Robert Vail (223 results)

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Unknown. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Former library book; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Unknown. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Former library book; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Condition: New.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. The magazine is spotless inside and out. Slight fading to edges of front cover from light exposure. Several pages have a bent or creased corner. Very little wear otherwise. The magazine will be packed with a backing card, bubble-wrapped and shipped in a sturdy box to ensure safe transit. This issue includes: "My HO Michigan-California Lumber Company Cableway, Part I" (Thirty-five years in the making) by Bob Ross; "Jim Clements' HO/HOn3 Sugar Spring Mining Company Railroad" (On tour) by Dan Lewis; "My O Scale McPhee Lumber Company Maintenance Shed" (World traveler) by Laurie Green; "Building a 1:20.3 Scale Erie Type B Steam Shovel" (Boyhood memories) by George Konrad; "The On30 Yosemite Short Line" (Building Friendships and a Layout) by Scott Maze; "Route to the Redwoods: The On3 North Pacific Coast Railroad and Its Subsidiary, The Buckhorn Logging Co. Part 50" (Methods of research) by Boone Morrison; "Fearless Forensics: Case Studies from the Fringes of Certainty" by Bruce MacGregor; "South Pacific Coast 3-Foot Gauge Boxcar #472" (Restored) by Ken Ruble; "Along the Narrow Gauge" (Saga of the 3-16, Part 7--Bumble Bee and Yellow Bird) by Mallory Hope Ferrell; "A Look-A-Like Shay" (Making a MWSL '13-Ton #122' Into a 'Somewhat-like Mich-Cal #2) by Jim Vail; "The Bodie Railway & Lumber Co. Part 4" (Log cars) by Dan Kieft; "The Ridgway Bear Trap" (No wet noodles) by Harry W. Brunk; "The Narrow Gauge Scene" (A Tale of Two Warehouses) by Carlie Getz; "Matheran Light Railway #899" (A 2-Foot Gauge Dodge Rail Bus in India) by Jeff Scherb; "A Small Business Building" (Plans) by Robert D. Bailey; "South Pacific Coast Boxcar #472" (Plans) by Ken Ruble; "Two-Foot Gauge Gilpin Tramway Shay #1, GILPIN" (Plans) by Dan Rowe; "Bunker Hill Steel 'Man' Car" (Plans) by Tim Stolle; "McCloud River Railroad Cabooses" (Plans) by Gary Caviglia; "Bodie Railway & Lumber Co. Log Car" (Plans) by Dan Kieft; "Mastheran Light Railway Rail Bus #899" (Plans) by Jeff Scherb plus "Robert's Ramblings"; "Pigeon Hole"; "In Brief"; "New in Review"; "Book and DVD Reviews"; and "Riptrack".

