London: George Allen and Unwin Ltd., (1969).. (1969).. Very good. - Octavo, cloth, in dw. The dw is price-clipped. 180 pp. B&W photographic illustrations. Near fine in a very good dw.
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London: B. T. Batsford Ltd., (Winter 1947-48).. (Winter 1947-48).. Good. - Octavo, cloth, in a dust wrapper. The covers are bumped & rubbed & slightly warped. The dust jacket is lightly chipped with 2 small stains to the front panel & some foxing to the top edge & flaps. The dust jacket spine is slightly faded with a short tear to the head. vii & 120 pages. There is scattered light foxing. Color frontispiece & black-and-white illustrations. Good.
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Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1950.. 1950.. Very good. - Octavo, softcover bound in printed gray wrappers. The wrappers are rubbed & bumped with their edges darkened. The head of the spine is lightly chipped. 62 pages, partially unopened. Black-and-white photographic illustrations. There is a pencil notation on the inside front wrap & a few leaves are lightly bumped. Very good. View More...
NY: Guggenheim Medal Board of Award, 1964.. 1964.. Good. - Small quarto, purple wraps. Faded at the extremities & slightly bumped. 125 pp. Illustrated in B&W. Ex-library with a pocket in the rear & a label on the half title. Good.
An informative catalogue providing biographical sketches of the Guggenheim Medalists in Aviation from 1929 to1963. View More...
Chelsea House Publishers, (1969).. (1969).. Fine. - Quarto, red cloth titled in gilt, in a dust wrapper. The covers are lightly bumped; the dust jacket is lightly soiled with the spine & extremities slightly darkened. Half-title, title, xii pages [introduction], [2] leaves & leaves numbered 8-83, each depicting an automobile in black-and-white with the specifications printed in black & red below the illustration. Near fine in a very good dust wrapper. Dust jacket present. View More...
(Milwaukee, WI): Kalmbach Publishing Co., (1965).. (1965).. Very good. - 4to, dark blue cloth (very lightly bumped; 3 tiny marks to front cover; rear cover lightly rubbed) titled in silver on spine & in blind on front cover, in dw (lightly rubbed & chipped; top edge of front panel & head of dw spine lightly creased). 483 pp. Blue & black pictorial endpapers, B&W pictorial title & profuse B&W illustrations. Near fine in very good dw. First edition.Throughout its tumultuous 83-year career the late Nickel Plate Road was never really regarded as an enduring institution....Constructed in a matter o... View More...
London: B. T. Batsford Ltd., (1965).. (1965).. Very good. - Octavo, cloth, in dw. The covers are bumped with the top edge of the front cover rubbed. The dw is lightly rubbed, chipped & soiled. 216 pp. B&W frontispiece, B&W photographic illustrations & B&W full-page & textual maps. Very good.
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- Octavo, unbound, removed. 40 pages. There is some soiling & darkening to the title page & the last page. The last leaf is detached with a small piece out of its top corner. There are small pieces out of the top corners of 2 other leaves. Good. Goldsmiths' Kress library of economic literature No. 36429. Lord John Russell (1792-1878) was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1846-52 and 1865-66. Civil engineer George Preston White's letter to Russell promoting railways in Ireland was written in 1849, in the last year of the Irish Great Famine, a period of mass starvation, disease and emigr... View More...
- Octavo, 9-1/8 inches high by 5-3/4 inches wide. Rust brown cloth titled with a gilt vignette on the front cover. The rubbed and bumped covers are detached and the spine is lacking. 390 pages, illustrated with an extra engraved pictorial title page, a full-page frontispiece, 7 full-page plates and 30 textual vignettes. The first signature consisting of the frontispiece, engraved title and title page is detached but present. There is occasional foxing and soiling. Else, a complete copy which would be well-worth rebacking. First edition. An early study of the building of the British railways is... View More...
