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$185.00
1i32a/23

The Coachbuilder Book of Designs (Second Edition) comprising engravings of Popular Australasian Vehicles with Tables of Measurements


n/a

Large quarto, red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, 260pp, illus, VG+ (slight taning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Facsimile reprint Dene Bindery 1979 (of JE Bishop & Co 1909)

KEYWORDS: transport coaches vehicles buggies carts gigs waggons traps brougham phaeton history

$17.00
xxhwg102643

Twilight of Steam Train in New Zealand (1965-1971)


JOHN, ROBERT A.

Ex library, lacks title page, 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: No details

KEYWORDS: New Zealand transport trains steam engines

$32.50
xxhwg102644

Vulcan Railcars in New Zealand


COOPER, N. J.

Imperial octavo stapled wrappers (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: New Zealand Railway & Locomotive Society 1981

KEYWORDS: New Zealand transport vulcan railcars railway history

$12.50
xxbkb102753

163 Class F Locomotive


AALEXANDER, R. B. & ALEXANDER, E. R.

Imperial octavo stapled wrappers (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: Steam Heritage1989

KEYWORDS: New Zealand steam engines class F locomotives transport railways

$45.00
2s4a/52

Military MotorCycles


ANSELL, DAVID

Oblong quarto, green boards with gilt lettering to spine, unpaginated, illus, VG+ (some fading to boards) in d/w, VG (light soiling, slight creasing to edge)

PUBLISHER: B T Batsford Ltd 1985

KEYWORDS: military transport history motorcycles motorbikes

$19.50
2e11a/50

Electra Flying: The Lockheed 10 Electra in New Zealand and the Pioneering of the Main Trunk Air Service


WAUGH, RICHARD (Ed) & PHILLIPS, DAVID

Less common in this hardcover edition, quarto, illus glossy heavy card boards, illus eps, 120pp, illus, VG+ (v. slight fading to spine, puckering to last page)

PUBLISHER: Richard Waugh / Project Electra 1998

KEYWORDS: New Zealand aviation history Electra Lockheed 10 airline aeroplanes transport

$46.00
2e11a/55

Strait Crossing: The Ferries of Cook Strait through Time


YOUNG, VICTOR

Oblong quarto, illus glossy heavy card boards with white lettering to spine and yellow & white lettering to front board, printed rear eps, frontispiece, illus title page, 256pp, illus, nr fine

PUBLISHER: Transpress NZ 2009

KEYWORDS: New Zealand ferry transport history passenger ships Cook Strait ferries boats ships

$58.50
2e11a/58

Canterbury Provincial Railways: Genesis of the N.Z.R System


PIERRE, W. A.

Super octavo, light yellow boardswith black lettering to front board, illus eps, viii + 190pp, illus, VG (prev owners signature in ink to fep and title page, light wear to spine extrems, light foxing to page edges,) in d/w, VG (moderately soiling and wear to covers, old price tag to front cover which has been half removed causing surface loss to cover)

PUBLISHER: New Zealand Railway & Locomotive SOciety 1964

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Canterbury railway transport NZR railways trains locomotives steam engines

$175.00
2g24b/46

Dominion Museum Monograph No.7: The Maori Canoe: An Account of Various Types of Vessels used by the Maori of New Zealand in Former Times with some Description of those of the Isles of the Pacific and a Brief Account of the Peopling of New Zealand


BEST, ELSDON

First edition, large quarto, beige light card covers with black lettering to front & handwritten title to spine, iv + 312pp, illus, VG (archival tape repairs to spine and to open tear on front cover, moderate tanning to covers, rusting stains to staple surrounds, moderate foxing to eps and page edges)

PUBLISHER: Board of Maori Ethnological Research / Dominion Museum 1925

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori Pacific history transport canoes wakas exploration travel

$17.50
xxgta104300

More Unusual Railways


DAY, JOHN R.

Possibly uncorrected proof copy, 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: Frederick Muller Ltd 1960

KEYWORDS: transport history railways monorails guide-rail gradients Talgo moving platforms

$62.50
2s20/16

The New Zealand Official Year-Book 1902


VON DADELSZEN, E. J.

Octavo, brown buckram boards with gilt lettering & black decorative rule to spine & front board, patterned eps, frontispiece map, vi + 699pp, illus plus 2 folding tables to rear, VG (some browning to page edges, some staining to boards, owner's name address & date in ink to front pastedown, front & rear hinge paper torn, occasional foxing, 3cm closed tear to large folding chart at rear)

PUBLISHER: John Mackay GOvt. Printer 1902

KEYWORDS: New Zealand year book history statistics industry agriculture politics shipping transport

$32.50
xxarl104568

Straphangers & Grippers: The Ups and Downs of the Mornington Cable-Car System 1883-1957


CAMPBELL, BILL & HARGREAVES, RAY

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 cost.

PUBLISHER: Otago Heritage Books 1994

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Dunedin Morning cablecar transport history

$67.50
ak2/10/1124

NAC: The Illustrated History of New Zealand National Airways Corporation 1947-1978


WAUGH, RICHARD & LAYNE, PETER & MCCONNELL, GRAEME

First edition, oblong quarto, illus glossy heavy card boards with white lettering to red spine, printed rear ep, 320pp, illus, VG+

PUBLISHER: Kynaston Charitable Trust / Craig Printing 2007

KEYWORDS: New Zealand NAC National Airways corporation aviation airline transport history

$37.50
xxfdi104925

Farewell to Trains: A Lifetime's Journey along Britain's Changing Railways


THOMAS, DAVID ST JOHN

Large quarto 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 cost.

PUBLISHER: Frances Lincoln Ltd 2013

KEYWORDS: Britain British railways transport trains history

$55.00
1d28a/18

Leyland Bus MK 2


JACK, DOUG

Large quarto, brown faux leather boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, ix + 524pp, illus, VG+ (v slight foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (slight rubbing to rear)

PUBLISHER: Transport Publishing Co 1984

KEYWORDS: Leyland bus buses transport manufacture history

$16.50
xxgve105535

The Anatomy of Canals: The Early Years


BURTON, ANTHONY & PRATT, DEREK

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 cost.

PUBLISHER: Tempus Publishing 2002

KEYWORDS: canals british uk history transport

$35.00
xxgve105541

Industrial Narrow Gauge Railways in Britain


NICHOLSON, PETER

Square super 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 cost.

PUBLISHER: D. Bradford Barton 1975

KEYWORDS: britain british transport trains steam locomotives industrial narrow gauge railways railway history engineering

$75.00
2b31b/24

The NZR Steam Locomotive


MILLAR, SEAN

Large quarto, red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, illus half- & title pages, 336pp, illus, nr fine (slight tanning), in d/w, nr fine

PUBLISHER: New Zealand Railway & Locomotive Society 2011

KEYWORDS: New Zealand rail transport trains steam engines locomotives history

$65.00
2b31b/25

One More Mile on the NZR


REID, R. C. (BOB)

First edition, large quarto, blue boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus title page, 128pp, illus, nr fine in d/w, nr fine

PUBLISHER: The Junction Press 2003

KEYWORDS: New Zealand rail transport trains steam engines locomotives history

$50.00
2b31b/42

NZR Rolling Stock Data: See Locomotive & Workshops' Code Instructions No.12


n/a

Large oblong quarto, blue spiral-bound light card covers with yellow lettering to front, unpaginated, VG+ (slight tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: No publisher or date

KEYWORDS: New Zealand transport rolling stock schematic drawings

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