Alvin c graves (31 risultati)

Condizione: Good. 2nd revised edition. Boards are clean. Content is clean with light toning. Good DJ with some tears and light toning.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. This copy is an Ex-Library Book with the usual stamps and markings. Brown boards with faded gilt lettering on spine. Corners are bumped and slightly frayed. Some shelf wear. Endpapers is a map of the Mt Tamalpais & Muir woods Railway. On the back EP an article, from the San Francisco KCBS, is taped in. Frontispiece is a B/W photograph of the locomotive No. 5. Includes: B/W photographs and drawings, Bibliography, Index. 121 p.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 2nd Edition. A NEAR FINE BOOK IN A VERY GOOD PRICE CLIPPED DUST JACKET WITH CHIP TO BOTTOM REAR EDGE. Title: The Crookedest Railroad in the World: A History of the Mt. Tamalpais & Muir Woods Railroad of California.

hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Hardcover and dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Clean, unmarked pages. Small chip off dj. 0831070218.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fair. Second Edition. Owner name. Jacket has missing pieces at top right corner and spine top. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 123 pages.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fair. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. 2nd Edition. Very good with spine lean, no markings, no bookplate. In good dust jacket with some edge wear including some short tears and tiny paper loss. Price label affixed to front flap. No significant chips. Some dirt soiling to rear panel. 123 pages. A revised edition of a book originally published in 1954.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. Hardcover in overall good shape with general wear. Binding firm and square. clean throughout.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. SECOND REVISED EDITION, CLEAN COPY.

Condizione: New.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good+. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. 2nd Edition. Fine copy, no markings, no bookplate. In very good dust jacket with several short edge tears along top edge. No jacket chips, not price-clipped. 123 pages. A revised edition of a book originally published in 1954.

Hard Cover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. Second Revised Edition. Clean and bright with crisp text. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Cloth. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. Second Revised Edition. This work details the activity of the Mt. Tamalpais & Muir Woods Railroad, operating north of San Francisco in redwood country. The road up was about one-half mile in elevation, moving from Mill Valley up to the big trees. Thirty years of steam history is here with more than 100 photographs of engines, rolling stock, and various scenic points. The endpapers are maps, showing many horseshoe turns, earning the term "crooked" for this rail line. Along with a roster of equipment, there is a bibliography and an index.…

Cloth. Condizione: Good +. No Jacket. (1st Edition). 121p. Signed by both authors on half title page. Pages 78-79 toned from newspaper clipping stored there, all page edges toned. Includes bibliography. B&w illustrations and photographs. (8-5/8"x5-5/8").

Softcover. Condizione: Good with no dust jacket. Sound binding. Clean, tanned pages. Wraps have general light wear, light overall soiling. Contents: Frontispiece, Henry L. Stimson. The March of Events. Kent, Maryland - A Perfect State? Thomas, Raiders of the Deep: The Beginning of the War on Allied Commerce. Sullivan, The Presidential Race. Lawes, Life and Death in Sing Sing. Fishbein, Alcohol in the Practice of Medicine. Simons, Christ in the Movies. Hall, New Styles in Paper Money. Tittle, A Champion of Evolution. Wiggam, Science Measures Morals. Taft, So This Is Justice: See What Newspapers and Juries Have Done to It! Graves, The Making of a Conqueror: Lawrence's Preparation for the Leadership of the Desert Hosts. The Workshop. Books. Lawrence Chamberlain, Diversification, the Alchemy of Investment. In addition to the 112 pages of text, there are many pages of advertisements, most in black and white but some in color. 10.25" tall; 112 pages.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. wearing on the dust jacket.