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No soiling inside or out. Some pages have a mildly bent corner tip. Light wear to edges of covers and spine. One 2/3" tear in the bottom edge of the back cover. Lower left corner of the back cover lightly creased. Very little wear otherwise. The magazine will be backed with cardboard and carefully packed in a sturdy box to ensure safe transit. This issue includes: "My On3 Nebraska and Platte Railroad: The Twin Rivers Route" by Tim Lewis; "Kelly's Bottle House (Charming)" by Brian Block; "Scratch-Building an Sn2 Caboose" (For My South China & Sheepscot River Ry.) by Bob Bennett; "Modeling in 7/8 Inch Scale" (Four Articles) by Tommy Landen and Karl Schmid; "Monson Railroad Flatcars" (Prototype to models) by Ken Lunders; "Along the Narrow Gauge Thirty-Inch Gauge Railroads" (The Cortez Mines Ltd. Railroad) by Mallory Hope Ferrell; "Brickyard Company Houses" (Along the E.B.T.) by Russell Norris; "The Bodie Railway & Lumber Co. Part 9 (The Mono Mills General Store) by Dan Kleft; "Kalka Simla Railway #14" (Ultimate Luxury, India, 1934) by Jeff Scherb; "Route to the Redwoods: The On3 North Pacific Coast Railroad and Its Subsidiary, the Buckhorn Logging Co. Part 55" (Narrow Gauge Railroading in 12 inches to the Foot) by Boone Morrison; "More Modifying and Enhancing Vehicles" (Still more changes) by Jim Vail; "The Narrow Gauge Scene" (Lessons from John Allen Part 2" by Charlie Getz; "A Western Grocery Store" (Plans) by Robert D. Bailey; "Carson & Colorado Nos. 1, 2, 3, 7, and 8" (Plans) by Gary Caviglia; "Nevada-California-Oregon Nos. 9 and 10" (Plans) by Edward H. Cass; "Cortez Mines Ltd. CORTEZ" (Plans) by John Robinson; "Kalka Simla Railway Motor Car #14" (Plans) by Jeff Scherb; "Kauai Plantation Rwy. Coach and Picnic Cars" (Plans) by Boone Morrison; Robert's Ramblings; Pigeon Hole; In Brief; New in Review; Gallery (Models by Karl Osolinski); Book, Video and DVD Reviews; and Riptrack.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Spotless inside and out. Slight wear to edges of covers and spine. A small tear and a little wear at the bottom edge of the spine. Very little wear otherwise. It will be backed with cardboard and carefully packed in a sturdy box to ensure safe transit. This issue includes: An 18-Ton Climax for my HOn3 East Waterford & Kansas Valley Railroad by George Pierson; An On30 Combine with a Trolley Roof: The prototype was kit-bashed, too by Bob Hayden; Restoring West Side Lumber Co. Tank Car #5: The Coffin Car by Mike Roberts; Modeling West Side Lumber Co. Tank Car #5: A 1:20:3 Scale Coffin Car by Bob Poli; My HOn3 Crystal River & Tin Cup Pass Railroad: "Dad, that better not be me!" by Joe Isner; "Along the Narrow Gauge Thirty-Inch Gauge Railroads: Logging the Aptos Creek Redwoods, Part 1: The Standard Gauge Loma Prieta Railroad by Mallory Hope Ferrell; The Narrow Gauge Scene: A Matter of Speed by Charlie Getz; Detailing a Bachmann 1:20.3 Rio Grande Southern Motor No. 1: Cosmetics by Peter Todd; The Stiff Leg Derrick at Incline on the Yosemite Valley Railroad: Questions? by Jack Burgess; The Bodie Railway & LumberCo. Part 10--The Mono Saw Mill by Dan Kieft; Waterfront at Alviso Slough: The Photo Backdrops by Jim Vail; Route to the Redwoods: The On3 North Pacific Coast Railroad and Its Subsidiary, the Buckhorn Logging Co. Part 56: Modeling Occidental--Planning a Prototype Scene by Boone Morrison; Cairo & Kanawaha First #5 (Plans) by Richard Dunn; West Side Lumber Co. Tank Car #5 (Plans) by Dale Darney; Pearl City Railbus (Plans) by Robert D. Bailey; South Pacific Coast Railway Nos. 9 & 10 and 14 & 15 (Plans) by Gary Cavilglia; Florida Southern Railway #7 (Plans) by Edward H. Cass; Rio Grande Southern Second Motor Car No. 1 (Plans) by James Coldicott; 42-inch Gauge Wood Coal Car (Plans) by Tim Stolle; The Mono Saw Mill (Plans) by Dan Kieft; Robert's Ramblings; Pigeon Hole; In Brief; New in Review; Gallery: Models by Charles Garbett; Book and DVD Reviews; and Riptrack.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Paperback. ORIGINAL first edition. 396, reading copy ,poor historical adventure novel, paperback,

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Gold Medal Book 396, 1st printing (PBO), May, 1954. Cover art by James Meese. 160 pages. "In this rebel, hot-blooded land a woman's kiss meant death!" This copy in G-/G condition with split to spine head (see third photo), creases to both covers. Surprisingly the pages are white.

Condition: New.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 38 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.10 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. ORIGINAL first edition. 556, good - very good adventure novel, paperback,

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. ORIGINAL 1991 Articles, disbound from GCAGS Transactions volume; no covers; in very good condition. Journal.

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. Clean and unmarked inside and out. Upper right corner of the front cover is mildly bent. Slight 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: "My On3 Nebraska and Platte Railroad: The Twin Rivers Route" by Tim Lewis; "Kelly's Bottle House (Charming)" by Brian Block; "Scratch-Building an Sn2 Caboose" (For My South China & Sheepscot River Ry.) by Bob Bennett; "Modeling in 7/8 Inch Scale" (Four Articles) by Tommy Landen and Karl Schmid; "Monson Railroad Flatcars" (Prototype to models) by Ken Lunders; "Along the Narrow Gauge Thirty-Inch Gauge Railroads" (The Cortez Mines Ltd. Railroad) by Mallory Hope Ferrell; "Brickyard Company Houses" (Along the E.B.T.) by Russell Norris; "The Bodie Railway & Lumber Co. Part 9 (The Mono Mills General Store) by Dan Kleft; "Kalka Simla Railway #14" (Ultimate Luxury, India, 1934) by Jeff Scherb; "Route to the Redwoods: The On3 North Pacific Coast Railroad and Its Subsidiary, the Buckhorn Logging Co. Part 55" (Narrow Gauge Railroading in 12 inches to the Foot) by Boone Morrison; "More Modifying and Enhancing Vehicles" (Still more changes) by Jim Vail; "The Narrow Gauge Scene" (Lessons from John Allen Part 2" by Charlie Getz; "A Western Grocery Store" (Plans) by Robert D. Bailey; "Carson & Colorado Nos. 1, 2, 3, 7, and 8" (Plans) by Gary Caviglia; "Nevada-California-Oregon Nos. 9 and 10" (Plans) by Edward H. Cass; "Cortez Mines Ltd. CORTEZ" (Plans) by John Robinson; "Kalka Simla Railway Motor Car #14" (Plans) by Jeff Scherb; "Kauai Plantation Rwy. Coach and Picnic Cars" (Plans) by Boone Morrison; Robert's Ramblings; Pigeon Hole; In Brief; New in Review; Gallery (Models by Karl Osolinski); Book, Video and DVD Reviews; and Riptrack.

