Frank Ellison (156 results)

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Hardcover. Condition: Fine -. aFirst Edition First Printing. Shelf 1061 Clean and tight; 1005pp; DJ has a very small amount of light wear to edges and corners as well as a quarter inch square hole on front;DJ covered by mylar; Not a book club copy. No previous owner name, no underlining, not ex library, not price clipped, not a remainder.

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paperback. Condition: Very Good. John Harris (illustrator). Early printing. A Terrific reading copy. Octavo, 9 1/4" tall, 1005 pages, stiff pictorial wraps. A very good, otherwise clean and neat soft cover overall with minor shelf wear, binding tight, but paper cream white.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Good+. Pages are entirely clean. Some pages have a bent or creased corner. Covers are very lightly soiled. There is a news stand stamp on the back cover. There is splitting at top and bottom of spine. Slight wear to edges of covers. 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: "Model Club" (Odors and Sounds are used to increase realism on huge model system in Illinois) by David Marshall; "Bridges" (Each type is designed for a specific purpose); "Telegraph Set" (Communication system for the model railroad) by Raymond F. Yates; "An Orchard" (For the rural section of your railroad) by Frank Ellison; "Mountains" (Build distance into your model railroad with mountains); "Automatic Control" (The third of instructive articles on model railroad signaling); "Miniature version of the New York Central Line); "More Strange Railroad Facts"; "Automatic Stops (Wiring for protection of equipment) and "This for That" (Trading post for model engineers only).

Soft cover. Condition: Good. The first twenty or so pages of the magazine have a very faint water stain in the upper right corner. Remaining pages are clean and bright. Outer covers are lightly soiled with light water stains to a few places along the edges, and with light wear to edges. 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: "Build a Car Repair Shop"; "Projects from Balsa"; "A Lesson in Good Trackwork"; "Build an O Gauge Caboose"; "An Ice House for Your Layout"; "Layout and Design"; "An Old Toll Bridge"; "Planning a Christmas Garden"; "Blueprints for a Model Railroad"; "Cut-outs for Your Layout"; "Economy Train of Subway Cars"; "Trains of Yesteryear"; "Detail Review"; "The Mail Car"; "Picture Pageant"; "The Repair Depot"; "Prevues of 1953"; "A Station Scene"; and "Notes on an Old Timetable".

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Pages are clean and unmarked. So is the front cover. The back cover shows just very slight soiling and has several tiny chips along the bottom edge. No creases. A very nice copy. It will be packed with a backing card, bubble-wrapped and shipped in a sturdy, flat box to ensure safe transit. This issue includes: "Valleys and Fills" (Layouts); "Two Track Layouts"; "Layout Contest Winner"; "Album of Engines--The Switcher"; "Model Standpipe Plans"; "How to Build a Timbered Tunnel"; "How to Make a Water Tower"; "How to Make a Low-Bridge Warning"; "Automatic Block Control"; "Trees and Shrubs"; "Model Billboards"; "N.Y. Sets Stage for Annual Show"; "Prize Winning Refineries"; "Club Notes and Directory"; "Philadelphia Show"; "New Slanguage Contest"; "Questions and Answers"; and "''This and That' Trading Post".

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Very nice magazine. Pages are clean and bright with no marks, stains, creases or wrinkles. "Albany News Central Cigar Store" stamped on the front cover, otherwise covers are nearly spotless. Light wear to spine edge. Two cover corners are very lightly bent or creased. Slight wear to edges of covers. 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: "How to Start a Model Railroad"; "Two Trains on One Layout"; "The How, When and Where of Tunnels"; "Album of Engine Pictures"; "A Primer for the Lanscape Artist"; "Build a Model Factory"; "A Typical Small-City Power House"; "Plans for a Glass Factory"; "Miniature Hydraulic Generating Plant"; "Great Western Railroad of the Seattle Club"; "Model Railroaders' Picture Gallery"; "Grand Prizes for a Service Station"; "Contest Photographs of Refineries"; "Circus Models"; "Livestock to Market"; "Model Railroading is a Game with Rules"; "A Father-and-son Partnership Plan"; "Questions and Answers"; "Prize Winning "OO" Layouts"; "Club Notes and Directory"; "New Slanguage Contest"; and "'This for That' Trading Post".

