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4to., First Edition, with a sepia-toned frontispiece and numerous sepia-toned photographs (many full-page) in the text; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Wonderful collection of vintage (and more modern) photographs chosen by the founder of the National Motor Museum at Beaulieu.
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A lovely clean very tight copy with unmarked covers and no bumping to corners. 128pp. Includes many previously unpublished images of the three towns and their public transport.
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Light wear and creases to cover. 112 pages. No date shown; circa 2000.
pp. iv, 21 + a map and numerous photographs. 8vo. Original printed wraps. Inked ownership of Ethel Kastner, Dept. Far Eastern. Very Good copy. ORIENT BOX 2
A boxed set containing parts 4, 5 and 6 of the series of stories about the irrepressable Anne Shirley : Anne of Windy Poplars/ Anne's House of Dreams/Anne of Ingleside. ISBNs 0-7704-2167-9 / 0-7704-2210-1 / 0-7704-2207-1 Book
Part of the "Emily " trilogy by the author of "Anne of Green Gables." A perennial favourite, adapted for younger readers by Priscilla Galloway. Neat donor inscription on ffep that it was "Bought from the farm where Lucy Maud Montgomery lived . Love Nana & Grumpa" and stamp from Cavenish PEI.eLSE FINE. Book
121p. Drawings by Carl Rose. 8vo. Original full cloth binding. Original dust jacket. Corner clipped. Texts of all Burma-Shave signs. HUMOR 8
Spine sunned with minor creasing. ; 10.1 X 9.4 X 0.8 inches; 256 pages
Previous owner's name and address inside front board. No other marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with slight creasing to lower edge and traces of storage. 195pp. A very wide-ranging study of the application of steam power across the ages recording the years of the railway locomotives, from Stephenson and the Rainhill Trials, through World War II and the Beeching axe, to the subsequent railway museums; Brunel and his famous iron ship The Great Britain, in a chapter on marine engines; the great days of the traction engines and the fall, and rise, of the great showmen's road locomotives. Also includes the many applications of steam for stationary engines.
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked red cloth boards, slight rubbing to spine ends and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked with crease/small repair around top of spine and small tear near spine foot. 340pp. A study which looks at the cities of West Europe as a set and identifies their similarities and differences. It compares these cities to those in the rest of the world.
Name/date to front end paper and name to rear end paper. No other marks or inscriptions. Minor creasing to covers, none to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 151pp. Part of the study course for City & Guilds Motor Vehicle Craft Studies part 1, Automotive Trades (vehicle work) 825 and the UK BTEC level I Vehicle Technology requirements.
No marks or inscriptions and no creasing to covers. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 36pp. Part One (South Eastern Area) of The Development of Lancashire's Trams & Buses, covering Accrington, Haslingden, Rawtenstall and Bacup.
Book in mint condition. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with very minor traces of handling. 112pp. A record of AEC vehicles from the earliest B-type of 1912 to the Reliance coach chassis of AEC's later years, including the merger with British Leyland in 1962 and the importance of London buses to the firm.
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked with small repair and light creasing to upper edge. 136pp. The development of the omnibus industry, and of the bus itself over a forty year period, including the many operational, traffic, economic, social, political and technical factors which have shaped our bus services.
No marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean very tight copy with unmarked bright red glossy boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with slight scratching around lower rear edge. 192pp. A lavish study of six colorful decades of convertibles that capture the romance of top-down motoring in America from 1927 onwards. Extremely well illustrated in colour.
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 80pp. Reprinted motor runs from and around Manchester by the Manchester Evening News Motoring Correspondent.
Very small amount of underlining. No other marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 144pp. Maps, photographs and full details of some transport networks in Germany, concentrating on trams, rapid transit and buses. This issue features Munchen, Wuppertal and the DDR. All text in German.
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, bump to spine foot and no bumping to corners. 144pp. Maps, photographs and full details of some transport networks in Germany, concentrating on trams, rapid transit and buses. This issue features Hamburg, Duisberg and Grazt. All text in German.
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, slight rubbing to spine foot and no bumping to corners. 160pp. Maps, photographs and full details of some transport networks in Germany, concentrating on trams, rapid transit and buses. This issue features Hamburg, Kassel and Niederlande. Tucked in is an Index for 1984. All text in German.
No marks or inscriptions. Creases to front cover. A very clean tight copy with slightly rubbed boards and no bumping to corners. 74pp. Official BL Owner's Manual for the Sherpa van - models 200, 230, 259 and 255.
No marks or inscriptions to contents. No creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with bright boards, slight marking to page foot of covers and one page and no bumping to corners. 20pp. Brief details of a wealth of tramway related events over eleven years including the period of World War Two. Very scarce.
No marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased. 184pp. Detailed study of the bus services in the North East of England. Well illustrated.
No marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, slight bumping to spine ends and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with slight creasing to spine ends. 192pp. Beginning with a brief history of toy cars and early days of racing models, this work goes on to detail the tools, methods and materials of constructing, displaying or operating the many types from rubber and clockwork power, gas engined cable and rail racers and many more to the radio controlled electric and glow-engined cars. Very well illustrated.
No inscriptions or marks. No creasing to covers or to spine. A lovely clean crisp very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 128pp. A pictorial history of trams, from horse-drawn to electric-powered. With grand openings, failed experiments, breakthroughs, disasters and everyday realities. The author assesses the short history of the tram and the reasons for its demise and looks forward to its future as new city Metros.