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VIEWS OF DULUTH, MINN.

By: N/A

Price: $55.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto / Duluth, Minn., W.G. MacFarlane for S.H. Knox & Co.: 1910

Seller ID: 30505

Binding: Stapled in Wraps

Condition: Fair

Unpaginated (40 pp excluding covers), oblong (7" H x 9" D), purple paper covers with decorative gilt lettering on front. Undated, but c1910. One page of introductory text followed by captioned b&w photographs of streetscapes, schools, churches, commercial buildings, parks, docks, shipping, industries, scenery, etc. Some pages have two or more images. Interior - most pages have soft creases at top/bottom corner, soiling at top/bottom corners of first page with a tiny corner repair at bottom corner. Exterior - wear at top/bottom of spine icluding a 1/2" tear at bottom of spine, hea...
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TITANIC: THE OFFICIAL STORY.

By: N/A

Price: $18.00 USD

Publisher: Kew, Richmond, Public Record Office / National Archives:

Seller ID: 30603

ISBN: 1873162375

Binding: Folder

Condition: Very Good

Pictorial folder (9" H x 14" W), containing 18 facsimile documents (some multi-page, some fold-out) pertaining to the Titanic story - plus 15 page introductory pamphlet. No date - c1990. Contents: Transcripts of Registrar General's copy of the Register for transmission to Registrar-General of Shipping and Seamen; Report of Survey of an Emigrant Ship; Certificates of Clearance for an Emigrant Ship; Cross section and deck plans of the 'Titanic'; Extract of the Report of the British Commission of Enquiry into the loss ot the 'Titanic' - describing the decks, accommodation, structure and l...
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WORLD AIRCRAFT: COMMERCIAL, 1935-1960.

By: Angelucci, Enzo and Matricardi, Paolo.

Price: $10.00 USD

Publisher: Chicago, Rand McNally: 1979

Seller ID: 16187

ISBN: 528882066

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

317 pp, small 8vo (7 1/2" H). Profusely illustrated in color and b&w with drawings, profiles, insignia, reproductions of posters. Contents: United States; Great Britain; USSR; France; Italy; Germany; Sweden; Japan; Holland; Canada; Poland; Czechoslovakia; Romania; Spain; Argentina; Australia; Switzerland; People's Republic of China; Major Commercial Aircraft; Civil Aviation Registration Letters - 1960; Insignia of the Major Airlines in 1960; Principal Airports of the World - 1960; Engines. Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - book lightly cocked, very l...
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MOTORING WITH THE SASKATCHEWAN MOTOR CLUB 1901-1980.

By: Balfour, Marjorie.

Price: $25.00 USD

Publisher: Saskatchewan, Self-published: 1980

Seller ID: 28137

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

110 pp, 10 1/2" H. Faux leather covers with gilt lettring on spine and front board. The story of the Saskatchwan Motor Club told through newspaper articles, letters, b&w photographs, reproductions, etc. Faint erased pencil mark at top of free front endpaper, very minor edge wear, tiny corner bump on front cover.
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RUSSIAN PROPLINERS & JETLINERS.

By: Ballantine, Colin.

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Osceola, WI, Motorbooks: 1993

Seller ID: 24572

ISBN: 0879388315

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Near Fine

Unpaginated, 10 1/2" H. Profusely illustrated with colour photographs of Soviet-built propeller and jet aircraft, helicopters, and even the TU-144 'Concordskii' - aircraft used around the world: North Korea, Cuba, Mongolia, Czechoslovakia, etc. are covered. Tiny dint on bottom of text block, very minor rubbing.
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AIRLINES & AIRLINERS. SPRING 94. ISSUE No. 3. VANGUARD.

By: Bao, Phil Lo, editor.

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Feltham, Middlesex, Aviation Data Centre: 1994

Seller ID: 30262

Binding: Stapled in Wraps

Condition: Very Good+

32 pp, 11 5/8" H. B&w and colour photographs, b&w seating plans. Contents: History; Vanguard Production; Technical Summary. Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - minor toning at top edge of covers.
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CONCORDE. MODERN CIVIL AIRCRAFT SERIES.

