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Allen, Cecil J
Locospotter's Annual 1970
Small tippex mark to upper corner of front end paper. No other marks or inscriptions. Not price clipped. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, bump to spine foot and no bumping to corners. 64pp.
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Allen, Cecil J
Locospotter's Annual 1971
Tippex to upper corner of front end paper. No other marks or inscriptions. Not price clipped. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 64pp.
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Allen, G. Freeman (editor)
Trains Miscellany (Three Books in one)
No marks or inscriptions to contents. Creasing to front cover and to spine. Clean pages with slightly marked dusty boards and rubbing to edges. 48 + 32 + 32pp. Section 1 is Regional Rounds No 1 Eastern & North Eastern Regions. Section 2 is More of my Best Railway Photographs No 12 by CCB Herbert. Section 3 is More of my Best Railway Photographs 1906-1949 No 14 by H Gordon Tidey. Extremely scarce.
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ANDREWS David
The Churchward 2-6-0s. [Locomotives in Detail 1] FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, and very numerous photographs and diagrams in the text; green cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Ottley, 17976.
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André PAPAZIAN
TRAINS de CARACTERE en FRANCE
Un ouvrage de 190 pages, format 245 x 310 mm, illustré, relié cartonnage sous jaquette couleurs, s.d., Editions Massin, bon état
书商的参考编号 : LFA-126746450
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André PAPAZIAN
TRAINS de LEGENDE en EUROPE
Un ouvrage de 206 pages, format 245 x 310 mm, illustré, relié cartonnage sous jaquette couleurs, publié en 2001, Editions Massin, bon état
书商的参考编号 : LFA-126720394
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Anguenot M.
Notions sur les machines à vapeurs
Léon Eyrolles, éditeur Broché 1941 In-8 (16 x 25 cm), broché, 210 pages, 13ème édition entièrement refondue, figures en noir in-texte ; coiffes et bords frottés, plats défraîchis, par ailleurs intérieur bien conservé, bon état général. Livraison a domicile (La Poste) ou en Mondial Relay sur simple demande.
书商的参考编号 : nc1139
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ANNALES INDUSTRIELLES publiées par Frédureau & Cie, ingénieurs civils. Dix-septième année – 1885 (Planches).
ANNALES INDUSTRIELLES publiées par Frédureau & Cie, ingénieurs civils. Dix-septième année – 1885 (Planches).
Paris, Frédureau & Cie - A. Cassagnes, ingénieur civil, directeur. Un volume grand in-folio, 43.5 x 32.5 cms, demi-chagrin à coins, de la bibliothèque de P. Follin (nom doré en pied). Contient 104 planches de dessins techniques et procédés industriels, cotés et légendés, certaines sur double page montées sur onglet. A titre d’exemples: Station centrale d’électricité de Pimlico à Londres - Moteur sphérique, système Tower - Travaux du port de La Réunion - Cité ouvrière de 160 maisons de la papeterie de La Haye-Descartes - Etude sur les locomotives anglaises - Explosion d’un economiser à Oldham - Machine horizontale de 50 chevaux - Nouvelle locomotive express Compound - Graisseur à percussions – etc
书商的参考编号 : 13324
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Anonyme
Le Frein n° 6 E.T. pour locomotives & tenders
Compagnie des freins Westinghouse Broché 1920 In-8, (18x12 cm), broché, dos toilé noir, 64 pages, schémas en noir et blanc ; légères traces sur les plats, mors frottés, assez bon état. Livraison a domicile (La Poste) ou en Mondial Relay sur simple demande.
