1. Home >
  2. Book Categories >

Transportation



Dr. Eckener's Dream Machine: The Historic Saga of the Round-the-World ZeppelinBotting, Douglas
Click Image To View Larger

Dr. Eckener's Dream Machine: The Historic Saga of the Round-the-World Zeppelin


Botting, Douglas

Hardcover. London , HarperCollinsPublishers, 1st, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 356 pages. Hardcover. Gilt title on spine. B/w illustrations throughout. Some foxing to inside of dust cover, but does not show from other side. Page. Very light foxing to top edge. Clean inside. History of the Zeppelin.

Record # 30282


Price: $19.00 

Dodge Trucks by: Bunn, Don
Click Image To View Larger

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 

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

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 

The Maine Two-Footers by: Moody, Linwood W.
Click Image To View Larger

The Maine Two-Footers by: Moody, Linwood W.

Hardcover. Berkeley CA, Howell-North, 1st, 1959, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 213 pages, hardcover. Cloth pictorial boards are in good condition, as are the interior pages. Solid binding. This book tells the story of the historical two-foot gauge railroads of Maine. B&W photographs and maps included throughout. Clean copy. Record # 33635
Price: $18.00 

Citroen: Traction Avant Gold Portfolio 1934-1957 by: Clarke, R.M.
Click Image To View Larger

Citroen: Traction Avant Gold Portfolio 1934-1957 by: Clarke, R.M.

Softcover. Surrey England, Brooklands Books, 1st, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 172 pages, soft cover. Covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Aesthetic wear is present on the spine. Binding is solid. Not only was the Citroen of this era technologically advanced, it also looked quite different from most of its contemporaries. Yet it was still a family car, and affordable by the man on the street. Clean copy. Record # 33694
Price: $75.00 

Citroen: Twelve & Fifteen Repair Manual by: Citroen Cars
Click Image To View Larger

Citroen: Twelve & Fifteen Repair Manual by: Citroen Cars

Softcover. Surrey, England, Brooklands Books Ltd., reprint, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 136 pages, soft cover. Covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. Minor aesthetic wear on the bottom of the spine. This Citroen repair manual covers Citroen Twelve and Fifteen. The British built Citroen incorporated a few dissimilarities that are not covered here, but the majority of contents apply equally to both British and French Citroens. Clean copy. Record # 33695
Price: $30.00 

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

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 

Proficient Motorcycling: The Ultimate Guide to Riding Well by: Hough, Daivd L.
Click Image To View Larger
Proficient Motorcycling: The Ultimate Guide to Riding Well by: Hough, Daivd L.Proficient Motorcycling: The Ultimate Guide to Riding Well by: Hough, Daivd L.

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 

Burlington International Airport: A Pictorial History by: Board of Airport Commissioners
Click Image To View Larger
Burlington International Airport: A Pictorial History by: Board of Airport CommissionersBurlington International Airport: A Pictorial History by: Board of Airport Commissioners

Burlington International Airport: A Pictorial History by: Board of Airport Commissioners

Softcover. Burlington, VT, Board of Airport Commissioners, 1st, 1982, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 90 pages, soft cover. Covers are in good condition, despite some chipping to the spine. Interior pages are clean and bright. Binding is solid. B&W photography throughout, This book details the history of Burlington International Airport (BTV) with handsome photo illustrations and an emphasis on the changing airport landscape and technology over time. Clean copy. Record # 33895
Price: $15.00 

Flying Minute Men: The Story of the Civil Air Patrol by: Neprud, Robert E. , Illust. by: Mosley, Zach
Click Image To View Larger
Flying Minute Men: The Story of the Civil Air Patrol by: Neprud, Robert E. , Illust. by: Mosley, ZachFlying Minute Men: The Story of the Civil Air Patrol by: Neprud, Robert E. , Illust. by: Mosley, Zach

Flying Minute Men: The Story of the Civil Air Patrol by: Neprud, Robert E. , Illust. by: Mosley, Zach

Hardcover. NY, Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1st, 1948, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 243 pages, hardcover. Blue cloth covers are in very good condition despite some sunning to the spine and minor edge wear to the bottom of the front cover. Interior pages are clean and bright. Binding is solid. Top edge colored red. This book chronicles the Civil Air Patrol's role during World War II. The book details how CAP contributed to the war effort by performing various tasks like coastal patrols, antisubmarine warfare, target towing, and mail delivery. It highlights the organization's vital role in national defense during a time when the military was stretched thin. Bind-in pages in the middle contain B&W photography. Previous owner's signature on front end page, otherwise clean copy. Record # 33900
Price: $80.00 

By The Seat Of My Pants by: Smith, Dean C.
Click Image To View Larger

By The Seat Of My Pants by: Smith, Dean C.

Hardcover. Boston, Little, Brown and Company, 1st, 1961, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 245 pages, hardcover. Blue cloth covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. This book follows the story of the author's life as a flying cadet in WWI, an airmail pilot in the 1920's, and lastly as the lead aviator in Admiral Byrd's 1928 Antarctic expedition. Told in a self-deprecating style with a matter of fact sense of humor, it is an engaging read from start to finish. Stamped by previous owner on front end page, otherwise clean copy. Record # 33901
Price: $18.00 

Pioneering the Helicopter by: Morris, Charles Lester
Click Image To View Larger

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 

Beyond the Black Box: The Forensics of Airplane Crashes by: Bibel, George
Click Image To View Larger

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 

A History of Aerial Warfare by: Taylor, John W.R.
Click Image To View Larger
A History of Aerial Warfare by: Taylor, John W.R.A History of Aerial Warfare by: Taylor, John W.R.

A History of Aerial Warfare by: Taylor, John W.R.

Hardcover. London, England, Hamlyn Publishing Group Ltd., 1st, 1974, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 240 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket is in generally good condition, protected by a plastic coating, with one open tear present at the bottom of the spine. Covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. Contains B&W and full-color illustrations throughout. This book details the fascinating history of aviation as it pertains to warfare, with emphasis on the development of airframes designed for specialized tasks, such as bombers. The volume covers world military history from pre-WWI, to post-WWII. Clean copy. Record # 34033
Price: $12.00 

The Manston Spitfire TB752 & Pilot's Notes for Spitfire IX, XI & XVI by: Deal, Lewis E.
Click Image To View Larger
The Manston Spitfire TB752 & Pilot's Notes for Spitfire IX, XI & XVI by: Deal, Lewis E.The Manston Spitfire TB752 & Pilot's Notes for Spitfire IX, XI & XVI by: Deal, Lewis E.

