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

 

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 

 

Rising From the Rails: Pullman Porters and the Making of the Black Middle Class


Tye, Larry

New York, Henry Holt , 1st, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. 314 pages. Contains some black & white photos in middle of book. Dust jacket with minor edgewear.

Record # 508131


Price: $18.00 

 

Automobile Engineering: A Reading Course and General Reference Work


Various Authors

Hardcover. Chicago, American Technical Society , reprint, 1931, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover (Flexible brown cloth), 463 pages. Black and white drawings and photographs. Light edgewear, light fading and rubbing to spine. I volume of six.

Record # 603158


Price: $14.00 

 

Wind and Tide in Yacht Racing


Calahan, Harold Augustin/John B. Trevor

Hardcover. New York, Harcourt Brace , 1st, 1936, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 145 pages. Illustrated with black & white photographs, charts, and maps. Includes calculator in envelope pocket on inside back cover. Minor foxing to cloth covers. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 607633


Price: $18.00 

 

Night Train


Duke, Donald

Hardcover. San Marino, Pacific Railway Journal, 1st, 1961, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 127 pages. Illustrated with black & white photographs. Ex-museum library copy. Stamp embossed at top right corner of title page. Tape residue at bottom of spine. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 610351


Price: $19.00 

 

Matches, Flumes, and Rails


Stephens, Kent

Hardcover. Corona del Mar, Trans-Anglo Books, 2nd Revised, 1977, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 176 pages. Hardcover. Illustrated with black & white photographs and drawings. Dust jacket with light rubbing along edges - jacket protected with clear plastic cover. Light wear. Clean, unmarked copy.

Record # 614197


Price: $63.00 

 

Surfboats, Rockets, and Carronades


Bennett, Robert F.

Hardcover. Washington, DC, Dept. of Transportation, US Coast Guard, 1976, Dust Jacket: None, 98 pages. GPO No. 050-012-00109-0. Blue covers, no dust jacket. Covers and pages are clean.

Record # 802785


Price: $22.00 

 

TWO AGAINST CAPE HORN


Roth, Hal

Hardcover. New York, W. W. Norton & Co., 1st, 1978, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 288 pages. Profusely illustrated throughout text with double page, full page, and lesser size captioned photographs. Maps. 8vo. Red and beige cloth. Gilt titled spine. Former owner's bookplate on front paste down. Illustrated half-title of yacht Whisper. Color frontispiece. Very Good color pictorial dust jacket, bottom front corner clipped, but not price-clipped, slight wear to edges. A very nice, tight copy.

Record # 809142


Price: $15.00 

 

Empire on Wheels


Settle, Raymond W. & Mary Lund Settle

Hardcover. Stanford, CA, Stanford University Press, 1st, 1949, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 153 pages. Handwritten notations by the granddaughter of William Bradford Waddell covers the half title page and dedication page. Heavy edgewear and rubbing to dust jacket with small chunks missing from edges of darkened spine. Protected by mylar cover. Light soil to end paper. Neat reading copy.

Record # 856852


Price: $75.00 

Citroen: Twelve & Fifteen Repair Manual by: Citroen Cars
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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 

Engines: The Search for Power by: Day, John
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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 

 

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 

 

Pilots' Powerplant Manual


Shedenhelm, L. E.

Washington, DC, GPO - Dept. of Commerce, 1st , 1949, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 302 pages. Black & white, color photos, drawings, fold-out engine chart. Musty odor. Front cover stained, spots. Previous owner's signature front endpage with store label.

Record # 501053


Price: $50.00 

 

Modern Gasoline Automobile, The - Its Design, Construction, Operation, and Maintenance


Page, Victor W.

Hardcover. New York, Norman W. Henley Publishing Company, 9th, 1920, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 1032 pages, hardcover. 1000 illustrations in b&w with pull out diagrams. Edges of cover worn, lettering chipped (but still easily readable). Previous owner's signature on front flyleaf. Some page corners bent.

Record # 602764


Price: $60.00 

 

Delta Queen, The: Last of the Paddlewheel Palaces


Perez, August & Associates

Hardcover. Grenta, Pelican Publishing Co, 2nd, 1975, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 96 pages, b&w photography, blue cover, gilt lettered spine. Light wear to cover; overall, a clean, tight copy.

Record # 604227


Price: $13.00 

 

Tramp - Sagas of High Adventure in the Vanishing World of the Old Tramp Freighters


Krieger, Michael J.

