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50 pages. Many wonderful black and white photos. Features: Nine prize-winning photos from Railroadians' salon; The 6:57 - The Atlanta, Birmingham & Coast; Silverton Branch - Denver & Rio Grande Western's most remote train squeeze up the gorge of Rio de Las Animas Perdidas twice a week; World's Biggest (in 1883) - El Gobernador - Nineteenth-century Mastodon; The NYO&W - built new merchandise traffic to replace collapsed hard-coal trade; The Track Circuit - this simple electrical detector tells when a train is on the track, and is used in all types of signaling; Below the Mason & Dixon Line - Medium-sized railroads abound in the south; Bill Moore's Trip - aa first-class railroad vacation trip - across Canada on Canadian Pacific is the first lap; The Ubiquitous Rock Island - a photo spread. Average wear and soiling. Small address stamp atop front cover. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
50 pages. Many wonderful black and white photos. Features: Milwaukee Electrification - CMStP&P electric locomotives help each other climb the Rockies and the Cascades; Varnish Vignettes - Passing thoughts, railroads and travel; Loss- $5,500 /day - railroad companies often lose money but must maintain their service - New Haven case story; Southern Pacific old-timers at Sacramento; Electricity powers trains in Chicago; One-Man Railroad in Rhode Island - 5.6-mile Wood River Branch Railroad is the link between Hope Valley and the New Haven; ; Shay Locomotives - Lima's best seller is an out-puller too! - Shays pull extra heavy loads on sharp curves, steep grades; Engine "999"; Blue Ridge Railway - with aspirations of a thorough line nipped by the Civil War, BR Ry. becomes traffic link; Pennsylvania's "The Jeffersonian" - new fast coach train between St. Louis and the East follows success of Trail Blazer; Hiawathas at New Lisbon - when four steam-powered streamliners meet at a single point there's bount to be real activity. Average wear and soiling. A sound vintage copy. Book
50 pages. Many wonderful black and white photos. Features: Railroad Vacations - suggestions for your summer trip - choice routes for scenic and rail interest; Gone From Our Town - Social life of village once centered around the station, but now the railroad's gone, by Vince Edwards; Fast Freight Line - Western Maryland Railway, rooted at the mines in West Virginia, is important as an Eastern trade trunk; Illinois Central Portfolio - Eight old engines and a touch of the flavlor of modern power from a great North-South route; SP Cab-In-Front; Norfolk & Western's Spring Cleaning - photos of manual labour; Groucho, Harpo & Rio Chico RR - A Reel Railway in which the Marx Brothers take over the Sierra RR. Average wear and soiling. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
50 pages. Many wonderful black and white photos. Features: Saga of the "400" - it was just an ordinary Pacific which started the high-speed Chicago-Twin Cities service; Dulith, Missabe & Iron Range - in the land of short, stubby cars and long, heavy trains; Empire State Express - Seventeen million miles are credited to New York Central crack train - centerfold photo of this train at the height of her glory; The Traveling Salesman - Railroad glimpses from a thumbworn diary recording 12 years of covering the West by train, by Victor H. White; C&O 4-4-2; Capital Cities Route - Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac is funnel for north and south Atlantic Seaboard traffic; A Vermont Short Line - Montepelier & Wells River Railroad transports heavy granite loads from the Barre & Chelsea to the Boston & Maine; Trains' Map of Vermont Railroads. Average soiling and wear. Small date stamp atop front cover. Centerfold loose but present, otherwise a sound vintage copy. Book