The Manston Spitfire TB752 & Pilot's Notes for Spitfire IX, XI & XVI by: Deal, Lewis E.

Softcover. Rochester, England, North Kent Books, 2nd Revised, 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 142 pages Manston Spitfire, and 41 pages Pilot's Notes. These two volumes on the British Spitfire are both bound in paper wrappers without dust jackets. Covers and interior pages are both also clean and bright. Bindings are solid. Contains B&W photography throughout. "The Manston Spitfire TB752" offers a detailed account of one particular iconic aircraft flown by the Royal Air Force during World War II. Alongside captivating images, readers will find a wealth of information, including technical specifications, operational history, and personal anecdotes from those who piloted and maintained this particular Spitfire. "Pilot's Notes for Spitfire," is a fascinating 3rd edition (1947 reprint) created by the Air Ministry in order to quickly train pilots on these remarkable flying machine. Clean copies. Record # 34060
Price: $15.00 

On the Wind's Way: The Story of an Atlantic Race by: Snaith, William
Click Image To View Larger

On the Wind's Way: The Story of an Atlantic Race by: Snaith, William

Hardcover. NY, G.P. Putnam's Sons , 1st, 1973, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 256 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket has been price clipped and has a few chips and closed tears. Blue cloth covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. Contains a bind-in halfway through with B&W photography. "Everything about the sea is either majestic, magical, poetic or scares the hell out of man," writes William Snaith, noted transocean racer, of his adventures aboard Figaro III, a 46-foot yawl with a crew of eight. Previous owner's signature is present on the first front end page, otherwise clean copy. Record # 34198
Price: $25.00 

The Art of Rigging: Containing an Explanation of Terms and Phrases and the Progressive Method of Rigging Expressly Adapted for Sailing Ships by: Biddlecombe, George
Click Image To View Larger

The Art of Rigging: Containing an Explanation of Terms and Phrases and the Progressive Method of Rigging Expressly Adapted for Sailing Ships by: Biddlecombe, George

Hardcover. Salem, MA, Marine Research Society, 1st, 1925, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 155 pages, hardcover. Green cloth covers with gilt lettering are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. Contains B&W illustrations and tables throughout. Although mastery of the art of rigging is no longer required onboard today's modern ships, legions of serious model ship builders who wish to rig their ships correctly need to learn this art in miniature. This book is widely considered the best manual ever produced on rigging a sailing ship. Clean copy. Record # 34243
Price: $20.00 

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
Click Image To View Larger

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 

Lindbergh: A Photographic Biography of the Lone Eagle by: McAllister, Bruce, Wilkinson, Stephan
Click Image To View Larger

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 

Aero-Hydrodynamics of Sailing by: Marchaj, C. A.
Click Image To View Larger

Aero-Hydrodynamics of Sailing by: Marchaj, C. A.

Hardcover. Camden, ME, International Marine Publishing, Revised and Expanded, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 743 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket has some minor edge wear with light bumping to the corners, but is still in good condition overall. Gray cloth covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. This book is the international classic work of reference for anyone wishing to understand the factors governing the performance of a sailing boat. This is a large-format book, available for DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY. Previous owner's short inscription is present on the front end page, otherwise clean copy. Record # 34351
Price: $50.00 

Brassey's World Aircraft & Systems Directory: 1999/2000 by: Editor: Taylor, Michael
Click Image To View Larger

Brassey's World Aircraft & Systems Directory: 1999/2000 by: Editor: Taylor, Michael

Hardcover. London, UK, Brassey's, 1st thus, 1999, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 787 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket has multiple closed tears and significant edge wear. Blue cloth covers have been bumped along the top edge, but are still in good condition overall. Interior pages are clean and bright. Binding is solid. This book is a prime source of in-depth information on the world's aerospace industries. It is an invaluable reference work for aviation enthusiasts around the world. This is a large-format book, available for DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY. Clean copy. Record # 34370
Price: $20.00 

Engines: The Search for Power by: Day, John
Click Image To View Larger

Engines: The Search for Power by: Day, John

Hardcover. NY, St. Martin's Press, 1st thus, 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 256 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket is in fair condition due to significant foxing. Blue cloth covers with silver text are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. Contains full-color photography and illustrations throughout. This book covers all types of power units, from the earliest use of natural forces, through the 17th and 18th century progenitors of fuel-powered engines, to the types which came into practical use in the 19th and 20th centuries. Additionally contains laid-in material, "Power Transmission in the Twentieth Century: An Overview" published by Lovejoy, Inc. in observance of its 75th Year of Service. This is a large-format book, available for DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY. Previous owner's signature is present on the front end page, otherwise clean copy. Record # 34424
Price: $14.00 

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

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 

The Aircraft Gas Turbine Engine and its Operation by: Pratt & Whitney Aircraft
Click Image To View Larger

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 

Charleston's Maritime Heritage, 1670-1865: An Illustrated History [INSCRIBED COPY] by: Coker III, P. C.
Click Image To View Larger
Charleston's Maritime Heritage, 1670-1865: An Illustrated History [INSCRIBED COPY] by: Coker III, P. C.Charleston's Maritime Heritage, 1670-1865: An Illustrated History [INSCRIBED COPY] by: Coker III, P. C.

Charleston's Maritime Heritage, 1670-1865: An Illustrated History [INSCRIBED COPY] by: Coker III, P. C.

Hardcover. Charleston, SC, CokerCraft Press, 1st, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 314 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket has some edge wear and rubbing. Blue cloth covers with silver titles are clean and bright. Binding is solid. Contains B&W and full-color photography and illustrations throughout. This book presents a maritime history of Charleston. Author's inscription to the previous owner on the title page reads, "Sept. 24, 1993, With Best Wishes, P. C. Coker." This is a large-format volume, available for DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY. Clean copy. Record # 34508
Price: $50.00 

Seaworthiness: The Forgotten Factor [INSCRIBED COPY] by: Marchaj, C. A.
Click Image To View Larger

Seaworthiness: The Forgotten Factor [INSCRIBED COPY] by: Marchaj, C. A.

