Twain, MarkMareMagnum
MareMagnum
Welding Helps for Farmers
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 431 pages. Many b&w photos.
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The Thinker's Library No. 60. A dialogue between and old and a young man. His wife hated it. With an Introduction by S. K. Ratcliffe. xxxix, 114 pages. Light wear to cover extremities. Book slightly cocked.
180 pages plus extensive appendices. Black and white illustrations. "The story of the Royal Newfoundland Regiment in World War I and its most tragic and glorious moments - July 1st at Beaumont Hamel. In half an hour this entire regiment was cut down by German machine gun fire till only a handful of men remained. Attempts to explain to the younger generation of the present day the reasons for such sacrifices. The result of years of careful research." - from dust jacket. Discard stamp upon front free endpaper else book clean, bright and unmarked with virtually zero wear. Light to moderate wear to dust jacket which is now in protective Brodart cover. Lovely copy. Book
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 431 pages. Many b&w photos.
Museum catalog in excellent condition in every respect. New. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 102 pages heavily illustrated with photos, prints and shots from the museum's exhibits, including sections on Furniture, Clothing, Interior Design, Textiles and Clothes, Metalwork, Jewelry, Toys, Machines and Industrial Appliances. Text is in English and Polish, includes museum brochure and two tickets.
168 pages. Features: Life with Andre; Return of the Pantsuit; Cool New York Store 'Addict"; Charm School; Supersize Me; Sienna Miller; The year of dressing dangerously; Who wears the pants?; Extraordinary Machines; Robert Sullivan discovers the future is now; Photo portrait of poet laureate Cecil Day-Lewis; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
80p. 8vo. Original full brown cloth binding, spine lettered in gold. Original priced dust jacket, inside bottom flap clipped. Hardbound. Very good. First Edition. POETRY BOX 2
Efforts to simplify the pattern-forming elements in the Jacquard weaving mill. With dedication from author to dated 1965 on title page. 111 pages. Illustrated.
132 pages. Features: Inside Goldman Sachs; Wicked Stepmothers; Excerpt from Dominick Dunne's last novel; 30 years with Meryl Streep - America's greatest actress; Before Elvis became Elvis; The world's biggest, most terrifying machine. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy. Magazine
petit in-4° 100 pages, iluustrations in-t. N&B, broche, couverture illustree plastifiee. Bel exemplaire. [GD8/4][SO-9]
Documentation Turbomeca, 1989. In-4 broché, 113 pp. abondamment illustré
Features: Great cover photo of a steam pile driver in action, plus great article and more photos inside; Funeral Train for Ike (Eisenhower) - Extra 4028 West - text and photos; Railroad News Photos; In train travel, Europe's average matches our best - article with photos and many tables; Centerfold features a pair of aging Alco L-2a Mohawks departing Selkirk, New York in 1951; Good-bye Great Western - absorbed into the Chicago & North Western camp; Mr. Jordan's marvelous multidexterous machine - 'does the work of an army of men' - great photos and article; World's steepest adhesion railroad? - amazing photos, article and map; Chet Schwarzkopf recalls riding in the cab of a steam locomotive as a boy; and more. Average wear. Faint date stamp atop front cover else unmarked. Sound copy. Book
Features: The BIG story - how to fill empty cars - unless rates are revised, the industry may expire - long article; Winter over White Pass; America's Success Railroad; Railroad News Photos; Steam News Photos; Trains Go to Alaska - 1 - Super photos, text and map; Stuart Saunders and his money making machine - 4 years at the throttle of Norfold & Western (N&W) - long article with photos; and more. Unmarked with average wear. A sound copy. Magazine
Levallois, Société des Usines Morinière - 1960 - In-8, Oblong - Catalogue - illustrations en texte - 40 pages - Propre
A revealing biography of IBM from its humble days in 1914. Illustrated with eight pages of plates. 320 pages. Dust jacket has small loss on bottom front corner, and has a little edgewear.
LYON, Imp. Lescuyer - 103 pages - Photographies H.T. - Propre.
In 24, pp. 15 + (1) con ill. xilogr. n.t. Br. ed. Rarissimo e interessante manualetto redatto da Thomas Bradford considerato l'inventore della lavatrice. Bradford, americano, brevetto' una macchina (di cui compare un'illustrazione nel testo) costituita da una gabbia ottagonale in legno nella quale venivano messi i vestiti da lavare inserita a sua volta in una piu' grande, una sorta di mastello di legno, riempito con acqua e sapone. Una manovella azionata a mano faceva ruotare il meccanismo permettendo ai panni di lavarsi.
