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Tier One Draft Environmental Impact Statement - Trans-Texas Corridor - 35 - Oklahoma-Mexico//Gulf...

Tier One Draft Environmental Impact Statement - Trans-Texas Corridor - 35 - Oklahoma-Mexico//Gulf Coast Element

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Texas Department of Transportation, 2006. Softcover (Spiral Bound). Very Good Condition. 4 very large spiral-bound volumes that represent the complete draft of the environmental impact statement for this project. Volume 4 also includes a CD with Appendices G-14 & G-15. Lots of charts and maps. Size: 4mo - over 9 3/4" - 12" tall. 4-volume set (complete). Pages are tight and clean. Ex-library with minimal markings. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Over 6 pounds. Category: Law & Criminal Studies; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 107433. . Additional shipping charges may apply.
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PATERSON'S ROADS: A NEW AND ACCURATE DESCRIPTION OF ALL THE DIRECT AND PRINCIPAL CROSS ROADS IN...
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LONDON: T.N. Longman, 1796. Hardcover. NEAR FINE. Two separate books in one binding. The first book of this is the Eleventh Edition of what is commonly called PATERSON'S ROADS and was an indispensable resource which all coachmen carried to find their way through the towns, hills, dales and shires. 406 pp. includes index to County Seats. Later binding of rich vermilion calf, with raised bands, contrasting black spine label with gilt-stamped title and date. Marbled endpapers.Tight, bright copy. Bound together with the Seventh Edition of THE TRAVELLER'S DICTIONARY, consisting of 215 pp., and published in 1797. Eighteenth-Century editions are quite scarce. In the preface, the publishers thusly describe the companion volume to this single-bound volume, called The Traveling Dictionary: "Having thus, to the best of our Abilities, supplied the Traveller with a full and accurate Description of a much greater Collection of Roads than was ever before attempted; yet, as the different Routs which Travellers… Read More
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Act of Incorporation and Supplementary Acts of the Lykens Valley Railroad and Coal Company
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Act of Incorporation and Supplementary Acts of the Lykens Valley Railroad and Coal Company

by Lykens Valley Railroad and Coal Company

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Lansdowne, Pennsylvania
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New York: L.H. Biglow & Co., printers, 1869. Paperback. Good -. 32 p.; 23 cm. Front wrapper reproduces title page within decorative border. The Lykens Valley Railroad and Coal Company was incorporated in Pennsylvania in 1830; Thomas P. Cope was the first president. It ran from Millersburg to Williamstown and was the fourth in the United States and the first in Dauphin County to carry anthracite coal. By 1845 the line had to be regraded and relaid. It merged into the Penndel Co. in 1956. Written at the head of the front wrapper: "Preserve with Care." Very scarce. In Good- Condition: wrapper is lightly soiled; front wrapper is detached but present, with closed 4-cm. tear from gutter edge; somewhat brittle, with chipping at edges and separations at gutters; a few notations internally; otherwise, clean.
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Les Petits Enfants en Voyage
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Les Petits Enfants en Voyage

by Armand-Delille, Etiennette Louise Mayor & Jean Marie Martin

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Used - Very Good
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First Edition, (second or third impression?)
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Hardcover
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Lanvellec, France
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An attractive, didactic children's book very probably written in 1844 by the Swiss (Geneva) wife of the "co-author", a Protestant Pasteur -Pasteur de l'église réformée evangelique- telling the story of a boat trip up the Rhône river, from Avignon to Geneva. viii + 203 pp. The unusual cover page is composed of a series of vignettes.Free postal delivery worldwide.
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Taintor's Route and City Guides
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Taintor's Route and City Guides: Pennsylvania Coal Regions via Morris & Essex R.R.

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1st
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Hudson, New Hampshire
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This is a scarce, antique copy of "Taintor's Route and City Guides" - this particular guide is for the "Pennsylvania Coal Regions via Morris & Essex R.R." Published in 1867 by Taintor Brothers in New York. The guide features 4 color maps; the "Map of the Anthracite Coal Regions of Pennsylvania with Connecting Railways" is larger and folds out. "With sketches of the cities, villages, stations, scenery, and objects of interest along the route." There are illustrated advertisements at both the front and back. Please see the photos for the complete list of contents.Condition:The pages are in great condition - mostly clean and white with no writing and only some very sparse light foxing; tiny tear at the outer edge of page 29. The fold-out map is clean and firmly attached. The covers are present, but have detached from the spine and are separated along the right edge of the spine; creases at the left-hand corners of the front cover; there are a few tiny stain spots on the back cover.
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Taintor's Route and City Guides
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Taintor's Route and City Guides: The Erie Railway and its Branches

