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Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. 1st Edition. Birmingham Transport Historical Group, Birmingham, 1988. Paperback. First edition, first impression. Profusely illustrated throughout with black and white plates. 72 pages. Birmingham Corporation Tramcar 395 information leaflet loosely inserted. Spine slightly sunned. Bottom corner of fore edge of back cover lightly creased. Bottom left-hand corners of Birmingham Corporation Tramcar 395 information leaflet lightly creased. Overall, the book is in a very good condition.…

Hardcover. Condición: Good. No Jacket. A hardcover non-fiction in good condition. Pages are mostly very clean and bright, with very occasional fox marks near the edges. The cover is clean and well-preserved, with no significant wear.

Soft cover. Condición: Good+. No Dust Jacket. Third Edition. 167 pages. Ex-Reference Library with usual markings. Light moisture and wear on covers.

Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. Softcover; ex-library; tape covering of spine chipped; o/w in very good condition. Book.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. xv, 336p. 1 folding key. Paper-covered boards (sunned at edges), cloth spine. A classified catalogue of 8,000 volumes (including 200 volumes of pamphlets) compiled by the Societies' librarian, John Penoyre.

Folio; original blue boards; no dustwrapper; pp. 104 including contemporary advertisements; numerous black-and-white photographs and drawings. Boards sunned on spine and a little bumped; a tape remnant on front pastedown; endpapers somewhat foxed and a little scattered browning elsewhere; a few tiny ink marks. Good condition.…

Hardcover 8vo 153 pages Very Good in very good dj. slightest edge wear. Thursday, May 27, 2021.

Condición: Very Good. 5 pages. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Preserved in a modern card cover, prepared for practicality - an unassuming but serviceable presentation that favours function over finery. Size: 25 x 30 cms. Category: Archaeologia; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on. Softcover (Booklet - Unbound Pages).…

88 pp, b&w line and photographic illustrations, very good copy in limp card wrappers.

First edition limited to 1500 unnumbered copies INSCRIBED, DATED, AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. 288 pages. Hardcover: H 24.25cm x L 15.75cm. No dust jacket present. Blue cloth rubbed; light sunning to spine with spine's gilt stamping a bit dulled but still easily legible; front board's gilt stamping remains bright. Some toning/foxing to text block's top edge. Light toning to endpapers. Author's four-line ink inscription "To: Judge Chas. R. Wiggins | From his friend | Carl Elliott | 9/59" on front free endpaper; interior pages are otherwise clean. Binding is firm. A very good+ copy. With Preface, two b/w portrait photos, tables, and Index. Text comprised of 36 essays - several being a page or less but most being five to ten pages in length - regarding various historical facets of northwest Alabama encompassing the counties of Blount, Cullman, Fayette, Franklin, Lamar, Marion, Pickens, Walker, and Winston. The more interesting essays are: SKETCHES OF EARLY CULLMAN COUNTY, ALABAMA by Marc Miller; JOHN WILLIAMS ROGERS by Harry V. Barnard; AN ALABAMA HORSE-AND-BUGGY MINISTER-DOCTOR by Margaret D. Sizemore; EARLY DAYS OF FRANKLIN COUNTY by William H. Key, Jr.; RURAL MAIL CARRIERS SEES THE SEASONS by Joe Acee; HEZEKIAH MASSEY (1822-1910) by Charley Ross West; A SUPPLEMENT TO THE HISTORY OF THE HEZEKIAH MASSEY FAMILY by Charley Ross West; OLD JASPER ACADEMY, 1859-1892 by Sheriff Lacy; THE HAMILTON AGRICULTURAL SCHOOL, A HISTORY: 1895-1933 by E.W. Branyon; THE SIPSEY FORK OF THE BLACK WARRIOR RIVER, ALABAMA by Warren W. Scott; WHAT OUR GARMENT FACTORY MEANS TO DETROIT, ALABAMA by Mrs. Opal Thompson; GLIMPSES OF EARLY FAYETTE COUNTY, ALABAMA by James A. Windle and Margaret D. Sizemore; MORE ABOUT ALLEN T. OWEN (1851-1917) by Rosa Odiel Gatewood; SOME RECOLLECTIONS by William Jesse Bonds; MY FOUR-SCORE YEARS AND MORE IN MARION AND LAMAR COUNTIES by Florence Sizemore; THE WAKEFIELD FAMILY OF WALKER COUNTY, ALABAMA by Wayne E. Wakefield; TOMBIGBEE RIVER TRIBUTARIES, MISSISSIPPI AND ALABAMA by Col. R.W. Love; 1830 U.S. CENSUS OF WALKER COUNTY, ALABAMA compiled by Bruce Myers; THE LUCAS-DODSON FAMILIES by Silas Emmett Lucas, Jr.; SOME FRANKLIN COUNTY, ALABAMA GRAVESTONE RECORDS BY R.L. JAMES; THE FUTURE OF COAL IN WALKER COUNTY, AND THE GASIFICATION EXPERIMENT by Milton H. Fies; DRAINAGE AREAS OF CERTAIN CREEKS IN ALABAMA AND MISSISSIPPI by Colonel Harold E. Bisbort; AS I REMEMBER by Maggie Byram; SCHOOL DAZE IN 1889 IN BLOUNT COUNTY by Margaret D. Sizemore; THE TENNESSEE-TOMBIGBEE WATERWAY by W.H. Drinkard; MORE U.S. POST OFFICES OF YESTERYEAR BY CARL ELLIOTT; UNION COMMUNITY, FRANKLIN COUNTY, ALABAMA by P.O. Davis; etc. Please note that this is Volume II only of the "Annals of Northwest Alabama" series which was compiled by Carl Atwood Elliott (1913-1999) who served eight terms in the U.S. House of Representatives from Alabama's northwestern 7th Congressional District from January 1949 to January 1965. {AL Shelf #5}.…