书商的参考编号 : fe97
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Arnold-N - Bahnspass Ester Klasse
Arnold-N - Bahnspass Ester KlasseChemin de fer modèle N et accessoires. Boîtes de construction N. Technique du chemin de fer modèle pour tous écartementsRails modèles - Accessoires pour rails - Planification des rails - Locomotives - Tramway - Wagons de voyageurs - Modèles USA - Wagons à marchandises - Boîtes de construction - Caténaire - Ponts et viaducs - L'atelier de révision - Plaque tournante - Garniture de signaux, Pont-bascules - Gares à marchandises - Hangars , marchandises - Maisons - Transport sur les routes - Technique du chemin de fer modèle - Câbles de raccordement - relais - Postes de commande - Signaux modèles - Bloc de commande à trains multiples - MSB
1980 1980/1981 - 20 Jahre N-Spur von Arnold 1960-1980 - K. Arnold GmbH & Co. Boîte postale 1046, D-8500 Nuremberg - Votre magasin spécialisé pour Arnold - Printed n Germany - illustré - in-4 broché - catalogueAvec en supplément un petit fascicule format italienne en allemand "Die richtige Zug zum Bahnspab Ester Klasse"
书商的参考编号 : 50206
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Author Not Stated
Baldwin (Locomotives), Second Quarter, 1946
32 pages. Features: A Message from Baldwin; The Pennsylvania Railroad Company Centenary - article with illustrations of the many locomotives which have served it; World's Largest Plate Mill - Lukens Steel Company - illustrated article; Baldwin Steam Trams in New Zealand; Just Pictures; Special Delivery - amazing photos and captions describe the job of the Messenger, whose job it was to deliver new locomotives from plant to customer; The Second Nisqually Power Development - La Grande Power House near Tacoma, WA - great photos and article; A Veteran Returns - the tanker USS Kaloli returns from Navy service in the Pacific to resume service as the Flying A - photos with article. Average wear. Prior owner's faint name stamp atop table of contents. A sound vintage copy. Book
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Author Not Stated
Baldwin Locomotives (Magazine), April (Apr.) 1929
76 pages. Features: Record Breaking Locomotive in the Argentine Republic - The "Big Bus"; A New Baldwin Dynamometer Car for the Central Railway of Brazil - very detailed article with many excellent photos; J. Snowden Bell - Obituary with photo; The St. Louis-San Francisco Railway and its motive power - long article with many great photos; The Modern Clasp Brake - detailed bilingual (English/Spanish) article supported by excellent graphics; The Great Northern Railway's New Cascade Tunnel - informative article and photos of this great engineering achievement; Erecting the New Terminal Section of the Sorocabana Railway at Sao Paulo, Brazil; Recent Locomotives; A Novel Pumping Plant in the Grand Canyon - article with great photos; The McCollum-Peters Electric Telemeter - great technical article with photos; The Thunder Lake Lumber Company of Rhinelander, Wisconsin - great article with archival photos; Development of Locomotive Boiler Stays; Ten pages of excellent photo ads. Average external soiling and wear. Binding intact. Prior owner's small namestamp atop table of contents and page 5. A sound vintage copy. Book
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Author Not Stated
Baldwin Locomotives (Magazine), April (Apr.) 1932
72 pages. Features: The North Western Railway of India - Lengthy article with dozens of wonderful photos; How New Locomotives Pay for Themselves through Savings in Maintenance; Locomotive Feed Water Devices - article with photos and many detailed diagrams; Designing a Modern Ice Plant- informative article with many photos; Huge 66" 50-ton Gate Valve for use beneath New York City; Ship by Rail - promoting the use of railways for shipping; The First Baldwin Locomotives for Persia - interesting details about Persia's rail system - 4 Mogul (2-6-0) units ordered; The History and Development of Locomotive Crains and Heavy Deck Machinery - informative bilingual (English/Spanish) article with great vintage photos; Twelve pages of excellent photo ads. Average wear. Binding intact. Prior owner's small namestamp atop table of contents. A sound copy of this wonderful vintage issue. Book
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Author Not Stated
Baldwin Locomotives (Magazine), January (Jan.) 1932
72 pages. Features: Single Expansion Articulated Locomotives on the Western Pacific Railroad - with interesting information about the railroad and stunning photos in the Feather River Canyon; Five Baldwin Locomotives for the U.S.S.R. Railways - excellent photos of their fabrication and loading onto ships; Baldwin Locomotives of Historic Interest; The Baldwin-Southwark Corporation - a detailed treatment with many superb photos; An Unusual Order for large Bronze Castings - Manganese Bronze Pipe Castings for New York City's Water Supply System; California Lumber Moves Eastward - short article with photo courtesy of the McCloud River Railroad Company showing the "Shevlin Pine Special"; The History and Development of Locomotive Cranes and Heavy Deck Machinery - Bilingual (English/Spanish) article with amazing photos; Two Locomotive Boilers go Overboard in rough seas off Brazil - with photos; Testing a 4-8-4 Type Locomotive on the Lehigh Valley Railroad - includes very detailed technical specifications/test results; Eliminating the Hot Engine around the Terminal Shop - a new electric spotter is manufactured by the Whiting Corporation; Thirteen pages of excellent photo ads. Average wear. Binding intact. Prior owner's small namestamp atop table of contents. A sound copy of this wonderful vintage issue. Book
