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$60.00
2e8a/12

Tangiwa Disaster and 30 Other Railway Accidents in New Zealand


STEWART, GRAHAM

Small quarto (looks like a comic-style binding) illus stapled paper wrappers, printed eps, 74pp, illus, VG+ (small crease to rear lower corner, light foxing & tanning to pages)

PUBLISHER: Wilson & Horton Ltd 1972

KEYWORDS: Graham Stewart New Zealand railways trains accidents disasters crashes

$22.50
xxetf61109

Flying Scotsman


The Extraordinary Story of the World's Most Famous Train

RODEN, ANDREW

Hardcover octavo (NF) in d/w (NF) ; 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: Aurum Press Limited 2010

KEYWORDS: specials Andrew Roden transport railways trains locomotives British history Flying Scotsman

$995.00
2f7a/1

The New Zealand Railways Magazine


Complete Run Volumes 1-7: Issue 1 Vol 1 May 1st 1926 up to Issue 9 Vol 7 1st April 1933

n/a

Super octavo, green boards (vol 1), orange/brown boards (vols 2-7), gilt lettering to spine, each issue individually paginated (aprox 48pp per issue), illus, VG+ (slight bruising to spine extrems, light tanning to eps, NZ Railways stamps to eps & random other pages, some foxing)

PUBLISHER: New Zealand Government Railways Department 1926 to 1933

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Railways magazine trains steam engines transport history

$135.00
2f25a/11

The Chronicles of a Contractor being the Autobiography of the Late George Pauling


with an Introduction by J.O.P. Bland

PAULING, GEORGE & BUCHAN, DAVID (Ed)

First edition, super octavo, blue buckram boards with gilt lettering to spine, teg frontispiece with tissue guard, xii + 240pp, VG (some bruising to spine extrems & board corners, small ding to rear board upper & lower edges, slight scratching to rear board, light tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Constable & Co 1926

KEYWORDS: first edition George Pauling David Buchan JOP Bland autobiography travel engineer railways transport Rand

$50.00
2f25a/46

Union Pacific Railroad Painting Guide, 1903-1930 Common Standard No. 22


N/A

Quarto, illus light card covers, frontispiece, 108pp, illus + colour chart to rear, VG+ (occasional annotation in ink, v sl soiling to covers)

PUBLISHER: Union Pacific Railroad Historical Society 1981

KEYWORDS: transport trains railroads paint specification railways reference standard colours

$28.50
xxewb62139

Branch Lines


NOCK, O.S.

First edition Hardcover super 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 costs

PUBLISHER: B.T. Batsford Ltd 1957

KEYWORDS: first edition specials O S Nock railways transport English railway trains

$19.50
xxewb62143

London's Underground


An Illustrated History of the World's Premier Underground System

GLOVER, JOHN

Hardcover small folio (NF) in d/w (NF) ; 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 Publishing 1996

KEYWORDS: specials John Glover English railways transport trains London Underground history

$16.50
xxewb62154

Rails out of Palmy


A Guide to Train Excursions out of Palmerston North

SUMMERS, GLEN

Softcover staple bound oblong 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: The New Zealand Railway and Locomotive Society, 1991

KEYWORDS: specials Glen Summers New Zealand railways trains locomotives history Palmerston North

$27.50
xxewc62221

The Final Link


EDWARDS, DENNIS & PIGRAM, RON

hardback quarto, no 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: Midas Books 1982

KEYWORDS: specials history pictorial railways trains travel england chilterns midlands dennis edwards ron pigram britain uk

$18.50
xxewc62230

The Pre-Grouping Railways - Their development, and individual characters - Part 1


HEAP, CHRISTINE & VAN RIEMSDIJK, JOHN

paperback 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: Her Majesty's Stationery Office 1972

KEYWORDS: specials christine heap john van riemsdijk railways trains travel history uk britain

$16.50
xxewc62233

The Man from Steamtown - The Story of F. Nelson Blount


ADAIR, JAMES R.

hardback octavo with 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: Moody Press 1967

KEYWORDS: specials nelson bount james adair new zealand hsitory biography railways trains travel business

$55.00
2f25a/61

The Transport Revolution from 1770


BAGWELL, PHILIP S.

Scarce in hardcover, super octavo with gilt lettering to spine, 460pp, illus, VG+ (v. v. light tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (v light rubbing)

PUBLISHER: Harper Row / Barnes & Noble 1974

KEYWORDS: Philip S Bagwell transport history inland navigation roads railways coastal shipping motor air canals national transport policy Britain

$45.00
2f34a/18

Natal: An Illustrated Official Railway Guide and Handbook of General Information


HARRISON, C. W. FRANCIS

Imperial octavo, green cloth boards with black lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, xii + 300pp, illus + folding maps + large folding map in pocket to rear ep, G+ (heavy rubbing, fraying, bruising & tears to spine, rubbing & fraying to board edges, some browning & staining to boards, moderate browning to eps, owner's name address & date in ink to fep, corner of first six pages torn off, front hinge loose, heavy tanning & foxing to folding maps, some foxing throughout, browning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Payne Jennings 1903

KEYWORDS: CW Francis Harrison South Africa Natal Durban transport trains railways travel tourism scenery attractions history immigration emigration

$16.50
xxbdaa62340

The 1979 NSW Rail Transport Review


SHARP, STUART ALAN

Imperial octavo softcover (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: Searail Productions 1980

KEYWORDS: specials Stuart Alan Sharp Australia New South Wales NSW transport railways trains

$17.50
xxbie62361

Great Little Railways


ADAMS, COLIN (Ed)

Imperial octavo hardcover (fine) 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: British Broadcasting Corp 1984

KEYWORDS: specials BBC narrow gauge railways trains transport travel Russell Chamberlin Colin Garratt Peter Hillmore Simon Hoggart Stanly Reynolds Lyn Webster Michael Wood

$17.50
xxbja62373

Iron Dinosaurs


GARRATT, COLIN

First edition, small octavo hardcover (nr fine) in d;/w, (nr fine); 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: Blandford Press 1976

KEYWORDS: specials first edition Colin Garratt railways transport trains steam engines history Java Sumatra Indonesia Taiwan Philippines

$17.50
xxbja62374

Steam Safari


GARRATT, COLIN

First edition, small octavo hardcover (nr fine) in d;/w, (nr fine); 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: Blandford Press 1974

KEYWORDS: specials first edition Colin Garratt railways transport trains steam engines locomotives history Africa

$30.00
xxewe62396

Along Parallel Lines - A history of the railways of New South Wales 1850 - 1986


GUNN, JOHN

inscribed & signed by the author, first edition hardback octavo with 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: Melbourne University Press 1989

KEYWORDS: specials history australia new south wales tail trains railways john gunn travel transport

$40.00
1w22a/16

Permanent Way: Volume 2 The Story of the Tanganyika Railways


HILL, M. F.

This volume only, small quarto,green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & gilt coat of arms to front board, upper edges stained blue, xii + 301pp, illus, VG+ (moderate ding to board fore-edges, v small stain to page fore-edges) in d/w, VG- (small 1cm x 2cm piece cut out of lower front flap, heavy creasing & two closed tears to upper front edge & upper rear/flap fold repaired with tape, bruising to fore-edge)

PUBLISHER: East African Railways & Harbours 1957

KEYWORDS: MF Hill Tanganyika East Africa railways trains transport history construction building

$10.00
xxexb62698

Whitby and Pickering Railway


JOY, DAVID

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: The Dalesman Publishing Company Ltd 1973

KEYWORDS: specials David Joy transport trains railways Whitby Pickering history locomotive

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