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$20.00
2g29/10

Hyde Railway Accident June 4, 1943


DANGERFIELD, J. A.

Quarto, light card covers with black lettering to front cover & black taped spine, 24pp, illus, VG

PUBLISHER: Otago Railway and Locomotive Society

KEYWORDS: JA Dangerfield New Zealand Otago Hyde railways transport trains steam engine accident disaster history

$30.00
2g29/46

The Concise Encyclopaedia of World Railway Locomotives


RANSOME-WALLIS, P. (Ed)

Imperial octavo, brown/orange cloth boards with gilt lettering in red decorative panel to spine & blind lettering to front board, illus eps, frontispiece, 512pp, illus, VG (fading & foxing to spine, staining to front board, tanning to eps, foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Hutchinson of London 1959

KEYWORDS: P Ransome-Wallis trains steam engines locomotives railways transport construction electric hydraulic mechanical transmission diesel electric history Switzerland Mexico Australia Britain France USA South Africa Canada

$25.00
2g30/30

The Dog & Lemon Guide 2009 Edition


Covers most vehicles 1993-2009

MATHEW-WILSON, CLIVE

Quarto, illus light card covers, 800, illus, VG (bruising to board & page corners)

PUBLISHER: Publications (2008) Ltd 2009

KEYWORDS: Clive Mathew-Wilson Dog&Lemon Guide cars automobiles vehicles transport reference

$15.00
xxemb57905

The Fastest Men on Earth


The men and cars that smashed the world land speed record

CLIFTON, PAUL

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: Herbert Jenkins Ltd 1964

KEYWORDS: ex-library specials Paul Clifton transport cars speed records history technical engineering chronicle competition world records

$20.00
xxemc57932

Risks & Rip-Offs


The New Zealand motorist's survival book

POLLY, DON

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 cost.

PUBLISHER: A.H. and A.W. Reed 1980

KEYWORDS: specials Don Polly transport vehicles car motorist guide buying and selling fixing road safety New Zealand

$19.50
xxemc57949

Great Western Steam around Bristol


WILLIAMS, COLIN L.

First edition Hardcover square 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 cost.

PUBLISHER: D. Bradford Barton Ltd 1975

KEYWORDS: first edition Colin L. Williams transport history trains locomotives Bristol Great Western

$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

$65.00
2g31/18

Rails to Roxburgh: The Story of a Provincial Railway


COWAN, W. J.

Quarto, illus light card covers with French flaps, illus eps, frontispiece, xii + 256pp, illus, nr. fine

PUBLISHER: Molyneux Press Ltd 2010

KEYWORDS: WJ Cowan New Zealand Central Otago transport railways trains steam engines history Roxburgh engineering

$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

$100.00
1b19a/10

A History of Russian Railways


WESTWOOD, J. N.

Octavo, green boards with gilt lettering in red decorative panel to spine and blind train motifs to front board, top edges green, 326pp, illus, VG+ (slight fading to spine, bookseller's stamp to front pastedown, staining to eps) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, staining to edges, tanning internally)

PUBLISHER: George Allen & Unwin 1964

KEYWORDS: JN Westwood Russia Russian railways trains rail transport history economic technical history engineering terrain climate locomotives steam engines equipment

$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

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