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Philadelphia, Pa: Jane Aitken, 1811. Paperback. Very Good -. [2], 125, [1] p.; 21 cm. Disbound from a nonce volume. Former owner's name at head of title page: Jennie W. Baird. Early American Imprints, 2nd series (Shaw & Shoemaker), 22727. Howes, D-516. The author, William J. Duane (1780-1865), was a Philadelphia lawyer who married Benjamin Franklin's granddaughter, Deborah Franklin Bache. He served several terms in the Pennsylvania Assembly and briefly as Secretary of the United States Treasury during President Andrew Jackson's battle against the Bank of the United States. While serving in the state legislature in 1809-10, Duane had chaired the standing committee on roads and internal navigation, which inspired him to compose letters urging legislative support for the development of road and canal companies, which were published in the Philadelphia newspaper the Aurora (run by his father, William Duane) under the pseudonym "Franklin." Those 16 letters are here…
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Scotch Plains, NJ: Morning Sun Books Inc.. 2001. Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Fine condition in a Near Fine Dustjacket - DJ now protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. An excellent copy. Illustrated with Colour photographs. First printing. 128 pages The Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad (reporting mark C&EI) was a Class I railroad that linked Chicago to southern Illinois, St. Louis, and Evansville. Founded in 1877, it grew aggressively and stayed relatively strong throughout the Great Depression and two World Wars before finally being purchased by the Missouri Pacific Railroad (MP or MoPac) and the Louisville and Nashville Railroad (L&N). Missouri Pacific merged with the C&EI corporate entity in 1976, and was later acquired itself by the Union Pacific Railroad. . 1st Edition. Hardback.
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Letters, Addressed to the People of Pennsylvania Respecting the Internal Improvement, of the Commonwealth; by Means of Roads and Canals
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About Us : Photographic Stories Of Custom Bikers
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Very Good with No Dust Jacket as issued. 2011. First Edition: First Printing. Hard Cover. 240 pages: 14.5 x 11.25 in.: 6.8: KB#010585: No Jacket As Issued. Photographic Study of Custom Bikers, including Harley Davidson and others. Dedicated to the world of custom and glamorous, imbued with passion, ideals, reasons, and styles. Many people have been revealed through their motorcycles. ABOUT US wants to tell the tale through its people about the world custom bikes and its characters. Photographer Gianni Rizzotti has captured the faces of so many characters and the spirit that unites them to their motion, their creatures. Includes brief interviews of many people, both well-known and unknown, in both Italian and English. Those on the international scene such as Ness, Foster, Decker, Mitchell, Waltz and many others who mingle with the best of our Italian preparatory days and perhaps less well-known characters or simple bikers who have made their motion their lifestyle. Translated into…
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Act of Incorporation and Supplementary Acts of the Lykens Valley Railroad and Coal Company
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New York: L.H. Biglow & Co., printers, 1869. Paperback. Good -. 32 p.; 23 cm. Front wrapper reproduces title page within decorative border. The Lykens Valley Railroad and Coal Company was incorporated in Pennsylvania in 1830; Thomas P. Cope was the first president. It ran from Millersburg to Williamstown and was the fourth in the United States and the first in Dauphin County to carry anthracite coal. By 1845 the line had to be regraded and relaid. It merged into the Penndel Co. in 1956. Written at the head of the front wrapper: "Preserve with Care." Very scarce. In Good- Condition: wrapper is lightly soiled; front wrapper is detached but present, with closed 4-cm. tear from gutter edge; somewhat brittle, with chipping at edges and separations at gutters; a few notations internally; otherwise, clean.
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Aerial Transport
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First edition. xviii+259 pp.+65 B&W illustrations and 4 folding maps in two colours h.t. 25,2x19,5 cm. Hodder and Stoughton Limited, London, 1920.--- Blindstamped cloth gilt (publishers bindint). Occasional foxing, light edgewear.
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The Pit
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Norris, Frank: The Pit, Doubleday, Page & Co., Inc. Stated First Printing Thus. Published February,1903. Used. Very Good-/ No Dust Jacket included. 421 pages. Red boards with gilt titling and wheat motif ornamentation. All gilting is still in nice shape. pages. HISTORY OF ECONOMIC THOUGHT. STOCK MARKET. An attractive used copy.