Hardcover. San Francisco, Chronicle Books, 1st, 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 143 pages. Illustrated with full color photographs. Minor darkening to edges of dust jacket. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 610012


Price: $18.00 

 

Questions and Answers Relating To Modern Automobile Design, Construction, Driving and Repair - Includes All Latest 1918 Developments with Complete Discussion of Electric Starting and Lighting Systems - A Self-Instructor for Students, Mechan

Softcover. New York, Norman W. Henley Publishing Co., Revised, 1918, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 701 pages plus 40 pages of ads. Flexible green cloth covers. Sixth edition. Previous owners name in pencil on front endpaper. Illustrated with black & white technical drawings and photographs. Chipping and closed tears to edge of fold-out at page 256. Covers, hinges, and spine with chipping/rubbing along edges. Good reference copy.

Record # 613407


Price: $35.00 

 

Poles on the High Seas


Pertek, Jerzy

Hardcover. Warsaw, Zaklad Narodwy im. Ossolinskich, reprint, 1978, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 372 pages. Translated from 1957 edition by Alexander T. Jordan. B/W illustrations. Dust jacket edges soiled. Price sticker on back cover.

Record # 802229


Price: $13.00 

Great Luxury Liners 1927-1954, The: A Photographic RecordMiller, Jr., William H.
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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 

 

Will Not Run February 22nd


Stinnett, Caskie, Illust. by: Bill Ballantine

Hardcover. New York, Rinehart & Company, Inc., reprint, 1956, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 188 pages, INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR, with illustrations by Bill Ballantine. Minor dust jacket edge wear and fade, otherwise, very clean and tight copy.

Record # 853396


Price: $40.00 

 

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 

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
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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 

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

 

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 

 

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 

 

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 

 

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 

 

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 

 

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 

 

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 

 

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 

 

Gatefold Book of the Worlds Great Steam Locomotives


Lambert, Anthony

Hardcover. 1st, December 1997, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: None, Fabulous long fold-outs. Pages very clean. Some minor rubbing to pictorial covers.

Record # 450631


Price: $18.00 

 

Enduring Friendships


Roberts, Al

Hardcover. Camden, Me., International Marine Publishing Co, 1st, 1973, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Illustrated throughout with b&w photographs and plans. Minor dust jacket edge wear and fade, otherwise, very clean and tight copy.

Record # 456281


Price: $30.00 

Gas Station in America, TheJakle, John A.
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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 

 

Ship and Boat Models in Ancient Greece


Johnston, Paul Forsythe

Hardcover. Annapolis, Naval Institute Press, 1st, 1985, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 187 pages. Illustrated with black & white photographs and reproductions. Previous owners embossed stamp on front endpaper. Dust jacket spine sunfaded. Clean tight copy.

Record # 603880


Price: $16.00 

 

Saab 99 - 1969-76 - Autobook 798


Ball, Kenneth

Hardcover. Brighton, Autobook Ltd., Reprint, 1976, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 190 pages. Covers Saab 99 - 1709 cc - 1969-71, Saab 99 - 1854 cc - 1971-74, Saab 99 - 1985 cc - 1972-76. Soiling to some pages. Black & white photographs and diagrams. Standard wear.

Record # 609112


Price: $12.00 

American Automobile, The by: Stein, Ralph
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American Automobile, The by: Stein, Ralph

Hardcover. New York, Ridge Press Book/Random House, 1st, 1975, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 252 pages. Hardcover. Full color and black & white photographs. Clean, tight copy. Record # 612117
Price: $12.00 

 

Merchant Sailing Ships 1775-1815: Their Design and Construction


MacGregor, David

Hardcover. Annapolis, MD, Naval Institute Press, reprint, 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 218 pages. Drawings and diagrams by the author. Some soil on book edges, previous bookseller's bookplate and American publisher's label in front matter. Some soil on ends, bookseller's sticker on dust dust jacket, edges faded.

Record # 802192


Price: $26.00 

 

Colonial Silver


Gibson, R. Hammond

Softcover. Baltimore, R. Hammond Gibson, 1st, 1973, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 29 pages. Illustrated throughout in b&w. Rubbing to spine and edge wear; else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 808814


Price: $18.00 

 

Steam Packets on the Chesapeake: A History of the Old Bay Line Since 1840


Brown, Alexander Crosby

Hardcover. Cambridge, MD, Cornell Maritime Press, 1st, 1961, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 192 pages, b&w photographs. Edge wear, small tears to dust jacket. Else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 850786


Price: $15.00 

 

Great American Convertible, The


Langworth, Richard M.