42 pages. Many wonderful black and white photos. Features: Bombs Away - what railroads do when enemy planes attack their plant and trains; Crystal River & San Juan - a marble railroad in the Colorado Rockies; What the Signals Say - detailed illustrated article on the development of railroad signals; Westbound Freight - a watercolor by Kent Day Coes; The Railroads of Bethlehem - this Pennsylvania city boasts six steam railroads - includes colour map; Tickets for Locomotive Fuel - with colour photos; C&O Brothers - locomotive photos and specifications; In the Army Now - old narrow-gauge engines don't escape the draft; Locomotive Building Program; The Man in the Tower. Average wear and soiling. Small date stamp atop front cover. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
96 pages. Loaded with black and white reproductions of archival photos. Features: Reprint of the book 'Three Months with Wild Indians" by Ole T. Nystel, who was held captive by the Comanches; "Tex" Banta, Mountain Man of the 1880s; Silver Creek Reminiscences - Idaho; The Sadie Bloomer Affair; The Mayor of Old Los Angeles - Stephen C. Foster; Warrior's Pledge - Chief Crow Dog; Railroading by Smoke - great early rail tales; Secret Sorrows of a Sheepherder; Behind the Donner Monument; I still dig for buried treasure; Devil's Grin; Wash Barker and the Rock Pens; Beef on the Move - roundup on the Powder River in 1895!; They stole the Parson's Pants; Buffalo Roundup at Sea - Catalina Island; Heap good Medicine - mustard plaster; Doughbelly's Doin's; Hell-for-leather (Jim) Pike; He didn't want to smoke - a tale involving James Bowie and his famous knife; The Bronc-buster from Texas; The town of Rough and Ready's 100 year war in California; Outlaws never die; Gentleman Jackass. Chip from fore-edge of page 48 (with no loss of content). Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
Mm 145x230 English text. Volume rilegato in tela verde con titolo oro al dorso, xv-520 pagine con incisioni in nero nel e fuori testo ed una tavola a due colori più volte ripiegata in chiusura del libro. Copia in buone-ottime condizioni; spedizione in 24 ore dalla conferma dell'ordine.
2 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with maps in the text; black cloth, gilt backs, blue endpapers, a very good, bright, clean set wanting publisher's slip-case as often. The set comprises Volume I: Indians & Spain; Volume II: Mexico and the United States. Nice set of this standard account, awarded the Pulitzer Prize for History in the year of publication. Adams, Herd 1065; Basic Texas Books 95A
Fine Russian Original dark green imitation leather bdg. Demy 8vo. (22 x 14 cm). In Crimean Turkish and Russian. 205, [2] p. Sbornik subbotnih vechernih i untrennih molit po obryadu Krimskih Karaimov na Russkom i Karaimskom yazikah. 1000 copies were printed.
704 p. Minutes of actions taken at legal meeting of the inhabitants of Brookline from 1686 - 1838. Hardcover Good condition, 3/4 leather binding rehinged with cloth tape
331 p. incl. front., plates. 25 cm. Hardcover Very good condition
Book is in excellent condition. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 96 page trade size auction catalog with many b&w photos and prints, some full page. Art from Suglik, Clyde River, Coral Harbour, Wakeham Bay, Eskimo Point, Cape Dorset, Povungnituk, Spence Bay, Port Harrison, Great Whale River, Repulse Bay, Belcher Islands, Lake Harbour, Frobisher Bay, Rankin Inlet, Clyde River, Baker Lake, Gjoa Haven, Arctic Bay, Cape Dorset,Povungnituk, Spence Bay, Port Harrison, et al. 415 items listed for sale, many b&w photos, some full page, approx. 30 artists listed, about 180 carvers.
215 page report listing 398 areas, each of which has: Wetland classification (water [marsh, stream estuary] & vegitation type) Municipality, Land status Survey date and Air photo reference with Notes, sometimes extensive, listing the history of the area, type of waterfoul there now, other animals, etc. With methodology section, results and discussion section, five appendices, maps, floppy disk data file in plastic envelope, and large fold-out map in pocket at back of book. All in excellent condition, book shows little use and 1/4" tear at bottom of front cover is only blemish. Plastic comb binding.
Book shows light wear to covers only. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 131 pages with b&w photos, maps. Book concerns the history of Fraser Port from 1858 -- 1985.
