AVIATION WEEK / AVIATION WEEK AND SPACE TECHNOLOGY, Vols. 47-73, 84-109.
NY 1947-1960, 1966-1978. 8.5x11", all uniformly bound in green binders, library cloth, EX-COMPANY LIBRARY, minimal markings, 89 total volumes, v.g. More
TRANSPORTATION
B&W Photo of the "South American," part of the Chicago, Duluth & Georgian Bay Transit Company.
Detroit, 1962. 3.5 x 5, light wear else good. Shows the "South American" on the Detroit River, passengers lining the decks, written on the back: "South American Boat, Detroit River, August 1962." Photo, privately taken, comes with its negative. More
THE BABY PATHFINDER RAILWAY GUIDE Vol. 21 No. 11 November 15, 1906
New England Railway Publishing Co.: Boston, 1906. 5 x 3.25", pict stapled wraps, 124pp. Covers rubbed, torn and missing small piece of spine, lacks a rear corner, contents have some soiling and creasing, first page lacks a piece of the inner margin and affects text else good condition. Some of..... More
BAF: Books About Ford, Fall 1963
Gerald M. MacGinnis: San Francisco, CA, 1965. Paperback. Photos; illus., 6.75 x 5", pict stapled wraps, unpaginated, covers lightly rubbed, forecorners lightly bumped, rear with an old paper address label, covers with some printer ink errors. Lists of manuals, parts, info on restoring old Fords, etc. SCARCE. More
BAF: Books About Ford, Issue Number 3, January 1965
Gerald M. MacGinnis: San Francisco, CA, 1965. Paperback. Photos; illus., 6.75 x 5", pict stapled wraps, unpaginated, covers lightly rubbed, top fore-corners lightly bumped, rear cover lightly toned and with an old paper address label. Lists of manuals, parts, info on restoring old Fords, etc. SCARCE. More
THE BALDWIN LOCOMOTIVE WORKS, PHILADELPHIA, The Story of Eddystone. 1928.
(Felton, CA 1974). Photos, 11x8.5", boards, 75pp, corners bumped else ok in rubbed dw. More
BANQUET AND PRESENTATION, Honoring Employees Who Have Faithfully and Loyally Served the Ford Motor Company for Thirty-Five Years or More, Ballroom, Dearborn Inn, Dearborn, Michigan, Tuesday, December 19, 1944, 6:30 P.M.
(Ford Motor Co.: Dearborn, MI), (1944). Paperback. Tipped-in photo of Mr. Henry Ford, 9 x 6", stapled wraps, (12)pp, covers a little soiled, top forecorners bumped else a nice little remembrance, with list of honored employees, banquet menu (broiled tenderloin, brandied peach sundae, etc.), and a chronology of Ford history..... More
BARNEY'S RAILWAY GUIDE Southwestern New York, Pennsylvania, and Ohio Vol. 1 No. 13 July 1907 [Chautauqua]
A.H. Barney: Jamestown, 1907. Illus., 9 x 4", printed stapled wraps, 1-13, A-N (includes covers). Covers have light toning and spotting, edge tears, rusty staples, creasing, centerfold detached else good condition. Lots of nice ads from Jamestown businesses: Jamestown Brewing Co., Hotel Lenhart, American Box Ball Alley, Goudy's Electro Turkish..... More
BATAVIA MEMORIES, 1980-2008
One Ford: np (Batavia, IL), 2008. Hardcover. Photos, 11 x 8.5", glossy pict boards, 128pp, very minor shelf wear else a nice, clean, fresh copy. A picture history/yearbook of the Ford Batavia (OH) transmission plant, with color photos of the workers. SCARCE. More
BAY HARBOR CONCOURS d'ELEGANCE 2002 BEST OF CLASS PRE-WAR OPEN, 1935-1942 AWARD
Bay Harbor, Michigan, 2002. Hardcover. Bronze head of Roman goddess of war 6"h on an oblong grey marble base 10 x 5"h x .75" with brass engraved plaque oblong 3.75 x 1.5", in the corner a small enameled .25" with the winner's name, green felt on the bottom. Light wear..... More
BELL MODEL 206BIII, SERIAL NUMBERS 2212 AND SUBSEQUENT, ILLUSTRATED PARTS BREAKDOWN MANUAL, BHT-206BIII-IPB.
Bell Helicopter: Fort Worth, TX, 1992. 11 x 8.5, loose leaf, about 200 pages new in shrink wrap. No longer available from Bell Helicopter website. More
BELL SPECIAL TOOLS ILLUSTRATED PARTS BREAKDOWN, BHT-Spectool-IPB.
Bell Helicopter: Fort Worth, TX, (c 1990). 11 x 8.5, loose leaf, new in shrink wrap. Offered on Bell website for $615! More
BEPI KOELLIKER, Una Storia.
