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London, United Kingdom: Osprey Automotive, 1991. Usual library marks and wear. Foxing to endpapers and minor title page. 191 pages with colour and b/w illustrations. The history of the Italian marque including production machines and racing exploits. . Hard Cover. Good/Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Ex-Library.
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The C. W. Morse; 1807-1904; the Magnificent Triumph of Steamboat Progress Commissioned by the People's Line
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New Jersey Steamboat Company. Very Good; Slight scuffing to front cover at lower corner.. 1904. Softcover. Purple card covers with gold, white and green design of steamship and elegant passengers on shore on front covers. 9 photographs of the magnificent steamship that traveled up and down the Hudson River until the U. S. Navy pressed it into military service during World War I. There is a beautiful two-page center spread of the C. W. Morse passing Anthony's Nose, as well as photos of the main saloon, quarter-deck, dining room, kitchen and private cabin. Text describes the history of the steamships of the People's Line, the Hudson River landscape, and a full description of the lavish appointments found on The C. W. Morse. A sheet describing the different routes of the consolidated Steamship Lines is affixed to the rear page of text. WorldCat locates only one copy. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 20 pages .
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Laverda
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The Fairy Caravan
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Beatrix Potter: The Fairy Caravan. David McKay 1929 True First Edition, First American Edition. ILLUSTRATED BY BEATRIX POTTER. Library Bound. Exlib. Good+ condition/ no dj included. Boards are in nice condition. Pictorial Front Board illustration of horse caravan and all titling are VG. Gilt letter j appearing on spine is bright. Tight binding, pages bright. Some light foxing noted. Six colour plates, twenty full-page illustrations, and 42 textual drawings. Octavo. Original green cloth binding, All colour plates remain firmly affixed to binding.
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Railways or No Railways. Narrow Gauge, Economy with Efficiency v. Broad Gauge, Costliness with Extravagance. The Battle of the Gauges Renewed
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London: Effingham Wilson, 1872. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 147pp, plates, engravings, folding diagrams, green cloth/gilt (spine renewed with original spine cloth relaid). Scarce original edition. As the title suggests, Fairlie was a leading advocate of the narrow gauge..
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A History of the Hull Railways
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Hull: Hull Packet Office, 1879. Book. Good. Paper-covered Boards. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 165pp, original paper-coverd boards with cloth spine worn. Scarce original edition..
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On Parallel Lines
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Yarm: On Parallel Lines Publishing, 2010. Book. Very Good. Card Covers. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 169pp, photos, landscape format. Privately produced album of photos of steam in the 1960s. V scarce..
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Moon of Israel: A Tale of the Exodus
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H. RIDER HAGGARD: Moon of Israel: A Tale of the Exodus. Longmans, Green and Co., Copyright 1918. States 1920 on the title page. March 1920 Third Printing Thus. 1920 Used. Good- condition/ no DJ. States 1920 on title page. Blindstamped red cloth boards. Titling still visible on spine. Colour frontispiece of Merapi at a chariot. Gutter separation at back hinge. Bright pages. The novel narrates the events of the Biblical Exodus from Egypt told from the perspective of a scribe named Ana." Rare/Scarce. By H. Rider Haggard, author of "She", King Solomon's Mines, and the Allan Quatermain Professor Challenger series.
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North American Review vol. 44, nos. 94 & 95 -- Jan. & April 1837
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Boston: Otis, Broaders, & Co, 1837. Hardcover. Near Fine. iv, 580 p.; 22 cm. Modern bonded leather spine and corners with gilt-tooled spine label; contemporary marbled paper over boards. Includes index. Advertisements for Hilliard, Gray, & Co. and the American Stationers' Co. on p. 568 (preceding index). Bookplate on front fixed endpaper of the Library of State Normal School, Salem, Mass. Topics discussed include: the utility of railroads in the United States; the prevalence and treatment of insanity in the United States; and the history of the Native Americans. In Near Fine Condition: boards are lightly rubbed; clean and tight.
