Turner, Robert D; David S. WilkieMareMagnum
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Book is in excellent condition with no flaws; sharp corners, as new. Text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Dust jacket shows light edge wear, no tears. 296 pages with a very large number of full page b&w photos, maps, line drawings, ads, ledgers, etc. Previous owner's name inked out on front end paper. 8 5/8"w x 11 1/4"h. Full maroon cloth boards.
302, [2] pp. Oblong 28 x 23cm. A project of the British Columbia Railway Historical Association. "In 1905 the Canadian Pacific Railway bought Vancouver Island's Esquimalt & Nanaimo Railway from James Dunsmuir, the Island's coal baron. A new era began in the railway's history. The E&N quickly evolved from an isolated local enterprise to a prosperous part of the CPR system. Includes nearly 500 select photographs, maps and illustrations, detailed appendices, references and index." - front flap. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Appears unread. A superb copy of this exceptional history. Book
290 pages. "The dramatic story of the Canadian Pacific's Empresses on the trans-Pacific service, from record-breaking runs and multi-million-dollar silk cargoes to typhoons and war service." - from dust jacket. Contains over 400 illustrations, photographs, maps, timetables and scale drawings, together with detailed text, fleet lists, bibliography and index. Map endpapers. Colour frontis. Book clean, bright and unmarked with minimal wear. Light wear to dust jacket which bears closed two-inch tear at bottom of back panel and is now preserved in a glossy new archival-grade Brodart cover. Very nice copy of this handsome reference. Book
280 pages. Index. Bibliography. Archival black and white photos abound, plus several in colour. Includes maps, timetables and scale drawings. "This is the dramatic story of the CPR's British Columbia sternwheelers and steam tugs through the races, boiling rapids, moonlit cruises, and gold rushes to their passing." - from dust jacket. Light wear to clean and unmarked book. Average wear and closed tears to back panel of dust jacket which is now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart cover. Sound copy of this wonderful piece of B.C. history. Book
251 pages. Index. Bibliography. Appendices. Over 280 black and white illustrations, photographs, maps, timetables, reproductions and scale drawings. "The steamships played a formative role in the development of the north Pacific coast of North America and the CPR's Princesses will have a long place in its history. This is their story, told candidly but with affection." - from dust jacket. Average wear. Usual library markings. A sound copy. Book
Library book tape on top and bottom of spine. 8 3/4"w x 11 1/4"h. 104 pages. Many b&w photos.
8vo., First Edition, with numerous plates, and plans in the text; cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Ottley, 16749.
Collection " Encyclopédies " . En chemin de fer , sur routes , maritimes , aériens, en commun , les transports sont un phénomène de civilisation . Leurs histoire et évolutions au fil de ses pages . 32 hors-texte en couleurs et 1000 illustrations en noir et blanc . Index en fin d'ouvrage , très complet . - 496 p. , 1 Kg 200
Collection " Encyclopédies " . En chemin de fer , sur routes , maritimes , aériens, en commun , les transports sont un phénomène de civilisation . Leurs histoire et évolutions au fil de ses pages . 32 hors-texte en couleurs et 1000 illustrations en noir et blanc . Index en fin d'ouvrage , très complet . - 496 p. , 1 Kg 200
VG/VG near fine. not price-clipped. no inscriptions. 4to. large format photo album showing many aspects of the Midland Railway Company's operations - locos, carriages, wagons, stations, accidents, signalling and more. signed to ffaps by both authors. collectable.
264 pages. Reprint of the 1915 first edition. All twenty-nine full-page black and white plates present. Lacking both maps. "The purpose of this book is chiefly to tell of the country along the Hudson Bay Railway now under construction, of Hudson Bay, the Mediterranean Sea of North America, and of the resources to be found in Manitoba's new territory, including the great inland sea on which it border." - from Preface. Heavy wear to reddish-brown cloth library binding. Former library copy with usual markings. No dust jacket. A worthy reading copy. Book
Ce livre détaille le chemin accompli dans la recherche du train à grande vitesse , TGV et l'automatisation du suivi des trains en temps réel , ASTREE . Illustré de nombreuses photographies en couleurs des trains et autres matériels . - 146 p. , 1 kg 300 gr .
in-8 broché. Bel exemplaire. [CA33-2]
This is a "Union list of printed books and pamphlets, including state and federal documents, dealing with charters, by-laws, legislative acts, speeches, debates, land grants, officers' and engineers' reports, travel guides, maps, etc." This is a signed presentation copy from the author to the "Grand Lodge Masonic Library in the State of New York". It has the Masonic Lodges' bookplate on the inside front cover. The library has deaccessioned it and stamped it so several times, also with the Lodge's blindstamp on the lower corner of the title-page, and a few librarian's catalogue numbers unobtrusively placed. Short introduction, 41 page index. This is a very good softcover copy with some cover soil evenly faded into the tan stiff paper covers. Spine has a short tape-repair to the top, small chip to top front cover corner. Inside clean. 10" high X 7" wide, 250 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
473 p. + Portrait Frontis. Numerous Illustrations. 8vo. Original publisher's cloth binding, slightly spotted. Second edition revised. A nice copy of a very important and useful book on American Railroads. PA 27.
4to., First Edition, with a frontispiece and very numerous photographs (a number full-page) in the text; brown cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy the dustwrapper. Fascinating study of the railway as an element in the development and well-being of rural life. Ottley, 11378.
32p. 8vo. Original printed wraps. Excellent copy. Includes: REAL ESTATE AUCTION; STOCK AUCTION; PHILADELPHIA EXCHANGE; SHARES; SCHUYLKILL NAVIGATION COMPANY; PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD; KENSINGTON NATIONAL BANK; JAY COOKE DEPOSIT; MANSIONS; DWELLINGS; COTTAGES; STORES; WAREHOUSE; LOTS. Scarce. PA PAMPH 19_15 BX1
Paris H. Dunod et Pinat 1909, In-8 relié cuir éditeur bordeaux, 564 pages. Couverture un peu frottée, bon exemplaire.
143pp. 28 cm. Hardcover Very good condition good
480pp. 25 cm. Hardcover Very good condition good
353 p. Hardcover Very good condition good
404 p. Hardcover Very good condition fair d.j.
8vo., First Edition thus, with frontispiece, 24 pages of photographs and maps; pictorial boards, black cloth back lettered in yellow and red, a near fine copy in publisher's board slip-case.
No marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn and slight traces of storage. 94pp. Well illustrated.
No marks or inscriptions to contents. Crease to rear cover. A very clean very tight copy with bright boards, small label removal mark to front, minor traces of foxing and no bumping to corners. 48pp. Hornby Railway catalogue celerating 150 years of railways in the UK.
