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Trains - The Magazine of Railroading: January, 1958

Features: Central plus Pennsy (NYC + PRR) - what does this possible merger mean?; Railroad news photos; So you want to be the Super - what would you do? - the problem of freight trainloads is often complicated by traffic problems of schedules and deliveries; South Pacific Salon - railroading on New Zealand's North Island; Jean-Jacques Heilmann and his remarkable Fusee locomotive; Diary of a Railroader - a railfan 'went firing' and found there was to it than waving at pretty gals!; and more. Faint date stamp to front cover else unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine

Trains - The Magazine of Railroading: February, 1957

Features: Yuma Division - 14 pages of Southern Pacific!; How fast is New York Central?; Railroad news photos; High Wheels and Low Efficiency - interesting illustrated article on wheels; Indian Summer 9 - a chance-medley of loneseome local and helpers, short lines and lonesome 2-10-2, by David P. Morgan; Great photo section; and more. Faint date stamp on front cover else unmarked. A sound copy., Magazine

Trains - The Magazine of Railroading: December, 1959

Features: Northern Pacific - the railroad that likes passengers!; Railroad News Photos; Steam News Photos; Nikita Khrushchev Rides the Rails of the Southern Pacific; The Railroad Image; Russian Notebook - what the alert train-watcher is apt to see today inside the U.S.S.R. - many photos with text; Photo Section - Happy Birthday, Long Island!; Last Train from Baltimore over Maryland & Pennsylvania on August 5, 1958; and more. Small date-stamp atop front corner else unmarked. Average wear. Sound copy., Magazine

Trains - The Magazine of Railroading: December, 1958

Features: Soo Line - what makes them run so fast? - excellent illustrated article; Railroad news photos; Photo Section; Samples of printed cards issued to customers by a Southern Pacific commuter train out of San Francisco when its passengers were delayed; No Passenger Trains by 1970?; Are Freight Trains Too Long?; Photo of Southern's wondrous Ps-4 Pacific; and more. Unmarked. Average wear. Sound copy., Magazine

Trains - The Magazine of Railroading: December, 1957

Features: Long Island Rail Road - the nation's busiest passenger railroad - extensive and well-illustrated article; Railroad News Photos; Great 2-page photo of Great Northern's S-2 4-8-4, No. 2580; Over Niagara on a Wire - only four men in the world believed the railroads could span the boiling Niagara gorge with a thin cable... Two attempted the task and one achieved it - illustrated - Wow!; Chesapeake & Ohio presents 2-8-4 2727 to the Museum of Transport, St. Louis; Trainmaker - an idea to keep freight cars rolling more often; Oil-burning Pacific #153 preserved south of Miami; Nice color Pullman ad; and more. Date stamp on front cover else unmarked. Cover fold partially open else a sound copy., Magazine

Trains - The Magazine of Railroading: August, 1956

Features: Railroad News Photos; Tales of a Ten Wheeler - the biography of Northern Pacific 1356, a Baldwin 4-6-0 that served half a century of mountain railroading - amazing photos; Of Black Upholstery and Commanding Exhaust - Cessation of Virginian (VGN) passenger service provokes warm memories of orange cars, shoebox lunches, and Teddy Roosevelt regaling the riders with tales of San Juan Hill; Illustrated article on locomotive faces, with parts identified; Steam in Indian Summer - 3 - Little Railroads in faraway places; Super steam photo section, including centerfold of a P-4a in full stride (the 3713); The Story of a Pacific - the world's greatest - K.4.s - Super article with many excellent photos; and more. Unmarked. Average wear. A sound vintage copy. Magazine

Trains - The Magazine of Railroading, May 1954 - Survey of America's Fastest Trains

66 pages. Features: News Photos; Railroad News - Shades of Jay Gould!; Short article and photo of the world's fastest train - the S.N.C.F. CC-7121; Tales of the Century - The 20th Century Limited - article with photos; Cover Story - The Story of Speed - America's fastest trains of 1954; Photo Section - includes great centerfold photo of a Texas & New Orleans (Southern Pacific) 4-4-0; When Steam Ruled Cajon Pass - great photos; In 1953; Nobody wanted a steam locomotive for the first time in 125 years; In Search of Steam - 2 - along an obscure branch in New Brunswick is the oldest living locomotive in Canada; Great vintage ads; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. Binding sound. A quality copy. Magazine

Trains - The Magazine of Railroading, June 1954 - 10 Pages of Southern Pacific Photos!

