Ruby Nobbs (6 results)

Hardcover. Condition: As New. 1st Edition. The City of Revelstoke was the local administrative location for the Revelstoke Division of the Canadian Pacific Railway. For over 100 years this Mountain Sub-division was known as the most difficult to administer on the whole length of the Canadian Pacific Railway. 96 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. Attractive hardcover with pictorial front panel. Mint condition - 'as new'. Bright, fresh, unmarked showing no wear. Ships via inexpensive Canada Post Lettermail within North America, or via the USPS Media Mail, in card sleeve. From $5.00 to $6.00 depending on exact end weight etc. Those requiring Tracking in Canada will find postage considerably more. Tracking with all shipments to the USA. Image available if required. Overseas orders, Postage, at cost, determined by final weight and destination.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: None -as Issued. B/W Photographs (illustrator). First Edition. 96 pages of western Canadian railroad tales for the history buff. LEARN more about : Railway Men's Journal, Glacier, Tappen, Kicking Horse Pass, Craigellachie, Mount Cheops, Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, and Arrowhead Branch Line. Text assisted by good b/w archive photographs. Cond : Boards are bright red with yellow lettering. Cover image is a montage of four from the steam era. Volume is brilliant and tight and clean. Collectible ! ! Quote (p. 49) : " The light engine was travelling at high speed in an attempt to make Three Valley before the passenger train arrived at that point. As a result of the collision, the fireman, Duckworth, of the passenger train was pinned between the boiler of his engine and ._._._. ." Size: Octavo.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. A history of the City of Revelstoke, in south-eastern British Columbia. Founded in 1880 as an important Railway centre for the Canadian Pacific Railway, then under construction. Still an important Railway Town it has also become a Centre for Touirism. vi, 303pp, profusely photo illustrated, much of them historic, maps, index. A Fine copy with one small note - there is a small patch of surface loss to the top corner of the verso of the front cover, where a bookplate has been removed.Otherwuse, unmarked and 'as new'. This book is too heavy, when packed, and too tall to qualify for the rate shown - which applies only to 500g or less, and/or under 20mm thick [CPO Lettermail]. Online sites are unable to calculate correct rates because their systems are unaware of the actual weight or dimensions of the shipment or the exact details of the distance/location or speed to be shipped. The 'estimate' thus shown is not a guaranteed rate. ABE shows the same rate for ALL shipments no matter the weight/size or destination. When a destination is known we will calculate the best options - and notify you. No obligation to purchase at the correct rate. Ships anywhere in Canada, boxed, tracked, insured, faster and cheaper than Parcel Post, for US$12.00- US$15.00. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition; First Printing. A near-fine volume, bright and crisp, pebbled green boards with gilt stamped titles front and spine, B&W photos throughout.; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 303 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Signed, without inscription, by author upon title page. "For over one-hundred years the Mountain Sub-division of the CPR between Field and Revelstoke was known as the most difficult to administer on the whole length of the railway. Since the last spike was driven in 1885 the largest locomotives available have been in service on the difficult Mountain Sub-division with its steep grades. At first these were 300 or 400 class engines which seemed like toys compared to the huge 5900 class that appeared in 1939 and the 1940s." - back board. 96 pages. Many black and white reproductions of archival photos. Clean, tight and unmarked with light wear. Moderate sunning to backstrip. An attractive signed example of this informative work. ; 8vo; Signed by Author.

Condition: very good. Dust Jacket Condition: no dustjacket. 4to pp.303. book.