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ATHS Show Time - Fifteenth Collector's Special Issue
ATHS Show Time - Fifteenth Collector's Special Issue

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Book Description: American Truck Historical Society, Kansas City, 2008. Paper Cover. Book Condition: Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. An annual publication, turquoise cover with colourful photograph and black titling, illustrated throughout with colour plates. Publication appears to be without flaws. 95+ pages
Price: $20.00

ATHS Show Time - Thirteenth Collector's Special Issue
ATHS Show Time - Thirteenth Collector's Special Issue

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Book Description: American Truck Historical Society, Kansas City, 2006. Paper Cover. Book Condition: Very Good+. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. An annual publication, turquoise cover with colourful photograph and black titling, illustrated throughout with colour plates. Front cover has light wrinkling at right edge which continues on first few pages, light damp stain to back top edge and slightly onto text block edge. 88 pages.
Price: $20.00

Automobile Engineering - A General Reference Work - Five Volumes
Automobile Engineering - A General Reference Work - Five Volumes

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Book Description: American Technical Society, Chicago, 1925. . Book Condition: Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Subtitled: "For Repair Men, Chauffeurs, and Owners; Covering the Construction, Care, and Repair of Pleasure Cars, Commercial Cars, and Motorcycles, with Especial Attention to Ignition, Starting, and Lighting Systems, Garage Equipment, Welding, Ford Construction and Repair and Other Repair Methods." "Prepared by a Staff of Automobile Experts, Consulting Engineers, and Designers of the Highest Professional Standing." This is an extremely handsome five-volume set in what appears to be black flexible leather covers with gilt titling on spines, simple blind-stamped borders front and back, rounded corners, red text block edges, black end papers, black and white frontispieces - different each book, and illustrated with over fifteen hundred engravings. Volume I covers Engine Principles, Cylinders, Crankshafts, Carburetors and Clutches; Volume II covers Transmissions, Axles, Brakes, Wheels, Tires, Ford Car; Volume III covers Motorcycles, Tractors, Shop Kinks, Welding, Questions and Answers; Volume IV covers Ignition, Starters, Generators, Batteries, Electrical Repairs; Volume V covers Wiring Diagrams, Data Sheets, Questions and Answers, Glossary. Books have between 415 to 485 pages each. Set will be overweight - extra postage may apply.
Price: $100.00

Automobile Quarterly, Volume XIX, Number 1
Automobile Quarterly, Volume XIX, Number 1

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Kimes, Beverly Rae
Book Description: L. Scott Bailey, Automobile Quarterly Inc., Princeton, New Jersey, 1981. Hard Cover. Book Condition: Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall-Oblong. Included in this edition: Chevrolet 1928-1933; AMX and Javelin; Story of the First Land Rovers; The New Lea Francis; Fuego - A Renault with More Fire; etc. Brown cloth with gilt titling on spine and front, two-colour pastedown illustration on front, blind-stamped decoration on back, brown end papers, tiny bookseller's plate on end paper, illustrated throughout with colour plates and a few in black and white. Bottom edge of back cover has a few tiny punctures and scratches, otherwise book appears to be without flaws. Dust jacket, which is not price-clipped, has very light wear to top edge, including a quarter-inch and a half-inch closed tear at back top edge. This very handsome book is in great shape. 112 pages
Price: $45.00

Automodelle Ferngesteuert
Automodelle Ferngesteuert

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Rabe, Erich
Book Description: Richard Pflaum Verlag KG, Munich, Germany, 1977. Soft Cover. Book Condition: Very Good-. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Written in German, this is a book about remote-control model cars. Illustrated red soft cover, black titling, black and white photgraphs and illustrations throughout, 117 pages. Corners, edges and spine ends slightly worn, otherwise this handsome little book is in great shape.
Price: $9.00

Barnstorming to Bush Flying - British Columbia's Aviation Pioneers 1910-1930
Barnstorming to Bush Flying - British Columbia's Aviation Pioneers 1910-1930

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Corley-Smith, Peter
Book Description: Sono Nis Press, Victoria, B. C., 1989. Soft Cover. Book Condition: Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall-Oblong. This well-researched book illustrates not only the accomplishments of British Columbia's pioneer flying crews, but how they achieved them. SIGNED by author. Soft cover with blue and black titling on white spine, white and black titling on colourfully illustrated front cover, reverse side of covers illustrated with black and white photograph, black and white frontispiece features a "Charlie Brown" cartoon, illustrated throughout with black and white photographs, illustrations and maps, included is an announcement of the publication of the sequel to this book. With the exception of a small dent near bottom back of spine, this handsome book is in great shape. 242 pages Signed by Author
Price: $18.50

Beatty of The C. P. R.
Beatty of The C. P. R.

