Search Results: Authors starting with M from Eyebrowse Books - MWABA

Mervue Publications, 2005-10-15. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/no jacket, as issued. Hardcover - Signed By the Author, First Edition 2005 Mervue Publications 238 pages. Near Fine, no jacket - as issued. Glossy illustrated boards - corners sharp. Only flaw is the previous owner address label on the title page above the authors inscription to him and his signature. Otherwise, the book is pristine. A treasure trove of early power boating and automotive history. Motormen contains information on the evolution of steam, Naphtha, electric and gasoline engines and documents how a market demand for lightweight marine engines in the 1890s brought about a boon that supported development of reliable engines for personal transportation on and off the water. Contains early boat racing history, key men biographies, almost 200 historic illustrations, and a catalog of almost 200 Michigan marine engine manufactures. Features cover art reproduced from an original painting by Camilo Pardo, chief designer in… Read More

Brooklands Book DistributionLtd, 1966-01-01. Paperback. Very Good+/in illustrated wraps. Softcover, UNDATED Motorbooks International 100 pages. Very Good+, in illustrated wraps. Just a touch of shelf/edge wear to covers/edges. NOTE: This copy has a very different front cover. (Green cover with Yellow Titles and White Porsche in middle of front cover) No notes/writing-All pages are bright, clean and crisp. A collection of 29 different articles on the Porsche 356 from all the leading specialist auto publications/magazines in the US and Overseas from 1952 to 1983. A treasure trove of information for the owner/enthusiast, including driving reviews, road tests and specifications. ISBN-0946489246. LOC-SSM-07

J. B. Lippincott. Hardcover. Good+/No DJ. Vintage Hardcover, No date J. B. Lippincott 256 pages. Good+, no DJ. Moderate shelf/edge wear to red cloth boards with black spine titles - corners bumped and worn. Spine is sun-darkened. Previous owner name on FFEP (Benjamin E. Young).Page 254 and 255 were opened carelessly by the previous owner and pg255 has a small chip still attached to pg 254. 13 chapters and 8 illustrations. Great book on mining gems and gold in Australia during the first part of the 20th century. Very respectable copy.LOC SSE-03

Houghton Mifflin, 1924-01-01. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+/Good+. Hardcover with the scarce DJ and related ephemera, First Edition 1924 Houghton Mifflin Company 270 pages. Very Good+, in a Good+ DJ. Minor shelf/edge wear to brown and orange decorative cloth boards with Orange spine titles - one tiny bumped corner. Moderate shelf/edge wear, soiling and stains (rear panel and spine) to original unclipped DJ - now in mylar. No previous owner markings - all pages are clean and unmarked. Only flaw is the title page and the page facing it are darkened by a long and detailed news article/obituary pertaining to the author laid in. From the front panel of the DJ: For fourteen years Miss Mackenzie lived among the Bantu tribes of West Africa. In this book she shows the African as he really is and transcribes some of the strange and fascinating sayings about beauty, death, marriage, the things of laughter, and the things of God that are current in that twilit forest world. The result is an… Read More

Christian Council On Palestine, Undated. Softcover. Good+/in wraps. Softcover, Undated Christian Council On Palestine 126 pages. Good+, in wraps. Moderate shelf/edge wear and some chipping to covers. Small damp stain to page edges. All pages are clean and unmarked and very tanned. Cover states that this book was Banned in Palestine by the British Censor. Published by the Christian Council On Palestine through arrangement with Victor Gollancz Ltd. Very respectable vintage copy. LOC SSS-15

Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, March 1908. Magazine Format. Good/in illustrated wraps. Single Issue Magazine, March 1908 Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway. Good, in illustrated wraps. Heavy shelf/edge wear and chipping to covers. All pages are intact and readable, a few have closed tears. This is Volume II March 1908 Number 4. Essay and stories include: Stirring Adventures Of The Old Trail, Teamwork, Cliff Dwellers' Ruins at Manitou, Texas Railways and Employees, Oiling Our Roadbed, The Cenook Mystery, The Arkansas Valley Railroad and much more. Filled with vintage ads in the front and the rear of the magazine and several vintage B&W photographs. Numerous mentions of workers and their families at the rear of the magazine titled Among Ourselves which solicited family goings-on, death notices, positions filled, travel, and a lot of other local history with each stop along the tracks offering stories. Respectable and very scarce antique copy. LOC SSS-24

Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, November 1908. Magazine Format. Good/in illustrated wraps. Single Issue Magazine, November 1908 Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway. Good, in illustrated wraps. Heavy shelf/edge wear and chipping to covers. All pages are intact and readable, a few have closed tears. THE SANTA FE EMPLOYES' MAGAZINE was a monthly magazine that was free to all employees but 15 cents a copy on the newsstand or $1.00 a year as a subscription.This is Volume II November 1908 Number 4. Essay and stories include: Building To The Rockies, Our Hospitals, Air Brake Questions, Safety, Superheated Steam And Expansion, The Situation In Texas and much more. Filled with vintage ads in the front and the rear of the magazine and several vintage B&W photographs. Numerous mentions of workers and their families at the rear of the magazine titled Among Ourselves which solicited family goings-on, death notices, positions filled, travel, and a lot of other local history with each stop… Read More

