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$22.50
2f43/28

The Romance of the Canadian Pacific Railway


MACBETH, R. G.

Octavo, light blue cloth wrappers with gilt lettering to spine & front cover, frontispiece, 263pp, illus, VG+ (v slight fading to covers, owner's name & date in pencil to fep, slight foxing to eps & page edges)

PUBLISHER: Ryerson Press 1924

KEYWORDS: RG Macbeth Canadian Pacific Railway history trains steam engines locomotives tracks engineering construction

$24.50
2f46/23

Theories of Abstract Automata


ARBIB, MICHAEL A.

Super octavo, green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine and front board, xiii + 412pp, nr fine (very slight bruising to lower board corners)

PUBLISHER: Prentice Hall 1969

KEYWORDS: Michael A Arbib automata computing engineering mechanics physics mathematics Turing algebraic decomposition theory

$19.50
xxknd54304

Great Western in Colour


NOCK, O. S. & MEADWAY, CLIFFORD & WENDY (Illus)

Octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG+). All our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.

PUBLISHER: Blandford Press 1978

KEYWORDS: specials railways trains transport history OS Nock Clifford Wendy Meadway Great Western engineering Brunel Cornwall Wales

$22.50
xxknb54219

Labyrinths of Iron: A History of the World's Subways


BOBRICK, BENSON

Super octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG) . All our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.

PUBLISHER: Newsweek Books 1981

KEYWORDS: specials Benson Bobrick subways metros the tube metropolitan line trains underground railways transport engineering history

$19.50
xxkob54484

The Exeter Canal


CLEW, KENNETH R.

Imperial octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Phillimore & Co 1984

KEYWORDS: Kenneth Clew specials Exeter canal River Exe history Countess Wear Lighter Canal Ship Canal engineering trade Devonshire England

$195.00
2g15/22

Report on The Mining Industry in New Zealand


being papers laid before Parliament during the session of 1886

LARNACH, W.J.M. (ed)

original binding, octavo, rust buckram boards with gilt lettering and blind-stamped device to spine, blind rule to both boards and spine, ii + 334pp, illus including VG folding tables (creasing and small closed tears to extremities), VG (wear and soiling to boards, rear lower corner missing, pencil owner's name to fep, light foxing to eps and page edges)

PUBLISHER: George Didsbury, Government Printer 1887

KEYWORDS: w.j.m. larnach new zealand history mining industry engineering

$30.00
2g18/46

Planning and Installing Bioenergy Systems; A Guide for Installers, Architects and Engineers


N/A

quarto, illus light card covers, spiral bound, xi + 268pp, illus, VG+ (v light wear)

PUBLISHER: James & James 2005

KEYWORDS: environment science planning bioenergy systems architects engineering

$16.50
xxaqm56608

The Principles of Navigation


ANDERSON, E. W.

hardback octavo with d/w + plastic wrap (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples.Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.

PUBLISHER: Hollis & Carter 1966

KEYWORDS: specials navigation anderson science engineering travel exploration

$40.00
2g28/47

The Worcester and Birmingham Canal: Chronicles of the Cut


WHITE, ALAN

Imperial octavo, blue boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, xvi + 392pp, fine, in d/w, fine

PUBLISHER: Brewin Books 2005

KEYWORDS: Reverend Alan White Worcester Birmingham canal transport history engineering locks Edgbaston Selly Oak Kings Norton West Hill tunnel Hopwood Alvechurch

$30.00
2g29/6

North British Steam Locomotives built 1857-1956 for Railways Oversease


COURT, JOHN H.

Squre imperial octavo, blue/black mottled cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, illus title page, 112pp, illus, VG+ (owner's name in ink to front pastedown) in d/w, VG+ (price clipped)

PUBLISHER: D Bradford Barton (date?)

KEYWORDS: John H Court railways trains steam engines North British Locomotive Company Britain locomotives engineering railway history

$15.00
xxemb57905

The Fastest Men on Earth


The men and cars that smashed the world land speed record

CLIFTON, PAUL

Ex-library hardcover super octavo (VG-) in d/w (G) ; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.

