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1st edition. Hardback in dustjacket. VG/VG. ISBN 0902888250. Previous owner's inscription on the front endpaper. 14395. eng
Fontaine des Arts 2000, In-8 oblong, relié cartonnage éditeur sous jaquette illustrée. 65 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
CDDP, 1996. In-8 broché de 192 pages. Très bon état
Paris, Dunod, 1901. Très fort In-12 reliure éditeur plein cuir bordeaux. VIII + 704 pages. Figures. Bon état.
36 pages, illustrated. eng
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
1 vol. grand in-4 cartonnage éditeur, Editions Loco-Revue, Montchauvet, 1947, 39 pp. et 100 planches hors texte Envoi de l'auteur. Bon état. Français
1 vol. grand in-8 cartonnage éditeur oblong sous jaquette illustrée, Editions Loco-Revue, Montchauvet, 1947, 39 pp. et 100 planches hors texte avec errata volant Bon état (petits accrocs à la jaquette, bon état par ailleurs) Français
Broché. 144 pages. 21,5x28cm.
1 plaquette in-12 br. de 8 pp., une photo noir et blanc, Imprimerie Garcia frères, Anglet Etat très satisfaisant. Peu courant. Concernant cette collection, cf. également le catalogue de vente aux enchères, par la Me Osenat, à Fontainebleau, en juin 1982. Français
Previous owner's name/address inside front cover. No other marks. A very clean very tight copy with unmarked black cloth boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped, marked or torn with slight creasing to top of spine and traces of storage. 96pp. These photos show as many types as possible of the range of trams which operated in Britain and Eire in the third quarter of the twentieth century.
Brand new book in excellent condition in every respect. Many b&w photos, maps, appears unread, very tight binding. 60 pages.
8vo., Fifth Impression; red cloth, backstrip lettered in white, red endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Published in the same year as the first edition. Flanagan's harrowing novel set against the horrors of the Burma Railway was awarded the M an Booker Prize for 2014. First published in Australia in 2013.