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Pages are clean and bright. Some pages have a lightly creased corner. "Albany News" is stamped on the front cover, otherwise the front cover is clean. The back cover is very lightly soiled. There is some wear to the spine. A very nice copy overall. This issue includes: "Track Layouts"; "Two Giant Roads" (Track Layout); "Layout Contest Winners"; "A Simple Turntable any Boy Can Build"; "Four-stall Roundhouses"; "Unusual Freight Cars"; "Models for the Engine Yard--Sand House"; "How to Make a Control Box"; "Coal Mine and Tipple"; "Building a Miniature Apartment House"; "Atlanta Club Photographs"; "Club Notes"; "Book Reviews"; and "'This for That' Trading Post".

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Great copy. Pages are clean and unmarked with no wrinkles or stains. Some pages have a bent corner tip. Very light soiling to the covers. Cover corners are mildly bent or creased. 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: "Track Layout Diagrams"; "Two Giant Railroads"; "Layout Problems"; "Layout Contest Winner"; "Manual Block Control"; "Timetable Operations"; "Building Materials"; "Small Town Bulk Oil Depot"; "Gulliver Has Nothing On Us"; "Lineside Scenery"; "Dioramas"; "A Country Store"; "New York Show"; "Club Notes"; "Tabletop Circus"; "Old Models"; "Some of the Work of Model Builders"; "New Books"; "The 'Brass Hat' Says:; and "'This for That' Trading Post".

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Remarkably clean copy with slight wear to edges of covers and spine, one faint mark on the back cover and clean pages with no creases, wrinkles or stains. It will be packed with a backing card, bubble-wrapped and shipped in a sturdy, flat box to ensure safe transit. This issue includes: "Two 'O' Gauge Layout Ideas"; "Suggestions for a Table Layout"; "Best Layouts Submitted in Contest"; "Plan for a Room, Six Feet by Nine"; "Constructing a Model Gantry Crane"; "Sand Tower for the Engine Yard"; "Making a Model Mine Head"; "Model City of 100,000 People"; "Primer for the Landscape Modeler"; "Milk on Your Doorstep--A Milk Depot"; "Miniature Oil Refinery"; plus "Letters to the Editor"; "Questions and Answers"; "Club Notes and Directory"; "Winners in Station-Name Contest"; "New Slanguage Contest" and "'This for That' Trading Post".

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Pages are clean and unmarked but tanned. They have no wrinkles or stains but many have a mildly bent or lightly creased corner. The magazine's front cover is spotless. There is just a trace of soiling to the back cover. Very light wear to edges of covers and a few cover corners are creased. There is a mailing name and address stamped on the back cover. All in all, a very nice copy. It will be packed with a backing card, bubble-wrapped and shipped in a sturdy box to ensure safe transit. This issue includes: "A Pedler Freight"; "A Railroad Telegraph"; "Toots 'n' Whistles" (cartoon); "Prize Model Structures"; "Car Icing Platform"; "Boats and Cars"; "Train Robbery"; "Constructing a Model Ice Plant"; "'O-72' Gauge Layout"; "This for That" and "'O' Gauge Track Layout Contest".

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Trace of wear to the spine-edge, else completely clean and undamaged inside and out. A great copy. It will be packed with a backing card, bubble-wrapped and shipped in a sturdy box to ensure safe transit. This issue includes: "Crossing at Grade" (Three types of crossings are suggested in this story by Frank Ellison. Where do they fit into your layout?); "Hidden Access" (Let your road roam where it will, you can reach every corner of it, if you use simple tricks shown here); "New York Central System" (Starting a new series about great railroads of the U.S.A. Here we study the world-famed New York Central); "S & D Lines" (A father and son partnership produced this railroad in five years; its builders say they've just started); "A Home Workshop" (Storage space and a ship-shape work bench are essential for your hobby room; plan for them as you build); "Snapshots"; "An Electric Shop" (A well-detailed stucco building that combines a store with living quarters above; you see one in every town); "A Cooling Tower" (Those who live in dry sections will be familiar with this frequently seen industrial water cooling system); "A Take-Apart Layout" (E. F. Jannott shows a simple, sectionalized railroad which can be dismantled for storage in a short time); "A Water Tower" (A box-like brick house topped by a wooden tank forms a unique water tower on the Sandy River Valley R. R.).

