marine Insurance and Shipping Law; Some Perils of the Deck Load - Feature article includes photo of a leaning steamer Cuzco; The Advantages of the Water-Tube Boiler; Record of a Ballin Water Tube Boiler - article with photo; The International Navigation Congress; Boiler Inspection for [Panama] Canal Zone; General Shipping News; Oil Engined Barges to Revolutionize Shipping; and much more. 40 pages including several pages of nostalgic ads, some illustrated in black and white, featuring local marine and rail interests. Printed upon glossy coated stock. Average wear. Binding intact. Few library markings to front cover. A well-preserved copy of this highly-informative memento of Pacific Northwest transportation over a century ago. 12" x 9". Magazine
224 pages. Footnotes. Index. Printed upon glossy stock. Generously illustrated with reproductions of black and white and colour photos. Clean and bright with very light overall wear. Dust jacket preserved in glossy new archival grade Brodart. Remainder mark to bottom edge. A high-quality copy. Book
85 pages. Author spent over three years as a WWII prisoner of the Japanese in Singapore, Malaya and Siam. "The vivid scenes of forced building of the Railroad of Death through 250 miles of virgin jungle, of bombings, rapes, and sordid POW living conditions, come to life with astonishing clarity in this true story." - dust jacket. Bookplate upon front free endpaper, otherwise clean and and unmarked with light wear. Dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A quality copy. Enser p.43. Book
Features: New Transcontinental Railroad is Planned; Railroad Construction Work in Western Canada; A Study of Railroad Accidents; Grand Trunk Pacific Completes Fine Dock at Vancouver - article with photo of the new structure; Proposed Improvements for the Port of Seattle - Smith's Cove, Salmon Bay, East Waterway, Central Waterfront District, Harbor Island; San Francisco Preparing for Panama Canal Trade - major article with graph, table and photo of one of San Francisco's new concrete piers; Control of Freight Rates Through Panama Canal; Professional Biography of Marcus Talbot, Manager of the Port of Portland (with photo of Mr. Talbot); Provisions of New Visual Rule; Death of Noted Admiralty Lawyer Charles Page - major article; That Olympic-Hawke Collision; Legal Decisions; High-Class Salvage job of the fishing steamer Independent - article with photo of the vessel being held up by two barges; Captain William Kidston - obituary; Veteran Shipmaster Albert H. Laffin - Obituary; Veteran Tug Boat Captain William Gove - Obituary; Hong Kong Harbor Needs Deepening - after visit by the big American Steamer Minnesota; New Invention for Calming Big Seas; and much more. 44 pages including several pages of nostalgic ads, some illustrated in black and white, featuring local marine and rail interests. Printed upon glossy coated stock. Average wear. Binding intact. Few library markings to front cover. A well-preserved copy of this highly-informative memento of Pacific Northwest transportation over a century ago. 12" x 9". Magazine
Features: Seattle's Public Utilities Department and the Railroads - major article; Southern Pacific announces fast excess-fare train between New Orleans and San Francisco; Promotion for T.B. Degnan of the Great Northern Railway Co.; No Time To Lose - Editorial discusses how representatives of eight Puget Sound cities oppose tolls being charged through the Panama Canal to vessels flying the U.S. flag and engaged in U.S. coastwise traffic; Handsome New Union Passenger Station for Aberdeen, WA - article with artist's rendering of the future station; Foreign Capital in Railways of the United States - major article by Harvard Professor of Economics William Z. Ripley; Business biography of J.E. Dalrymple, recently elected vice-president of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway Co.; Railway News in Brief; Battery Truck Crane the Latest Invention in Freight Handling - major article with wonderful illustration of a mobile electric crane invented by General Electric of Schenectady, NY to be used for loading rail cars (who knew Elon Musk was so old!); How Should Tacoma Prepare for the Opening of the Panama Canal? - major article with excellent photo of the busy Tacoma waterfront; Statement Concerning Panama Canal by George S. Dearborn, president