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Feltham, Hallyn, 1968, 591pp.(nicely ill.), linen cover with dustwrapper
8vo, 591 pages, illustrated throughout. Dust jacket is price clipped. eng
Trace of foxing to page edges. No inscriptions or marks. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Price clipped dust jacket not marked, torn or creased with very minor traces of handling. 183pp. In an entertaining yet authoritative manner, the author traces the evolution over 110 years of the royal train from the first enthusiastic sampling by Queen Victoria through all the advanced features which later made it onto our standard passenger stock. Includes some foreign examples.
8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs in the text; original printed wrappers, wire-sticthed as issued, a near fine copy. Ottley, 2749
4to., First Edition, with illustrated title-spread, very numerous coloured and monochrome photographs and facsimiles in the text, and pictorial endpapers; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Ottley 10374.
8vo., First Edition, with a coloured frontispiece, and 24 monochrome illustrations on 14 and a full-page map in the text, signature and inscription on front free endpaper; cloth, gilt back, a good, sound copy. Second and final volume of the author's indispensable history. The first volume (covering the years 1830-1876) was published in 1954. Ottlery, 138.
8vo., First Edition, with a coloured frontispiece, and 24 monochrome illustration on 14 and a full-page map in the text, neat ownership stamp on front paste-down; cloth, gilt back, a trifle shaken else a good, sound copy in the dustwrapper, the latter frayed at extremities. With a bookplate, and relevant cuttings pasted to front paste-down. The second and final volume of the author's indispensable history. The first volume (covering the years 1830-1876) was published in 1954. Ottley 138.
Signed and inscribed by author upon title page. xii, 319 pages. Bibliography, index, references, maps, black and white reproductions of archival photos, map endpapers. "The first publication to detail the history of the Shire of Mundaring, Australia. Traces the progress of the area from the time of the earliest European sightings of the hills through to the residential expansions of the 1950s and '60s. Book clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Light wear to dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. A high-quality copy of this very informative work. Book
56 pages. Maps and Routes. Roster of Cars. Numerous black and white reproductions of wonderful archival photos. Chapters include: The Early Years, Keyport and Matawan Street Railway/Railroad; Age of Expansion; Construction Years - Matawan to Freneau, Keyport to Red Bank, Campbell's Junction to the Highlands, Keyport to Perth Amboy, Minor Spurs; American Railway Years; Some reminiscences of Campbell's Junction. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A nice copy. Book
New New English Original bdg. Dust wrapper. Oblong 4to. (27 x 27 cm). In Turkish. 313 p., color and b/w ills. Hayalden gerçege bir Istanbul öyküsü: Marmaray. Story of Marmaray project.
120 pages, illustrated, index. eng
Timetables, route map, (Train Times ; 7). eng
72 pages, illustrated, route maps. eng
86 pages, illustrated, maps. eng
First and only edition of this account of a journey by train through Belgium, Hollande, Switzerland, Germany, Austria, Hungary, Bohemia, France, and England. Printed on fine Dutch laid paper. 8vo. Beautifully bound in recent quarter leather and decorated boards. FINE AND BRIGHT. Rare.
SNCF sans date (vers 1950 ?). Réf. Duverne W.9.2.0043-1/69. SNCF SY 0.001.6191. Une affiche polychrome de dimensions 40x30 cm, représentant deux personnages soulevant une charge. Bel état de fraîcheur. Voir la photo
Cartonnage de l'éditeur. 34 pages.
PARIS, Vve Agasse - 1836 - In-8 - Broché - 79 pages - Ex. non coupé - Propre - PARIS, Vve Agasse - 1836 - In-8 - Broché - 31 pages - Ex. non coupé - Propre - 2 Plaquettes Louis Prosper Ernest Duvergier de Hauranne, Paris, 7 mars 1843, Trouville-sur-Mer, 16 août 1877 - Journaliste, auteur de récits de voyages et homme politique français - Député du Cher à l’Assemblée nationale (1871-1877), Se déclara en faveur de la République, combat l’Ordre moral, représente l’arrondissement de Sancerre (1876) et est l’un des 363 députés qui se prononcèrent contre le cabinet de Broglie.
