The Railway Shareholder's Manual; or Practical Guide to all the Railways in the World, completed, in progress, and projected; forming an entire Railway Synopsis, indispensable to all interested in Railway Locomotion by Tuck, Henry - 1847

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

London: Effingham Wilson, 1847 . Cloth. Good. 7" by 4.5". None. A scarce guidebook and manual to railways from the mid nineteenth century. The Railway Shareholder's Manual; Or, Practical Guide to All the Railways in the World, by Henry Tuck, in the original publisher's cloth binding. Completed, in Progress, and Projected, forming an entire Railway Synopsis, Indispensable to all Interested in Railway Locomotion. To which is added a correct list of the offices and officers of existing and projected railways. Eighth edition, carefully revised and corrected. A scarce work which is a great insight into the development of railway systems in the mid nineteenth century. Prior owner's book plate to the first pastedown. From the library of the residents of Culdees Castle. Prior owner's ink inscription to the title page. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, smart. There is some bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. The rear joint is cracked. The rear hinge… Read More

Sinclair, Upton. Samuel, The Seeker Copyright 1910. Apparently published by author. No publisher stated. First Edition. States printed at Western Printing and Lithography, Racine, WI. Yellow Boards with bold, black titling. Used. Very Good/ No Dj is Included. Rare/Scarce. A nice copy.

New York, NY, USA: HarperCollins, 1995. Good condition Softcover Octavo, 1995, 1st edition, 1st printing. Wear of wraps. Highlighting.. 1st Edition. Paperback. Good. 8vo - over 7" - 9" tall. Book.

Kockums Jernverks Aktiebolag, Ronneby, 1951, Fine Hardcover / no dustjacket, 64 pages, 8"x 11", illustrated with photographs. Text in English

STREET RAILWAY ROADBED. Street Railway Publishing Company, New York. First Edition, 1898. 135 pages indexed. Authors: Mason D. Pratt and C.A. Alden. ILLUSTRATED with drawings, diagrams, tables. Former owner name and date of 1903 on front floral end-paper. RARE. USED. VERY GOOD CONDITION/ NO DUST JACKET IF ISSUED. A nice copy. Please see our photos.

Munroe, Kirk: The Copper Princess, A Story Of Lake Superior Mines. Illustrated by W.A. Rogers. Harper & Brothers First Edition, 1898, Impression C-Z Thus. Used. Good-/No dust jacket included.

Hardcover. Very Good +. Unpaginated. Advertising Rhinelander Paper Company's new sulphite greaseproof parchment paper for packers of foodstuffs. HC is VG+ with minor wear to corners and gilt 100% intact.

Boston: Robinson Press Printers, 1898. Pages and covers creased, wrinkles slightly, at lower spine corner; Red ink arrow at top of pages listing board members and officers and red check-marks next to office locations; Red 'x' at top of forth page with two line underlined in red.. Stapled Booklet; 9" x 5.75"; pp. [5]. [3] blank.

New York: McGraw Hill, 1997. 298 pages. Reprint of the original 1937 edition. First Thus with full numberline. Forewords by Irving Kahn, 1997 and Alvin Johnson, 1937. From jacket: "When Benjamin Graham wrote Storage and Stability in 1937, the world was in the midst of the Great Depression. Written as a blueprint for economic recovery, the book was designed to spur both governments and the public to greater financial awareness. Based upon years of research and economic modeling, Graham's new theories focus on the inherent importance of supply and demand, products and consumption, and their inherent influences on value investing... (This volume) outlines Graham's revolutionary plan for regulating supply and demand, stabilizing prices, and stimulating financial recovery." Bumped top corner of front cover, name and date written on fep and a small area of soil inside front cover. Thanks for shopping with us! 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and… Read More

The Hague: Mouton, 1975. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Former owners' impression seal to first two pages. From the collection of anthropologist Penn Handwerker. Text block unmarked. Spine creased and faded. Shelf and reading wear to covers. Not from a library. No remainder mark. x + 385 pages.

Nullification and Secession in the United States. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1897. By Edward Payson Powell. Uncommon/ rare in this 1897 FIRST EDITION+, AND IN THIS TITLE IN GENERAL. TRUE FIRST EDITION. Please see our photos. USED. VG-/ No Dust Jacket included if issued. Brown cloth boards with bright gilt titling and ornamentation. No topstain. 461 pp. "A study of secession and nullification movements in the United States from the Nullification Resolutions of 1798 to the American Civil War. The plot for a northern confederacy (1803-04), the Burr plot (1805-1806), New England nullification and the Hartford Convention (1812-1814), and South Carolina's attempts at nullification in 1832 are also considered. Powell [1833-1915] goes on to propose that the secession of the southern states in 1861 was not a unique event in American history, but the culmination of a tradition as old as the nation. Indeed, he argues, it was an expression of the "intense individualism which was most potent factor in the… Read More