IGER: Rome. 1987. 11 x 11, hardcover, 105 pp, well illustr in b/w, Italian text, pict black papered boards, issued w/o jacket, vg in vg cardstock slipcase, which is torn at top, scratched, edgeworn. FIRST ED. More
"BERLIET 944, L'Elegance Automobile en 1934" [cover title, automotive brochure].
Automobiles M. Berliet: Lyons, 1934. Photos, oblong 7.75 x 8.5, color pict stapled wraps, (8) pp, covers a little edge worn, small creases at spine, contents nice. Scarce pre-WWII brochure for this French automobile manufacturer; color cover photo is of a pretty blonde waving from the driver's seat of a...... More
"Big News on the Biggest of The Big 3," color brochure showing the Buick models for 1956.
np, 1956. Oblong 4.25 x 8.25, pict stapled wraps, unpag (20 pp). Light wear and creasing, front cover has a few small spots and pencil erasures else very good. The models shows are the Roadmaster, the Super, the Century and the Special with varying models for each car. "If you..... More
BILL HEAD FOR "THOS. WATSON, Ship Bread, Cracker & Cake Baker" 1 pg.
Philadelphia Sept. 28, 1866. Oblong 4.5x8.5", folds else v.g. Nice vignette of side wheeler with U.S. flag. More
Bill of Lading, Detroit Grand Rapids & Western Railroad Company, March 28, 1900
Croswell, Michigan, 1900. 11 x 8.25", one sheet with printed form on recto and map on verso, toned and brittle, left edge chipped, one hole in center of page, folds. Bulk corn. SWAF. More
Billhead from International Motor Car Company, Waverley Department.
Indianapolis, 1902. Creasing, toning, small tears, pinholes. Typed letter to a Mr. W.T. Bryan, Treas in Athens, Ga., discussing Models 21 & 22, how many miles the battery will last, whether the unevenness of the road will disturb the electrolytes, the steepness of the grades that the cars can handle..... More
Black & White Photo of a Soldier on a Harley-Davidson motorcycle w/ a sidecar.
Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas. nd (WWI era). Oblong 3.25 x 5, creasing, unevenly trimmed, light fingerprint smudging. Written on the back "Ft. Leavenworth, Kas. I drive this car for one of the Lieuts and the Capt occasionally. WBK." In a different hand "Soldiers" and "12" written across the initials. Although the..... More
Black & white postcard of the "S.S. Dollar. Capacity 5,000,000 Ft., Raymond, Wash."
Raymond, nd (early 20th. 3.5 x 5.5. Postally unused, light wear and soiling else good. Card shows the Robert Dollar at the dock which has several stacks of lumber on it, train trestles, buildings and mountains in the background. Published by Patton Post Card Co., Salem, Oregon. #4480. More
Black and White Postcard showing an American Airlines prop plane flying ". . . over the flowering desert of Arizona. . . "
np, nd (c. 1938). Oblong 3.5 x 5.5, full image on recto, verso with printed caption and pencil message, postmarked Oklahoma City 1938. Plane is identified as " . . . one of American Airlines giant Skysleepers. . . " Some wear and yellowing otherwise nice. More
BLUEBOOK The Cost Index Of The Automobile Industry Volume 2, Number 4 1963
Automobile Pricing Publications: San Francisco, 1962. Paperback. Illus., 8 x 5.25", printed stapled blue wraps, 94pp. Covers creased, worn, torn and rubbed, contents have light creasing else very good condition. New vehicles: Ford: Ecoline Pickup $1865.32, Chevy Corvette: 2dr sports coupe $4252. Used: Ford: Edsel 2dr Ranger, 1960 $1150, Studebaker..... More
BOARD OF EDUCATION, SCHOOL BUILDING SURVEY AND PROGRAM FOR FORDSON SCHOOL DISTRICT DEARBORN MICHIGAN [cover: "A Survey and Building Program..."]
Bureau of Research and Statistics: Fordson Public Schools: Dearborn, MI, 1931. Paperback. Photos, maps, charts; graphs, 11 x 8", gilt-lettered padded gold cloth, 72pp, covers worn, extremities bumped and lightly fraying, endpapers toned but still a good copy of this SCARCE title. ERNEST G. LIEBOLD'S COPY WITH HIS NAME IN..... More
BOOK OF INFORMATION, Dodge Brothers Motor Car, February 26, 1918, Tenth Edition
Dodge Brothers: Detroit, MI, 1918. Paperback. Illus. including folding illus., 9 x 6", cloth-tape backed stapled wraps, 62pp with index, covers quite worn and soiled, bottom of spine and adjacent area of back cover stained (which is present throughout most of the book), pp fingersoiled; still a decent, usable copy..... More
Booklet issued by the Panama Pacific Line "Information for Passengers."
Panama Pacific Line, nd (1930s). Illustr of ships' officers sleeve stripes, 6 x 3.5, stapled wraps, unpag (12 pp). Light wear, soiling and creasing to covers, staples have light rust else good/very good. Some of listings: Guide to Public Rooms, Bellboy Service, Panama Canal, Shore Excursions, Valet Service. The Panama..... More