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Car Builder's Cyclopedia of American Practice, 15th Edition
Car Builder's Cyclopedia of American Practice, 15th Edition
by Roy V. Wright
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New York: Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation 1940. Quarto 22 x 30 cm. 1352pp. Fifteenth edition. Original black cloth paneled in blind spine stamped in gilt. All edges red. Black & white illustrations throughout. Cloth rubbed. Corners and spine ends... (read more)

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Locomotive Cyclopedia of American Practice, Seventh Edition, 1925
Locomotive Cyclopedia of American Practice, Seventh Edition, 1925
by Roy V. Wright
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New York: Simmons-Boardman Publishing Company, 1925. Full black cloth stamped in blind. 1131pp. Illustrated throughout with schematics, photographs, & engravings. Boards rubbed, rear joint split 4", front joint split 1" from top. Spine frayed at head... (read more)

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The 1967-1968 Camaro Reference Book
The 1967-1968 Camaro Reference Book
by John R. Hooper
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[No place]: John R. Hooper, (1994). Softcover, 21.5 x 28 cm, 348pp. Pictorial paper wrappers lightly rubbed; light wear to the text block edges; some minor wear to the lower edge of the rear wrapper. Very good condition. RLW... (read more)

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Airborne Signed Edition
Airborne Signed Edition
by William F. Buckley
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Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, (2002). Octavo, 15.5 x 23.5 cm, 252pp. Original full dark blue leather decorated in gilt, with moire endpapers and ribbon marker; all edges gilt. Signed by the author on an inserted page at the front; certificate of... (read more)

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18th Century Shipbuilding Remarks on the Navies of the English & the Dutch by Blaise Ollivier (1737)
18th Century Shipbuilding Remarks on the Navies of the English & the Dutch by Blaise Ollivier (1737)
by Blaise Ollivier and David H. Roberts
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Rotherfield: Jean Boudriot Publications, 1992. Quarto, 30.5 x 23.5. 416 pp. Original dark green cloth-covered boards with pictorial dustjacket. Boards and spine stamped in white. Illustrated throughout in black & white with two folding diagrams... (read more)

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Cab-Forward: The Story of Southern Pacific Articulateds
Cab-Forward: The Story of Southern Pacific Articulateds
by Robert J. Church
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(Omaha: Kratville Publications, 1968) Revised edition. Pictorial paper over boards, photo endpapers. Lacking the dust jacket. Binding soiled, lightly cocked. Fore edge of rear free endpaper worn. Good Condition. BG/kb... (read more)

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Car Builders' Cyclopedia of American Practice, Fifteenth Edition 1940
Car Builders' Cyclopedia of American Practice, Fifteenth Edition 1940
by Roy V. Wright
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(Milwaukee, WI: Kalmbach Publishing Co., 1973.) Quarto, 21 x 29 cm, 1352pp. Fifteenth edition; reprint (originally published in 1940). Black cloth over boards, spine stamped in gilt; all edges stained red. Binding lightly rubbed; corners lightly bumped... (read more)

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To Santa Rosalia Further and Back
To Santa Rosalia Further and Back
by Harold D. Huycke
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Newport News, VA: Mariner's Museum, 1970. 8vo, 23 x 15 cm. xix 631 pp. Publisher's full brown cloth-covered boards; spine stamped in gilt. Illustrated with black & white photography including one folding plate. In a pictorial dustjacket. Dustjacket... (read more)

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Men Against the Rule: A Century of Progress in Yacht Design Signed Edition
Men Against the Rule: A Century of Progress in Yacht Design Signed Edition
by Charles Lane Poor
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NY: Derrydale Press, (1937). Number 11 of 950 copies. This copy was given as a gift to printer Eugene Connett's father in law (Andrew Underhill) & is inscribed & signed by Connett. Underhill's book plate & chops on first free endpaper along with... (read more)

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Curso de Estudios Elementales de Marina; Tomo IV; Que Contiene el Tratado de Pilotage
Curso de Estudios Elementales de Marina; Tomo IV; Que Contiene el Tratado de Pilotage
by Don Gabriel Ciscar
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Mexico: [N. P.], 1825. 8vo, 20.5 x 12 cm. 197 pp + 6 folding plates Recent navy cloth over boards; spine stamped in gilt. Library call numbers in gilt at tail of spine. Evidence of library ownership to front and rear endpapers, not affecting text... (read more)