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Author Not Stated
Baldwin Locomotives (Magazine), July 1929
76 pages. Features: George H. Houston - new President of Baldwin Locomotive Works; Single Expansion Articulated Locomotives - major article with many excellent locomotive photos;;Solving a Maintenance Problem in India - photos of large-scale human labour at work; Recent Locomotives; A New Dynamometer Car for the Northern Pacific Railway - photos and article; The Texas and Pacific Railway - detailed company profile with many photos; Robert W. Weidenbacker - obituary; The Modern Drop Pit Table (bilingual English/Spanish) - superb detailed article with excellent photos; The Commercial Minerals of the Union of South Africa - interesting article with photos of rolling stock in use; The Rehabilitation of the Chicago South Shore & South Bend Railroad - informative article with great archival photos; Keeping a Locomotive Clean - the D&M cleaning process of applying a stream of oil, water and air - has largely replaced hand washing; Ten pages of excellent photo ads. Average external soiling and wear. Binding intact. Prior owner's small namestamp atop table of contents. A sound vintage copy. Book
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Author Not Stated
Baldwin Locomotives (Magazine), October (Oct.) 1928
84 pages. Features: Where do good locomotives go when they die?; The Western Maryland Railway - very long article with dozens of super photos; James McNaughton - obituary; Locomotive Coal, Sand and Cinder Handling Facilities - article and wonderful photos of contemporary technology; The Island of Jamaica and its Railway system - Substantial article with many great photos; Recent locomotives; The Building of a large flanging press - superlative article and photos describe the fabrication of a 1,400 ton Southwark press destined for use in the Eddystone plant; An Epoch in the History of Industry - June 28 marked the completion of the final transfer of the Works from Philadelphia to Eddystone - extensive coverage and numerous photos; The Commonwealth Edison Company and the Chicago & Illinois Midland Railway - article with photos; Heavy Trains and runs on the Chinese Eastern Railway - lengthy article with many archival photos - superb documentation; A Notable Shipment of All-Steel Passenger Equipment for Brazil - fascinating photos and description of the loading of 23 rail cars onto the motorship "Belpareil"; A Unique Logging Railroad - the Porterfield & Ellis Company of Ontonagon County, Michigan - interesting article and photos; Gasoline Locomotives for Industrial Switching - built by Whitcomb; Ten pages of excellent photo ads. Average external soiling and wear. Binding intact. Prior owner's small namestamp atop table of contents. A sound vintage copy. Book
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Author Not Stated
Baldwin Locomotives (Magazine), October (Oct.) 1931
80 pages. Features: Motive Power Progress on the Chicago and North Western - very lengthy article with dozens of wonderful photos; Arthur Latham Church - obituary with photo portrait; Testing Railway Motor Cars - detailed article with many photos; The First Steam Railroad in the State of New Jersey - The Camden & Amboy Railroad and Transportation Company; The Manufacturer's Railway Company of St. Louis; The Railways of New South Wales - long article with many excellent photos; A Roundhouse Pit Crane; Extending the Electric Truck Range - Jaw-dropping article on the state of electric delivery trucks way back in 1931... including the following comment "The electric street truck has been with us for such a long time that many truck users feel they know it and know all about it."... (so why don't we have them now???); Baldwin Locomotives of Historic Interest; The Redwood Empire Special - the greatest single rail shipment of lumber in the history of the west - 117 cars with more than 3,000,000 feet of lumber - with photos; Fourteen pages of excellent photo ads. Average wear. Binding intact. Prior owner's small namestamp atop table of contents. A sound copy of this wonderful vintage issue. Book
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Avery, Derek
A Century of Steam Trains
Book and jacket in virtually mint condition. 144pp. The history of the railways with all the major locomotives that appeared between 1855 and 1955 with their technical specifications and background information.
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Avery, Derek
Modern Locomotives
8vo, 96 pages, illustrated. (Wordsworth Colour Handbooks). eng
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Awdry, Rev. W.
Thomas the Tank Engine and the Great Race
A book on wheels... literally! Cute board book. Average wear. Unmarked. For ages 3 and up. Book
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B. K. Cooper (Editor)
Railway World 1973 (Complete Year)
Twelve issues. Small address mark on (usually) rear cover. No other marks or inscriptions and no creasing to covers Twelve very clean very tight copies with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. January edition missing upper corner of front cover. Otherwise all in very good (+) condition. Total of 537pp. Whole year January 1973 to December 1973 of Railway World magazine.
