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Paris, S. Godin, 1982. In-4 ; 252 pp., format à l'italienne, oblong, pleine percaline de l'éditeur, richement décorée de fers dorés et d'un décor avec locomotive noire, sous étui cartonné. Très nombreuses photos couleurs dans le texte et en hors-texte : 1000 photos ( prises de vue de patrice Pascal), portraits de A. Giansanti Coluzzi par j. King , plus de 3000 pièces Contient : - Rétrospective Crocodile - Rétrospective PLM - Les écartements IV et III - L'écartement II - L'écartement standard - L'écartement I - L'écartement O, les jouets - L'écartement O, les modèles - L'écartement HO, les jouets - L'écartement HO, les modèles - Rétrospective Fulgurex relatifs à l'ouvrage. Très nombreuses photographies en couleurs reproduisant les modèles de trains électriques de la fameuse collection Coluzzi, avec les explications afférant aux modèles. Très bel exemplaire, état neuf.
100 pages. Diagrams. Black and white reproductions of photos. "Students of Railway Signalling will find this book a useful study into a particularly significant milestone in the development of interlocking and control equipment. The history, location, operation and application of the style 'L' frame are comprehensively covered by this book. It contains not only information for the general reader but fulfills more specifically the needs of those seeking to learn more about the art of Railway signalling." - from Foreword. Chapters include: General History; List of Frames; Construction and Operation; Locking Tables and Typical Circuits; Setting Up, Testing and Maintenance. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
pp. 269-322 + Full page Photographs with decorative tissue guards. Tall 8vo. Original printed wraps very slightly faded. Nice copy. Scarce. PA PAMPH 20_15 BX6
Paris, Th Cook et fils, 1891. In-8 carré relié plein cartonnage de l'éditeur. Tite doré sur le dos et le plat, mappemonde dorée sur le plat. 4 feuillets non chiffrés + 269 pages. A LA SUITE : Banquet donné à Londres, à l'Hotel Métropole, le 22 juillet 1891, pour célébrer le cinquantième anniversaire de la fondation de la maison Thomas Cook et Fils, sous la présidence de M John M. Cook : 29 pages. 1ère édition française. La manière de voyager autrefois et aujourd'hui. La première excursion par chemin de fer. Organisation des trains de plaisir. La première grande exposition. Progrès et amélioration. Maison principale à Londres. Nouvel essor. De Londres à Jérusalem. Travaux en Angleterre en 1868 et 1869. Déveleppement des voyages en Orient. Les "Knights templar" Américains en Europe. Autour du monde. Progrès continus. Progrès rapides. Changement de la maison. Expédition du Général Gordon. Organisation des pèlerinage à la Mecque. La vie et les travaux de M JM Cook. Progrès dans le Royaume Uni. Exposé des affaires en Europe. Les affaires dans les contrées Orientales. Les Indes, l'Australie, l'Amérique. Comment les affaires sont conduites. Bon état
330 p. Illustrated with photographs, charts and drawings. Typed letter from the American Institute of Steel Construction to Architects, Engineers and Public Officials for revised AISC Specifications for Feb. 14th, 1946. Also pamphlet for Promulgation for Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Structural Shapes, 1946. 250mm. Original binding with slight tear on spine. Scarce. SCIENCE BX 5
Pages 482-576 + 30 pages of ads. Features: The "Brides" Special - when Swiss girls were regularly shipped to southern Chile to marry ranchers; Winter-Sport Mountaineering - how to avoid its dangers - article with photos; The Wreck of the 'County of Anglesea' - fight for the life of a capsized ship; Wanderings in Northern Persia - II - article with first-ever published photos of Kelat-i-Nadiri, the Gibraltar of Persia, and many other photos; A Fiery Ordeal - surviving a 1904 volcano on Mount Kloet on the island of Java; Down the Amazon from Source to Mouth, part VII; From Job to Job Around the World, Part II - fantastic travelogue of two young Americans in Japan and Korea with wonderful photos; The