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No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers, single crease to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, minor traces of storage and no bumping to corners. 213pp. Book one of the mini company histories of forty-eight American trucking companies, celebrating 100 years of existence since the first firms were set up in 1890. These were mostly the small companies who led the way with trade and transport across North America. Each mini history is accompanied by at least one full-page image of one of their trucks. Extremely scarce in the UK.
Covers in very good condition, clean and undamaged with only very slight marking. Contents well marked with many dirty finger marks but also many clean pages. ca 400pp. Original BMC workshop for MkI and MkII Vanden Plas 3-litre Princess cars in ring binder. Undated ca 1959.
4to., First Edition, with numerous photographs throughout; laminated pictorial boards, a very good, bright, clean copy. The only published photographic record of the war against Japan in North China. By a foreign observer working in the Chinese Communist organisation.
4to., First Edition, with numerous photographs in the text; laminated pictorial boards, a near fine copy.
Appears unread. 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. 211pp. Book three of the mini company histories of thirty-one American trucking companies, celebrating 100 years of existence since the first firms were set up in 1890 - the small companies who led the way with trade and transport across North America. Each mini history is accompanied by at least one full-page image of one of their trucks. Extremely scarce.
No marks or inscriptions. Reading crease to front cover and crease to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 237pp. Book two of the mini company histories of thirty-five American trucking companies, celebrating 100 years of existence since the first firms were set up in 1890. This volume concentrates mainly on the 1950s and 1960 for the small companies who led the way with trade and transport across North America. Each mini history is accompanied by at least one full-page image of one of their trucks. Extremely scarce in the UK.
Flexible ring-bound advertising publication in slip-case. No marks or inscriptions and no creasing to covers. A very clean copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Matt black slip case bumped at corners. 20pp. Lavish publicity brochure of Foden, its history, its products, its centres and an offer to visit the Sandbach Works. Overlay depictions of stages of truck construction. With large fold-out of their 1970s products. Includes a seven inch single of the Foden Motor Woks Band playing 'March - the Buccaneer' in sleeve in pocket - appears in perfect condition. Very scarce.
Book in mint unread condition. 51pp. Concise histories about a number of tram networks based on towns and cities including Cheltenham, Gloucester, Luton, Oxford, Northampton, Reading, Swindon and Worcester. Well illustrated with maps.
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 67pp. Concise histories about a number of tram networks based on towns including Burton, Derby, Chesterfield, Ilkeston, Leicester, Lincoln, Mansfield, Matlock, Nottingham and Notts & Derby. Well illustrated with maps.
No marks or inscriptions to contents. Faint creasing to front cover, none to rear. A very clean very tight copy with bright boards, faint cup ring mark to front and no bumping to corners. 75pp.
Appears unread. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, slight rubbing to front and no bumping to corners. 75pp. Concise histories about a number of tram networks based on towns including Sheffield, Hull, Doncaster, Barnsley and Rotherham. Well illustrated with maps.
No marks or inscriptions. Faint crease to front cover. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, slight rubbing to front and no bumping to corners. 75pp. Concise histories about a number of tram networks based on towns including Sheffield, Hull, Doncaster, Barnsley and Rotherham. Well illustrated with maps.
Book in mint unread condition. 51pp. Concise histories about a number of tram networks based on towns and cities in Cornwall, Devon, Somerset, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire Well illustrated with maps.
Book in mint unread condition with very minor traces of storage. 51pp. Concise histories about a number of tram networks based on towns and cities in Kent. Well illustrated with maps.
259 pages. Index. Reproductions of archival black and white photos in text. Illustrated endpapers. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. An excellent copy. Book
Pages 41-80. This issue deals with the Battle of Verdun and includes the following photos and illustrations: General Joffre with General Nivelle, a French bell to warn soldiers of German gas attacks, large photo of corduroy road on the French Front, French troops, one-page photo of devastation along a road after a German bombardment, a French mortar being loaded, scenes of destruction in Verdun, captured German soldiers carrying their machine gun to the French lines, trench scenes, fantastic one-page photo of a gangly French observation balloon at Verdun, the Fort des Paroches. Extensive damage and soiling to covers which are free of staples but present. Contents in sound condition. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Light wear and creases to cover. 112 pages. No date shown; circa 2000.
152 pages. Features: A Manifesto for Earth; Return of the Plains Bison to the prairies and the return of honor; An ecological ethos in presocratic thinking - can we really learn anything new from the past?; The reflecting pool - place of the ten thousand things; Can universities promote an ecological ethos?; Archtiecture and the global ecological crisis - from Heidegger to Christopher Alexander; Art and the Big Picture; The Road past the selfish landscape; Philosophical urbanism and deconstruction in city-form - an environmental ethos for the twenty-first century; Biocentrism and the Bauhaus; An imaginary trialogue on abstract art - Kandinsky, Kupka, and Mondrian in conversation; For a dialogue on the future of abstract art; book reviews. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. An excellent copy. Book
8 pages. Nice photos on front cover include: Ken Maynard, Ken Maynard with Ruth Hall, and two scenes from the movie Strawberry Roan. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Sheet music
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked laminated stiff card covers, extremely slight rubbing to spine ends and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with nicks/slight rubbing to upper and lower edges. 92pp. With a wealth of excellent colour drawings, this is an account of the development of the modern car (1963) beginning with the advent of the wheel and Roman chariots. Designed for the younger reader. Scarce.
[6], 168 pages. 9.5" x 6.5". Includes black and white illustrations by C.W. Jefferys from the Imperial Oil Collection. "Here we have the history of [Albion Township] , written by Esther Heyes, who is well qualified for such research and writing by her previous newspaper experience, and published by Werden Leavens of The Bolton Enterprise, well-known for his interest in historical projects. The Township lay outside the land included in the Toronto Purchase from the Indians in 1787-8 and belonged to the Mississauga Indians until 1818." - Preface. Former library copy with usual markings and above-average wear. Binding intact. Dust jacket preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. A worthy reference copy of this informative Ontario local history. Bishop p.1100 Book
"Road to Avonlea" is a CBC/Sullivan Films TV series based on stories and characters created by L.M. Montgomery. Responsible for the loss of the school library fund, Sara takes it upon herself to raise the money again, launching one disastrous scheme after another. Book
Photos: The town of Stettin illuminated by R.A.F. flares; The Battle for Ortona; After the fall of Leros in the Aegean; General Montgomery in London; Pictures from Germany and the occupied countries; Action in the Bay of Biscay; Bomber onslaught on France; Street fighting in Ortona; Mountain warfare on the road to Rome; Scenes from the Southwest Pacific incl. Tarawe (Tarawa); and more. Nice Daimler advert. on back cover. Average wear. Sound copy. Book
111 pages. Contents include: A Brief Retrospect; Class of '82; Class of '85; Some Old Schill-ings, Dated 1890-'94; Poetry; Our Struggle for Existence; To the Night; There is No Royal Road to Learning; Superstitions of the Labrador; An "Old Grad's" Bit; Vassar College in Retrospect; A Northerner's Impression of Florida; Principal's Page; Messages from 10 Presidents of the Past; Nine editorials; Cartoon; Alumni Notes; Ruthless Rimes; Jokes; Many nice local ads; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
No marks or inscriptions to contents. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, small stain to front page edges and rear end paper and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket slightly indented but not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with a little internal staining. 112pp. Pictorial study of tramcars by Local Authority across many parts of England from the South Coast to Newcastle plus a little of Belgium.