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"Steamin' to the Bells": Around the Middle Sea- the Allerites' Own Book.

By: McClure, Alfred. (ed).

Price: $205.00

Publisher: Philadelphia: McClure, 1900.: 1900

Seller ID: nm 89

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

#59 of 350 copies. 335p. photos. Oversize. White cloth with decorated cover. SIGNED by McClure. Chronicles voyage of North German Lloyd Steamer Aller in the Mediterranean. Much ephemera of the trip laid in. Fine copy.
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A Century of Pullman Cars. Volume One. Alphabetical List

By: Barger, Ralph.

Price: $200.00

Publisher: Sykesville, Maryland, U.S.A., Greenberg, 1988.: 1988

Seller ID: nm 2827

ISBN: 0897780612

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: As New

2nd Printing. 319p. photos. With Correction sheets. Oversize. Jacket front scratched. Fine/Near Fine Copy
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A Companion to Canadian National Railways : An Annotated Historical Roster of Passenger Equipment

By: Lepkey, Gay.

Price: $250.00

Publisher: Bytown Railway Society, 1999.: 1999

Seller ID: nm 2829

ISBN: 0921871031

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: As New

1st ed. 322p. Photos. Line drawings. Oversize. As new/As new Copy
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A Complete History of Connecticut: Civil & Ecclesiastical...1630-1764.

By: Trumbull, Benjamin.

Price: $300.00

Publisher: H. D. Utley, 1898.: 1898

Seller ID: nm 2531

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

2 vols. 495p + 475p. Tan cloth. Spines slightly darkened. Clean & tight inside. Very Good+ Set
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A Manual Containing Information Respecting the Growth of the Mulberry Tree with Suitable Directions for the Culture of Silk.

By: Cobb, J. H.

Price: $262.00

Publisher: Boston: Carter, Hendee and Babcock, 1831.: 1831

Seller ID: nm 2358

Binding: Hardback

Condition: Near Fine

68p. 3 plates: 2 hand colored of mulberry leaves & of the development of the silk worm. third plate shows machinery for silk making. Paper covered boards, cloth spine. Water spots on front, foxing. Near Fine copy
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A New and Authentic History of England: From the Remotest Period of Intelligence to the Close of the Year 1767.

By: Clarendon, Hugh.

Price: $250.00

Publisher: London: J. Cook, c. 1770.: 1770

Seller ID: nm 3872

Binding: Hardback

Condition: Fair

2 vols. 570p. + 593 + index 8p. Rag paper. 72 Engravings. Original calf leather. Spines very darkened (water damaged?). Front board is off vol. I. Others tender. Much edge wear. Fair set.
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A Woman from Memphis: Poems 1960-78.

By: Sargent, Robert.

Price: $295.00

Publisher: DC: The Works, 1987.: 1987

Seller ID: nm 788

ISBN: 0915380072

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Fine

2d. ed. 42p. Original William Christenberry color photograph 3 x 5" mounted on front cover. SIGNED by Sargent. Wraps. Color photo is of a dilapidated doorway: mixture of classical with plywood & rusting metal & bungled signage. Fine copy.
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Adventures in the Wilds of the United States & British American Provinces.

By: Lanman, Charles.

Price: $600.00

Publisher: Philadelphia: Moore, 1856.: 1856

Seller ID: nm 3294

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

514p.+ 517p. total 12 illustrations: all present. Original embossed red cloth with gilt image of moose on front covers & fish on spine. Corners slightly worn as are tops of spines. Publishing date has been inked on top of spine of vol I. Very Good Set
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Air Service Engine Handbook.

By: Hourwich, Iskander. (ed).

Price: $300.00

Publisher: Dayton: Engineering Div, McCook Field., 1925. 1st Ed.: 1925

Seller ID: nm 345

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fair

738p. line drawings, graphs. Produced for the US Army Air Service. Both hinges brocken, wear to top & bottom of spine. Fair copy.
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Allis-Chalmers Construction Machinery & Industrial Equipment

By: Swinford, Norm.

Price: $200.00

Publisher: Motorbooks, 1998: 1998

Seller ID: nm 4079

ISBN: 0760304858

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: As New

First ed. 320p. b/w Photos. Oversize. Jacket priced. As New/As New Copy
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American Academy & American Art-Union. Introduction & Exhibition Record 1816-1852.

By: Cowdrey, Mary B.

Price: $325.00

Publisher: New York Historical Society, 1953.: 1953

Seller ID: nm 3407

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

2 volumes: Introduction & Exhibition Record. 311p. + 504p. Red cloth. Owner's name. Fine set.
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An Overland Journey Round the World During the Years 1841 & 1842.

By: Simpson, George (Gov of Hudsons Bay Terr)

Price: $300.00

Publisher: Philadelphia: Lea & Blanchard, 1847.: 1847

Seller ID: nm 169

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

230p. Original embossed red cloth. Inscribed Wm. Samuel Johnson. Foxing to end papers. Top & bottom of spine chipped, side of spine ripped about 3/4 of length. Good Copy.
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Art of Brass in Model Railroading. Vol. 1.

By: Kumata, Seichi.

Price: $200.00

Publisher: Tokyo: Pesse Eisenbahn, 1982.: 1982

Seller ID: nm 3604

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

218p. b/w photos. Oversize. Owner's emboss on jacket flaps & flyleaves. Fine/Fine copy
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Articulated Steam Locomotives of North America. Vol. I.

By: LeMassena, Robert.

Price: $165.00

Publisher: Sundance, 1979.: 1979

Seller ID: nm 3602

ISBN: 0913582263

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

1st ed. Ltd. ed. Copy 1369 of ??. 416p. photos. Some color. Oversize. Pictorial cover. Black faux leather spine. SIGNED on half title by copy number. In vinyl protector. Fine copy
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Atlantic City Railroad: Royal Route to the Sea. History of the Reading's Seashore Railroad 1877-1933.