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Miller-Barstow, D.H.
Book Description: McClelland & Stewart, Toronto, . A Hard Cover. Book Condition: Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. An autobiography of Edward Wentworth Beatty, president of the world's largest privately owned railway system for twenty-four years. Blue cloth with gilt titling on spine, black and white frontispiece, illustrated with black and white photographs, included in book is separate Baccalaureate Address given by Beatty on May 27th, 1934 in Montreal. Owner's name in ink on end paper. Dust jacket has edgewear with rubbing, creases and a half-inch by one-inch open tear on bottom. 187 pages
Price: $18.00

By-Law to Regulate Highway Traffic in the City of Edmonton
By-Law to Regulate Highway Traffic in the City of Edmonton

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City of Edmonton
Book Description: City of Edmonton, Edmonton, 1929. Soft Cover. Book Condition: Good. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. This by-law was passed by the city on November 12, 1929, and was priced at 25 cents. Surey a hot seller at the time as highway and driving regulations were quite a novelty. Small booklet, beight card covers with black titling, staple binding, lots of interesting auto-related advertisements of the times, 40 pages. Pencil marks on the covers, small oil stain at top right edge that runs through most of the text pages, first page has a crease mark.
Price: $10.00

 
Canadian National Railways - Volume 1

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Stevens, G.R.
Book Description: Clarke, Irwin & Company Ltd., Toronto, 1960. Hard Cover. Book Condition: Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Volume 1 - Sixty Years of Trial and Error. Brown cloth with blue titling on spine, black and white frontispiece, illustrated with black and white photographs, drawings, maps. Owner's name in ink on endpaper, tape remnants on first free end paper, light crease runs the length of spine, top edge of text block slightly darkened. Dustjacket, which is not price-clipped, has two closed tears on bottom of front, closed tear and chipping at spine ends, open tear on bottom edge of back (1.75"x 6") 514 pages. This book is overweight and extra postage will apply.
Price: $20.00

F Model Vauxhall Victor Operation and Maintenance Instructions
F Model Vauxhall Victor Operation and Maintenance Instructions

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Vauxhall Motors Ltd.
Book Description: Vauxhall Motors Ltd., Luton, UK, 1957. Card Cover. Book Condition: Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Owner's Handbook. An operations and maintenance manual for Vauxhall Victor Model F. Orange card cover with red titling on front, staple binding. Illustrated throughout with black and white plates, diagrams, tables and has a large fold-out electrical diagram at back. Corners and edges are slightly worn, previous owner's name in ink on front with other writing in ink, small ink underlining on three pages, smudge marks on front cover. This is a handsome book. 55 pages
Price: $20.00

Geest: 1935-1985
Geest: 1935-1985

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Stemman, Roy
Book Description: , , . Soft Cover. Book Condition: Good to Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. The fascinating story of the three brothers who founded and developed the largest fresh produce distributions business in the UK. Glossy soft cover with brown titling to front and spine, frontispiece, black and white as well as full colour photographs throughout, 251 pages. Light edge wear, previous owner's blind stamp to ffep and title page.
Price: $45.00

Highway Code, The
Highway Code, The

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Ministry of Transport
Book Description: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1954. Card Cover. Book Condition: . 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Traffic regulations: "The Highway Code is not a body of law, with pains and penalties to back it. It is a collcetion of Do's and Don'ts for drivers, cyclists and pedestrians based on good manners and good sense." Card cover, staple binding, several drawings, 32 pages. Light edge wear, some rubbing, crease to back cover.
Price: $9.75

International Library of Technology , 129B - Railroad  Agency Accounting, Railroad General-Office Accounting
International Library of Technology , 129B - Railroad Agency Accounting, Railroad General-Office Accounting

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Book Description: International Textbook Co., Scranton, 1921. Hard Cover. Book Condition: Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Green cloth boards, red cloth spine and corners with gilt titling and decoration on spine, faux raised bands, gilt borders front and back, green marbled endpapers, red textblock edges, illustrated with examples of business forms, four of which fold out. Very light wear to corners and spine ends, name in ink on end paper and table of contents page, light foxing around edges of end papers. This is a very handsome book - clean, bright and tight.
Price: $55.00

 
International Port Index 1961 - 1962

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Book Description: , , . Soft Cover. Book Condition: Good+. . Detailed alphabetical listings of "all ports of entry by sea, air and land". Blue soft cover book, text block has staple binding.Several pages of ads front and back. Black and white photograph on the back. Edges are worn. Unpaginated.
Price: $10.00

MoToR's Auto Repair Manual -  Thirteenth Edition
MoToR's Auto Repair Manual - Thirteenth Edition

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Blanchard, Harold F., Editor
Book Description: MoTor , New York, 1950. Hard Cover. Book Condition: Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Book includes automotive repairs to thirty-one vehicles made from 1935-1950. Blue cloth with gilt titling and decoration on spine and front, blind-stamped simple border on front, illustrated throughout with black and white drawings, photographs, diagrams, etc. Corners have very minor wear, gilt faux-label on front slightly rubbed, text block edges darkened, light grease stains on edge and end papers, text itself is pretty clean, owner's name and notes in pen and pencil on end papers. Given its age, this book is surprisingly clean and tight. 739 pages. Book is overweight - extra postage may apply.
Price: $23.00

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