66 pages. Features: News Photos; In Search of Steam - 3 - The Dominion Atlantic Railway; Valhalla of the Iron Horse - Baltimore & Ohio's Transportation Museum - article with photos; Great Photo Section - Santa Margarita Hill; When Steam Ruled the Clinchfield Railroad - photo section; Catenary over the Carolinas - The Piedmont & Northern Story - 1; Short Line Scrapbook - amazing photos and article of the old Cowlitz, Chehalis & Cascade Railroad - incredible photo of loco atop the Cowlitz River Bridge -200' above the river!; Great vintage ads; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. Binding sound. A quality copy. Magazine

Trains - The Magazine of Railroading, January 1961 - "A Ride Over The Rat Hole"

58 pages. Features: Steam news photos; A Look at the CNO&TP (The Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas Pacific Railway Company; The Soviet Search for Super-Power - the Fabulous AA20-1 of 1935 was the world's only engine with 7 coupled axles on a rigid frame; The Magma Arizona Railroad; Photo of Britain's Biggest, British Railways 2-10-0 No. 92135; and more. Unmarked with light wear. A quality vintage copy. Magazine

Trains - The Magazine of Railroading, December 1954

66 pages. Features: News Photos; Is the Pennsylvania Railroad Coming Back?; The greatest of All Railroad Builders - James J. Hill; Photo Section, including centerfold image of 'Grade Crossing at Dawn"; When Steam Ruled the Blue Mountains - Union Pacific; Helpers out of Hilgard - Union Pacific's 2-8-8-0's; Trains Do Make Music; Lima Reclaims Her Own - The story of the Shay that came home for good; Ore Hauler - Lake Superior & Ishpeming Railroad; Great vintage ads; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. Binding sound. A quality copy. Magazine

Trains - The Illustrated Magazine of Railroading, August 1950 - Railroading on Chesapeake Bay

58 pages. Features: Narrow-Gauge Summer - nice photos; Railroading on Chesapeake Bay - Pennsylvania Railroad's saltwater fleet serves Norfolk and provides an alternate north-south route along the Atlantic Seaboard - article with photos; Third Morning Delivery - U.S. and Canadian Roads cooperate in hauling perishable and manifest freight the long way 'round from Chicago to the East - long article with map and photos; Photo Section; Nice centerfold photo of the Cornwall Railroad of 1895 - the American Standard locomotive Penryn is standing at the Lebanon, Pa. station; $7.50 to L.A. - That's the price Southern Pacific charges to ride the 470 miles from San Francisco - long article with photos; Last Train from Carson City - Virginia & Truckee closes its books - Photos and article; Great vintage ads; and more. Unmarked. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Magazine

Trains - The Illustrated Magazine of Railroading, September1950 - Cover Photo of Louisville & Nashville's Lima-built Berkshire No. 1985 Thunders Out of Norton, Va.

58 pages. Features: Union Pacific shuttles 2400 cars a day through its new hump yard at North Platte; Pennsylvania Railroad's new Reservation System - article with photos; 2-10-4 to Revelstoke, B.C. - Canadian Pacific Selkirk No. 5927, defeated last winter by a diesel, is still slugging it out across the Rocky Mountains - article with photos; Pacifics to Placid - Oil-burning K-11's wheel tonnage and tourists over an Adirondack Mountain branch which New York Central Leases from Delaware & Hudson - article with photos; Photo Section - includes great centerfold photo of Santa Fe 4-8-4 No. 3780 taking water at San Bernardino; Prairie State Railroad - Peoria-St. Louis passengers travel via the electric way when they ride the Illinois Terminal's streamliners on the only through route between the cities - article with photos, list of rolling stock, and map; Cherry River Boom & Lumber Company - this West Virginia private lumber road gets a boost from new coal mines; Great vintage ads; and more. Unmarked. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Magazine

Trains - The Illustrated Magazine about Railroading, February 1950 - San Francisco's Belt Line

58 pages. Features: Madam Queen - Missouri Pacific Lines - article with photos; $2 million investment in the new Powhatan Arrow by Norfolk & Western - article with photos; San Francisco's Belt Line; Passengers and Trailer Trucks ride the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad - article with map and photos; Photo Section including nice centerfold photo of St. Louis - San Francisco's train No. 409 steaming across Oklahoma; Welded Rail - Continuous Rail promises to be worth the investment - article with photos; The Wandering West Penn - a trip on the pastoral electric line - article with map and nice photos; Southern Pacific innovative photo feature; Archival photos of early days on the Soo Line; Great vintage ads; and more. Unmarked. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Magazine

Trademarks and Salmon Art: A Brand New Perspective

58 pages. Lovely colour and black and white illustrations. A Collective Study on British Columbian Salmon Can Labels, 1890-1950. Library markings to contents. Exterior clean and unmarked with light wear. A sound copy. Book

Toxic Pearl : Pacific Northwest Shellfish Companies' Addiction To Pesticides? : A True Story

A new, unread book in excellent condition. 294 pages, contents include Carbaryl, Chemical warfare, Spartina, Neonic, Pesticide-spraying companies, etc. Photos, charts, graphs, maps.

