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$25.00
2g25/49

Super Yachts: An Illustrated Tour of Some of the World's Most Luxurious Yachts


JULIAN, JOHN & NG, MICHAEL & TODD, PAUL (Photograp

Quarto, black cloth boards with white lettering to spine & front board, illus blue eps, illus title page, 160pp, illus, fine, in d/w, fine

PUBLISHER: Hodder Moa Beckett 2000

KEYWORDS: John Julian Michael Ng Paul Todd yachts boats sailing photographic record transport nautical

$40.00
2g28/47

The Worcester and Birmingham Canal: Chronicles of the Cut


WHITE, ALAN

Imperial octavo, blue boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, xvi + 392pp, fine, in d/w, fine

PUBLISHER: Brewin Books 2005

KEYWORDS: Reverend Alan White Worcester Birmingham canal transport history engineering locks Edgbaston Selly Oak Kings Norton West Hill tunnel Hopwood Alvechurch

$20.00
2g30/2

The Port of Otago


MCLINTOCK, A. H.

First edition, super octavo, orange cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, xix + 428pp, illus, VG+v slight tanning to eps) in d/w, VG+ (tanning to interior, bruising to corners & edges, rubbing to rear)

PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd 1951

KEYWORDS: AH Mclintock New Zealand Dunedin Port Otago Port Chalmers shipping transport maritime history first edition

$20.00
xxelf57746

Jubilee Selections


From the New Zealand Railway Observer

DYER, P.F. (ED.)

Hardcover imperial octavo (VG+) lacks 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: New Zealand Railway and Locomotive Society Inc., 1969

KEYWORDS: specials P.F. Dyer New Zealand history transport trains railway NZ Railway and Locomotive Society

$20.00
xxema57836

Dunedin's Matchbox Railway


DANGERFIELD, J.A.

Softcover imperial 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: New Zealand Railway and Locomotive Society Incorporated 1986

KEYWORDS: specials J.A. Dangerfield New Zealand train transport locomotive railway Dunedin history

$18.50
xxema57837

British Railway Accidents of the Twentieth Century


HAMILTON, J.A.B.

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: George Allen & Unwin Ltd 1967

KEYWORDS: first edition specials J.A.B. Hamilton British rilways trains transport railway accidents train disasters twentieth century history

$22.50
2g29/5

The Route of the Coastal Pacific Express


CHURCHMAN, GEOFFREY B.

Quarto, illus light card covers, printed eps, 64pp, illus, VG+

PUBLISHER: IPL Books Wellington 1989

KEYWORDS: Geoffrey Churchman trains transport New Zealand South Island Coastal Pacific pictorial photographic history

$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

$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

$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

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