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 2nd Edition. Warner, NY 1975 2nd printing. 271pp Very good condition with small bookstore stamp to first page, light wear and rubbing to covers. See photos sr 4/1.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Pages are clean, lightly toned and unmarked. Covers show just a trace of soiling. Slight wear to spine and a tiny tear at the top of the spine. A few corner tips bent. 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: "Mixed Train Daily" (An article, by Lucius Beebe, foremost railroad writer and photographer, giving a preview of the forthcoming book of the same title); "Turntables" (A turntable may not be a necessity, but for the space it takes on your layout, it'll provide more railroading than any other gadget) byJerome Madison; "Queen of the Gay 90's" (This aged loco will add a new time element to your pike, while it offers an opportunity to those who lack a complete machine shop) by Robert M. Sherman and Walter J. Hill; "A Modern Machine Shop" (Another Raymondale industrial building that not only dress up the landscape, but offer a chance at some good railroading to boot) by Frank C. Ellison; "Snapshots" (A handful of pictures of the layouts that your fellow fans operate); "Puzzle Jumpers" (An enumeration of some of the problems that a railroad prexy runs into with some suggestions for solutions that please everybody) by Warren F. Morgan; "The Red Ryder Railroad" (A railroad that exists in an outstanding comic strip, on a very swell miniature pike and in real railroading is too good to miss) by K. Fritz Schumacher; "Express and Huckster Wagons" (Some outstanding examples of fine model making for a model pike and instructions that will help you to make some for your layout) by Laurence T. Gieringer; "The Railroad Quiz" (Questions and answers that are fun for beginner and veteran); plus "Color Photo" (Sozio Photograph. A fast Pennsylvania Railroad passenger train is approaching New Jersey tunnels that lead to New York City).

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Beautiful copy--nearly like new. Slight soiling to back cover, otherwise spotless and undamaged inside and out. Pages lightly toned. The magazine will be shipped with a backing card, bubble-wrapped and shipped in a sturdy, flat box to ensure safe transit. This issue includes: "Scenic Close-Ups"; "Jersey Central"; "Model City Freight House"; "Railroad around a Cellar Wall"; "How to Improve Your Railroad Crossings"; "Toots 'n Whistles"; "Electrical Resistance"; "Prize Layouts"; "Railroad Table with a Center Well"; "The Gargle Oil Company"; "Detroit Repair Shop"; "This for That"; "'O' Gauge Track Layout Contest".

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Checkmark in the upper left corner of the front cover. Front cover is very lightly soiled. The back cover shows just a trace of soiling and a little toning (age tanning) around the edges. The upper right corner of the covers and all pages is bent. Entirely clean and unmarked inside. The magazine will be backed with cardboard and carefully packed in a sturdy, flat box to ensure safe transit. This issue includes: "Channel Railroad Club"; "Track Layout Suggestion"; "Letting Off Steam"; "Things to Make"; "Famous Railroad Sagas"; "Carter's Little River Mills" by Frank C. Ellison; "Picture Gallery"; "Odd Railroad Facts"; "Bridge Abutments" by Raymond F. Yates; "Cars, Rebuilt and Repainted"; "Contest for Model Railroad Photographs"; "Track Layout Suggestion" and "This for That".

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. A beautiful copy. All pages spotless and undamaged. Very little toning (age tanning). Front and back covers completely clean. No creased corners. Slight wear to spine. The magazine will be backed with cardboard and carefully packed in a sturdy, flat box to ensure safe transit. This issue includes: "Controlling Switches from a Distance"; "Outside Third Rail Power Pick-up"; "Quiet Operation"; "A One-Year Project"; "Notes on an Old Timetable"; "Pave Your City Streets"; "Roll-A-Way Model Railroad"; "Are Your Engines Thirsty"; "Layout and Design"; "Cutouts for Your Railroad"; "Detail Review"; "The Stourbridge Lion"; "Railroadiana"; "The Repair Depot"; "Dusting Off the Thirties"; "An Elevated Division"; "Loads for Flat Cars" and "A Little Backwoods Flavor".

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good-. 1st printing, July 1968; #2206. Cover art by Jeff Jones. Includes "Introduction" by Robert Silverberg; "Dear Devil" by Eric Frank Russell; "The Best Policy" by Randall Garrett; "Alaree" by Robert Slverberg; "Life Cycle" by Poul Anderson; "The Gentle Vultures" by Isaac Asimov; "Stranger Station" by Damon Knight; "Lower Than Angels" by Algis Budrys; "Blind Lightning" by Harlan Ellison; "Out of the Sun" by Arthur C. Clarke. Creasing; stress. Book.

Paperback. reading copy, many creases paperback,

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 1st printing, July 1968; #2206. Cover art by Jeff Jones. Includes "Introduction" by Robert Silverberg; "Dear Devil" by Eric Frank Russell; "The Best Policy" by Randall Garrett; "Alaree" by Robert Slverberg; "Life Cycle" by Poul Anderson; "The Gentle Vultures" by Isaac Asimov; "Stranger Station" by Damon Knight; "Lower Than Angels" by Algis Budrys; "Blind Lightning" by Harlan Ellison; "Out of the Sun" by Arthur C. Clarke. Creasing; edgewear. Book.