Touring in New Zealand

TOUR DU MONDE D'UN SCEPTIQUE.

In-16 (cm. 17.90), legatura in piena pelle, titolo al dorso ed iniziali al piatto anteriore impresse in oro, pp. (12), 290, (2bi.), con alcune illustrazioni in bianco e nero fuori testo. Texte en français. Traduit de l'anglais par Fernande Dauriac. Ex libris e segnatura al risguardo anteriore. Dorso e tagli sbiaditi. Macchie ai risguardi; peraltro, volume in buono stato di conservazione (good copy).

Tongatabu Island to L'Esperance Rock

Tongatabu Island to L'Esperance Rock Compiled from the latest surveys Magnetic Variation in 1920, decreasing slightly to increasing about l'annually. London Published at the Admiralty, 4th March 1898, under the Superintendence of Rear Admiral Sir W.J.L. Wharton, Hydrographer. Small corrections: 1930. Folded editorially. Autore: Admiralty Charts. Luogo: Pacific - South-west. Anno: '900. Tecnica: incisione. Dimensioni: 959x639 mm

Tonga or Friendly Islands

Tonga or Friendly Islands. In the upper part of the chart insert of Tongatabu Nukualofa Anchorage Surveyed by Captain Pelham Aldrich, assisted by Lieuts. C.J. Baker, T.H. Heming, G.C.A. Marescaux, W. Richardson, C.E. Monro and Sub Lieut. E.B. Kiddle, H.M. Surveying Ship "Egeria", 1888. In the lower part of the chart insert of Nomuka Harbour Surveyed by Lieut.ts W. Richardson and E.B. Kiddle, under the direction of Commander C.F. Oldham, H.M. Surveying Ship "Egeria", 1889, Eua Island Surveyed by Captain Pelham Aldrich, and the Officers of H.M. Surveying Ship "Egeria" 1888, Falcon Island Surveyed by Commander C.F. Oldham, and the Officers of H.M. Surveying Ship "Egeria" 1889. London Published at the Admiralty, 15th Feb. 1890, under the Superintendence of Captain W.J.L. Wharton, Hydrographer. Small corrections: 1931. Folded editorially. Autore: Admiralty Charts. Luogo: Pacific Ocean - Island Tonga. Anno: '900. Tecnica: incisione. Dimensioni: 965x652.

Tonga o le Isole dell'Amicizia: l'ultimo paradiso.

Firenze, 1980, 8vo stralcio con copertina posticcia muta, pp. 167/180 con 3 cartine e 11 illustrazioni fotografiche. - !! ATTENZIONE !!: Con il termine estratto (o stralcio) intendiamo riferirci ad un fascicolo contenente un articolo, completo in se, sia che esso sia stato stampato a parte utilizzando la stessa composizione sia che provenga direttamente da una rivista. Le pagine sono indicate come "da/a", ad esempio: 229/231 significa che il testo è composto da tre pagine. Quando la rivista di provenienza non viene indicata é perché ci è sconosciuta. - !! ATTENTION !!: : NOT A BOOK : “extract” or “excerpt” means simply a few pages, original nonetheless, printed in a magazine. Pages are indicated as in "from” “to", for example: 229/231 means the text comprises three pages (229, 230 and 231). If the magazine that contained the pages is not mentioned, it is because it is unknown to us.

Tonga Islands

Tonga Islands From British surveys between 1888 and 1898. Washington D.C., published Jan. 1903, at the Hydrographic Office, under the authority of the Secretary of the Navy. Small corrections: Printed Oct. 1930. Folded editorially. Autore: Admiralty Charts. Luogo: Tonga Islands - Pacific ocean. Anno: '900. Tecnica: incisione. Dimensioni: 988x657 mm

Tonga and the Friendly Islands; with a Sketch of their Mission History

12mo [19 x 13 cm]; vii, 427 pp, 8 plates including frontis, 2 double-page maps (one with damage in blank margin), other illus. original brown cloth, decorated in blind and gilt, with gilt spine title lettering, internal hinges strengthened, lacks rear blank endpaper, old owner's stamp on title erased, good copy. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Taylor 306. Hill 101: "First edition of a significant book on Tongan history, which has chapters on the discovery of the South Seas, Captain Cook's visits to Tonga, the Methodist mission, the civil war in Tonga and the reign of King George." One of the plates is on the different types of coral found there, another plate shows two types of canoes used by the natives.

To the South Seas: The Cruise of the Schooner Mary Pinchot to the Galapagos, the Marquesas, and the Tuamotu Islands & Tahiti

500p. illus. Inscribed by the author to Willaim A. Sfonsler 3d Hardcover Very good condition

To the South Seas: The Cruise of the Schooner Mary Pinchot to the Galapagos, the Marquesas, and the Tuamotu Islands & Tahiti.

500p. illus. Hardcover Very good condition