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$30.00
xxset93510

All Trains to Stop


STEENEKEN, HANS

Obong 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 costs.

PUBLISHER: Ian Allan Ltd 1979

KEYWORDS: specials Hans Steeneken trains railway railways steam locomotives transport history

$20.00
xxshe98041

Southland's Pioneer Railways


WATT, J. O. P.

Octavo, heavy card boards, black lettering to orange spine, 72pp, illus, VG- (slight soiling to covers, slight fading to spine, 3 plates have been cut out & reattached with sellotape)

PUBLISHER: The New Zealand and Locomotive Society 1965

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Southland railway railways trains transport

$25.00
xxshj98357

A Guide to Locomotive Building: From Prototype to Small Scale Models


SHARMAN, MIKE

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: Sharman 1986

KEYWORDS: Models trains railways model

$22.50
xxshj98359

Minature Locomotive Construction, Second Edition


AHERN, JOHN H.

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: Model & Allied Publications 1979

KEYWORDS: models crafts trains railways train model

$19.50
xxfqb99059

The Men Who Loved Trains


LOVING, RUSH

Octavo hardcover (Nr Fine) in d/w (Nr Fine); 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: Indiana University Press 2006

KEYWORDS: trains locomotives history railways transport

$10.00
xxfqb99103

Mountain Enginemen


MASTERSON, TOM

Ex-library, 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: Collins 1973

KEYWORDS: trains locomotives railways Railroads New Zealand History

$30.00
xxskb101818

The Railway Book for Boys


HAWKS, ELLISON

Quarto hardcover (VG-) (front cover water damaged), will explode if touched by female hand (untrue - will suit any person who likes trains); 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: Thomas Nelson and Sons 1930

KEYWORDS: railways trainstrains railway rail

$60.00
1i32a/7

An Engineer in CHina


ALLEY, P. J.

First edition, signed by author, octavo, grey light card covers with black lettering to spine & front cover, red dragon motif to front cover, 112pp, illus, VG (light tanning to spine & cover edges & page edges0

PUBLISHER: The Caxton Press 1960

KEYWORDS: PJ Alley New Zealand China autobiography engineering roads railways construction hydroelectricity

$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

$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

$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

$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

$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

$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

$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

$40.00
2s25/10

Empire Express: Building the First Transcontinental Railroad


BAIN, DAVID HAWARD

Super octavo, yellow heavy card boards, giltlettering to black cloth spine, xiii + 797pp, illus, VG (light soiling to page edges, dings to front board corners, ink mark to lower page edges) in d/w, VG (creasing to spine extrems andupper edges, 1cm closed tear to upper spine)

PUBLISHER: Viking 1999

KEYWORDS: United States American transcontinental railways railroads steam engines transport history

$25.00
xxsmg109591

A New Zealand Railway Album


STOTT, BOB (Ed.)

Oblong super octavo softcover (VG), stapled wrapper; 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: Southern Press Ltd 1981

KEYWORDS: rail railway railways trains photography new zealand

$40.00
2s26/33

Highliners: A Railroad Album


BEEBE, LUCIUS

Oblong quarto, orange cloth boards with black lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, xvi, unpaginated but aprox 206pp, 103 b&w plates each with one accompanying page of text, illus, VG (light browning to page edges, some foxing to eps, bookseller's label to fep) in d/w, VG (slight soiling, v light creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Bonanza Books 1940

KEYWORDS: American transport trains railways railroads steam engines history

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