Books - "railways"
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Tangiwa Disaster and 30 Other Railway Accidents in New Zealand
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
Flying Scotsman
The Extraordinary Story of the World's Most Famous Train
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
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
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
The Chronicles of a Contractor being the Autobiography of the Late George Pauling
with an Introduction by J.O.P. Bland
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
Union Pacific Railroad Painting Guide, 1903-1930 Common Standard No. 22
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
Branch Lines
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
London's Underground
An Illustrated History of the World's Premier Underground System
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
Rails out of Palmy
A Guide to Train Excursions out of Palmerston North
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
The Final Link
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
The Pre-Grouping Railways - Their development, and individual characters - Part 1
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
The Man from Steamtown - The Story of F. Nelson Blount
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
The Transport Revolution from 1770
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
Natal: An Illustrated Official Railway Guide and Handbook of General Information
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
The 1979 NSW Rail Transport Review
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
Great Little Railways
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
Iron Dinosaurs
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
Steam Safari
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
Along Parallel Lines - A history of the railways of New South Wales 1850 - 1986
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
Permanent Way: Volume 2 The Story of the Tanganyika Railways
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
Whitby and Pickering Railway
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