Hardcover. Camden, ME, International Marine Publishing Company, 2nd Pr., 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 371 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket has some minor edge wear, but is still in very good condition overall. Green cloth covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages, though some light foxing is present along the top edge. Binding is solid. Contains B&W photography and illustrations throughout. This book combines common sense with detailed technical knowledge to present a critical analysis of how the search for speed under the rating rules has led to the development of sailing yachts with potentially dangerous sea keeping characteristics. Author's short inscription to the previous owner is present on the front end page. This is a large-format volume, available for DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY. Clean copy. Record # 34524
Price: $45.00 

Jet-Engine Fundamentals by: Borden, Norman E. Jr.
Click Image To View Larger

Jet-Engine Fundamentals by: Borden, Norman E. Jr.

Softcover. NY, Hayden Book Company, Inc., 1st, 1967, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 179 pages, soft cover. Covers have significant exterior wear and rubbing, but are still in good condition overall. Interior pages are clean and bright, despite one mark in black pen on the bottom edge. Binding is solid. Contains B&W illustrations throughout. This book is a practical, comprehensive introduction to the fundamentals of aircraft gas-turbine engines. It explains in readily understandable terms why and how jet engines operate. Clean copy. Record # 34531
Price: $30.00 

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
Click Image To View Larger

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 

Mystic Seaport Watercraft by: Bray, Maynard; Fuller, Benjamin A. G.; Vermilya, Peter T.
Click Image To View Larger

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 

Building Classic Small Craft: Complete Plans and Instructions for 47 Boats by: Gardner, John
Click Image To View Larger

Building Classic Small Craft: Complete Plans and Instructions for 47 Boats by: Gardner, John

Hardcover. Camden, ME, International Marine, Ragged Mountain Press, Commemorative Edition, 5th Pr., 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 536 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket has mild age wear, with creasing to the edges and light scuffing. Blue cloth covers have lightly bumped corners. Interior pages are clean and bright despite light foxing to the page edges. Binding is solid. Contains B&W photography and illustrations throughout. In this book you'll find all the plans, measurements, and directions a reader needs to build any of 47 beautiful small boats for oar, sail, or motor, including dories, peapods, Whitehalls, Rangeley boats, wherries, Sea Bright skiffs, and more. This is a large-format volume, available for DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY. Clean copy. Record # 34551
Price: $34.00 

Preliminary Design of Boats and Ships: A Veteran Designer's Approach to Conceptual Vessel Design for the Layman and the Beginning Professional by: Hamlin, Cyrus N. A.
Click Image To View Larger

Preliminary Design of Boats and Ships: A Veteran Designer's Approach to Conceptual Vessel Design for the Layman and the Beginning Professional by: Hamlin, Cyrus N. A.

Hardcover. Atglen, PA, Cornell Maritime Press / Schiffer Publishing, Ltd., 1st Ed., 3rd Pr., 2010, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 294 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket, blue cloth covers with white text, and interior pages are all clean and bright. Binding is solid. Contains B&W illustrations throughout. This book is intended for people who are not boat designers, and describes how to bring the boat of your dreams into being. It covers a wide variety of water craft. This is a large-format volume, available for DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY. Previous owner's name was signed in black pen on the front end pages, otherwise clean copy. Record # 34553
Price: $24.00 

Dynamics of Flights: Stability and Control by: Etkin, Bernard
Click Image To View Larger

Dynamics of Flights: Stability and Control by: Etkin, Bernard

Hardcover. NY, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 6th Pr., 1967, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 519 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket has some light foxing and staining, with a few closed tears and minor chipping. Tan cloth covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. Contains B&W tables and graphs throughout. This book is an authoritative aeronautical engineering textbook. It explores the mathematical and physical foundations of aircraft motion, equilibrium, stability, and control, bridging theoretical aerodynamics and modern flight control systems, using real-world models. Previous owner's signature is present in pen on the inside front cover, otherwise clean copy. Record # 34570
Price: $12.00 

Lake George Shipwrecks and Sunken History by: Zarzynski, Joseph W.; Benway, Bob
Click Image To View Larger

Lake George Shipwrecks and Sunken History by: Zarzynski, Joseph W.; Benway, Bob

Softcover. Charleston, SC, The History Press, 2nd Pr., 2012, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 160 pages, soft cover. Covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. Contains B&W photography and illustrations throughout. In this book, underwater archaeologist Joseph W. Zarzynski and archeological diver Bob Benway present the most intriguing discoveries among more than two hundred known shipwreck sites beneath Lake George. Clean copy. Record # 34575
Price: $16.00 

Sierra Hotel: Flying Air Force Fighters in the Decade After Vietnam by: Anderegg, C. R.
Click Image To View Larger

Sierra Hotel: Flying Air Force Fighters in the Decade After Vietnam by: Anderegg, C. R.

Softcover. Washington, D. C., Air Force History and Museums Program, 1st, 2001, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 210 pages, soft cover. Covers have edge wear and rubbing, with one closed tear at the bottom the spine. Interior pages are clean and bright. Binding is solid. Contains B&W photography and illustrations throughout. This book details the transformation of the U.S. Air Force and its fighter weapon systems in the time period ranging from the end of the Vietnam War to the beginning of the Gulf War. Clean copy. Record # 34594
Price: $15.00 

American Railroad Freight Car - From the Wood-Car Era the Coming of SteelWhite, Jr., John H.
Click Image To View Larger

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 

Spitfire in ActionScutts, Jerry
Click Image To View Larger

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 

Jane's All the World's Airships 1909Jane, Fred T.
Click Image To View Larger

Jane's All the World's Airships 1909


Jane, Fred T.

Hardcover. New York, Arco Publishing Co., reprint, 1969, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 374 pages, green cloth covers with a bright dust jacket. Many b&w illustrations, includes a chapter on aerial engineering by Charles De Grave Sells. This is a reprint of the first Jane's annual published in 1909 in London.

Record # 406614


Price: $50.00 

Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1919Jane, Fred T. and C.G. Grey
Click Image To View Larger

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 

Pilot's Handbook for The Flying Wings of Northrop - Model YB-49 AirplaneKohn (Introduction), Leo J.
Click Image To View Larger

Pilot's Handbook for The Flying Wings of Northrop - Model YB-49 Airplane


Kohn (Introduction), Leo J.

Softcover. Appleton WI, Northrop Aircraft/Aviation Publications, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 75 pages, b&w illustrations. Softcover, very good, clean copy.

Record # 406972


Price: $15.00 

Northrop Flying Wings  by: Maloney, Edward T.
Click Image To View Larger

Northrop Flying Wings by: Maloney, Edward T.

