Books - "railways"
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All Trains to Stop
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
Southland's Pioneer Railways
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
A Guide to Locomotive Building: From Prototype to Small Scale Models
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
Minature Locomotive Construction, Second Edition
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
The Men Who Loved Trains
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
Mountain Enginemen
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
The Railway Book for Boys
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
An Engineer in CHina
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
163 Class F Locomotive
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
Canterbury Provincial Railways: Genesis of the N.Z.R System
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
More Unusual Railways
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
Farewell to Trains: A Lifetime's Journey along Britain's Changing Railways
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
Industrial Narrow Gauge Railways in Britain
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
Guide to Locomotives of the World: A Global Encyclopedia of the Greatest Trains
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
Trainland: How Railways Made New Zealand
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
Manual of Military Engineering (Provisional Edition), Compiled at the School of Military Engineering, Chatham
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
Garretts of Leiston
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
Empire Express: Building the First Transcontinental Railroad
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
A New Zealand Railway Album
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
Highliners: A Railroad Album
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