Paperback. ORIGINAL first edition. 441, very good , adventure novel, paperback,

Paperback. ORIGINAL first edition. 556, very good , adventure novel, paperback,

Paperback. ORIGINAL first edition. 396, good- very good historical adventure novel, paperback,

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Art Writing. This is a clean, unmarked copy with a shelf worn dust jacket but otherwise undamaged.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First Edition - Nap (No Additional Printing Stated, Thus First). Includes Index And Bibliographical References. The Book Is Bound In Reddish Brown Cloth With Gilt Lettering On The Spine. Pictorial Endpapers. The Board Edges Are Worn And The Page Edges Are Foxed. No Ownership Information Present And The Text Appears To Be Free Of Notation. Hinges Sound.

xxii, 422 pages. Hardcover: H 24cm x L 15.75cm. White dust jacket rubbed, light wear and nicks at edges with shallow chip at spine head, tear at heel of rear flap fold extending into rear panel with associated creasing. White cloth. Interior pages are clean. Binding is firm. A very good+ copy in a good+ dust jacket. With nine b/w maps, three figures, one b/w portrait illustration, Preface, Notes on Contributors, and Index. Features the following: "Introduction: Ethnicity in Southern Africa History" by Leroy Vail, "The Beginnings of Afrikaner Ethnic Consciousness, 1850-1915" by Hermann Giliomee, "Afrikaner Women and the Creation of Ethnicity in a Small South African Town, 1902-1950" by Jeffrey Butler, "Exclusion, Classification and Internal Colonialism: The Emergence of Ethnicity Among the Tsonga-Speakers of South Africa" by Patrick Harries, "Missionaries, Migrants and the Manyika: The Invention of Ethnicity in Zimbabwe" by Terence Ranger, "Tribalism in the Political History of Malawi" by Leroy Vail and Landeg White, "History, Ethnicity and Change in the 'Christian Kingdom' of Southeastern Zaire" by Allen F. Roberts, "Patriotism, Patriarchy and Purity: Natal and the Politics of Zulu Ethnic Consciousness" by Shula Marks, "Coloured Identity and Coloured Politics in the Western Cape Region of South Africa" by Ian Goldin, "'We Are All Portuguese!' Challenging the Political Economy of Assimilation: Lourenco Marques, 1870-1933" by Jeanne Penvenne, "A Nation Divided? The Swazi in Swaziland and the Transvaal, 1865-1986" by Hugh Macmillan, "The Formation of the Political Culture of Ethnicity in the Belgian Congo, 1920-1959" by Bogumil Jewsiewicki, "The 'Wild' and 'Lazy' Lamba: Ethnic Stereotypes on the Central African Copperbelt" by Brian Siegel, "From Ethnic Identity to Tribalism: The Upper Zambezi Region of Zambia, 1830-1981" by Robert Papstein, and "Ethnicity and Pseudo-Ethnicity in the Ciskei" by Anonymous. ISBN 0520062841.

Condition: New.

Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. California Letters of the Gold Rush Period: Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society V47, No. 1. Book.

Paperback. ORIGINAL first edition. 396, very good , historical adventure novel, paperback,

Paperback. ORIGINAL first edition. 27, very good , creases (VIOLENT ADVENTURE NOVEL), paperback,

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Hardcover with dustjacket; 256 pages; as new condition; clean and crisp; no internal marks. Foreign shipping may be extra.

Condition: Good. Volume 2 only; No publication date; brown cloth boards with gold spine title; spine is faded; few markings to boards; no jacket; no title page; markings on pastedowns and front endpaper; text appears to be unmarked; text in columns; this volume starts at "Poems" and ends at "Zurla"; oblong 8vo, 7 3/4" to 9 3/4" tall; Additional shipping charges may be requested for international or expedited orders.

Paperback. Condition: Fair. 1937; Chicago; Ex-library with typical stamps and markings; brown paper covers with labels pasted on front covers; edges are worn; 196 pages; Interior is clean and unmarked; 8vo, 7 3/4" to 9 3/4" tall.