Department of English, Harvard University, 1954-01-01. First Edition. Paperback. Good/in wraps. Softcover, First Edition 1954 Department of English, Harvard University 52 pages. Good, in wraps. Minor shelf/edge wear and some age-toning to covers. Only flaw is there are several names written on the cover and there is one name crossed out. The interior is unmarked. Still a very useful copy - LOC SSE-5

Ohara Publication, 1980. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good+/in illustrated wraps. Softcover, Magazine Format First Edition 1980 Ohara Publication (407) 95 paginated pages plus 3 additional pages. Very Good+, in illustrated wraps. Just a touch of shelf/edge wear and a touch of edge-toning to covers. Spine has a touch of foxing. Rear cover has a couple of faint creases. No previous owner markings - all pages are clean and unmarked. Binding tight and spine is uncreased. This the TRUE First Edition from 1980 with the spine number of 407 next to the Ohara symbol. A collection of personal letters about Bruce Lee that were collected by Rainbow Publications thru three of their magazine: Black belt, Karate Illustrated and Fighting Stars. Some of the letters go back to 1967. One chapter is devoted to a letter from Bruce to a personal friend named Mito (Mitoshi Uyehara) dated August 12, 1972. The magazine was founded in 1961 by Mitoshi Uyehara who was the publisher of Black Belt magazine. Although the… Read More

The Frank A. Munsey Co, 1940. single_issue_magazine. Very Good/In illustrated wraps. Douglas Hilliker. Vintage Pulp Railroad Magazine, June 1940 The Frank A. Munsey Co. 144 pages. Very Good, in illustrated wraps. Minor shelf/edge wear to covers. Only flaw is a small chip to front cover. Pages are clean but toned. Cover art by D. H. Hillier. June 1940 issue of Railroad Magazine with articles on the L&N's "Hook and Eye" Division (originally the Marietta & North Georgia)(with map), operations in the SP's Mountain Division, a history of railway medals, the Baldwin's 4-10-2 locomotive, Part 2 of a roster for New York Central locomotives, a list of locomotive rosters published by RM since 1932, a pictorial of an Illinois Central King Snipe or Section Boss, railfan excursions, True Tales of the Rails, plus railroad stories and regular monthly features such as the survey of electric street railways and the Railroad Camera Club. Illustrated throughout with black and white… Read More

The Frank A. Munsey Co, 1939. single_issue_magazine. Very Good/In illustrated wraps. Harry C. Temple. Vintage Pulp Railroad Magazine, October 1939 The Frank A. Munsey Co. 144 pages. Very Good, in illustrated wraps. Minor shelf/edge wear to covers. Only flaw is a small chip to rear cover. Pages are clean but toned. Cover art by W. C. Merritt. October 1939 issue of Railroad Magazine with articles Twilight of the Boomers, Back in the Days, Along the Iron Pike, Juice line in the Arctic, 100 years of Netherlands Railways, Locomotives of the Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis and much more. Illustrated throughout with black and white photos and numerous vintage ads. Very handsome vintage pulp magazine.LOC SSM-01

The Frank A. Munsey Co, 1942. single_issue_magazine. Good+/In illustrated wraps. Aurion Proctor. Vintage Pulp Railroad Magazine, March 1942 The Frank A. Munsey Co. 144 pages. Good+, in illustrated wraps. Moderate shelf/edge wear and chipping to covers. Pages are clean but toned. Cover art by Aurion Proctor. March 1942 issue of Railroad Magazine with articles on the railroad push or section car, the Cody & Moore Railway (with map), life as a Santa Fe roadmaster, an explanation of sanding the rails, a Texas & New Orleans locomotive roster, modeling a hand car in O gauge, True Tales of the Rails, plus railroad stories and regular monthly features such as the survey of electric street railways and the Railroad Camera Club. Illustrated throughout with black and white photos and numerous vintage ads. Handsome Vintage pulp magazine.LOC

Popular Publications Inc, 1943. single_issue_magazine. Good+/In illustrated wraps. Aurion Proctor. Vintage Pulp Railroad Magazine, September 1943 The Frank A. Munsey Co. 149 pages. Good+, in illustrated wraps. Moderate shelf/edge wear and chipping to covers. Pages are clean but toned. Cover art by Aurion Proctor. September 1943 issue of Railroad Magazine with articles on the Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburgh (with map), the Delaware & Northern (with map), Toronto's trolleys, lists of Canadian interurbans and electric street railways, an explanation of coal loaders, list of steam locomotives on order, modeling a NYC 4-6-4, what a train dispatcher needs to know, memories of a "too-short" SP engineer, a collection of switch-targets, a roster of Pittsburgh, Chartiers & Youghiogheny locomotives, True Tales of the Rails, plus railroad stories and regular monthly features such as the survey of electric street railways, Locomotive of the Month, and the Railroad Camera Club.… Read More

