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6613049Cambridge University Press CUP pp. 142 . Papeback. New. Cambridge University Press CUP unknown
196289387Washington DC: National Capital Transportation Agency 1962. Presumed First Edition First printing. Hardcover. Good. The format is approximately 6 inches by 9.25 inches. xxi 1 92 2 pages. Fold-out maps. Footnotes. Maps some with color. Illustrations. Appendix. Signature and date of previous owner on fep. Darwin Fairweather Stolzenbach worked for a number of federal departments and was an administrator of the National Capital Transportation Agency which planned the Metro rail system. Mr. Stolzenbach of Chevy Chase was born in Pittsburgh and moved to the Washington area in 1936. He graduated from George Washington University and the Industrial College of the Armed Forces. He began his federal career in the late 1930s as a committee aide in the House of Representatives. During World War II he was an economist in the War Department. He later worked for the Budget Bureau and the Commerce Department. From 1951 to 1961 Mr. Stolzenbach was an operations research analyst in the operations research office of Johns Hopkins University. In that capacity he ran the Army's Operations Research Office in Japan during the Korean War. In 1961 President Kennedy appointed him administrator of the National Capital Transportation Agency. In 1962 the organization submitted a general plan for the Metro rail system and Mr. Stolzenbach was the first general manager of Metrorail as it was called then. In 1965 he became an independent consultant to the World Bank. From 1971 until retiring in 1978 he was an administrator with the. Public Health Service and what is now the Department of Education. About 1990 he changed his name to Fairweather his mother's maiden name. The National Capital Transportation Agency NCTA was created in 1960 by an Act of Congress during the presidency of Dwight D. Eisenhower to comprehensively plan different modes of transportation in the Washington D.C. area. John F. Kennedy appointed Darwin Stolzenbach as administrator of the NCTA which laid the groundwork for the Washington Metro System. In 1967 the NCTA was abolished and its functions duties property and records were transferred to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority. Included in this report are: 1 A plan for a balanced regional system of highway and modern rapid transit facilities; 2 A program for immediate action to construct the transportation system; 3 recommendations for organizations and financial arrangements for the system; and 4 An evaluation of the 1959 Mass Transportation Survey plan. National Capital Transportation Agency hardcover
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0871691779.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1987DADAX0871691779American Philosophical Society 1987-01-01. hardcover. New. 6.00x0.69x9.00. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. American Philosophical Society hardcover
1935mon0000116268University Press 1935-01-01. Unknown Binding. Very Good. in x in x in. Fast Despatch Soft Covers - will send out 1 st class post within 12 hours of receipt of order University Press unknown
D-Mitch18-05995Motorbooks 2014-05-15. Hardcover. Acceptable. THIS BOOK IS HEAVILY DAMAGED WITH A LOOSE BINDING clean pages no missing pages Motorbooks hardcover
0760345147.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
005285Hardcover. Very Good. Nonesuch Press 1928 Oblong 4to A very good complete copy <br/> <br/> hardcover
1927015146London: The Nonesuch Press 1927. Hardcover. Near Fine. Second impression c. 1927. Oblong format. Parchment covered boards. Small area of soiling on rear cover. Some browning to endpapers else internally clean and unmarked. 20 color plates. An attractive copy. The Nonesuch Press hardcover
1927909F17London: The Nonesuch Press 1927 . First edition. Hardback. Very Good Indeed. 8" by 11". Elinor Darwin. The first edition of the second of Bernard Darwin's Mr. Tootleoo children's work illustrated with colour plates by Elinor Darwin the author's wife. The first edition first impression of this charming children's work.Illustrated with twenty full page colour plates by Elinor Darwin. Collated complete.The work of Bernard Darwin grandson of naturalist Charles Darwin.He and his wife Elinor produced a number of children's books together including this eccentric and humorous tale about Mr. Tootleoo. In the publisher's original paper covered boards. Back strip age toned with bumping to back strip head and tail. Board perimeters a touch age toned. Internally firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Very Good Indeed The Nonesuch Press hardcover
192728010924London: The Nonesuch Press 1927. Second impression. Unpaginated. Illustrated paper litho on board. Twenty 20 full page color illustration. Rhyming text verso facing illustration. The adventures of Mr. Tootleoo and Mrs Cockyollybird on land sea and in the air. Measures 7 3/4" x 10 1/2 The Nonesuch Press unknown
