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New York: L.H. Biglow & Co., printers, 1869. Paperback. Good -. 32 p.; 23 cm. Front wrapper reproduces title page within decorative border. The Lykens Valley Railroad and Coal Company was incorporated in Pennsylvania in 1830; Thomas P. Cope was the first president. It ran from Millersburg to Williamstown and was the fourth in the United States and the first in Dauphin County to carry anthracite coal. By 1845 the line had to be regraded and relaid. It merged into the Penndel Co. in 1956. Written at the head of the front wrapper: "Preserve with Care." Very scarce. In Good- Condition: wrapper is lightly soiled; front wrapper is detached but present, with closed 4-cm. tear from gutter edge; somewhat brittle, with chipping at edges and separations at gutters; a few notations internally; otherwise, clean.
Building Model Boats Including Sailing and Steam Vessels by Paul N. Hasluck (ed.) - 1899
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Building Model Boats Including Sailing and Steam Vessels
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Act of Incorporation and Supplementary Acts of the Lykens Valley Railroad and Coal Company
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Aerial Transport
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First edition. xviii+259 pp.+65 B&W illustrations and 4 folding maps in two colours h.t. 25,2x19,5 cm. Hodder and Stoughton Limited, London, 1920.--- Blindstamped cloth gilt (publishers bindint). Occasional foxing, light edgewear.
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The Poison Belt
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The Poison Belt. 1913 FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. By Arthur Conan Doyle. "Being an account of Another Amazing Adventure of Professor Challenger" Hodder & Stoughton/ George H. Doran. States Hodder & Stoughton on the spine. RARE. Illustrated. Red Boards with gilt titling. Gilting still bright. All 16 B&W plates, including frontis, present and affixed to binding. USED. Bright pages. Good Condition/ No DJ Included. 5 ¼ X 7 ¾. 252 pages.
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Locomotives for all Gauges and Duties
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Gorton: Beyer Peacock & Co. Ltd. Book. Good. Full-Leather. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. n.d. [c.1924]. 77pp, photos, tables, dark brown leather/gilt worn & scuffed, sl damage at spine, one or two annotations in pencil, landscape format. Text in English, French and Spanish. Presentation copy belonging to Sir Sam Fay, Chairman of Beyer Peacock 1923-33 and last Chairman of th Great Central Railway whose name appears in gilt on front cover. Subsequently owned by M.A. Crane, Assistant to Sales Director, Beyer Peacock, whose name is written on ffep..
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Jamaica Inn
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Du Maurier, Daphne: Jamaica Inn 1936 First Edition. Doubleday Doran & Co. RARE. Title page states 1936. Used. Good-/ New Fax Whistler Dust Jacket. Condition: Front board was cracked in half in shipment and has now been taped from inside. Fabric is intact. Other than this damage the book is in good overall condition. Priced accordingly. 332 pages. 5 ¾ X 8 ¼. Plot summary: "Shadows moved across the moor. Horses' hoofs rang sharply on the stone pathway. They had come again - the mysterious visitors who arrived at Jamaica Inn under cover of darkness...Here is a story of passion, treachery and death. Of a beautiful woman caught in the web of a dangerous intrigue. And of her compelling love for a scoundrel. Daphne de Maurier tells this strange tale of the suspense and excitement which characterizes her internationally famous novels Rebecca and The Scapegoat"
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Letters, Addressed to the People of Pennsylvania Respecting the Internal Improvement, of the Commonwealth; by Means of Roads and Canals
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Philadelphia, Pa: Jane Aitken, 1811. Paperback. Very Good -. [2], 125, [1] p.; 21 cm. Disbound from a nonce volume. Former owner's name at head of title page: Jennie W. Baird. Early American Imprints, 2nd series (Shaw & Shoemaker), 22727. Howes, D-516. The author, William J. Duane (1780-1865), was a Philadelphia lawyer who married Benjamin Franklin's granddaughter, Deborah Franklin Bache. He served several terms in the Pennsylvania Assembly and briefly as Secretary of the United States Treasury during President Andrew Jackson's battle against the Bank of the United States. While serving in the state legislature in 1809-10, Duane had chaired the standing committee on roads and internal navigation, which inspired him to compose letters urging legislative support for the development of road and canal companies, which were published in the Philadelphia newspaper the Aurora (run by his father, William Duane) under the pseudonym "Franklin." Those 16 letters are here…
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Pylon (Stated 2nd Issue, 2nd Printing Thus)
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WILLIAM FAULKNER! Stated Second Issue, 2nd Printing Thus. NOBEL PRIZE WINNER. Faulkner, William: PYLON. Stated 2nd Issue, 2nd Printing 1935, Smith & Haas, NY. RARE IN THE ORIGINAL BLUE DUST JACKET. RARE SASCHA MAURER COVER ART. ART DECO. Used. Very Good-/ Very Good- Blue cloth, \ The second printing (stated). In second issue dust jacket (blank rear panel and flap. Faulkner's tale of the exciting, dangerous, and short-lived, sport of airplane "barnstorming". Set in New Orleans during Mardi Gras. Original source material for the 1958 film "Tarnished Angels" Starring Rock Hudson, Dorothy Malone, Robert Stack, and Jack Carson and directed by Douglas Sirk (born Hans Detlef Sierck; 26 April 1897 – 14 January 1987)."