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Babar And Father Christmas
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Babar and Father Christmas (Babar et le Pare Noel). By Jean DeBrunhoff. Childrens Book. Random House 1st Edition, 1940 FIRST EDITION. In RARE original, unclipped dust jacket that shows price 1.00/1.00. Used. Very Good/Good. A nice clean copy. Please see our photos.
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The American Wheelman -- Jan. 23, 1896
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New York: American Wheelman, 1896. Paperback. Very Good -. 274 p., 1 leaf of a color plate: many illustrations; 33 cm. Stapled; lacking wrapper. Issued weekly -- states "Published every Thursday." Includes a wealth of information about bicycles, racing, and clubs; as well as: an interview with Helen Baldwin and information about other women bicylists; a long illustrated report on the Second National Bicycle Show, which includes photographs; and many illustrated advertisements. A scarce issue of a magazine from the birth of cycling as a popular activity. In Very Good- Condition: lacking wrapper; p. 1 and p. 274 are soiled; closed 7-cm. tear from gutter edge of first leaf; edges of first leaf and last chipped; corners of last few leaves creased, with minor loss at upper corners of last 2 leaves; the majority of this very large issue is clean and tight.
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The Railway Shareholder's Manual; or Practical Guide to all the Railways in the World, completed, in progress, and projected; forming an entire Railway Synopsis, indispensable to all interested in Railway Locomotion
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London: Effingham Wilson, 1847. Book. Good. Hardcover. 8th Ed. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 409+12pp, tables, folding diagram, original dec green cloth/gilt/blindstamped boards, new spine and endpapers..
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The C.W. Morse. 1807-1904 The Magnificent Triumph of Steam Boat Progress Commissioned by The People's Line. May 28 MCMIV.: C. W. Morse People's Evening Line. New York Albany
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New York: Consolidated Steamship Lines -- Hudson Navigation Company. Printer: The Frank Presbrey Company, 1904. First edition. Wraps. Near Fine. An attractive celebratory brochure for an overnight service steamship that carried passengers between New York City and Albany. The steamer C.W. Morse is here called "the Queen of the Inland Fleets of the World, for she is not only the largest, but in every point of comparison the most luxurious steamer ever constructed for reibver navigation." 4to. 27.5 by 23 cm. Unpaginated, 20 pages. B/W photos on about half the pages, with a two page spread in the center showing the impressive side of the ship. Scarce. Only known institutional holding at the Hagley (acc. to OCLC First Search). Charles W. Morse (1856-1933) was a controversial businessman who became known as the "Ice King" in New York for attaining a near monopoly on the ice business in the city in the days before the modern refrigerator. His attempt to corner the market…
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The Sky and the Forest
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C.S. Forester: The Sky and the Forest. Little, Brown and Company, Boston. Stated First Edition First Printing Thus August, 1948. Cover price $2.75. Used. VG BOOK/VG UNCLIPPED DUST JACKET. A story of a central Africa. By C.S. Forester, author of the Admiral Hornblower series.
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The Elephant's Child: Just So Stories Series
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Kipling, Rudyard: The Elephant's Child, Just So Stories Series. 1942 First Edition Thus, Garden City Publishing. Beautifully illustrated by R.F. Rojankovsky. CHILDREN'S BOOK. Story Summary: "Because of his 'satiable curiosity' about what the crocodile has for dinner, the elephant's child and all elephants thereafter have long trunks." Used. VG condition/ No DJ included. Unpaged. 7 X 9 1/2
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Lucky You, What Science Has Done For Us
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Lucky You: What Science Has Done For Us J.B. Lippincott Stated First Edition. SCIENCE. Artfully illustrated by MUNRO LEAF. Good EXLIB in a Good unclipped $2.25 orig. price dust jacket. Last page states: 152 4.