Cloth. Condizione: Very Good+. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good+. This work details the activity of the Mt. Tamalpais & Muir Woods Railroad, operating north of San Francisco in redwood country. The road up was about one-half mile in elevation, moving from Mill Valley up to the big trees. Thirty years of steam history is here with more than 100 photographs of engines, rolling stock, and various scenic points. The endpapers are maps, showing many horseshoe turns, earning the term "crooked" for this rail line. Along with a roster of equipment, there is a bibliography and an index. A great addition to a railroading library. The endpapers serve as maps.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. Covers have heavy wear, rubbing and soil. Corners and ends of spine bumped, creased and rounded. Binding tight. Front free end paper clipped on top corner. No writing. 123 pages. Story of the establishment of a train over Mt. Tampalpais through the Mir Woods in California. It was called the crookedest railroad because it wound back and forth across a steep mountain. black and white illustrations. Size: 6 x 9.25.…

Cloth. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. This work details the activity of the Mt. Tamalpais & Muir Woods Railroad, operating north of San Francisco in redwood country. The road up was about one-half mile in elevation, moving from Mill Valley up to the big trees. Thirty years of steam history is here with more than 100 photographs of engines, rolling stock, and various scenic points. The endpapers are maps, showing many horseshoe turns, earning the term "crooked" for this rail line. Along with a roster of equipment, there is a bibliography and an index. This copy is in Near Fine condition with modest shelf wear on the dust jacket. A great addition to a railroading libaray.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good+. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good+. 123 pp. Original beige cloth covers w/ title on binding. DJ has light wear to top back edge. Foxing to inside top back corner flap w/ light foxing to the pde underneath it. Price sticker on inside front flap. Illust. w/ b/w photos. Contents very nice.…

Condizione: Good. Good condition. Acceptable dust jacket. Gifter's inscription on inside. (trains, railways, railroads, US history).

hardback, 8vo, 123pp, illustrated, map endpapers, clean and sound, no inscriptions, Very Good / Very Good dustwrapper.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. Boards and dust jacket show signs of wear. All pages are intact, binding is sound. Clean and unmarked. This book shows minimal sign of wear to the cover, binding, or pages. Dust jacket condition is Good. Secure packaging for safe delivery.…

Hardcover. Second Revised Edition. Very Good+ in a Very Good+ dust jacket. Small book seller label on bottom front pastedown. Small open tears on spine crown and front and panel top corners. Small closed tear on bottom rear panel.; 123 pages.

hbk 123pp illustrated endpaper maps of Mt. Tamalpais & Muir Woods Railway line dj shelf worn now in protective sleeve very good clean tight text.

Condizione: very good. Condizione sovraccoperta: very good. 4to pp.168. book.

paperback. Condizione: Good. Book shows some shelf & handling wear, including minor edge wear and cover scuffing. Pages are slightly worn. Interiors are intact with unmarked text/pictures. Good reading copy.

Association copy, ownership of Barry Brickell creator of one of NZ's finest Privately owned railways, 123pp, illus, VG (bookseller's label to fep, previous owner's name in ink to fep, light tanning to page edges) in d/w VG- (light rubbing & moderate soiling, 7cm tear with loss to bottom of spine, moderate bruising to upper spine extrems). …

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. First Edition, Stated. Signed By Both Editors/Minor Authors W/Gift Inscription On Half-Title Pg. Dark Brown Cloth. Rubbing To Extremities. Binding Tight, Clean, Unmarked Copy. Dust Jacket Has A Few Chip/Tears/A Small Chunk Missing Top Back, In Mylar Protector. Lg 168 p. Signed by Author w/ Gift Inscription. Book.…

Condizione: good, fair to good. Second Revised Edition. 123, profusely illus., endpaper maps, bibliography, index, DJ somewhat soiled & worn: small edge tears/chips. Binding cracked at p. 48. Illustrated with over 100 photographs. The Mt. Tamalpais and Muir Woods Railroad, built in 1896, carried tourists to the top of the half-mile high mountain north of San Francisco; the railroad remained in use for 30 years, and pioneered in novel equipment, watering wheels, heating feedwater in the stacks, and being one of the first to use oil burning locomotives exclusively.…