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Whale Hunt - The Narrative of a Voyage Nelson Cole Haley Harpooner on the Ship Charles W. Morgan 1849-1853


Haley, Nelson Cole

Hardcover. NY, Washburn Press, 1st, 1948, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Illustrated Maps on the end papers. Black and white illustrations. Light edgewear and soil to cloth. Previous owner's bookplate.

Record # 200796


Price: $18.00 

NARROW GAUGE TO THE HILLS. EXPLORING NARROW GAUGE RAILROADS FOR FREIGHT AND PASSENGERS IN THE AMERICAN WEST, EUROPE, LATIN AMERICA AND INDIA.  by: Mead, Edgar T.
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NARROW GAUGE TO THE HILLS. EXPLORING NARROW GAUGE RAILROADS FOR FREIGHT AND PASSENGERS IN THE AMERICAN WEST, EUROPE, LATIN AMERICA AND INDIA. by: Mead, Edgar T.

Hardcover. New Hampshire, Weedy Rail Books, 1st, 1984, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Record # 220810
Price: $12.00 

 

Chrysler Master Maintenance Manual


n/a

Softcover. Detroit MI, Chrysler Corporation, 1936, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Unpaginated, 3-hole punched technical and repair manual in heavy paper covers. Approximately 300 pages, illustrated with many b&w diagrams, illustrations and photos. Aside from soiled covers, very good.

Record # 402023


Price: $50.00 

 

Aircraft Communications: Navy Training Courses


N/A

Softcover. Washington DC, Government Printing Office, 1st, 1944, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 312 pages, b&w illustrations, fold-out color chart of signal flags. Minor edgewear to paper covers otherwise very good.

Record # 405905


Price: $31.00 

 

50 Jahre Deutsche Luftwaffe: Band 1 1910-15


Nowarra, Heinz J.

Hardcover. Berlin, Eigenverlag des Verlassers, 1st, 1961, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 212 pages, many b&w photographs, light blue cloth covers with silver lettering on spine. Bright dust jacket with light edgewear.

Record # 406644


Price: $56.00 

 

Wind and Strategy


Walker, S. H.

Hardcover. New York, 1st, January 1973, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 416 pages, b&w diagrams and illustrations. Edge wear, small tears to price-clipped dust jacket. Foxing to top edge. Else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 451595


Price: $40.00 

 

World's Worst Cars, The : From Pioneering Failures to Multimillion Dollar Distasters


Cheetham, Craig

Hardcover. Barnes & Noble, 1st, 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 320 pages, illustrated throughout in color. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.

Record # 458830


Price: $19.00 

 

American Cars of the 1930s


H., Bart (Bart Harmannus) Vanderveen

Hardcover. London, New York, F. Warne, reprint, 1973, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 80 pages. Hardcover with price-clipped dust jacket. Previous owner's sticker on front end paper, otherwise clean tight copy.

Record # 471860


Price: $19.00 

 

Sea Battles: A Reference Guide


Sanderson, Michael

Hardcover. Middleton, Connecticut, Wesleyan University Press, 1st US, 1975, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 199 pages. Black and white plates and sea charts. Covers 250 sea battles arranged in alphabetical order. Chronology. Previous owner's embossed stamp.

Record # 512282


Price: $13.00 

 

U.S. Coast Gaurd in World War II, The


Willoughby, Malcolm F.

Hardcover. New York, Arno Press, Reprint, 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 348 pages. Illustrated with black & white photographs. Reprint edition originally published in 1957. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 603892


Price: $32.00 

 

Bounty Ships of France


Villiers, Alan/Henri Picard

Hardcover. New York, Scribners, 1st, 1972, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 240 pages. Illustrated with black & white photographs. Dust jacket shows light wear, with some wrinkling along top edge of front cover.. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 609776


Price: $15.00 

 

How to Understand Aeroplanes


Walkden , S. L.

Softcover. London, Percival Marshall & Co., Sixth Impression, 1918, Book: Fair, Dust Jacket: None, 113 pages plus ads. Softcover. Sixth Impression. Heavy stock paper covers with wear; 1/2" chunk missing at top of spine. Separation between signatures at chapter one. Book is intact but tender.

Record # 612603


Price: $63.00 

 

Background of Phoenician Expansion into the Mediterranean in the Early First Millennium


Douglas Young, Gordon

Hardcover. Ann Arbor, MI, University Microfilms, reprint, 1976, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 283 pages. Bound copy of dissertation. Cover spotted.

Record # 802201


Price: $26.00 

 

Steel Rails to the Sunrise: The Long Island Rail Road


Ziel, Ron, and George Foster

Softcover. New York, Hawthorne Books, Inc., st, 1965, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 320 pages, b&w photographs. Light edge wear, rubbing to covers. Slightly warped; else pages crisp and clean.

Record # 808900


Price: $15.00 

 

Railways of Thirty Nations


Middleton, P. Harvey

Hardcover. New York, Prentice-Hall, 1st, 1937, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 328 pages, b&w photographs. Green cloth covers w/ light edge wear; spine slightly faded. Light foxing to top edge. Previous owner's stamp on front end paper and fly leaf. Else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 851035


Price: $15.00 

Outlaw Sea, The: A World of Freedom, Chaos, and CrimeLangewiesche, William
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Outlaw Sea, The: A World of Freedom, Chaos, and Crime


Langewiesche, William

Hardcover. New York, North Point Press, 1st, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 239 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. A very clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket edges. A tight copy.

Record # 2230400


Price: $15.00 

 

Pocket Cruisers & Tabloid Yachts Volume 1 (Revised Edition): Building Plans for Six Small Cruising Craft from the Boards of the Benford Design Group


Benford, Jay

Softcover. St. Michaels, MD, Tiller Publishing, 1st revised, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 96 pages. Softcover. B/w illustrations throughout. Wrapper very good, has a touch of fading to spine. Pages clean and bright. In great shape, no tanning.

