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1979No 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 faint creasing to upper edge and minor traces of storage. 252pp. A comprehensive study on the motor car including its history and development, its engineering aspects, types of cars, motor racing and car clubs. Very well illustrated.
2026rif. LRB17000082Paris: Editions Recreasoft 2026 Language: English. Approximately 552 pages. English : Print-on-demand reprint. Original edition : 1879. Illustrated technical dictionary devoted to American railroad cars their construction parts and attachments. The work presents a specialized vocabulary for car builders and railway mechanics with terminology useful for the study of nineteenth-century rail transportation and industrial practice. Added advertising matter appears in the supplementary pages. Book images are non-contractual. Editions Recreasoft. Softcover. New. Editions Recreasoft paperback
rif. A9781346054728Hardback. New. hardcover
19831st edition. Hardback in dustjacket. VG/VG. ISBN 0856134384. 15719. eng
19674to., First Edition, with numerous illustrations and tables in the text; cloth, a very good, clean copy in the dustwrapper, the latter very lightly age-browing at edges. SCARCE
2026rif. LRB39007092Paris: Editions Recreasoft 2026 Hardcover binding. Language: English. Approximately 946 pages. English: Print-on-demand reprint. Original edition : 1879. Text in English. This comprehensive dictionary provides an illustrated vocabulary of terms related to American railway car construction including parts attachments and details of construction. It also includes definitions and illustrations of typical British practices in car building. A valuable resource for historians engineers and enthusiasts of railway technology. Book images are non-contractual. Editions Recreasoft. Softcover. New. Editions Recreasoft paperback
2026rif. LRB17000309Paris: Editions Recreasoft 2026 Hardcover binding. Language: English. Approximately 808 pages. English : Print-on-demand reprint. Original edition : 1906. A substantial technical reference on railroad rolling stock with illustrated terminology for American car construction component parts fittings and details of manufacture. The volume also includes comparative definitions and examples of typical British practice making it useful for historians of railway engineering transportation technology and industrial design. Book images are non-contractual. Editions Recreasoft. Softcover. New. Editions Recreasoft paperback
2026rif. LRB17000881Paris: Editions Recreasoft 2026 Language: English. Approximately 676 pages. English : Print-on-demand reprint. Original edition : 1909. Illustrated technical dictionary devoted to American railway cars with specialized vocabulary covering their parts attachments and details of construction. A useful reference work for the study of railway engineering car design and historic industrial terminology. Book images are non-contractual. Editions Recreasoft. Softcover. New. Editions Recreasoft paperback
2026rif. LRB48052589Paris: Editions Recreasoft 2026 Hardcover binding. Language: English. Approximately 942 pages. English: Print-on-demand reprint. Original edition : 1909. Text in English. This comprehensive dictionary provides an illustrated vocabulary of terms related to American railway car construction including their parts attachments and construction details. It also includes definitions and illustrations of typical British practices in car construction making it a valuable resource for historians engineers and enthusiasts of railway technology. The work features an extensive collection of 6934 illustrations offering detailed visual references alongside the technical terminology. Book images are non-contractual. Editions Recreasoft. Softcover. New. Editions Recreasoft paperback
rif. B9781021523624Paperback / softback. New. paperback
196626 pages. Features: Fantastic Russia vs. Canada hockey photo; Feature Article by Peter Gzowski - The Russians May be as Good as the NHL's Worst - with six sensational colour photos; The Wily Ways of Georges Lemay - he escaped from Dade County Jail; The Flick That Out-Bonds James - The 10th Victim - article with magnificent colour photos of Ursulla Andress, Marcello Mastroianni and Elsa Martinelli; Harry Saltzman - The Canadian Who Got the James Bond Boom Going - article with great full-page photo of Pussy Galore sitting on his lap; Women Can't Cook - Especially in February; The Quo Vadis School of Nursing - photos and article about this Toronto school which teaches women between the ages of 30 and 50; Motorcycle colour fashion photo feature; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality vintage copy. Magazine
1981[11], 252, [2] pages. Maps. Several black and white reprodutions of photos. "In this honest and often very moving book, James Roberts looks back over a business, military, civil service and diplimatic career, recalling the ups and downs and above all the people he has known and loved in a long and active life. Roberts served for Canada with distinction in WWII and rapidly rose to the rank of Brigadier at the height of the battle for the opening of the strategic Scheldt estuary. The next year, from within the German lines, he negotiated details of the unconditional German surrender on the Canadian front." - dust jacket. Few tiny markings to military map printed upon front endpaper otherwise book quite clean and unmarked with light wear. Minor lean to spine. Quarter-inch opening in publisher's olive cloth at lower tip of back board. Average wear to dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. A quality copy of this fascinating life story featuring significant WWII involvement. Book
