Search Results: Authors starting with J from Pengilly Books

Newton Abbot: David & Charles, 1976 Southern steam from the footplate.
The Bricklayers' Arms locomotive depot remained a steam shed until the 1960s, and this book is a largely first hand description of foot-plate work over a period of thirty years, documenting the changes in working methods and conditions as well as in the locomotives themselves. With photographic illustrations, mostly from private collections and some published here for the first time. Anyone who has memories of the line between London and Ramsgate, Bricklayers Arms Shed and the locos that worked the line such as the Schools 4-4-0s and the Bulleid Pacifics.

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London: T.C. & E.C. Jack Ltd, 1922 Detailed survey of Britain's Railways and Railway History.
Bound in publisher's light olive cloth with attractive colour locomotive design on front cover and on lower spine . Previous owner's name on front free endpaper. Some wear to board tips. Some foxing to page ends. Tightly bound, clean copy. Numerous black and white plates throughout. 288 pages with 3 page catalogue at the rear.
Handsome copy of a hard to find book.
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Hartford, CT: The Connecticut Historical Society, 1956 A well researched history of the steam boats that plied the Connecticut River. Many b/w illustrations of the steam boats mentioned. Limited to 1,250 copies.
This copy in VG+ condition
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Staten Island, NY: Manor Publishing Company, 1972. Limited/Numbered . Original Cloth. Very Good/Good+. Oblong 24mo. The Story of Antonio Jacobsen, Marine Artist, An Artist's Chronicle of the Ships That Sailed the Seas from 1870 to 1920 58 pp; thorough biography of Antonia Jacobsen, partial checklist of his paintings in public and private collections; with 24 pp of full-color reproductions from the collection of Wilfred W. Sullivan. This copy is No. 683 of a limited edition of 1,000 copies (as designated by a sticker attached to the front paste down) and is signed by the author beneath the limitation notice. Publishers original navy blue cloth with gilt titles, clean and tightly bound in near fine condition. Dust Jacket has been price-clipped and has minor scuffing, a few repaired tears and chips. Please feel free to inquire for item specifics or additional photos. Books will be carefully packaged in cardboard boxes only. Combined shipping can apply for multiple purchases - please check out… Read More

Palo Alto: The Glencannon Press, 1993 The Biography of the SS Jeremiah O'Brien.An account of the last surviving Liberty ship, one of a large and successful series of 'emergency' types built in America during WWII to replace tonnage sunk by enemy action. The author recalls the wartime voyages of the JEREMIAH O'BRIEN carrying vital war supplies from the US and Canada to Liverpool, London, etc. The author also describes the career of the ship as a museum and her re-birth as an ocean-going vessel after being laid up for 33 years. Includes the role of the ship at D-Day, and her peaceful voyage into the Pacific.
Near Fine copy - book & Jacket
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London: The Argonaut Press, 1930 being the journals of his first and third, and the letters concerning his first and last voyages, to which is added the account of his second voyage written by Andres Bernaldez. Now newly translated and edited, with an introduction and notes.
The colophon reads: This edition of the Voyages of Christopher Columbus is the Ninth publication of the Argonaut Press and is limited to 1050 copies on Japon Vellum numbered 1 to 1050. The original woodcut appearing on the title page is by William Monk. The volume has been printed by Morrison and Gibb Ltd, Edinburgh, in the year 1930. This copy is number 156 (hand numbered in ink)
Original cloth covers (unevenly faded and with a couple of spots to the rear board) with armorial shield to front board, vellum spine darkened (as typical) with gilt titles. Pages evenly tanned, largely uncut.Please feel free to inquire for item specifics or additional photos. Books will be carefully packaged in cardboard boxes only. Combined shipping… Read More

London: The Argonaut Press, 1930. Book. Very Good. Quarter Calf. Limited Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Being the Narrative of the Voyage Made in the Year 1792 by the Schooners Sutil and Mexicana to Explore the Strait of Fuca. With black and white fold out maps and illustrations in text. A limited edition of525 copies. This being Copy no. 478. 3/4 bright orange cloth with gilt design to front board over a vellum spine with gilt titles. Vellum is darkened as typical. Pages are largely uncut. Corners bumped, else VG+ Narratives of voyages to discover a North-West passage from the Atlantic side are familiar to all, but the efforts of the Spaniards to find such a passage from the Pacific are much less known. The narrative is anonymous, but internal evidence suffices to prove that it was written by one of the officers attached to the expedition. Please feel free to inquire for item specifics or additional photos. Books will be carefully packaged in cardboard boxes only. Combined shipping… Read More

Cardiff, Wales: National Museum of Wales, 1982 A Cardiff Shipowning Company.
A short history of the Welsh shipping Company Evan Thomas Radcliffe – a Cardiff shipowner. History, fleet lists and history of each vessel. Well written by Mr Jenkins, who was the Curator of the Welsh Industrial and Maritime Museum of the National Museum of Wales.
Near Fine Condition

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Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1973. Original Cloth. Very Good+/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. From its beginnings to the present day. This work covers from Richelieu's creation of the Navy through numerous wars, including the Dutch Wars, the Seven Years War, the Napoleonic Wars, and finally the two world wars.With an appendix on the French Navy since the Second World War by Anthony Preston, and a bibliography. Illustrated with sixteen plates, four maps and eight battle plans. Clean and tightly bound without markings - very good plus cndition. Lacking the dust jacket (and priced accordingly). Please feel free to inquire for item specifics or additional photos. Books will be carefully packaged in cardboard boxes only. Combined shipping can apply for multiple purchases - please check out our other listings. International shipping costs will be assessed on a case by case basis.