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An Account of the Manufactures of the North British Locomotive Co. Ltd. during the period of the War 1914-1919, with a Short History of the Firms which constituted the Company when formed in 1903
by North British Locomotive Co.Ltd.
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Glasgow: North British Locomotive Co.Ltd. Book. Good. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. [1920]. 123pp, photos, map, landscape format, brown cloth/dec sl worn/stained, contents v good. Attractive manufacturer's presentation volume, printed on art paper. Scarce..
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Constructing 5" Gauge Wagons
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Ripley: Historical Model Railway Soc., 2017. Book. Near Fine. Glazed Boards. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 316pp, photos (mainly col), diagrams, tables. Comprehensive and detailed work in presentation box with 16 folding plans. Very heavy item - extra shipping charge will be required if sent overseas..
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Die Lokomotiven der Schweizerischen Bundesbahnen incl. G.-B. sowie die Behandlung der Lokomotivdefecte./Les Locomotives des Chemins de fer fédéraux incl. Gotthard et la Manière de Traiter leurs Avaries
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Zürich: Author, 1904. Book. Very Good. Paper-covered Boards. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 180pp, photos, tables, 2 folding diagrams, decorative paper-covered boards with photo on front, cloth spine, small label on title page. German and French text. Bookplate of railway author F.J. Haut. Very scarce item with attractive art nouveau design on front board..
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Building Model Boats Including Sailing and Steam Vessels
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Cassell, 189. Spine browned. Some light soiling to boards. Slightly leaning, but binding is tight and pages are very clean.. Limp. Good Plus/No Jacket.
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The Sky and the Forest
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C.S. Forester: The Sky and the Forest. Little, Brown and Company, Boston. Stated First Edition First Printing Thus August, 1948. Cover price $2.75. Used. VG BOOK/VG UNCLIPPED DUST JACKET. A story of a central Africa. By C.S. Forester, author of the Admiral Hornblower series.
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The Elephant's Child: Just So Stories Series
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Kipling, Rudyard: The Elephant's Child, Just So Stories Series. 1942 First Edition Thus, Garden City Publishing. Beautifully illustrated by R.F. Rojankovsky. CHILDREN'S BOOK. Story Summary: "Because of his 'satiable curiosity' about what the crocodile has for dinner, the elephant's child and all elephants thereafter have long trunks." Used. VG condition/ No DJ included. Unpaged. 7 X 9 1/2
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Lucky You, What Science Has Done For Us
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Lucky You: What Science Has Done For Us J.B. Lippincott Stated First Edition. SCIENCE. Artfully illustrated by MUNRO LEAF. Good EXLIB in a Good unclipped $2.25 orig. price dust jacket. Last page states: 152 4.
