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$58.50
2g30/12

The NZR Garratt Story


MCCLARE, E. J.

Imperial octavo, turquoise boards with black lettering to spine, frontispiece, 100pp, illus, VG+ (owner's name in ink to front pastedown) in d/w, VG+ (slight rubbing)

PUBLISHER: New Zealand railway and Locomotive Society Inc 1978

KEYWORDS: EJ Mcclare New Zealand Garratt locomotives railways trains transport steam engines history

$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

$245.00
1s21c/15

New Zealand: Its Resources and Prospects


BATHGATE, JOHN

original wraps inside card covers, octavo, new grey heavy card boards with dark blue cloth spine covering original illus paper wrappers, frontispiece, iv + folding colour map + 123pp + 2pp adverts, illus, VG (some staining & discolouration to original wrapper, reasonably heavy foxing to prelims, browning to page edges, staining to page lower edges)

PUBLISHER: W & R Chambers 1884

KEYWORDS: John Bathgate New Zealand history resources climate land title agriculture farming gold cities shipping manufacturing banks transport revenue education colony

$40.00
1u5a/33

Richardsons of Napier: A Century of Coastal Shipping 1859-1959


WATERS, S. D.

octavo, light blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, map illus to eps, decorated title page, 108 pp, VG+ (light wear to spine and board extrems) in d/w VG (price clipped, tanning to spine, light soiling and foxing)

PUBLISHER: Richardson & Co 1959

KEYWORDS: S D Waters new zealand business export shipping transport history

$16.50
xxetf61103

North of the Harbour


A brief history of transport to and on the North Shore

CLARK, L.A.

Hardcover imperial octavo (VG) in d/w (VG-) ; some sun fading to spine and far left of front cover dust jacket; 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: Newey & Beath Printers Pty. Ltd., 1976

KEYWORDS: specials L A Clark New Zealand North Short history transport

$22.50
xxetf61109

Flying Scotsman


The Extraordinary Story of the World's Most Famous Train

RODEN, ANDREW

Hardcover octavo (NF) in d/w (NF) ; 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: Aurum Press Limited 2010

KEYWORDS: specials Andrew Roden transport railways trains locomotives British history Flying Scotsman

$17.50
xxetf61110

Steamboating on the Upper Mississippi


PETERSEN, WILLIAM J.

Softcover super 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: Dover Publications, Inc 1995

KEYWORDS: specials William J Petersen transport nautical steamboats American history paddleboats

$22.50
xxetf61111

The Great Western Railway


A New History

BOOKER, FRANK

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 costs

PUBLISHER: David & Charles Inc 1981

KEYWORDS: specials Frank Booker transport locomotives trains history Great Western Railway

$25.00
xxetf61135

Modern American Locomotive


Construction and Operation: Arranged to meet the need of railway men who are trying to help themselves; particularly machinists, locomotive enginemen, and others interested in locomotive engineering

PRIOR, FREDERICK J.

1982 Reprint hardcover 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: Rail Heritage Publications 1982

KEYWORDS: specials Frederick J Prior transport trains locomotive engineering design

$19.50
xxeub61247

Locomotives worth Modelling


HAMBLETON, F.C.

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: Model and Allied Publications 1977

KEYWORDS: specials F C Hambleton trains locomotives modelling crafts hobbies history transport

$15.00
xxeub61272

The Open Street: Public Transport, Motor Cars and Politics in Australian Cities


MANNING, IAN

Imperial octavo 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 cost.

PUBLISHER: Transit Australia Publishing 2001

KEYWORDS: specials Ian Manning Australian history urban transport motoring cars automobiles public policy planning

$85.00
2e17a/22

Recent Locomotives 1886: Enlarged Edition


Illustrations with Descriptions and Specificatyions and Details, of Recent American and European Locomotives, Reprinted from the Railroad Gazette

MALLET, ANATOLE (Intro)

Folio, maroon/red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, viii + 112pp, illus + 521 figures, 2pp index & 20pp adverts, nr fine, in VG d/w (some bruising to edges & corners, nicks & bruising to spine extrems, light soiling to rear, moderate creasing to rear upper edge & 2cm tear with loss to rear upper corner, tanning to inside)

PUBLISHER: Newton K Gregg Publishers 1972

KEYWORDS: Anatole Mallet railroads trains steam engines locomotives transport history specifications art

$55.00
2e24a/3

Over & Back: The History of Ferryboats in New York Harbour


CUDAHY, BRIAN J.

Imperial octavo, light grey cloth boards with black lettering to spine, blue eps, frontispiece, ii + 472pp, illus, fine, in d/w, VG+

PUBLISHER: Fordham University Press 1990

KEYWORDS: Brian J Cudahy USA New York harbour American ferries ferryboats transport history charts maps diagrams routes fleet rosters

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