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8vo., First Edition, with plates and illustrations in the text; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped, lightly browned dustwrapper.
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with some sunning. 149pp. This book covers the whole range of Great Central, North Eastern and Great Eastern 4-6-0s as well as the classes built by the LNER after 1923. Welll illustrated including locomotive diagrams.
8vo., First Edition, with coloured frontispiece, title-vignette and numerous photographs and diagrams (a number full-page) in the text; maroon cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Ottley, 12205.
4to., First Edition, with very numerous fine photographs (the majority full-page) in the text, free endpapers lightly browned; original decorative grey cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in brown, backstrip mildly spotted else a very good, bright, clean copy. Published in The Studio's series 'The New Vision' and subtitled 'The Locomotive (its Esthetics)' Raymond Loewy's masterpiece collects the finest 'art' images of locomotives from around the world arranged by theme. Very scarce, especially in this condition. Ottley, 3040.
4to., First Edition, with very numerous fine photographs (the majority full-page) in the text, free endpapers lightly browned; handsomely bound in twentieth-century full maroon crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, gilt back, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, ribbon marker, original decorative cloth from upper board and backstrip mounted on new leaves at front, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. Published in The Studio's series 'The New Vision' and subtitled 'The Locomotive (its Esthetics)' Raymond Loewy's masterpiece collects the finest 'art' images of locomotives from around the world arranged by theme. VERY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION. Ottley, 3040.
Book in new condition with very minor traces of storage. 64pp. A study of James Cudworth's locomotives which ran for thirty-one years on England's South Eastern Railway which he joined as Locomotive Superintendant in 1845. Well illustrated with detailed drawings and a few photographs of these engines. Undated ca 1990s.
4to., First Edition, with photographic title-spread, and numerous coloured and monochrome photographs throughout; pictorial boards, a fine copy. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON HALF-TITLE. SIGNED COPIES ARE SCARCE.
8vo., First Edition, with coloured frontispiece, title-vignette and numerous photographs (a number full-page) in the text; maroon cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Ottley, 12365.
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.
8vo., First Edition, with photographs and maps; original pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy. Ottley, 12256.
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, very minor rubbing to spine ends and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket price clipped but not marked or torn or creased withy light indenting to front and rear and with minor rubbing to upper edge. 591pp. An extensive very well illustrated study of world-wide railways from the first Babylonian ones to the 160mph Tokaido Line trains.
Covers show light wear only Text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind with no blemishes. Heavily photo illustrated in B&W, mechanical drawings, electrical diagrams, tables, charts. 147 pages, large format. Contents include Work of early pioneer and inventors, Locomotivs developed between 1880 and 1910, Locomotives for main lines built between 1910 & 1935, Main line electrifications after 1935, Development of the electric locomtove and its components, etc.
4to., Second Edition, with a frontispiece, title-vignette, and numerous photographs (many full-page) in the text; cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. First published in 1979. Ottley, 12310.
No inscriptions or marks. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked, torn or creased. 156pp. This book sets out to depict the great age of railways in terms of the way it affected the whole community.
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.
8vo., First Edition, with illustrated title, very numerous illustrations and maps (a number full-page) in the text, and pictorial endpapers; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Wide-ranging collection of 119 essays arranged by theme under ten headings. Contributors include Acworth, Betjeman, Hamilton Ellis, Nock, Pendleton, Rolt, Simmons, Tuplin and Whitehouse among many others. Ottley, 7812.
72 pages. Profusely illustrated with reproductions of archival black and white photos, accompanied by descriptive text. Oblong 11" x 8.5". Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy. Book
189322341New York: George G. Peck 1893. First edition. Hardcover. Fine. 4to. 117pp. Black cloth gilt titles on spine and upper board floral endpapers. Frontispiece engraving of Thomas Rogers. 47 full page plates of locomotives including specifications manufactured by this firm. Coal or wood fuels standard and narrow gauges 4 to 10 wheels. Plate 35 is strangely blank though with printed caption. A fine copy. George G. Peck hardcover
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, title-vignette and numerous photographs (a number full-page) in the text; maroon cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Ottley, 12305.
104 pages. Features: Great color photo Studebaker ad inside front cover features military insert; Plymouth ad; Great colour photo ad for Armstrong's Asphalt Tile; The First American Crusade - Herbert Hoover's personal memoirs of World War I, originally intended for release after his death but printed here in view of the imminent entrance of the US into World War II - with photos; Go Fly a Kite, story by Eddy Orcutt; Hearts of Oak, by Walter Havighurst; Cellini to Hearst to Klotz - the sale of fine art and objects by Gimbel Brothers; Stanford Football Coach Clark Shaughnessy behind the Eight Ball - article with photos; The Liar That Laid an Egg, by William Hazlett Upson; First Baby, by Dorothy Thomas; Botany Bay, by Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall; Morale in a Test Tube - Research at the Merck plant in Rahway, NJ; Great color photo ad for Campbell's Soup; The Phantom Filly, by George Agnew Chamberlain; Nice color ad for Oldsmobile cars, featureing a red two-door model; Great color ad for GM locomotives; Nice two-page Buick ad; Chrysler ad; Color Cadillac ad; Dodge Fluid-Drive car ad; Wonderful full-page two-color cartoon strip-style ad for Hotpoint appliances; Wonderful two-page color ad for Del Monte canned foods and their 3rd annual Round-Up; Nice two-color full-page ad for Champion spark plugs shows lady in top-had being hit by snowball; Fantastic Timken bearing ad shows all the military applications of its products; Wonderful color ad for the 1942 Packard Clipper, featuring a blue Clipper Club Sedan; Large color ad for RCA Victor Radios; Great color ad for Old Gold Cigarettes shows smooching young couple; Underwood typewriter ad; Dramatic illustrated Eveready Battery ad depicts the attack on the Egyptian liner ZamZam as experienced by C.A. McCarthy; Nice two-color ads for Nunn-Bush shoes and Aunt Jemima Pancakes; Lovely full-page color ad for Roblee shoes for men; Luden's cough drop ad illustrates 'Clothespin Nose"; Nice color ad inside back cover for Van Camp's pork and beans features Mrs. Lou Little; Ivory Soap ad on back cover. Average external wear and soiling. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with unmarked black cloth boards and the tiniest bump to lower rear corner. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with very slight traces of storage. 123pp. Detailed stsudy of locomtives of class 4-6-0 in Scotland, which prior to 1923 existed on the Highland, the Caledonian and the Glasgow & South Western railways. Illustrated including drawings of each type. Scarce.
8vo., First Edition, with very numerous photographs and diagrams in the text; black cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Ottley, 12304.
8vo., First Edition, with coloured frontispiece, title-vignette and numerous photographs and diagrams (a number full-page) in the text; maroon cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION. Ottley, 11772.
4to., First Edition, with photographs and illustrations throughout; pictorial boards, a fine copy. VERY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.