Hardcover. New York, Beekman House, 1st, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 192 pages, hardcover with dust jacket. A lively and detailed history of the American convertible. Mild rubbing to dust jacket. Hundreds of color photographs throughout. Unmarked. Bright and clean; a tight copy.

Record # 951797


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 

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 

 

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 

 

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 

 

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 

 

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 

 

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 

 

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 

 

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 

 

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 

Aerofa Minigraph 27 : Boeing Helicopter CH 47 Chinook Anderton, David and Jay Miller
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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 

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

Softcover. Carleton Univ Pr, 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 376 pages. Clean, tight copy. Record # 453568
Price: $12.00 

Early American ShipsMillar, John Fitzhugh
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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 

 

Jane's World Railways


Sampson (Ed), Henry

Bucks., England, Sampson Low, Marston & Co, nd, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. 522 pages. Ex-library with usual markings and stamping. Rubbing to corners and spine. Bottom corners bumped.

Record # 508446


Price: $75.00 

 

Winged Gospel, The: America's Romance with Aviation, 1900-1950


Corn, Joseph J.

Hardcover. New York, Oxford Uniersity Press, reprint, 1983, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 177 pages. Dust jacket has a short tear to lower back cover corner

Record # 603165


Price: $10.00 

 

Sailing-Ship - Six Thousand Years of History, The


Anderson, Romola/R.C. Anderson

Hardcover. New York, Bonanza, 2nd, 1963, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 212 pages. Black & white illustrations. Dust jacket shows standard wear with sticker residue at top right corner of front cover. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 608706


Price: $12.00 

 

Navigation - Aerienne Transatlantique, La


Voitoux, G.

Softcover. Paris, Societe d'Editions, 1st, 1930, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 144 pages. French text. Illustrated with black & white maps and charts - features 2 fold-outs. Foxing along borders of front covers. Pages age darkened. Light chipping to bottom right corner of front cover. Clean, unmarked copy.

Record # 610389


Price: $125.00 

 

Official Pullman Standard Library, The - Selected Heavyweight Cars


Randall, W. David

Hardcover. Godfrey, RPC Publications, First Edition, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 198 pages. Hardcover. Green cloth boards with gilt titles to cover & spine. Light marginal tone to edges. Profusely illustrated in black & white throughout. Clean & unmarked copy.

Record # 750784


Price: $75.00 

 

Tall Ships


McCutchan, Philip

Hardcover. New York, Crown Publishers, 1st, 1976, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 160 pages, b&w and color illustrations, illustrated endpapers, gilt lettered spine, dust jacket. Light wear to dust jacket, mild foxing to endpapers, overall a very clean, tight copy.

Record # 803192


Price: $10.00 

 

SHIPWRECKS IN PARADISE: A MARITIME HISTORY OF HAWAII


Gibbs, Jim

Hardcover. Seattle, Superior Publishing Co., 1st, 1977, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 183 pages, b&w photographs. Dust jacket w/ edge wear and rubbing. Foxing to top edge. Else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 809151


Price: $20.00 

 

Aeroplane Construction and Operation: Including Notes on Aeroplane Design and Aerodynamic Calculation, Materials, Etc.


Rathbun, John B.

Hardcover. Chicago, Stanton and Van Vliet Co, 1st, 1918, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 403 pages + glossary with illustrations, photos and fold-out charts in b&w. Light wear and fraying to black covers with a few small holes through the cloth. Internally very good.

Record # 856946


Price: $88.00 

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.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 

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 

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

 

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 

 

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 

 

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 

 

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 

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 # 220813
Price: $12.00 

 

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 

 

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 

Pilot's Manual for Supermarine Spitfire by: N/A
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Pilot's Manual for Supermarine Spitfire by: N/A

Softcover. Appleton WI, Aviation Publications, reprint, 1989, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 28 page booklet, stapled, b&w illustrations. Reprinted from Air Publication 1565B, dated July 1940. Fold-out diagram of plane in rear. Light soil. Record # 406746
Price: $12.00 

 

Portrait of the Rails, from Steam to Diesel


Ball Jr., Don

Hardcover. New York, 1st, 1974, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 295 pages, b&w photographs. Edge wear, creases, small tears to dust jacket. Front hinge starting to crack. Else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 451770


Price: $15.00 

 

American Railroad Passenger Car, Parts I and II, The


White Jr., John H.

Softcover. Baltimore, The Johns Hopkins University Press, reprint, 1985, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 2 volume set. 690 pages total with illustrations in b&w. Clean, unmarked set with only minor wear to wrappers.

