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$20.00
xxevc61710

Fighting Cockpits 1914 - 2000


Design and development of military aircraft cockpits

COOMBS, L.F.E.

First edition hardcover imperial octavo (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: Airlife Publishing Ltd 1999

KEYWORDS: first edition specials L F E Coombs transport aviation military aircraft design development cockpits

$26.50
xxevb61806

North Star to Southern Cross - The Story of the Australasian Seaways


MABER, JOHN M.

first edition hardback octavo with d/w, torn + taped around edges of 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: T. Stephenson & Sons Ltd., 1967

KEYWORDS: specials john maber australasia shipping sea seafaring travel transport chusan australia

$47.50
2f11a/23

Inland Waterways of Great Britain and Ireland


EDWARDS, LEWIS A. (Ed)

Super octavo, dark blue buckram boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xviii + 471pp + 12pp maps + large folding map to rear, VG+ (v light tanning to eps, owner's name to fep) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light fading to spine & edges, light soiling, some bruisng to edges)

PUBLISHER: Imray, Laurie, Norie & Wilson 1962

KEYWORDS: Lewis A Edwards Great Britian Ireland transport rivers canals boats ships navigable waterways

$44.50
2f16a/2

Carts, Carriages & Caravans


THOMPSON, JOHN (Ed)

Quarto, illus spiral-bound white light card covers, frontispiece, 94pp + 2pp adverts, illus, VG+ (price label residue stain to front cover, v slight soiling to covers)

PUBLISHER: John Thompson 1980

KEYWORDS: John Thompson James Artnold Jocelyn Bailey William Fry Mervyn Jones Ian Moaty Gordon Offord horse-drawn vehicles transport history carts carriages caravans craftsmanship wheelwrights

$17.50
xxevb61663

North Isand Main Trunk 75th Anniversary Album


New Zealand Pictorial Record Series

STOTT, BOB

oblong 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. Photos available on request.

PUBLISHER: Southern Press LTD 1983

KEYWORDS: specials Bob Stott photographic history trains rail locomotive new zealand transport

$600.00
2f7a/1

The New Zealand Railways Magazine


Complete Run Volumes 1-7: Issue 1 Vol 1 May 1st 1926 up to Issue 9 Vol 7 1st April 1933

n/a

Super octavo, green boards (vol 1), orange/brown boards (vols 2-7), gilt lettering to spine, each issue individually paginated (aprox 48pp per issue), illus, VG+ (slight bruising to spine extrems, light tanning to eps, NZ Railways stamps to eps & random other pages, some foxing)

PUBLISHER: New Zealand Government Railways Department 1926 to 1933

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Railways magazine trains steam engines transport history

$22.50
xxevf61937

The Canal Age


HADFIELD, CHARLES

hardback octavo with 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: David & Charles 1981

KEYWORDS: specials charles hadfield history britain england travel transport

$22.50
xxevf61938

The Waterways of Britain - A Social Panorama


GLADWIN, D.D.

hardback octavo with 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: Batsford 1976

KEYWORDS: specials dd gladwin history britain england travel transport

$30.00
xxevf61940

A Celebration of 250 Years of Ireland's Inland Waterways


DELANY, RUTH

hardback octavo with 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: Appletree Press 1986

KEYWORDS: specials ruth delany ireland history travel transport uk canal

$27.50
xxewa61994

Through the French Canals


BRISTOW, PHILIP

hardback octavo with 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: Nautical Books 1982

KEYWORDS: specials canals france history travel transport philip bristow

$30.00
xxewa61996

An illustrated history of British Waterways


GLADWIN, D.D.

hardback octavo with 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: Spurbooks Ltd., 1977

KEYWORDS: specials gladwin dd britain waterways canals history transport travel

$28.50
xxewa62002

Highland Railway Locomotives Book 2: The Drummon, Smith & Cumming Classes


CORMACK, J.R.H. & STEVENSON, J. L.

