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$45.00
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Jodhpur Railway


BHANDARI, R R & RAO, M A (Fore)

Imperial octavo, illus heavy boards, white & black lettering to spine, viii + 60pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to spine, jacket neatly glued to boards at pastedowns, sl tanning & soiling to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (jacket neatly glued to pastedowns of boards, light creasing & chipping to edges, sl chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Northern Railway 1982

KEYWORDS: India Indian transport rail railways rains Jodhpur railway steam locomotives

$25.00
xx44pol218477

David Angus: The Life and Adventures of a Victorian Railway Engineer


MAIR, CRAIG

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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Strong Oak Press 1989

KEYWORDS: transport history Victorian era trains rail railways engineers David Angus

$100.00
2w1/15

The Chronicles of Pendre Sidings: A Personal Account of the First Railway Preservation Society in the World: The Talyllyn Railway Preservation Society 1950-2000


BATE, JOHN L H

INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, quarto, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 264pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing to edges, light fading to spine, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: RailRomances N/D (c.2001)

KEYWORDS: signed John L H Bate transport history trains rail railways Talyllyn RAilway Preservation Society locomotives steam

$40.00
2w9/43

Preserved Locomotives of British Railways (Twentieth Edition)


PRITCHARD, ROBERT & BEARDSLEY, IAN

Octavo, illus light card wrappers, white lettering to spine, printed inside covers, 176pp, illus, Near FINE (sl creasing to cover edges)

PUBLISHER: Platform 5 Publishing 2022

KEYWORDS: transport rail railways trains locomotives steam British Great Britain diesel electric

$60.00
2w7/9

Steaming to the Sunrise: A History of Railways in the Gisborne Region


WOOD, CHRIS

Quarto, illus light card wrappers, white lettering to spine, printed inside covers, 104pp, illus/photos, VG (light to moderate fading to spine, light chafing & soiling to covers, light creasing to spine & cover edges, light tanning to covers)

PUBLISHER: IPL Books / Te Rau Herald Print 1996

KEYWORDS: New Zealand transport history trains rail railways Gisborne steam locomotives

$26.50
xxsaw219594

Britain's Best 100 Railway Stations


JENKINS, SIMON

Imperial octavo hardcover (near 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: Viking / Penguin Books 2017

KEYWORDS: British railways railway stations architecture colour photos

$25.00
xxsax219600

British Railways Pre-Grouping Atlas & Gazetteer


IAN ALLEN PUBLISHING & CONELLY, W PHILIP (INTRO.)

REVISED AND ENLARGED, 6TH EDITION quarto hardcover (near 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: Ian AllanPublishing 2015

KEYWORDS: British Railways historical atlas train stations rail maps

$22.50
xxspk219826

Die Deutsche Reichsbahn: Im Zweiten Weltkrieg


PIEKALKIEWICZ, JANUSZ

TEXT IN GERMAN, super octavo 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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Transpress 1998

KEYWORDS: text in German Deutsche Reichsbahn railways Germany trains world war two transport history

$35.00
xxhrn223409

The Battle for the Bay


MacEWAN, GRANT

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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Western Producer Book Service 1975

KEYWORDS: transport history rail railways Hudson Bay railroad

$100.00
3s7/29

Winter in Egypt: Illustrated Guide of the Egyptian State Railways


N/A

Slim octavo, illus light card wrappers, red lettering & brown illus to front wrapper, lovely folding map of Egypt railway system to verso of beginning of chapter 1, 101pp, illus, G+ (heavy scuffing & archival repair to spine, moderate to heavy soiling to wrappers, bottom 1cm of spine base missing, moderate creasing & tearing/chipping to wrapper edges, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, v heavy cracking at front gutter- binding partially exposed, moderate staining & tape repair to inside front wrapper, moderate tanning & soiling to prelims, light to moderate foxing to folding map, 4cm closed tear to left side of folding map, moderate cracking to gutter of pgs88/89)

PUBLISHER: J Barreau N/D (c.1912)

KEYWORDS: travel history exploration Egypt rail trains railways guides

$45.00
3p2/68

G. J. Churchward: A Locomotive Biography


CHURCHWARD, G J & ROGERS, COLONEL H C B

Super octavo, dark green illus light card wrappers, lime green and white lettering to front wrapper and spine, 216pp, illus/photos, VG (light fading to spine, light to moderate creasing & scuffing to extrems, minor chafing/creasing & soiling to wrappers, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, minro foxing to prelims & terminals)

PUBLISHER: George Allen & Unwin 1975

KEYWORDS: trains locomotive biography G J Churchward history railways industrial transport

$40.00
3p3/97

Memories of The Burma - Thai Railway


Unknown

Super octavo, stapled green light card wrappers, white lettering to front wrapper, map to inside front wrapper, 23pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light scuffing to spine and minimal creasing & fading)

PUBLISHER: N/D (c.1998)

KEYWORDS: history Thai Thailand biography Burma trains railways military war Japan history

$100.00
3p4/160

The American Locomotive Company: A Centennial Remembrance


STEINBRENNER, RICHARD T

Oblong quarto, dark red buckram boards, gilt lettering to front board and spine, frontispiece, 541pp, illus/photos, VG+ (minimal soiling to upper page edges, minimal foxing to eps) in d/w, VG+ (minimal soiling to front cover)

PUBLISHER: On Track Publishers 2011

KEYWORDS: trains transport history rail railways locomotive steam American centennial

$40.00
3r5/601

The Richmond Vale Railway


PRESTON, R G

Imperial octavo, illus light card wrappers, green and yellow lettering to front wrapper, white lettering to spine, illus/photos, VG (minor scuffing to front wrapper edges, hinges and head and base of spine, light fading and minor creasing to spine, minor fading to rear hinge) (photos available on request)

PUBLISHER: Shepp Books 1990

KEYWORDS: trains railways history transport Richmond Vale

$60.00
3r5/602

A Compendium of New South Wales Steam Locomotives


GRUNBACH, ALEX (compiled)

Quarto, illus light card wrappers, white lettering to front wrapper and spine, illus/photos, VG+ (light discolouration/fading to front and rear wrapper edges, minor fading to spine, minor creasing to extrems, minor creasing to head of spine and front hinge, minor soiling to rear wrapper, moderate tanning to page edges) (photos available on request)

PUBLISHER: Australian Railway Historical Society 1989

KEYWORDS: trains railways history Australia

$100.00
3r5/604

The Overland Railway


CALLAGHAN, W H

Sm folio, dark blue heavy boards, white lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, illus prelims, vi + 314pp, VG+ (light fading & bruising/scuffing to board & spine edges/extrems, sl chafing to front board, light tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (minor creasing/rolling to upper edges of wrappers, moderate fading to wrapper edges and spine, minor creasing to head of spine, minor 0.4cm open tear to upper edge of front wrapper, minor creasing to heads and bases of folds, minor creasing to flaps, minor tanning to edges of flaps, moderate horizontal scuff to front - photos available on request)

PUBLISHER: Australian Railway Historical Society 1992

KEYWORDS: railways trains history transport Australia

$75.00
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Tender into Tank


PRESTON, R G

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, dark beige heavy boards, black lettering to front board and spine, illus/photos, VG+ (minor bruising to extrems, minor creasing and bruising to head and base of spine, minor soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing to head and base of spine, minor creasing/rolling to extrems, light soiling to wrappers, minor foxing to spine, minor creasing to rear hinge, minor soiling to hinges, minor creasing to upper edges of flaps) (photos available on request)

PUBLISHER: Australian Railway Historical Society 1970

KEYWORDS: First Edition railways trains history Australia

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