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Baldwin Locomotives Works
Atlantic Type Locomotives
Philadelphia, Pa., USA, Edgell Press 1907 In-8 à l’italienne 15 x 23 cm. Broché, couverture noire, dos muet, titre doré gaufré sur le premier plat, 67 pp., 28 locomotives type Atlantic 1902-1906 figurées hors texte avec leur fiche technique en regard. Exemplaire en bon état.
书商的参考编号 : 117132
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Baldwin Railroad Locomotives
THE NARROW-GAUGE LOCOMOTIVES: The Baldwin Catalog of 1877
Norman: OU 1967. Book. New. Hardcover. First Thus. 1st printing of New Edition which is a facsimile of the original. Gilt-stamped & pictorial cloth. 47pp. Illus. Foreword by Laurance S. Reid. Fine in dj with mild wear to extremities. OU Hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 1707006
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BARMAN Christian
Next Station. A Railway plans for the Future. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY
8vo., First Edition, with coloured frontispiece, coloured and monochrome full-page illustrations, and smaller drawings in the text; original wrappers, backstrip mildly worn at head and tail (but binding wholly sound), a very good, bright, clean copy. Ottley, 6152.
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BAUGHAN Peter E.
North of Leeds. The Leeds-Settle-Carlisle Line and its Branches. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece and plates; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Ottley, 12347.
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Bazaine (Pierre-Dominique Adolphe), Professeur :
Cours de Chemins de Fer. Ecole Impériale des Ponts et Chaussées. Notes prises par M.M. les élèves. 1868-1869.
Texte + atlas, 2 tomes in-4 ; demi-percaline vert-sapin, plats cartonnés et papier marbré vert (reliure de l'époque) ; 386 pp., texte manuscrit lithographié, 234 figures dans le texte, Première partie, Atlas 19 planches dont 2 doubles également lithographié par Broise à Paris.
书商的参考编号 : 10910
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Bazaine (Pierre-Dominique) :
Travaux et Matériel de Chemins de Fer exécutés en majeure partie sous la direction de Mr Bazaine, Ingénieur en chef, Professeur à l'Ecole Impériale des Ponts et Chaussées. Atlas : Tome IV : Bâtiments et constructions diverses. Gares et stations, bâtiments des voyageurs et dépendances, quais, halles à marchandises. Remises à locomotives, remises à voitures, etc.
S.l. (Paris), s.n. (gravé par Pouzadou, lithographié par Lanoue), 1868 ; grand in-folio en feuilles sous portefeuille muet ; (6) pp. de Titre, noms des Chemins de fer et table de planches imprimées en rouge et noir, 118 planches doubles, triples ou quadruples ou plus, certaines en couleurs. Ouvrage entièrement lithographié.
书商的参考编号 : 10705
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BEATTIE Ian
BR Standard Locomotives to Scale [with] GWR [with] LMSR [with] LNER [with] Southern. COMPLETE SET OF BEATTIE'S SCALE DRAWINGS
5 vols., oblong 4to., First Edition, with drawings and tables throughout; pictorial boards, a near fine set. COMPLETE SETS IN THIS CONDITION ARE SCARCE. Ottley 15800, 17961, 18481, 18128, 18933 respectively.
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BEDARRIDE J.
Des chemins de fer au point de vue du transport des voyageurs et des marchandises. Tomes I & II (2 volumes)
1883 Librairie Nouvelle de Droit et de Jurisprudence Arthur Rousseau, Paris et Achille Makaire, Librairie, Aix - 1883 - 2 vol in-8, demi chagrin brun, 5 nerfs, caissons, titre et auteur en doré - 468 + 461 p.
书商的参考编号 : 83199
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BELL Arthur Morton
Locomotives. Their Construction, Maintenance and Operation. With Notes on Electric, Internal Combustion and other Forms of Motive Power. With a Foreword by A.C. Carr. Fourth Edition. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY
2 vols., sm. folio, Fourth Edition, with coloured frontispieces (one folding), titles in red and black, and very numerous photographs, illustrations and diagrams (a number folding and several coloured or part-coloured), tiny uniform signature on front free endpapers; original burgundy cloth, upper boards blocked in blind, gilt backs, upper board of first volume a little scuffed, joints lightly rubbed, backstrips chafed at heads and tails else a very good, bright, clean copy. Bright, clean copy of a standard and hightly detailed reference. Ottley 2790 (recording the first edition).