this vol. only, hardback octavo, no d/w (NF); 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: RCTS 1990

KEYWORDS: specials history railway travel transport britain drummond smtih cumming locomotives trains rail

$28.50
xxewa62005

Highland Railway Locomotives Book 1: Early Days to the 'Lochs'


CORMACK, J.R.H. & STEVENSON, J.L.

this vol. only, hardback octavo, lacks 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: RCTS 1988

KEYWORDS: specials britain railway trains travel transport history locomotives jrh cormack jl stevenson

$135.00
2f25a/11

The Chronicles of a Contractor being the Autobiography of the Late George Pauling


with an Introduction by J.O.P. Bland

PAULING, GEORGE & BUCHAN, DAVID (Ed)

First edition, super octavo, blue buckram boards with gilt lettering to spine, teg frontispiece with tissue guard, xii + 240pp, VG (some bruising to spine extrems & board corners, small ding to rear board upper & lower edges, slight scratching to rear board, light tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Constable & Co 1926

KEYWORDS: first edition George Pauling David Buchan JOP Bland autobiography travel engineer railways transport Rand

$425.00
2f25a/24

The Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Daytona


BRADEN, PAT & ROUSH, GERALD

Quarto, red textured leather boards with gilt lettering to spine, brown eps, frontispiece, 160pp, illus, VG+ (light fading to board lower edges) in d/w, VG (moderately heavy creasing to lower front edge, 1cm closed tear to lower front edge, slight rubbing to rear)

PUBLISHER: Osprey Publishing / Newport Press 1982

KEYWORDS: Pat Braden Gerald Roush transport cars Ferrari Daytona 365 GTB/4 motor racing V12 sports car race maintenance engineering design

$50.00
2f25a/35

Wonderful Balloon Ascents, or The Conquest of the Skies


A History of Balloons and Balloon Voyages

MARION, F

Octavo, orange illus light card covers, frontispiece, viii + 224pp + 12pp adverts, illus, G+ (heavy crease to front cover lower third, several portions missing to front cover fore-edge, browning & rubbing to covers, tape repair to spine, portions of spine extrems missing, creasing & bruising to all cover edges & corners, inscription in ink to fep, moderate browning to page edges, some foxing)

PUBLISHER: Cassell & Co (nd) but circa1888 or earlier (inscription)

KEYWORDS: F Marion transport balloons flight flying Montfolfier Rozier Arlandes Blanchard Zambeccari aeronautics history

$60.00
2f25a/41

Pierce-Arrow


RALSTON, MARC

First edition, quarto, black glossy faux-leather boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xii + 236pp, illus, nr fine (slight ding to lower spine extrem) in d/w, VG+ (light tanning to front upper edges, light bruising to rear upper edge, 1cm closed tear to rear lower edge, bruising to lower spine extrem)

PUBLISHER: AS Barnes & Co/ Tantivy Press 1980

KEYWORDS: first edition Marc Ralston motorcars automobiles vehicles marque Pierce-Arrow automotive George Pierce Company history transport photographic pictorial history

$50.00
2f25a/46

Union Pacific Railroad Painting Guide, 1903-1930 Common Standard No. 22


N/A

Quarto, illus light card covers, frontispiece, 108pp, illus + colour chart to rear, VG+ (occasional annotation in ink, v sl soiling to covers)

PUBLISHER: Union Pacific Railroad Historical Society 1981

KEYWORDS: transport trains railroads paint specification railways reference standard colours

$28.50
xxewb62139

Branch Lines


NOCK, O.S.

First edition Hardcover super octavo (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: B.T. Batsford Ltd 1957

KEYWORDS: first edition specials O S Nock railways transport English railway trains

$12.50
xxewb62177

British Canals


An Illustrated History

HADFIELD, CHARLES

Softcover super octavo (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: David and Charles (Publishers) Limited 1969

KEYWORDS: specials Charles Hadfield English history transport waterways canals

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