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London Taxi, the :

By: Georgano, Nick

Price: $8.00

Publisher: Shire Publications: 1985

Seller ID: 17101

Condition: Near Fine

0747804362 32 pages; 8vo (8.25") 21 cm; Softcover booklet, 32 glossy pages, color cover, text in 2 columns, 41 b/w photos with captions. ; Isbn 0852637721. Wonderful concise history of motorized taxis of London, from early 1900s to 1985. Cover illustration shows 1929 Morris Commercial International Taxi Cab. ; No defects. This item is from collection of Peter Foss, former president, Model Car Collectors Association. ; Shire Albums Series; Vol. 150
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Lighthouses and Legends of the Hudson

By: Glunt, Ruth R.

Price: $8.00

Publisher: Library Research Associates: 1996

Seller ID: 20966

Condition: Near Fine

0912526815 154 pages; 8vo (8.5") 23 cm; Gray pictorial softcover, [xiv] + 154 pages, index, about 60 historical b/w photos with captions. ; Copyright 1975. This is 3rd printing, 1996. Foreword by Donald C. Ringwald. ; Well-written and exacting history of Hudson River and its old lighthouses. ; Slight curling of covers. No other defects.
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United Automobile, Aircraft and Agricultural Implement Workers of America :

By: Goodenough, Walter

Price: $10.00

Publisher: UAW-CIO: 1952

Seller ID: 20569

Condition: Good+

Not a book. Original United Auto Workers (UAW) Detroit membership card, dated 1952, hole-punched 10 times, once each for ten monthly meetings. Also includes membership receipt, plus Honorable Withdrawal Transfer slip indicating member retired 1952.; Worn but intact.
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National Waterway, the : A History of the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal 1769-1985, 2nd Edition

By: Gray, Ralph D.

Price: $13.00

Publisher: University of Illinois Press: 1989

Seller ID: 20822

Condition: Near Fine

0756754534 330 pages; 8vo (9") 23 cm; Blue softcover, [xx] + 330 pages, index, bibliography, footnotes, 10 lists and tables, about 40 b/w photos, diagrams and small maps. ; Originally published 1967. This is 2nd edition, 1989. ; History of massive Chesapeake & Delaware Canal, 450 feet wide, connecting Delaware to Maryland, which opened in 1829 after nearly 27 years of construction. ; No marks or defects. Appears unread. ; 2Nd Ed. Series
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East Broad Top : To the Mines and Back

By: Grenard, Ross, and Frederick A. Kramer; Illustrated by Philip R. Hastings

Price: $13.00

Publisher: Carstens Publications: 1980

Seller ID: 20706

Condition: Very Good+

0911868402 80 pages; 8vo (8.75") 22 cm; Blue oblong softcover, 80 glossy pages, 147 historic b/w photos, 3 small maps including 1918 color map on rear. ; Photos by Philip R. Hastings, John Krause, Philip A. Ronfor. ; Complete pictorial history of famous narrow gauge coal company railroad running from Mount Union to Robertsdale in central Pennsylvania. ; Only mior shelfwear. No marks or defects.
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International Brotherhood of Boiler Makers, Iron Ship Builders and Helpers of America : Membership Card and Russian Passport

By: Halas, Felix

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Boiler Makers: 1918

Seller ID: 21249

Condition: Very Good+

Not a book. This is an antique flexible cloth wallet containing membership data on Felix Halas, aka Felix Hallos, who joined the Boiler Makers Union in 1918. Black cloth exterior, yellow cloth interior, marked in fountain pen. Also holds yellow Employment Application uptake card for 1935, 1938, where these dates are typed on card. ; Felix Halas (or Hallos) emigrated to the US in 1917 from Poland via Russia and settled in Grand Rapids, Michigan, in 1918. ; With this item you will also get: Authenic 1917 Russian passport for Felisks [sic] Halas, dark brown cloth exterior, 24 pgs, many official m...
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Sole Survivor, Dennis Hale's Own Story : A Tale of Shipwreck on the Great Lakes and One Man's Survival Against Overwhelming Odds