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The Man In The Brown Suit
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703 ChristieBrownSuit The Man In The Brown Suit. By Agatha Christie. Publisher: The Bodley Head Ltd., London, 1958, Stated Fourth Impression Thus,1970. ISBN 0370006720. Please see our stock photos. EXLIB. Good Condition/Good Original Shakel & Ryder Dust Jacket with Yellow spine, black titling, woman and ship cover art. Protected in mylar wrap. "States new and redesigned Edition, Fourth Impression, 80p. Blue boards with black titling. Our book spine has skinned spot at the word "brown" from removal of scotch tape. Plot Summary: Who is he, the man in the brown suit? He says he is a doctor; but Anne Beddingfield, who witnesses the fatal accident at a London tube station, is quick to notice some curious features about him when he comes to the scene. Her investigation of the accident leads her into the thick of mystery. This novel is more than an ingenious puzzle: It is a gripping suspense story."
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Freddy And The Ignormus
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Freddy and the Ignormus. First Edition, Jan 1951 5th Printing thus. Brooks, Walter R. EXLIB. GOOD/ NO DJ INCLUDED. Hardcover. Alfred A. Knopf, Copyright 1941, ILLUSTRATED BY KURT WIESE.
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Freddy And The Men From Mars
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Freddy And The Men From Mars. Brooks, Walter: Illustrated by Kurt Wiese. Hardcover. Alfred A. Knopf , 1956 First Edition 2nd Printing Thus. Used. Very Good Condition/ No dust jacket included. A nice copy.
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While The Clock Ticked (Hardy Boys, Book 11)
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Franklin W. Dixon: While The Clock Ticked (1932, Grosset & Dunlap Hardy Boys), 1948 Printing Thus. BROWN BOARDS, ORANGE ENDPAPERS. QUITE RARE IN THE ORIGINAL RED DUST JACKET. HARDY BOYS #11. GROSSET & DUNLAP. USED. VERY GOOD CONDITION/ GOOD- ORIGINAL UNCLIPPED DUST JACKET. DESCRIPTION: The book is in an original red kidnap jacket. That jacket is original, has an orange spine. Loss to top and bottom of spine. with a triangular divot out of the letter H in the word the. The front panel of the dust jacket is unclipped and has a 7575 priced front flap. Back flap a blurb for "Touchdown Pass", dating this copy to 1948. Back panel of the dust jacket states ADVENTURE STORIES FOR BOYS BY ZANE GREY. BOOK: Brown boards with two boys in 30's period clothing at center. One wears a hat and scarf. Two sets of orange and white endpapers that show the boy with the hat up a tree with binoculars gazing at a cabin on a bluff across the way. Pages and endpapers are clean and bright. Black topstain. Copyright 1932 Grosset…
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The Lightning Conductor: The Strange Adventures of a Motor-Car
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Williamson, C.N. & A.M. The Lightning Conductor: The Strange Adventures of a Motor-Car. RARE. First title in a very popular series of books about touring in early automobiles. London, 1903 Methuen Stated Second Edition. USED. Good Condition/ No DJ Included. Green boards. 345 pages plus adverts. 5 1/8 X 7 ¾. Includes Photographs. Our front cover features a party of three persons in a touring car. Illustrated with Photographs.
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Street-Railway Roadbed
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STREET RAILWAY ROADBED. Street Railway Publishing Company, New York. First Edition, 1898. 135 pages indexed. Authors: Mason D. Pratt and C.A. Alden. ILLUSTRATED with drawings, diagrams, tables. Former owner name and date of 1903 on front floral end-paper. RARE. USED. VERY GOOD CONDITION/ NO DUST JACKET IF ISSUED. A nice copy. Please see our photos.
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4.50 From Paddington
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659ChristiePaddington 4.50 FROM PADDINGTON, AKA "WHAT MRS. MCGILLICUDDY SAW". 1957 Ulverscroft Large Print Series, F.A. Thorpe. FIRST EDITION THUS. Exlib. Very Good Condition/ Very Good original black red and white dust jacket in a mylar wrap. MISS MARPLE . Please see our stock photo of a different title from this same series. A clean, solid copy. Summary: "Mrs. Elspeth McGillicuddy is on her way from a shopping expedition to visit her old friend Jane Marple for Christmas. Her train passes another train running parallel and in the same direction as her train. Then, a blind in one compartment flies up and she sees a man with his back to her strangling a woman.." A gripping read. HARD TO FIND IN UNITED STATES.
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