No marks or inscriptions to contents. Light creasing to front cover. A very clean very tight copy with bright very slightly marked front board and no bumping to corners. 64pp. Embroidery magazine with features on embroidery at the Glasgow School of Art, felt, peeled-paper textiles, tambour passing & rococo, automatic machines, Miao jackets from Guizhou, Kaitag, embroidered aprons, Dorset buttons and embroidery sales, events, books and exhibitions.
96 pages. Aims to show just what a creative art machine embroidery can be. The mass of projects and information included will put all manner of imaginative designs and creative effects at your fingertips. Title page removed. Usual library markings. Covers loosening from textblock. Reference copy only. Book
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. White abrasions on dust jacket. Full white cloth boards. 8"w x 10 1/4"h. 280 pages.
pp. x, 242. Illustrated. 8vo. Original full cloth binding. Dust jacket, rubbed. Hardbound. Stated First Edition. Popular Science Living Library Program. Dust Jacket. Very good copy. SCIENCE BOX 4
340 pages including index. Chapters include: the nature of the machine; motion in machines; velocity diagrams; the motion diagram; toothed gearing; bevel and spiral gearing; trains of gearing; cams; forces acting on machines; crank effort and turning movement diagrams; machine efficiency; Governors; Speed Fluctuations; flywheel weight; accelerations in machines; machine balancing. Bright gilt lettering upon spine. Some writing upon front endpaper. Minimal markings to contents. Partial lean to spine. Average wear. Good working copy. Book
8vo., First Edition; red cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SCARCE.
224p. + Portrait Frontis. Typed insert "Compliments of Geo. E. Loucks - Business Mens Republican League of Pennsylvania. Sm. 8vo. Original printed wraps. Front cover stained, chipped and loose. Some of the speeches include: How Farmers Are Burdened; Samples of Official Jobbery; State Officials Draw Two Salaries; The Treasury Ring; Curse of the Machine; etc. John Wanamaker (1838-1922) was a great merchant, department store developer, innovator, religious leader, as well as an active civic and political figure. PA PAMPH 19_32 BX1
116 pages. Fiction: The Second Mrs. Thorpe; The Mysterious Mr. Todd; The Lady Called Brazil; Tornado!; Ambush at Blanco Canyon (part 2 of 4); The Girl From the Mimosa Club (parf 4 of 7); The conclusiong of Doom Cliff. Articles: What Happened to the Magic of Childhood? - They are missing the aimless days we used to know; Alan Ladd - Hollywood's Unlikely Hero - with several photos including Sophia Loren and Marilyn Monroe; The Secrets of Jamestown - extraordinary treasures unearthed during restoration for 350th birthday; How the Israelis Blitzed Nasser's Army - article with photos of Dayan and his men, and other scenes; We Made the "Impossible" Tour - Conclusion - The Land of Fire - three agonizing miles of travel in southern Argentina; The Face of America - Great color photo inside caboose; Incredible New Frontier - Kitimat, British Columbia. Ads: Nostalgic two-page Inco ad explains their developments in the Mystery-Moak Lakes area of northern Manitoba (perhaps the site of modern-day Thompson?); Nice color one-page ad for Heinz Campside beans; Nice two-page photo ad for General Motors highlights Keene, New Hampshire, home of Kingsbury Machine Tool Corporation - with photos of Mayor J. Alfred Dennis, H.T. Kingsbury, Chester L. Kingsbury, Gunnar Swahnberg, Ed Kingsbury, Earl Riley, Jim Riley, and Blair Howe; Nice two-page ad for Westinghouse TVs; Whitman's Chocolates; Campbell's Soup; Fantastic two-page Cadillac ad displays a red Sedan de Ville four-door hartdop; Tareyton; Pontiac; De Soto cars - nice color photo; American Airlines - two-pages in color; 1957 Mercury cars with great color image of a red Colony Park station wagon with new power-lift back window; Cushman Eagle mini-bike; Detroit Diesel - quarry scene in color; Frigidaire clothes washers; Canada tourism; GMC Trucks - the 860 Diesel; Chief Engineer Roebling, the man behind the building of the Brooklyn Bridge, is honored in a U.S. Savings Bond ad; Great vintage National Cash Register (NCR) ad inside back cover - their new register calculates change!. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
208 p. Inked presentation to Walter M. Diener from A. B. Heller. Inner hinges cracked. Small 8vo. Original full cloth binding lettered in black, slightly soiled. Hardbound. Covers portions of the: 150TH MACHINE GUN BATTALION; 108TH MACHINE GUN BATTALION; TWENTY-EIGHTH DIVISION; COMPANY "B"; FORTY-SECOND DIVISION; COMPANY "I". Includes roster of names and occupation in civilian life. Very good copy. PA 26