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1st
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Hudson, New Hampshire
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This is a scarce, antique copy of "Taintor's Route and City Guides" - this particular guide is for "The Erie Railway and its Branches." Published in 1867 by Taintor Brothers in New York. The guide features 20 color maps in all. "With descriptive sketches of the cities, villages, stations, and of scenery and objects of interest along the route" by H.F. Walling. There are illustrated advertisements at both the front and back. Please see the photos for the complete list of contents.Condition:The pages are in great condition - mostly clean and white with no writing and only some trace foxing at the top margin of pages 11-16, a light stain at the lower-outer edge of pages 6 & 7, and a 1/2" tear at the outer edge of the advertisement page between pages 4 & 5. The covers have detached from the spine; the top and bottom pieces of the spine (about 1" and 1/2" respectively) are missing; light stains at the top-right corner of the front cover; a dime-sized layer of paper has peeled off at the bottom-right corner… Read More
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The Fairy Caravan
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The Fairy Caravan

by Potter, Beatrix

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Used - Good+
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First American Edition
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Hardcover
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Salem, Oregon
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Beatrix Potter: The Fairy Caravan. David McKay 1929 True First Edition, First American Edition. ILLUSTRATED BY BEATRIX POTTER. Library Bound. Exlib. Good+ condition/ no dj included. Boards are in nice condition. Pictorial Front Board illustration of horse caravan and all titling are VG. Gilt letter j appearing on spine is bright. Tight binding, pages bright. Some light foxing noted. Six colour plates, twenty full-page illustrations, and 42 textual drawings. Octavo. Original green cloth binding, All colour plates remain firmly affixed to binding.
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The Adventure of Wrangel Island

The Adventure of Wrangel Island

by Vilhjalmur Stefansson

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  • good
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Used - Good
Edition
First Edition
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Hardcover
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Salem, Oregon
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The Adventure of Wrangel Island, Alaska (1925 Macmillan 1st Edition) HISTORY OF ALASKA. The story of the (unsuccessful) attempted colonization of Wrangel Island Alaska. EXLIB. Good Condition/ No DJ included. Fold-out map affixed to binding. 413 pages plus appendix, Index. Titling is still bright. A clean, solid copy. Scarce.
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Ten Little Indians (Greenway Edition)
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Ten Little Indians (Greenway Edition)

by Christie, Agatha

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Used - Very Good
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2nd Impression Thus
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Hardcover
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Salem, Oregon
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Ten Little Indians Dodd, Mead Greenway Edition, Copyright 1967 by Agatha Christie Mallowan. States: First published in the Greenway Edition in the United States 1978. Number line starts with 2. Used. VERY GOOD/ VG Unclipped original bright orange fish motif dust jacket. ffp $8.95 A nice, crisp copy in a mylar wrap. DJ spine states 24. Our DJ spine is slightly sunned. "Ten Little Indians, aka And Then There Were None and (offensive language alert) Ten Little N*ggers, is a mystery novel by the English writer Agatha Christie, described by her as the most difficult of her books to write. It was first published in the United Kingdom by the Collins Crime Club on 6 November, 1939 as Ten Little N-ggers, after the children's counting and minstrel song, which serves as a major plot element."
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The Poison Belt
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The Poison Belt

by Doyle, Arthur Conan

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Used - Good
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First American Edition
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Hardcover
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Salem, Oregon
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The Poison Belt. 1913 FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. By Arthur Conan Doyle. Hodder & Stoughton/ George H. Doran. States Hodder & Stoughton on the spine. RARE. Illustrated. Red Boards with gilt titling. Gilting still bright. All 16 B&W plates, including frontis, present and affixed to binding. TITLE OF THE PROFESSOR CHALLENGER SERIES. "Being an account of Another Amazing Adventure of Professor Challenger. USED. Bright pages. Good Condition/ No DJ Included. 5 ¼ X 7 ¾. 252 pages. RARE. Plot summary: "The Earth is about to pass through a belt of poisonous gas (ether) that will destroy all life. However, in the interest of science, Challenger has transformed his wife's boudoir and his own room into a single airtight chamber, so the chosen few can gain a few hours and witness the extinction of life on Earth."
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Jamaica Inn
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Jamaica Inn