of the American-Hawaiian S.S. Co.; British View of Panama Canal; High Honor for W.D. Wells of the Alaska-Pacific Steamship Co.; Review of Marine Insurance and Shipping Law; Repair bill for the White Star liner Olympic; Submarine Motor Salvage Boat invented by Mr. E.H. Crossley; New Steamer Solduck will be an All-steel Modern Vessel - major article including diagram of its outboard profile; Article on Steam Cannery Tender for the Northwestern Fisheries Company - article with diagram of the outboard profile of this vessel; Pacific Coast Casualties; Steamboat Fairhaven Sinks in Harbor; and more. 44 pages including several pages of nostalgic ads, some illustrated in black and white, featuring local marine and rail interests. Printed upon glossy coated stock. Average wear. Binding intact. Few library markings to front cover. A well-preserved copy of this highly-informative memento of Pacific Northwest transportation over a century ago. 12" x 9". Magazine
12 vol. in-4 br., Transports Rail - Route - Air - Eau, J. B. Baillière et Fils, 1934-1937. Rappel des numéros : Transports Rail - Route - Air - Eau. Revue mensuelle illustrée [ Lot de 12 numéros ] N° 3 : 1er décembre 1934 - N° 8 : Mai 1935 - N°10 : Juillet 1935 - N° 11 : Août 1935 - N° 14 : Novembre 1935 - N° 16 : Janvier 1936 - N° 17 : Février 1936 - N° 19 : Avril 1936 - N° 21 : Juin 1936 - N° 29 : Février 1937 - N° 30 : Mars 1937 - N° 32 : Mai 1937. Au sommaire notamment : Aménagement des horaires pour permettre la circulation des trains de très grande vitesse ; Le Salon de l'Automobile de Berlin de 1936 ; Deux campagnes de "Normandie" ; La vie d'un grand dépôt ; Statistiques récentes sur les ports de Londres et de New-York ; Le trafic international sur les voies navigables françaises ; Les travaux de la Gare du Nord à Paris et leurs répercussions sur le service de la Banlieue ; Les grands travaux de la Compagnie PLM à Lyon ; Le tarmacadam de laitier, revêtement moderne et économique ; Les ports des Antilles ; Les Imperial Airways et leur exploitation en 1934-1935 ; Le transport de la marée au départ de Dieppe ; Les nouveaux développements du chemin de fer métropolitain de Paris. L'électrification de la ligne de Sceaux ; La nouvelle signalisation des chemins de fer ; Le port de Paris ; l'expertise et l'estimation de la valeur des automobiles ; Les frein continu - applicationaux trains de marchandises - Freinage des trains rapides à vitesse accélérée ; Les autostrades italiennes ; Acheminement des marchandises en petite vitesse par chemin de fer ; Les efforts des grands réseaux au service d'été 1935 ; Les chaussées antidérapantes ; Le développement de la traction à vapeur sur le réseau du PLM de 1888 à nos jours ; Le port autonome de Bordeaux ; Tarifs et transports ; Le XIVe salon de l'aéronautique ; Les assurances et la route. Rare ensemble réunissant 12 numéros (non suivis) de cette belle revue (qq. dos frottés, bon ensemble par ailleurs) Français
5 classeurs mobiles éditeur, avec 25 compléments, les 8, 12, 14, 15 puis 18 à 38, Weka Loisirs, 1991. Rappel du titre complet : Trains et Modèles de Trains (25 Compléments en 5 Classeurs) Classeur 1 : Compléments 8, 12, 14, 15, 18 ; Classeur 2 : Compléments 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26 ; Classeur 3 : Compléments 27, 28, 31, 32, 36, 37 ; Classeur 4 : Compléments 29, 30, 33, 34 ; Classeur 5 : Compléments 22, 25, 33, 35, 38 Bon ensemble peu commun. Un remarquable mine d'informations sur le monde des trains et des modèles réduits. Cette série paraissait sous forme de "compléments" périodiques, permettant de compléter l'un ou l'autre des tomes prévus. Ceux-ci s'organisaient comme suit : 1. Guide de l'utilisateur, 2. Les principes fondamentaux , 3 Le réseau d'intérieur, 4. Le train miniature, 5. Le réseau d'extérieur, 6. Le chemin de fer réel et le modélisme ferroviaire, 7. La vie du modélisme Français
