Cleveland / New York: Northern Ohio Railway Museum /Traction Slides, Int, 1983 / 1985. Paperback. Color illustrated wraps, 4to (11 inches tall), pp. 34 ; pp. 128, illustrated throughout with B&W photos. Light wear to covers, one volume with a bump to heel of spine, else both unmarked. A look..... More
![Item #3912 Photo Album Showing "Befrielsen" [The Liberation] of Norway from the Nazis in 1945....](/pictures/thumb/3912.jpg?v=1654031703)
Norway: Trykk Oslo Emballasjefabrikk, 1945. Hardcover. Issued to celebrate the Liberation of Norway at the end of WWII, this large collection of 150 professional B&W halftone photos are dated and captioned in both Norwegian & English, and mounted onto 38 stiff card leaves. Gilt stamped faux leather paper covers, oblong..... More
![Item #3807 [Herreshoff Racing Yacht] America's Cup Hall of Fame Memorabilia. Herreshoff Marine...](/pictures/thumb/3807.jpg?v=1623273477)
Bristol, RI: Herreshoff Marine Museum, 1994-2001. Paperback. This small collection of America's Cup Hall of Fame memorabilia consists of four Annual Induction Ceremony Programs (2nd-1994, 5th-1997, 6th-1998 and 9th-2001) two invitations to the Enshrinement/Induction Ceremonies (1995 and 2004) and seven modern postcard views of the Herreshoff facilities, their famous racing..... More
![Item #3655 [WW I, Trench Warfare] Handbook (Provisional) for the .303-In. Lewis Machine Gun...](/pictures/thumb/3655.jpg?v=1613002862)
London: Printed Under the Authority of His Majesty's Stationary Office by Harrison and Sons, 1915. Paperback. Cover title "Handbook of the .303" Lewis Machine Gun, Part I. (Provisional) 1915.". Saddle stapled wraps, 24mo (5-3/8 inches tall), pp. 1-12 [ads], 52, 13-23 [ads], contents, addendum, w. date code of "09/16" at..... More
![Item #3831 ["Man of Destiny"] Three Photos of Winston Churchill & the Royal Family c. 1940's....](/pictures/thumb/3831.jpg?v=1625174403)
Canada: Imperial Oil Limited / S.K.F. Canadian Company Limited, c. 1940's. Loose Prints. Two c. 1940's photo reproductions of Churchill & the Royals c. 1940's. The Imperial Oil images are in color and printed onto heavy card with their copyright in both English and French. Image w. the Royals &..... More
Scranton, OH: International Textbook Company, (1905). Hardcover. Two volumes, no. 47 & 48 from the I.C.S. Reference Library. Both vols. in 3/4 leather w. gilt stamped spines, illustrated endpapers, all edges sprinkled orange, 8vo, pp. various pagination throughout, illustrated with line drawings [some double page or color] charts and tables..... More
Melbourne & Sydney: E.W. Cole, [1907]. First Edition. Hardcover. Green cloth over boards, title stamped in black onto top board and spine, 8vo (8-3/8" tall), pp.175, xxxi [ads], ads stamped in black onto rear board, brown colored endpapers, index, reference to advertisements. Covers bumped and worn with small stains, slight..... More
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1927. Donald Maxwell. First American Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Blue cloth over boards, title stamped in gilt onto upper board and spine, teg, 4to (9-7/8 inches tall), pp. xi, 99, stated first edition, verse index, illustrated in B&W and color throughout. Volume with..... More
New York and Chicago: The World Railway Publishing Company, 1903. Hardcover. With "1903" printed at foot of title page. Half leather with green cloth over boards, title and decorations stamped in gilt onto spine, marbled edges, headbands, 8vo (7-1/2 inches [19.1 cm] tall), pp. (i)-xvii, xviii [blank], 19-660, (i-iii -..... More
New York and Chicago: The World Railway Publishing Company, 1903. Hardcover. Two books published as one, with "1903" printed at foot of title page of both books. Blue cloth over boards, title stamped in gilt onto spine, marbled edges, 12mo (7-1/2 inches [19.1 cm] tall), pp. 79, and 102, both..... More
![Item #3715 [Patriotic Cover] Tenting on the Old Camp Ground - Famous American Songs. Walter...](/pictures/thumb/3715.jpg?v=1617917463)
New York, NY: Century Music Publishing Company, c. 1900. "Etherington" Reprint. Paperback. "Walter Kittredge (October 6, 1834 – July 8, 1905), was a famous musician during the American Civil War. His most famous song, Tenting on the Old Camp Ground, also known as "Tenting Tonight", was sung by both sides..... More
New York: Doubleday, 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. Paper over boards with quarter cloth spine, 8vo, pp. xxxvi, 488, unmarked inside with numerous drawings, photos and bibliography, stated first edition. Volume with fraying to head of spine. Minor wear to DJ and a few small closed tears at spine top... More
![Item #3536 [Early Aeronautics] Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge 884 : The Internal Work of...](/pictures/thumb/3536.jpg?v=1624147599)