8vo., Second Impression, with double-page map in the text; green cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, top lightly spotted, a very good, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter neatly repaired on inner surface. First-hand account of the building of the Burma-Siam railway. Published in the same year as the first edition. ALL PRINTINGS ARE SCARCE. Enser, p.423; Graham and Cole M25.
Montpellier Boehm 1956, In-4 broché, 36 pages. Bien complet du grand PLAN GENERAL DU TRACE dépliant avec plusieurs coupes et profils. Trés bon état. Trés rare.
1 vol. in-12 cartonnage bradel avec couvertures d'origine rapportées en plats, Eugène Landoy, Bruxelles, 1844-1845, 302 pp. avec 7 cartes dépliantes et 19 planches hors texte (y compris frontispice et titre gravé) Etat satisfaisant (reliure fort. frottée avec petits mq., rouss.) pour cet exemplaire de "l'édition royale" Français
Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: How I Saved My Husband From Execution - Mr. Yaro Galvon had been condemned to be shot by the Mexican Government; An Unknown Switzerland - Canada's Unknown Alpine Wonderland - The Canadian Rockies; Across the Atlantic in a Tug - Captain J.W. Penberthy spent 2.5 months taking a tug from Argentina to England; A Flying Man in South America - Part I - John G. Barron imported a monoplane to South America and spent 2.5 years their giving exhibition flights, often to people who had never seen an airplane - article with great photos; The Third Attempt - How I Escaped From Germany - Corporal John Southern explains how he succeeded on his third attempt; Seaman Blake Discovers Coney Island - an exciting day for two unsophisticated bluejackets of the Royal Navy; The Dogs of War - All abou the "Four-Footed" Soldiers of France, with nice photos; Round Labrador and Hudson Bay - Part II - E.W. Hawkes travelled 3,000 miles in Labrador and Hudson Bay, gaining a vivid impression of its lonely trading ports and mission stations, and the curious manners and customs of the Eskimos - article with photos; "Back to the Land" - city-worker Frank Hemstreet decides to try his luck as an extra hand on a farm during harvest near Vanguard, Saskatchewan; "Red Rube" - an account of the lurid career of one of the most daring and successful train robbers to plague American railroad and express companies; The Saving of Paris - how the wit of a humble woodman's widow led to the preservation of the Western Railway of France in the early days of WWI; "What Happened to Glenholme" - a merchant ship is sunk by a German U-boat in the Mediterranean; and more. pp. 4 [ads], [2], 483-572, [16] ads. Covers detached as one but present. Unmarked with moderate wear. A quality vintage copy. Book
Roy. 8vo., First UK Edition, with a frontispiece and very numerous plates, wanting front free endpaper; original black cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Th first British edition of one of the most impressive secret war diaries to emerge from the Far Eastern theatre. An intensely moving testament by a wonderful soldier, surgeon and captive. First published in Australia in the previous year.
98 pages. Articles: Out of This World - the great telescope on Palomar; Fashion High Command - how experts choose clothes to suit most American women; Can We Guarantee a Free Europe?; Two-Party Gal - Mrs. Perle Mesta; The Secret Papers of Harry L. Hopkins (part 3) - The Common-law Marriage - his visit to Churchill in 1941; Saint-Lo Fights another Battle - much of the town still in rubble after Normandy invasion; Block that Toothache! - good news for those who don't like the dentist's drill. Fiction: The Bramble Bush (part 1 of 5); Dear Miss Phillips; Once to Every Woman; Shadow of Fu Manchu (conclusion); Important to a Man; It All Came Out. Ads include: Nash cars; Vitalis (with photo of Bobby Riggs); Borden's products - featuring Elsie the Cow; 'Jeep' Station Wagon; International School buses - rare ad!; Fisher Body; Douglas Shoes; Mercury cars (lovely 2-pages); DeSoto cars; Columbia bikes; Cory coffee-maker; Kodak; Santa Fe Railroad; Schlitz; Chrysler centerfold (puppy theme); Hamiliton watches; Jayson shirts; GM Electro-motive division; Kaiser Frazer; Fruit of the Loom; Chesterfield cigarettes (back cover) - featuring Alan Ladd. Unmarked with average wear. A nice vintage copy. Book