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The Story of Erie: Between the Ocean and the Lakes
The Story of Erie: Between the Ocean and the Lakes
by Edward Harold Mott
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New York: John S. Collins, 1901. Quarto, 24 x 30 cm. xii, 524pp. Original black cloth. All edges gilt. Patterned endpapers. Illustrations throughout. Binding lightly rubbed. Hinges split: shaken, but still sound. Good condition. BG/beh... (read more)

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Canoes of Oceania
Canoes of Oceania
by A. C. Haddon and James Hornell
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Honolulu: Bishop Museum Press, 1975. Trade paperback. xvii, 342, 88pp. Illustrated throughout with line drawings & photographs. Binding lightly soiled, worn. Spine starting at pp. 380, 381. Good Condition. JIH/kb... (read more)

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Offenhauser: The Legendary Racing Engine and the Men Who Built It
Offenhauser: The Legendary Racing Engine and the Men Who Built It
by Gordon Eliot White
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The first history Offenhauser, the most successful engine from the mid-'30s to the 1950 Indy 500, the first 30 cars Offenhauser engines and by 1954 finished was powered by an "Offy".... (read more)

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Bourne's Great Western Railway
Bourne's Great Western Railway
by John C. Bourne
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New York: Augustus M. Kelley 1969. Elephant folio 54 x 39 cm. 58pp maps & plates. First edition thus a reprint of the 1843 first edition. Original quarter black cloth grey cloth over boards spine gilt. In the original paper dust jacket protected with an... (read more)

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Fathoms Below: Under-Sea Salvage from Sailing Ships to the Normandie
Fathoms Below: Under-Sea Salvage from Sailing Ships to the Normandie
by Frank Meier
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New York: E P Dutton, 1943 First edition. 8vo., green cloth over boards stamped in blue. Illustrated dust jacket. Illustrated with black & white photographs. Corners lightly bumped, spine bumped at head. Light wear to extremities. Book plate on front... (read more)

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Marmon Handbook
Marmon Handbook
by Nordyke & Marmon Company
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Indianapolis: Nordyke & Marmon Co., [circa 1920s]. Eighteenmo, 15.5 x 11.5 cm. 288 pp. + index Text block bound with brass clasps. Illustrated throughout with drawings, photographs and diagrams. Front and rear pages soiled, creased and torn, loosening... (read more)

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The Boomer: A Story of the Rails
The Boomer: A Story of the Rails
by Harry Bedwell
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Toronto: Farrar & Rinehart, (1942). Original gray cloth printed in red, full color dustjacket. Light wear, fading to extremities. Imperfectly opened at pp. 163 - 170, with tears at the bottom, affecting the text on pp. 165 - 166. Dustjacket complete with... (read more)

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Nothing Like It in the World Signed 1st Edition
Nothing Like It in the World Signed 1st Edition
by Stephen Ambrose
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Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, (2000). Octavo, 16 x 24 cm, 431pp. Limited first edition, #831 of 1650 copies, signed by Stephen E. Ambrose on the limitation page. Bound in full black leather decorated in gilt; all edges gilt; with moire endpapers and... (read more)

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A Manual of Yacht and Boat Sailing 1st Edition
A Manual of Yacht and Boat Sailing 1st Edition
by Dixon Kemp
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London: The Field Office, 1878. First edition. Full blue cloth ruled in blind, matte endpapers. vi, 388, [12]pp. Complete with 25 plates. Illustrated throughout with line drawings & charts. Binding rubbed, chipped at head & tail of spine. Joints worn... (read more)

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Unsafe at any Speed: The Designed-in Dangers of the American Automobile 1st Edition
Unsafe at any Speed: The Designed-in Dangers of the American Automobile 1st Edition
by Ralph Nader
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New York: Grossman Publishers, 1965. Octavo, 20.5 x 13.5 cm. xi 365 pp. First edition, first printing stated. Signed "For safer technology/Ralph Nader" on the half-title. Original red cloth-covered boards. Spine stamped in silver and black, front board... (read more)

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