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Bell, W. J.
British Locomotive Illustrated
95p. illus. Hardcover Very good condition
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Bellwood, John and Jenkinson, David
Gresley and Stanier: A Centenary Tribute
No marks or inscriptions. Crease across front cover, none to rear or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and very slight rubbing to some corners. 99pp. A detailed study of the legendary engineering careers of both Sir Nigel Gresley and Sir William Stanier, whose designs for steam locomotives excelled along the East Coast and West Coast routes in Britain and who were born less than a month apart from one another in 1876. Well illustrated. .
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Bernard COLLARDEY et André RASSERIE
LES 141 P, De VALEUREUSES MIKADO
Un ouvrage de 191 pages, format 220 x 305 mm, illustré, relié cartonnage couleurs, publié en 1998, Editions La Vie du Rail, collection "Le Temps de la Vapeur", bon état
书商的参考编号 : LFA-126735511
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Bernard COLLARDEY et André RASSERIE
LES 141 R, CES BRAVES AMERICAINES
Un ouvrage de 144 pages, format 210 x 295 mm, illustré, broché couverture couleurs, publié en 1981, Editions N.M. La Vie du Rail, collection "Le Temps de la Vapeur", bon état
书商的参考编号 : LFA-126742449
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Bernard MAHOT
Les LANTERNES, PHARES et FANAUX
Un ouvrage de 266 pages, format 230 x 245 mm, illustré, relié cartonnage couleurs, publié en 2012, Doyen Editeur, bon état
书商的参考编号 : LFA-126712483
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Best, Gerald M.
Nevada County Narrow Gauge
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 8 3/4"w x 11 1/4"h. 216 pages. Many b&w photos.
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Bloom, Alan
250 Years of Steam (Two Hundred Fifty)
Previous owner's name and address inside front board. No other marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with slight creasing to lower edge and traces of storage. 195pp. A very wide-ranging study of the application of steam power across the ages recording the years of the railway locomotives, from Stephenson and the Rainhill Trials, through World War II and the Beeching axe, to the subsequent railway museums; Brunel and his famous iron ship The Great Britain, in a chapter on marine engines; the great days of the traction engines and the fall, and rise, of the great showmen's road locomotives. Also includes the many applications of steam for stationary engines.
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Body, Geoffrey
The Railway Era : Life and Lines in the Great Age of Railways
No inscriptions or marks. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked, torn or creased. 156pp. This book sets out to depict the great age of railways in terms of the way it affected the whole community.
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BONNAFFE, Edouard.
La Conquête de la Vitesse par Edouard Bonaffé.
Paris, Louis Chaux, 1899 ;grand in-8°, couverture factice de papier fort vert mousse, étiquette manuscrite à l'encre au dos,couverture imprimée en noir et illustrée d'une vigentte conservée; 188pp.,1p.nch.; illustré de 77 figures dans et hors texte en noir.Petit manque de papier au dos de la couverture factice en tête, la couverture imprimée est un peu jaunie, très petite tache brune dans la marge externe de 3 feuillets.
书商的参考编号 : cROU-2031
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BOOKER Frank
The Great Western Railway. A new History. [Second Edition, with extra illustrations].
8vo., Best Edition, with a frontispiece, illustrated title, 8 coloured plates, 38 monochrome plates and 13 illustrations and maps in the text; cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in the dustwrapper. Considerably expanded version of the original edition of 1977. Ottley, 11804 [1977 edn]
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BRADLEY Donald Laurence
The Drumond Greyhounds of the LSWR. [David & Charles Locomotive Studies.] FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs and diagrams in the text; green cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Ottley, 12244.
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Bradley, R. Ken
Historic Railways of the Powell River Area
99 pages. "An account of the seventeen individual railways operating at various times in the area from the middle 1890s until 1955." - from title page. A superlative compilation of archival black and white photographic plates, with accompanying text. Includes: chronology; locomotive rosters; index; and more. Book
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BRADSHAW'S RAILWAY TIME TABLE.
Bradshaw's Railway Time Tables and Assistant to Railway Travelling, with Illustrative Maps & Plans.
