Books - "history"
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A History of London Transport: Passenger Travel and the Development of the Metropolis
Volume I- The Nineteenth Century / Volume II -The Twentieth Century to 1970
Two volume set, vol I lacks d/w, super octavo hardcover (VG and VG- (vol II heavy crack to rear hinge)), vol II 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 keeps postage costs down.
PUBLISHER: George Allen & Unwin 1963 (vol I), 1974 (Vol II)
KEYWORDS: specials T C Barker Michael Robbins Britain British London transport history
Four Main Lines
First edition, 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 keeps postage costs down.
PUBLISHER: George Allen & Unwin 1950
KEYWORDS: specials Hamilton Ellis Great Britain British railways transport trains history first edition
The Beauty of Old Trains
First edition, 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 keeps postage costs down.
PUBLISHER: Allen & Unwin 1952
KEYWORDS: specials Hamilton Ellis transport trains railway history first edition
The South Western Railway
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 keeps postage costs down.
PUBLISHER: George Allen & Unwin 1962
KEYWORDS: specials Hamilton Ellis British Souther Western railway transport trains history
The Story of London's Undergroud
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 keeps postage costs down.
PUBLISHER: London Transport 1974
KEYWORDS: specials London transport underground trains railway history
Forgotten Stations of Greater London
Octavo, staped light card covers (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 keeps postage costs down.
PUBLISHER: Town and Country Press 1972
KEYWORDS: specials J E Connor B L Halford London railway stations trains transport history
The Engines That Passed
First edition, 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 keeps postage costs down.
PUBLISHER: George Allen & Unwin 1968
KEYWORDS: specials C Hamilton Ellis transport steam trains engines railway history first edition
The First Railway in London: Being the Story of the London and Greewich Railway from 1832 - 1878
Quarto 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 keeps postage costs down.
PUBLISHER: Conway Maritime Press 1971
KEYWORDS: specials Alfred Rosling Bennett London Greenwhich railway transport trains history
Railway Art
Quarto 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 keeps postage costs down.
PUBLISHER: Ash & Grant Ltd 1977
KEYWORDS: specials C Hamilton Ellis Susan Hyman railway trains transport art history illustration painting sketches
Designed for London: 150 Years of Transport Design
Quarto 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 keeps postage costs down.
PUBLISHER: Laurence King Publishing 1995
KEYWORDS: specials Oliver Green Jeremy Rewse-Davies London transport vehicles design engineering history
North London Railway: A Pictorial Record
Oblong quarto hardcover (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 keeps postage costs down.
PUBLISHER: Her Majesty's Staionary Office 1979
KEYWORDS: specials North London railway transport trains pictorial history
London's Trams
Quarto, stapled light card covers (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 keeps postage costs down.
PUBLISHER: Ian Allan 1990
KEYWORDS: specials J Joyce London transport trams tramways railway history
Official History of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939-45: Crete
First edition, super octavo, red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, blind coat of arms stamp to front board, frontispiece, xvii + 547pp, illus, folding maps, VG (slight bruising to spine extrems, light tanning to eps, light foxing to page edges, prev. owner's inscription) in d/w, VG- (several small tears (max 2cm), light rubbing, sun fading to spine, slight soiling)
PUBLISHER: War History Branch, Department of Internal Affairs New Zealand 1953
KEYWORDS: first edition D M Davin New Zealand official military history second world war two ww2 wwII army expeditionary force Crete
Official History of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939-45: Italy Volume I: The Sangro to Cassino
This volume only, first edition, super octavo, red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, blind coat of arms stamp to front board, frontispiece, xvi + 388pp, illus, folding maps, VG (some rubbing to spine, light bruising to spine extrems, v slight soiling to upper boards, light tanning to eps, some ink staining to edges of eps, slight tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG- (light rubbing, some creasing to edges, some creasing with closed tears to fold lines)
PUBLISHER: War History Branch, Department of Internal Affairs New Zealand 1957
KEYWORDS: first edition N C Phillips New Zealand official military history second world war two ww2 wwII army expeditionary force Italy Sangro Cassino
Lucan - Not Guilty
paperback (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 keeps postage costs down.
PUBLISHER: Fontana 1988
KEYWORDS: specials sally moore lord lucan mystery crime history
Four Against The Bank of England
paperback (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 keeps postage costs down.
PUBLISHER: Playboy Paperbacks 1980
KEYWORDS: specials ann huxley history crime suspense england theft banks
Nancy Reagan - The Unauthorized Biography
paperback (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 keeps postage costs down.
PUBLISHER: Bantam 1992
KEYWORDS: specials nancy reagan usa america biography presidents kitty kelley history
Lectures on the History of the Jewish Church: Vol.1 Abraham to Samuel; Vol.2 Samuel to the Captivity; Vol.3 The Captivity to the Christian Era
Three-volume set, octavo, blue buckram boards with blind decorative rule to front boards & gilt lettering to spines, frontispiece with tissue guard + 472pp + folding map (vol.1), frontispiece folding map + 511pp + 2nd folding map (vol.2), 440pp (vol.3), VG (some browning to spines, some fading & staining to boards, moderate browning & foxing to page edges, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, occasional light foxing elsewhere)
PUBLISHER: John Murray 1906
KEYWORDS: Arthur Penrhyn Stanley Judaism Jewish church history religion theology
The Eye's Mind: Bridget Riley Collected Writings 1965-1999
Imperial octavo, patterned light card covers with large French flaps, 238pp, illus, nr fine
PUBLISHER: Thames & Hudson 1999
KEYWORDS: Robert Kudielka Bridget Riley art artist abstract painting art history philosophy
The Cyclopedia of Otago & Southland Volumes 1 and 2
Two-volume set in matching slipcase, quarto, navy blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, slight sunfading to spine, orange eps, 1216pp in two vols, illus, VG+) in matching slipcase, nr fine (light rubbing and slight sunfading)
PUBLISHER: Dunedin City Council 1999
KEYWORDS: New Zealand cyclopedia Otago Southland history people culture