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142 pages. "The first in a series of books that will deal with the rebuilding of Canada's most famous airplane, the Avro Arrow. Learn all about Arrow Supersonic flight from those who were there - featuring 'Spud' Potocki. Follow cockpit development with never-before-seen detailed photos and Institute for Aviation Medicine studies. Read about plans to rebuild the Arrow and how it can be accomplished, including sample Technical Bulletin. Walk around stricken Arrows. Arrow technology for TSR2. Iroquois engine recovery in the UK, Engines sold provide slush fund. Arrow accident and molecular physics and much more." - from back board. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. A high-quality copy. Book
236p. Profusely illustrated with drawings and photographs, some in color. Numerous advertisements. 4to. Original full pictorial color wraps, small loss at head and tail of spine. Nice issue. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! NAVAL/1
22 pages. Many detailed drawings and parts lists. Above-averate wear and soiling. Binding intact. Worthy reference copy. Undated. Circa 1960? Book
No inscriptions or marks. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and a minor trace of bumping to lower corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or torn with a little rubbing to upper edge. 89pp. Photographs of the 'Standard' range of BR locomotives at work.
G (no dj, olive green cloth with black titles, lightly darkened on spine,a good sound tight copy with scattered spotting outside page edges and occasional faint spots in margins, browning free endpapers, ink and pencil annotations across both front endpapers) 12mo 128pp. First edition. With exercises and answers. Diagrams and figures throughout.
271 pages. "Raincoast Chronicles is essentially a no-bullshit book that opens up the past of those of us living along the West Coast of Canada in a way that no other magazine has ever succeeded. No glossy tourist nonsense. No political monkeying with the facts of life. Sweat and grease and silver and salmon. Lovely yellowing old photographs. Steam engines. Diesels. Oars. Easthopes. Rigging. Donkeys." - from the Foreward. Book unmarked with moderate wear and soiling. Binding sound. Dust jacket bears above-average wear but is now preserved in a glossy new archival-grade Brodart cover. A sound copy. Book
Hardback in a protected dust jacket. VG/VG. ISBN 0906320046. 20201. eng
16 pages. Undated, but appears to be circa 1980s. Many black and white illustrations. Gift greetings inside front cover. Publisher's (and author's?) signature inside front cover. Souvenir booklet. Average wear. Sound copy. Book
Numerous figures, light bump and small tear to head of spine, text and illustrations clean and tight. Used
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Light wear to cover. Inscribed by author. 8 7/8"w x 12"h. 110 pages. Many color and b&w photos and illustrations.
32 pages. Features: As Long As We've Gone This Far - Jim and Betty Hull and their 1926 Franklin, Series 11A, 4 door sedan; Spotlight on Howard Carey - he drove a Series 135 Sport Sedan for many years; A Pirate Restored - a 1930 Franklin Pirate restored for Gene and Joe Gazza; Franklin Engines 1902-1909 or John Wilkinson's Exhaust(ing) Heat Problems (part 2); John Burn column on maintenance and restoration - 1931 S153 Dietrich Speedster Steering Box Replacement. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy of this excellent issue. Book
8vo., First Edition, with 32 plates on 16; cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy. Bennett (Supp.), p.204
Illustrated guide to the world's major aircraft, including engines, accommodation and range, histories of the major passenger airlines, their colour schemes, fleets and areas of operation.
Book in mint condition. 128pp.