London: HMSO, 1981. Book. Very Good+. Pictorial Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Royal carriages at the National Railway Museum. From almost the earliest days of the fully mechanised railway, members of the British Royal Family have been inveterate train travellers - none more so than Queen Victoria. However, it was for her aunt, the Dowager Queen Adelaide, widow of William IV, that the first genuine royal saloon was provided. The preservation of this vehicle began a process, uninterrupted until the present day, that has conserved the principal railway saloons of all subsequent British monarchs and their families. It has resulted in the British National Railway Museum at York becoming the custodian of the largest, finest and most varied collection of royal railway vehicles anywhere in the world. Between Queen Adelaide's saloon and the 'modern' saloons of 1941 stand some ten other preserved vehicles of royal status or with royal associations, spanning a century of… Read More

Chicago: R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company, 1992 The Lakeside Classics.

Brand new - still in shrink wrap.
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Grrens Farms, CT: Modern Books and Crafts, Inc Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. The Old West Parish of Fairfield. Undated (c 1971) reprint of the 1933 1st Edition. Near fine condition - no jacket as issued. Please feel free to inquire for item specifics or additional photos. Books will be carefully packaged in cardboard boxes only. Combined shipping can apply for multiple purchases - please check out our other listings. International shipping costs will be assessed on a case by case basis. .

London: Blackie & Son Ltd Book. Illus. by Haslehurst, E.W.. Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Beautiful England series. 12 watercolors by Haselhurst. Minor Foxing. Please feel free to inquire for item specifics or additional photos. Books will be carefully packaged in cardboard boxes only. Combined shipping can apply for multiple purchases - please check out our other listings. International shipping costs will be assessed on a case by case basis. .

London: Blackie & Son Ltd Book. Illus. by Haslehurst, E.W.. Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Beautiful England series. 12 watercolors by Haselhurst. Minor Foxing. Please feel free to inquire for item specifics or additional photos. Books will be carefully packaged in cardboard boxes only. Combined shipping can apply for multiple purchases - please check out our other listings. International shipping costs will be assessed on a case by case basis. .

London: Blackie & Son Ltd Book. Illus. by Haslehurst, E.W.. Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Beautiful England series. 12 watercolors by Haselhurst nd c 1930's Minor foxing , otherwise clean and tightly bound. Please feel free to inquire for item specifics or additional photos. Books will be carefully packaged in cardboard boxes only. Combined shipping can apply for multiple purchases - please check out our other listings. International shipping costs will be assessed on a case by case basis. .

Charleston, SC: The History Press, 2010. Book. Near Fine. Stiff Wraps. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Cove Island, Shippan Point and the Stamford Harbor Shoreline. Sailors, soldiers, rum chasers, sub chasers and yachters have tied up in Stamford Harbor since the 1640s. The history of this Connecticut waterfront is as diverse as the people who have walked its docks, and columnist and former dockmaster Karen Jewell takes readers through its maritime history, landmarks and unforgettable characters. Gift inscription, else NEW Please feel free to inquire for item specifics or additional photos. Books will be carefully packaged in cardboard boxes only. Combined shipping can apply for multiple purchases - please check out our other listings. International shipping costs will be assessed on a case by case basis. .

Laussane, Switzerland: Edita, 1966 Being a Ninteenth Century Journey through the most picturesque portions of North America, Reconstructed from accounts by European visitors; the whole embelished with watercolour drawings and engravings of the period. Full gilt decorated front board and spine. In a VG slip case, which is bruised on one corner. Exterior front hinge has 'started' but is in VG shape. Internally as new. Spine slight dulled.
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Newport News, VA: The Mariners Museum, 1999 The Lost Levick photographs, 1893-1937
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New York: American Geographical Society, 1930 With notes on recent polar exploration: Brief History of polar exploration since the introduction of flying, to accompany a physical map of the Arctic and a bathymetric map of the Antarctic.

American Geographical Society Research Series Number 11

Booklet and 2 maps in a folder in the Original grey cloth covered slip case, repaired, a little beat up and a little darkened in places with black labels and bright gilt titles.
Book & Maps in VG+ condition.
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New York: H.L. Lindquist, 1947. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 2 Volumes: Volume 1 covers 1901-1935; and Volume 2 covers 1935-1947. Stated First Edition. Publishers original blue cloth with gilt titles to spine and front board. Clean and tightly bound, boards with shelf wear and some discoloration at the extremities, former owners name penned on fes, yellowing of end sheets, some yellowing of page edges. Jackets grubby, with tears and edge wear. Despite these faults, this set remains very presentable. Please feel free to inquire for item specifics or additional photos. Books will be carefully packaged in cardboard boxes only. Combined shipping can apply for multiple purchases - please check out our other listings. International shipping costs will be assessed on a case by case basis. *There will be an additional charge for shipping beyond the posted value due to the size and/or weight of this item. .