City of Washington: The Smithsonian Institution, 1893. First American Edition. Hardcover. S.P. Langley was an American aviation pioneer and the namesake of Langley Air Force Base, his paper "The Internal Work of the Wind" was read in full before the International Conference on Aerial Navigation at Chicago in August, 1893..... More
Melbourne, Sydney, Perth, Wellington, N.Z. George J. Hicks & Co., (1927). 1st & 2nd Australasian Editions. Hardcover. Together, two volumes. Scarce jacketed copies of both the first and the second [stated] Australasian editions of Lawrence's 'Revolt in the Desert'. O'Brien [Oak Knoll Press, 2000] states "In 1927 Doran merged with..... More
London: Williams and Norgate Ltd, 1939. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Tan buckram over boards, title stamped in gilt onto spine, top edge stained black, 8vo (8-1/2 inches tall), pp, xii, 164, [165-292, large section of B&W plates]. First edition with page "16" mis-numbered as "6", price "10s 6d" at..... More
![Item #2741 [WW I, Victoria Cross] Canada. An Illustrated Weekly Journal for all Interested in the...](/pictures/thumb/2741.jpg?v=1501368325)
London & Toronto: Canada Newspaper Co., Ltd., 1917. Paperback. Two issues of an uncommon and infrequently seen wartime paper. Cover title "Canada. An Illustrated Weekly Journal" ; full title from copyright column. Illustrated stapled wraps, 4to (12-5/8 inches [32 cm] tall), pp. (Vol. xlvi No. 594) [i]-iv, [207]-236, v ;..... More
New York: Random House, (1941). First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Cloth hardcover, 8vo, pp. 510, stated first printing. Volume with bump to top edge of upper board, eps toned, book plate on ffep. Price-clipped DJ is worn with a few closed tears to top edge. More
Port Moody, BC: Self-Published? 1916. Sheet Music. (cover title) Published the same year that Prohibition came into law in British Columbia, this song was also copyrighted in the US in 1917. Musical score, 8vo (9-1/8 inches tall), pp. 4, printed on cream colored paper (12-1/2" tall x 9-1/8 " wide)..... More
Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1997. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Blue hardcover with title in gilt onto spine, large 8vo, 9" tall, photo- illustrated endpapers, B&W photos throughout, Appendices, Index of Ships, Bibliography, pp. xi, 604. Volume with a small black dot at bottom of text block edge, DJ lightly..... More
Toronto, ON: McClelland and Stewart, (1969). First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Red cloth over boards, title stamped in gilt onto spine, 8vo (8-15/16 inches tall), pp. 220. Volume with spine ends softened and a light tap to bottom corner of lower board. Price-intact DJ with rubbing, modest edge wear, small..... More
![Item #3968 [In Flanders Fields] Veteran's Mendicant Palm Card * together with * McCrea Reply Poem...](/pictures/thumb/3968.jpg?v=1640643722)
n.p. c. 1921. Ephemera. A veteran's mendicant palm card, together with a letterpress poem card, both circa 1921. Palm card printed in black ink onto thin paper, 5 inches tall x 3 inches wide, with a veteran's mendicant poem and titled "Disabled Soldiers Appeal", lightly soiled and twice folded, having..... More
Victoria, BC: British Columbia Provincial Police, 1949. Paperback. The Shoulder Strap was published twice a year, with these two issues together detailing some of the most important B.C. police news and force updates for 1949. Illustrated staple-bound paper wraps, large 4to (12 inches tall), pp. 120 and 136, illustrated throughout..... More
New York: The Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, Inc, 1970. First Edition. Paperback. Side stapled printed wraps, 4to (11 inches tall), pp. 105-268, illustrated with B&W photos, graphs and tables. Front cover with light soil, slight bumps to corners, else unmarked. Published in the middle of the Space Race..... More
n.p. n.d. Earl Moran. A circa 1940, brightly colored chromolithograph poster titled "SHIPSHAPE" by the masterful Earl Moran, measuring 31-1/8 inches tall x 22 inches wide. Poster has vertical and horizontal folds, corner creases and edge wear with two 1-1/2 inch closed tears near center fold. Verso with "Series 2245..... More
![Item #4123 [Canadian Rockies] Nicholas Morant Train Photograph - Through the Kicking Horse...](/pictures/thumb/4123.jpg?v=1653681062)
(c.1940). Loose Photograph. A vintage 8 x 10 gelatin silver photograph of a passenger train in the Canadian Rockies. Verso w. caption title "Through the Kicking Horse Canyon - Canadian Rockies by Nicholas Morant" and "N 2040" written in pencil. Image with some light scratches and minor creasing with a...... More