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9780134736921New. unknown
44449723842736New. This is a railroad industry general reference textbook. This is not a model railroad signaling guide. This book is intended for use by railroad industry professionals but rail enthusiasts who want more information about railroad signalling by railroads in North America will find this interesting. Familiarity with electrical terms will be helpful.This is the book for you if you strive for railway signaling knowledge. Your Guide to Railway Signals is an excellent guide for training signal personnel especially railway cross-function managers supervisors and support personnel. Signal personnel and management can use this book as an information packed off-the-shelf reference guide. High-quality graphics and diagrams have been used throughout. Complies with all standards and commonly used practices.Includes chapters on Track Circuits Basic Crossings Gate Crossings Microprocessor-Based Crossings Switch Circuit Controller SCC and Electric Locks Switch Machines Relay-Based and Processor-Based CTC and Testing Locking Circuits. Contents:. Definitions railroad and electrical terminology pp. 5–52. Introduction to Signalling explanation of terms such as derails interlocking limits etc. pp. 53–86. Track Circuits coded DC track circuits. AC-DC track circuits ballast resistance etc. pp. 87–112. Basic Crossings lighting bell inspection frequency etc. pp. 113–150. Gate Crossings gate mechanism control circuits mechanical pp. 151–186. Microprocessor-Based Crossings track and AC signals overlapping crossings relay vs. solid state etc. pp. 187–216. Switch Circuit Controller SCC and Electric Locks physical description wiring methods electric switch lock pp. 217–236. Switch Machines mechanical features operation cross-overs etc. pp. 237–274. Centralized Traffic Control CTC - Relay Based pp. 275–300. Centralized Traffic Control CTC - Processor Based pp. 301–336. Testing Locking Circuits approach locking traffic locking route locking etc pp. 337–360. Index pp. 361–370.Simmons-Boardman softcover 370 pages standard portrait format 11 x 8.5 in. B&W illustrations. Features: New Softcover Frederick J. Aubertin Simmons-Boardman paperback
9780132869959New. unknown
1934227j0884Philadelphia: Dorrance & Company Inc. Good with no dust jacket. 1934. Second Edition. Hardcover. The printing plates for the 1917 first edition entitled "Why Is Your Country At War" were destroyed by federal edict in the 1918 hysteria of WWI. per p.7. "An incisive study of those who stand to benefit from international conflict and of the suffering such conflict brings. The Wilson administration sought to suppress this book during our war 'to make the world safe for democracy.'" - Robert H. Weems in 'A Populist Bibliography' p.163. "In the light of events since this book was written Lindbergh must stand as one of the nation's leading economists. You will realize when you have read this book that 'Here was a Man.'" - Introduction. 6-215 pp. Frontis photo of author and his son the famed aviator. Three additional pages of black and white photographs. Published posthumously as Lindbergh a longtime Minnesota congressman died in 1924. Moderate wear to original red cloth lettered in gilt. Lacking front free endpaper. Name in ball pen at bottom of table of contents otherwise contents clean and unmarked. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy of this historic title. Weems p. 163 ; 12mo . Dorrance & Company, Inc. hardcover
0260001864.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
9780134057774New. unknown
9780132429047New. unknown
195059701Minneapolis MN: Art Instruction Inc. 500 South 4th St. 1950. Folio. 10 x 13 in. 36 pp unpaginated. printed in red blue yellow & black. Photo illustrations colour illustrations black & white text illustrations. Colour illustrated lithograph softcovers cover art by William Medcalf 1920-2005 noted pinup portrait and landscape painter perhaps best remembered for his pinup calendar art generated for Brown & Bigelow minor soiling to fore-edges of couple leaves back cover fore-edge very minor edgewear still VG bright copy. First edition of this unexpectedly scarce catalogue and promotion for the famed Art Instruction Inc. Federal School of Applied Cartooning which in 1950 featured the famed “Peanuts†cartoonist Charles M. Schulz on the faculty along with his inspiring fellow instructors Charlie Brown Linus Maurer and Frieda Rich. Founded originally in 1914 as a branch of the Bureau of Engraving to train illustrators for the print industry and for the Bureau itself the school taught correspondence courses in cartooning colour comics composition perspective graphic design art techniques photography bookbinding as well as business practices and served for decades as a key supplier to magazines and newspaper commercial advertising firms and publishers. Textbooks featured contributions from such artists as Edward Shenton Aldren Atson Cyrus LeRoya Baldridge Walter Klett Joyce Kester Beatrice Urbieta Gertrude Coffin Hugh Hutton and others. Schulz remained with the school only a few more months after the publication of this catalogue and by 1952 when the popularity of the Peanuts comic books took off hired former fellow instructors Dale Hale Jim Sasseville and Tony Pocrnich to focuson the comic books while he continued to ink the Peanuts strip. Worldcat locates 1 copy Wolfsonian; 1 other copy located at Charles M. Schulz Museum. Art Instruction, Inc., 500 South 4th St., paperback
