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Published by Kalmbach Publishing, Milwaukee, WI, 1953
Seller: Argyl Houser, Bookseller, Turlock, CA, U.S.A.
Magazine / Periodical
No Binding. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket As Issued. "Jul 14 1953" stamped on the front cover; otherwise spotless inside and out. The upper right corner of the front cover and lower left corner of the back cover are each very mildly bent or creased. A few pages also have a mildly bent corner. Very slight wear to edges of covers. A very nice copy overall. It will be packed with a backing card, bubble-wrapped and shipped in a sturdy, flat box to ensure safe transit. This issue includes: "Railroad news and editorial comment" by David P. Morgan; "Famout steam locomotives: Here's one that missed the torch" (At the end of a forgotten spur the Northern Pacific found its last American Standard. Here's the story of its resurrection.) by R. V. Nixon; "Runaway!" (Engineer Harry Brower tried his brakes. They didn't work. The Federal Express was out of control!" by E. John Long; "Notable feats of railroad engineering: The 'impossible' railroad" (The northern shore of Lake Superior was decidedly not an easy place to build this section of the Canadian Pacific!) by Wallace W. Abbey; "Whistle in the Valley" (Is it true that the Interstate's hopper cards, if put end to end, wouldn't fit on the property? Here's the story of this little coal road.) by H. Reid; "Photo Section" (Steam, diesel and electric railroading in photos); "The Wobbly comes of age" (Part 2 of the history of the Western Pacific, in which the author brings his story up to date.) by Gilbert H. Kneiss; plus "Railway post office" and "Running Extra".
Published by Kalmbach Publishing, Milwaukee, WI, 1953
Seller: Argyl Houser, Bookseller, Turlock, CA, U.S.A.
Book
No Binding. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket As Issued. Only graded Good because of some mathematical calculations in blue ink on the front cover. The front cover is also stamped "Southern California Division Electric Railroaders' Assc., Inc." The rest of the magazine is in excellent condition. Pages are clean and unmarked with light toning. Some pages have a mildly bent corner. Very light wear to edges of covers and spine. Very little wear otherwise. The magazine will be packed with a backing card, bubble-wrapped and shipped in a sturdy, flat box to ensure safe transit. This issue includes: "Railroad News and Editorial Comment" by David P. Morgan; "12,000 Cars a Day" (Enola Yard near Harrisburg, Pa., is the hot-spot of freight classification on the vast Pennsylvania Railroad. Come visit Enola in pictures.) by Philip R. Hastings; "Here Comes the Komet!" (Look out, Texas! The Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad is sending a fast freight your way from St. Louis!) by Wallace W. Abbey; "Famous Steam Locomotives: Homemade Compound" (Here's the story of a most outstanding engine in the East--Norfolk & Western's big Y6"; "'Send us empties--now!'" (In an office in Washington men play checkers with freight cars on a board as big as the U.S. Here is the story of the A.A.R.'s Car Service Division) by David P. Morgan; "Photo Section" (A pictorial definition of a freight train); "Notable Feats of Railroad Engineering: Bypass around Bedlam" (Albany was the bottleneck, the Castleton Cutoff the answer. This is the story of a New York Central project that allowed the freight to roll) by Wallace W. Abbey; "Case History of a Spud Train" (Extra 261 East is a Santa Fe hotshot loaded with Kern County potatoes. Get aboard--it's headed east) by David P. Morgan; "How to Build a Box Car" (Pullman-Standard has constructed and sold over 50,000 PS-1 box cars. Here is how it puts them together.); "Railway Post Office"; "Running Extra"; and "Of Books and Trains".
Published by CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2014
ISBN 10: 1502468581ISBN 13: 9781502468581
Seller: Revaluation Books, Exeter, United Kingdom
Book Print on Demand
Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 96 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.22 inches. This item is printed on demand.
Published by CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2015
ISBN 10: 1514807017ISBN 13: 9781514807019
Seller: Lucky's Textbooks, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
Book
Condition: New.