Popular Publications Inc, 1947. single_issue_magazine. Good+/In illustrated wraps. Aurion Proctor. Vintage Pulp Railroad Magazine, June 1947. The Frank A. Munsey Co. 146 pages. Good+, in illustrated wraps. Minor shelf/edge wear to covers. Slight chipping to spine. Pages are clean but toned. Cover art by Aurion Proctor. June 1947 issue of Railroad Magazine with articles on B&O's The Cincinnatian (with 4 maps), the post-war problem of passenger service on branch lines and a proposal to provide integrated railroad service (with 6 maps), Part 2 of Roundhouse Rats, an explanation of sludge removal, life as an old school telegrapher, getting electrocuted on the Ithaca Traction Co., the explosion of the USS Solar while unloading in Earle, NJ, railroad poetry, how to build a model of The Cincinnatian, a roster of Soo Line locomotives plus railroad stories and regular monthly features such as the survey of electric street railways and the Railroad Camera Club. Illustrated throughout with black and… Read More

Time Inc, 1969-01-01. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket-as issued. Time Magazine March 28, 1969. Cover illustration of Nguyen Van Thieu. Very Good, with address label on front panel at lower left. Minor shelf/edge wear to covers. Mild toning to page edges. Containing the following: Strategy and Tactics of Peace in Vietnam, small blurb about the fighting between China and Russia over Damansky Island, Prince Rainer and Princess Grace, Strom Thurmond and hecklers in KKK garb, a Time Magazine essay titled "The Danger of Playing at Revolution", color views from Apollo 9, article about Helen Frankenthaler and her exhibition at the Whitney with 5 examples or her work photographed and so much more. LOC SSM-03

The Frank A. Munsey Co, 1941. single_issue_magazine. Good+/In illustrated wraps. A. Sheldon Pennoyer. Vintage Pulp Railroad Magazine, August 1941 The Frank A. Munsey Co. 144 pages. Good+, in illustrated wraps. Moderate shelf/edge wear and chipping to covers. Pages are clean but toned. Spine is uncreased. Cover art by A. Sheldon Pennoyer. August 1941 issue of Railroad Magazine with articles on the last of the narrow gauge railways, the shortest RPO route (Thurmond to Price Hill, WV, with map), Part 2 of the Pennsylvania Railroad locomotive roster an explanation of locomotive tenders, a list of summer railroad excursions offered by the major lines, building the Great Northern, building a model covered hopper car, True Tales of the Rails, plus railroad stories and regular monthly features such as the survey of electric street railways and the Railroad Camera Club. Illustrated throughout with black and white photos and numerous vintage ads. Handsome Vintage pulp magazine.LOC

The Frank A. Munsey Co, 1942. single_issue_magazine. Good+/In illustrated wraps. A. Sheldon Pennoyer. Vintage Pulp Railroad Magazine, July 1942 The Frank A. Munsey Co. 160 pages. Good+, in illustrated wraps. Minor shelf/edge wear to covers. Rear cover and last page have a chip missing. Pages are clean but toned. Cover art by A. Sheldon Pennoyer. July 1942 issue of Railroad Magazine with articles on the design and evolution of the pilot/cowcatcher on locomotives, wartime railroading photos, Indian Railways and the unticketed passenger problem, the impact of the 1938 New England hurricane, an Canadian Pacific's Kicking Horse Pass and the Big Hill, the Waterville (WA) Railway, railroad scrip (with a list of companies that issued it), the Des Moines & Central Iowa Railroad, a locomotive roster for the Green Bay & Western (with map), explanation of crown sheet protection, building a model banjo signal in O gauge, True Tales of the Rails, plus railroad stories and regular monthly features… Read More

McGraw-Hill Book Company, inc, 1931-01-01. First Edition. Hardcover. Good+/No DJ. Hardcover, Stated First Edition McGraw-Hill Book Company, inc 495 pages. Good+, No DJ. Moderate shelf/edge wear to gray cloth boards with black titles and accents - corners bumped and worn. No previous owner markings - all pages are clean and unmarked. Over 150 illustrations. Handsome and respectable First Edition copy of an early aviation textbook. LOC SSM-10

Railfare Enterprises Ltd, 1969-01-01. Paperback. Near Fine/in illustrated Wraps. Scarce Softcover, with related ephemera 1969 (reprint of an 1899 article in Cassier's Magazine) Railfare Enterprises Ltd. 28 pages. Near Fine, in illustrated wraps. Just a hint of shelf/edge wear to covers. No previous owner markings - all pages are bright, clean and crisp. No creases anywhere. 1969 reprint of an 1899 article in Cassier's Magazine describing the then novel development of electric railroad locomotives. Illustrated throughout with vintage black and white photographs. Also included is an 11 page article from the Franklin Historical review dated vol 13 1976, which covers the Paul Smith Electric railway (circa 1906). A superb copy and quite scarce in this nice a condition plus all the bonus material. LOC SSE-4

Praeger, 1985-04-18. Hardcover. Very Good+/No Jacket. Hardcover, 1985 Greenwood Press 234 pages. Very Good+, No jacket. Just a touch of shelf/edge wear to green cloth boards with silver titles - corners sharp. All pages are bright, clean and crisp except the previous owner signed and dated all his books after the last sentence of the book. Light foxing to top edge of textblock. ISBN-0313246149. LOC SSS-20