by Du Maurier, Daphne

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Used - Good-
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First Edition
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Hardcover
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Salem, Oregon
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Du Maurier, Daphne: Jamaica Inn 1936 First Edition. Doubleday Doran & Co. RARE. Title page states 1936. Used. Good-/ New Fax Whistler Dust Jacket. Condition: Front board was cracked in half in shipment and has now been taped from inside. Fabric is intact. Other than this damage the book is in good overall condition. Priced accordingly. 332 pages. 5 ¾ X 8 ¼. Plot summary: "Shadows moved across the moor. Horses' hoofs rang sharply on the stone pathway. They had come again - the mysterious visitors who arrived at Jamaica Inn under cover of darkness...Here is a story of passion, treachery and death. Of a beautiful woman caught in the web of a dangerous intrigue. And of her compelling love for a scoundrel. Daphne de Maurier tells this strange tale of the suspense and excitement which characterizes her internationally famous novels Rebecca and The Scapegoat"
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The Path Between the Seas

The Path Between the Seas: Two Volume Set: The Creation of the Panama Canal 1870-1914

by David McCullough

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Used - Fine
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Hardcover
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Longmont, Colorado
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The Easton Press, 1990. 2 vols. The Leather-Bound Library of American History. First thus; Collector's Edition. Hardcover. Issued without dust jacket. Used - Fine, "as new" condition. Bindings and text blocks are tight, bright, and clean with no ownership markings or bookplates. Appear unopened / unread. Bound in full (genuine) leather with hubbed spine. Embossed in 22kt gold on the spines and front and back covers. Heavy duty binding boards. Printed on acid-neutral, archival paper. All edges gilt. Smyth sewn with concealed muslin joints and permanent satin ribbon marker. Notes from History sheet laid in. Photo is of the copy we have at Barbed Wire Books. A beautiful set!
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The Old Colony, Or, Pilgrim Land: Past and Present
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The Old Colony, Or, Pilgrim Land: Past and Present

by Fall River Line and Old Colony Railroad

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Used - Good
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Paperback
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Granville, New York
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Massachusetts: Fall River Line and Old Colony Railroad, 1888. Original 1888 issue by the Fall River Line and Old Colony Railroad. 8vo.wrappers with printed card covers, 5" x 8", 86pp., illustrated with plates, b/w reproductions within the text and 5 fold-out maps, of which only the first two are present - "General Map Old Colony Railroad" (3-color, 2-fold) and "Newport" (single fold, b/w). The other three maps are supplied in b/w facsimilie. Chipping to the spine wraparound at the heel, else a very good example - clean, unsoiled, strong, unmarked. Scarce. . Soft Cover. Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo.
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The Mineral Belt, Volumes I-III: An Illustrated History

The Mineral Belt, Volumes I-III: An Illustrated History: Volume I - Old South Park - Denver to Leadville, Volume II - Old South Park - Across the Great Divide, Volume III - Georgetown - Mining - Colorado Central Railroad

by David S. Digerness

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Used - Very Good
Edition
First Printing - November, 1977
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Hardcover
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Longmont, Colorado
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Silverton, CO: Sundance Books, 1977. 3 vols. Hardcover. Very Good. 3 volume set:
Volume I - Old South Park - Denver to Leadville
Interior is clean and bright; binding is tight. Covers show moderate shelf and handling wear with rubbing and denting to all corners and edges, as well as overall abrasion.
Volume II - Old South Park - Across the Great Divide
Interior is clean and bright; binding is tight. Cover is in protective mylar which shows minor shelf and handling wear. Envelope attached inside rear cover contains facsimile of Georgetown Courier and a Station Map.
Volume III - Georgetown - Mining - Colorado Central Railroad
Interior is clean and bright; rear pastedown and flyleaf show age-toning and light foxing. Cover is in protective mylar which shows minor shelf and handling wear. Edges of binding are cracked and torn. Fore-edges are foxed. Map of Colorado Showing All Railroads is tucked into rear mylar sleeve.
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Mamba's Daughters, A Novel of Charleston (G&D Reprint)

Mamba's Daughters, A Novel of Charleston (G&D Reprint)

by Du Bose Heyward

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Used - Very Good
Edition
Reprint Edition
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Hardcover
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Salem, Oregon
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Du Bose Heyward. Mamba's Daughters, A Novel of Charleston. Grosset & Dunlap Reprint Edition. Copyright 1929 Du Bose Heyward. States 1929 on the title page. USED. Very Good Condition/ Very Good G&D dust jacket. 311 Pages. 5 ¼ X 7 ¾.
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