Record # 31564


Price: $23.00 

Pioneering the Helicopter by: Morris, Charles Lester
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Pioneering the Helicopter by: Morris, Charles Lester

Hardcover. NY, McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1st, 1945, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 161 pages, hardcover. Covers are in very good condition, despite some minor sunning to the spine. Interior pages are clean and bright. Binding is solid. Includes B&W photography and illustrations throughout. This is a comprehensive book that details the history of helicopter development, from the earliest attempts to create a flying machine that could take off and land vertically, to the modern helicopters of today. Morris explores the many challenges and obstacles that were faced by pioneers in the field, including technical limitations, safety concerns, and financial constraints. Inscription by previous owner on the first front end page, otherwise clean copy. Record # 33904
Price: $28.00 

Solutionary Rail: A People-Powered Campaign to Electrify America's Railroads and Open Corridors to a Clean Energy Future by: Moyer, Bill; Mazza, Patrick; Forward: McKibben, Bill
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Solutionary Rail: A People-Powered Campaign to Electrify America's Railroads and Open Corridors to a Clean Energy Future by: Moyer, Bill; Mazza, Patrick; Forward: McKibben, Bill

Softcover. Vashon, WA, The Backbone Campaign, 1st, 2016, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 108 pages, soft cover. Covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. Contains B&W and full-color photography and illustrations throughout. This book asks the question: could railroads, the oldest form of mechanized mass transportation, be the key to unlocking solutions to some of the greatest challenges of the 21st century? Why not power trains with renewable energy? Contains some of previous owner's underlining and markings in pen throughout, but they do not effect the legibility of any text blocks. Record # 34546
Price: $18.00 

 

Modern Railways


Allen, Geoffrey Freeman

Hardcover. London, Book Club Assoc., Rep., 1980, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 256 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Extensive color and b&w photography throughout. Illustrated end papers and fly leafs. Illustrated title page. Gilt titles on spine. Edge wear and fading to dust jacket. Creasing to title page. Otherwise clean, tight copy.

Record # 57399


Price: $28.00 

 

Harvest of the Sea, The


Grenfell, W. T.

Chicago, Revell, 1st, 1905, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Much on the fishermen and fishing practices of the time. Black & white photos. Ex-lib but only bookplate & minor stamping.

Record # 62049


Price: $22.00 

 

Sentinel of the Coasts - The Log of a Lighthouse Engineer


Putnam, George R.

NY, Norton, 1st, 1937, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Black & white photos, charts. 368 pages. Dust jacket edgeworn, chipped. Previous owner's red stamp to half-title page otherwise clean.

Record # 68989


Price: $100.00 

American Railroad Freight Car - From the Wood-Car Era the Coming of SteelWhite, Jr., John H.
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American Railroad Freight Car - From the Wood-Car Era the Coming of Steel


White, Jr., John H.

Hardcover. Baltimore, John Hopkins, 2nd, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 644 pages. Hardcover. Hundreds of photographs and detailed drawings. Large oversize volume. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 177840


Price: $80.00 

 

THROUGH THE OVERCAST. THE WEATHER AND THE ART OF INSTRUMENT FLYING


Jordanoff, Assen

Hardcover. New York, Funk & Wagnalls Co., Revised, 1943, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 356 pages. Portrait frontispiece of author. Pictorial title page. Profusely illustrated throughout text. Royal 8vo. Blue pictorial cloth of an airplane in flight. Spine is lightened. Light wear to spine edges. Color pictorial dust jacket with some wear and chipping to edges. Small tear on back cover. Minor browning to inside covers. Top edge stained blue.

Record # 219929


Price: $29.00 

 

Riders of the Stom - The Story of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution


Cameron, Ian

London, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1st , 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good , 256 pages. Color, B&W illustrations. Light edgewear to dust jacket.

Record # 305159


Price: $25.00 

 

Story of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, The (2 Volumes)


Hungerford, Edward

Hardcover. New York , G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1st, 1928, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Two volumes complete, red cloth with gilt lettering on spine, b&w illustrations, top edge gilt. Ex-library copies with usual markings and residue, covers with edgewear. Still, a solid, serviceable set. Clean internally.

Record # 405716


Price: $50.00 

Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1919Jane, Fred T. and C.G. Grey
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Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1919


Jane, Fred T. and C.G. Grey

Hardcover. New York, Arco Publishing Co., reprint, 1969, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 800 plus pages (unpaginated), green cloth covers with a bright dust jacket which has light chipping to bottom edge. Many b&w illustrations. This is a reprint of All the World's Aircraft published in 1919 in London.

Record # 406615


Price: $50.00 

Before Amelia: Women Pilots in the Early Days of AviationLebow, Eileen F.
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Before Amelia: Women Pilots in the Early Days of Aviation


Lebow, Eileen F.

Softcover. Women's studies, 1st 2nd printing, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 313 pages. Remaindermark to bottom edge, else like new.

Record # 450299


Price: $12.00 

 

Shoreline and Sextant: Practical Coastline Narvigation.


Bublong, John P.

Softcover. Van Nostrand Reinhold, 3rd, 1980, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 214 pages. B&W photos, charts, maps and illustrations. Clean copy with some wear to covers.

Record # 454877


Price: $15.00 

 

Aviation's Mr. Sam


Haggerty, James J

Hardcover. US, Aero Publishers, 1st, 1974-01-01, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 184 pages. Previous owner's inscription on front end paper. Light edgewear and rubbing to dust jacket, else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 462870


Price: $15.00 

 

Central Vermont Railway,The - A Yankee Tradition - Volume 3


Jones, Robert C.

Hardcover. Silverton, Sundance, 1st, 1981, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 192 pages. Pictorial boards. Illustrated with photographs and reproductions in color and black & white. Minor browning to edge of front endpaper. Book in plastic protective cover. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 510217


Price: $51.00 

 

Spirit of the Motorcycle, The


Dregni, Michael

Hardcover. Stillwater, Voyager Press, 1st, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 160 pages. Illustrated with full color and black & white photographs and reproductions. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 603681


Price: $51.00 

 

Ticonderoga - Lake Champlain Steamboat


Strum, Richard M.

Softcover. Shelburne, Shelburne Museum, 1st, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 110 pages. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR ON TITLE PAGE. Illustrated with full color and black & white photographs. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 608924


Price: $18.00 

 

Motor Mania - A Hundred Years of Motoring


Sutton, Richard

Softcover. Oxford, Past Times, 1st Thus, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 159 pages. Softcover. Previous owners name at top right corner of front endpaper. Illustrated with black & white photographs. Minor wear. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 611621


Price: $13.00 

 

Over the Hills to Woodstock


Mead, Jr., Edgar

Hardcover. Brattleboro, VT, Stephen Greene Press, 1st, 1967, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 44 pages. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on title page. B/W photographs. Very clean.

Record # 801898


Price: $13.00 

Breaking Gridlock: Moving Toward Transportation that Works by: Motavalli, Jim
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Breaking Gridlock: Moving Toward Transportation that Works by: Motavalli, Jim

Hardcover. San Francisco, CA, Sierra Club Books, 1st, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 306 pages. White boards, orange cloth spine, gilt. Pictorial dust jacket. Record # 803501
Price: $12.00 

 

ROLLS-ROYCE CATALOGUE 1910-1911: New Preface by H. F. Fergusson-Wood


Rolls-Royce

Hardcover. New York, Bonanza Books, reprint, 1973, Attractive unused bonsai tree bookplate on front pastedown. 69 pages. Illustrated with color and black and white captioned plates of the automobiles. Specifications and chassis illustrations of the Silver Ghost and various Rolls-Royce body styles. Oblong 4to. Red cloth, gilt titled spine. Very nice pictorial dust jacket.