Not actual item image. A stock cover is shown for reference. The copy offered for sale is the one described below.Softcover. Corona Del Mar CA, World War II Publcations, 5th pr., 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Approximately 80 pages, b&w illustrations, softcover. Clean. Record # 406973
Price: $12.00 

Aerofa Minigraph 27 : Boeing Helicopter CH 47 Chinook Anderton, David and Jay Miller
Click Image To View Larger

Aerofa Minigraph 27 : Boeing Helicopter CH 47 Chinook


Anderton, David and Jay Miller

Softcover. Arlington TX, Aerofax Inc, 1st, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 52 pages, stapled color wrappers. Full of black & white as well as full color pictures and illustrations throughout. Has lots of technical information, charts and cut-aways. Clean.

Record # 411934


Price: $63.00 

Rip Van Winkle Railroads: Canajoharie & Catskill R.R., Catskill Mountain Ry., Otis Elevating Ry., Catskill & Tannersville RyHelmer, William F.
Click Image To View Larger

Rip Van Winkle Railroads: Canajoharie & Catskill R.R., Catskill Mountain Ry., Otis Elevating Ry., Catskill & Tannersville Ry


Helmer, William F.

Hardcover. Berkeley, Howell-North Books, 2nd, 1971, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 146 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Fraying and chipping to dust jacket, and small tear to top spine. Cloth covers, show minor rubbing, internally very good. Black and white picture throughout.

Record # 412133


Price: $24.00 

Ab & Marvin Jenkins: the Studebaker Connection and the Mormon Meteors (SIGNED COPY)White, Gordon Eliot
Click Image To View Larger

Ab & Marvin Jenkins: the Studebaker Connection and the Mormon Meteors (SIGNED COPY)


White, Gordon Eliot

Softcover. Hudson WI, Iconografix, 1st, 2006, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 158 pages, b&w illustrations throughout. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on title page. Clean.

Record # 415209


Price: $38.00 

Before Amelia: Women Pilots in the Early Days of AviationLebow, Eileen F.
Click Image To View Larger

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 

Moonlight in Duneland: The Illustrated Story of the Chicago South Shore and South Bend RailroadCohen, Ronald D. (Editor)
Click Image To View Larger

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 

The Wreckers: A Story of Killing Seas, False Lights, and Plundered ShipwrecksBathurst, Bella
Click Image To View Larger

The Wreckers: A Story of Killing Seas, False Lights, and Plundered Shipwrecks


Bathurst, Bella

Hardcover. Boston, 1st, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 326 pages, b&w illustrations. A very clean, tight copy.

Record # 450817


Price: $15.00 

Getting There: The Epic Struggle between Road and Rail in the American CenturyGoddard, Stephen B.
Click Image To View Larger

Getting There: The Epic Struggle between Road and Rail in the American Century


Goddard, Stephen B.

Softcover. Chicago, 1st, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 351 pages, b&w photographs. A very clean, tight copy.

Record # 450826


Price: $12.00 

Wheels for the World: Henry Ford, His Company, and a Century of ProgressBrinkley, Douglas G.
Click Image To View Larger

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 

Twentieth Century Sprawl: Highways and the Reshaping of the American LandscapeGutfreund, Owen D.
Click Image To View Larger

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 

Driving Continentally: National Policies and the North American Auto Industry by: Molot, Maureen Appel (Editor)
Click Image To View Larger

Driving Continentally: National Policies and the North American Auto Industry by: Molot, Maureen Appel (Editor)

Not actual item image. A stock cover is shown for reference. The copy offered for sale is the one described below.Softcover. Carleton Univ Pr, 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 376 pages. Clean, tight copy. Record # 453568
Price: $12.00 

Airbus JetlinersWagner, Mark
Click Image To View Larger

Airbus Jetliners


Wagner, Mark

Softcover. Osceola, WI, USA, Zenith Press, 1st, October 3, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 96 pages, color photographs throughout. Minor wear to wrappers. Else very good.

Record # 454480


Price: $12.00 

Passenger Steamers of the River Fal by: Kittridge, Alan
Click Image To View Larger

Passenger Steamers of the River Fal by: Kittridge, Alan

Not actual item image. A stock cover is shown for reference. The copy offered for sale is the one described below.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 

MG Sports CarsBooks, Bay View
Click Image To View Larger

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 

Brief History of Flight, A : From Balloons to Mach 3 and BeyondHeppenheimer, T. A.
Click Image To View Larger

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 

CabooseSchafer, Mike
Click Image To View Larger

Caboose


Schafer, Mike

Softcover. Osceola, WI, USA, MBI Publishing, 1st, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 96 page, illustrated throughout in color. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to wrappers.

Record # 460082


Price: $13.00 

American Fire Engine, The Halberstadt, Hans
Click Image To View Larger

American Fire Engine, The


Halberstadt, Hans

Hardcover. Osceola, WI, USA, Motorbooks International, 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 192 pages, illustrated throughout in color and b&w. Light shelf-wear and rubbing to dust jacket. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 460113


Price: $19.00 

Early American ShipsMillar, John Fitzhugh
Click Image To View Larger

Early American Ships


Millar, John Fitzhugh

Softcover. US, Thirteen Colonies Pr, 1st, 1986-06-01, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 248 pages, illustrated throughout in b&w. Large folio. Light edgewear to wrappers with small nick to spine. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 461944


Price: $31.00 

Adventure of Sail, 1520-1914Macintyre, Donald
Click Image To View Larger

Adventure of Sail, 1520-1914


Macintyre, Donald

Hardcover. US, Ferndale Editions, reprint, 1979-03-01, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 256 pages. Extensive b&w and color illustrations throughout. Illustrated endpapers and fly leaves. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.

Record # 466664


Price: $25.00 

Gas Station in America, TheJakle, John A.
Click Image To View Larger

Gas Station in America, The


Jakle, John A.

hardcover. Baltimore, Johns Hopkins University Press, reprint, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 272 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Black and white photographs and illustrations throughout. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.

Record # 469302


Price: $31.00 

Sail, Steam, and Splendour: A Picture History of Life Aboard the Transatlantic LinersS., Miller Byron
Click Image To View Larger

Sail, Steam, and Splendour: A Picture History of Life Aboard the Transatlantic Liners


S., Miller Byron

Hardcover. New York, Times Books, 1st, 1977, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 288 pages. Oversized Hardcover with price-clipped dust jacket. Clean, unmarked copy with minor wear to dust jacket. Black and white pictures throughout. Previous owner's embossed stamping on front-fly leaf

Record # 469843


Price: $38.00 

New York Central RailroadSolomon, Brian
Click Image To View Larger

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 

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.
Click Image To View Larger

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 

Two Feet Between the Rails - Volume 1 - The Early YearsJones, Robert C.
Click Image To View Larger

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 

Great Luxury Liners 1927-1954, The: A Photographic RecordMiller, Jr., William H.
Click Image To View Larger

Great Luxury Liners 1927-1954, The: A Photographic Record


Miller, Jr., William H.

