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New York: Crown, 1981. Hardcover. Very Good. First Edition. xiv, 235 pp. Quarto. Half-cloth binding with boards covered in yellow engraved stiff-paper; Gilt lettering on spine. Trimmed edges. Bottom corners of boards slightly bumped. Dark blue endpapers. B/W diagrams and photographic illustrations throughout. 6 appendices and an index at rear. Pictorial dust-jacket with black lettering on spine and… Read more about this item

Toronto: Canav Books, 1985. Hardcover. near fine. 1st edition. 160pp. Square octavo. Illustrated with black and white and coloured photos and paintings. Original cream cloth with gilt lettering on spine in dust jacket. Minor ripping on dust-jacket. 1985

USA: Naval Institute Press, 1988. Octavo. Original pictorial dust-jacket. Blue cloth binding with gilt lettering on spine. B/W diagrams and photographic illustrations throughout. Appendix at rear. Internally very clean. Binding and jacket vibrant and as new. Fine condition. 1988

Winnipeg: Challenging the Skies, 1988. Hardcover. fine. 1st printing. x,211pp. Octavo. Illustrated with photos and maps. Pictorial front endpaper and map back endpaper. Original blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Signed by author on title page in blue ink. 1988

Great Britain: Air Britain (Historians) Limited, 1984. Hardcover. First Edition. [6], 673 pp. Octavo. Original blue, pictorial dust-jacket with black lettering on spine. Blue cloth binding with gilt lettering on spine. Trimmed edges. Heavily illustrated with B/W photographs and diagrams of aviation material. For-edge has minor marking. Some shelf-wear to top edge of jacket. Text is internally very clean.… Read more about this item

Vancouver: Butterworth, 1979. Advance proof. very good. v,92pp. Octavo. Illustrated with photos, drawings and maps. Original pictorial wrappers. very good 1979

Virginia: Paladwr Press, 1999. Hardcover. First Edition. xii, 267 pp. Octavo. Original blue, pictorial dust-jacket with black lettering on spine. Light blue cloth binding with gilt lettering on spine. Trimmed edges. B/W and coloured diagrams, maps, and photographic illustrations. 18 maps throughout. 33 diagrams and photographs throughout. Index at rear. Internally very clean. Binding and jacket are as new.… Read more about this item

Toronto: The Macmillan Company of Canada Limited, 1976. Hardcover. Fine. First edition. xvi, 543 pp. Octavo, hardcover. Original gray buckram covered boards, firm and square, black lettering to the spine, edges trimmed, dark gray endpapers. Pictorial dust-jacket clean in near fine condition, faint signs of shelf wear. B&W plates, including index. Fine condition. "This colourful story… Read more about this item

Toronto: Canav Books, 1997. Vol. I, 463; Vol. II, 1040 Folio. Former museum library copy. Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering on the spine. Dust jackets and boards have a library label on the spine. Volume 1 is signed on the half title by the authour. The front free end paper of Volume 2 is marked with an Aero… Read more about this item

Toronto: Railfare Enterprises Limited, 1985. Undetermined. fine. 1st Edition. 464pp. Quarto. IIllustrated with 1 colour illustration and B&W illustrations from photos and drawings. Original maroon cloth with gilt lettering on spine in dust jacket. A fine copy Complete with presentation bookplate signed by the author copy A 933 fine The definitive… Read more about this item

New York: Unz & Co., 1934. Quarto brochure, measuring 210 mm x 280 mm when folded. Single sheet folded multiple times. Illustrated throughout in colour. When completely unfolded, a large colour deck-plan of the ship is present. Rubber stamp of travel agency to the "covers" of the folded brochure. Aside from a small… Read more about this item

Seattle: Alaska Steamship Company, 1906. Duodecimo. Cream coloured glossy paper wrappers with a colour lithograph to the front and a black and white illustrations on the back. Staple-bound, as issued. Illustrated throughout the text in both colour and black and white. Some very mild soiling to the wrappers, as well as near the edges… Read more about this item

Chicago: U. S. Department of the Interior, [1932]. 10pp. Square octavo. Colourfully illustrated paper wrappers with a map of the Alaska Railroad on the verso of the back wrapper. Heavily illustrated with black and white photos and drawings within the text. Fold line down the middle where it was folded to act as a pamphlet. … Read more about this item

Ottawa: Government House, 1889. 30pp. Skinny paper pamphlet, measuring 10.5 cm by 20 cm. Staple bound, as issued. Clean and without any chipping or tearing to the wrappers. A near fine copy of a scarce item. A rule book for all employees working on the government railways in Canada, issued on October. 26, 1889.… Read more about this item

Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1972. Large octavo. Illustrated with photos, maps, drawings and paintings. Original brown cloth with decoration on front cover and gilt lettering on spine in pictorial slipcase (rubbed, worn along edges). Mustard yellow endpapers. Extensively illustrated with B&W plates from photographs. Boldly signed and dated in 1972 by Pierre Berton on… Read more about this item

London: Cassell and Co.Ltd, 1902. Undetermined. very good. 1st Edition. viii,348,16pp. Small octavo with blue illustrated cloth boards. Illustrated endpapers. B&W photo frontispiece with B&W photos and illustrations throughout. Front hinge starting. Corners and ends of spine are worn. Front board rubbed. very good The development of aeronautics, from early hot air balloons to blimps and airships.… Read more about this item

Tuckahoe, N.Y.: John de Graff, Inc, 1970. Hardcover. very good. 1st Edition. 8;272pp. Quarto. Original red cloth. Gilt lettering on spine. Illustrated with B/W photos and sketches throughout. Pictorial endpapers. Dust jacket is price clipped with minor creasing at extremities. A clean tight copy. very good A fantastic collection of steam yachts with illustrations and historical information… Read more about this item

Toronto: Canav Books, 2006. Advance proof. fine. 1st Edition. 176pp. Oblong octavo. Original pictorial wrappers. Illustrated with B/W photos. Prevous price sticker on back. A tight copy. fine This is Wilf White's collection of photos of one category - the 4-engine propliner. A fantastic book for the aviation history buff. 2006

Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2000. Undetermined. fine. reprint. 268pp. Quarto with orange cloth boards and brown lettering on front and spine. Full of B&W photos and illustrations. A clean, tight copy. fine On the history of the Seaboard and its predecessor and subsidiary lines. Contains a large number of photos of locomotives and steam boats. 2000

Glendale, California: Interurban Press, 1981. Undetermined. very good. 1st printing. 260pp. Quarto with red cloth boards. Gilt decoration on front and lettering on spine. Light blue endpapers. Previous owner's name on front pastedown. Light wear along edge of dust jacket. very good The history of San Francisco's streetcar, bus and subway system. 1981