By: Hale, Dennis, with Tim Juhl, Pat Stayer, Jim Stayer

Price: $13.00

Publisher: Lakeshore Charters & Marine Exploration: 1996

Seller ID: 21738

Condition: Good+

0962708429 143 pages; 8vo (8.5") 23 cm; Softcover, 143 pages, 3 appendixes, 27 b/w photos and illustrations. ; True story of sole survivor of the Daniel J. Morrell, a massive ore freighter which broke in half and sank in Lake Huron, 1966. Cover art by Pat Stayer. Photos and illustrations by author, Pat Stayer, George Burl. ; Almost no wear but lower part of fore-edge discolored, pages slightly wavy. All pages turn, everything is readable. Binding tight. Sold as is.
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Memorable Moments of the Good Life of Ann and Woodrow W. Woody : Woody Pontiac 50th Anniversary 1940-1990

By: Hamie, Hassan, and Leila Hamie

Price: $13.00

Publisher: Journalist Magazine: 1990

Seller ID: 18059

Condition: Near Fine

48 pages; 8vo (8.5") 22 cm; Lot of two softcover booklets, 1 glossy 1988, 1 bound with metallic gold cord 1990, both fold-and-staple bindings, 32 + 16 pages, several b/w photos, 14 color photos. ; Historical memorabilia published in honor of 50th anniversary of Woody Pontiac, owned by Woodrow W. Woody, Detroit, Michigan, 1940-1990, and also to honor Woody and his wife on their 50th anniversary. A Lebanese-American, Woody is also a noted advocate for peace in the Middle East. ; Only a touch of edgewear. Scarce.
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Hawkins Electrical Guide, Complete in 9 Volumes : 1e, 1st Edition, 1914-1915, with Questions, Answers and Diagrams

By: Hawkins

Price: $65.00

Publisher: Theodore Audel & Company: 1914

Seller ID: 20517

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

2672 pages; 16mo (6.75") 17 cm; Set of nine small hardcover volumes, black cloth over flexible boards, gilt lettering, all edges gilt, 2672 total pages, about 250 b/w photos and diagrams per vol. Dated 1914 unless otherwise noted. ; Vol-1, electricity, induction, magnetism. Vol-2, dynamos, motors, armatures, winding. Vol-3, galvanometers, ammeters, voltmeters. Vol-4, inside wiring, outside wiring, underground wiring. Vol-5, alternators. ; Vol-6, transformers, converters, rectifiers. Vol-7, alternating current, circuit breakers, lightning protection, 1915. Vol-8, switchboards, power station...
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Knickerbocker Anthracite Coal Company, the : Chartered February 21st, 1865, under the Liberal Provisions of the General Mining Law of Pennsylvania

By: Hayes, I. I. (Isaac Israel)

Price: $36.00

Publisher: McCrea & Miller: 1865

Seller ID: 15575

Condition: Good+

16 pages; 8vo (9") 23 cm; Softcover booklet, sewed binding, 22 pages including pale gray covers, 16 pages of text, plus a beautiful fold-out engraving of the coal-mining plant. ; This is a prospectus or advertisement for a company that owned a coalmine in Mahoney township, Schuylkill county, Pennsylvania, and sold coal at cost, by subscription, to residents of New York. Company officers were: president Isaac Israel Hayes, secretary W. D. Crane, treasurer Henry Huhn, mine superintendent M. P. Fowler. ; Complete title: 'The Knickerbocker Anthracite Coal Company: Chartered February 21st, 1865...
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Forgotten Aviator : The Byron Q. Jones Story (Signed)

By: Heaton, Dan

Price: $14.00

Publisher: Branden Books: 2013

Seller ID: 21487

Condition: Very Good

0828324522 132 pages; 8vo (9") 23 cm; Gray softcover, 132 pages numbered to 129, index, bibliography, endnotes, 2 chronologies, 44 b/w photos and illustrations, with captions. Inside front cover inscribed and SIGNED by author. ; Copyright 2012. This printing February, 2013. Byron Q. Jones went from stunt pilot to army aviation trainer to founder of Selfridge Air National Guard Base near Detroit. ; Covers slightly curled, as usual. Slight discoloration to upper tip. No marks apart from autograph. Scarce.
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Automotive Simulation ' 91 Proceedings of the 3rd European Cars-Trucks Simulation Symposium, Schliersee, Germany, October 1991

By: Heller, Moshe R.