Saving Shadow - Rev. Wm. F. Rigge of the Creighton University Observatory uses shadows to help acquit a man facing serious charges; A Motor-Boat in Mexico - the villagers had never seen anything like it;; The Marchwood Ghost Mystery - A Highland Regiment soldier committed suicide in 1885 and his ghost was supposed to haunt the sentry's beat;;"The Heathen Chinee" - principally concerned with the Chinaman's attitude towards railways - also tells some quaint stories about the 'spirits of wind and water' which rule his actions during and after his life - article with great photos, especially all the Chinese aboard a Shanghai-Nanking Railway engine they had fled only a week before; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Book
Carte entoilée en couleurs sous chemise cartonnée, au format 94 x 69.5 cm, Auguste Logerot, Paris, 1876. Rappel du titre complet : Carte Routière de la France à l'usage des Voyageurs. Nouvelle Carte Physique et Routière de la France, indiquant toutes les routes de poste, impériales et départementales, avec les distances comptées en kilomètre d'un lieu à un autre, les chemins de fer exécutés et en construction, ainsi que les canaux navigables et les principales rivières. Belle carte de France en couleurs (qq. anciennes traces de crayon de couleurs soulignant la frontière du Rhin). Français
Book is in excellent condition; as new. 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, a little edge wear, no tears. Contents include writing about travel writing by D.H. Lawrence, Graham Greene, Norman Douglas, Evelyn Waugh, Robert Byron, ships and trains, the search for sexual freedom, money, politics, class, etc.
demi-chagrin brun, tit. doré sur dos à 5 nerfs orné de filets à froid soulignants, (couv. et rel. légt frottées, manques de cuir sur les coiffes, coins légt émoussés), int. assez frais
Folding map coloured in outline on paper measuring 23 x 21 ins (approx. 58 x 53 cms) folding in 18 panels to 7.0 x 4.0 ins (approx. 17.7 x 10.1 cms), a few short tears at fold edges; original pictorial card wrappers, wrapper fore-edges frayed else a very good, bright, clean copy. 'Improved from the Ordnance Surveys, these superior County Maps give the Name of every Station, also the Name of the Company each Railway belongs to'. Cruchley began publishing their Railway maps in the early 1870s. There were usually several versions of each map from different publishers; the Gall & Inglis issues appear to date from the 1880s. Map features include lat/long scales; scale line; rivers; relief; hill hatching; woods/forests/parks; county; roads, railways; telegraphs. EXTREMELY SCARCE.
Toute l'histoire de la SNCF y compris pendant la 2° guerre mondiale avec la Résistance . Abondamment illustrée en couleurs et noir et blanc . Bas de coiffe frottée . - 222 p. , 990 gr.
8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece and 56 plates on 30; cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Ottley, 930.
36 pages, illustrated. eng
Paris, Dunod, 1901. Très fort In-12 reliure éditeur plein cuir bordeaux. VIII + 704 pages. Figures. Bon état.
CDDP, 1996. In-8 broché de 192 pages. Très bon état
455 pages. Bibliography. "For 44 years Morant crisscrossed the country on passenger trains, enroute to and from assignments to all the subsidiaries of Canadian Pacific. He chronicled the times, writing for the company magazine as well as photographing developments on the railway. These photos are the subject of this book... Here then is a book of photographs of the Canadian Pacific Railway over the years, from 1929 to 1981, the span of Morant's career as a photographer... Our hope is that it will be the finest book ever produced on the CPR." - from dust jacket. Wonderful photography in colour and black and white throughout, plus supporting text. Front hinge taped. Two-inch application of tape at top of back hinge. Average wear. Relatively few library markings. A worthy reference copy of this wonderful compilation. Book
Fontaine des Arts 2000, In-8 oblong, relié cartonnage éditeur sous jaquette illustrée. 65 pages. Très bon état.