29 numéros in-4 br., Revue "Modélisme", 1954-1964. Au sommaire notamment : Le plan-relief de Toul en 1861 ; La voiture Budd au 1/43e ; LA gare de Saint-Germain au Mont d'Or ; La photographie des modèles réduits ; L'avion d'Ader ; Réalisation de maquettes d'architecture ; Le filicoupeur ; Le laboratoire national d'hydraulique ; Le Boeing 707 Stratocruiser ; Le Maquettoscope ; Géomodélisme, Le Hohneck (Vosges), Le torrent de Biasca ; L'architecte et le photographe ; Le support du paysage ; Le relief en plastique ; Les maquette d'urbanisme et les plans-masse d'habitation Rare réunion de 28 parmi les 33 premiers numéros (dont la série suivie des 20 premiers numéros) de la revue "Modélisme" (dont le nom subit quelques modifications de "Modélisme" à "Modélisme, Maquettes" puis "Modélisme Modèles réduits"). Une revue qui traite tous les aspects du modélisme. L'année proposée ici comprend en particulier une très intéressante série sur la technique de photographie des maquettes (avec un particulier le surprenant "maquettoscope"). Bon ensemble (qq. dos lég. débrochés, bon état par ailleurs). Prix du lot, non séparable. Français
1 vol. petit in-4 oblong, Sociedad Anonima Antes Establecimientos Skoda, En Plzen, Praga, Checoslovaquia, s.d. (circa 1910), 47 pp. Texte en espagnol. Etat très satisfaisant (petit accroc en dos, bel état par ailleurs). Espagnol
45 vol. in-4 br., Notre Métier. Hebdomadaire d'information professionnelle et sociale des cheminots de France, 1947 Bon ensemble bien complet des 45 numéros de l'année 1947 Français
48 vol. in-4 br., Notre Métier. Hebdomadaire d'information professionnelle et sociale des cheminots de France, 1948 Bon ensemble bien complet des 48 numéros de l'année 1948 Français
FIRST AND ONLY EDITIONS OF TWO EXTREMELY RARE AND EARLY FRENCH RAILWAY PAMPHLETS CONCERNING TRANSPORTATION BETWEEN FRANCE, BELGIUM, AND ENGLAND, EACH OF WHICH INCLUDES A LARGE FOLDING HAND-COLORED MAP IN PRISTINE CONDITION. 7pp + large folding map (54 x 36 cm) with routes colored by hand; 15 pp + large folding map with routes colored by hand. 4to. Sewn together in contemporary wraps. FINE AND BRIGHT. Extremely rare: WorldCat cites only one copy of the the first item (BN) and three of the second.
1 registre in-folio reliure demi-basane marron, 400 pp. dont 18 seulement manuscrites, 1880-1883 : Détail du Contenu : Séance du 17 Novembre 1880. Commission du Budget de 1881 / Séance du 19 Novembre 1880. Commission du Budget de 1881 / Séance du 8 Février 1881. Commission du Budget de 1881 / Séance du 11 Février 1881. Commission du Budget de 1881 / Séance du 20 décembre 1881. Commission du Budget de 1882 / 3 extraits des délibérations / Séance du 1er Mai 1883. Commission du Budget de 1883. Les PV sont tous certifiés, signés par le Président Ed. Blount Financier et diplomate britannique, Sir Edward-Charles Blount fut président de la Compagnie des Chemins de Fer de l'Ouest de 1880 à 1894. Mauvais état (reliure très abîmée avec très fortes mouill. colorées, un des feuillets manuscrits débrochés). Prix en l'état pour cet intéressant témoignage historique. Français
1 vol. in-4 br. avec feuillets sous reliure mobile (attaches parisiennes), 80 rue Taitbout, Imp. G. Beunke, 1938 Bel exemplaire en parfait état (comme neuf). Contient : Matériel des Voies normales - Traverses en béton armé - Rails à large ornière S.E.I. - Ponts-Tournants-Secteur P.T.S.. La Société de Construction et d’Embranchements Industriels (SEI), créée en 1904 à Reichsoffen (Alsace), était spécialisée dans la fabrication d'aiguillages ferroviaires. De nos jours (depuis 2002), elle fait désormais partie du groupe allemand Vossloh, sous le nom de Vossloh Cogifer SA, et reste un des leaders mondiaux dans son domaine. Français
In 8, pp. VIII + 82 con tavv. sinott. in fine. Br. rifatta con carta d'epoca. Prospetto generale delle ferrovie per l'anno 1854 con moltissime informazioni relative a: linee, lunghezza e tempo di percorrenza, composizione dei convogli della linea di Genova, di Alessandria-Novara, movimento dei viaggiatori linee di Genova, Alessandria-Novara, Vigevano, Susa, Pinerolo; movimento merci per ciascuna delle varie linee; prodotti, spese e rendite per unita' chilometro... In fine tavole di rendiconto (prospetto del movimento del piano inclinato dei Giovi, tavola delle spese delle diverse linee, stato generale della spesa fatta nel 1854 per la manutenzione delle locomotive...
In 8, pp. VIII + 101 con tavv. sinott. in fine. Br. rifatta con carta d'epoca. Rendiconto dell'esercizio delle ferrovie per l'anno 1855 con moltissimi dati, tavole e allegati relativi alle linee di Genova, Arona, Susa, Pinerolo, Vigevano, Genova, Arona, Susa (movimenti merci, viaggiatori, spese per gli uffici di stazione, spese per la manutenzione delle locomotive, prospetto dei chilometri percorsi da tutti i veicoli...).