Record # 809183


Price: $18.00 

 

Lookoutman, The


Bone, David W.

Hardcover. New York , Harcourt Brace and Co., 1st, 1923, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 220 pages, color, b&w illustrations by H. Hudson Rodmell. SIGNED BY BONE on front fly leaf. Tight, bright copy.

Record # 900118


Price: $19.00 

Lake Champlain's Sailing Canal Boats: An Illustrated Journey From Burlington Bay to the Hudson River [INSCRIBED COPY] by: Cohn, Arthur B.
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Lake Champlain's Sailing Canal Boats: An Illustrated Journey From Burlington Bay to the Hudson River [INSCRIBED COPY] by: Cohn, Arthur B.

Hardcover. Basin Harbor VT, Lake Champlain Maritime Museum, 1st, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 185 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket is in fair condition due to a few closed tears and wrinkling on the rear corner. Blue cloth covers with gilt text are clean and bright, as are the interior pages. Binding is solid. Signed by author with a brief inscription on the title page. B&W and full color photography and illustrations throughout. This book draws on a wealth of historical documentation and images to tell the nearly forgotten story of Lake Champlain's sailing canal boats. Clean copy. Record # 33795
Price: $28.00 

Lake Champlain's Sailing Canal Boats: An Illustrated Journey From Burlington Bay to the Hudson River by: Cohn, Arthur B.
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Lake Champlain's Sailing Canal Boats: An Illustrated Journey From Burlington Bay to the Hudson River by: Cohn, Arthur B.

Hardcover. Basin Harbor, VT, Lake Champlain Maritime Museum, 1st, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 187 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket is in good condition due to light edge wear and a few minor blemishes. Blue cloth covers with gilt text are clean and bright, as are the interior pages. Binding is solid. Contains B&W and full-color photography and illustrations throughout. This book draws on a wealth of historical documentation and images to tell the nearly forgotten story of Lake Champlain's sailing canal boats. Clean copy. Record # 34451
Price: $20.00 

 

Weather for the Mariner


Kotsch, William J.

Hardcover. Annapolis, Naval Inst. Press, 2nd, 1982, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Black & white drawings

Record # 54920


Price: $15.00 

 

75th Anniversary of the Westinghouse Air Brake Company


n.a.

Hardcover. Wilmerding, PA, Westinghouse, 1st, 1944, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Illust. in color, black & white

Record # 58560


Price: $18.00 

 

Way of Ships, The


Vale, Edmund

London/NY, Country Life Limited/Scribners, 1st, 1938, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, The Design of Life Series. Black & white illust. 129 pages. Previous owner's inscription on front fly leaf.

Record # 67663


Price: $15.00 

 

Belle Epoque of the Orient-Express, The


Wiesenthal, M.

Hardcover. Barcelona, Geocolor SA, 1st, 1979, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, A collection of photos, postcards and poster art from the Grand Era of train travel. color, black & white illust. 96 pgs.

Record # 108151


Price: $25.00 

 

The Young Sea Officers Sheet Anchor - A Key to the Leading of Rigging and to Practical Seamanship


Lever, Darcy

Hardcover. Providence, RI, Ship Model Society of RI, rep, 1930, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 124 pages. Black & white illustrations. Previous owner's signature on front end paper. Previous owner's sticker on inside of front cover.

Record # 207729


Price: $41.00 

 

Fliegerschwarme Uber Dem Ozean


Balbo, Italo

Berlin , Rowohldt, 1st, 1933, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, A book on early air transport & international mail delivery in the early 30's. Many B&W photos, light foxing to scattered pages.

Record # 302990


Price: $35.00 

 

Railway and Locomotive Historical Society Membership Roster - June 1, 1966


Greene (compiler), Howard F.

Softcover. Auburndale MA, Railway and Locomotive Historical Society, 1966, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Blue paper wraps, 64 pages.

Record # 403980


Price: $12.00 

Spitfire: Supermarine Spitfire MK V - Aeroguide Classics Number 1 by: Rimell, Ray
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Spitfire: Supermarine Spitfire MK V - Aeroguide Classics Number 1 by: Rimell, Ray

Softcover. Vista CA, Aeolus Publishing, 1st, 1985, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 32 pages illustrated in b&w, color illustrated wrappers, stapled. Record # 406492
Price: $12.00 

 

Barge Canal Improvement Laws (Erie, Champlain and Oswego Canals, Cayuga and Seneca Canal, Terminals and Related Acts with Amendments to June 1, 1916


Williams and others, Frank M.

Softcover. Albany NY, State of New York/J.B. Lyon, 1916, Book: Good, 224 pages, Light tan paper wraps worn, especially spine. Internally very good.

Record # 407704


Price: $19.00 

Wheels for the World: Henry Ford, His Company, and a Century of ProgressBrinkley, Douglas G.
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Wheels for the World: Henry Ford, His Company, and a Century of Progress


Brinkley, Douglas G.

Hardcover. New York, Viking Adult, 1st, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 858 pages, b&w photos. Black cloth, silver lettering to spine. Light wear to dust jacket, else a very neat, tight copy.

Record # 452798


Price: $15.00 

 

Railways Then and Now


Nock, O. S.

Hardcover. New York, Random House Value Publishing, 1st, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 215 pages, illustrated throughout in color and b&w. Light edgewear to dust jacket, else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 460122


Price: $19.00 

 

Modern Port, The: Its Facilities and Cargo Handling Problems


Fugl-Meyer, H.

Hardcover. Taiwan, Pirated ed. , reprint, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. 202 pages. Pirated Edition. Previous owner's signature on front end paper. Spine darkened.

Record # 503961


Price: $13.00 

 

1956 Supplement to the 1955 Chevrolet Passenger Car Manual


General Motors

Softcover. Detroit MI, Chevrolet Motor Division, 1956, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, approx. 192 pages, illustrated with b&w diagrams and photos. Heavy paper covers soiled, internally clean. Musty.

Record # 602807


Price: $13.00 

 

Proceedings of the North American Society of Oceanic History at Salem 1977


Reynolds (editor), Clark G.

Paperback. Salem, NASOH, 1st, 1977, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Non-Paginated. Illustrated with black & white photographs and drawings. Staple bound. Sun fading to spine edges.

Record # 604282


Price: $13.00 

 

Street Cars and Interurbans of Yesterday - A Collection of Car Illustrations and Drawings


Davies, Owen

Hardcover. Chicago, Owen Davies, 2nd Printing, 1963, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 166 pages. Illustrated with black & white photographs and technical design detail drawings. Ex-museum library copy. Embossed stamp at top right corner of title page. Strip of white library tape at bottom of spine. Clean, unmarked copy.