PUBLISHER: Herbert Jenkins Ltd 1964

KEYWORDS: ex-library specials Paul Clifton transport cars speed records history technical engineering chronicle competition world records

$60.00
2g31/18

Rails to Roxburgh: The Story of a Provincial Railway


COWAN, W. J.

Quarto, illus light card covers with French flaps, illus eps, frontispiece, xii + 256pp, illus, nr. fine

PUBLISHER: Molyneux Press Ltd 2010

KEYWORDS: WJ Cowan New Zealand Central Otago transport railways trains steam engines history Roxburgh engineering

$35.00
2g31/24

Straphangers and Grippers: The Ups and Downs of the Mornington Cable-car System 1883 to 1957


CAMPBELL, BILL & HARGREAVES, RAY

Signed by both authors, imperial octavo, illus yellow light card covers, 120pp, illus, VG+

PUBLISHER: Otago Heritage Books 1994

KEYWORDS: Bill Campbell Ray Hargreaves New Zealand Dunedin Mornington passenger transport cable cars cablecars engineering construction history

$25.00
2g31/36

The Aspinall Era


BULLEID, H. A. V.

Super octavo, dark brown cloth boards with silver lettering to spine, iii + 270pp, illus, VG- (staining to boards, sellotape residue to boards, bookseller's label to front pastedown, two owners' inscriptions in ink to fep, tanning to fep) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, heavy foxing & tanning internally, sellotape residue stains internally)

PUBLISHER: Ian Allan 1967

KEYWORDS: HAV Bulleid Sir John Aspinall Lancashire & Yorkshire Great Southern & Western transport railways trains engineering history

$25.00
2g31/37

The Springburn Story: The History of the Scottish Railway Metropolis


THOMAS, JOHN

Octavo, orange cloth boards with black lettering to spine, frontispiece, 260pp + 2pp adverts, illus, VG (foxing) in d/w, VG (price clipped, fading)

PUBLISHER: David & Charles / Dawlish Macdonald 1964

KEYWORDS: John Thomas Springburn Scotland Scottish railways trains locomotives engineering history Caledonian and North British steam locomotive builders

$100.00
1b19a/10

A History of Russian Railways


WESTWOOD, J. N.

Octavo, green boards with gilt lettering in red decorative panel to spine and blind train motifs to front board, top edges green, 326pp, illus, VG+ (slight fading to spine, bookseller's stamp to front pastedown, staining to eps) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, staining to edges, tanning internally)

PUBLISHER: George Allen & Unwin 1964

KEYWORDS: JN Westwood Russia Russian railways trains rail transport history economic technical history engineering terrain climate locomotives steam engines equipment

$20.00
xxeme58104

C. Y. O'Connor: His Life and Legacy


EVANS, A. G.

softcover super octavo (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost

PUBLISHER: University of Western Australia Press 2002

KEYWORDS: specials A G EVANS c y o'connor biography colonial civil engineering new zealand australia

$28.50
1j41a/41

Southland's Pioneer Railways 1864-1878


WATT, J. O. P.

Super octavo, illus heavy card boards with black lettering to orange cloth spine, frontispiece, 72pp, illus, VG+ (light tanning to front board upper edge)

PUBLISHER: New Zealand Railway and Locomotive Society 1965

KEYWORDS: JOP Watt New Zealand history Southland transport railways trains steam engines locomotives engineering Makarewa Bluff Vogel Scheme

$22.50
xxend58344

Elementary Structural Analysis and Design


Steel, Timber, and Reinforced Concrete

GRINTER, LINTON E.

Hardcover imperial octavo (VG-) lacks d/w ; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: The MacMillan Company 1953

KEYWORDS: specials Linton E Grinter architectural engineering construction design building

$17.50
xxenf58492

Tidal Lands: A Study of Shore Problems


CAREY, ALFRED E. & OLIVER, F. W.

Hardcover super octavo (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples.Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost

PUBLISHER: Blackie & Son Ltd 1918

KEYWORDS: Alfred E Carey FW Oliver botany geography tidal waters land reclamation coastal riparian engineering conservation science erosion UK specials

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