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$40.00
1u31/41

Catlins Rail: The Story of the Catlins River Branch Railway 1879-1971


TYRRELL, A. R.

Imperial octavo, illus green light card covers with black lettering, frontispiece, 80pp, illus, VG+ (reading crease to front cover, light rubbing to edges, previous owners details within)

PUBLISHER: Catlins Historical Society 1996

KEYWORDS: AR Tyrrell New Zealand Catlins River Branch transport history railway trains

$65.00
2g11a/51

Rolls-Royce Cars and Bentley from 1931: The Complete History


SCHRADER, HALWART & NORBYE, JAN (Trans)

First edition in original slipcase, small folio, dark blue cloth boards with silver lettering to spien & front board, RR photo mounted to front board, patterned eps, frontispiece, 304pp, illus, VG+ (light fading to spine, slight soiling to boards, light tanning to prelims & terminals) in original slipcase, VG (some tanning to edges, some creasing to fore-edges)

PUBLISHER: Dirk Nishen Publishing 1989

KEYWORDS: Halwart Schrader Rolls Royce Bentley cars automobiles Frederick Henry Royce Charles Stewart Rolls transport history

$45.00
1a3d/27

The Golden Age of New Zealand Flying Boats


HARRISON, PAUL & LOCKSTONE, BRIAN & ANDERSON, ANDY

Large quarto, Illus heavy card boards with white lettering to purple spine, v + 320pp, illus, VG (v slight scuffing to page edges, inscription in ink to fep, light soiling foxing to page edgds) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, label residue stain to rear, misc. scuffing/tears to front/spine)

PUBLISHER: Random House1997

KEYWORDS: Paul Harrison Brian Lockstone Andy Anderson New Zealand aviation flying boats transport aircraft history

$20.00
xxsdt91594

New Zealand Cruisers in Combat


CAMBRILL, TIMOTHY

Imperial octavo softcover (VG) illus; 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: Dunmore 1988

KEYWORDS: specials Timothy Cambrill New Zealand history naval combat second world war ww2 navigations ships transport

$40.00
2f37a/12

One More Mile on the NZR


REID, R. C. (BOB)

Inscribed, signed; quarto, illus light card covers, white lettering to blue spine, 128pp, illus, VG+

PUBLISHER: The Junction Press 2003

KEYWORDS: RC Bob Reid New Zealand rail NZR Otago Southland railways transport trains history

$24.50
xxfob92266

Mobile and Movable Cranes


HAMMOND, ROLT

Octavo hardcover (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: C R Books Ltd 1963

KEYWORDS: specials Rolt Hammond science technology mobile movable cranes building engineering transport

$15.00
xxsea92373

Mind the Curve!: A History of the Cable Trams


KEATING, JOHN D.

Octavo softcover (VG) illus; 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: Transit Australia 2001

KEYWORDS: specials John D. Keating history cable trams transport San Francisco America

$25.00
xxsea92385

New Zealand Railways Working Timetable Picton, Nelson, Wesport Sections November 1938


MCGAVIN, T. A. (intro)

Reprint, Small quarto 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 costs.

PUBLISHER: The New Zealand Rainway and Locomotive Society 1981

KEYWORDS: specials New Zealand railways Picton Nelson westport transport history

$25.00
xxsea92389

Around Dunedin by Cable Car & Tram in the 1950s


STEWART, GRAHAM

Oblong Quarto softcover (VG+) illus; 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: Grantham House 1997

KEYWORDS: specials Graham Stewart Dunedin New Zealand local history cable car tram trains transport 1950s

$40.00
2d2a/40

The Era of Coastal Shipping in New Zealand: The Small Motor Ships


JENNINGS, MURRAY

Imperial octavo illus heavy card boards, white lettering to blue spine, illus eps, 193pp, illus, nr fine

PUBLISHER: Transpress 2003

KEYWORDS: Murray Jennings New Zealand coastal shipping nautical maritime transport motor ships boats history

$80.00
2d2a/44

Next Stop Honolulu! The Story of the Oahu Railway & Land Company 1889-1971


CHIDDIX, JIM & SIMPSON, MACKINNON

Folio, turquoise boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, 352pp, illus, nr fine, in d/w, nr fine

