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$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

$20.50
xxhtg105579

Guide to Locomotives of the World: A Global Encyclopedia of the Greatest Trains


GARRATT, COLIN

Large quarto softcover with French flaps (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: Hermes House 2011

KEYWORDS: transport trains railways steam engines locomotives

$19.50
xxhtg105580

Trainland: How Railways Made New Zealand


ATKINSON, NEILL

Square imperial octavo softcover with French flaps (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: Random House 2007

KEYWORDS: New Zealand transport trains railways steam engines locomotives history

$22.50
xxgme105790

The Observer's Book of Commercial Vehicles


BALDWIN, NICK

First edition, Tiny 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: Frederick Warne & Co. 1974

KEYWORDS: transport vehicles

$22.50
xxgnc106019

Last Man Out: Surviving the Burma Railroad


CHARLES, H. ROBERT

First edition, 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: The Crowood Press 1988

KEYWORDS: transport railroads Thailand history biography

$85.00
2s21/1

Manual of Military Engineering (Provisional Edition), Compiled at the School of Military Engineering, Chatham


N/A

32mo, red leather covers, gilt lettering & coat of arms to front, blind rule to covers, all page edges stained red, printed eps, vii + 194 pp, illus with 64 plates, VG- (occasional underlining in pencil, child's scribble on 2 pages but not interferring with text, moderate creasing to covers, bruising to corners, some foxing throughout, browning to fep, owners' names in ink to title page and verso, owner's address scored out in black ink)

PUBLISHER: Eyre & Spottiswoode 1901

KEYWORDS: engineering military transport roads railways bridges kitchens bivouacs

$25.00
xxgsb105985

Garretts of Leiston


WHITEHEAD, R.A.

First edition, 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: Model & Allied Publications 1964

KEYWORDS: history transport railways locomotives trains cars

$20.00
xxgsb105997

An Introduction to Diesel-Electric Traction Equipment


N/A

octavo hardcover (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: Traction Technical Services (n/d)

KEYWORDS: diesel locomotives trains transport electric equipment

$18.50
xxgse106811

Carapace: The Motor Car in New Zealand: A Roadside View


HOLCROFT, M.H.

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: John McIndoe 1979

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history transport cars

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