Record # 610305


Price: $31.00 

Chemin de fer de la Bonne Sainte Anne 1889-1959 - An illustrated historical account of seventy years of railway service on the Coast of BeaupreLavallee, Omer S. A.
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Chemin de fer de la Bonne Sainte Anne 1889-1959 - An illustrated historical account of seventy years of railway service on the Coast of Beaupre


Lavallee, Omer S. A.

Softcover. Montreal, Lavallee, 1st, 1960, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 16 pages. Softcover. No date - circa 1960. Ex-museum library copy with tape residue at bottom left corner of front cover. Degree of darkening to edges. Clean, unmarked text.

Record # 613947


Price: $63.00 

 

The Sailing Ship: A Study in Beauty


Rogers, Stanley, Illust. by: Stanley Rogers

Hardcover. New York, Harper & Brothers, 1st, 1950, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 98 pages, color illustrated frontispiece, 7 color plates, 20 b&w illustrations, gilt lettered spine. Previous owner's bookplate to front endpage, light wear to cover; overall a very neat, tight copy.

Record # 802283


Price: $13.00 

 

Battleship Sailor


Mason, Theodore C.

Hardcover. Maryland, Naval institute Press, 1st, 1982, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 271 pages, red cloth cover with a blue jacket with a B&W photo.Cover has some staining and the jacket is yellowed on the inside, foxing to the edges. Otherwise tight, crisp copy.

Record # 808958


Price: $12.00 

 

Aero Club of Vermont 1916


N/A

Hardcover. Burlington, VT, Privately Printed, 1st, 1916, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: None, 61 pages, gilt title on blue cloth board. Minor corner bumps and spine edge wear, otherwise, very clean and bright copy.

Record # 855346


Price: $75.00 

Dodge Trucks by: Bunn, Don
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Dodge Trucks by: Bunn, Don

Hardcover. Osceola, WI, Motorbooks International, reprint, 1997, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 320 pages, hardcover. No dust jacket, minor wear on dark green cover with silver text and illustration. Interior pages in near perfect condition. A complete book covering the rich history of Dodge trucks through '97. Clean copy. Record # 33588
Price: $60.00 

The Small-Boat Skipper and His Problems: A Collection of Facts That Have Been Learned the Hard Way About Small Cruising Boats and How to Enjoy Them by: Connett, Eugene V., Illust. by: McClure, Darrell Smith, Hervey Garrett
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The Small-Boat Skipper and His Problems: A Collection of Facts That Have Been Learned the Hard Way About Small Cruising Boats and How to Enjoy Them by: Connett, Eugene V., Illust. by: McClure, Darrell Smith, Hervey Garrett

Hardcover. NY, W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., 1st, 1952, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 213 pages, hardcover. Clipped dust jacket has multiple closed tears and small chips. Green cloth covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. Contains B&W illustrations throughout. This book is a discussion on small boats, including their rigging, equipment, sails, maintenance, special problems, and the waters and weathers they sail through. Clean copy. Record # 34244
Price: $18.00 

 

Collector's History of the Automobile


Roberts, Peter

Hardcover. NY, Bonanza, rep., 1978, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Previous owner's bookplate otherwise

Record # 54247


Price: $18.00 

 

National Air and Space Museum, The


Bryan, C.D.B.

Hardcover. NY, Abrams, 1st, 1979, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Color, black & white illust. 504 pages. Previous owner's inscription on half-title page otherwise VG/VG

Record # 58546


Price: $80.00 

 

Scottish Railways


Nock, O. S.

Hardcover. London, Thomas Nelson & Sons, 1st , 1950, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Illust. in color, black & white. 214 pages. Short (1/2") tear to cloth at top of spine otherwise VERY GOOD

Record # 63996


Price: $38.00 

 

Man Flies - The Story of Alberto Santos-Dumont Master of the Balloon


Winters, Nancy

Hardcover. London, Bloomsbury, 1st, 1997, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Near Fine, Black & white illustrations.

Record # 106337


Price: $18.00 

 

Railroad Traffic And Rates - (2 vols)


Johnson, Emory B. and Grover G. Huebner

NY, Appleton and Company, 1st, 1911, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Front and rear hinges cracked in Vol. 1. Light edgewear and soil to covers. Black & white illustrations. Some pages creased in middle of Vol. 2

Record # 202571


Price: $45.00 

NARROW GAUGE TO THE HILLS. EXPLORING NARROW GAUGE RAILROADS FOR FREIGHT AND PASSENGERS IN THE AMERICAN WEST, EUROPE, LATIN AMERICA AND INDIA.  by: Mead, Edgar T.
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NARROW GAUGE TO THE HILLS. EXPLORING NARROW GAUGE RAILROADS FOR FREIGHT AND PASSENGERS IN THE AMERICAN WEST, EUROPE, LATIN AMERICA AND INDIA. by: Mead, Edgar T.

Hardcover. New Hampshire, Weedy Rail Books, 1st, 1984, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Record # 220811
Price: $12.00 

 

Moving the Earth: The Workbook of Excavation - Second Edition


Nichols, Jr., Herbert L.

Hardcover. Charlotte NC, National School of Heavy Equipment - North Castle, reprint, 1973, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Unpaginated (1000+ pages), b&w illustrations and photos. Dust jacket with edgewear, chipping to top of spine. Heavy volume will require extra for expedited or overseas shipping.

Record # 402336


Price: $40.00 

 

400,000 Miles By Rail: The Reminiscences of a Professional Passenger on All Types of Trains


Blanton, Burt C.

Hardcover. Berkeley CA, Howell-North Books, 1st, 1972, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 183 pages, b&w illustrations, Dust jacket with light soil, edgewear.

Record # 406102


Price: $19.00 

 

50 Jahre Deutsche Luftwaffe: Band II 1915-18


Nowarra, Heinz J.

Hardcover. New York , Aero Publishers, 1st, 1964, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 231 pages, many b&w photographs, green cloth covers with silver lettering on spine. Bright dust jacket with light edgewear, rubbing. Text in German, English, French.

Record # 406645


Price: $31.00 

 

Twelve Meter Challenges for the America's Cup, The


Hoyt, Norris D

Hardcover. New York, 1st, 1977, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 252 pages, 36 full-color illustrations. Edge wear, small tears, light soiling to dust jacket. Light soiling to end papers. Else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 451662


Price: $25.00 

MG Sports CarsBooks, Bay View
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MG Sports Cars


Books, Bay View

Hardcover. Bay View Books, reprint, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 220 pages, illustrated throughout in color and b&w. Light de-lamination and edgewear to dust jacket. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 458833


Price: $25.00 

New York Central RailroadSolomon, Brian
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New York Central Railroad


Solomon, Brian

Hardcover. St. Paul, MBI Pub. Co. and Voyager Press, 1st, 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 160 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Light edgewear and rubbing to cover boards, otherwise clean, tight copy.

