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B.S.A. MOTOR CYCLES: A practical guide covering all models from 1931. With fifty-five illustrations
London: C. Arthur Pearson, 1951. 3rd edition (first was in 1948). 12mo, red boards. pp viii, 9-194, (14, ads). 55 figures in text. Pencil ownership inscription at front, else a VG+ clean, tight and unworn copy. The dust jacket is poor - about half torn away. A technical book on BSA maintenance.
Book ID: 36990More details Price: USD $18.00 USD $16.20 -
DISCOURS DE SIR CHARLES TUPPER sur les resolutions du chemin de fer du Pacifique Canadien 5 Février 1884 [caption title].
Book ID: 13920More details Price: USD $25.00 USD $22.50
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OSHAWA. "The Crossing Between the Waters". A History of "Canada's Motor City".
Edition: First Edition
Oshawa, Ontario: McLaughlin Public Library Board, 1968. Blue cloth, pictorial endpapers. (viii), 408 pp. Numerous photos inserted. Soft bruise to upper outer corners of text and rear cover, nick to top edge of rear cover, else a fine copy. Jacket has nicks and rubbing to spine tips, short creased tear to rear panel, VG otherwise. Inscribed by the author. Local history of this Ontario city, home of an important General Motors plant, site of a previous Canadian automobile plant (the McLaughlin). Note: 1.5 kg parcel, extra postage may be required.; Octavo.; Signed by Author
Book ID: 9018More details Price: USD $24.95 USD $22.46 -
REPORTS AND DOCUMENTS IN REFERENCE TO THE LOCATION OF THE LINE AND A WESTERN TERMINAL HARBOUR, 1878
Book ID: 31382More details Price: USD $350.00 USD $315.00
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THE CANADIAN RAILWAY PROBLEM
Edition: First Edition
Toronto: Macmillan, 1917. Octavo, light grey cloth. pp (2), (viii), 258, (4). Cracked ront inner hinge neatly repaired, mild cover soiling, else a VG copy, no owner names. Argues against private ownership of railways, informed by the conduct of the famous railway criminals, er, patriots, of the 19th century in the US and Canada.
Book ID: 36726More details Price: USD $30.00 USD $27.00 -
THE GOLDEN YEARS OF TRUCKING. Commemorating Fifty Years of Service by the Ontario Trucking Association.
Edition: First Edition
Rexdale, Ontario: Ontario Trucking Association, 1977. Inscribed by contributor; Green boards. (x), (190) pp. Well illustrated. Narrow band of sunning to foot of spine, two small light tan spots to fore edges, VG+ otherwise in VG jacket. Inscribed in 1979 by J.O. Goodman, Executive VP, to Roy McMurtry, at time Attorney-General of Ontario and later Chief Justice.; Quarto; Signed by contributor
Book ID: 45011More details Price: USD $25.00 USD $22.50 -
THE HUDSON BAY ROAD (1498-1915)
Edition: First Edition
Book ID: 33740More details Price: USD $65.00 USD $58.50 -
THE LIGHTS OF COBB AND CO.: the story of the frontier coaches, 1854-1924
Edition: First Edition
Adelaide: Rigby, 1967. Octavo, brown cloth. pp 228 + plates. Fine in near fine jacket. Story of an Australian stage coach line.
Book ID: 36737More details Price: USD $19.50 USD $17.55 -
THE QUEEN'S HIGHWAY from ocean to ocean
Edition: First US issue
London & Chicago: Sampson, Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington / A.C. McClurg, 1887. With the McClurg spine imprint. Octavo, red pictorial cloth stamped in black and silver, gilt lettered, black endpapers. pp (xii), (432) + frontispiece with tissue guard and 19 collotype plates + 2 colour folding maps at rear. Book a little leaned; front free endpaper protrudes at fore edge a little, crack to gutter after the front free endpaper; very light spine darkening, yellowing to page edges, soft bumps to outer corners and to foot of spine, else a near fine, bright & tight copy, no owner names. An account of crossing Canada by the newly completed Canadian Pacific Railway. Note: 1.5 kg parcel, extra shipping will be required.
Book ID: 36744More details Price: USD $175.00 USD $157.50