Published by Outskirts Press, 2014
ISBN 10: 1478725559ISBN 13: 9781478725558
Seller: Russell Books, Victoria, BC, Canada
Book
Paperback. Condition: New. Illustrated. Special order direct from the distributor.
Publication Date: 2023
Seller: True World of Books, Delhi, India
Book Print on Demand
LeatherBound. Condition: New. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1903 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 268 Language: English.
Publication Date: 2023
Seller: True World of Books, Delhi, India
Book Print on Demand
LeatherBound. Condition: New. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1787 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 616 Language: French.
Published by George Newnes, Ltd., London, 1927
Book First Edition
Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Fair. Sindall, A.; York, W.G.; Woodville, R. Caton; Wightman, W.E.; Inns, Kenneth; York, W.G.; Burns, Inder; Abbey, S.; Tresilian, S.; De Walton, John; Hiley, Francis E. (illustrator). First Edition. Features: The Singing Tree - a story from the Bushveld of South Africa; The Road to Romanc - Part I of the amazing round-the-world travels of Cyril Holloway; Photo of ice-fishing in Vladivostock Harbour; Timber-Laden Round Cape Horn - a windjamming tale; An Aeroplane Adventure in Waziristan - the story of a British officer who was captured by the Wazirs; A Tenderfoot in Canada, Part II - a disastrous season on a prairie farm; Trapped in the Volcano of Kilauea, in the Hawaiian Islands; The Hundredth Chance - a story from the Union-Castle cargo-steamer Ripley Castle; What Happened to Ah Fong? - an unsolved Chinese mystery; Monasteries in Mid-Air - the remarkable monasteries of Meteora, in Greece - article with excellent photos; A Mystery of the "Bad Lands" - a cowboy story from Wyoming; The Rogue - a rogue elephant in central Africa; Bakhai, the Rebel of Babban Kurmi; The Mountain of Gold - conclusion of the author's journey to Canada; Nice vintage ads, including photo of Earle E. Liederman, the Muscle Builder. Multiple pieces of red, clear and brown tape securing covers. Somewhat above-average wear. A worthy vintage copy.
Published by The International News Company, New York, 1926
Book First Edition
Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Very Good. Abbey, S.; Bird, L. Pern; Prater, Ernest; Gillett, F.; Sindall, A.; Carruthers, G.P.; Holloway, Cyril; Potts, Leonard; Soper, G.; Woodville, R. Caton; Prater, Ernest (illustrator). First Edition. Generously illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: Car No. 13 - A routine train trip enmeshes F. A. Malcomson aboard Car No. 13 of the "Californian Limited" at Los Angeles; My Mad Mate - The reason why young Harry Neild's hair was white; Among the Amazons - A wonderfully photo-illustrated account of the Wai-woi, a little-known tribe of Indians; My Buffalo - How a hunter's first shoot was nearly his last in the Himalayan foothills northeast of Ghaggar; A "New Chum" in New Zealand - Part I - Jottings from a recently emigrated young farmer who took the plunge and began farming ; The Mozampur Dacoity - A curious robbery in India; Behind the Himalayas - Part II of II - A wonderfully photo-illustrated account of an exploration to the upper reaches of the Brahmaputra River; The Cannon Idol of Batavia in the Dutch East Indies; A Duck-Shooting Adventure - Using ice-scooters to hunt ducks on the Great South Bay of Long Island; The Black Hand - A recent adventure in Kuling, China, which is currently experiencing a wave of serious brazen crime; Two Girls in a Typhoon - The trying experience of two young ladies aboard a tramp steamer from Hong Kong to British North Borneo; A Matter of Promotion - The story of a long, hard chase , in the depths of winter, of two half-breed outlaws by a constable of the Royal North-West Mounted Police at Saddle Lake, Saskatchewan; Through the Inner Deserts of Arabia - Part I - The exciting adventures of the Countess Malmignati, the first European woman to penetrate the little-known Inner Deserts of Arabia - this part describing her time in Damascus before the journey - with photos; Letters; The Phantom Tiger - Jean M.F. Dubois, a former planter in Lokop Province, Sumatra, explains what happened when he pursued a tiger which had caused a local reign of terror - with photo. 84 pages plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Average wear and soiling to back cover, otherwise clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy of this fascinating vintage issue.