By: Birtles, Philip.

Price: $10.00 USD

Publisher: London, Ian Allan: 1988

Seller ID: 24897

ISBN: 0711014337

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good+

80 pp, 9 3/16" H. Profusely illustrated with b&w photographs, drawings. Contents: Preface; The Aircraft is Conceived; Design and Development; Testing Concorde; Concorde Power - the Olympus Engine; Concorde Equipment; Concorde in Service; Concorde Operation; Sales Options and Production; Appendices: Specifications; United States and Russian Competition. Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - minor rubbing.
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SOUTH ATLANTIC SEAWAY: AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF THE PASSENGER LINES AND LINERS FROM EUROPE TO BRAZIL, URUGUAY AND ARGENTINA.

By: Bonsor, N.R.P.

Price: $30.00 USD

Publisher: Jersey, Channel Islands, Brookside Publications: 1983

Seller ID: 27014

ISBN: 0905824067

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

525 pp, large 8vo (9 3/8" H). Map endpapers, b&w photographs. "(T)he first comprehensive book devoted to the passenger lines and liners running from Europe to Brazil, Uruguay and Argentina. Seventy-one lines have been deemed to merit a chapter and fleet list, but it is a sad thought that only one of them, the Costa Line, is still running a multi-passenger service between the Old World and these countries of the New, and even their sailings are not very frequent. The reason, of course, is that the steamship and motorship have been eclipsed by the aeroplane. (This book) contains abo...
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THE AIRLINES OF THE WORLD.

By: Brimson, Samuel.

Price: $35.00 USD

Publisher: Sydney, Dreamweaver: 1985

Seller ID: 23038

ISBN: 094982500X

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good+

256 pp, 4to (11 3/4" H). Profusely illustrated with b&w and colour photographs. "This is the story of commercial aviation - of the individual airlines which grew out of humble beginnings into the corporate giants they are today. It is also the story of people. People such as Paterson, Six, Boeing, Fysh, Trippe, Hanshue, Plesman, Rickenbacker, Hughes, Frye and many other who pioneered commercial aviation and went on to found some of the greatest airlines in the world. The names of Boeing, Douglas, Lockhhed, Fokker, etc., are synonymous with flying today; but what of other pioneers, of ...
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WEATHER FLYING. REVISED AND ENLARGED THIRD EDITION.

By: Buck, Robert N. Introduction by Wolfgang Langewiesche.

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: New York, Macmillan: 1988

Seller ID: 24320

ISBN: 0025180215

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

311 pp, 8vo (8 1/2" H). B&w photographs, drawings, maps. "Revised and updated, this edition includes: New ways to obtain weather information before and in flight using national TV coverage and the new-style FSS stations; An expanded section on the use of satellite pictures, including new illustrations; A simple explanation of wind shear and its avoidance, with an appraisal of the new instrumention to help fly through it; The latest information on radar and its use, and the importance of Stormscope, especially for smaller aircraft." Dust jacket has light wrinkling at top/bottom of...
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THE CANAL BUILDERS.

By: Burton, Anthony.

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: London, Eyre Methuen: 1972

Seller ID: 29407

ISBN: 413284107

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

230 pp, 8 3/4" H. B&w photographs, reproductions, maps. "(T)he story of the men who, in little more than half a century from 1760, created a network of canals that revolutionised transport and represent-ed the greatest achievement in civil engineering in Britain since the Romans. In those few years between the opening of the Bridgewater Canal in 1761 and the coming of the railways early in the nine-teenth century, tens of thousands of men were involved in canal construction. They came from all classes of society - from aristocratic promoters like the Duke of Bridgewater to Irish pe...
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THE FRANCES SMITH: PALACE STEAMER OF THE UPPER GREAT LAKES, 1867-96.

By: Cameron, Scott L. Foreword by C. Patrick Labadie.

