Green, William; Swanborough, GordonMareMagnum
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No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 192pp. Statistics, silhouettes and coloured photographs of the world's airliners.
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 10 3/4"w x 8 3/8"h. 168 pages. Many b&w illustrations and photographs.
Features: Clean and unmarked with light wear. The life story of Finlay Booth; I think Earp took Johnny Ringo; Sanders of Turkey Creek; Secret Coves and Lost Worlds; A Mighty Good Railroad Town; McGonagill Pays Off; Black Robes and Circuit Riders; Hell! Dodge City ain't in the the United States!; Tom Fuller for Breakfast and three to a bed; Eleven limbs for eleven killers; and more. Nice copy. Magazine
Features: Chasing the greatest Bandido of all, Pancho Villa; Oats and green pastures for the rest of your life - outrunning the Indians; The impossible treasures of Palo Alto and Resaca de la Palma; Railroad towns were tough - Piedmont,Wyoming; The Test - a trader's first confrontation with the Indians; Gambling in early day Montana; Train ticket west; Ride easy kid, the road's rough - sage advice from a man who should know; Prison Delivery - Emmett Dalton - complete pamphlet in this issue, plus related story The Penal Press and 'The Clock'; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Magazine
Features: Belling the Lead Steer; A Color-Blind Island; Kidnapped!; The Battle of the Mining Camps; J.B. Okie of Lost Cabin; Bear Island's Mysterious Gold; The Chinese Woman of the Nineties; A Downright Crooked Railroad; Little Bighorn Monument; A Lively Week at Tubac; Cattle Trails of the Old West; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
256 pages. Fascinating history of the Port Perry area, originally written in 1913. Chapters include such titles as: clearing the land; fashions; Home life of that day; The cost of living; Hotels and Whiskey; The coming of the railway; Mills and Milling; and many more. Gift greetings upon front endpaper else unmarked. Light to moderate wear. Solid copy in green cloth boards. Book
1 vol. in-4 oblong cartonnage éditeur sous jaquette illustrée, Hong Kong SAR China, Yvon Choi, 2009, 161 pp. Bon état. Good copy. Anglais
8vo., First Edition, with plates; black cloth, gilt back, green endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
8vo., First Edition thus, with plates; terracotta cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Published a year after the US edition.
Fuller title: OUR NEW WEST. Records of Travel between The Mississippi River and the Pacific Ocean. Over the Plains-Over the Mountains-Through the Great Interior Basin-Over the Sierra Nevadas-To and Up and Down the Pacific Coast. With Details of the Wonderful Natural Scenery, Agriculture, Mines, Business, Social Life, Progress, and Prospects of Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, California, Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia;and Of the Life of the Mormons, Indians, and Chinese. Published by Subscription Only. 524 p. Illustrated with 14 plates including Frontis engraving and map. Offsetting from frontis onto title page. Age stained. Lacks rear fly leaves. Large 8vo. 225 mm. Original full cloth binding. Spine, corners worn with loss. Hardbound. Good. W7
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
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
265 pages. Index. Black and white photographic plates. Black and white reproductions of photos. Map front endpaper. A very readable history of this storied British Columbia railway. Prior owner's stamp upon front free endpaper otherwise unmarked. Binding intact. Lacking the dust jacket. A sound copy. Edwards & Lort 2949. Book
1 vol. in-4 oblong sous reliure mobile éditeur, s.d. [ circa 1938 ? ] Bon état pour cet exemplaire bien complet de l'intégralité de ses diagrammes. Peu commun. Français
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
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
np. Illustrated with numerous drawings and a map. Small quarto. Original pictorial wraps, slightly soiled. Very good copy. TRAVEL/3
Book is in excellent condition with pictorial boards. Book shows no wear. 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 only, no tears, now wrapped in protective clear cover. Previous owner's name or sticker in front section of the book. Book is oriented toward children with occasional two-color drawigns, maps. 117 pages.
Folded leaflet, illustrated. eng
24 pages. Contents: Spring 'Lambs' in Immense Number Flock to Wall Street to be Slaughtered; Insurance and Industrial Magnates Fatten - Unashamed, on lifeblood of people; Government declares war on racketeers and all lawless elements in general; 1933 Pulitzer Awards; Chief Provisions of Sweeping Farm Relief - Farm Mortgage - Inflation Bill; Foreign News - Japan to ask for US recognition of Manchukuo; Control of Chinese Eastern Railway Causes Tension; Photo of Dr. T.V. Soong, Chinese Minister of Defense, and a Harvard grad; Full text of President Roosevelt's radio address to the nation; Illustration of Senator Fred H. Brown of New Hampshire; Illustration of Mrs. Cordell Hull; Science; Broadcasting; "Sunken Dollars' - a real old-time thriller story of the sea - with a guaranteed love interest (to be continued); and more. Average wear. Yellowed with age. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
Illustrated, includes map and timetable for Hope Valley train services from 14 May 1979 to 11 May 1980. eng
over 200 pages, illustrated, tables. eng
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, contemporary signature on front wrapper; original printed wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a very good, clean copy.
Roy. 8vo., First Edition; original printed wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a very good, clean copy.
Presses Bretonnes/association des chemins de fer des Côtes-du-Nord - 2001 - In-4 - broché - couverture souple illustrée - importante iconographie - 1752 pages - bon exemplaire - envoi rapide et soigné Présentation: Il a abandonné le rail en 1956 mais continue à faire rêver des dizaines de passionnés, nostalgiques de son charme si particulier. Le petit train des Côtes-du-Nord n'est plus... Mais de son lent cheminement à travers la campagne, subsistent des vestiges architecturaux du plus bel acabit. Jean-Loïc Heurtier, 28 ans, en retrace l'existence dans un précieux ouvrage à placer dans tous les sacs de randonnée.