1st edition. Hardback in dustjacket. VG/VG. ISBN 0902888250. Previous owner's inscription on the front endpaper. 14395. eng
Pages 947-994. Features: The Diesel Automobile; Plating river beds with stainless steel; Ocean gloder the "Genial"; Auto Safety device warns of railway crossings; Photo of little Jean Darlington whose father communicates with her from afar by shortwave radio; Telephoning a Picture; Sleep Meter; Mechanical novelties; Vacuum lifts Planeless Aircraft - invented by John H. Davis; "House of Glass" Shell gas station; European Novelties; Finding the Source of "Cosmic Rays"; New Mechanical Ideas; Power from Ocean Waves; Exploring the Upper Air by Spectroscope; Metal Melts Like Wax; Newest Devices for the General Use; New Patents of Interest; Robot directs street traffic; Dry ice test of jewels; Where did the Moon Come From?; Mechanics of Magic; Making White Iodine; Practical Hints and Home Kinks; and more. Above-average wear. Binding intact. PLEASE NOTE: Most ads clipped and removed from pages 985-994. We believe no text was lost but please inquire if you are interested in any specific content so we can check. A worthy reading copy Magazine
In 16. Dim. 17x12,5 cm. Pp. 76. Raro manuale del 1941 sul trasporto di merci per ferrovia di Gianfranco Magistris e Aurelio Manzoni. All'interno: documenti necessari per il contratto di trasporto ferroviario, Imballaggio, peso, carri, termini, domicilio, giacenze, tariffe, Responsabilità delle parti derivante dal contratto di trasporto, Tariffe, Spedizioni a bagaglio ecc.. Alla fine appendice sulle disposizioni generali riguardanti il trasporto delle merci pericolose e nocive. In buone condizioni. Copertina editoriale in buone condizioni generali con lievi usure ai margini e dorso. Legatura in buone condizioni. All'interno le pagine si presentano in buone condizioni con rare fioriture. Parte mancanti al margine di piegatura della copertina. Scarce manual of 1941 about the transport of goods through railway written by Gianfranco Magistris and Aurelio Manzoni. Inside: documents needed for transport trial, packaging, peso, destination, fees, Responsability of parts due to transport contract, fees, baggage ecc.. At the end appendix about general disposition relating transport of dangerous goods. In good conditions. Editorial cover in good general conditions slightly worn in the edges and spine. Binding in good conditions. Inside pages are in good conditions with occasional foxings. Missing part in the folding edge of the cover.
Folio, 31.7cm. Pp. 86, 4 fold. maps, 100 technical figs. and some photos in text, notes & refs. Orig. wrappers. Some wear to binding, title-page stamped, library label at foot of spine, good otherwise. - Rare.
grand in-8, 572 pages, figures, graphiques, formules, équations, broche, couv. Bon état. [CA-11]
Features: Steel Bridge Across Chehalis River at Aberdeen Formally Opened - article with photo; The Panama Canal Route for Canadian Northwest Shipping; Photo of Charles M. Hays, president of the Grand Trunk Railway; Address to General Passenger Agents by Howard Elliott, president of the Northern Pacific Railway (four pages); Brief business biography of George W. Hibbard, General Passenger Agent of the C.M. & P.S., with photo; Bernard N. Baker's Steamship Line a Golden Opportunity; Puget Sound Tugboat Co. on the Columbia River; New Boilers for North Vancouver Ferries; Steamer Maunganui Launched; Review of the Charter Market; Casualties to Pacific Coast Shipping; Modern Aids to Navigation Demanded for Alaskan Waters - article including lengthy list of vessels lost; Excellent illustrated centerfold makes the case for lighthouses in Alaskan waters; Review of Marine Insurance and Shipping Law; Address by president of the San Francisco Merchants' Exchange, Robert Dollar, entitled "The American Merchant Marine As It Affects Our Foreign Commerce" - with photo of Dollar; 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
Limoges iprimerie Dulac 1908, In-4 broché, 7 pages de texte + une grande carte dépliante du réseau proposé au formt 60 x 80 cm. Echelle 1/200 000e. Premier plat détaché, néanmoins bon état du document. Rare.
8vo., First Edition, with plates and facsimiles; pictorial boards, a fine copy.