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Allen, Cecil.J.
The Locomotive Exchanges 1870 - 1948
London, Ian Allan Ltd,
1949, Hard Cover,
Condition: Very Good, A history of British locomotive exchanges and what the engines did on the road. Showing the art of turning out spotless locomotives. Begining chapter; the value of exchanging; early exchange trials, the L.N.W.R. "Precursor" and experiment exchanges 1909-10; Polar Star vs Worcestershire; historic 1925 G.W.R.-L.N.E.R. exchange; Launceston Castel; Great Exchange of 1948; King's Cross-Leeds, etc. Profusely illustrated. Blue cloth boards and spine. Few spotty fades to edge, spine mildly faded, a small o to upper corner of pastedown, all else clean, tightly bound. 8 vo, 176 pages
(Locomotive, Exchanges, In Britian, Englands, Locomotive, Exhanges, British, Train, Design, British, Locomotive, Design, History, Of, Locomotive, Design) Cat No. 1483.
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Allen, Cecil.J.
The Locomotive Exchanges 1870 - 1948
London, Ian Allan Ltd,
1949, Hard Cover,
Condition: Very Good, A history of British locomotive exchanges and what the engines did on the road. Showing the art of turning out spotless locomotives. Begining chapter; the value of exchanging; early exchange trials, the L.N.W.R. "Precursor" and experiment exchanges 1909-10; Polar Star vs Worcestershire; historic 1925 G.W.R.-L.N.E.R. exchange; Launceston Castel; Great Exchange of 1948; King's Cross-Leeds, etc. Profusely illustrated. Blue cloth boards and spine. Few spotty fades to edge, spine mildly faded, a small o to upper corner of pastedown, all else clean, tightly bound. 8 vo, 176 pages
(Locomotive, Exchanges, In Britian, Englands, Locomotive, Exhanges, British, Train, Design, British, Locomotive, Design, History, Of, Locomotive, Design) Cat No. 1483.
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Burton, Sir Richard.
The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Illustrated
New York, Heritage Press,
1955, Hard Cover,
illus: Arthur Szyk, Condition: Very Good, The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Illustrated, by Burton, Sir Richard, Heritage Press, NY 1955; Two volume set; full page color illustrations by Arthur Szyk. Containing 65 stories told by Shahrazade the Sultaness to divert Shahryar the Sultan from the execution of a vow he had made to avenge the disloyalty of his first sultaness; and containing an better account of the customs, manners and religion of the Middle Eastern Nations than is to be me with any edition hitherto published. Sir Richard Burton's translations, with notes prepared by those scholars who had previously translated the text into English from the Arabic, notably Henry Torrens, Edward Lane, John Payne. Beautiful volumes clean, bright text, solidly bound, no writing or inscriptions. Black cloth boards and spine, silver title panel to spine and front board. Copyright 1955 by George Macy Companies, Inc. sm 4 to
(Nobn, Arabian, Nights, Illustrated, Heritage, Press, Books, Illustrated, Arabic, Tales, Arthyr, Szyk, Paintings, Sir, Richard, Burton, Translator, Arabic, Translations, Alaeddin, And His, Lamp, Sinbad, S, Voyage, The Fisherman, And The Jinni, One, Thousand, And One, Nights, Ancient, Literature, Arabic, Fantasy) Cat No. 1484.
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Burton, Sir Richard.
The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Illustrated
New York, Heritage Press,
1955, Hard Cover,
illus: Arthur Szyk, Condition: Very Good, The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Illustrated, by Burton, Sir Richard, Heritage Press, NY 1955; Two volume set; full page color illustrations by Arthur Szyk. Containing 65 stories told by Shahrazade the Sultaness to divert Shahryar the Sultan from the execution of a vow he had made to avenge the disloyalty of his first sultaness; and containing an better account of the customs, manners and religion of the Middle Eastern Nations than is to be me with any edition hitherto published. Sir Richard Burton's translations, with notes prepared by those scholars who had previously translated the text into English from the Arabic, notably Henry Torrens, Edward Lane, John Payne. Beautiful volumes clean, bright text, solidly bound, no writing or inscriptions. Black cloth boards and spine, silver title panel to spine and front board. Copyright 1955 by George Macy Companies, Inc. sm 4 to
(Nobn, Arabian, Nights, Illustrated, Heritage, Press, Books, Illustrated, Arabic, Tales, Arthyr, Szyk, Paintings, Sir, Richard, Burton, Translator, Arabic, Translations, Alaeddin, And His, Lamp, Sinbad, S, Voyage, The Fisherman, And The Jinni, One, Thousand, And One, Nights, Ancient, Literature, Arabic, Fantasy) Cat No. 1484.
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Burton, Sir Richard.
The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Illustrated
New York, Heritage Press,
1955, Hard Cover,
illus: Arthur Szyk, Condition: Very Good, The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Illustrated, by Burton, Sir Richard, Heritage Press, NY 1955; Two volume set; full page color illustrations by Arthur Szyk. Containing 65 stories told by Shahrazade the Sultaness to divert Shahryar the Sultan from the execution of a vow he had made to avenge the disloyalty of his first sultaness; and containing an better account of the customs, manners and religion of the Middle Eastern Nations than is to be me with any edition hitherto published. Sir Richard Burton's translations, with notes prepared by those scholars who had previously translated the text into English from the Arabic, notably Henry Torrens, Edward Lane, John Payne. Beautiful volumes clean, bright text, solidly bound, no writing or inscriptions. Black cloth boards and spine, silver title panel to spine and front board. Copyright 1955 by George Macy Companies, Inc. sm 4 to
(Nobn, Arabian, Nights, Illustrated, Heritage, Press, Books, Illustrated, Arabic, Tales, Arthyr, Szyk, Paintings, Sir, Richard, Burton, Translator, Arabic, Translations, Alaeddin, And His, Lamp, Sinbad, S, Voyage, The Fisherman, And The Jinni, One, Thousand, And One, Nights, Ancient, Literature, Arabic, Fantasy) Cat No. 1484.
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