PUBLISHER: Sugar Cane Press 2004

KEYWORDS: Jim Chiddix Mackinnon Simpson Hawaii Oahu OR&L railways public transport history trains steam engines locomotives buses

$27.50
xxsec92548

The Harbour Theories


BALDERSTON, DAVID

Imperial octavo softcover (nr fine); 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: Grantham 1986

KEYWORDS: specials David Balderston Auckland harbour New Zealand history ferries transport

$17.50
xxsef92678

A Long Patrol: An Illustrated History of No. 1 Squadron, RNZAF 1930-1984


SANDERS, JAMES

Quarto hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG) illus; 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: Century Hutchinson 2010

KEYWORDS: specials James Sanders New Zealand history RNZAF aircarft transport aviation military war planes

$65.00
2f51/42

Mails by Rail in New Zealand: The Story of the Railway Travelling Post Offices of New Zealand


JOHNSTONE, ALBERT & STARTUP, ROBIN & BERRY, ALLAN (Ed)

Small folio, red boards wit gilt lettering to spine & front board, xiii + 206pp, illus, nr fine, in d/w, VG+ (fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: Royal Philatelic Societ of New Zealand 2001

KEYWORDS: Robin Startup Albert Johnstone Allan Berry New Zealand railways transport post office postal delivery mail philately history

$42.50
2g34a/3

Cane Train: The Sugar-cane Railways of Fiji


DYER, PETER & HODGE, PETER

Imperial octavo, green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, vi + 178pp, illus, VG+ (prev. owner's name to fep., slight bruising to spine extrems) in d/w, VG+ (v light fading, slight creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: New Zealand Railway & Locomotive Society 1988

KEYWORDS: Peter Dyer Peter Hodge Fiji surgar-cane railways railway tramways transport trains

$65.00
1p19a/3

Rapids and Riverboats on the Wanganui River


CAMPBELL, ROBERT D.

Imperial octavo, green boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, 272pp, illus, VG+, in d/w, VG+ (some fading & tanning)

PUBLISHER: Wanganui Newspapers Ltd 1990

KEYWORDS: Robert D Campbell New Zealand Wanganui River history boats transport

$40.00
2c23a/4

Boeing Aircraft Since 1916


BOWERS, PETER M.

First edition, octavo blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, upper page edges stained blue, frontispiece, 444pp, illus, VG (bookseller's stamp to fep, light tanning, esp to page edges) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, 2cm closed tear to upper spine extrem, nicks & 1cm loss to upper spine extrem, 2cm closed tear to front upper edge)

PUBLISHER: Putnam & Co 1966

KEYWORDS: Peter M Bowers Boeing aircraft aeroplanes aviation planes transport history

$40.00
2c23a/12

Wings of the Nation: A History of the New Zealand National Airways Corporation 1947-78


AIMER, PETER

Super octavo, illus light card covers with french flaps, 288pp, illus, nr fine (light rubbing to covers)

PUBLISHER: The Bush Press 2000

KEYWORDS: Peter Aimer New Zealand National Airways Corporation aviation transport aeroplanes planes history

$39.50
xxsej92917

SPANZ: South Pacific Airlines of New Zealand and Their DC-3 Viewmasters


WAUGH, RICHARD & LAYNE, PETER

Signed by both authors & Bob Anderson, quarto 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 keeps postage costs down.

PUBLISHER: Richard J. Waugh 2000

KEYWORDS: specials Richard Waugh Peter Layne South Pacific Airlines of New Zealand SPANZ aviation transport DC-3 Viewmasters business history signed

$145.00
2s2/8

The Last of The Windjammers Volumes 1 & 2


LUBBOCK, BASIL

Two-volume set, first editions, quarto, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, gilt sailing ship motif to front boards, illus eps, frontispiece, xiv + 518pp (vol.1), xv + 443pp (vol.2), illus plus folding maps, VG (heavy foxing & tanning to page edges & eps, some staining to boards, some foxing)

PUBLISHER: Brown, Son & Ferguson 1927 & 1929

KEYWORDS: first edition Basil Lubbock windjammers transport nautical maritime history sailing ships clippers squareriggers

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