197336 pages. Features: 5 Year Updates and photos of athlete Debbie van Kiekebelt, Vancouver mother Marjorie Courvoisier, Thalidomide victim Gigi Cole, Chief Robert Smallboy, Len and Agnes Fisher and Jacques About; How You Rewrote O Canada 1,200 times; Niagara River Rafting - article with colour photos; Nice full-page colour ad for the Ford Torino; Colour photo centerfold ad for Player's cigarettes - beach scene; Wonderful two-page colour photo fashion feature on halter tops; Montreal Expos Pitching Coach Calvin Coolidge Julius Caesar Tuskahoma McLish and his Canadian pitching prospect Denis McSween; Doug Wright's Family; Colour photo Nescafe ad features image of Winnegago camper prize; Mexican Recipes; Colour ad for International pickup trucks; and more. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
1970Features: The Road to Murder - why were Gerry MacDonald and Ken Vallee killed 24 miles out of Ottawa on Highway 44?; What makes your car go?; Are we getting enough protection against the chemicals in our food? - Why doesn't the Canadian Food and Drug Directorate ban CMC (Carboxymethyl Cellulose)?; Phenacetin - a drug some authorities suspect may damage your kidneys; The brief beauty of wild flowers; Great full-page colour ad for International pickups; Doug Wright's Family; Maggie Grant. Nice colour ad for the line of Welch's grape juice products. Clean and unmarked with average wear. Please note: page 23/24 is missing and part of page 25 has been clipped, affecting ads only. Page 24 was the first page of an article on basketball star Bobby Croft. Book
193552 pages. Features: Classy Stan Smith cover illustration of fashionable lady in white hat; Heroine of an Anecdote (fiction); Tale of the Cats - Anecdotes of sunken Caterpillars of Cat Trains in Canada's north which were amazingly salvaged; The House of Mystery (fiction); The Old Head (sports fiction); The Boy Who Rode Lightning (horseracing fiction); Return Engagement (fiction); Truce for the Beavers - photo-illustrated article by Grey Owl; Nice photo-illustrated Plymouth car ad; Classy two-page illustrated Oldsmobile ad; Colour-photo ad for Swift's Premium ham features illustration of Mrs. Robert E. Marsh; Marybelle and the Wishing Stone (juvenile fiction); Beauty article; Fashion Forecasts from Fifth Avenue - with illustrations; Dodge car photo ad features the "Airglide Ride"; Movie news and photos; Easter Recipes; Letters to the Editor; Interesting colour-illustrated Cellophane ad inside back cover features "Poor Johnny Microbe" whose food supply has been reduced by this product; Back cover Old Dutch Cleanser ad features colour illustration of elegant ladies in luxurious green bathroom. Unmarked with average wear. Complete and intact. A fascinating and charming vintage issue. Book
1970Features: Is it already too late for the Seventies? - 'our awards for achievement below and far short of the call of duty in the first year of the decade; The members of the Mob - meet the ones who've been weeded out, and you'll worry just as the cops worry - about the ones who are still with us; The Winds of the Sea - Tom and Greg Ryan are maritime fishermen; Suddenly pants are proper - fashion feature; George Eaton of the famous family races Grand Prix cars at 170 mph; Please note 1/3 of page 23 has been clipped out - this probably contained part of the 'you asked us' section; Rogers Chocolates - began when the chocolate bar was only 9 years old - photos and text (piece clipped from one photo); Homer Stephens conducts Canada' largest car auction - Cooksville Auto Auction; Maggie Grant; Doug Wright's Family. Clean and unmarked with average wear. Book
197428 pages. Features: What Teenagers Won't Think Up Next, They're Copying from the Fifties!; Benson & Hedges ad features men in manhole admiring a leggy model; "Who Brought Her Here, Steve?" - Valleyview Centre near Moose Jaw where Saskatchewan houses 973 of its mentally retarded citizens; Helene de Silaghi Sirag leaves her body to visit the cosmos; Fashion photos; So Who Did Kill the Donnellys? - Ray Fazakas is hot on their cold, cold trail; Captain Fats is a Nice Coach - Alex Delvecchio is coach of the Detroit Red Wings - article with great full-page colour photo; Doug Wright's Family; and more. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
1970Features: The Home Party Pitch - selling products through home sales parties - Tupperware and others; Paul Rimstead article on pool champion George Chenier, aged 63 - The loneliness of an old master, with great colour photo; Car Theft - wrecked Ontario cars morph with stolen Montreal cars - theft to order, theft by owner arrangement; theft for resale, theft for parts; Schussing the sands - in 1939 Robert Cote begain sand skiiing the north bank of the St. Lawrence at Tadoussac - the sport has taken off - colour photos; Maggie Grant column; Snake Charmers - fashion photos; Strawberry Recipes; Cybermedix is the greatest medical checkup ever; Art under pressure - colour photos of beautiful rock formations; Doug Wright's Family cartoon. Average wear. Unmarked. A quality copy. Book
1978Features: Jean Chretien - the Finance Minister as tough guy - with a weakness for one-liners; Rush Rock - feature article on rock group Rush, consisting of Geddy Lee, Neil Peart and Alex Lifeson; Name Game - an unusual exhibition at the Vancouver Art Gallery; Chowder recipes; Hockey's Roger Neilson - coach of the Toronto Maple Leafs. Somewhat above-average external wear. Small chip from front cover which bears a two-inch tear to fore-edge. Similar tear to first leaf. Center page holding by one staple. Book
1996rif. 118521BMIHT - British Motor Industry Heritage Trust, United Kingdom, 1996. 21 S. ; 29 x 21 cm ; broschiert.
rif. 0365695130.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
rif. 9042904909.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1950A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 6 1/2"w x 8 1/8"h. Age-toned paper. Color illustrations by Ruth Wood.