199800012999Sandy: Wellspring Publishing Company 1998. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. Signed and Inscribed By Author. First Paperback Edition. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED by author. FIRST PRINTING of the First Paperback Edition. A fine compilation of personal letters and testimonies of girls and young women in the author's church discussing their life experiences challenges and problems and how they overcame various obstacles with the help of their Christian faith. Softcover 138pp. card covers show light edgewear. Very rare especially as signed and inscribed by the author. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Wellspring Publishing Company Paperback
SA17B-01468A. J. Holman Co. Used - Good. Good condition. Revised standard version. christianity bible youth bible A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates stamps limited notes and highlighting or a few light stains. NOT AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES. A. J. Holman Co. unknown
19729648595Yale University Press 1972. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item1100grams ISBN:0300014430 Yale University Press hardcover
Z1-I-007-01885Health Education Authority. Used - Good. Ships from UK in 48 hours or less usually same day. Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. Ex-library so some stamps and wear but in good overall condition. 100% money back guarantee. We are a world class secondhand bookstore based in Hertfordshire United Kingdom and specialize in high quality textbooks across an enormous variety of subjects. We aim to provide a vast range of textbooks rare and collectible books at a great price. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions. We provide a 100% money back guarantee and are dedicated to providing our customers with the highest standards of service in the bookselling industry. Health Education Authority unknown
Z1-F-077-00455Health Development Agency. Used - Acceptable. Used - Acceptable. Ships from UK in 48 hours or less usually same day. Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. Ex-library with wear and barcode page may have been removed. 100% money back guarantee. We are a world class secondhand bookstore based in Hertfordshire United Kingdom and specialize in high quality textbooks across an enormous variety of subjects. We aim to provide a vast range of textbooks rare and collectible books at a great price. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions. We provide a 100% money back guarantee and are dedicated to providing our customers with the highest standards of service in the bookselling industry. Health Development Agency unknown
197090-23390Childrens Press 1970-01-01. Hardcover. New. HardcoverVol.12 only. Childrens Press hardcover
196520-12957Childrens Press 1965-01-01. Hardcover. New. In shrink wrap. Childrens Press hardcover
1896558413London: Griffith Farran Okeden & Welsh 1896. Please Email for further details.NO EXTRA POSTAGE ABOVE OUR STANDARD RATES !. Miss E.Watson Harrogate July 1896 English Bookplat. First Edition. Green Decorated Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by 47 Illustrations . 4to - over 9¾" - 12". Hardback. Griffith Farran Okeden & Welsh Hardcover
1875170211875. Women Education Handwritten Composition book of young lady filled with handwritten poems essays and stories. 111 handwritten pages. Signed "Miss L. Sargeson" and dated "9-6-75" on first page. Entries date to 1875. Original boards. 9 x 7.5 in. Decorative green and purple flower design on covers page edges gilt. Includes several verses from Shakespeare including a few lines from A Midsummer's Night Dream: "Night's swift dragons cut the clouds full fast And yonder shines Aurora's harbinger At whose approach ghosts wandering here and there Troop home to churchyards." Includes an excerpt about "The Moon" from John Milton's epic poem Paradise Lost: "Rising in clouded majesty at length Apparent queen unveiled her peerless light And o'er the dark her silver mantle threw." Notably women writers are also represented in the composition book. She includes "Continuance of Moral Education" by Harriet Martineau the British social theorist who is often cited as the first female sociologist. Also includes material originally written by Samuel Taylor Coleridge Sir Walter Scott and Scottish writer John Wilson pen name Christopher North. Copying essays poetry stories and compositions was the standard teaching tool throughout the 19th century. The exercise taught handwriting spelling grammar knowledge of literature and other subjects of the material and elocution. This composition book is an excellent example of a young lady's schoolwork in the mid-19th century. Spine is damaged with losses. 4 pages have stray marks or scribbles in margins from a later hand in blue ink not affecting text. Good to very good condition. unknown
