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Broché. 40 pages. 24x32cm.
Amsterdam/Brussel, Elsevier, 1979, 224pp., gecart.band met stofdwikkel
190 pages. Index. Colour and black and white photographic plates. "Chronicles the development of the railway from the early days of Francis Clergue through to the present time - recreates the history of the explorations into unknown territory, the laying of the track and the difficulties involved, and the build-up of the Algoma's rolling stock and fleet of ships." - from dust jacket. Usual library markings. Above-average but not excessive wear. Binding intact. A sound reference copy. Book
Revised edition. Hardback in a protected dust jacket. VG/VG. ISBN 0904230155. 20202. eng
This first volume of a complete pictorial history in colour by the doyen of railway authors, O. S. Nock, splendidly illustrated by Clifford and Wendy Meadway, takes the middle period in railway history at the turn of the century, and includes 192 illustrations in colour. Blue cloth covers with gilt title on spine.
343 pages. Index. Fifty-six plates, eight of which are in colour. Twenty maps. "...Traces the development of train services, locomotive powers, and operational and signalling techniques, as a result of the author's personal explorations from Montreal and Toronto to Labrador City, Sault Ste. Marie, Moosonee, the prairies, the Rockies, Vancouver, and northern B.C." - from dust jacket. Above-average wear. Usual library markings. Front free endpaper removed. A worthy reference copy. Book
Front cover creased. eng
8vo., First Edition, with photographic title-spread and very numerous photographs in the text; original red cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly sunned at backstrip. Ottley 8115.
8vo., First and Sole Edition, with a portrait frontispiece, 49 plates on 30 and numerous illustrations and facsimiles in the text, faint tape marks on free endpapers; cloth, backstrip lettered in red, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Ottley 2441.
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece,plates and maps in the text; green cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, crisp copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter with one small loss at upper edge of front panel. UNCOMMON IN THIS CONDITION. Ottley 5982.
Paris, Albin Michel 1980. Fort et grand in-4 relié toile sous jaquette illustrée de 234 pages. Abondante iconographie. Très bon état.
257 pages. Previous owner's name on front cover.
s.l., Fodor (Hodder & Stoughton), 1977, 374pp., hardcover with dustwrapper
Features: Nice full-page colour ad for Viyella; Canada's Next Boom - Robert Winters' Hydro-Power development at Hamilton Falls, Labrador - by Peter C. Newman; Getting to know wolves on a personal basis, by Farley Mowat; My Colleagues, the Witch Doctors - Dr. Raymond Prince, a Canadian psychiatrist's African journal; The triumph and troubles of Place des Arts; The great communist scare of the Thirties in Canada - a Maclean's flashback; To the Little Red (Canadian) School House; My long search for a cancer serum, by Dr. Gordon Murray; The Social Side of the Cold War, by Mordecai Richler; Journey down the railway that couldn't be built - the Quebec North Shore and Labrador Line; Colour Coke photo ad on back cover features many guys reaching from bus for Cokes from a girl outside. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
50 pages. Features: The U.S. and Us - Part 1 of 4; Colour full-page ad for the 1964 Pontiac Parisienne Sprt Coupe; Why One Hustling American Chose Canada - an interview with Ted Emmert of Hawker Siddeley; Report from the Frontiers of Friendship - Clen and Helen Wooldridge, Ray Dunn, Tom Schatzky, Cathy Thompson, Ozzie Schmidt and Anne Jones are members of Canada's "Peace Corps", CUSO; Can the Trains Come Back? - CN is trying to turn its passenger service into the cushiest way to travel since sedan chairs - article with photos; David Lewis Stein describes how he made $14 in the great penny stock book by working at it full time - with great photo of a Toronto broker's office; Country music is sweeping the cities; Nice colour photo Coke ad on back cover shows young couple at picnic table; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
1 vol. in-8 br., Grandes Encyclopédies Industrielles, Encyclopédie de Mécanique Appliquée, J. B. Baillière, Paris, 1927, 602 pp. Superbe exemplaire en parfait état. Français
183 pages. This story has thrilled and amused readers of many generations and will continue to do so in this beautifully illustrated edition. Book clean and unmarked with light wear. Dust jacket attractive in archival-grade Brodart cover. Very nice copy. Book
8vo., First Edition thus, with illustrated title-spread, 7 coloured plates and numerous monochrome illustrations in the text; pictorial cloth, a near fine copy in publisher's green board slip-case. This edition follows the text of the first book edition of 1906, with minor emendations.
160pp.richement ill., toile rouge, jaq., 29cm., bel état
reliure d’attente, interieur très frais Traité de référence, accompagné de nombreuses annexes et d’un chapitre entier consacré à la question en Algérie.
Parfit, Michael " Canada's highway of Steel" [pp38-RFIT, mICHAELGore, Rick "When ancient Greeks went west" (pp2-37) Book
Another of the author's novels about Malgudi and its people. Described as 'Racy and wonderful' by New York Herald Tribune. 176 pages. Some creasing down spine and light wear at the top. Crease down back cover and lower corner of front cover with some wear to cover edges. Browning to pages.
25 livraisons in-4 br., coll. Les Merveilles de la Science, Ancienne Librairie Furne, Boivin & Cie, Paris, s.d., 388 pp. Etat satisfaisant (couv. jointe très satisfaisant, très petits accrocs). Prix en l'état. Français
Paris, François Xavier de Guibert 1995. In-8 broché, couverture illustrée de 237 pages. Très bon état