By: Cook & Coxey.

Price: $170.00

Publisher: West Jersey Chapter, National Railway Historical Soc., 1980.: 1980

Seller ID: nm 3671

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

NAP. 172p. b/w photos. Maps. Oversize. Fine/Fine copy
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Autograph Letter SIGNED.

By: Frankfurter, Felix.

Price: $1,050.00

Publisher: 1960

Seller ID: nm 2164

Binding: Document

Condition: Fine

On US Surpeme Court stationary. Dated September 17, 1960. To A.H. Whitelaw. In reference to Professor Harold Laski. Envelope also handwritten. "Of course I shall be glad to talk to the Guggenheim Foundation, when asked, how highly I value an illuminating exposition of Harold Laski as Teacher and the relevance of such a study to an examination of many educational problems - indeed its bearing on the function of university education. Good luck to you! I don't seem to be able to lay my hands on his letters. I wonder if I gave them to K. Martin. I'll search some more. Yours sincerel...
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Autograph Letter SIGNED.

By: Frankfurter, Felix.

Price: $1,050.00

Publisher: 1956

Seller ID: nm 2165

Binding: Document

On US Surpeme Court stationary. Dated January 28, 1956. To A.H. Whitelaw. In reference to Professor Harold Laski. "Thank you for your kind words. A man must shape and write his own book. My ?? thought for one who is tyring to convey the bards ?? because of Laski, his genius as a teacher ?? what function in is mmore important? Is to avoid the ideological bog of cou??. My ....best to you. Yours sincerely, Felix Frankfurture" Vienna-born Frankfurter had served as an assistant to New York lawyer Henry L. Stimson from 1906-1909 and to Secretary of War Stimson (1911-1913). He taught a...
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Ben-Hur A Tale of Christ

By: Wallace, Lew

Price: $226.00

Publisher: Harper & Brothers, 1880: 1880

Seller ID: nm 2572

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fair

1st ed. Not a first printing as there is no date on the title page. Probably a "second state". Has all the other points for a first edition: "be-became" misprint on page 11 lines 37-38. Short 6 word dedication in 2 lines: "To the wife of my youth" & page count 552p + 12p ads. Hard to say what color it is: somewhat green pebbled cloth with slightly beveled free edges. Gilt lettering on spine but no other decorations. Missing about 1/4 inch of cloth on the spine bottom & Worn at top also. Rubbed front & back. Rear hinge cracked. Page edges slightly water stained on the si...
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Biographical Annals of Cumberland County Pennsylvania Containing the Geneological Records of Prominent & Representative Citizens & Many of the Early Settled Families

By: Zeamer, Jeremiah et al.

Price: $200.00

Publisher: Chicago: Genealogical Co, 1905.: 1905

Seller ID: nm 39

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

850p. Photos. Gilt edged. Recently rebound in leatheette. Very Overzise. Text Very Good, Covers Fine. Overall Near Fine copy
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Budd Car: The RDC Story.

By: Crouse, Chuck.

Price: $150.00

Publisher: Weekend Chief, 1990: 1990

Seller ID: nm 2998B

ISBN: 0961281421

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

NAP. 226p. Photos. Mostly color. Line drawings. Oversize. Fine/Fine copy
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By Rail to the Boardwalk

By: Gladulich, Richard.

Price: $150.00

Publisher: Trans-Anglo, 1986: 1986

Seller ID: nm 3137

ISBN: 0870460765

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: As New

1st ed. 331p. Photos. Oversize. As New/As new Copy
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California & Alaska & Over the Canadian Pacific Railway

By: Webb, William

Price: $190.00

Publisher: Putnam's, 1891.: 1891

Seller ID: nm 54

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

2d ed ( Popular). 268p. illustrated. Original brown Decorated Cover. Top edge gilt. Hinges intact. Fine Copy.
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Californian Pictures in Prose & Verse

By: Avery, Benjamin

Price: $150.00

Publisher: San Francisco: Carson, 1885: 1885

Seller ID: nm 50

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

344p. with 13 engravings of Califonia landscapes. Decorated cover, very bright . Fine Copy.
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Chariots for Apollo: History of Manned Lunar Spacecraft. NASA SP-4205

By: Brooks, Grimwood, & Swenson.

Price: $375.00

Publisher: NASA GPO, 1979/1979: 1979

Seller ID: nm 2520

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

1st ed. First Edition. 538p. Photos. Blue cloth. Heavy. Fine copy
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Choice Spirits Museum: A Collection of Songs.

By: Howard, H.

Price: $300.00

Publisher: London: E. Sumpter 1765.: 1765

Seller ID: nm 3871

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Poor

94p. on rag paper. Satirical/humorous verse. Frontispiece of Howard. Marbled boards, leather spine. Large format. Boards off. No spine. Text block clean & tight. Frontispiece separated. Fair to Poor copy
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Culture of Silk: or, an Essay on Its Rational Practice and Improvement. In Four Parts. For Use of the American Colonies.

By: Pullein, Samuel.

Price: $1,200.00

Publisher: London: Millar, 1758.: 1758

Seller ID: nm 2353

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

299p. Frontispiece. four parts: "I. On the raising and planting of mulberry trees. II. On hatching and rearing the silkworms. III. On obtaining their silk, and breed. IV. On reeling their silk-pods." The two plates (one being the frontispiece) show various machinery and tools for, and stages of, the production of silk. Original leather. Professsional repairs to cover. Binding still tender. Pages OK. In New professionally made clam shell box, light bown cloth the red leather title in spine. Very Good copy.
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