Books - "transport"
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Harrisons of Liverpool: A Chronicle of Ships and Men 1830-2002
Quarto, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, frontispiece, 400pp, illus/photos, VG (binding sloppy- boards shaky, spine cocked, light bruising & scuffing to extrems, sl tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (moderate general creasing & chafing, light soiling, light fading to spine, light to moderate creasing to edges)
PUBLISHER: The World Shipping Society / Ships in Focus Publications 2003
KEYWORDS: maritime nautical history Harrisons of Liverpool shipping ships transport
Cunard Line: A Fleet History
Quarto, illus heavy boards, red lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, frontispiece, 304pp, illus, VG (spine cocked, binding quite sloppy with moderate cracking at some gutters, light to moderate bruising to extrems, light fading to spine, light tanning to page edges, sl soiling to eps, prev. owner's sm ex-libris label to front pastedown)
PUBLISHER: Ships in Focus Publications 2012
KEYWORDS: maritime nautical ships shipping transport history fleet Cunard Line
Liberty Ships in Peacetime, and Their Contribution to World Shipping History
SIGNED LIMITED EDITION, quarto, illus heavy boards, brown lettering to spine, frontispiece, unpaginated prelims + 322pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate water damage to head of spine, light bruising to extrems, moderate fading to spine, light chafing to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges, moderate foxing to eps & prelims/terminals, prev. owner's sm ink stamp to front pastedown, signed plate to ffep)
PUBLISHER: Ian Stewart Marine Publications 1992
KEYWORDS: signed limited editions maritime nautical history Liberty Ships shipping transport
Talking Trucks
SIGNED & INSCRIBED, quarto, illus black light card wrappers, yellow lettering to spine & front cover, 280pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl creasing to cover edges, light chafing & soiling to covers, sl tanning & soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Not Stated
KEYWORDS: New Zealand signed Bill Hohepa transport haulage trucks hgv heavy goods vehicles
Ford in New Zealand: Putting the Car Before the Horse
Oblong octavo, blue heavy boards, silver gilt & white lettering to spine, white & silver gilt lettering & illus to front board, frontispiece, 225pp, illus/photos, VG (light to moderate bruising & scuffing to spine & extrems, binding sloppy- boards shaky, sl scuffing to board corners, light chafing & soiling to boards, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear board, light tanning & soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in pencil to ffep, prev. owner's inscription in ink to full title page, moderate cracking to gutters sporadically throughout, occasional soiling to pages throughout)
PUBLISHER: New Holland Publishers 2017
KEYWORDS: New Zealand transport automotive history cars Ford design engineering
Bank Line and Andrew Weir and Company
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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: World Ship Society 1985
KEYWORDS: transport history maritime nautical shipping Bank Line Andrew Weir Company
The Encyclopaedia of Driving
EXLIBRARY Imperial 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Country Life Books 1979
KEYWORDS: Transport History Horse and cart Technical terms
Urewera Trucks and Truckers
Quarto, illus light card wrappers, black & white text to wrapper, & spine, illus title page, 135pp, illus VG+ (slight rubbing to edges, v slightfading & chafing to wrapper, slight tanning to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Gavin M Abbot 2014
KEYWORDS: urewera new zealand north island aotearoa history forestry forest trucking transport industry gavin m abbot
A Son of The Red Centre': Memoirs and Anecdotes of the Life of Road Train Pioneer and Bush Inventor of the Northern Territory of Australia
REVISED EDITION, super octavo, illus orange glossy heavy boards, white & black lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 254pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light fading & bruising to spine, light chafing & soiling to boards, sl tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, 'Kurt Johannsen' in ink to full title page?)
PUBLISHER: Kurt Johannsen 1996
KEYWORDS: Australia Australian history NT Northern Territory road trains transport inventors
The Last Years of the 'Peaks'
Super 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Ian Allen LTD 1985
KEYWORDS: trains photographs engine diesel British peaks railway transport rail history
Airlines of Asia: Since 1920
Super octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xiii+572pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light chaffing to spine extrems, light soiling to boards, light soiling & tanning to page edges) in d/w VG (minor fading to spine, light creasing to extrems/edges, light chaffing, light tanning & soiling to interior extrems, previous booksellers sticker on flap).
PUBLISHER: Paladwr Press 1997
KEYWORDS: aviation aeronautics aeroplane civilian commercial airline history Asia history transport
The Great Society Subway: A History of the Washington Metro
Imperial octavo, black buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xv + 355pp, illus/photos, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, minor fading to upper edges, sl tanning ot upper edges of flaps)
PUBLISHER: John Hopkins University Press 2006
KEYWORDS: transport history rail trains subways US America Washington Metro
The 4300 4-8-2's: Southern Pacific's Mt-Class Locomotives (Revised Edition)
Quarto, black cloth boards, silver gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus eps, frontispiece, unpaginated prelims + 172pp, folding diagrams to rear, Near FINE (sl tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light fading to spine, light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Signature Press 1996
KEYWORDS: transport rail trains locomotives steam 4300 4-8-2 southern Pacific mt-classs engineering design history
Road Through the Wilderness: The Story of the Transcontinental Railway The First Great Work of Australia's Federation
Imperial 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: New South Wales University Press1991
KEYWORDS: Australia settler history train transport railway transcontinental construction
The Camel and the Wheel
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: Columbia University Press 1990
KEYWORDS: academia history technology anthropology zoology transport Middle East
British Lorries Since 1945
Imperial octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus title page, 192pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light soiling to boards, minor bruising/rubbing to extrems, minimal soiling & tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (minimal creasing to edges, sl chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Ian Allan 2012
KEYWORDS: British lorries transport cars utes history
G. J. Churchward: A Locomotive Biography
Super octavo, dark green illus light card wrappers, lime green and white lettering to front wrapper and spine, 216pp, illus/photos, VG (light fading to spine, light to moderate creasing & scuffing to extrems, minor chafing/creasing & soiling to wrappers, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, minro foxing to prelims & terminals)
PUBLISHER: George Allen & Unwin 1975
KEYWORDS: trains locomotive biography G J Churchward history railways industrial transport
The American Locomotive Company: A Centennial Remembrance
Oblong quarto, dark red buckram boards, gilt lettering to front board and spine, frontispiece, 541pp, illus/photos, VG+ (minimal soiling to upper page edges, minimal foxing to eps) in d/w, VG+ (minimal soiling to front cover)
PUBLISHER: On Track Publishers 2011
KEYWORDS: trains transport history rail railways locomotive steam American centennial
British Steam Locomotive Builders
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, navy blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to front board and spine, illus/photos/diagrams, VG+, in d/w, VG+ (minor closed tear to upper edge of spine - photos available on request) in VG slipcase
PUBLISHER: Goose and Son 1975
KEYWORDS: first editon steam trains locomotive engineering british transport history UK
On Atlas' Shoulders: RAF Transport Projects Since 1945
Quarto, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus title page and prelims, 272pp, VG+ (light soiling to rear boards, minor foxing to page edges light staining to pages 114-115pp) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to extrems and edges, 1cm closed tear to lower edge of front wrapper, minor tanning to spine) (photos available on request)
PUBLISHER: Hikoi 2016
KEYWORDS: RAF transport aircraft military aviation history planes jets