Hardcover. Condición: Fair. First Edition. "Preserves the story of the job done in World War II by The Highland Light Infantry of Canada." - Foreword. 126, [10] pp. Honours and Awards. Roll of Honour. Grainy black and white reproductions of photos. Four fold-out maps. Heavily-worn former library copy with usual markings. Original green cloth with green tape to spine. A worthy reference copy of this important history. Dornbusch 81, Cooke (3rd Edn) p. 219; 8vo.…

[Beijing 1966, Xin Hua Shu Dian]. Stiff pictorial wrs., very good, solid, cover a bid dusty, else clean, solid, text in Chinese, 25.4 x 17.1 cm.,34p., symbol key, 34 color maps,the 4th printing of the First Edition. A VERY RARE EXAMPLE ! . *** **** *** . . . A COMPREHENSIVE WEHNUA DA GEMING [CULTURAL REVOLUTION] . . ATLAS OF PROVINCES, RAILROADS AND ROADS . . . ISSUED TO ASSIST STUDENTS & HONG WEI BING [RED GUARDS] . . . ON TRAVEL TO BEIJING MASS RALLIES & DEMONSTRATIONS . . . ISSUED NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 1966 . * We translate the following texts which are found on the front and back covers: . The front cover: "Quotations from Chairman Mao." "You must care about national affairs and carry out the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution." . * The back cover: "At present, our country is undergoing a great proletarian cultural revolution. Students from junior colleges and universities in the country and some middle school students are coming to Beijing in series. The big chain is a revolutionary mass's pioneering work in the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution. Chairman Mao is a supporter of the big chain and advocates that such revolutionary actions be greatly promoted." . "On October 22, the People's Daily published an editorial entitled Red Guards Are Not Afraid of Expeditions, commending fifteen revolutionary students of Dalian Maritime University, using the Red Army as a model, plunging mountains and wading, walking from Dalian to Beijing, and then the National This example of middle school students is determined that the Red Army is not afraid of expeditions, and the revolutionary tradition of waiting for thousands of miles is nothing but a succession. They have organized long march teams to join the mountains and water. According to Chairman Mao's teachings, they march and propagate while doing mass work. Wherever they went, they propagated Mao Zedong Thought, the Proletarian Cultural Revolution, the 16 articles of the Party Central Committee, and spread the seeds of Mao Zedong Thought to cities and villages along the way." . "We follow Chairman Mao's teachings to support the revolutionary students. In order to meet the urgent needs of the Long March, we rushed to produce the "China Atlas." . *** EPHEMERAL ITEM: . This is an excellent ephemeral item, with thirty-four multi-color maps for thirty-one provincial maps, including Taiwan ! With a copious key of symbols for cities of varying size, roads, railroads, highways, landscape symbols, the Great Wall, rivers, lakes, elevation and a large amount of other useful symbols for youthful travelers. . This superb atlas and guidebook was an invaluable reference to guide youths, Hong Wei Bing from where ever they were to Beijing to participate in the