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Four copies No marks or inscriptions. Minor creasing, tanning to pages and slightly dusty. 481-575pp. Volume 86 Nos 2141-2144 (May 21 1942, May 28 1942, June 4 1942, June 11 1942) The magazines with articles on making model planes, model cars, model boats, model locomotives and their components, iron founding, lathes, traction engines, metal heat treatment, soldering and more.
Four copies No marks or inscriptions. Minor creasing, tanning to pages and slightly dusty. 577-624 and 1-48pp. Volume 86 Nos 2145-2146 and Volume 87 Nos 2147-2148 (June 18 1942, June 25 1942, July 2 1942, July 9 1942) The magazines with articles on making model planes, model cars, model locomotives, model boats and their components, iron founding, lathes, traction engines, metal heat treatment, soldering and more.
8 pages in blue card covers. A short article intended to preserve the history and statistics of the Wellington Colliery Railway, one of the early narrow-gauge railways which ushered in wide gauge on Vancouver Island before the transcontinental railways reached the shores of the Pacific. The railway was abandoned in 1899, and the locomotives and rails taken to Extension. Today, timber grows on the old grades over which millions of tons of Wellington coal had been hauled." - from pages 3 and 5. Includes copies of 5 black and white photographs which show the first train to Wellington in 1880, the locomotive Columbia, the last coal to be hoisted in the Nanaimo-Wellington district in November 1953, and more. Author was chief inspector of the Railways Branch. Unmarked. Average wear. Some damage to bottom two inches of left margin of page 3. Blue card covers. Book
ca.100 illus. p Hardcover Very good condtion, small taped tear on backstrip
2 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with frontispieces and plates; on japon; cloth (blue/green respectively), backstrips lettered in silver, a near fine set in unclipped dustwrapper. COMPLETE SETS ARE SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Ottley, 12099.
No inscriptions or marks. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean crisp tight copy with bright unmarked laminated boards and no bumping to corners. Small nick to lower edge of ffep. 96pp.
8vo., First Edition, with maps and tables; cloth, a very good, bright, clean copy in the dustwrapper. Detailed and scholarly account by the leading railway historian of his generation. Ottley 13043.
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, small bump to spine foot and no bumping to corners. 49-96pp. Industrial Railway Record No. 203 from December 2010 of the Industrial Railway Society giving the history of these railway locomotives. Very well illustrated with photographs of these work-horses - the Austerity Tanks - of the war and post-war years Scarce.
8vo., First Edition, with illustrated title-spread, and numerous photographs and illustrations in the text; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON TITLE. Ottley, 19187.
4to., First Edition, with numerous photographs in the text; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Already elusive in this condition
8vo., First Edition, with very numerous photographs and diagrams in the text; black cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Ottley, 12304.
144p. illus. Hardcover Very good condition
Oblong 4to., First Edition, with 17 fine drawings on japon, each separated by blank leaf and organised with printed tabs by category; navy faux-morocco cloth lettered in gilt, twin-screw fastening, a very good, bright, clean copy. The Pritchard Binder was intended as a sales aid for representatives and agents canvassing retail outlets. It is unclear how many drawings constituted a full set; the drawings here present are: LMS LOCOS (8 drawings): Class 5 Mixed Traffic Locomotive by Stanier (code M/L/10); 0-6-6-0 Diesel Electric Loco by Ivatt (code M/L/12); Class 7p 4cyl Pacific Express Loco by Stanier (code M/L/14); Class 8 2-8-0 Freight Locomotive by Stanier (code M/L/16); Class OF Diesel-Electric Shunter by Armstrong-Whitworth (code: M/L/19); Class 4p 2-6-4 Passenger Tank by Stanier (code M/L/21); Class 2 Intermediate Passenger 4-4-0 by Fowler (code M/L/25); Class 4 0-6-0 Standard Goods by Fowler (code M/L/26). LMS TENDERS: (2 drawings): Standard 4000 Gallon Tender (code M/TE/20); 3500 Gallon Tender (code M/TE/21). LNER LOCOS (1 drawing): 0-6-2 Suburban Passenger Tank Loco by Gresley (code NE/L/47). GWR LOCOS (1 drawing): 0-6-0 Pannier Tank 5700 Class (code W/L/17). WAGONS (5 drawings): Fuel Oil Tank Wagon by Shell-Mex and Anglo-Persian Oil (code G/112); 4 Wheel Steel Container Truck & 6 Wheel Steel Truck (Vehicle Carrier) (code G/114); 40 Ton Hopper Ballast Wagon & 10 Ton Box Van (code G/117); 50 Ton Sulphate Wagon & 25 Ton Covered Van (code G/126); Covered All Metal Bogie Van 'Mink F' & All Metal Bogie Coal Wagon (code G/128). A further 4 drawings, not by Roche and unconnected with the set, are loosely inserted. SCARCE ALBEIT INCOMPLETE.
8vo., First Edition, with plates (one in colour) and patterned endpapers, half-title and title lightly browned; maroon cloth, gilt back, upper hinge tender (but binding entirely sound), a bright, clean copy. UNCOMMON IN THIS CONDITION. Ottley 3973.