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Letters, Addressed to the People of Pennsylvania Respecting the Internal Improvement, of the Commonwealth; by Means of Roads and Canals
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Philadelphia, Pa: Jane Aitken, 1811. Paperback. Very Good -. [2], 125, [1] p.; 21 cm. Disbound from a nonce volume. Former owner's name at head of title page: Jennie W. Baird. Early American Imprints, 2nd series (Shaw & Shoemaker), 22727. Howes, D-516. The author, William J. Duane (1780-1865), was a Philadelphia lawyer who married Benjamin Franklin's granddaughter, Deborah Franklin Bache. He served several terms in the Pennsylvania Assembly and briefly as Secretary of the United States Treasury during President Andrew Jackson's battle against the Bank of the United States. While serving in the state legislature in 1809-10, Duane had chaired the standing committee on roads and internal navigation, which inspired him to compose letters urging legislative support for the development of road and canal companies, which were published in the Philadelphia newspaper the Aurora (run by his father, William Duane) under the pseudonym "Franklin." Those 16 letters are here…
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Very Good with No Dust Jacket as issued. 2011. First Edition: First Printing. Hard Cover. 240 pages: 14.5 x 11.25 in.: 6.8: KB#010585: No Jacket As Issued. Photographic Study of Custom Bikers, including Harley Davidson and others. Dedicated to the world of custom and glamorous, imbued with passion, ideals, reasons, and styles. Many people have been revealed through their motorcycles. ABOUT US wants to tell the tale through its people about the world custom bikes and its characters. Photographer Gianni Rizzotti has captured the faces of so many characters and the spirit that unites them to their motion, their creatures. Includes brief interviews of many people, both well-known and unknown, in both Italian and English. Those on the international scene such as Ness, Foster, Decker, Mitchell, Waltz and many others who mingle with the best of our Italian preparatory days and perhaps less well-known characters or simple bikers who have made their motion their lifestyle. Translated into…
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Act of Incorporation and Supplementary Acts of the Lykens Valley Railroad and Coal Company
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New York: L.H. Biglow & Co., printers, 1869. Paperback. Good -. 32 p.; 23 cm. Front wrapper reproduces title page within decorative border. The Lykens Valley Railroad and Coal Company was incorporated in Pennsylvania in 1830; Thomas P. Cope was the first president. It ran from Millersburg to Williamstown and was the fourth in the United States and the first in Dauphin County to carry anthracite coal. By 1845 the line had to be regraded and relaid. It merged into the Penndel Co. in 1956. Written at the head of the front wrapper: "Preserve with Care." Very scarce. In Good- Condition: wrapper is lightly soiled; front wrapper is detached but present, with closed 4-cm. tear from gutter edge; somewhat brittle, with chipping at edges and separations at gutters; a few notations internally; otherwise, clean.
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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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The Pit
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Norris, Frank: The Pit, Doubleday, Page & Co., Inc. Stated First Printing Thus. Published February,1903. Used. Very Good-/ No Dust Jacket included. 421 pages. Red boards with gilt titling and wheat motif ornamentation. All gilting is still in nice shape. pages. HISTORY OF ECONOMIC THOUGHT. STOCK MARKET. An attractive used copy.
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Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad in Color
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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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Estaciones de Ferrocarril en España
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Madrid: Espasa Calpe, 1994. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good. 4to. 380, [2] pp. Bound in textured cream cloth, title and decoration stamped on cover and spine. Profusely illustrated in full color. Text in Spanish. Typed letter signed by author, 1998 Madrid Sevilla train schedule and Tren de la Fresa '98 pamphlet laid in. Very Good+, bump to upper corner, patch of light foxing to fore edge, minor soiling to lower corner of fore edge, internally bright, color photographs sharp and bright, gilt on binding bright, in Very Good dust jacket with two very short tears to lower edge of rear cover, light overall wear and scuffing.
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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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FRANKLIN MOTOR-CARS 1907.
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FRANKLIN, H. H., 1906. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. This first edition is in very good condition. The pages are excellent for their age, bright and clean. Some rusting present to the staples. We are very happy to provide additional photos. Please feel free to contact us.
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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. Has the usual labeling and stamping. 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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Mighty Midgets & Special Sprites
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Marlborough, United Kingdom: Crowood Press, Limited,, 1998. Usual library marks. Slight lean to spine. 208 pages with over 140 b/w illustrations. Traces the development and successes of racing Austin Healey Sprites and MG Midgets on the British club racing scene from 1958 and in endurance events in Europe and the USA. . Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.
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Cabinet card depicting a female cyclist.
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Herne Hill, London: A. Mason, c. 1900-1910. Cabinet card (165 x 108 mm). Gold bevelled edges. Remnants of an old sticker or ticket next to the photographer's address. A few tiny spots and a minor scratch. Very good condition. Cabinet card depicting a female cyclist. The cabinet card, essentially a larger version of the carte de visite, was a popular format for portraiture from the 1860s until the early years of the 20th century, when Brownies and other affordable cameras made it possible for people to take their own photographs. Meanwhile, the introduction of the safety bicycle in the 1890s had created a wave of interest in the sport, and women were especially keen on the freedom and power they offered. Some suffragettes argued that they could help upend traditional gender relations, and they contributed significantly to the reform of women's dress. Suffragettes or not, cabinet cards photographs of women posing with their bicycles - usually dressed to the nines as in this example - became popular.…
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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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