Books - "transport"
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Straphangers and Grippers: The Ups and Downs of the Mornington Cable-car System 1883 to 1957
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
British Steam Railways
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
As Directed by Train Control
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
Trains at Work in New Zealand
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
The Aspinall Era
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
London's First Railway - The London & Greenwich
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
A History of Russian Railways
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
Register of New Zealand Railways Steam Locomotives 1863-1971
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
DC-3 Southern Skies Pioneer
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
The NZR Garratt Story
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
The North Staffordshire Railway
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
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
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
Southland's Pioneer Railways 1864-1878
Super octavo, illus heavy card boards with black lettering to orange cloth spine, frontispiece, 72pp, illus, VG+ (light tanning to front board upper edge)
PUBLISHER: New Zealand Railway and Locomotive Society 1965
KEYWORDS: JOP Watt New Zealand history Southland transport railways trains steam engines locomotives engineering Makarewa Bluff Vogel Scheme
Watch for Trams
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
AA Discovering Britain's Lost Railways
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
Station to Station
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
Roman Roads of Europe
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
Steam Up
A Pictorial Tribute to Steam Operation in Western Australia
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
Old Coaching Days in Otago & Southland
Illustrated with pen & ink drawings by the Author and with Old-time Photographs
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
New Zealand: Its Resources and Prospects
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