1873170201873. Women Education Handwritten Composition book of young lady filled with handwritten poems and essays. 119 handwritten pages including a 2-page index at the conclusion. Entries dated 1873-1874. Original boards. Floral decorative pattern in white blue and gold on both covers page edges gilt. 9 x 7.5 in. Signed "Miss L. Sargeson" on first page. Filled with handwritten poems and essays including work by Edgar Allen Poe James Montgomery William Wordsworth Charles Dickens Elizabeth Browning Shakespeare Washington Irving and Oliver Goldsmith. Also short fiction such as "The Monk" part of Laurence Sterne's Sentimental Journey through France and Italy first published in 1765 and reprinted several times in the 19th century for teaching elocution. Copying essays poetry stories and compositions was the standard teaching tool throughout the 19th century. The exercise taught handwriting spelling grammar knowledge of literature and other subjects of the material and elocution. The handwritten notebook also contains scientific material including a composition on "The Eye" investigating the properties of the human eye and eyes of other animals and animals that have no eyes such as "the starfishes have are mere sensitive points dimly conscious of forms." Also historical material including a composition on the Ancient Greek city Thermopile and a letter from Protestant Reformer Martin Luther to his son. This composition book is an excellent example of a young lady's schoolwork in the mid-19th century. 13 pages have stray marks or scribbles from a later hand in purple blue and orange ink; most marks are in margins and do not affect text legibility. Vertical tear to first page at top left edge along binding. Losses and damage to spine. Good to very good condition. unknown
19174390101New York: Macmillan Company 1917. First Edition. Hardcover. Good in No Dust Jacket dust jacket. First Edition. Exlibrary marks. Sound binding and hinges. Clean tanned pages. Cloth over boards is darkened at spine with overall light shelf wear. Gilt lettering on spine and front. Label at lower spine. Reflections of a Frenchman who spent the year 1917 in America. Ex-Library; 7.75" tall; 153 pages. Macmillan Company hardcover
1905167101905. Handwritten project book from primary school student. Story of the Pilgrims. 1905. Child's notebooks with original yellow card-stock boards bound in green cloth. 7 in x 6 in. 17 handwritten pages. Gilt title on front cover and spine. Includes drawings and pasted images of Plymouth Rock Native Americans ships and others. Charming handwritten project book from a child at the turn of the century. Handwritten report on "The Story of the Pilgrims and the first Thanksgiving". "There was a King that sent all the people of England to go to the Church of England but there were some people that did not like that at all and sometime they had a little meeting in their cellar so that they went tot Holland and all the Holland people welcomed the Pilgrims and the Pilgrims stayed in Holland for two years. Then the Pilgrims went over to America in the boat called the Mayflower and the Speedwell but the Speedwell broke down so that all the Pilgrims and the people in Holland were so sorry to have them leave.they had a very hard time crossing the ocean. They landed on Plymouth Rock in 1620 4 days before Christmas. They saw a few Indians they said they had better always keep their guns with them. " The last page lists things to be thankful for: "We should be thankful for our homes and kind parents and our food for our nice things to with for clothes for flowers and for being well." Also includes report on Holland and a story about a girl named Gretchen. unknown
9780133066791New. unknown
19752080302106804316Sanyo Housing Complex Aizo Cultural Property Research Office 1975. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Sanyo Housing Complex Aizo Cultural Property Research Office paperback
19373850052New York: Viking Press 1937. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good in No Dust Jacket dust jacket. First Edition. Exlibrary markings. Front hinge starting; rear hinge and binding sound. Pages off-white generally clean with occasional minor soiling/staining at edge of margin not affecting text or photographs. Cloth over boards is edge worn with slightly darkened spine bumped corners general light shelf wear. Profusely illustrated with powerful b&w photos by Margaret Bourke-White. Photo-documentary with text featuring "the tortured face of poverty" in the deep south of the United States during the Great Depression. Ex-Library; 12" tall; 190 pages. Viking Press unknown
1985902684South Bend IN: Diamond Communications 1985. Signed & inscribed by Dallas Green on the ffep.; black & white plates; 254pp. Scarce with the subject's signature. . Signed. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Diamond Communications Hardcover
1968027076New York: The John Day Company 1968. First Edition . Green Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. 10 3/8" Tall. 94 Immaculate Pages. Green Cloth. First Printinhg. Inscribed And Dated In Ink By Betty Warner Dietz To Her Brother And His Wife On Ffep. Dj Bright And Clean With A 1/8" And A 1/4" Closed Vertical Tear Rear Panel Top Edge. Dj Spine Top Edge Crease And Worn; Bottom Edge Lightly Worn. <br/> <br/> The John Day Company hardcover