Price: $17.00

Publisher: Springer-Verlag: 1991

Seller ID: 15303

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

354054447X 250 pages; 8vo (9.5") 25 cm; Ex-Library; Hardcover, English throughout, red-orange boards, [x] + 250 pages, 20 chapters by various experts, 121 b/w figures, photos, diagrams, and illustrations; Organized by Asimuth. Topics include: Driving simulators. Finite element method for wheels and tires. Crashworthiness. Engine design. Drive line and control simulation. Computational fluid dynamics. Corrosion and ecology. More. ; Library marks minimal, confined to endpapers, plus library name stamped on top and bottom edge, and dewey decimal number sticker on heel. Otherwise only a touch ...
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Front Row Center : Inside the Great American Airshow, Special Edition (Signed)

By: Hildebrandt, Erik; Illustrated by Erik Hildebrandt

Price: $23.00

Publisher: Clear Hot Media: 2000

Seller ID: 15349

Condition: Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket

0967404029 178 pages; Oblong 8vo (9.25") 24 cm; Large oblong hardcover, black boards, 178 glossy pages, tons of full-color photos including about 60 spectacular full-page action photos of aircraft performing precision flying stunts at airshows. Includes Blue Angels, Red Baron Squadron, Canadian Snowbirds, many more. ; Front endpaper inscribed and SIGNED by author-photographer Erik Hildebrandt. ; Amazonbuyers please note: Image does not match this edition. Also, this edition published 2000 (same isbn though) ; Foreword by Sean D. Tucker. ; Light edgewear to jacket. No other defects.
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Toledo Press Users Reference Book, The

By: Hinde, Henry

Price: $74.00

Publisher: Toledo Machine & Tool Company: 1923

Seller ID: 21103

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

240 pages; 16mo (6.25") 16 cm; Title on front: The Toledo Reference Book. ; Small dark-brown leather book with flexible covers, 240 pages, index, dozens of tables of technical data, several parts lists, 175 b/w photos and line diagrams including 4 photos of the company's plants, over 100 parts diagrams, and about 50 photos of heavy industrial machinery. ; 'The last word in the design, construction and workmanship on presses, dies and kindred sheet metal working machinery.' Contents include photos and specs of industrial presses for punching, stamping, blanking, cutting, embossing, trimming...
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Grand Trunk Corporation : Canadian National Railways in the United States, 1971-1992

By: Hofsommer, Don L. ; Illustrated by Gil Reid

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Michigan State University Press: 1995

Seller ID: 19422

Condition: Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket

087013406X 219 pages; 4to (11.25") 29 cm; Tall hardcover, dark gray cloth, silver lettering, [xiv] + 219 glossy pages, index, bibliography, appendix of locomotives, chapter endnotes, main text in 2 columns, over 160 high-quality b/w photos and facsimiles. ; Many photos of vintage locomotives, vintage trains, terminals, stations, freight cars, route maps, more. History of numerous regional railroads (Detroit, Grand Haven and Milwaukee ; Central Vermont ; Duluth, Winnipeg and Pacific ; Detroit and Toledo Shore Line, many others) which were consolidated in 1971 as the famous Grank Trunk Railr...
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Self Propelled Vehicles, 5e : (5th Edition, 1907) a Practical Treatise on the Theory, Construction, Operation, Care and Management of all Forms of Automobiles

By: Homans, James E.