Record # 471870


Price: $38.00 

 

Immortal Sails


Hughes, Henry

Hardcover. Prescot, England, T Stephenson & Sons Ltd., 1st, 1969, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 240 pages. 30 black and white plates. History of the small port of Portmadoc from which an immense fleet of tiny sailing vessels was launched throughout the nineteenth century.

Record # 512296


Price: $13.00 

 

Ships and Memories


Adams, Bill

Hardcover. Brighton, Teredo Books Ltd., 1st, 1975, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 449 pages. Illustrated with black & white photographs and drawings. Light wear to dust jacket.

Record # 603906


Price: $26.00 

 

Cunard White Star Quadruple-Screw North Atlantic Liner - Queen Mary, The


Hood, A. G./Leslie Read

Hardcover. New York, Bonanza Books, Reprint, 1979, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 288 pages. Features 2 fold-outs. Illustrated with black & white photographs. Dust jacket shows light wear. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 610003


Price: $20.00 

 

Islands of Lake Champlain and Beyond, The


Rutland Railroad

Softcover. Rutland, Rutland Railroad, 1st, 1902, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 80 pages. Softcover. Travel guide published by Rutland Railroad (Rutland Vermont). Features black & white illustrations. Reference material in rear: List of Hotels and Summer Boarding Houses and Excursion Rates to Summer Resorts on Rutland Railroad, Season 1902 - Cities Listed: Boston, New York, Montreal to Vermont towns. Light wear/abrasion to top right corner of pages. Light wear overall. Clean, unmarked text.

Record # 612968


Price: $63.00 

 

Merchant U-Boat


Messimer, Dwight

Hardcover. New York , M. Evans and Company, Inc., 1st, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 233 pages. B/W photographs. Dust jacket scuffed, previous bookseller's stamp on title page.

Record # 802206


Price: $13.00 

 

White Plume, The: A Pictorial Representation of the Steam Locomotive


Bowman, Charles

Hardcover. Chicago, Henry Regnery Company, 1st, 1976, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 159 pages, b&w photographs. Dust jacket has several small tears, rubbing. Binding and pages slightly warped, musty.

Record # 808901


Price: $12.00 

 

Pictorial Primer of Yacht Racing Rules & Tactics, A


Aymar, Gordon C.

Hardcover. N. P., Kennedy Brothers, Inc, 1st, 1936, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 141 pages, illustrated throughout in b&w. Ex-Library copy with usual stamps and markings. Covers slightly worn, lacks dust jacket. Nice reading-copy.

Record # 851468


Price: $15.00 

 

Iron Snake, The: The Story of the Uganda Railway


Hardy, Ronald

Hardcover. New York, G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1st, 1965, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 318 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Light wear on edges. Chipping and fraying to dust jacket. Covered in plastic sleeve. Light soil.

Record # 2233333


Price: $19.00 

 

Proceedings: The 2nd Classic Yacht Symposium, March31-April 2, 2006: Herreshoff Marine Museum


Palmieri, John (Ed.)

Softcover. New England, USA, Herreshoff Marine Museum/Society of Naval Architects & Marine Engineers, 1st, 2006, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 299 pages. Softcover. Color and b/w illustrations throughout. Wrapper excellent. Binding tight. Clean inside and out. In beautiful condition.

Record # 31566


Price: $50.00 

Beyond the Black Box: The Forensics of Airplane Crashes by: Bibel, George
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Beyond the Black Box: The Forensics of Airplane Crashes by: Bibel, George

Hardcover. Baltimore, MD, The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1st, 2008, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 393 pages, hardcover. This is an ex-library book with the usual stamping. Dust jacket, cloth covers, and interior pages are clean and bright. Binding is solid. B&W photography and illustrations throughout. This well-researched book details how accident investigators piece together what really happened in a plane crash, from black boxes to debris patterns. It also extrapolates to show how these insights are utilized in aircraft design and operation to keep commercial aviation as safe as possible. Unmarked text. Record # 33906
Price: $18.00 

Mystic Seaport Watercraft by: Bray, Maynard; Fuller, Benjamin A. G.; Vermilya, Peter T.
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Mystic Seaport Watercraft by: Bray, Maynard; Fuller, Benjamin A. G.; Vermilya, Peter T.

Hardcover. Mystic, CT, Mystic Seaport, 3rd, 2001, Book: Very Good, 396 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket has a minor closed tear at the top of the spine, but is still in very good condition overall. Teal cloth covers and interior pages are all clean and bright. Binding is solid. Contains B&W photography throughout. This book is a comprehensive compilation of water craft from Mystic Seaport. Nearly 500 boats at the museum have been thoroughly described and annotated. This is a large-format volume, available for DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY. Previous owner's short inscription is present on the front end papers in gold pen, otherwise clean copy. Record # 34547
Price: $22.00 

 

Trucks - An Illustrated History 1896-1920.


Georgano, G.N. and Carlo Demand

Hardcover. NY, Two Continents Pub., 1st US, 1978, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Many black & white photos and drawings. 120 pages.

Record # 57401


Price: $35.00 

 

English Channel, The


Calder, Nigel

Hardcover. NY, Viking, 1st, 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Black & white illust. 373 pages.

Record # 63690


Price: $23.00 

 

14-Karat Trailer, The


Zobel, Myron, Illust. by: Rube Goldberg, Otto Soglow, Russell Patterson

Hardcover. New York , Frederick Fell, 1st, 1955, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, An account of the author's building a deluxe caravan on wheels. 188 pages. Black & white sketches by Rube Goldberg, Otto Soglow, Russell Patterson & others. Dust jacket with light edgewear, chipping.

Record # 69227


Price: $40.00 

 

Helicopter Analysis


Nikolsky, Alexander A.

New York, John Wiley & Sons, 1st, 1951, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Blue buckram; 8vo; 340 pages; No dust jacket. Previous owner's name front end paper, otherwise clean, tight.

Record # 185852


Price: $58.00 

 

Tall Ships: The World of Sail Training


Drummond, Maldwin, Illust. by: Mike Willoughby

Hardcover. London, Angus & Robertson Publishers, 1st, 1976, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 160 pages. Foreword by H. R. H the Duke of Edinburgh. Color illustrations by Mike Willoughby. B/W photographs. Dust jacket faded, edges worn.

Record # 219960


Price: $22.00 

 

Harvest of the Sea, The - A Tale of Both Sides of the Atlantic


Grenfell, Wilfred T.