Small 12mo, [36]pp., of maps, plans and time tables, orig. purple cloth, gold label printed in green on upper cover, very nice copy. With maps of the railway from London to Birmingham (2), Manchester & Birmingham Railways, Birmingham, Railways in Lancashire, Liverpool, Manchester & Leeds.
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Brian Radford
Midland Line Memories
No marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with minor traces of storage. 144pp. Tribute to the spirit and the flavour of the Midland Railway Company on its lines between Derby and London. Very well illustrated.
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BRITISH TRANSPORT COMMISSION.
Handbook for Railway Steam Locomotive Enginemen. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., with coloured and monochrome illustrations throughout; black cloth, upper board lettered in yellow, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Publication code BR 33014. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Ottley, 3089.
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BRITISH TRANSPORT COMMISSION.
Handbook for Railway Steam Locomotive Enginemen. NEAR FINE COPY
8vo., with coloured and monochrome illustrations throughout, tiny signature on front free endpaper; black cloth, upper board lettered in yellow, a near fine copy. Publication code BR 33014. Ottley, 3089.
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Broennie Marcel
Volldampf - A toute vapeur!
Bühler Druck AG, Zürich Album cartonné 1982 In-4 (21,5 x 30 cm.), album cartonné, couverture illustrée, 48 pages, photographies couleurs in-texte, texte bilingue allemand-français ; un coin frotté, par ailleurs très bon état. Livraison a domicile (La Poste) ou en Mondial Relay sur simple demande.
书商的参考编号 : wc1526
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Brown, F. A. S.
Great Northern Locomotive Engineers : Volume One 1846-1881
Previous owner's neat bookplate on ffep. No inscriptions or marks. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Price clipped dust jacket not torn or creased with minor traces of handling. 252pp. Follows the careers of some of the many legends of the Locomotive Departments such as Benjamin Cubitt, Edward Bury, Archibald Sturrock and Patrick Stirling.
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BROWNLIE John S.
Raliway Steam Cranes. A Survey of Progress since 1875. With Notes on Geographical Spread of the British Crane Trade and Biography of leading Member Firms. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with plates and illustrations in the text; red cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. VERY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION. Ottley, 10675.
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Bryant, Arthur; Falls, Cyril; Squire, Sir John; Pycraft, W.P.
The Illustrated London News (ILN), Saturday, August (Aug.) 9, 1941 - End of the Syrian Campaign
Pages 161-192. Features: Cover photo of German aircraft downed at Palmyra with Vichy markings painted over swastika - absolute proof of collaboration between Vichy and the Axis powers; Photos of personalities of the week include Wing Commander Whitney Straight, Sir Emsley Carr, Sgt. Pilot James Allen Ward, V.C. (the first New Zealand V.C. in the present war), British POWs from Syria detraining at Baalbek; New British 18-ton "Crusader" tank; Photos of the "Beaufighter"; R.A.F. Channel rescue craft; Six photos of fighting at see in the Mediterranean and in Heligoland Bight; Air-photo of submarine building yards at Le Trait bombed by "Blenheims" in daylight; Two-pages of illustrations demonstrating that tanks are not invincible; Fishermen at War (article); Photos of British units ousting snipers from the ruins of Zenobia's Palmyra; Seven great sepia-tone photos illustrate the end of the Syrian campaign as Beirut fetes the entry of Allied troops under Generals Wilson and Catroux; Two pages with ten fascinating photos from the Russian Front, showing U.S.S.R. army units fighting with magnificent elan against the common enemy; Soviet Russia At War (article); Photo of signing of Poland's Pact of Friendship with Russia - Prime Minister Sikorski and M. Maisky, with Eden and Churchill at head of table; Centerfold illustrations demonstrate the value of pigeon-post as an accessory to wireless in war; Four excellent photos of the "Fortress I" bomber as it arrives in England - on its way to Germany; Two pages of photos of night and day scenes at a Fleet Air Arm training station; Two pages of photos of construction of the "Trans-Saharan" rail line to Dakar - with map and two artist's renderings of the diesel electric locomotives planned to service the line; Romantic discovery of a vast and unknown cavern on Mendip - article with three photos and map; Three pages of photos inside the newly-discovered Stalactite Caves at Mendip; Half-page photo-illustrated ad for the British Power Boat Company; Nice half-page Burberry services equipment ad; more vintage ads. Unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy of this informative wartime issue. Book
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