Price: $19.00

Publisher: Theodore Audel & Company: 1907

Seller ID: 14830

Condition: Poor with no dust jacket

598 pages; 8vo (8.5") 22 cm; Red cloth, black and gilt spine lettering, glossy red endpapers, 399 b/w illustrations (mostly diagrams, a few photos) including three very nice tipped-in diagrams, including one gatefold. ; Very early book on automotive maintenance, published in the days when there were still steam and electric, as well as gasoline cars on the road. ; Copyright 1902. This is 5th Edition, Revised and Enlarged, 1907. Full sub-subtitle: 'With upwards of 500 illustrations and diagrams, giving the essential details of construction and many important points on the successful operati...
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Shenandoah Saga : A Narrative of the U. S. Navy's Pioneering Large Rigid Airships

By: Hook, Thom; Illustrated by Merv Corning

Price: $17.00

Publisher: Airsho Publishers: 1989

Seller ID: 20927

Condition: Very Good+

208 pages; 4to (11") 28 cm; Tall softcover, [xiv] + 208 pages, bibliography, main text in 2 columns, map of flight routes of USS Shenandoah, 155 b/w photos with captions. ; Fascinating history of USS Shenandoah (ZR-1) the first rigid airship of US Navy, from its construction in 1922 to destruction in 1925 and aftermath. ; Copyright 1973. This is 4th printing, 1989. Front cover blurb: 'Spellbinding Drama for Motion Pictures / Television! Spectacular 20th Century Stand-up Aviation Adventure.' Foreword by Lt. Cdr. Frederick J. Tobin. Photos by Betsy Ross Lansdowne Caswell, J. Conway Hunt, aut...
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Chesapeake & Ohio : Coal and Color

By: Huddleston, Eugene, with John Joseph, Everett Young

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Chesapeake & Ohio Historical Society: 1997

Seller ID: 20634

Condition: Near Fine with no dust jacket

0939487284 120 pages; 4to (11.25") 29 cm; Tall hardcover, [viii] + 120 glossy pages, about 200 full-color photos with detailed captions. ; 'Focuses on coal field operations of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway in scenic southern West Virginia, eastern Kentucky, and southern Ohio, from the end of steam power in 1956 to the present [1996] CSX ownership.' ; Only a touch of shelfwear. No marks or defects.
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Winchester Indiana Speedway Old Timers Club : Lot of 4 Issues, 1976-1978

By: Hunter, Bill; Illustrated by Rick Robtoy

Price: $18.00

Publisher: Winchester Indiana Speedway: 1976

Seller ID: 14064

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

8vo (8.5") 22 cm; Lot of 4 issues of Winchester Indiana Speedway Old Timers Club newsletter, 8 to 14 pages per issue. Contents include auto racing history, track history, bios of famous drivers, more. Many low- to medium-quality b/w photos. One issue has b/w cartoon by Rick Robtoy. ; Lot includes: Volume 5, number 1, May 1976. Volume 5, number 3, November 1976. Volume 6, number 1, June 1977. Volume 7, number 1, January 1978.; All issues have light edgewear. All are lightly creased horizontally, as issued. All have old address labels, stamps and cancellations on rear cover, in the correct p...
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Valve Gears, Mechanics of the Steam Engine, Steam-Engine Governors, Steam-Engine Design, Types of Steam Boilers, Boiler Fittings and Accessories, Boiler Settings and Chimneys, Boiler Piping and Auxiliaries, Fuels and Boiler Trials, Steam-Boiler Design : A Series of Textbooks

By: International Textbook Company

Price: $22.00

Publisher: International Textbook Company: 1922

Seller ID: 17282

Condition: Very Good+ with no dust jacket

600 pages; 8vo (9") 23 cm; Beautiful hardcover bound in bright red buckram cloth over spine and corners, dark green cloth over boards, gilt lettering and rules, dark green marbled endpapers, all edges inked red, index, 11 chapters (or sections) chapter-paginated, about 600 pages, over 400 b/w figures and diagrams. ; Copyright 1908. This edition 1922.; A touch of shelfwear. Slight discoloration to fore-edges of last 30 leaves, not affecting text. No other marks or defects. Appears unused. ; Laid in: How to Open a Book, a bookmark-shaped instruction sheet published with book. ; International...
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Category: Transportation