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194150 pages. Many wonderful black and white photos. Features: Milwaukee Electrification - CMStP&P electric locomotives help each other climb the Rockies and the Cascades; Varnish Vignettes - Passing thoughts, railroads and travel; Loss- $5,500 /day - railroad companies often lose money but must maintain their service - New Haven case story; Southern Pacific old-timers at Sacramento; Electricity powers trains in Chicago; One-Man Railroad in Rhode Island - 5.6-mile Wood River Branch Railroad is the link between Hope Valley and the New Haven; ; Shay Locomotives - Lima's best seller is an out-puller too! - Shays pull extra heavy loads on sharp curves, steep grades; Engine "999"; Blue Ridge Railway - with aspirations of a thorough line nipped by the Civil War, BR Ry. becomes traffic link; Pennsylvania's "The Jeffersonian" - new fast coach train between St. Louis and the East follows success of Trail Blazer; Hiawathas at New Lisbon - when four steam-powered streamliners meet at a single point there's bount to be real activity. Average wear and soiling. A sound vintage copy. Book
194448 pages. Many wonderful black and white photos. Features: NYC West Side Freight Line - a photo story on the only all-rail freight route into Manhattan; Haunted Roundhouse - Hudson River roundhouse is a memory of the past; Recent 4-8-4's - specifications; Water Holes for Iron Horses - from L&N Magazine; The Man in the Tower; D&RGW in Eagle River Canyon - super centerfold photo; Uruapan Express; Two Early Trains - old-time photos; Great Britain's Garratt Locomotives; Women Railroaders. Average wear and soiling. A sound vintage copy. Book
194546 pages. Many wonderful black and white photos. Features: NYC replaces Busy Switches - new slip switches at Harmon, N.Y.; The Rio Grande - General Palmer's little narrow gauge road of the Colorado mountains grew into one of America's most important 'bridge' systems; Driving Gear for Turbine Locomotives - Pennsylvania Railroad's experimental unit has uniform torque, fully balanced drive wheels, high efficiency at speed; new locomotive; Built in Roanoke - Norfolk & Western has been building most of its locomotives at its Roanoke Shops; Railroad Ticket Man - What does the passenger look like to the man on the other side of the ticket window?; Tall Stacked Old Timers - Three gems from a leading locomotive photo collection; Chicago Station Gets New Shed - Illinois Central Rebuilds - Illinois Central tears down old high arch and builds slotted roof. Average wear. A sound copy of this excellent vintage issue. Magazine
194352 pages. Many wonderful black and white photos. Features: Pennsylvania's Mountain Types; The Man in the Tower; Grand Central Station - super 12-page photo-illustrated article; Via Burlington - Wartime Freight - climb to the black cusions in the caboose of First 67 and witness some real train handling; Car Retarders - They speed up switching by controlling cars from a central point; Pictorial Presentations - B&M transfer point, SP in the Siskyous, Old New York & Harlem locomotive, World's sharpest curve, NYNH&H, Western Pacific - Norfolk & Western; Lumber Railroad - The Michigan-California Lumber Company's 45-mile railroad northeast of Placerville - with photos of their aerial lumber ferry; Photos of the world's longest chute? - 3,000 foot drop to the South Fork, American River. Railroad Ups and Downs; They Look Alike - Forney and a Fairlie. Average wear and soiling. A sound vintage copy. Book
194150 pages. Many wonderful black and white photos. Features: Railroad Vacations - suggestions for your summer trip - choice routes for scenic and rail interest; Gone From Our Town - Social life of village once centered around the station, but now the railroad's gone, by Vince Edwards; Fast Freight Line - Western Maryland Railway, rooted at the mines in West Virginia, is important as an Eastern trade trunk; Illinois Central Portfolio - Eight old engines and a touch of the flavlor of modern power from a great North-South route; SP Cab-In-Front; Norfolk & Western's Spring Cleaning - photos of manual labour; Groucho, Harpo & Rio Chico RR - A Reel Railway in which the Marx Brothers take over the Sierra RR. Average wear and soiling. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
194150 pages. Many wonderful black and white photos. Features: Saga of the "400" - it was just an ordinary Pacific which started the high-speed Chicago-Twin Cities service; Dulith, Missabe & Iron Range - in the land of short, stubby cars and long, heavy trains; Empire State Express - Seventeen million miles are credited to New York Central crack train - centerfold photo of this train at the height of her glory; The Traveling Salesman - Railroad glimpses from a thumbworn diary recording 12 years of covering the West by train, by Victor H. White; C&O 4-4-2; Capital Cities Route - Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac is funnel for north and south Atlantic Seaboard traffic; A Vermont Short Line - Montepelier & Wells River Railroad transports heavy granite loads from the Barre & Chelsea to the Boston & Maine; Trains' Map of Vermont Railroads. Average soiling and wear. Small date stamp atop front cover. Centerfold loose but present, otherwise a sound vintage copy. Book
194342 pages. Many wonderful black and white photos. Features: Bombs Away - what railroads do when enemy planes attack their plant and trains; Crystal River & San Juan - a marble railroad in the Colorado Rockies; What the Signals Say - detailed illustrated article on the development of railroad signals; Westbound Freight - a watercolor by Kent Day Coes; The Railroads of Bethlehem - this Pennsylvania city boasts six steam railroads - includes colour map; Tickets for Locomotive Fuel - with colour photos; C&O Brothers - locomotive photos and specifications; In the Army Now - old narrow-gauge engines don't escape the draft; Locomotive Building Program; The Man in the Tower. Average wear and soiling. Small date stamp atop front cover. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
