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xxiv, 129-194 pages. Features: Heroes of the Tractor Trails (with cover illustration) - photo-illustrated article on the men who blaze tractor trails across the frozen north to supply mines and the military; Full Ahead to Destruction - a ten million dollar smuggling operation in the Mediterranean - article with photos; Red Eyes of Evil - hunting a 15' crocodile on the Zambezi; The Temple of Snakes - five white men filming a documentary amongst the savage Arusi tribesmen find trouble; Murderers in my Kitchen - the author's two jungle workers were convicted murderers; Trapped in a Floating Tomb - an astonishing sea story from off the Prussian coast involving the "Aurora"; Tooth for a Tooth - a Scotish flyer creates trouble in the city of Kandy on Ceylon when he violates a sacred shrine; Squeeze to Freedom - the amazing escape of a British P.O.W. from a German train in WWII; Caught in a Whirlpool in the Vialala river in Eastern Papua - article with photos; Sports Day with the Veiled Warriors - the Oulliminden Tuaregs of the French Sudan - article with photos; Jungle Guinea Pigs - Sgt. Ken McConnell's Auster crashed in Malaya - his nightmare trip to safety; and more. Bit of pencil writing on front cover. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Book
In 8, pp. 21 + (3). La carta del front. e' tagliata al margine superiore e inferiore. Br. rifatta con carta d'epoca.
PARIS, Plon - 1870 - In-1é Reliure, dos cuir, filets d'or, titre doré -Frontispice de l'auteur - Orné de vignettes par "les premiers Artistes" - 298 pages - Publicité en fin d'ouvrage -Très propre.
16 pages. Illustrated in colour. Oblong 11" x 8.5". Undated but appears to be circa 1925. Samples of contents: By east coast route to the north; The L.N.E.R. "Flying Scotsman" leaves Kings Cross; The L.M.S. express in the lake district of Westmorland; etc. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this nostalgic work. Book
342 pages. Signed and generically inscribed by author atop first blank leaf. Some black and white illustrations. The twenty chapters include such titles as: 'Workin' on the Railroad', The Transcontinental, Auction Sale!, Pioneering, We Become a Town, Fire!, The Settlers, Elephants Clear the Land, July 29/1916, Aftermath, The Road Back, Typhoid!, and more. Above-average wear. Binding intact. Minor lean to spine. A worthy copy of this vintage history. Book
Paris Ecole Spéciale des Travaux Publics 1911, 3 volumes In-8 brochés + fascicule d'annexes et d'errata et compléments à l'étude des moteurs de traction à courant continu. Très bon état.
346pp., Rotterdam, Ad.Donker, 1976, gecart.band met stofwikkel
Enfield, Guinness Superlatives Limited, 1971, 255pp.(richly ill.), hardcover with dustwrapper
8vo., First Edition, with 4 coloured plates, numerous illustrations in the text and 2 large folding plans on japon (one poorly folded), neat signatures on endpapers; original dark green buckram, upper board with Company arms blocked in blind, gilt back, edges lightly dust-marked else a very good, bright, clean copy. With printed list of errata mounted facing Contents. The work includes histories of constuent companies. Ottley 7320.
Sm. 8vo., Thirty-Eighth Thousand, with a frontispiece and plates; some light age-soiling, neat contemporary inscription on frontispiece recto; original red cloth, upper board with blind frame border enclosing gilt vignette, gilt back, neatly recased with new endpapers to style, a very good, bright, firm copy. With 2pp publisher's catalogue at end. Marsh's collection of topical homilies had its inception in 1853, when she went among the large contingent of railway navvies assembled in Beckenham and environs to rebuild the Crystal Place at Sydenham following the Great Exhibition of 1851. A number of the later pieces refer to the Crimean War and other contemporary events. Chalmers was sometime Rector of Beckenham. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
Figures 286 à 317, 1 vol. in-8 cartonnage éditeur, Bibliothèque des Actualités Industrielles, Librairie Bernard Tignol, Paris, s.d. [circa 1906-1913 ], 128-40 pp. Etat très satisfaisant (couv. un peu frottée, petit accroc en garde, bon état par ailleurs) Français
Exemplaire ayant appartenu à Pierre Guy, historien du chemin de fer d'Epernay.
1 brochure in-8, Imprimerie du Salut Public, 1880, 38 pp. Etat satisfaisant (accroc avec petits mq. en coin) Français
Ouvrage conçu et mis en place par Georges Bernage, 1 vol. in-4 cartonnage éditeur sous jaquette illustrée, Editions Heimdal, 1994, 382 pp. Bon état Français
1 vol. in-8 cartonnage éditeur sous jaquette illustrée, Editions Revue du Rail, Aigle, 1983, 144 pp. Bel exemplaire en parfait état. Français
Sm. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs toned in sepia and full-page maps in the text; pictorial limp boards, radial corners, patterned endpapers, a very good, bright, clean copy.
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.
188 pages including black and white illustrations. Highlights of the 30 stories include: Devon III in Rose Bay, Trawler Gulf Gull, Chignecto Ship Railway, Iona Gypson Company, Bryden's Mill, Harvest Excursion, The Highlands, and Buck & Jim Murder. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Decent copy. Book
143 pages. References. Black and white archival photos. Map endpapers. Signed by author upon half-title page. "Today, little remains of this almost forgotten railway. The author has hiked its abandoned railbed, and indeed is as familiar with the railway as possible." - from dust jacket, which bears above-average wear and is now preserved in mylar. Light wear to book which remains clean, tight and square. Prior owner's name atop half-title page. An engaging reference. Book
VG/VG . Unclipped. Delightful book which charts the famous Somerset and Dorset railway line before its closure. The book returns two decades after closure to record what is left. Quarto pp265
6 vol. in-4 br., Service de la Voie et des Bâtiments ( SNCF ), 1957-1960, 97-5-9 pp. et nombreuses très grandes planches dépliantes, 144, 81, 50, 82, 19 pp. et planches. Liste complète des titres : Ecole de Paris. Formation des Chefs de District. Réparation des Ouvrages d'Art. Utilisation des Tabliers auxiliaires (octobre 1960) - Pratique des Travaux (Juillet 1960) - Alimentation d'Eau (Février 1959) - Incendie (Février 1959) - Incendie (Septembre 1960) - Equipement des Voies pour la Traction Electrique. Lignes de contact aériennes à 1500 volts (Janvier 1957) Bon ensemble, peu courant. Prix du lot. Français
6 vol. in-4 br., Service de la Voie et des Bâtiments, 1946-1948, 109, 111, 73, 43, 135, 44 pp. Liste des titres : SNCF : Ecole de Limoges. Formation des Piqueurs pour les fonctions de chef de district. Ouvrages d'Art (novembre 1946) - Topographie (janvier 1948) - Engins de Gare - Le matériel fixe de la Voie. Les Rails (septembre 1946) - Le matériel fixe de la voie. Les Bois (janvier 1947) - Téléphonie (septembre 1946) Bon ensemble (mouill. dans le dernier titre, bon état par ailleurs) peu courant. Prix du lot. Français
128 pages. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Illustrated. Some colour plates. These practical fantasies are the perfect place to fulfill your fascination with trains! Very nice copy. Book
Broché. 345 pages.
319 p. illus., fold. map. 24 cm. Hardcover Very good condition Purchased by the Railroadians of America and presented to each member
