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$30.00
2g31/27

British Steam Railways


NOCK, O. S.

First edition, signed & dated by author, super octavo, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xii + 326pp, illus with 8 colour plates & 94 photographs, VG+ (browning to eps, bookseller's stamp to fep, foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, bruising & staining to edges)

PUBLISHER: Adam & Charles Black 1961

KEYWORDS: first edition OS Nock Britain British railways trains transport steam engines locomotives enineering carriages stations architecture signals history

$47.50
2g31/29

As Directed by Train Control


COUSINS, KEN & COUSINS, DENISE

Signed, oblong quarto, illus glossy heavy card boards with yellow lettering to spine & front board, 145pp, illus + printed map to rear eps, VG+

PUBLISHER: Ken & Denise Cousins (year?)

KEYWORDS: Ken Denise Cousins New Zealand transport railways trains steam engines locomotives routes photographic pictorial history passengers freight

$45.00
2g31/31

Trains at Work in New Zealand


RADCLIFFE, G. T. & MURPHY J. A.

Re-bound in cloth boards with original paper illus covers included, octavo, red cloth boards with gilt lettering to front board, frontispiece, 240pp, illus, nr fine

PUBLISHER: Railway Preservation & Museum 1973

KEYWORDS: GT Radcliffe JA Murphy New Zealand transport trains railways locomotives steam engines photographic pictorial 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

$25.00
1b19a/7

London's First Railway - The London & Greenwich


THOMAS, RONALD H. G.

Octavo, maroon heavy card boards with gilt lettering to spine, 270pp, illus, VG+ (ding to front board lower edge, slight soiling to page fore-edges) in d/w, VG+ (slight soiling to edges)

PUBLISHER: B.T. Batsford Ltd 1972

KEYWORDS: Ronald HG Thomas London Bridge Greenwich transport trains railways construction history viaduct

$25.00
2g30/6

Register of New Zealand Railways Steam Locomotives 1863-1971


LLOYD, WILLIAM G.

Imperial octavo, blue boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, vi + 129pp, illus, VG+ (v slight staining to boards) in d/w, VG+ (slight rubbing)

PUBLISHER: NZ Railway & Locomotive Society (Otago Branch) Dunedin 1974

KEYWORDS: WILLIAM G Lloyd New Zealand railways transport trains steam engines locomotives history

$70.00
2g30/10

Nelson: A History of Early Settlement


ALLAN, RUTH M.

Super octavo, brown cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, xvii + 458pp, illus, VG (light bruising to spine extrems and board corners, light foxing to eps) in VG- (light chipping to upper spine extrems, light soiling)

PUBLISHER: AH & AW Reed 1965

KEYWORDS: Ruth M Allan New Zealand Nelson Maori Tasman Cook D'urville Wairau massacre history settlement

$58.50
2g30/12

The NZR Garratt Story


MCCLARE, E. J.

Imperial octavo, turquoise boards with black lettering to spine, frontispiece, 100pp, illus, VG+ (owner's name in ink to front pastedown) in d/w, VG+ (slight rubbing)

PUBLISHER: New Zealand railway and Locomotive Society Inc 1978

KEYWORDS: EJ Mcclare New Zealand Garratt locomotives railways trains transport steam engines history

$32.50
2g30/16

The Fall of the Roman Empire: A Reappraisal


GRANT, MICHAEL

Imperial octavo, light blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to dark blue cloth spine & gilt motif to front board, illus eps, frontispiece, 336pp, illus, VG+ (slight tanning to lower board edges, ding to rear board lower edge) in d/w, vg (bruising to spine extrems, corners & edges, rubbing, nick to upper spine right side)

PUBLISHER: The Annenberg School Press 1976

KEYWORDS: Michael Grant Roman Empire ancient history

$14.00
xxemb57911

A Journey Through Ancient Pompeii


Guide to the Excavations

TROIANO, SERGIO (ED.)

Softcover 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: Viedopulsar 1992

KEYWORDS: specials Sergio Troiano archaeology ancient history Italy Pompeii excavations society classical studies

$17.50
xxemc57953

A History of the Roman World From 30 B.C. to A.D. 138


SALMON, E.T.

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: Methuen & Co. Ltd 1970

KEYWORDS: specials E.T. Salmon ancient history classical studies ancient Rome Roman society development

$15.00
xxemc57955

A Time to Leave the Ploughshares


A Gunner Remembers 1917-18

CARR, WILLIAM

Ex-library Hardcover super 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 cost.

PUBLISHER: Chivers Press 1986

KEYWORDS: ex-library specials William Carr biography history WWI era memoir Great War military nonfiction

$10.00
xxemc57956

The Bottom of the Barrel


TAYLOR, F.A.J.

Ex-library Hardcover super 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 cost.

PUBLISHER: Chivers Press 1986

KEYWORDS: ex-library specials F.A.J. Taylor biography history WWI era memoir Great War military nonfiction

$40.00
1j41a/2

Studies in Greek Scenery, Legend and History


Selected from his Commentary on Pausanias' Description of Greece

FRAZER, SIR JAMES GEORGE

Octavo, maroon buckram boards with gil lettering to spine, x + 419pp, VG (owner's ex libris label to front pastedown, bruising to spine extrems, ding to central spine, foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Macmillan & Co 1919

KEYWORDS: Sir James George Frazer Greek literature literary criticism myth legend history Pausanias classics

$35.00
1j41a/4

Illustrated Encyclopaedia of the Classical World


YONAH, MICHAEL AVI & SHATZMAN, ISRAEL

Imperial octavo, brown boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, 510pp, illus, VG+ (tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG (bruising to upper edges, creasing to lower edges, tanning & foxing internally)

PUBLISHER: Sampson Low1976

KEYWORDS: Michael Avi Yonah Israel Shatzman encyclopaedia reference Greece Rome Graeco-Roan history law literature mythology philosophy religion art

$12.50
xxeme58099

Middle English Lyrics


LURIA, MAWELL S. & HOFFMAN, RICHARD L.

softcover 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: W W Norton & Company 1974

KEYWORDS: specials Maxwell S Luria Richard L Hoffman middle english poetry critical literature history

$12.50
xxeme58101

Bureaucracy, Aristocracy and Autocracy


The Prussian Experience 1660-1815

ROSENBERG, HANS

softcover 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: Beacon Press 1966

KEYWORDS: specials Hans Rosenberg modern history politics class systems society prussia

$14.00
xxemf58151

Postmarks, Cards and Covers: Collecting Postal History


KANDAOUROFF, PRINCE DIMITRY

Ex library, hardcover imperial octavo (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: Peter Lowe / Eurobooks 1973

KEYWORDS: specials Prince Dimitry Kandaouroff Willima Finlay stamps philately post office postal system history postmarks postage stamps

$22.50
xxemf58153

The Forgotten People of the Pacific


DIOLE, PHILIPPE

hardcover imperial 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: Cassel & Co 1977

KEYWORDS: specials Phillippe Diole pacific culture history antropology sociology

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