194448 pages. Many wonderful black and white photos. Features: Butte, Anaconda & Pacific Railroad; A Railroad Plans for Tomorrow - operating after the war; Do You Know These Railroads?; New York Central 4-8-2; Main Line of the Narrow Gauge - Rio Grande three-foot rails over Cumbres Pass, with super photo centerfold of a Denver & Rio Grande Western train beginning its run from Alamosa to Durango; Beyond Ellicott's Mills - oldest main line sees few passenger trains but its two tracks shorten B&O freight route 15 miles; Yugoslav Railroads - Pathway to the Orient; Great full-page ad for Rock Island Lines; Case History with which Attorney Louis F. Meyer Jr. illustrates an important railroad legal point. Small date stamp atop front cover. Average wear and soiling. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
2026ref. LRB25035021Paris: Editions Recreasoft 2026 Langue : Français. Environ 510 pages. Français : Réimpression à la demande. Édition originale : 1887. Étude juridique approfondie consacrée au dol et à la fraude en matière civile et commerciale avec une attention particulière portée aux principes à la jurisprudence et aux applications pratiques. L'ouvrage s'adresse aux juristes praticiens du droit et chercheurs intéressés par l'histoire du droit privé au XIXe siècle. Images du livre non contractuelles English : Print-on-demand reprint. Original edition : 1887. In-depth legal study devoted to fraud and deceit in civil and commercial law with particular attention to principles case law and practical applications. The work will appeal to jurists legal practitioners and researchers interested in the history of private law in the nineteenth century. Book images are non-contractual. Editions Recreasoft. Softcover. New. Editions Recreasoft paperback
2026ref. LRB25035023Paris: Editions Recreasoft 2026 Langue : Français. Environ 574 pages. Français : Réimpression à la demande. Édition originale : 1887. Traité juridique consacré au dol et à la fraude en matière civile et commerciale offrant une étude doctrinale et pratique de ces notions essentielles du droit privé et du droit commercial. L'ouvrage intéresse les chercheurs en histoire du droit les juristes et les bibliophiles par son approche spécialisée et sa place dans la littérature juridique du XIXe siècle. Images du livre non contractuelles English : Print-on-demand reprint. Original edition : 1887. This legal treatise examines deceit and fraud in civil and commercial law providing a doctrinal and practical study of key concepts in private and commercial law. It will appeal to researchers in legal history practitioners and bibliophiles for its specialized scope and its place in nineteenth-century legal literature. Book images are non-contractual. Editions Recreasoft. Softcover. New. Editions Recreasoft paperback
ref. 027098755X.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1921ref. 13274Portland: Chausse-Prudhomme Co. Printers 1921. First Edition. Printed wrappers. Near Fine. 8vo. Pp. 101. Green printed wraps. Issue celebrates the centennial of the discovery of the Columbia River. Chausse-Prudhomme Co. Printers unknown
1861ref. 24677London: Institution of Naval Architects Secretary's Office 1861. Hardcover. Very good condition. Much material on Hudson River steamers and the construction of iron clad war vessels relevant to the US Civil War. The Hudson River steamers are included in the section "Eastern River Boats" with information including: general description mechanical structure masts & guys hull frame engines condenser walking beam boilers paddle wheels and management and appliances for the economical navigation "everything is managed from the wheel-house" p119. With three large folding plates titled "Eastern River Boat "Commonwealth" plates 9 10 & 11 and three large folding plates "Western River Boat "Memphis" plates 12 13 & 14. This volume contains 22 engraved plates plate 5 missing but never present likely the H. M. iron clad ship 'Warrior'. The second volume of a series still in print in 1992 which includes an article by Norman S. Russell titled "On American River Steamers" pp 105 -127. Tall 4to. Original green gilt cloth covers rebacked and recornered with tan buckram gilt title only on front cover. Slight chipping to top and bottom cloth edges of front board; internally bright and clean. OCLC: 606595780. Institution of Naval Architects Secretary's Office hardcover
2025ref. x-1032549734Taylor & Francis Ltd 2025. Paperback. New. 230 pages. 9.00x6.00x9.00 inches. Taylor & Francis Ltd paperback
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2024ref. x-1032549726Routledge 2024. Hardcover. New. 232 pages. 9.00x6.00x9.00 inches. Routledge hardcover
ref. B9781032549736Paperback / softback. New. Transcultural Insights into Contemporary Irish Literature and Society examines the transcultural patterns that have been enriching Irish literature since the twentieth century and engages with the ongoing dialogue between contemporary Irish literature and society. paperback
ref. A9781032549736Paperback / softback. New. Transcultural Insights into Contemporary Irish Literature and Society examines the transcultural patterns that have been enriching Irish literature since the twentieth century and engages with the ongoing dialogue between contemporary Irish literature and society. paperback
ref. 6203481173.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
ref. 6203034304.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
ref. 1982208759.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1940ref. 3677New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company 1940. Hardcover. 8vo. Brown cloth pictorial duts jacket. 335pp. Very good/good. Jacket edgeworn and with edge chips but overall attractive; ownership signature on front flyleaf. First edition of this picaresque novel that follows traveler Curly Martin across the country in search of his mentor industrialist Mr. Borland. Frederick A. Stokes Company hardcover
ref. JR 7/29-28STOKES Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Authors. FIRST. A NEAR FINE FIRST IN DJ. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR. STOKES Hardcover
1940ref. 37140New York: Frederick A. Stokes 1940. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Fine in near fine dustwrapper with a couple of tiny shallow chips at the crown and a touch of fading to the spine. A novel about Curley Martin a displaced glass bottom boat owner and his eccentric philosopher-of-the-road companion "The Bindler." A nice copy of a very uncommon novel. Frederick A. Stokes hardcover
