Wilkins E Gordon (12 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Mailing label on the front cover. Light foxing (tan spotting) and toning (tanning) here and there. Some pages have a mildly bent corner tip. Very little wear otherwise. It will be backed with cardboard and carefully packed in a sturdy, flat box to ensure safe transit. This issue includes: "Stub Turnouts" (Practical step-by-step construction clears away the mystery of these switches) by V.C. Wilkins; "Walkaround Locomotive Control" (Improvements on the method of controlling speed and direction) by Dennis V. Blunt; "Build a Trolley Snow Sweeper" (Make your own body and fittings for this car that can be built in any size) by Emanuel Reider; "Diesel Servicing Facilities" (A review of what you need to model the engine terminal completely) by Gordon Odegard; "Branchline Water Tank" (Prizewinning modelbuilding methods applied to a fine rustic structure) by James E. Findley; "Simple but Sure Block Signals" (A way to improve train detection) by Eugene Robidoux; "Train-starting Signal" photo by Raymond di Fronzo; "Old No. 10, D & H caboose" (plans and photos); "Waiting shelter with cuspate roof" (Plans: TMER & LCo.); "Philadelphia Snow Sweeper" (Plans); "Diesel Servicing Facilities" (Data); "New Haven Train-Starting Signal" (Photo); "Off the Train Wire"; "Schedules"; "Trade Topics"; "New Literature"; "Railway Post Office"; "At the Throttle"; "Trackside Photos"; "Bull Session"; "MR Clinic: What is a Train?"; "Cartoon"; and "Index of Advertisers".

Condition: Used: Very Good. SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Near fine book & jacket. P/O name.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. This book is a study, reference, or reading copy only. The book has some shelfwear; six pages in the index have large vertical tears that were tape-repaired to prevent further tearing and eventual loss : not a collectible copy. Inside pages have no writing. ; 6.25 X 1.25 X 9.25 inches; 496 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Signed by author. Minimal wear. Tanned jacket. Signed by Author(s).

Condition: New.

223pp. 47 b/w photographs. Husband and wife missionary doctors and the hospital they helped to build amongst the Kond tribal people in the foothills of the Eastern Ghats from 1936 to 1951. Fine in fine dw.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. Book is in excellent condition. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows very light wear only with creaseless covers and spine, tiny bit of chipping top and bottom spine, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Contents includes: Aunt Tishy and the Witches of Ellum Street, The Ghost Ship "Seabird",The Possessions of Magdalene Grombach, Karachi Assignment, Who Is Opal Whiteley? ,The Possessions of Maria Talarico , Lost Colonies of the Vikings , The Woman Who Sings in Ancient Languages, Caodaism, the Worlds Newest Religion, Ghosts in the Blitz , When the Skies Rained Blood!, How to Develop Automatic Writing ,The Anatomy of Mirages etc. 130 pages on age-toned paper with ads, b&w photos, drawings, prints. Wrapped in protective clear cover. Keywords: Haunted House, Magazine, 1950's, Metaphysics, Occult, Psychic, Phenomena, Spirits, Past Lives, Warning, Mystic, Mysticism, Ghosts, Paranormal, Raymond A. Palmer, Kenneth Arnold.

Condition: New.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. n edition. 200 pages. 8.50x5.75x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Quarto red hard card boards, white lettering to front & spine, illus., 216pp, VG- (light soiling to boards, moderate to heavy foxing to edges & within, some adhesion damage to glossy advertisments at front (light)); in d/w VG (cover is quite tidy, but along top & bottom edges: light sticker/adhesive residue & light scuffing; light to moderate foxing to reverse & flaps).