Published by George Newnes, Ltd., London, 1924
Book First Edition
Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Good. Nicolson, W.C. (cover); Vedder, S.H.; Gillett, Frank; Abbey, S.; Sindall, A.; Vedder, S.H.; Soper, G.; Tennant, D.; York, W.G.; Prater, E.; Leigh, Conrad; Rogers, Stanley; Holmes, Fred (illustrator). First Edition. Pages 177- 264 plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Features: The Prime Minister's Story - a tiger adventure from India; Filming in a Land of Mystery - amazingly photo-illustrated article on a visit to Lhasa, Tibet; The Road to Timbuctoo - part 2 - funny adventures; Photo of pathetic beggars in India; My First Man-Hunt; The Missing Money Bag a story from Rajputana; Hate - an exciting tale from Malaya; Unknown Peru - part 3 of a photo-illustrated article about investigations in prehistoric Inca towns and treasure caves; Hunting Big Game in India - the Vernay-Faunthorpe expedition - article with great photos; Rescuing the Doctor - a doctor and his wife are surrounded in the Peruvian jungle by cannibal Indians; In Search of Sea-Monsters - part 4 of F.A. Mitchell-Hedges' world travels to catch the largest fish in the world - with great photos; The Gandipur Man-Killer - putting down a brute tiger; The Mysterious Mine - owned by Sir George Cooklin; Revenge! - a young Pole named Leo Leopold (Leo Rogers) vows to get the policeman, Fred Lefbyre, responsible for his incarceration in a Kingston, Ontario penitentiary; Nightmare - terrible experience of an Indian Army officer; photo of wonderfully decorated stern of a Chinese junk (boat); Nice back cover ad for the Security Pen Co. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy of this great vintage issue.
Published by The International New Company, New York, 1923
Book First Edition
Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Very Good. Wood, Stanley L.; Webb, Arch.; Reynolds, Warwick; Abbey, S.; Prater, E.; Cameron, John; Soper, Geo.; Elcock, H.K.; Waters, D.B.; Woodville, R. Caton; Robinson, T.H.; Lloyd, S. (illustrator). First Edition. Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: Black Cat Luck - Story related by John McAgee, a Texas cowman; The Fete of "St. Muslin" - Annual festival in Tarare, France to honour M. Antoine Simonet, inventor of Muslin which is made in local mills - article with photos; Exploring in Central Barzil - Part III - A small English expedition explores the Amazon's forests and studies the native peoples; The Signalman Baboon - Photo-illustrated article about "Jack", a baboon who assists his crippled master, James Edwin Wide, in operating railway signals and other important tasks at Uitenhage, near Port Elizabeth, South Africa; Among the Bohemians - Photo-illustrated article on the peoples of the little-known young Republic of Czecho-Slovakia; The Three Angleteers - Part II - The continuing adventures of three bored Englishmen who travelled in Europe; Msimba Konguo's Curse - A curse is put on an Irish trader by a native headman in Nyassaland; Marooned! - A strange and romantic story of the South Seas, reminiscent of the old Island days when unscrupulous traders did much as they pleased; Treed By a Bison - Many sportsmen consider the Indian bison a more dangerous opponent than the tiger; Beating Our Way - Two young men surpass a hobo at his own game of getting free train rides; A Hundred Dollars a Day - Salmon Fishing Off Vancouver Island - long photo-illustrated article by Charles Greenwood; The Watching Eyes - A tale from the South African constabulary of Mangwere; My Volcano Trip - Climbing La Nevada, an active volcano near Toluca, Mexico; A Bunch of Keys - A traveller's story of an odd little adventure in Boston, MA in 1911; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy of this excellent vintage issue.