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The Man In The Brown Suit
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703 ChristieBrownSuit The Man In The Brown Suit. By Agatha Christie. Publisher: The Bodley Head Ltd., London, 1958, Stated Fourth Impression Thus,1970. ISBN 0370006720. Please see our stock photos. EXLIB. Good Condition/Good Original Shakel & Ryder Dust Jacket with Yellow spine, black titling, woman and ship cover art. Protected in mylar wrap. "States new and redesigned Edition, Fourth Impression, 80p. Blue boards with black titling. Our book spine has skinned spot at the word "brown" from removal of scotch tape. Plot Summary: Who is he, the man in the brown suit? He says he is a doctor; but Anne Beddingfield, who witnesses the fatal accident at a London tube station, is quick to notice some curious features about him when he comes to the scene. Her investigation of the accident leads her into the thick of mystery. This novel is more than an ingenious puzzle: It is a gripping suspense story."
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659ChristiePaddington 4.50 FROM PADDINGTON, AKA "WHAT MRS. MCGILLICUDDY SAW". 1957 Ulverscroft Large Print Series, F.A. Thorpe. FIRST EDITION THUS. Exlib. Very Good Condition/ Very Good original black red and white dust jacket in a mylar wrap. MISS MARPLE . Please see our stock photo of a different title from this same series. A clean, solid copy. Summary: "Mrs. Elspeth McGillicuddy is on her way from a shopping expedition to visit her old friend Jane Marple for Christmas. Her train passes another train running parallel and in the same direction as her train. Then, a blind in one compartment flies up and she sees a man with his back to her strangling a woman.." A gripping read. HARD TO FIND IN UNITED STATES.
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Street-Railway Roadbed
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STREET RAILWAY ROADBED. Street Railway Publishing Company, New York. First Edition, 1898. 135 pages indexed. Authors: Mason D. Pratt and C.A. Alden. ILLUSTRATED with drawings, diagrams, tables. Former owner name and date of 1903 on front floral end-paper. RARE. USED. VERY GOOD CONDITION/ NO DUST JACKET IF ISSUED. A nice copy. Please see our photos.
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Freddy And The Ignormus
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Freddy and the Ignormus. First Edition, Jan 1951 5th Printing thus. Brooks, Walter R. EXLIB. GOOD/ NO DJ INCLUDED. Hardcover. Alfred A. Knopf, Copyright 1941, ILLUSTRATED BY KURT WIESE.
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Freddy And The Men From Mars
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Freddy And The Men From Mars. Brooks, Walter: Illustrated by Kurt Wiese. Hardcover. Alfred A. Knopf , 1956 First Edition 2nd Printing Thus. Used. Very Good Condition/ No dust jacket included. A nice copy.
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While The Clock Ticked (Hardy Boys, Book 11)
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Franklin W. Dixon: While The Clock Ticked (1932, Grosset & Dunlap Hardy Boys), 1948 Printing Thus. BROWN BOARDS, ORANGE ENDPAPERS. QUITE RARE IN THE ORIGINAL RED DUST JACKET. HARDY BOYS #11. GROSSET & DUNLAP. USED. VERY GOOD CONDITION/ GOOD- ORIGINAL UNCLIPPED DUST JACKET. DESCRIPTION: The book is in an original red kidnap jacket. That jacket is original, has an orange spine. Loss to top and bottom of spine. with a triangular divot out of the letter H in the word the. The front panel of the dust jacket is unclipped and has a 7575 priced front flap. Back flap a blurb for "Touchdown Pass", dating this copy to 1948. Back panel of the dust jacket states ADVENTURE STORIES FOR BOYS BY ZANE GREY. BOOK: Brown boards with two boys in 30's period clothing at center. One wears a hat and scarf. Two sets of orange and white endpapers that show the boy with the hat up a tree with binoculars gazing at a cabin on a bluff across the way. Pages and endpapers are clean and bright. Black topstain. Copyright 1932 Grosset…
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The Lightning Conductor: The Strange Adventures of a Motor-Car
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Williamson, C.N. & A.M. The Lightning Conductor: The Strange Adventures of a Motor-Car. RARE. First title in a very popular series of books about touring in early automobiles. London, 1903 Methuen Stated Second Edition. USED. Good Condition/ No DJ Included. Green boards. 345 pages plus adverts. 5 1/8 X 7 ¾. Includes Photographs. Our front cover features a party of three persons in a touring car. Illustrated with Photographs.
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