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, Natural Heritage: 2005

Seller ID: 24498

ISBN: 1897045042

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Near Fine

265 pp, large 8vo (9" H). B&w photographs, reproductions, maps. Contents: Steamboats on the Upper Lakes; Captain W.H. Smith Arrives on Georgian Bay; Economic Prospects Around Georgian Bay, 1865; The Construction of the 'Frances Smith'; Aground in Georgian Bay; The Red River Affair; Aboard a Palace Steamer in the 1870s-80s; The Great Storm of '75; Serious Challenges; Delivering the Royal Mail; Troubles on the Lakes; Confrontation with United States Customs; Changing Fortunes; Brutal Outrage on the 'Baltic'; Farewell to the 'Baltic'; Appendices; Notes; Resources; Index; About the Author. I...
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BRITISH MOTORCYCLES SINCE 1900.

By: Collins, Paul.

Price: $40.00 USD

Publisher: Shepperton, Ian Allan: 1998

Seller ID: 22730

ISBN: 0711024901

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

128 pp, large 8vo (9 1/2" H). Profusely illustrated with b&w photographs, reproductions. "For biking enthusiasts worldwide the names of the great British manufacturers trip off the tongue - BSA, Triumph, Norton, Rudge, Ariel, Greeves, Velocette, Vincent and many more; names that are redolent of the era when British bikes dominated motor sport. Such was the impact of the postwar Japanese competition, however, that the British motorcycle industry all but died. There have been occasional green shoots of recovery, but these were often ill-funded and doomed to eventual failure. But, like m...
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THE FALL AND RISE OF STEAM.

By: Cooke, Brian.

Price: $30.00 USD

Publisher: London, Jane's: 1982

Seller ID: 19709

ISBN: 0710602006

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

128 pp, oblong 8vo (8 9/16" H x 11 1/2" D). Profusely illustrated with b&w photographs. "One man's personal, photographic record of the steam locomotive's elimination from Britain's nationalised railway network and its subsequent reappearance as a source of recreation and pleasure. Brian Cooke brings to his subject a rare combination of the technique and skills of a professional creative photographer coupled with first-hand knowledge of the steam locomotive both on and off the footplate. His pictures remind us of steam's melancholy rundown, with emphasis on scenes in his native no...
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STEAM NAVIGATION AND ITS RELATION TO THE COMMERCE OF CANADA AND THE UNITED STATES.

By: Croil, James.

Price: $25.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, Coles: 1973

Seller ID: 28102

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine

381 pp, 8 5/8" H. Burgundy cloth with black title block, gilt lettering/banding on spine, gilt lettering/banding on front board - one of the Coles Canadian Collection. B&w photographs, drawings, reproductions, maps. A facsimile of the edition published by William Briggs, Toronto, 1898. "(This) is an exciting study of the development of steam navigation in Canada. In tracing the transition from sailing ships to the paddle-steamer, and from the paddle-steamer to the revolutionary screw-propeller, the author writes with the kind of imaginative insight that brings back to life a past a...
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STEAM NAVIGATION AND ITS RELATION TO THE COMMERCE OF CANADA AND THE UNITED STATES.

By: Croil, James.

Price: $22.50 USD

Publisher: Toronto, Coles: 1973

Seller ID: 28292

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

Image for WORLD AVIATION DIRECTORY: LISTING AVIATION COMPANIES AND OFFICIALS COVERING THE UNITED STATES, CANADA AND 136 COUNTRIES IN EUROPE, CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA, AFRICA AND MIDDLE EAST, AUSTRALASIA AND ASIA. SUMMER 1965. VOLUME 26, NUMBER 1.

WORLD AVIATION DIRECTORY: LISTING AVIATION COMPANIES AND OFFICIALS COVERING THE UNITED STATES, CANADA AND 136 COUNTRIES IN EUROPE, CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA, AFRICA AND MIDDLE EAST, AUSTRALASIA AND ASIA. SUMMER 1965. VOLUME 26, NUMBER 1.

By: Dean, Donald W., editor.