Softcover. New York, Dover Publications, Inc., 1st, 1981, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 158 pages, b&w illustrations. Edge wear to covers, binding and front cover badly bent/warped; else pages clean and crisp.

Record # 808909


Price: $12.00 

MG Workshop Manual: From "M" Type to "T.F. 1500"Blower, W.E.
Click Image To View Larger

MG Workshop Manual: From "M" Type to "T.F. 1500"


Blower, W.E.

Paperback. Cambridge MA, Robert Bentley Inc. , reprint, 1975, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 600 pages, paperback. A manual for complete tuning and maintenance for MG models. Moderate rubbing and edgewear to front and rear wraps. Faint age toning to top and fore edge text blocks. Unmarked. A bright and tight copy.

Record # 952553


Price: $79.00 

Outlaw Sea, The: A World of Freedom, Chaos, and CrimeLangewiesche, William
Click Image To View Larger

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 

 

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 

 

Floyd Clymer's Historical Motor Scrapbook - #2


Clymer, Floyd

Paperback. NY, MGraw-Hill, 8th wraps, 1955, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 1st published in 1944, a collection of articles, old car ads, b&w Illustrations

Record # 20821


Price: $20.00 

 

Hudson River Watertrail Guide, The: Official Guidebook of The Hudson River Watertrail Association


Giddy, Ian

Softcover. New York, Hudson River Watertrail Association, 4th, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 125 pages. B/w pictures and maps throughout. Spiral bound. Just a small smudge on the back cover, otherwise very clean inside and out.

Record # 30137


Price: $25.00 

 

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 

 

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 

 

From Boston to the Berkshires: A Pictorial Review of Electric Transportation in Massachusetts


Carlson, Stephen P. , Thomas w. Harding

Softcover. Boston, MA, Boston Street Railway Association, inc., 1st, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 160 pages. Softcover. Color and b/w illustrations throughout. With fold out map attached at back endpapers. Wrapper excellent. Binding tight. Pages clean. In great shape.

Record # 31931


Price: $19.00 

 

Illustrated History of Ford, 1903-1970 (Revised Edition)


Dammann, George H.

Hardcover. Glen Ellyn, IL, Crestline Publishing, Revised Edition, 1971, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 320 pages. Hardcover. No dust jacket issued. B/w illustrations throughout. Blue cover boards, gilt title on spine and front cover board. A touch of chipping to top of spine. Some slight tanning from age to pages and edges, pages unmarked.Binding tight. Spine slightly cocked. In beautiful condition. A tremendous information resource about the Ford company and it's many products.

Record # 32005


Price: $19.00 

 

Bilder von der Chemnitzer StraBenbahn (GERMAN TEXT)


D

Hardcover. Germany, R

Price: $31.00 

 

Steel Boat Building: From Plans to Bare Hull (Volume 1 only)


Colvin, Thomas E.

Hardcover. Camden, ME, International Marine Publishing Company, 2nd printing, 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 266 pages. Hardcover. B/w illustrations throughout. Silver cover boards, gold gilt title on spine. Dust jacket unclipped,very good. Some foxing to edges. Pages unmarked. Binding tight. Spine straight.

Record # 32881


Price: $19.00 

 

Treasury of the Automobile, The


Stein, Ralph

Hardcover. NY, Golden Press, 1st, 1961, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Profusely illust. with color, black & white photos. Previous owner's rubber stamp on half-title page

Record # 54238


Price: $30.00 

 

Those Wonderful Old Automobiles


Clymer, Floyd

Hardcover. NY, Crown Bonanza, rep., 1953, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Over 60 photos, jokes ads, songs, etc. of American cars of yesterday

Record # 54246


Price: $25.00 

 

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 

 

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 

 

Sail Magazine Book of Sailing, The by: Johnson, Peter

Hardcover. NY, Knopf , 1st , 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Color, black & white photos Record # 54581
Price: $12.00 

 

Men O'War


N/A

Paperback. Richmond, Va, Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., 1st wraps, 1943, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Color ilust. wraps + 48 pages of black & white WW II combat warships photos. Approx 9.75 x 12.25

Record # 54582


Price: $40.00 

 

Last Hero: Charles A. Lindbergh, The


Ross, Walter S.

Hardcover. NY, Harper & Row, 1st, 1968, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Black & white photos. previous owner's stamp front end paper,

Record # 54830


Price: $18.00 

 

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 

 

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 

 

Ancient Air, An - A Biography of John Stringfellow of Chard: the Victorian Aeronautical Pioneer


Penrose, Harald

Hardcover. Washington, DC, Smithsonian, 1st, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Black & white illust.

Record # 56055


Price: $20.00 

 

Book of Railway Journeys, A


Kennedy (Ed.), Ludovic

Hardcover. NY, Rawson Wade, 1st , 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 7 collection of writing, fiction & non-fiction on train travel. 356 pages

Record # 57276


Price: $15.00 

 

Solo-Life With an Electric Car


Perrin, Noel

Hardcover. NY, Norton, 1st, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good,

Record # 57397


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 

 

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 

 

American Sail - A Pictorial History


Laing, Alexander

Hardcover. New York, Dutton, 1st, 1961, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Poor, INSCRIBED BY LAING on title-page. Dust jacket battered with 2" chunk gone from front bottom.

Record # 57414


Price: $30.00 

 

Looking for a Ship


McPhee, John

Hardcover. NY, Farrar Straus Giroux , 1st, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good,

Record # 57426


Price: $15.00 

 

Loss of Eden - A Biography of Charles and Anne Morrow Lindbergh


Milton, Joyce

Hardcover. NY, Harper Collins, 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Black & white photos

Record # 57672


Price: $23.00 

 

In the Tracks of the Trades - The Account of a Fourteen Thousand-Mile Yachting Cruise to the Hawaiis, Marquesas, Societies, Samoas and Fijis


Freeman, Lewis R.

Hardcover. NY, Dodd Mead & Co., 1st , 1920, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Many black & white photos of local scenery, natives. Dj cover & spine found-in rear of book.

Record # 58480


Price: $85.00 

 

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 

 

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 

 

Great Warplanes of the 1980's, The


Yenne, Bill

Hardcover. NY, Gallery Books, 1st, 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 112 pages. Illust. in color. Hardcover with dust jacket. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.