Chicago/N.Y., Revell, 1st, 1905, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 162 pages. B&W photos. Ex-lib with light marking, residue.

Record # 305539


Price: $15.00 

 

State Regulation of Railroads in the South (Studies in History, Economics and Public Law)


Ferguson, Maxwell

Softcover. New York , Columbia University Press , 1st, 1916, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 228 pages, paper wraps rebound in cardboard covers, ex-library with light stamping, residue. Clean internally.

Record # 405720


Price: $19.00 

 

Air Aces of the 1914-1918 War


Robertson, Bruce

Hardcover. Letchworth Herts UK, Harleyford Publications, 2nd pr., 1959, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 211 pages, color frontispiece, many b&w photographs. Orange cloth covers in a worn dust jacket.

Record # 406619


Price: $38.00 

Moonlight in Duneland: The Illustrated Story of the Chicago South Shore and South Bend RailroadCohen, Ronald D. (Editor)
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Moonlight in Duneland: The Illustrated Story of the Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad


Cohen, Ronald D. (Editor)

Hardcover. Bloomington, 3rd printing, 1998, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 138 pages, illustrated throughout in color. Blue cloth, gilt lettering to spine. brodart protected pictorial dust jacket. Minor wear to jacket, else like new.

Record # 450310


Price: $50.00 

Passenger Steamers of the River Fal by: Kittridge, Alan
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Passenger Steamers of the River Fal by: Kittridge, Alan

Softcover. Twelveheads Press, 1st, 1988, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 120 pages, illustrated throughout with b&w photographs. Minor edge fade, otherwise, very clean and tight copy. Record # 456278
Price: $12.00 

 

History of The Baltimore & Ohio, The


Jacobs, Timothy

Hardcover. US, Crescent Books, 1st, 1989-08-02, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 128 pages, illustrated throughout in b&w. Light edgewear to dust jacket. Faint foxing to top edge, otherwise a clean, tight copy.

Record # 465828


Price: $13.00 

Highball: A Pageant of Trains by: Beebe, Lucius
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Highball: A Pageant of Trains by: Beebe, Lucius

Hardcover. New York, Bonanza Books, reprint , 1945, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 223 pages. Black & white photography of trains. Dust jacket with rubbing. Record # 511200
Price: $12.00 

 

Piracy & the Decline of Venice 1580-1615


Tenenti, Alberto

Hardcover. Berkley, University of California Press, reprint, 1967, 210 pages, 8 b&w illustrations. Price-clipped, previous owner's embossed stamp on title page, slight wear evident to dust jacket; a tight, clean copy.

Record # 603848


Price: $13.00 

 

Subway City - Riding the Trains, Reading New York


Brooks, Michael W.

Hardcover. New Brunswick, Rutgers University Press, 1st, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 252 pages. Black & white illustrations. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 609076


Price: $15.00 

 

Trolleycars - Streetcars, Trams and Trolleys of North America: A Photographic History


Sullivan, Frank/Fred Winkowski

Softcover. Osceola, Motorbooks International , 1st, 1995, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 128 pages. Softcover. Illustrated with full color photographs. Light rubbing to covers. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 611957


Price: $23.00 

 

Sea Chart


Howse, Derek

Hardcover. New York , McGraw Hill Book Company, 1st, 1973, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 145 pages. Co-authored by Michael Sanderson. Introduction by Rear-Admiral G. S. Ritchie. Color and B/W reproductions of charts. Very clean. Dust jacket has some scuff marks.

Record # 802155


Price: $13.00 

How to Restore your Collector Car by: Brownell, Tom
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How to Restore your Collector Car by: Brownell, Tom

Softcover. Osceola, WI, Motorbooks International, 1st, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 286 pages. Color photographs throughout. Record # 803951
Price: $12.00 

 

Mopar Muscle: Fifty Years Dodge, Plymouth & Chrysler Performance


Genat, Robert and David Hewhardt

Hardcover. St. Paul MN, Motorbooks International, 1st, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 192 pages, lavish color photography throughout by Hewhardt. Clean, tight copy. Short cut to dust jacket cover, barely noticeable.

Record # 809316


Price: $40.00 

 

Monsters: The Hindenburg Disaster and the Birth of Pathological Technology


Regis, Ed

Hardcover. New York, Basic Books, 1st, 2015, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 325 pages, hardcover with dust jacket. Lessons on the technological hubris of a bygone era. Light bumping to corners, mild rubbing to dust jacket. Unmarked. Bright and clean; a tight copy.

Record # 951347


Price: $19.00 

 

Automobile Quarterly, 33 vols


N/A

Hardcover. NY, Automobile Quarterly, 1st, 1962-1972, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, A hardcover quarterly dedicated to the antique car enthusiast, color photos. Vols 1-8 complete except for vol 7 #2, plus additional vols 9 #1 and 10 #2

Record # 20564


Price: $400.00 

Proficient Motorcycling: The Ultimate Guide to Riding Well by: Hough, Daivd L.
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Proficient Motorcycling: The Ultimate Guide to Riding Well by: Hough, Daivd L.

Softcover. Irvine, CA, Bowtie Press, 5th, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 256 pages, soft cover. Covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. B&W photography throughout. This is the best and most complete book ever written on how to ride a motorcycle safely and efficiently. Previous owner's signature on front end page, otherwise clean copy. Record # 33870
Price: $12.00 

The Aircraft Gas Turbine Engine and its Operation by: Pratt & Whitney Aircraft
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The Aircraft Gas Turbine Engine and its Operation by: Pratt & Whitney Aircraft

Softcover. East Hartford, CT, United Aircraft Corporation, Revised, 1958, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 152 pages, soft cover. Covers are clean and bright, with only minor edge wear. Interior pages are in very good condition. Spiral binding is solid. Contains B&W and full-color illustrations throughout. This book provides information regarding the history, operation, and construction of gas turbine engines for aeronautical use. Clean copy. Record # 34469
Price: $24.00 

 

Fix Your Ford - V8's and 6's 1973 - 1960


Toboldt, Bill

Hardcover. S. Holland, Ill., Goodheart-Willcox, 1st, 1973, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 400 pages. Many photos, illust.

Record # 56053


Price: $15.00 

 

Dark Wind - A Survivor's Tale of Love and Loss


Chaplin, Gordon

Paperback. NY, Atlantic Monthly, ARC Wraps, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 225 pages. Paperback. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to wrappers.

Record # 58568


Price: $12.00 

 

Illustrated Encyclopedia of the World's Steam Passenger Locomotives, The


Hollingsworth, Brian

Hardcover. NY, Crescent Books, Rep., Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 208 pages. Hardcover. Extensive color and b&w photos and illustrations throughout. Two fold out illustrations. Gilt titles on spine. Illustrated end papers and fly leafs. Previous owners signature on front end paper. Faint foxing to top edge, otherwise a clean, tight copy.

