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$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

$15.00
xxemd58019

British Railway History


An Outline from the Accession of William IV to the Nationalisation of Railways: 1877-1947

ELLIS, HAMILTON

Ex-library hardcover imperial 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 cost.

PUBLISHER: George Allen & Unwin Ltd 1959

KEYWORDS: ex-library Hamilton Ellis transport locomotive trains British Railway history

$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

$35.00
2g31/24

Straphangers and Grippers: The Ups and Downs of the Mornington Cable-car System 1883 to 1957


CAMPBELL, BILL & HARGREAVES, RAY

Signed by both authors, imperial octavo, illus yellow light card covers, 120pp, illus, VG+

PUBLISHER: Otago Heritage Books 1994

KEYWORDS: Bill Campbell Ray Hargreaves New Zealand Dunedin Mornington passenger transport cable cars cablecars engineering construction history

$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

$45.00
2g31/31

Trains at Work in New Zealand


RADCLIFFE, G. T. & MURPHY J. A.

Re-bound in cloth boards with original paper illus covers included, octavo, red cloth boards with gilt lettering to front board, frontispiece, 240pp, illus, nr fine

PUBLISHER: Railway Preservation & Museum 1973

KEYWORDS: GT Radcliffe JA Murphy New Zealand transport trains railways locomotives steam engines photographic pictorial history

$25.00
2g31/36

The Aspinall Era


BULLEID, H. A. V.

Super octavo, dark brown cloth boards with silver lettering to spine, iii + 270pp, illus, VG- (staining to boards, sellotape residue to boards, bookseller's label to front pastedown, two owners' inscriptions in ink to fep, tanning to fep) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, heavy foxing & tanning internally, sellotape residue stains internally)

PUBLISHER: Ian Allan 1967

KEYWORDS: HAV Bulleid Sir John Aspinall Lancashire & Yorkshire Great Southern & Western transport railways trains engineering history

$25.00
1b19a/7

London's First Railway - The London & Greenwich


THOMAS, RONALD H. G.

Octavo, maroon heavy card boards with gilt lettering to spine, 270pp, illus, VG+ (ding to front board lower edge, slight soiling to page fore-edges) in d/w, VG+ (slight soiling to edges)

PUBLISHER: B.T. Batsford Ltd 1972

KEYWORDS: Ronald HG Thomas London Bridge Greenwich transport trains railways construction history viaduct

$25.00
2g30/6

Register of New Zealand Railways Steam Locomotives 1863-1971


LLOYD, WILLIAM G.

Imperial octavo, blue boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, vi + 129pp, illus, VG+ (v slight staining to boards) in d/w, VG+ (slight rubbing)

PUBLISHER: NZ Railway & Locomotive Society (Otago Branch) Dunedin 1974

KEYWORDS: WILLIAM G Lloyd New Zealand railways transport trains steam engines locomotives history

$15.00
2g30/8

DC-3 Southern Skies Pioneer


LOCKSTONE, BRIAN & HARRISON, PAUL

Imperial octavo, illus light card covers, 158pp, illus, near fine

PUBLISHER: Random House 2000

KEYWORDS: Brian Lockstone Paul Harrison New Zealand aviation DC3 airlines aeroplanes transport military aircraft RNZAF WWII commercial air services

$37.50
1j41a/16

The North Staffordshire Railway


CHRISTIANSEN, REX & MILLER, R. W.

Super octavo, maroon cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 333pp, illus, VG+ (v slight foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light rubbing)

PUBLISHER: David & Charles 1971

KEYWORDS: Rex Christansen RW Miller North Staffordshire railways trains transport history

$35.00
1j41a/40

Isle of Man Tramways


With drawings & maps by S Broomfield, DG Coakham, JC Cooke, P Hammond and JN Slater with an appendix on Tickets by WH Bett

PEARSON, F. K.

Super octavo, green boards with gilt lettering, 379pp, illus, VG (soiling to eps & to page edges), in d/w, VG (fading to spine, soiling to inside)

PUBLISHER: David & Charles 1970

KEYWORDS: FK Pearson S Broomfield DG Coakham JC Cooke P Hammond JN Slater Isle of Man trams tramways transport history

$40.00
1c7a/4

Watch for Trams


JONES, COLIN

Quarto, maroon boards with silver lettering to spine, illus title page, 128pp, illus, nr fine, in d/w, VG+ (foxing to inside, creasing to rear lower edge, light soiling to rear flap upper edge)

PUBLISHER: Kangaroo Press 1993

KEYWORDS: Colin Jones Trams tramways transport history Australia horse steam cable battery electric trams photographic pictorial history

$30.00
1c7a/5

AA Discovering Britain's Lost Railways


ATTERBURY, PAUL

Oblong quarto, illus glossy heavy card boards with red lettering, illus prelims, 160pp, illus, fine, in d/w, nr fine (creasing to front flap upper edge)

PUBLISHER: AA Publishing 1995

KEYWORDS: Paul Atterbury Automobile Association Britain British railways trains transport steam engines Darlington Penrith Cockermouth Halwill Junction Barnstape Ilfracombe Lynton Bath Green Park Templecombe Ryde Ventnor Newport Cowes Uttoxeter Leek Stoke-on-Trent

$45.00
1c7a/6

Station to Station


PARISSIEN, STEVEN

Quarto, white light card covers with black lettering to spine, illus prelims, 240pp, illus, fine, in d/w with large French flaps, fine

PUBLISHER: Phaidon Press 2001

KEYWORDS: Steven Parissien railways transport stations architecture buildings history construction structure social political context photography pictorial history drawings sketches plans

$34.50
1c7a/16

Roman Roads of Europe


SITWELL, N. H. H.

Quarto, brown boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, 240pp, illus, VG+ (light bruisng to spine extrems & board corners, dings to board lower edges) in d/w, VG+ (internal foxing, bruisng to corners, spine extrems & lower edges)

PUBLISHER: Cassell Ltd 1981

KEYWORDS: NHH Sitwell Roman roads Britannia Hispania Gallia Germania Italia Macedonia Africa Aegyptul Asia Imperium Romanum transport communication military history

$19.50
xxenc58284

Steam Up


A Pictorial Tribute to Steam Operation in Western Australia

JOYCE, JOHN & TILLEY ALAN

Softcover quarto (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: J. & A. Publications, undated

KEYWORDS: specials John Joyce Allan Tilley transport locomotives trains Western Australia history

$25.00
1f74/13

Old Coaching Days in Otago & Southland


Illustrated with pen & ink drawings by the Author and with Old-time Photographs

LOVELL-SMITH, E. M.

Octavo, maroon boards with gilt lettering to spine, v + frontispiece + 133pp, illus,VG+, in d/w, VG+

PUBLISHER: Capper Press Reprint 1976 (of Lovell-Smith & Venner 1931)

KEYWORDS: EM Lovell-Smith New Zealand Otago Southland history coaches passenger transport mail service anecdotes humour

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