mass rallies held in Tiananmen Square. . Most maps have one or two insets of additional valuable information useful for travelers. Map scale is 2:26,000,000, with Gong-li or Chinese miles. . *** INVITATION BY CHAIRMAN MAO & LIN BIAO FOR RED GUARDS & STUDENTS: . In August 1966 at the first mass Beijing rally, Mao & Lin invited the nation's youth and Red Guards to come to Beijing and participate in mass rallies, beginning the Cultural Revolution. Wave after wave of youths inundated Beijing and gathered in Tiananmen Square to be welcomed, greeted and endorsed buy Chairman Mao & Marshal Lin who was appointed by Mao to look after the Hong Wei Bing. . Mao & Lin spoke to the huge rally, officially endorsing and encouraging the "Red Guards" to root out "capitalists," "landlords," "money lenders," "intellectuals," "counter revolutionaries" and any others identified as enemies of the state. . The Red Guards and youths soon resorted to anarchy, settling personal grudges, Kangaroo Court trials, convictions and punishments. Millions were brutally beaten up, murdered, and punished in public by hanging and beating to death. Chaos reigned and the Cultural Revolution was quickly out of control. . *** THE MAPS: The group of maps are organized by large city and provinces where the course of travel is outlined in red showing each and every place the "Red Guards" visited. . *** THE FRONT COVER: This shows two young "Hong Wei Bing" ["Red Guards"], a boy and a girl, each are wearing the typical red cloth "Hong Wei Bing" arm band, while holding the Hong Qi [Red Flag]. . The cover also has the following text[Hong Qi]. Inquire with us about original "Red Guard" arm bands, books and other "Red Guard" original period items ! * BACK COVER: . *** EDITOR'S POSTSCRIPT: . We translate: . "At present, our country is undergoing a great proletarian cultural revolution. Students from junior colleges and universities in the country and some middle school students are coming to Beijing in series. The big chain is a revolutionary mass's pioneering work in the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution. Chairman Mao is a supporter of the big chain and advocates that such revolutionary actions be greatly promoted. . On October 22, the People's Daily published an editorial entitled 'Red Guards Are Not Afraid of Expeditions,' commending fifteen revolutionary students of Dalian Maritime University, using the Red Army as a model, plunging mountains and wading, walking from Dalian to Beijing, and then the National University. This example of middle school students is determined that the Red Army is not afraid of expeditions, and the revolutionary tradition of waiting for thousands of miles is nothing but a succession. They have organized long march teams to join the mountains and water. According to Chairman Mao's teachings, they march and propagate while doing mass work. Wherever they went, they propagated Mao Zedong Thought, the Proletarian Cultural Revolution, the 16 articles of the Party Central Committee, and spread the seeds of Mao Zedong Thought to cities and villages along the way. . We follow Chairman Mao's teachings to support the revolutionary students. In order to meet the urgent needs of the Long March, we rushed to produce the "China Atl.…