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SOUTHERN PACIFIC DAYLIGHT STEAM LOCOMOTIVES (TRAINTECH)
Written by Kenneth G. Johnsen.
Stock no. 1829193
Published by Speciality Press.
1st
2006.
Slightly better than very good condition.
This book covers the Daylight's inception and glory years, the Warbaby era, the Western Pacific versions, the American Freedom Train, and the modern-day adventures of the 4449. Large format. Yellow pictorial cardwraps. B/w & colour photos throughout. 112 pages including index. ISBN: 9781580070980. Covers are clean and bright. Title page has ink imprinting from facing text of inside front cover. Else a lovely clean copy.
- Categorised in:
- TRANSPORT
- RAILWAYS
- LOCOMOTIVES
- AMERICA
ILLUSTRATED TREASURY OF THE AMERICAN LOCOMOTIVE COMPANY 1837-1969
Written by O.M. Kerr.
Stock no. 1829008
Published by DPA-LTA Enterprises Inc..
Circa
2000.
Slightly better than very good condition.
Includes continued Bombardier production in Montreal Canada until 1979. Large format. Blue glazed pictorial boards. Full of b/w photos of locomotives. 224 pages. ISBN: 0919295355. Spine lightly faded. Boards lightly scuffed. Contents clean.
- Categorised in:
- TRANSPORT
- RAILWAYS
- LOCOMOTIVES
- COMPANY HISTORY
- AMERICA
LINCOLN'S NAVY: THE SHIPS, MEN AND ORGANIZATION 1861-65
Written by Donald L. Canney.
Stock no. 1828188
Published by Conway Maritime Press.
1st
1998.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
Companion volume to the highly acclaimed 'Nelson's Navy' and 'The Confederate Navy'. Large format. Navy blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and illustrations. 232 pages including index. ISBN: 0851776698. Minor fading to base of spine. Contents clean. Dustwrapper has a scuff to both fold edges, rear panel is lightly browned and has previous bookseller's price label, lightly scuffed.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (AMERICAN)
- CIVIL WAR
- CIVIL WAR (AMERICAN)
- MARITIME
- NAVY
- AMERICA
- MILITARY
- WARSHIP
FIGHTERS OF THE 8TH AIR FORCE
Written by Gerard Paloque.
Stock no. 1825655
Published by Histoire & Collections.
1st
2013.
Nearly fine condition.
Air Stories series. The 8th Air Force was the first US Army Air Force (USAAF) strategic air force to be formed in WWII. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. Colour illustrations of aircraft. ISBN: 9782352503286. A lovely copy.
- Categorised in:
- MILITARY
- AVIATION
- AIR FORCE
- AMERICA
- WORLD WAR II
THE DOUGLAS DC-1/DC-2/DC-3 THE FIRST SEVENTY YEARS (TWO VOLUMES)
Written by J.M.G. Gradidge.
Stock no. 1825592
Published by Air-Britain (historians) Ltd..
1st
2006.
Slightly better than very good condition.
Two volume set. Pictorial glazed boards. Colour & b/w photos. ISBN: 0851303323. Volume 1 has light wear to top of spine. Volume 2 is very lightly faded to spine and has a minor bump to base of spine. Light scuffing to rear boards. Contents are fine.
DELIVER US FROM DARKNESS
Written by Ian Gardiner.
Stock no. 1825320
Published by Osprey Publishing.
1st
2012.
Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
The Untold Story of Third Battalion 506 Parachute Infantry Regiment during Operation Market Garden. Follow-up to the critically acclaimed Tonight We Die As Men, drawing on years of research and extended interviews with veterans and civilians caught up in the fighting to tell this gripping account. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and maps. ISBN: 9781849087179. Tiny nick to margin of one page else fine. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.
- Categorised in:
- MILITARY
- REGIMENTAL HISTORY (FOREIGN)
- AMERICA
- INFANTRY
- WORLD WAR II
CONSUMING THE AMERICAN LANDSCAPE
Written by Robert A. Sobieszek; George F. Thompson; Stanley Diamond.
Illustrated by John Ganis.
Stock no. 1824263
Published by Dewi Lewis Publishing.
1st
2003.
Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
Chronicling the effects of development and extraction industries in every region of the United States over a period of almost 20 years. Abandoned wrecks, desolate strip mines, clear-cut forests, industrial parks, landfill sites and terrains flattened for housing developments. Large, oblong format. Grey boards, blind titles. Colour photos, some poems accompanying. ISBN: 1904587003. Narrow band of fading to boards at horizontal edges. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is faded to front vertical edge and a little scuffed. Contains publishers statements and one loose plate (extra).
- Categorised in:
- ART
- PHOTOGRAPHY
- AMERICA
- LANDSCAPE
SOUL OF A NATION: ART IN THE AGE OF BLACK POWER
Written by Mark Godfrey; Zoe Whitley.
Stock no. 1824249
Published by Tate Publishing.
1st
2017.
Slightly better than very good condition.
A significant and transformative contribution to art history and American history. This volume documents the powerful role black artists had in shaping contemporary art and our society at a pivotal moment in history. Published to compliment the exhibition at Tate Modern 2017 of the same name. Cardwraps. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 9781849764636. Light scuffing to covers, contents fine.
- Categorised in:
- ART
- BLACK INTEREST
- AMERICA
- CATALOGUE (ART)
THE BLACK PANTHERS
Written by Shames Stephen; Bobby Seale; Charles E. Jones.
Illustrated by Stephen Shames.
Stock no. 1824248
Published by Aperture.
1st
2006.
Nearly fine condition.
Campus uprisings, urban rebellions, and the Vietnam War rocked the nation when the Black Panther Party arose during the last 1960s. Stephen Shames's exceptional photographs - ranging from the affectionate private moments to intense demonstrations - span the places where the Panthers made their greatest impact. Powerful and poignant images of the most courageous group of young black people ever organized in America. Matt white pictorial boards. B/w photos throughout. ISBN: 9781597110242. A lovely copy with some light scuffing to boards.
- Categorised in:
- ART
- PHOTOGRAPHY
- AMERICA
- BLACK INTEREST
BY MOTOR TO THE GOLDEN GATE
Written by Emily Post; Jane Lancaster.
Stock no. 1823860
Published by McFarland & Company, Inc..
1st thus
2004.
Very good condition.
In 1915, journalist Emily Post set out from New York to investigate whether is was possible to drive comfortably across the country to San Francisco in an automobile. This is a reprint of Post's only travel book, originally published in 1916. This annotated edition includes a biographical sketch of Post. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 0786419407. Glued binding at half-title is drying out and thus split at lower half - front joint fragile but binding still tight elsewhere.
TWA: AN AIRLINE AND ITS AIRCRAFT
Written by R.E.G. Davies.
Illustrated by Mike Machat.
Stock no. 2139593
Published by Paladwr Press.
1st USA
2000.
Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
75 Years of Pioneering Progress. Oblong format. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w photos and illustrations. ISBN: 188896216X. Some light browning to wrapper.
- Categorised in:
- TRANSPORT
- AVIATION
- AIRCRAFT
- COMPANY HISTORY
- AMERICA
COMMUTER AIRLINES OF THE UNITED STATES
Written by R.E.G. Davies; I.E. Quastler; George Haddaway.
Stock no. 2139415
Published by Smithsonian Institution Press.
1st USA
1995.
Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Beige cloth with silver title to spine. Foreword by Haddaway. ISBN: 156098404X. Light knocks to top and tail of spine. Wrapper is a little edge-creased.
- Categorised in:
- TRANSPORT
- AVIATION
- AMERICA
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (AMERICAN)