Record # 58549


Price: $20.00 

 

American Wings


Leyson, Captain Burr

Hardcover. NY, Dutton, 3rd, 1938, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Forward by Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker. Previous owner's signature date front end paper, otherwise

Record # 58550


Price: $18.00 

 

Great Atlantic Air Race, The


Rowe, Percy

Hardcover. Toronto, McClelland & Stewart, 1st, 1977, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, The saga of the post WW i World of competive air racing. Light edgewear to dj.

Record # 58559


Price: $20.00 

 

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 

 

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 

 

First Across! - The U.S. Navy's Transatlantic Fligfht of 1919


Smith, Richard K.

Hardcover. Annapolis, MD, Naval Institute Press, 1st, 1973, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Black & white photos. 279 pages with index.

Record # 59306


Price: $25.00 

 

Knights of the Air


Maitland, Lt Lester J.

Hardcover. NY, Doubleday Doran, 1st , 1929, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Illust. with black & white photos. A history of aeronautics in the U.S. and it's key figures. Ex-lib worn covers, cracked hinges, spine torn but internally VG. A candidate for rebinding.

Record # 59520


Price: $25.00 

 

Hindenburg, The


Mooney, Michael M.

Hardcover. NY, Dodd, Mead & Co., 1st, 1972, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Black & white photos. 278 pages.

Record # 59733


Price: $18.00 

 

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 

 

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 

 

River Horse - The Logbook of a Boat Across America


Heat-Moon, William Least

Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1st , 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 509 pages, in a bright dust jacket.

Record # 63974


Price: $19.00 

 

Cannibal Queen, The - An Aerial Odyssey Across America


Coonts, Stephen

Hardcover. NY, Pocket Books, 1st , 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Sticker residue on front dust jacket panel.

Record # 63975


Price: $19.00 

 

1987 Lincoln Town Car - Electrical & Vacuum Trouble-Shooting Manual


Lincoln Car Manual

Paperback. n.p., Ford Motor Co., 1st wraps, 1986, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Many 2-color drawings. 158 pages. Softcover

Record # 63992


Price: $19.00 

 

Sikorsky vs. 44 Flying Boat


Pember, Harry E.

Paperback. n.p., Flying Machines Press, 1st wraps, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 70 pages., black & white, color photos. Restoration brochure laid-in.

Record # 63995


Price: $25.00 

 

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 

 

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 

 

Philadelphia on the River


Smith, Philip Chadwick Foster

Philadelphia, Philadelphia Maritime Museum, 1st, 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. An illustrated history of Philadelphia's waterfront from the Revolutionary War to the 1980's Many black & white plates, 4 black & white photos of ships, boats laid-in. 176 pages. Light wear and soiling to dust jacket. Nice, tight copy.

Record # 66320


Price: $16.00 

 

Railroad Stories - April 1937


N/A

Paperback. New York, Frank Munsey, 1st wraps, 1937 , Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Paperback pulp magazine. 144 pages. Paper browning. Articles, fiction on trains & railroading. Cover illustrations features stoker in cab with shovel. Light chipping, short tear to cover.

Record # 67607


Price: $15.00 

 

Rails in the North Woods - Histories of Seven Adirondack Shortlines


Allen, Richard S. and others

hardcover. Lakemont NY, North Country Books, 1st , 1973, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Poor, Black & white photos. Drawings by John D. Mahaffy. 194 pages. Remnants of dust jacket laid-in. Book is VG.

Record # 67608


Price: $22.00 

 

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 

 

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 

 

Railroading From the Head End


Farrington, Jr., S. Kip

NY, Doubleday Doran, Rep., 1943, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Black & white photos, charts. 296 pages.

Record # 67823


Price: $20.00 

 

Mixer's Motor Maps and Tours


N/A

NY, New England Hotels Pub. Co., 1st, 1925, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Nice early road maps with profiles of towns, ads. Unpaginated, easily 300+ pages in limp cloth. Covers a little wrinkled but internally VG.

Record # 68249


Price: $15.00 

 

British and European Combat Aircraft


Jackson, Paul A.

Hardcover. NY, Crescent Books, Rep., 1983, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Nearly 200 color illustrations including cutaways, profiles, photos & diagrams. 80 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Faded dust jacket, chipped and corners bumped.

Record # 68499


Price: $12.00 

 

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 

 

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 

 

Engineers' Manual of the Local Marine Board Examinations


Ainsley, Thomas L.

Hardcover. London, South Shields, 7th ed., 1873, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 150 black & white diagrams, some fold-out (one with tear). 293 pages. Brown cloth worn, frayed at top of spine, short tear.

Record # 69429


Price: $26.00 

 

Frigate Constitution, The - The Central Figure of the Navy Under Sail


Hollis, Ira N.

Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1st, 1900, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 263 pages. Black & white illustrations. Ex-lib with bookplates, light stamping, residue. Red cloth with gilt decoration, lettering, top edge gilt. Light lettering to spine, internally VG.

Record # 69503


Price: $15.00 

 

Luxury Trains of the World


Allen, Geoffrey Freeman

Hardcover. NY, Everest House, 1st, 1979, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 192 pgs. illustrated in color, black & white, 9 1/2 x 12 1/4"

Record # 100896


Price: $20.00 

 

Portraits of the Iron Horse - The American Locomotive in Pictures and Song


Kuhler, Otto and Robert S. Henry

Hardcover. NY, Jr. lit Guild/Rand McNally, 1st, 1937, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Black & white drawings throughout by Kuhler. Dust jacket with edgewear, chips.

Record # 101238


Price: $30.00 

 

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 

 

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 

 

Air Pilot Training


Shields, Bert A.

Hardcover. NY, McGraw-Hill, 2nd, 1943, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 657 pgs. B&w illust.

Record # 106939


Price: $15.00 

 

How to Fly - The Pilot and His Problems


Studley, Barrett

Hardcover. NY, Macmillan, 2nd, 1931, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 291 pgs. B&w illust. previous owner's signature (large) on front fly leaf . Still, a nice copy.

Record # 106943


Price: $50.00 

 

Air Pilots' Dead Reckoning Tables


Ramsey, Logan C.

Hardcover. NY, Ronald Press, 1st, 1941, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 48 pgs., mostly charts.

Record # 106945


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 

 

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 

 

Modern Fighting Helicopters


Gunston, Bill and Mike Spick

Hardcover. NY, Crescent Books, reprint , 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, no dust jacket. Color, b&w photos and Illustrations. 208 pgs. Scuffing and fading to cloth boards, bumped corners.

