London: Peter Murray Hill, [1955]. 8vo, bifolium prospectus for a reprint of the 23 Annual Reports of the Aeronautical Society and the first 15 volumes of the Aeronautical Jounal. With a schedule and rates, proforma order form on integral leaf, and with a 1909 membership form for the Society laid..... More
London: Thomas Baskett, 1749. Folio, title page (verso blank), pp. 1511-1564; extracted from the Acts of Parliament "begun and holden at Westminster the 18th day of May, Anno. Domini. 1784." Removed from binding; very good. More
Panama: I. L. Maduro, Jr. Six-fold brochure approx. 9¼" x 4½", unfolding to 17½" x 23½ with a large, attractive color map of the canal and Panama on one side, and 7 pages of text plus 4 illustrations on the other; "300" in small numerals in biro on the front..... More
North America: various publishers, ca. 1920s to 1990s. 665 road maps plus approximately 73 duplicates (for a total of approx. 738), contained in 3 bankers boxes, most all printed in color on two sides of a single sheet of varying sizes, including those published by Standard Oil, Texaco, Gulf, Conoco..... More
Chicago: Junior Air Service of America Inc., [1930]. 8vo, pp. 58, [2]; text illustrations throughout; illustrated self-wrappers; small inscription in corner of upper wrapper, text clean and sound, near fine. A corporate product, with articles covering the history of aviation and important milestones, More
Chicago: Junior Air Service of America Inc., [ca 1930]. 8vo, pp. 15, [1]; text illustrations throughout; illustrated self-wrappers; touch of soiling to wrappers, near fine. This issue focused on aerial surveys of the country. More
Chicago: Junior Air Service of America Inc., [ca 1930]. 8vo, pp. 23, [1]; text illustrations throughout; illustrated self-wrappers; some splitting at spine, near fine. This issue focused on aerial photography. More
[Chicago]: [publisher not identified], [c. 1943]. Oblong 4to, pp. [94]; 42 color plates with descriptions on opposite pages, plus 4 grayscale illustrations of the Foundries' war-time contributions; full tan cloth, orange paper labels on cover and spine; light soiling to covers, near fine. Color prospectus for another railroading book laid..... More
Washington: House Exec. Doc. No. 58, 39th Congress, 2d Session, [1867]. 8vo, 116pp., 5 maps and a number of tables in the text; disbound. Includes much on the Falls of St. Anthony and the Mississippi River above Lake Pepin, the St. Croix Minnesota, and Zumbro Rivers, as well as the..... More
[London: Ministry of Aircraft Production, 1943]. Abridged edition for handy reference, to accompany the full directory "which is now to be issued in June and December only"; 8vo, pp. 43, [1]; printed blue wrappers; some toning, two pages with pen revisions, text clean and sound, very good. A restricted internal..... More
London: Adam and Charles Black, 1908. 12mo, pp. vi, [2], 272, [24]; lithograph frontispiece and 18 plates, 29 maps, two folding and many double-page; green cloth gilt, t.e.g.; spine cocked, boards rubbed, scattered foxing, good and sound. With the signature of George Harding, S. S. Morea, 1912 on pastedown and..... More
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Lansing, MI: General Motors, [1933]. Oblong 8vo, pp. [12]; 8 color illustrations, 7 of them full-page showing different models in country and urban settings; light soiling on the covers; very good. More
New York: 1886. First edition, oblong 8vo, pp. xxxviii, 387, [1]; engraved title page on American Bank Note Company stock, hundreds of advertisements throughout, mostly full page and many attractively illustrated, 1 printed in pink; original pebble-grain green cloth, gilt-lettered on both covers and spine; fine copy. 20 in all..... More
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Eau Claire-Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin: 1896-1940. Three quarto ledger books containing approx. 425 pages of recorded minutes for the Brotherhood of Locomotive Foreman (later, The Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen), kept in several different hands by different secretaries. There are gaps: the first volume runs from 1896 to 1906; the..... More
Hendon: The London Aerodrome, 1919. 8vo, pp. [1], 106-115, [1]; text illustrations; pictorial paper self wrappers; some rust stains in the corner from a removed pin, some toning to wrappers, but largely clean and sound, very good. Vol. IX, No. 71. Featuring a 20-mile air race featuring P. R. T...... More
Minneapolis & St. Paul: Sparks Publishing Company, 1933-1936. 21 miscellaneous issues beginning with November 1933 to December 1936; 11" x 8.5"; photographic illustrations; numerous advertisements for automobiles and automotive products, pertinent articles on various models, mobile homes, automobile safety and courtesy, car clubs, gas economy, federal aid, lists of service..... More
Moscow: Main Directorate of Geodesy and Cartography, 1967. 8vo, pp. v, 166; text in Russian, color road maps covering the Soviet Union from Uzhhorod, Ukraine to Petropavlovsk, and south into Dushanbe, Tajikistan; blue cloth, light soiling, upper hinge split but holding; very good and sound. Laid in is a brochure..... More
[Beijing]: China Railway Publishing House, [1993]. First edition, 4to, pp. [10], 177, [5]; text in Chinese with English introduction; illustrated throughout with 420 images of workers and engines; red pictorial paper wrappers; corners bumped, else fine. A photo retrospective of the Mao Zedong locomotive group. More
New York: Bonanza, [1958]. First edition, 8vo, pp. 192; frontispiece; many illus. throughout; very good in worn jacket. More
Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1959. 8vo, pp. vii, [1], 199, [1]; text in double column, full brown buckram, gilt title on upper cover, text clean and sound, light rubbing to gilt, near fine. More
Newport: April 7, 1729. Folio (approx. 12½" x 8"); countersigned by William Wanton by proxy; watermarked paper, previous folds; near fine. Adams, formerly of Boston "but now residing in Newport," makes a court deposition about the work of John Lucas and his dereliction of duty in regards to an order..... More
New York: Theo. Audel & Co., publishers, 49 W. 23rd St. [1943]. 12mo, pp. [8], 228; hundreds of illustrations, tables, graphs, etc.; original tan cloth stamped in black on upper cover and spine, edges stained red; some staining to the binding, especially to the back cover, front hinge reglued; otherwise..... More
Surrey: Jane's Transport Data, [1990]. Thirty-second edition, thick 4to, pp. 53 (ads), 864; numerous black & white photographic illustrations, charts, graphs; near fine in original pictorial boards. More
London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd., [1963, 1974]. First edition, 2 volumes, large, thick 8vo, pp. xxxii, 412; xx, 554; black & white and color frontispieces, 73 leaves of photographic illustrations printed on rectos and versos; text maps throughout; original cloth, gilt-lettered spines; Vol. II in pictorial dust jacket. Very..... More
London: printed for the Associated Law Booksellers, and sold by A. Maxwell, 21, and R. Stevens and Sons, 39, Bell Yard, Lincoln’s Inn; S. Sweet, 3, Chancery Lane; R. Pheny, Inner Temple Lane; and J. Wrightson, Birmingham, 1823. First edition, 12mo, pp. [2], 126, [4] Associated Law Booksellers ads; engraved..... More