1927026125London: The Nonesuch Press 1927. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Hardback. Nd but 1927. A very good copy in pictorial paper covered boards. A clean copy with no ownership inscription or other internal marking. One of a series of children's books written by the highly regarded author of golf books Bernard Darwin and illustrated by his wife Elinor. 20 full page colour illustrations. <br/> <br/> The Nonesuch Press hardcover
19279343<p>The Nonesuch Press. London. No Date. 1927. FIRST EDITION. 1st impression. Large oblong 8vo. 10.2 x 7.7 inches. Finely illustrated with line drawing on the title page and 20 full page colour lithographs by Elinor Darwin accompanying the verses of Bernard Darwin. Original beige paper covered boards with wave fish and border decorations and reproduction of one of the book's illustrations in blue on front cover. A very good bright and clean copy with small amount of chipping to the top of the spine and minimal rubbing and bumping to the extremities.</p> The Nonesuch Press. London. No Date. 1927 hardcover
1927167706London: The Nonesuch Press 1927. Pp. 82last blank black & white title page vignette 20 full page coloured lithographic illustrations; oblong 4to; pictorial light brown padded papered boards lettered and decorated in blue slightly soiled edges a trifle rubbed; the free endpapers slightly offset The Nonesuch Press London n.d.1927. First edition. McKitterick 45. A sequel to The Tale of Mr. Tootleoo in which a learned dragon agrees to tutor naughty Marmaduke and the other cockyollychicks. The grandson of Charles Darwin Bernard Darwin is best known for his golf books. He and his wife the engraver Elinor Monsell collaborated on three books for children featuring Mr. Tootleoo. The Nonesuch Press unknown
19271318334Published by The Nonesuch Press 1927. 1st edition. Paperback. Good. Illustrated by Darwin Elinor. Almost very good condition. Oblong format. Paper covered stiff cardwraps. Full-page colour illustrations. Spine and corners bumped 0.5" loss to base of spine. Some marks to covers. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Some foxing and fingering to page margins. Front pastedown is a bit grubby and there is evidence of erased pencil scribble to front free-endpaper. Published by The Nonesuch Press paperback
192766428London: The Nonesuch Press 1927. Oblong 8vo.Illustrated. Not paginated. Paper pictorial boards. Some minor marks and bumping to the boards with small tear to the tail of the spine. Some slight marks internally and illustrated in colour throughout. Minor lean to the spine. . Very Good. Illustrated Paper Covers. 1927. The Nonesuch Press [1927] unknown
1927268624United Kingdom: Nonesuch Press 1927. Book. Good. hardback. hardback rectangular format and measuring 7 1/2" x 10 1/4" pictorial parchment paper covered boards knocked to the corners the sewing remains sound one or two short closed edge tears some creasing and light soiling from page-turning illustrated in full colour. Nonesuch Press Hardcover
1927130307London: The Nonesuch Press 1927. First edition first impression of the second Mr. Tootleoo book. Bernard Darwin 1876-1961 was the grandson of the naturalist Charles Darwin. He and his wife collaborated on their children's books with Bernard providing the text and Elinor the illustrations. Oblong quarto. With 20 full-page coloured illustrations by Elinor Darwin. Original brown boards lettered and decorated in blue. With dust jacket. A very good copy in the scarce dust jacket heavily torn and chipped a little sunned around extremities. hardcover
19274001<p>Oversize oblong first edition hardcover no additional printings listed with no dj and no title on spine. Spine tilted soil on cover front board curved outwards a bit corners bumped staining/foxing/tanning on every page and the endpapers illustrations sharp text clean binding tight.</p> Harper and Brothers/The Nonesuch Press hardcover
1927040943New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers 1927. Clean toned.The front page is loose and someone has done a tape repair resulting in brown tape marks to several pages. Part of the binding cover is missing.Points all worn through. Some spliting between signatures. Pages unevenly cut and unevenly bound. Small page turning tears. The Nonesuch Press London is also listed on the title page. Hardcover. Collectible-Poor. Children's Picture. Harper & Brothers Publishers Hardcover
19287316272 pages contains 20 colour wood-cut plates Published by the Nonesuch Press hardcover
1927DARWINBE029538The Nonesuch Press London. 1927. First edition. Oblong quarto. Unpaginated. A sequel to The Tale of Mr. Tootleoo and in similar format: rhyming couplets by Bernard Darwin illustrated in colour and in Edward Lear style by his wife Elinor. Decorated boards.Free endpapers a bit tanned. Near fine in very good nicked and chipped dustwrapper faded at the edges and with a 4cm closed tear to rear panel. The Nonesuch Press, London. hardcover
006341New York: Harper & Brothers 1928. Pictorial boards light wear to corners and spine ends else Near Fine. Sequel to Mr. Tootleoo illustrated with 20 beautifully printed color plates. A wonderful fantasy written for children by noted golf author Bernard Darwin. Scarce. Probable First Amer. Edition. Near Fine/No Jacket. Oblong 4to. Harper & Brothers hardcover
