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Price: $23.00
Publisher: Iowa State University Press: 1973
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 20280
Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket
256 pages; 8vo (9.5") 25 cm; Hardcover, yellow cloth, 256 glossy pages, index, bibliography, over 70 high-quality b/w photos, endpaper has fantastic full-color illustration of the Genealogy of Piper Aircraft. ; 1st edition, stated, 1973. ; Biography of 'The Henry Ford of Aviation' William Thomas Piper Sr, founder of Piper Aircraft Corporation, with history of his company and his aviation achievements. ; Book shows a touch of shelfwear only. No marks or defects. Jacket has a few very small chips at tips, but all readable. View more info
By: Frederickson, Arthur C., and Lucy F. Frederickson
Price: $12.00
Publisher: Arthur C. Frederickson: 1963
Seller ID: 19730
Condition: Very Good
76 pages; 8vo (9") 23 cm; Green leatherette softcover, 76 glossy pages, index, 73 historical b/w photos and illustrations. ; Printed by Door County Publishing Company, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin. ; Early steamboats, sidewheelers, schooners, freighters, barges, etc, their stories and, in some cases, their remains. ; Very light edgewear. Front cover has seven very small spots. No other defects. View more info
By: Garden All
Price: $32.00
Publisher: Garden-All Tractor: 1948
Seller ID: 21464
Condition: Fair
16 pages; 4to (11") 28 cm; Tall white softcover, self-wraps, 16 glossy pages, 7 tables of part numbers, 19 b/w photos, over 130 parts shown and identified. ; Topics include: Operation. Clutch. Tires. Chassis. Engine care. Tool attatchment. Furrowing. Sickle bar. Cultivator. More. ; Not a lawn mower; this two-wheeled machine with large wide tires was pushed like a lawn mower but it was a plow, with other farming attachments. (This company also made a 4-wheel version called the Gard'n Mast'r) ; We have graded this item Fair. Horizontal crease throughout, apparently as issued. Front cover has... View more info
By: General Radio
Price: $10.00
Publisher: General Radio Company: 1969
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 15117
Condition: Near Fine
20 pages; 12mo (7") 18 cm; Small format, white booklet, 7 inches tall, 20 unnumbered pages, 11 b/w figures and illustrations, published 1969.; 1st edition, 1969. This booklet was published as a response to Federal Regulations requiring worker protection from industrial hearing impairment. It covers noise exposure standards, noise measuring, plant noise survey form, using a sound level meter, single impact noises, more. ; A touch of rubbing to covers. No other defects. ; With this item you will also get the 5th edition of this title: Primer of Plant Noise Measurement and Hearing Testing, 19... View more info
By: Georgano, Nick
Price: $8.00
Publisher: Shire Publications: 1985
Seller ID: 17101
ISBN: 0747804362
Condition: Near Fine
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 View more info
By: Glunt, Ruth R.
Price: $8.00
Publisher: Library Research Associates: 1996
Edition: Third Printing
Seller ID: 20966
ISBN: 0912526815
Condition: Near Fine
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. View more info
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. View more info
By: Gray, Ralph D.
Price: $13.00
Publisher: University of Illinois Press: 1989
Edition: Second Edition
Seller ID: 20822
ISBN: 0756754534
Condition: Near Fine
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 View more info
By: Grenard, Ross, and Frederick A. Kramer; Illustrated by Philip R. Hastings
Price: $13.00
Publisher: Carstens Publications: 1980
Seller ID: 20706
ISBN: 0911868402
Condition: Very Good+
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. View more info
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... View more info
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. View more info
By: Hawkins
Price: $65.00
Publisher: Theodore Audel & Company: 1914
Edition: First Edition
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... View more info
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... View more info
By: Heaton, Dan
Price: $14.00
Publisher: Branden Books: 2013
Inscription: Signed by Author
Seller ID: 21487
ISBN: 0828324522
Condition: Very Good
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. View more info
By: Heller, Moshe R.
Price: $17.00
Publisher: Springer-Verlag: 1991
Seller ID: 15303
ISBN: 354054447X
Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket
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 of shelfwea... View more info
By: Hildebrandt, Erik; Illustrated by Erik Hildebrandt
Price: $23.00
Publisher: Clear Hot Media: 2000
Inscription: Signed by Author
Seller ID: 15349
ISBN: 0967404029
Condition: Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket
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. View more info
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... View more info
By: Hofsommer, Don L. ; Illustrated by Gil Reid
Price: $40.00
Publisher: Michigan State University Press: 1995
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 19422
ISBN: 087013406X
Condition: Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket
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 Railroad. ; No d... View more info
By: Homans, James E.
Price: $19.00
Publisher: Theodore Audel & Company: 1907
Edition: Fifth Edition
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... View more info
By: Hook, Thom; Illustrated by Merv Corning
Price: $17.00
Publisher: Airsho Publishers: 1989
Edition: Fourth Printing
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... View more info