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1968Features: Is there a freight car shortage? - No! - The Rolling Stock Riddle - 4; 100 mph plus on the MILW (Milwaukee Road) - a quarter-century ago steam made time that would make a diesel blush; Parlor Car East - the Long Island caters to the carriage trade (LIRR); Photo Section; The Crow and the Kettle - Canadian Pacific's unremarked crossing of the Continental Divide - article and photos; The Demi-Empire of Georgia-Pacific; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. Sound copy. Book
1965Features: Editorial - Biggest News from EMD since 1939; What EMD will have in its showrooms in 1966 - 2 pages of diagrams and photos; Photos of the Mississippi Maelstrom; Steam News Photos; Night photo of No. 45684 in England; Can New York City live happily ever after with 34,000 commuters? - what price rails to suburbia? - long article with illustrations and map; The Case of the Curved-Side Lightweight, introduced by the Cincinnati Car Company - Traction Classics; Photo Section - American Railroading... in 1908; Monarch Branch... after; Boarding the Century at Utica - excerpt from a 'Trains' reader letter; and more. Date stamp atop front cover else unmarked with average wear. A sound copy. Magazine
1964Features: Colorado photo contest winners; What's Our 'Best' Railroad?; Highballing B&O Duplex-Drive; Extra 4501 South; Europe - passenger car trends; Railroad News Photos; Pennsy juice news; Steam News Photos; Superb two-page photo of 'where the wheel meets the rail'; 86 mph behind a 4-4-4-4 - how B&O burned the ballast in 1937; A Tale of Two Tunnels - 1 - The story of the St. Clair and Detroit River Tunnels - includes great old diagrams of how to drill a tunnel; Extra 4501 South - a most unlikely train movement; and more. Unmarked with average wear. A sound copy. Magazine
1963Features: Nice EMD ad celebrating their 25,000th locomotive - photo shows new car body and underframe being placed on trucks; Railroad News Photos; The $35 million dollar line relocation - revamp of tight spots on the 337-mile Cincinnati-Chattanooga line nears completion - photos; Sunshine Special, 1937; Unretarded Progress - GTW's Battle Creek Yard - super article, photos and diagrams; 5632 revisited - text and photo; Super-Interurban in Sunset - Farewell to the North Shore Line - nice article and photos; The Big Diesel That Didn't - when Baldwin tried to cram 6,000 HP into one cab - Max Essl; - great article with photos and diagram; On Reporting Marks; The Self-Sufficient Nomad - the Sperry Rail Detector Car; Great photo of a Rotary snowplow; and more. Unmarked with average wear. A sound copy. Magazine
1958Features: Railroad news photos; New Haven's FL9's under the Waldorf-Astoria; My favorite cars are not automobiles! - David P. Morgan pages through a portfolio of extraordinary passenger cars - wonderful photos; The Clean Window Train - the Empire Builder - nicely illustrated article; Meet the M1 - awesome photo section; Speed on Rails - an exclusive analysis of North American Train Speed; What the recession means to the locomotive world; and more. Unmarked. Average wear. Sound copy., Magazine
1958Features: Slim-gauge steam in the Sierra; Railroad News Photos; Cap-stacked 0-4-2 Saddletanker in Japan; West Side Lumber - History Born Again - many super photos with article; Great photo in Diesel House of Southern Pacific in Roseville, Califoria; Great 1937 photo of Wheeling 4-4-2 2301; Meat Train - more meat rolls across Illinois Central's Iowa Division than over all other railroads in the state combined - nice illustrated article; How to Unload a Box Car of Grain - photos inside a grain elevator at Superior, Wisconsin; and more. Unmarked. Average wear. Sound copy., Magazine