8vo., First Edition, with photographic title-spread and numerous photographs in the text; red cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Ottley 8106.
No marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean crisp very tight copy with bright unmarked red cloth boards, slight rubbing to upper corner of front end paper and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with slight creasing to edges and traces of storage. 183pp. A detailed study of fourteen preserved railways in the UK - how each originated, where they are, how they are organised, what they cost, where the funding comes from and in particular the organizations behind each of them.
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, and numerous photographs and diagrams in the text; maroon cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
108 pages. Features: Nice color Nash car ad inside front cover; Fiberglas ad shows military water tank in Pacific war theatre; Nice photo ad for the National Dairy Products Corp. features sailors doing laundry in South Pacific; United States Rubber ad features tractor tires from 1941 and tank tires from 1945; Uncommon E.H. Scott Radio ad features photo of E.H. Scott; Nice one-page two-color ad for Baldwin diesel locomotives; AiResearch ad features photo of Eddie Rickenbacker; Nice photo ad for Bristol Brass of Bristol, CT features snarly executive; Japs Lose Hope - Nazis Hide Away - Major war coverage; Amazing photos of Third Army rolling two columns along an autobahn while a massive column of prisoners marches the other way; Down Together - Wehrmacht and People; Photos of emaciated US POWs from near Limburg; Nazis killed Vienna's Spirit - Now they doom its beauty to ruin; Sea Blockade by Air - The Modern Way; Nice one-page color ad for Borden's features Elsie the Cow; Dodge Truck ad features nice photo of milkman; Veterans' Administration Under Fire - Hospitals said to be mismanaged; The Crumbling Reich; Nice one-page color ad for Johnson's Wax features photo of Fibber McGee and Molly; Ann Mealer of the Army Nurse Corps; Hunger in Manila; Photo of Billy Hamilton of Brooklyn who is the champion paper collector of his neighborhood; Really nice one-page ad for New York Central shows many jobs/services provided on their passenger trains; Futuristic lawn mower on one-page ad for Bohn; 1941 photo of Japan's Matsuoka signing neutrality pact with Stalin and many others; Lost battles and slap from Moscow shake props of Jap ruling clique; While Holland Starves; Nice color-photo Kokak ad; Photo of L/Cpl. James Howe and his mother Pvt. Minnie Howe of Collingwood, Ontario; Great one-page photo ad for Speed Nuts shows B-29 over Tokyo; Battle against Pellagra in Deep South; Photo of Babe Ruth as wrestling referee; Nice one-page two-color ad encourages people to move to Seattle; A planned economy for Germany; and more. Average wear. A worthy vintage copy. Book
No marks or inscriptions to contents. Tiny crease to lower corner of front cover, none to rear or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with unmarked boards, no bumping to corners and traces of storage. Price corner on half-title page not clipped. 72pp. A fascinating collection of railway facts and anecdotes.
Features: 40,000 People Visit New Oregon-Washington Passenger Terminal - Over two pages of informative content including illustration of the new Seattle passenger terminal of the O.W. R. & N. Co. on opening day, May 20, 1911; C.M. & P.S. Ry. Co. Inaugurates Through Passenger Service; Former Seattle Mayor Robert Moran sees the Panama Canal causing trouble ahead for Seattle unless a change in system is effected; Professional biography of E.J. Pearson who, for the past five years, was chief engineer of the Chicago, Milwaukee & Puget Sound (with photo of Mr. Pearson); The Lumber Trade and the Railways; "Railophone" tests in England allow phone calls from one moving train to another; Canadian Pacific to burn Oil; Government Must Act Now on Alaska Coal Cases! - major article; Description of the Pace Oil Engine - including photo; Influence of the Panama Canal on the World's Commerce; Death of Capt. Franz S. Moore - brief article and photo of "one of the best known, most experienced and skillful navigators on the North Pacific"; Review of Marine Insurance and Shipping Law; Description of the largest-ever Air Reversing Propeller designed by L.H. Coolidge of Seattle for the barkentine Archer - article with photo; News of Tacoma; Prospects Are Promising for the Bering Sea Season; Casualties to Pacific Coast Shipping; and more. 44 pages including several pages of nostalgic ads, some illustrated in black and white, featuring local marine and rail interests. Printed upon glossy coated stock. Average wear. Binding intact. Few library markings to front cover. A well-preserved copy of this highly-informative memento of Pacific Northwest transportation over a century ago. 12" x 9". Magazine
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with photographic title and numerous photographs (the majority full-page); original pictorial boards, covers lightly age-soiled else a very good, clean copy. Ottley 3037.
Inscription on front end paper. No other marks. A very clean very tight copy with unmarked maroon cloth boards, slight foxing to page edges and minor bumping to lower corners. Dust jacket price clipped but not marked or torn with some creasing and minor indenting. 156pp. A series of coloured image with very detailed descriptions of locomotives, rolling stock and some architecture from the early days of railways.
No marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and minor bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with slight rubbing to corners and traces of storage. 136pp.
1st Pan edition. VG pbk. ISBN 033002681X. 20478. eng
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and plates; black cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Ottley, 8128.