XXIV-633-[3] p., 434 fig. dans le texte certaines dépliantes, 2 grandes pl. volantes sous pochette demi-basane cerise de l'époque, dos à faux-nerfs orné de fleurons dorés, titre doré 1906, 1906, , XXIV-633-[3] p, 434 fig. dans le texte certaines dépliantes, 2 grandes pl. volantes sous pochette, demi-basane cerise de l'époque, dos à faux-nerfs orné de fleurons dorés, titre doré, Première édition française, ouvrage "Traduit d'après la troisième édition allemande par E. Hahn." Bel exemplaire, complet de ses planches
243 pages plus advertisements. Stated copyright date is 1910. No indication that this is a later printing. "A simple, practical hand book for experts as well as for amateurs, fully describing every part of an engine and boiler, giving full directions for the safe and economical management of both; Also, several hundred questions and answers often given in examinations for an engineer's license, and chapters on farm engine economy, with special attention to traction and gasoline farm engines, and a chapter on the science of successful threshing... With numerous illustrations showing the different parts of a boiler and engine and nearly every make of traction engine, with a brief description of the distinctive points of each make." - from Title Page. Contents clean and unmarked. Binding sound. Red cloth exterior is lightly worn and bears brilliant gilt lettering upon front board and spine. Minor fading to back board moderate fore-edge waviness to last 50 pages or so. A glorious reference to the early days of mechanized farming. Very nice copy. Book
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with 33 fine coloured illustrations by Creek, and many hundreds of photographs and illustrations in the text; cloth, a near fine copy in the dustwrapper. Arguably the definitive account, augmented by Creek's superb illustrations.
290 pages including index. Illustrated with line drawings. Probable first printing as printing/impression not stated. Written to serve as a textbook for correspondence students in the University of Wisconsin Extension Division. The third of a series of three textbooks designed for those students pursuing a general course in Steam Engineering. Covers the fundamental principles underlying the operation of the steam engine in as simple and nonmathematical a way as possible. Section on valve gears is more complete than other sections as this topic is usually less understood than others by operating engineers. Chapters include: Principles of the Steam Engine; Corliss and Other Engines; Parts of the Steam Engine; Heat, Work, and Pressure; Properties of Steam; Indicators; Indicated and Brake Horsepower; Action of Steam in the Cylinder; Steam Engine Testing; The Slide Valve; The Valve Diagram; Valve Setting; Shifting Eccentric and Meyer Valve; Reversing Mechanisms; Corliss Valve Gears; Coverning; Compound Engines; Condensing Apparatus; Lubrication; Steam Turbines. Former owner's signature inside front board, else unmarked. Gilt lettering upon spine worn but legible. Green boards with ample but not excessive wear. Book
3 vols., roy. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs throughout; original printed wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine set. The set comprises Vol.I: ROD 2-8-0 (1977); Vol. 2: Stanier 8F 2-8-0 (1977); Vol. 3: Austerity 2-8-0 and 2-10-0 (1978). COMPLETE SETS IN THIS CONDITION ARE SCARCE. Ottley, 10491.
1st edition. VG hbk bound in glazed pictorial boards. Illustrated by George N. Roth. (Learn about series ; 13) 20829. eng
Signed, without inscription, by author upon title page. VI, 144. aIX pages. Glossary. Bibliography. Index. Profusely illustrated with black and white diagrams and reproductions of photos. "A unique book that for the first time describes the development of the marine steam engine. In this second edition paddle wheels and propellers are also discussed. More engines are covered, more photos are included, and all previous illustrations have been redone with new ones added." - back cover. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A nice copy. Book
104 pages. "A collection of 218 authentic reproductions of 183 early American horse-drawn vehicles... all illustrations taken from original fashion plates and photographs of the builders, are described." - from front cover. Somewhat above-average external soiling and wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this extremely informative and comprehensive visual reference on the vehicles used prior to the invention of the internal combustion engine. Book
No inscriptions or marks. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, minor bump to bottom of spine and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket price clipped and spine ends rubbed. 128pp. Considered by many as the most interesting period in the history of British steam locomotives, the 25 years of Railway Grouping from 1923 to 1948 is covered in this book with photograohs of the LMS, LNER, Great Western and Southern railways.
1st edition. Good hbk in original red cloth, gilt. Cover spine torn at the top edge. Foxing to the middle page edges. Ownership stamp on the front endpaper. 17159. eng
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked red cloth boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with traces of storage. 62pp. Troy Model Club Series with coloured plates depicting model railways engines including '0', '00' and 'N' Gauge locomotives.