Record # 458873


Price: $63.00 

 

Life of John Davis, The Navigator, 1550-1605, A - Discoverer of Davis Straits


Markham, Clements R.

NY, Dodd, Mead, 1st, n.d., Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 301 pages. Black & white illustrations, maps. Ex-lib with spine label, stamping to title-page, bookplate on front paste-down endpaper. Pocket on back paste-down endpaper. Loose front and back pages, mending to front gutter hinge, minor pencil marking to text. Loose sewing.

Record # 502527


Price: $25.00 

 

Trucking in America: Moving the Goods - A nostalgic reflection on the rigs that rolled the roads of America in the glory years of truck history


Kowalke, Ron

Softcover. Iola, WI, Krause Publications, 1st, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 286 pages, softcover. Illustrated with b&w photographs of vintage trucks.

Record # 602775


Price: $26.00 

 

Sailing Ships of Great Britain


Hill, W.S.

Hardcover. London, Jupiter, 1st, 1975, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 22 pages of text followed by 24 full color plates of great sailing ships. Light wear to dust jacket edges. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 604267


Price: $13.00 

 

Yachting and Cruising for Amateurs


Cowper, Frank

Hardcover. London, Bazaar Exchange & Mart, Ltd., 6th edition, NA, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 211 pages. Illustrated with black & white photographs and drawings. Previous owners name in pencil on front endpaper. Light foxing to preliminary pages. Blue cloth covers with titles in gilt. Clean, unmarked copy.

Record # 610120


Price: $25.00 

 

Fire at Sea - The Story of the Morro Castle


Gallagher, Thomas

Hardcover. New York, Rinehart & Company, 1st, 1959, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 280 pages. Hardcover. Illustrated with black & white photographs. Related magazine clippings glued to preliminary pages. Price clipped dust jacket with foxing, wear along edges. Clean, unmarked pages.

Record # 613678


Price: $23.00 

 

Blue Water Men - and Women


Humiston, Fred

Hardcover. Portland, Maine, Blue Water Books, 2nd, 1966, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 172 pages, 16 plates of b&w illustrations, acetate protected dust jacket. Light foxing and wear to dust jacket, overall a neat, tight copy.

Record # 802258


Price: $19.00 

 

Towline: The Story of American Tugboats


Carse, Robert

Hardcover. New York, W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., 1st, 1969, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 89 pages, b&w illustrations. Edge wear, soiling, and small tear to dust jacket. Binding slightly cocked; else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 808928


Price: $18.00 

 

Sidewheeler Saga: A Chronicle of Steamboating


Hill, Ralph Nading

Hardcover. New York, Rinehart & Company, 1st, 1953, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 342 pages, SIGNED BY AUTHOR on front fly leaf, with photographs throughout. Minor dust jacket edge wear and fade, otherwise, very clean and tight.

Record # 854310


Price: $50.00 

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 

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

 

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 

 

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 

 

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 

 

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 

 

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 

 

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 

 

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 

 

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 

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

 

The Hemmings Motor News Book of Pontiacs


Ehrich, Terry (Editor)

Softcover. Bennington, VT, Hemmings Motor News, 1st, 2001, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 144 pages, illustrated throughout. Light edge wear and previous owner

Price: $20.00 

Sail, Steam, and Splendour: A Picture History of Life Aboard the Transatlantic LinersS., Miller Byron
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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 

 

Training Ship Denmark, The: Under the Dannebrog and the Stars and Stripes


Anderson, Knud

Hardcover. Copenhagen, Samlerens Forlag, reissue, 1985, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 236 pages. 12 black and white photographs. Follows the Danish training ship and crew docked in the United States when Denmark became occupied during WW II. Nice tight copy.

Record # 512281


Price: $22.00 

 

Spritsail Barges of Thames and Medway


March, Edgar J.

Hardcover. Camden, International Marine Publishing, Reprint, 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 234 pages. Illustrated with black & white photographs and drawings. Previous owners stamp on title page. Spine of dust jacket sunfaded. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 603884


Price: $51.00 

 

Saab 99 - Workshop Manual for Saab 99 - 1969-70


Ball, Kenneth

Hardcover. Brighton, Autopress Ltd., 1st, 1971, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 175 pages. Illustrated with black & white photographs and diagrams. Vinyl covers show light wear. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 609114


Price: $12.00 

 

Alloys and Automobiles - The Life of Elwood Haynes


Gray, Ralph D.

