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$25.00
2g14/42

Rail Tracks and Chimney Stacks


RAW, JUNE

Super octavo, illus light card stapled wrappers, 64pp, illus, fine

PUBLISHER: West Auckland Historical Society 1998

KEYWORDS: June Raw New Zealand West Auckland New Lynn memoir history autobiography railways trains

$16.50
2g15/16

Rail; The Great New Zealand Adventure


SINCLAIR, ROY

quarto, black cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus title page, x + 151pp, illus, VG+ (v light wear, ink owner's details to fep, ink marking to lower page edges) in VG+ d/w (v light wear and fading)

PUBLISHER: Grantham House 1987

KEYWORDS: new zealand history trains railways roy sinclair transport

$17.50
xxaqt56843

Steam Engines at Bressingham; The Story of a Live Steam Museum


BLOOM, ALAN

SIGNED 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: Faber and Faber 1976

KEYWORDS: alan bloom signed transport railways steam engines bressingham specials

$15.50
xxhqm57181

Tales of Old Railwaymen


QUINN, TOM

Ex library, 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: David & Charles 1998

KEYWORDS: specials Tom Quinn transport railways anecdotes steam engines trains drivers firemen signalmen guards history memoirs

$37.50
2g23/18

Two Centuries of Railway Signalling


KICHENSIDE, GEOFFREY & WILLIAMS, ALAN

Quarto, grey boards with gilt lettering to spine, 248pp, illus, fine, in d/w, fine

PUBLISHER: Oxford Publishing 1998

KEYWORDS: Geoffrey Kichenside Alan Williams transport trains railways signalling signals history sempahore signal block system electric telegraph signal boxes photographic record

$24.50
2g23/21

An A-Z of Railways: A Nostalgic Tour of Britain's Railways


ATTERBURY, PAUL

Oblong imperial octavo, red cloth boards with silver lettering to spine, green eps, illus double-spread title page, 176pp, illus, fine, in d/w, fine

PUBLISHER: David & Charles Books 2010

KEYWORDS: Paul Atterbury transport British rail railways Britain pictorial photographic history memorabilia trains steam engines stations tickets postcards ephemera livery turntables bridges

$18.50
xxhqq57407

Line Clear Ahead


75 Years of Ups and Downs

NOCK, O.S.

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

PUBLISHER: Patrick Stephens 1982

KEYWORDS: specials O.S. Nock railways travel history trains transport

$30.00
2g22/48

The Golden Era of Fiat Railcars in New Zealand


CHURCHMAN, GEOFFREY B.

Oblong octavo, illus red light card covers with silver lettering to front cover, printed eps, unpaginated, illus, VG+ (reading crease to front cover)

PUBLISHER: IPL Books 1989

KEYWORDS: Geoffrey B Churchman New Zealand transport history railways rail motorcars railcars Fiat pictorial photographic history

$15.00
xxela57469

Hellifield and the Railway


MITCHELL, W.R. & FOX, PETER

super octavo softback (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: Castleberg Publication 1991

KEYWORDS: specials W R Mitchell Peter Fox Railways Hellifield trains transport history

$15.00
xxelb57529

The Last Days of the 'Deltics'


FELLOWS, CRAIG W. & GASH, PAUL E.

Softcover super octavo (VG+) staple bound ; 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: Ian Allen Ltd 1986

KEYWORDS: specials Craig W. Fellows Paul E. Gash train transport history British Railways

$19.50
xxela57498

Across the Footplate Years


DRAYTON, JOHN

occasional light adhesion, hardback 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 costs

PUBLISHER: Ian Allan 1986

KEYWORDS: specials john drayton history transport trains railways britain locomotives rail steam

$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

$20.00
2g29/10

Hyde Railway Accident June 4, 1943


DANGERFIELD, J. A.

Quarto, light card covers with black lettering to front cover & black taped spine, 24pp, illus, VG

PUBLISHER: Otago Railway and Locomotive Society

KEYWORDS: JA Dangerfield New Zealand Otago Hyde railways transport trains steam engine accident disaster history

$24.50
xxemd58007

Mediterranean Island Railways


Railway Histories of the World

KALLA-BISHOP, P.M.

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: David & Charles (Publishers) Limited 1970

KEYWORDS: ex-library specials P.M. Kalla-Bishop transport trains locomotives Mediterranean Island railways history

$18.50
xxemd58012

The Settle to Carlisle


A Tribute

SIVITER, ROGER

Hardcover quarto (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: Bloomsbury Books 1988

KEYWORDS: specials Roger Siviter transport railways train locomotives history Carlisle

$150.00
2g31/19

New Zealand Prototypes: Volumes 1 & 2


Plans originally appeared in The NZ Model Railway Journal 1948-1960 & in New Zealand Railway Observer 1946-1947

JOHNSTONE, IAN T. G. (Ed)

Two-volume set, quarto, beige light card covers with cloth spine, cyclostyled typed foolscap pages, unpaginated, illus, VG (light staining to covers, tanning)

PUBLISHER: New Zealand Model Railway Association 1962

KEYWORDS: Ian TG Johnstone New Zealand model railways scale drawings plans trains locomotives steam engines rolling stock goods vans wagons

$32.50
2g31/22

Steam in Europe


WHITEHOUSE, P. B.

Quarto, brown cloth boards with silver lettering to spine, frontispiece, 198pp, illus, VG+ (slight staining to boards edges, soiling to eps, bookseller's stamp to fep) in d/w, VG- (damage & staining from black tape to plastic cover, foxing internally)

PUBLISHER: Ian Allan Ltd 1966

KEYWORDS: PB Whitehouse Europe railways transport steam engines locomotioves trains photographic pictorial history Ireland Britain Denmark Norway Sweden Finland Poland Russia Turkey Greece Bulgaria Yugoslovia Rumania Czechoslovakia Austria Italy Switzerland Germany

$27.50
2g31/26

Over the Garden Wall The Story of the Otago Central Railway


Second Edition

DANGERFIELD, J. A. & EMERSON, G. W.

Octavo, illus light card stapled wrappers, printed eps, 60pp, illus, VG (slight rubbing to covers, crease to rear cover lower corner)

PUBLISHER: New Zealand Railway & Locomotive Society 1967

KEYWORDS: JA Dangerfield GW Emerson New Zealand Central Otago railways trains locomotives steam engines history Wingatui Middlemarch Ranfurly Omakau Alexandra Cromwell Taeri Gorge

$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

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