Record # 67780


Price: $16.00 

 

World's Rail Way, The - A Facsimile of the 1894 Edition


Pangborn, J.G.

Hardcover. NY, Bramhall House, reprint , 1974, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, black & white illustrations of early trins. 165 pgs. dust jacket w/ edgewear, short tears.

Record # 108455


Price: $20.00 

 

Toyota Pick-Ups & 4-runner Owners Workshop Manual


Raffa, John, Larry Warren and John H. haynes

Paperback. Somerset, Haynes, 1st wraps, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 332 pages. Paperback. Black & white photography and illustrations.

Record # 207763


Price: $15.00 

 

Aeroplane Speaks, The


Barber, H.

New York , Robert M. McBride, 7th Revised Edition, 1918, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 40 B&W plates, 89 B&W sketches and diagrams. Spine lettering faded, otherwise very good. Maintenance of WW 1 planes.

Record # 302991


Price: $30.00 

 

Supercharged Mercedes, The


Schrader, Halwart and Carlo Demand

Hardcover. Lausanne SW, Edita, 1st UK, 1979, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 96 pages. Photographs and drawings (by Demand), in color and b&w, of the car from 1922-1939. Minor edgewear to dust jacket.

Record # 404454


Price: $30.00 

Spitfire in ActionScutts, Jerry
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Spitfire in Action


Scutts, Jerry

Softcover. Carrollton TX, Squadron/Signal Publications, 1st, 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 58 pages, stapled wrappers, pictures in color and b&w, illustrations by Don Greer and Rob Stern. Clean, bright copy.

Record # 406497


Price: $15.00 

 

Century and a Half of Amateur Driving, A - Part One


Shone, A. B.

Hardcover. London, J. Allen Ltd., 1st, 1955, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 112 pages, b&w and pasted-in color plates. Red board covers. Half leatherette with gilt lettering on spine. 500 proof copies printed December, 1955. Part One only of a two volume set. Clean.

Record # 411700


Price: $50.00 

Twentieth Century Sprawl: Highways and the Reshaping of the American LandscapeGutfreund, Owen D.
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Twentieth Century Sprawl: Highways and the Reshaping of the American Landscape


Gutfreund, Owen D.

Hardcover. New York, Oxford University Press, USA, 1st, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 297 pages. b&w illustrations. Light wear to pictorial dust jacket. A nice, clean tight copy.

Record # 452812


Price: $15.00 

 

Wheel Estate: The Rise and Decline of Mobile Homes


Wallis, Allan D.

Softcover. Baltimore, The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1st, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 283 pages, b&w illustrations. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to wrappers.

Record # 460621


Price: $13.00 

 

Design and Construction of Ports and Marine Structures


Quinn, Alonzo DeF.

Hardcover. Taiwan, Pirated Ed, reprint, Book: Very Good, Hardcover. 531 pages. Some discoloration to endpapers. Wrinkling to plastic protective cover.

Record # 503963


Price: $26.00 

 

Chevrolet Shop Manual 1942


General Motors

Softcover. Detroit MI, Chevrolet Motor Division, 1942, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, approx. 200 pages, illustrated with b&w diagrams and photos. Heavy paper covers soiled, partially faded. Internally clean. Musty.

Record # 602809


Price: $15.00 

 

When Railroads Were New


Carter, Charles Frederick

Hardcover. New York, Henry Holt , 1st, 1909, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 324 pages. Black & white illustrations. Previous owners name on front endpaper. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 606954


Price: $35.00 

 

Rio Grande - Mainline of the Rockies


Beebe, Lucius/Charles Clegg

Hardcover. Berkeley, Howell-North, 1st, 1962, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 380 pages. Illustrated with black & white photographs. Ex-museum library copy with stamp embossed at top right corner of title page. Tape residue at bottom of spine. Spine slightly cocked. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 610349


Price: $31.00 

Two Feet Between the Rails - Volume 1 - The Early YearsJones, Robert C.
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Two Feet Between the Rails - Volume 1 - The Early Years


Jones, Robert C.

Hardcover. Silverton, Sundance Books, 1st, 1979, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 416 pages. Hardcover. Previous owners name at top right corner of title page. Full color and black & white photographs. Clear plastic protective cover. Clean, unmarked pages.

Record # 613982


Price: $79.00 

 

Ships and Ship Models


Percival Marshall, Ltd.

Hardcover. Watford, Model and Allied Publications, Argus Books, Ltd., reprint, 1977, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 384 pages. Compilation of articles from hobby magazine "Ships and Ship Models" Volume 1, 1931-1932. B/W photographs. Dust jacket faded and frayed on top edge otherwise clean.

Record # 802309


Price: $13.00 

 

Destroyers-60 years


Schofield, William G., Illust. by: Theodore Thomte & Douglas J. Mitchell

Hardcover. New York, Rand McNally & Co., 1st, 1962, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 180 pages, B&W photographs throughout, blue cloth cover with blue jacket with large photo on front. Wear and tear on jacket and rubbing to corners of binding. Tanning on edges of pages.

Record # 808959


Price: $15.00 

 

Building of Boats, The


Phillips-Birt, Douglas

Hardcover. Partridge Green, UK, Maurice Michael, 1st , 1979, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 287 pages. Mostly black-and-white illustrations, with a few color illustrations. Light shelf- and edge-wear to dust jacket, with slight de-lamination along top edge. Flaps a little tanned around edges. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 856613


Price: $25.00 

Man in the Air 200 Years (1783-1983) (INSCRIBED COPY) by: Bauer, Charles J., Illust. by: Multiple
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Man in the Air 200 Years (1783-1983) (INSCRIBED COPY) by: Bauer, Charles J., Illust. by: Multiple

Hardcover. Silver Spring MD, Silver Spring Press, 1st, 1983, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 206 pages, hardcover. Exterior dust jacket is folded inwards at the cover corners, but interior pages and binding are in great condition. B&W illustrations throughout, detailing the early history of aviation. Some additional thematically related artwork and materials were pasted into interior beginning and end pages by previous owner, otherwise clean copy. Record # 33595
Price: $18.00 

Lindbergh: A Photographic Biography of the Lone Eagle by: McAllister, Bruce, Wilkinson, Stephan
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Lindbergh: A Photographic Biography of the Lone Eagle by: McAllister, Bruce, Wilkinson, Stephan

Hardcover. Boulder, CO, Roundup Press, 1st, 2017, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 232 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket, covers, and interior pages are all clean and bright. Binding is solid. Contains B&W photography throughout. This book brings to life Lindbergh's epic career, with evocative text and hundreds of photographs, many rarely published. Clean copy. Record # 34318
Price: $18.00 

 

Who Destroyed the Hindenburg?