Record # 108588


Price: $18.00 

 

Ships That Have Made History


Robinson, Gregory

New York , Kennedy Brothers Inc., 1st, 1936, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 192 pages, illustrated in color with drawings and paintings by the author. , dust jacket with edgewear, creases, otherwise very good.

Record # 175940


Price: $21.00 

 

Fly! - A Brief History of Flight Illustrated


Moser, Barry, Illust. by: Barry Moser

New York , Willa Perlman Books, 1st, 1993, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Very Good, With color Illustrations by Barry Moser. Some wear to front of dust jacket.

Record # 176124


Price: $18.00 

 

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 

 

Tom Keenan: Locomotive Engineer


Jones, Neason

New York, Fleming H. Revell, 1st, 1904, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Red pictorial boards. A Story of Fifty Years on the Rail as Told By Himself. Previous owner's bookplate.

Record # 186005


Price: $21.00 

 

Truth About the Railroads, The


Elliott, Howard

Boston, Houghton Mifflin , 1st, 1913, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, At the height of the debate about nationalizing the railroads, an effort to explain how government regulation impedes commerce, and therefore harms everyone. xxii+260pp+ads. B&W frontis of author.

Record # 186007


Price: $20.00 

 

Treasury of Early American Automobiles 1877-1925


Clymer, Floyd

NY, McGraw-Hill , Unknown, 1950, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Black & white Illustrations. 213 pages.

Record # 200106


Price: $18.00 

 

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 

 

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 

 

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 

 

Bonadventure, The - a Random Journal of an Atlantic Holiday


Blunden, Edmund

London, Richard Cobden-Sanderson, 1st, 1922, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 192 pages. Cover soiled lightly on front.

Record # 204435


Price: $15.00 

 

Airliner and its Inventor Alfred W. Lawson, The


Faunce, Cy Q.

Columbus, Ohio, Rockcastel, 1st, 1921, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 205 pages. Black & white photographs. Front and rear hinges cracked. Back of front cover soiled.

Record # 204449


Price: $150.00 

 

Cars of the World in Color


Scheel, J. D., Illust. by: Verner Hancke

New York, Dutton, 1st, 1963, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 215 pages. Color and black & white illustrations by Verner Hancke. Previous owner's signature on front end paper. Dust jacket has light wear.

Record # 206939


Price: $12.00 

 

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 

 

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 

 

Fire Trucks - American Fire Fighters on the Street


Rasmussen, Henry

Osceola, WI, Motorbooks, 1st, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 128 pages. Color photography. Dust jacket has light edgewear.

Record # 207960


Price: $20.00 

 

Lindbergh Alone May 21, 1927


Gill, Brendan

New York, Harcourt Brace Janovich, 1st, 1977, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 216 pages. Black & white photography.

Record # 207982


Price: $25.00 

 

GOOD SHIPS OF NEWPORT NEWS, THE. An Informal Account of Ships, Shipping and Shipbuilding in the Lower Chesapeake Bay Region. Together with the Story of the Last Terrible Voyage of the Yarmouth Castle


Brown, Alexander Crosby

Hardcover. Cambridge, MD, Tidewater Publishers, 1st, 1976, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 243 pages. Illustrated with text photographs and with captioned photograph plates. Royal 8vo. Dark blue cloth with heavy gilt lettering on front cover and spine. Minor wear and shipping to spine edges. Light wear on cover edges. Corners bumped. Very Good.

Record # 219851


Price: $18.00 

 

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 

 

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 

 

From the Log of the Velsa


Bennett, Arnold

Hardcover. London, Chatto & Windus, 1st, 1920, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 209 pages. Illustrated plates. Minor wear. Brown cloth, gilt.

Record # 219962


Price: $13.00 

 

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


Mead, Edgar T.

Hardcover. New Hampshire, Weedy Rail Books, 1st, 1984, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 129 pages. Illustrated. Maps. Oblong. Red cloth, gilt. Very good color pictorial dust jacket. SIGNED on frontis.

Record # 220633


Price: $19.00 

 

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


Mead, Edgar T.

Hardcover. New Hampshire, Weedy Rail Books, 1st, 1984, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good,

Record # 220809


Price: $19.00 

 

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.

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

 

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.

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

 

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.

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

 

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.

Hardcover. New Hampshire, Weedy Rail Books, 1st, 1984, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Record # 220813
Price: $12.00 

 

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.

Hardcover. New Hampshire, Weedy Rail Books, 1st, 1984, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Record # 220814
Price: $12.00 

 

Selected Articles on Government Ownership of Railroads, Volume II


Phelps Edith M. (Ed.)

NY, H. W. Wilson Co., 1st , 1919, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None , 200 pages. Ex-lib with light marking residue to end papers.

Record # 300628


Price: $15.00 

 

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 

 

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 

 

American Coast Pilot, The


Furlong, Captain Lawrence

Hardcover. Newburyport, MA, Edward M. Blunt, 6th Edition, 1809, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 389 pages, 15 maps - all present (5 folding), 1 folding map (pg. 208) with one panel missing. Leather covers worn, with cracking vertically along center of leather spine. Foxing to pages.

Record # 303843


Price: $1,125.00 

 

Monitor Chronicles, The - One Sailor's Account - Today's Campaign to Recover the Civil War


Marvel, William (Ed.)

New York, Mariner's Museum/SES , 1st, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 272 pages, color, B&W illustrations.

Record # 304758


Price: $25.00 

 

Seafarers, The (18 vols.)


Time-Life

New York, Time-Life, 1st, 1970s-l980s, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 18 of the 22 volume set. (Missing: Northwest Passage, Great Liners, Ancient Mariners, Pirates). Color, B&W illustrations, approximately 170 pages per book. Excellent condition.

Record # 304785


Price: $188.00 

 

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 

 

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 

 

Titans of the Seas: The Development and Operations of Japanese and American Carrier Task Force during World War II


Belote, James H & William M. Belote

Hardcover. New York, Harper & Row Publishers, 1st, 1975, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Foxing to top edge. Closed tears on book jacket with some wear and tear. 336 pages. Illustrated throughout in B&W.

Record # 401505


Price: $12.00 

 

Combat Fleets of the World 1990/91


Baker, AD et al

Hardcover. Annapolis MD, Naval Institute Press, 8th, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 962 pages; enormous volume translated from the original French with extensive b&w photographs; binding nearly intact (some splitting of the bond leather near the bottom, some cuts and marring on the edges); title printed in gold. Dust jacket scratched lightly with tearing and tape repairing on the inside. Wear patterns typical for such a large volume. Otherwise, very clean copy.