1957Features: Big news for coach passengers; Nice color Fairbanks-Morse ad inside front cover; Railroad News Photos; Half page article on Southern Pacific's 13-mile solid fill across Great Salt Lake; Overshadowed by the Hoosac - illustrated article on other rail tunnels; The Railroad that Parliament Forgot - the Talyllyn in Wales; Super photo section including a shot inside the Paducah, KY steam locomotive shop; Four Aerotrain Photos; Washout - the monthly treatment of a steam locomotive; What Price Sleep? - the domes and diesels, decor and dining of Burlington's latest are de luxe indeed, but the big news lies in a bed just 24 inches wide; RDC (Rail Diesel Car) Breakthrough - Baltimore & Ohio takes the Budd (car) by the horns and shows what can be done; Missourie Pacific (Mopac) - maps; Steam in Indian Summer 8 - by David P. Morgan; Very nice color ad for the Northern Pacific Railway on back cover; and more. Unmarked. A sound copy., Magazine
1956Features: All about Budd's new coast; Middleman of the Alphabet Route - Pittsburgh & West Virginia (P&WV) bankrupted its builder, turned to coal for a living, finally came into its own as a speed-conscious bridge road - latter day solvency stems in part from the travels of a very famous business car; A Virginia & Truckee Sampler; New York Central's Oldest Steam Engine - an Alco 1000-type diesel electric locomotive; nice photo section; Colour centerfold painting of Starrucca Viaduct; The Pioneer III - an 85 foot long car! - article with many photos/diagrams; Steam in Indian Summer - Concerning Henry Ford, a 4-6-0 built in 1900, small boys and bliss and ignorance; Railroad news photos; Nice black and white ad for Elector-Motive Division's (EMD's) Aerotrain; and more. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
1999Features: The Architecture of Old Quebec, or The HIstory of a Palimpsest; Material History as Cultural Tradition - A La Ronde, Exmouth, Devon, England; Construction d'un paysage identitaire - Grand-Pre et la collectivite acadienne; Construire une histoire basque au Quebec; "Our Nation's Attic?" - Making American National Identity at the Smithsonian Institution; "Hitler's Car" and the Canadian War Museum - problems of documentation and interpretation; The changing significance of the Warren B. Sheppard Site, Battle Creek, Michigan; David Lowenthal on Public History - an interview; 5 book reviews. Average wear. Former library copy with usual markings. A sound copy. Book
1973Over 500 pages. Index. Black and white illustrations. "Offers everything to make the amateur hobbyist a master mechanic." - from Introduction. Includes special speed equipment section. Circa 1991. Chapters include: The Ford Car, Its Parts and Their Functions; The Model A Engine and Its Parts; The Ford Engine Auxilliary Groups; Details of Ford Model A Chassis Parts; Driving and Maintenance of Ford Cars; Top Overhaul of Ford Model A Engine; Major Repair of Ford Model A Engine Parts; Troubles in Ford Auxiliary Systems; Ford Model A Electrical System; Overhauling Clutch and Transmission; Ford Model A Front Axle and Steering Gear; Ford Model A Brakes and Rear Axle; Ford Body and Power Plant Removal. Unmarked with moderate wear. Binding intact. A sound copy. Book
1973136 pages. "Comprehensive step-by-step instructions and illustrations are given on all dismantling, overhauling and assembling operations... Specifically written for the owner who wishes to maintain his car in first class condition and to carry out his own servicing and repairs." - from Introduction. Few markings to last few pages else unmarked. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound working copy. Book
196513 pages. "The date in this folder is from original Doble literature and from Floyd Clymer's Historical Motor Scrapbook" - from page 1. Contents include: full-page black and white illustrations of the Limousine, De Luxe Phaeton, Phaeton and De Luxe Runabout. Also includes photos of the chassis - rear and overhead views, and the Chassis - front and side views. Illustrated descriptions of the the engine, steam generator and Auxilliary Unit. Additional documentation on the condenser, chassis details, specifications, body designs and equipment. Undated reprint - appears circa 1960s. Unmarked with average wear. A sound copy Book