Softcover. Indianapolis, Indiana Historical Society, 1st, 1979, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 243 pages. Softcover. Illustrated with black & white photographs. Covers with light wear along edges. Light foxing to top edge. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 612121


Price: $25.00 

 

Segelschiffe auf alten Postkarten


Meyer, Jurgen

Hardcover. Norderstadt, Verlag Egon Heinemann, 1st, 1975, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 196 pages. 610 B/W reproductions of postcards featuring ships. Cover bowed, dust jacket edges torn, otherwise clean.

Record # 802193


Price: $32.00 

 

Georgian Locomotive, The


Bryant, Jr. , H. Stafford

Hardcover. New York, Weathervane Books, 1st, 1962, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 89 pages, b&w photographs. Dust jacket clean; pages slightly warped; else a good, tight copy.

Record # 808899


Price: $12.00 

 

American Locomotives: A Pictorial Record of Steam Power, 1900-1950


Alexander, Edwin P.

Hardcover. New York, W. W. Norton and Co., 1st, 1950, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 254 pages, b&w photographs throughout, photographic end paper. Red top edge. Edge wear, tears to price-clipped dust jacket; piece missing from top of spine on both dust jacket and book. Else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 850790


Price: $20.00 

MG Workshop Manual: From "M" Type to "T.F. 1500"Blower, W.E.
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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 

 

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 

 

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 

 

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 

 

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 

 

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 

 

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 

 

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 

 

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 

 

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 

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

 

Encyclopedia of American Cars from 1930: 60 Years of Automotive History


Consumer Guide

Hardcover. Publications International, 1st, September 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 816 pages, b&w and color photographs throughout. Minor wear to dust jacket. Writing on front fly leaf. Else a very clean, tight copy.

Record # 454472


Price: $40.00 

 

Shadow of Kilimanjaro, The : On Foot Across East Africa


Ridgeway, Rick

Hardcover. US, Henry Holt and Co., 1st, 1998-10-01, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 288 pages, b&w photos. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.

Record # 462466


Price: $15.00 

 

Central Vermont Railway,The - A Yankee Tradition - Volume 1


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 # 510215


Price: $51.00 

 

Motor Trips: All of Eastern America from Quebec to Florida


N/A

Hardcover. Hartford, Guyde Publishing Co., 1926, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Flexible cloth covers, unpaginated, b & w illustrations and maps, bumping and creasing to the corners and edge wear, light marking to some pages.

Record # 603197


Price: $10.00 

 

Last of a Glorious Era, The


Pearse, Ronald

Hardcover. London, Syren and Shipping, Reprint, 1969, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 96 pages. Seven pages with underlining and brief spirited commentary in red and green ink. Dust jacket shows light wear.

Record # 608796


Price: $12.00 

 

Automotive Electrical Practice


Kuns, Ray F.

Hardcover. Milwaukee, Bruce Publishing Company, 1st, 1926, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 516 pages. Hardcover. Illustrated with black & white photographs and drawings. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 611195


Price: $38.00 

Home on the Road by: White, Roger B.
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Home on the Road by: White, Roger B.

Hardcover. Washington , DC, Smithsonian Institution Press, 1st, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 220 pages. B/W photographs. Dust jacket worn, sticker residue. Record # 801850
Price: $12.00 

Ford 1903 to 1984 by: Lewis, David L., Mike McCarville, Lorin Sorensen
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Ford 1903 to 1984 by: Lewis, David L., Mike McCarville, Lorin Sorensen

Hardcover. New York, Beekman House, 1st, 1983, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 384 pages, over 1000 b&w photographs, 32 pages in full color, gilt-lettered spine, color-illustrated dust jacket. Light wear to dust jacket, overall a clean, tight copy. Record # 803203
Price: $12.00 

 

THE BEETLE BOOK: America's 300 Year Love Affair With The "Bug"


Steinwedel, Louis William

Softcover. Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1st, 1981, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 141 pages. Illustrated color and b&w captioned photographs throughout text. Light edge wear to wrappers. Small water stain on bottom of front cover. Else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 809181


Price: $12.00 

 

Flying High: Anecdotes About the Airways


Marsh, Franklin W., Illust. by: Jack Hinkley and C.F Schar

Hardcover. Washington D.C, Public Affairs Press , 1st, 1957, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 138 pages. B&w illustrations throughout. Gilt titles on spine. Includes glossary of terminology. Dust jacket clipped. Musty odor, otherwise clean, tight copy.

Record # 857408


Price: $15.00 


  
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