Record # 401522


Price: $35.00 

 

Casuals of the Sea: The Voyage of a Soul


McFee, William

Hardcover. New York , Doubleday Page & Co., Reprint, 1927, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, SIGNED (twice) by Author. Inscribed on front endpaper. Personal letter tipped in as well. 481 pages. Minor spotting to covers. Fading to cover page. Overall very tight copy.

Record # 401892


Price: $35.00 

 

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 

 

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 

 

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 

 

World's Famous Racing Aircraft, The


N/A

Softcover. Los Angeles, Floyd Clymer, 1st, 1955, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 52 pages, b&w photos, drawings of 72 speed planes. Blue and white heavy paper covers.

Record # 403791


Price: $15.00 

 

P-51 Mustang in Action


N/A

Softcover. Carrollton TX, Squadron/Signal Publications, 1st, 1981, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 60 pages, illustrated in color and b&w. Color wrappers. Aircraft No. 45 in series.

Record # 403792


Price: $15.00 

 

P-80 Shooting Star T-33/F-94 in Action


N/A

Softcover. Carrollton TX, Squadron/Signal Publications, 1st, 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 50 pages, illustrated in color and b&w. Color wrappers. Aircraft No. 40 in series.

Record # 403793


Price: $15.00 

 

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 

 

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 

 

Central Vermont Railway Railway, The - A Yankee Tradition- Volume 2 (SIGNED)


Jones, Robert C.

Hardcover. Silverton CO, Sundance, 1st, 1981, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 192 pages, pictorial boards. Illustrated with photographs and reproductions in color and b&w. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on half-title page. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 405115


Price: $75.00 

 

Transport Aviation


Black, Archibald

Hardcover. Chicago, Simmons-Boardman, 1st, 1926, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 245 pages, blue cloth with gilt lettering. B&w illustrations throughout. An attractive previous owner's bookplate with an aviation design on inside front cover.

Record # 405145


Price: $25.00 

 

Kansas City and the Railroads: Community Policy in the Growth of a Regional Metropolis


Glaab, Charles N.

Hardcover. Madison WI, State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 1st, 1962, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 260 pages, brick cloth covers, gilt lettering on spine. Ex-library with spine label, light stamping, bookplate inside front cover.

Record # 405712


Price: $15.00 

 

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 

 

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 

 

Ocean Carrier, The: A History and Analysis of the Service and a Discussion of the Rates of Ocean Transportation


Smith, J. Russell

Hardcover. New York , G.P. Putnam's Sons/Railroad Age Gazette, 1st, 1908, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 344 pages, b&w illustrations, 5 maps(4 folding), red cloth covers with gilt lettering. Ex-library with light stamping, residue, spine label, bookplate. Some light marking to first chapter, otherwise clean.

Record # 405728


Price: $31.00 

 

War History of American Railroads


Hines, Walter D.

Hardcover. New Haven, Yale University Press , 1st, 1928, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 327 pages, dark blue cloth covers, gilt lettering on spine. Ex-library copy with light stamping, residue. Clean internally.

Record # 405780


Price: $50.00 

 

Metropolitan Transportation Politics and the New York Region


Doig, Jameson W.

Hardcover. New York , Columbia University Press , 1st, 1966, Book: Good, 327 pages, blue cloth covers, ex-library copy with light stamping, residue, spine label. Clean internally.

Record # 405784


Price: $15.00 

 

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 

 

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 

 

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 

 

Santa Fe 1940-1971: Volume 2: Kansas City-Albuquerque


Stagner, Lloyd E.

Hardcover. Edison NJ, Morning Sun Books, 1st, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 128 pages, hardcover in a bright dust jacket. Color Photographs throughout. Clean.

Record # 406107


Price: $44.00 

 

B&O Steam Finale (2 Volumes)


Mellander, Deane and Bob Kaplan

Hardcover. Kensington MD, National Railway Historical Society, 1st, 1986/88, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, Two volumes complete, Illustrated in color, 120 and 147 pages. Blue cloth covers with gilt design and lettering. Dust jackets present but edgeworn, chipped. Books are in very good condition, clean.

Record # 406111


Price: $75.00 

 

Northern Pacific, The: Main Street of the Northwest


Wood, Charles R.

Hardcover. Seattle, Superior Publishing Co., 1st, 1968, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 208 pages, b&w illustrations. Color dust jacket with laminate wrinkle. Otherwise very good, clean copy.

Record # 406125


Price: $15.00 

 

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 

 

Careers in Aviation


Burger, Samuel

Hardcover. New York , Greenberg, 1st, 1946, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 209 pages, red cloth covers in a chipped, edgeworn dust jacket, flap price-clipped. A guide for young people looking for opportunities in the aviation field just after World War II. Previous owner's stamp, small date in ink on front fly leaf otherwise clean, very good.

Record # 406539


Price: $50.00 

 

Fighter Aircraft of the 1914-1918 War


Lamberton, W. M. and Others

Hardcover. Letchworth Herts UK, Harleyford Publications, 2nd pr., 1960, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 224 pages, many b&w photographs and diagrams of aircraft. Yellow cloth with a worn dust jacket that has tears and chipping.

Record # 406613


Price: $35.00 

 

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 

 

British Aeroplanes 1914-18


Bruce, J. M.

Hardcover. London, Putnam, 1st, 1957, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 742 pages, b&w illustrations and specifications for all of England's WW1 aircraft, Black cloth covers with gilt lettering on spine. Clean and tight copy.

Record # 406620


Price: $150.00 

 

Aviation Engines: Design-Construction-Operation and Repair


Page, Victor W.

Hardcover. London, Norman W. Henley Publishing, 1st, 1918, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 589 pages, 250 b&w illustrations. Red cloth covers with white decoration (faded on front), lettering faded on spine. Censored notice tipped in at title page. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 406624


Price: $44.00 

 

Military Aeroplanes: Simplified-Enlarged - An Explanatory Consideration of Their Characteristics, Performances, Construction, Maintenance and Operation


Loening, Grover C.

Hardcover. np, privately printed, 1st, 1918, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 202 pages, b&w illustrations, many fold-out plates. Green cloth covers with gilt design and lettering. Back cover has a stain causing discoloration to surface, hinges partially cracked but holding. Internally the volume is clean, very good.

Record # 406643


Price: $125.00