197489 pages. Contains piano sheet music, chords and lyrics to the following songs, several of which are now classics: Court and Spark, Help Me, Free Man in Paris, People's Party, The Same Situation, Car on a Hill, Down to You, Just Like This Train, Raised on Robbery, Trouble Child, Twisted. Contains five full-page black and white images of Joni plus 11 full-page artistic colour illustrations. Please Note: Poster not included. Few small check marks on table of contents. Prior owner's name atop front cover. Somewhat above-average wear. Binding intact. A precious vintage memento of Joni Mitchell, truly a beautiful and magically-gifted composer and performer. Book
1991Features: 1967-1992 Cadillac Eldorado - Exemplar of Excellence; 1941-1948 Ford - the Super DeLuxe Years; 1955-56 Plymouth - from 'Forward Look' to 'Flight Sweep'; 1968-1971 Mercury Cyclone - the Gentleman's Muscle Car; 1950 Healy Silverstone; Cadillac Eldorados that Never Were!; and more. Moderate wear. A quality copy. Book
1993Features: 1967-1971 Plymouth GTX - when all it took to impress was cubic inches; 1959-60 Mercury - America's Liveliest Luxury Car; 1932-35 Graham - a blue ribbon for the 'Blue Streak'; 1953 Oldsmobile Fiesta; 1964 Shelby Cobra; 1940 Cadillac by Bohman & Schwartz; 1935 Stewart 1 1/2-2 Ton Dump Truck; and more. Moderate wear. A quality copy. Book
1995Features: 1955-57 Pontiac - the sensational Strato-Streaks; 1966-69 Lincoln Continental - Perfecting a masterpiece; 1953-54 Hudson Jet - the car that torpedoed Hudson; 1962-64 Plymouth - Pivotal, Panic-driven MoPars; 1938 Studebaker State President Coupe; 1937 Peugeot 402 Limousine; John Najjar - life with 'mother Ford'; 1939 Minneapolis-Moline UDLX - tractoring into town; and more. Moderate wear. A quality copy. Book
1996Features: Cadillac Shapes Up - The Story of the 1961-64 Models; 1961-80 International Scout - Anything less was just a car; Bold Dollars - The Studebaker Champion of 1939-40; 1942 Chevrolet Special DeLuxe Fleetline Aerosedan; 1936 Dodge D-2 Convertible Sedan; Ionia Body's William Mitchell; 1952 Ford F-1 Pickup - Last of the "Bonus Builts"; and more. Moderate wear. A quality copy. Book
1973244 pages. Illustrated. Somewhat above-average wear but contents clean and unmarked. Binding intact. A quality working copy. Book
1961Features: Beware of Auto Accident Fakers; New VW comes in two styles; Pickup becomes a Beach Wagon; Patching Tubeless Tires; It tells what dead men can't; Beating Russia's big Rockets; Space talk on beams of light; Wonderful world of plywood; Earth Radio to launch ICBMs; Handcuffs defy escape artists; Fifth Wheel runs a bus (and stops it too); How a Coffee Machine Works; U.S. Cavemen 10,000 years ago?; Weapons of the Civil War; "Black Box" helps you find fish; How Dreams keep us sane; Tiny Battlefield for tankmen; Blueprint for multi-purpose yard tractor; and much more. Above-average but not excessive wear. Tears to covers. Spine chipped. Magazine
196255 pages. Features: How a Canadian jazz singer became the wife of an Earl - Stevie Wise of Toronto is now Lady Listowel, married to the Earl of Listowel; They Help Themselves by Helping Others - Rev. Henri Groues of France originated the Emmaus idea of collecting, repairing and selling used goods to build homes for the poor - Rev. Laurent Laporte of Montreal; He goes fishing in his own living room - George Wendelkin; A Cold Wind Makes Lola Albright a hot property; Don't put off that children's Party - or you may find it's too late to enjoy the fun yourself; League of the Light-Fingered - Shoplifting is a problem that has grown to million-dollar proportions in Canada; Fiddler with Plenty of Strings to his Bow - Ellis Wilson of Quebec is a band leader, a farmer, a TV salesman and a barber; Ted Bowsfield of Penticton, B.C. succeeds at baseball in Boston and Los Angeles; A British Army Armoured Car is converted to carrying money; Bud Henning's All-Girl Drill Crew - three daughters are all he needs to man his rig - water drilling family in the Kootenays of B.C.; You need luck in this business - Bill Daniels has cornered the market - he owns three million four-leaf clover plants - Gulfport, Florida - his business is called Daniels' Clover Specialty Co.; Nipper by Doug Wright. Great colour ads including Savage Shoes centerfold. '62 Envoy colour car ad on back cover. Average wear. Unmarked. Book