Price: $25.00 USD

Publisher: Washington, D.C., American Aviation Publications: 1965

Seller ID: 28931

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

1154 pp, 7 1/2" H. Title page states: Volume 28, Number 1, but on spine is printed "No. 51". Fore edge of textblock stamped "Parker & Co. / International, Inc." with advertisement for their business in the directory. Some pictorial advertising with the occasional touch of color, attached bookmark advertising Curtiss Wright, six page black/white/blue advertisement for Allen Aircraft Radio, Inc. (AAR), including fold-out. 3-fold pamphlet "Corrected Pages for Index of Companies and Organizations" laid in. Contents include: U.S. Air Carriers; U.S. Interstate & Other S...
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WORLD AVIATION DIRECTORY: LISTING AVIATION COMPANIES AND OFFICIALS COVERING THE UNITED STATES, CANADA AND 147 COUNTRIES IN EUROPE, CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA, AFRICA AND MIDDLE EAST, AUSTRALASIA AND ASIA. WINTER 1967-68. VOLUME 28, NUMBER 2.

By: Dean, Donald W., editor.

Price: $25.00 USD

Publisher: Washington, D.C., American Aviation Publications: 1968

Seller ID: 28932

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

1322 pp, 7 1/2" H. Title page states: Volume 28, Number 2, but on spine is printed "No. 56". Fore edge of textblock stamped "Parker & Co. / International, Inc." with advertisement for their business in the directory. Some pictorial advertising with the some touches of color, two attached bookmarks advertising: 1. Curtiss Wright and 2. Trodyne Corporation. Advertisement for Airwork has slim fold-out section. Covers: Air Carriers, Aircraft-Engines-Systems Manufacturers; Buyers Guide, Aviation Fuel & Oil Companies; U.S. Terminal Airports/Non-Terminal Airports; Airline Trai...
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WORLD AVIATION DIRECTORY: LISTING AVIATION COMPANIES AND OFFICIALS COVERING THE UNITED STATES, CANADA AND 145 COUNTRIES IN EUROPE, CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA, AFRICA AND MIDDLE EAST, AUSTRALASIA AND ASIA. WINTER 1966-67. VOLUME 27, NUMBER 2.

By: Dean, Donald W., editor.

Price: $25.00 USD

Publisher: Washington, D.C., American Aviation Publications: 1967

Seller ID: 28944

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

1318 pp, 7 5/8" H. Title page states: Volume 27, Number 2, but on spine is printed "No. 54". Fore edge of textblock stamped "Parker & Co. / International, Inc.". Some pictorial advertising with the occasional touch of color, attached bookmarks advertising Curtiss Wright and U.S. Gear, advertisement for Airwork has slim fold-out section. Covers: Air Carriers, Aircraft-Engines-Systems Manufacturers; Buyers Guide, Aviation Fuel & Oil Companies; U.S. Terminal Airports/Non-Terminal Airports; Airline Training Schools; U.S. Government Agencies; Airport Commissions; Internationa...
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THE HIGHWAY TRAFFIC ACT. REVISED STATUTES OF ONTARIO, 1937. CHAPTER 288. AS AMENDED BY 1938, CHAPTER 17 AND 1939, CHAPTER 20.

By: Department of Highways, Motor Vehicles Branch.

Price: $30.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, T.E. Bowman: 1939

Seller ID: 19377

Binding: Stapled in Wraps

Condition: Very Good

100 pp, 6 1/2" H. Contents: Interpretation; Registration and Permits; Requirement as to Equipment; Chauffeur's Licences; Garage and Storage Licences; Rate of Speed; Weight and Load; Rules of the Road; Prohibitions and Responsibility for Accidents; Arrests, Impounding of Motor Vehicles and Rewards; Procedure, Penalties and Conviction; Traction Engines on Highways; Operator's Licence; Financial Responsibility of Owners and Drivers; Accident Reporting, Statistics and Rating; Schedule A: Certificate of Justice; Miscellaneous: Criminal Code (Extracts from); Index. Interior - staples slightly ...
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Category: Transportation