<p>22x30 cm, rilegatura editoriale con sovracop. illustrata; p. 209, (3). Alcune carte geografiche a colori e numerose foto color seppia nel testo. Qualte strappetto restaurato alla sovracop. Testo italiano e portoghese</p>
Da “Album dei porti di I, II e III classe illustrato dalle notizie nautiche e commerciali d’ogni porto e della statistica delle opere esistenti e di quelle eseguite nel decennio 1861 al 1870”, Roma, Civelli, s.d. (ma 1872 ca.), litografia, b/n, cm 44 x 57,5 (il foglio). Grande figura del porto descritto. Esemplare in ottimo stato di conservazione. Rara.
147 pages. Detailed index. Bibliography. Maps. Archival black and white illustrations. Includes a new chapter on "Two Generations of Steamboating on British Columbia's Inland Lakes" as told to the author by Otto L. Estabrooks. Light wear and soiling. Unmarked. Binding tight. A quality copy. Book
38 pages. Features: The Now Generation - B.C. Conservationists Get Things Done; Helicopter Over Canada; Giant Atlantic Salmon of Newfoundland's Humber River; The Suicidal Duck; Fighting Witefish - The most exciting fishing in years; Saving lost plugs; A Trip to Remember - Largemouth Bass near Parry Sound; Three Best Flies for Big Trout; Good Bass Fishing in B.C. Lakes; Fishing Bruce County's Saugeen River; Spring Methods for Walleyes; Fishfood; Sturgeon from Sturgeon Falls; All Canada N.S.S.A. Skeet Team for 1967; Early Honda generator ad on back cover shows young lady watching TV in her rowboat; and more. Unmarked with somewhat above-average wear. Four center pages loose but present (and will be restapled if you request). A worthy vintage copy. Book
Vintage 8.5" x 11" (when unfolded) three-panel two-sided colour advertising brochure. Colour photos of breathtaking views from the tram. Jasper the cartoon bear (and cub) are featured on front panel. Undated but appears to be circa 1970. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A nice copy. Book
16 pages. Undated. Circa 1960s. "Labour CANNOT price itself out of the World Market" - from front cover. The trade union movement rebuts J.V. Clyne's contention that "Wages are too high". Unmarked. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
140 pages. Index. Profusely illustrated with maps and black and white reproductions of wonderful archival photos. "Presents a wonderful album of railroading in a coastal area of British Columbia. From 1895 to 1955 logging camps, mines and quarries all used railways and they were fascinating ones. Narrow gauge and standard gauge operations employed a delightful range of vintage locomotives and specialized equipment. They left a lasting legacy in the Powell River area and on nearby Texada Island. This is their enduring and intriguing story illustrated with over a hundred vintage photographs." - back cover. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. A nice copy. Book
16 pages. Twenty-four black and white photos in text. Perhaps prepared as a handout for guests of the plant, this informative booklet presents an overview of the company and details of this plant including its production line, warehousing, fresh fish department, cold storage department, reduction plant, evaporation plant, research and development, employment, and the BC Packers fishing fleet. Undated but appears to be circa 1950. Printed on glossy stock. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound copy of this informative and nostalgic memento. Book
256 pages. Abundantly illustrated with black and white archival photos upon glossy stock. "I found the text itself admirable - Dr. Charlebois writes with a restraint which is much more effective than any less careful style would have been, and yet, of course, through the words emerges a sense of rage and grief." - Margaret Lawrence. Heavily worn former library copy with usual markings. Binding sound. Still a useful reference copy. Book
199 pages. Index. Selected references. Black and white illustrations. Includes: plants and animals to look for; the natural history of seashore creatures; introduction to local seaweeds; detailed drawings; maps to provincial and regional parks. Prior owner's details atop title page, otherwise minor soiling and light wear. A quality copy. Book
Features include: United Kingdom Trade with Canada; Papain Production in East Africa; A River in Harness - the St. Maurice; John Clarence Webster. Excellent nostalgic advertisements. Abundant black and white photography. Musty. Average wear. Book