196131 pages. Features: Canada's first long-distance car rally - Heather Wilson and Margaret Taylor travel 4,098.2 miles; Jack Lemmon went from from Harvard to Hollywood; Milkweed - the Swee-Scented Killer - a common Canadian flower traps many of the insects that pollinate it; Learning how to fall - Judo lessons; Son who sings his mother's songs - Ernie McCulloch of Calgary; Dramatic Canadian Soccer Gamble - $1 million spent to import big-time play - Stanley Mathews, Tony Macedo; Nipper by Doug Wright. Nice colour ads. Average wear. Unmarked. Book
196131 pages. Features: How Smugglers try to fool the Mounties; Gatineau Park is a Camper's Paradise; The Deep, Dread-Bolted Thunder - Robert Fontaine's father was afraid of thunderstorms; An Air View of the World's Largest Glacier - Antarctica's huge Beardmore Glacier sits for a unique panoramic portrait; This coach is paid in laughs - squirt softball coach Fred Cederberg of Streetsville, Ontario; Nice Lifesavers ad on back cover; Nipper by Doug Wright. Nice colour ads. Average wear. Unmarked. Book
196131 pages. Features: Queen of the fishing fleet - Mrs. Marie Penny of John Penny and Sons on the Ramea Islands of Newfoundland; Covent Garden's Canadian Invasion - Joseph Rouleau, Jon Vickers, Robert Savoie, Irene Salemka and Andre Turp of the Royal Opera House Company; Joyce Davidson finds the rewards of TV stardom are great; Great photo feature (with text) - Jim Baldwin and Ed Cooper climb the vertical rock face of The Chief, 1,700 foot mountain on the edge of Squamish, B.C.; Les Lear lambasts football 'jugheads' - he won the 1948 Grey Cup with the Calgary Stampeders as a Player/Coach; Lady, Beware of that Convention - men have begun taking their wives to big company conferences; Nipper by Doug Wright. Nice colour ads. Top corner of spine nibbled. Average wear. Unmarked. Book
196139 pages. Features: Why I Fled Russia - Scientist Dr. Mikhail Klochko's own story of his defection to Canada (part 1 of 4); Mitzi Gaynor's $40,000/week comeback; A Dam to make the Prairie Bloom - The South Saskatchewan River Dam slowly takes shape - great colour photos; Cultivate a new skill or interest and start developing it into an avocation for later years (part 3 of 3); Has Success Spoiled Rudy Pilous - He won the Stanley Cup as coach of the Chicago Black Hawks; Colour Birks Jewelry centerfold; Neil Harnish and his war with the Canadian Army at Camp Gagetown, New Brunswick; Maud Watt - angel of the north brought beaver back to the Quebec wilderness; Nipper by Doug Wright. Great colour ads. Average wear. Unmarked. Book
1936Features: The Singular Horseman - how a Chinese poet came to the aid of a fox-hunting man (Max Brand); Bumping Down to Mexico - Abroad by car, the road to Mexico City (Owen P. White); Bushwacker Brew - Romance and the federal government hit snags in old Bushwhacker (Frederick Hazlitt Brennan); Ready All! - On the line at the Poughkeepsie Regatta (Alastair MacBain); Black Magic - the supernatural cat (William MacHarg); Captain Jenkin's Ear - A Yankee saves the British Fleet (Jacland Marmur); The Prodigal Nurse, part VI - Celia headed for trouble (Teresa Hyde Phillips); Trouble Shooter, Part II - the brawling builders of empire (Ernest Haycox); Statesmanship in High C - Senator Barkley sounds the tocsin (George Creel); Chorus Call, by James Aswell; Keep up with the world - a little learning (Freling Foster); Just for fun - play clothes (Aimee Larkin). Nice colour Ford V-8 ad on page 23. Nice colour Chevrolet ad on page 45. Nostalgic colour Texas Centennial Coke ad inside back cover. Average wear. Address label on front cover else unmarked. A sound copy. Book