Hoehling, A. A.

Hardcover. Boston, Little Brown, 2nd, 1962, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Black & white photos, diagrams. Dj frayed, worn

Record # 54250


Price: $18.00 

 

History of Aviation - Second Edition - Fully Revised


Taylor, John W.R. and Kenneth Munso

Hardcover. NY, Crown, 2nd, 1978, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, The full story of flight. 1,500 illust. color throughout. 512 pages.

Record # 58547


Price: $60.00 

 

Gasoline Automobiles (Parts I & II)


Hall, Morris A.

Chicago, American School of Correspondence, Unknown, 1919-1920, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 2 vols. (Vol I is General, Vol II is on carburetors). Black & white illust. 226 pages total.Vol II with hinges cracked.

Record # 65660


Price: $25.00 

 

Aircraft Powerplant Manual - A Practical Instruction and Reference Work on Aircraft Powerplants and Allied Subjects


Manly, G. B.

Hardcover. Chicago, F. J. Drake, 3rd, 1943, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Spine slant, otherwise clean, sharp copy.

Record # 106937


Price: $25.00 

 

Call Of The Running Tide, The - A Portrait Of An Island Family


Graff, Nancy Price

Boston, Little Brown, 1st, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Black & white photos by Richard Howard.

Record # 203679


Price: $30.00 

NARROW GAUGE TO THE HILLS. EXPLORING NARROW GAUGE RAILROADS FOR FREIGHT AND PASSENGERS IN THE AMERICAN WEST, EUROPE, LATIN AMERICA AND INDIA.  by: Mead, Edgar T.
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NARROW GAUGE TO THE HILLS. EXPLORING NARROW GAUGE RAILROADS FOR FREIGHT AND PASSENGERS IN THE AMERICAN WEST, EUROPE, LATIN AMERICA AND INDIA. by: Mead, Edgar T.

Hardcover. New Hampshire, Weedy Rail Books, 1st, 1984, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Record # 220812
Price: $12.00 

 

Aero Digest May 1937


N/A

Softcover. New York, Aeronautical Digest Publishing, 1st, 1937, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Early aviation magazine, color wraps.

Record # 403786


Price: $18.00 

 

Riding the Limited's Locomotives


Hill, Colonel Howard G.

Hardcover. Seattle, Superior Publishing Co., 1st, 1972, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 175 pages, hardcover in a lightly worn dust jacket. Clean.

Record # 406105


Price: $15.00 

 

Sea Wings: The Romance of the Flying Boats


Jablonski, Edward

Hardcover. New York , Doubleday and Co., 1st, 1972, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 259 pages, illustrated in b&w. Color illustrated dust jacket, unclipped with minor edgewear.

Record # 406654


Price: $19.00 

 

Ocean Racing Around the World


Antrobus, Ross and Hammond

Hardcover. Englewood Cliffs, N.J., 1st US, 1975, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 234 pages, b&w and color photographs throughout. Edge wear, rubbing to dust jacket. Else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 451665


Price: $16.00 

Brief History of Flight, A : From Balloons to Mach 3 and BeyondHeppenheimer, T. A.
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Brief History of Flight, A : From Balloons to Mach 3 and Beyond


Heppenheimer, T. A.

Hardcover. New York, Wiley, 1st, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 454 pages, b& illustrations. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.

Record # 458848


Price: $15.00 

 

Passenger Cars 3: Solariums, Sleepers, Inspection Cars


Carstens, Hal

Softcover. New Jersey, Carstens Publication, 1st, 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 225-348 pages, Vol. 3 Only. Softcover with light edgewear to paper wrappers. Stapled binding, black and white internal illustrations and pictures.

Record # 471879


Price: $25.00 

On Railways at Home and Abroad by: Ransome-Wallis, P.
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On Railways at Home and Abroad by: Ransome-Wallis, P.

Hardcover. London, Spring Books, 1st, n.d., Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 300 pages, b&w photos, illustrations and maps. Dust jacket edgewear, chipping, price-clipped. Record # 601195
Price: $12.00 

 

Fair Winds and Foul


Hauser, Heinrich

Hardcover. New York, Liveright, 1st, 1932, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 254 pages. Illustrated with black & white photographs. Previous owners bookplate on inside front cover, notes on front endpaper. Light foxing to spine.

Record # 603907


Price: $16.00 

 

Ocean Steamers - A History of Ocean-going Passenger Steamships 1820-1970


Adams, John

Hardcover. London, White Mouse Editions/New Cavendish Books, 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 212 pages. Full color and black & white illustrations. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 610011


Price: $30.00 

 

Aircraft Maintenance and Service


Drake, Colonel Rollen H.

Hardcover. New York, Macmillan Company, 1st, 1949, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 352 pages. Hardcover. Previous owners notation on front endpaper. Illustrated with black & white photographs and drawings. Faint damp odor. Dust jacket with wear along edges and spine - jacket now protected with clear plastic cover. Clean, unmarked text.

Record # 613174


Price: $19.00 

 

Sea, Sails and Shipwreck: Career of the Four-Masted Schooner


Burgess, Robert

Hardcover. Cambridge, MD, Tidewater Publishers, 1st, 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 131 pages. SIGNED BY AUTHOR. B/W illustrations and photographs of the schooner Purnell T. White. Bookseller's stamp on title page. Dust jacket soiled.

Record # 802215


Price: $22.00 

 

Cunard White Star Quadruple-Screw Liner, The: Queen Mary


Bonanza Books

Hardcover. New york, Bonanza Books, 1979, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 287 pages, b&w illustrations. Light edge wear to dust jacket, pages slightly warped; else a good, clean copy.

Record # 808902


Price: $15.00 

 

Young Sea Officer's Street Anchor, or, a Key to the Landing of Rigging and to Practical Seamanship, The.


Lever, Esq., Darcy

Hardcover. New York , Edward W. Sweetman Co., reprint, 1963, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 124 pages. Tan cloth cover, some wear to edges and corners. Top edge colored purple. Inside is bright and clean, with b&w illustrations, maps and diagrams throughout. Reproduced by the photolithographic process from the Second Edition of 1819. A nice, tight copy.

Record # 853012


Price: $20.00 

 

War in the Air: Fighting Planes and Pilots on Action


Walker, John B., Illust. by: Barry Bart

Hardcover. New York, Random House, 1941, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 74 pages. Hardcover with chipped cover boards. No dust jacket. Moderate rubbing to interior pages. Light tanning to pages. Illustrated by Barry Bart in color and black and white.

Record # 2233626


Price: $19.00 


  
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