Samuel Dougherty (18 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Good. SIGNED by author on first page. Light edge wear and rubbing, small tear at base of spine, book store sticker on front cover, interior is clean. Signed by Author(s).

Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. Red cloth boards are exposed where the dust jacket is missing. The dust jacket is heavily damaged, with large portions missing from the top front panel and spine, and smaller chips along the edges. The binding is firm. Internal pages are clean and free of markings or inscriptions. No library stamps or stickers are present. heavily damaged with large sections missing. John Signor (cover design and maps) (illustrator).…

PAPERBACK. Condition: VERY GOOD. AN EXTREMELY CLEAN AND BRIGHT UNMARKED COPY OF THIS BOOK.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. 1st. Green hardcover cloth binding clean, square and tight. Bookstore stamp ffep. DJ has some chips and tears, wrinkles along top of front cover, light soiling. 277 pages. Hero of the story, Roy McNair, is a trail breaker, a fellow of large human strengths and weaknesse, pure and cunning in his way as the animals he hunts and traps for aliving. However, organized society and its laws are tracking him down, so he is not only the hunter but also the hunted. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Dougherty, James and Bryant, Samuel (jacket only) (illustrator).…

Soft cover. Condition: As New. 1st Edition. A real nice clean 155 page first edition softcover. Signed on dedication page by author. From preface: This book is written as a tribute to the men and women who comprise the cast of characters in the passing parade of railroad history. It is written mostly from memory and with gratitude and genuine affection for all those hogheads, ashcats, shacks, snakes, conductors, paperheads and nut-splitters; all of the people who make up the railroad, brass hats included. They are gone now, the strong personalities, the rugged individuals from the old days of fire and steam. Size: 8h x 5w. Signed by Author(s). Book.…

Trade paperback. Condition: Very Good. First edition. "This book is written as a tribute to the men and women who comprise the cast of characters in the passing parade of railroad history. It is written mostly from memory and with gratitude and genuine affection for all those hogheads, ashcats, shacks, snakes, conductors, paperheads and nut-splitters; all of the people who make up the railroad, brass hats included. They are gone now, the strong personalities, the rugged individuals from the old days of fire and steam. Gone also are the colorful events and comic antics that once made the railroad such an interesting place to work.". …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. CALL THE BIG HOOK. Dougherty, Samuel A. Golden West Books. 1984. 256p. hardcover with dust jacket, dust jacket bumped/scuffed/tears, boards lightly bumped/scuffed, binding tight, text clean/unmarked, NOT xlib 19.00.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 256pp, 1984. Red cloth hardback, no dustjacket. Several addresses of a former owner are written on the inside front cove. No other marks, no tears. A bright and clean copy. Size: 8vo - over 7? - 9?" tall. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. First edition. first printing. The story of the author's years of service with the Denver & Rio Grande Western. It illustrates the evolution of D&RGW safety practices and it presents the cause, effect and how a given accident could have been prevented. 256 pages with photographs. Fine in fine and bright dust jacket. An as new copy. Book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jackets. 1st. 4vol. set (no Vol.1); 364pp. each; HBs red w/gilt & black; slight rub w/clean, tight pgs. Chinese Character Indexes are essential tools designed to advance the integration of Chinese characters in computational processes. NO VOLUME 1. v2: Romanization Index. v3: Radical Index. v4: Total Stroke Count Index. v5: Four Corner System Index.…

hardcover. Condition: near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. first edition. Quartos (approx. 8 5/8" wide by 11 1/8" tall), red cloth covers with gilt spine titles. A few rounded cover corners. Plain kraft dust wrappers with die-cut circles in the spine to reveal title and volume number. Vol. 1: Telegraphic Code Index. Vol. 2: Romanization Index. Vol. 3: Radical Index. Vol. 4: Total Stroke Count Index. Vol. 5: Four Corner System Index. A couple of small closed tears in dust wrappers. 091625C Language, Writing, Chinese 091625C . This set will require additional postage for shipping. …

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Softcover. Brown paper wraps with black lettering. Title page dated 1932. 152 pages. Exhibition catalogue, for public sale from March 31 and April 1 and 2. In good condition. Covers have some light smudging; a bit of chipping at head and foot of spine. Light shelf-wear along edges. Pages are free of marks or tears. First few pages appear to have been dog-eared, but pages otherwise are free of any creasing. A number of black and white photos of eighteenth century furniture.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Red cloth. Four volumes out of five!! Missing volume five!! Lower right corners are bumps lightly but books are otherwise very nice, clean and attractive, with a solid binding and clean pages.

hardcover. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 5 volume set. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. Audience: General/trade. 0.0.

Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket.; 8.4 X 5.6 X 1.0 inches.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Unstated. Call the Big Hook by Dougherty, Samuel Golden West Books, 1984,m unstated ed. ISBN: 0870950878 Hardback in good condition with good dust jacket. Text is clean and unmarked, binding tight. Clothe cover is clean, dust jacket shows slight signs of wear, with a small tear front otherwise clean. The Big Hook is the order given to the dispatcher when a train derails. This is the huge crane that railroads use to set right trains that have fallen off tracks, turned over or derailed in some way. Dougherty started as a section laborer working his way up to Road Forman. Several years of various Road Forman jobs lead to his being named Superintendent of Safety, Rules and Training and in that position for the Denver and Rio Grande he worked many times with the Big Hook. Great train wreck photos, stories of wrecks and how the mess was cleaned up using the Big Hook. B&W photos and illustrations, Glossary, two index's, 256 pages. Book.…