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Railway Ribaldry


ROBINSON, W HEATH

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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Gerald Duckworth & Co 1974

KEYWORDS: humour humor cartoons W Heath Robinson trains railways rail

$25.00
xxcfb200100

Joseph Locke: Railway Revolutionary


WEBSTER, N W

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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: George Allen & Unwin 1970

KEYWORDS: transport history trains rail railways infrastructure civil engineering Joseph Locke

$22.50
xxcfb200101

The Railway Engineers


NOCK, O S

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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: B T Batsford 1955

KEYWORDS: transport history trains rail railways infrastructure civil engineering

$10.00
xx85pol202549

New Zealand Railways Staff Bulletin: Vol. 6, No. 1, Jan.-Feb. 1957


n/a

Super 8vo stapled light wrappers (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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: R. E. Owen 1957

KEYWORDS: New Zealand railways rail trains locomotive bulletin 20th century

$25.00
xx139pol206374

Romance of Victorian Railways


ADAM-SMITH, PATSY

Super 8vo 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: Rigby 1980

KEYWORDS: Victorian 19th century trains railways anecdotes

$100.00
1f18a/12

Steam Locomotives of the Victorian Railways Volume I: The First Fifty Years


CAVE, NORMAN & BUCKLAND, JOHN; BEARDSELL, DAVID (ed)

THIS VOLUME ONLY. Oblong imp. 8vo, viii + 235 pp.; green heavy card bds, spine & front board lettered in gilt; illus. eps & tp, photos, illus.; NF (minor scuffing & soiling to bds; sl bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; sl soiling to eps); in slipcase, VG+ (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems).

PUBLISHER: Australian Railway Historical Society 2002

KEYWORDS: Australia Australian Victorian Government Railways steam engine locomotive trains railway

$40.00
1c28a/12

A History of Trains and Trams in Tasmania


COOLEY, THOMAS C T

8vo, xvi + 184 pp.; heavy white card bds, spine lettered in gilt; photos, illus.; VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges); in d/w, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with sl chipping; light fading).

PUBLISHER: A. B. Caudell, Government Printer 1987

KEYWORDS: Australia Tasmania trains locomotives engine trams railways

$22.50
xx162pol206975

To China for Steam


ADLEY, ROBERT

Imp. 8vo 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: Blandford Press 1983

KEYWORDS: railways trains steam engine Peoples Republic of China Chinese freight passenger

$35.00
xx162pol206976

Writing the Rails: Train Advemtures by the World's Best-Loved Writers


GOODMAN, EDWARD C (ed)

Super 8vo 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: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers 2001

KEYWORDS: railways railroads travel travelling writers literary authors adventure journey

$24.50
xx162pol207004

The Era of the 'R' Class Locomotives of the Victorian Railways


WATSON, STEPHEN

4to 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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Stephen E. Watson 1982

KEYWORDS: R class locomotives trains Victorian railways history

$25.00
xx162pol207005

Britain's Big Four: The Story of the London Midland and Scottish, London and North Eastern, Great Western, and Southern Railways


GREENLEAF, HORACE

Super 8vo hardcover (VG-) lacking 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 costs

PUBLISHER: Winchester Publications 1948

KEYWORDS: Britian England British English railways trains locomotive passenger freight

$15.00
xx162pol207009

Steam for Scrap Volume 2


TREVENA, NIGEL

Sq 8vo 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: Atlantic Transport Publishers 1985

KEYWORDS: trains railways steam engine scrap metal 20th century

$20.00
xx166pol207342

Twilight of Steam Trains in New Zealand (1965-1971)


JOHN, ROBERT A

Super octavo 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: None Stated

KEYWORDS: New Zealand transport history steam locomotives trains 1960s sixties rail railways

$40.00
1y48a/2

Victorian Railways: Handbook on the Locomotive


Issued for the Guidance of Enginemen in the Description, Maintenance and Economical Operation of the Locomotive

VICTORIAN RAILWAYS

Crown 8vo, pp. 161; brown cl bds, front board lettered & bordered in black; photos, illus. ten foldout blueprints fastened by metal clasp to rear; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light to moderate tanning & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals).

PUBLISHER: Victorian Railways 1952

KEYWORDS: Victorian Railways locomotive trains engineer engineering railway transport

$45.00
ak1/18a/5

Catlins Rail: The Story of the Catlins River Branch Railway, 1879-1971


TYRRELL, A R

SIGNED, imperial octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, frontispiece, 80pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing/curling to spine & cover edges, sl chafing & soiling to covers, sl tanning & foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Catlins Historical Society Inc 1996

KEYWORDS: signed A R Tyrrell New Zealand history Catlins transport trains rail railways Catlins River Branch

$150.00
2g37b/20

The Outer Circle: A History of the Oakleigh to Fairfield Park Railway


BEARDSELL, DAVID

Super 8vo, pp. vi + 125 + [1 (advt)]; brown heavy card bds, spine lettered in gilt; illus. eps, frontis., photos, illus.; VG (light scuffing & soiling to bds; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems with light chipping; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light to moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; moderate cracking to front gutters); in d/w, VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling; light to moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with sl chipping; light tanning & foxing).

PUBLISHER: The Australian Railway Historical Society 1979

KEYWORDS: Australia Australian railway railways train trains locomotive 19th century social history transport

$40.00
2e11b/13

A History of Railways and Tramways on Tasmania's West Coast


RAE, LOU

Second edition. 4to, pp. viii + 212; illus. light card covers; photos, illus.; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to covers; light bruising to edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light to moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to prelims & terminals; archival repairs to spine at head).

PUBLISHER: Mercury-Walch 1984

KEYWORDS: Lou Rae Australia Tasmania West Coast trains trams railways tramways locomotive history

$45.00
2e11b/17

Patterns of Steam: Steam locomotives in Australia and New Zealand 1964-1985


MCCARTHY, SHANE

Sq 4to, pp. 350; black heavy card bds, spine & front board lettered in gilt; illus. ht, frontis., photos; VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; sl soiling to eps, prelims & terminals); in d/w, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems; light tanning).

PUBLISHER: Shane B. McCarthy [2006]

KEYWORDS: Shane McCarthy Australia New Zealand locomotives steam engines train trains railways photos photography

$19.50
xx22pol211809

Gone on the Ghan


WHITELOCK, DEREK

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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Savvas Publishing 1986

KEYWORDS: Australia Australian transport rail railways trains Ghan

$25.00
xx22pol211810

New Zealand Railway Motive Power 2002


PARSONS, DAVID

Quarto 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: New Zealand Railway and Locomotive Society 2002

KEYWORDS: New Zealand transport rail railways trains design engineering

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