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LONDON TRANSPORT GARAGES
Written by Ken Glazier.
Stock no. 1827368
Published by Capital Transport.
1st
2006.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
A complete history of London Transport garages for both central and country areas. Large format. Matt pictorial boards. B/w photos. ISBN: 1854142992. Faint damp spot to half-title page. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper has a few grubby marks to rear panel.
THE LONDON ST
Written by Ken Blacker.
Stock no. 1827367
Published by Capital Transport.
1st
2012.
Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
The ST followed hard on the heels of the LT class of bus, providing a shorter vehicle for routes that did not need, or could not take, the larger sister. Matt red pictorial boards. B/w photos. ISBN: 9781854143631. A lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed to rear panel.
RF
Written by Ken Glazier.
Stock no. 1827366
Published by Capital Transport.
1st
1991.
Very good condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
One of the many tasks facing London Transport avter the acute struggles of the immdeiate post-war years was the renewal of its single-decker fleet. This book tells the story of the development and extended operating life of the RF in its different forms. Large format. Colour and b/w photos. Glazed pictorial boards. ISBN: 1854141384. Some imprinting of ink to facing pages. Paper is glossy and therefore some pages lightly stuck together but may be prised apart.
LONDON BUSES A LIVING HERITAGE: FIFTY YEARS OF THE LONDON BUS MUSEUM
Written by Graham Smith.
Stock no. 1827338
Published by Silver Link Publishing.
1st
2017.
Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
London Bus Museum is home to the world's largest collection of historic London buses, covering some 125 years from 19th century horse-buses through to today's accessible low-floor buses. This book celebrates the London Bus and tells the story of its development, stage by stage, from the very first "Ominbus" of 1829 through to the latest designs of the 21st century. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour photos throughout. Subscribers list to rear. ISBN: 9781857944761. Green ribbon bookmark starting to fray at bottom else a lovely copy.
LONDON TRANSPORT SINCE 1933
Written by Michael H.C. Baker.
Stock no. 1827334
Published by Ian Allan Publishing.
1st thus
2000.
Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
The story of the changing face of the major branches of London's public transport system - bus, tram, trolleybus and Underground. It is a record of the types, the liveries, the contractions and expansions that typified this system during a vital period in its history. First published as a two volume history, this is the combined edition to bring the story up to the end of the century. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos throughout. ISBN: 0711027021. Slight shelf wear to base of spine. Tiny mark to gutter on front endpapers. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge creased.
- Categorised in:
- TRANSPORT
- TRANSPORT GENERAL
- LONDON
- TRAMS
- TROLLEYBUS
- BUSES
- RAILWAYS
- HISTORY
LONDON TRANSPORT FROM THE 1930S TO THE 1950S
Written by Michael H.C. Baker.
Stock no. 1827333
Published by Ian Allan Publishing.
1st
2009.
Nearly fine condition.
Brown glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos throughout. ISBN: 9780711033917. Light scuffing to boards, very minor tiny knock to lower front edge of board, else a lovely copy.
30 YEARS OF PROGRESS IN PASSENGER ROAD TRANSPORT
Written by Walter Dowding.
Stock no. 1326793
Published by Red & White.
1st
1950.
Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.
A history of the Red & White Group of Omnibus companies 1919-1949. Red cloth, gilt title to front cover. B/w photos. Some light spotting to covers. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn, torn at top corners but only very minimal loss.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- WALES
- MONMOUTHSHIRE
- TRANSPORT
- BUSES
- COMPANY HISTORY
RAILWAY MOTOR BUSES AND BUS SERVICES IN THE BRITISH ISLES 1902-1933 VOLUME ONE
Written by John Cummings.
Stock no. 1826040
Published by Oxford Publishing.
1st
1978.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Large format. Orange cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0860930114. Top & tail of spine lightly shelf-rubbed. Small pencil erasure mark and couple of tiny pen marks to top of front endpaper. Light foxing to half-title page. Contents otherwise clean. Price-cut orange pictorial dustwrapper has previous bookseller's price label to lower front flap, is lightly brronwed and lightly rubbed at edges.
- Categorised in:
- TRANSPORT
- BUSES
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
BEDFORD AND THE BRITISH CHEVROLET (THE BRITISH BUS AND TRUCK HERITAGE)
Written by Stuart Fergus Broatch; Alan Townsin.
Stock no. 1824617
Published by Venture Publications.
1st
1995.
Very good condition.
Title to front board is 'Bedford Volumes 1 Bedford and British Chevrolet 1923-1950. Tracing the Bedford story to its roots in the early years of the formation of the huge General Motors group in America, the foundation of the Chevrolet marque and its transformation by General Motors into the challenger which eventually overtook the hitherto all-conquering Ford as the world's largest producer of cars and commercial vehicles. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos, with a few colour images at front. ISBN: 1898432066. Small knock to lower rear edge. Contents printed on glossy paper and thus some facing pages have stuck together and been prised apart leaving slight surface paper damage (not obliterating any text).
MERCEDES-BENZ: LASTWAGEN UND OMNIBUSSE 1886-1986
Written by Werner Oswald.
Stock no. 1823989
Published by Motorbuch Verlag.
2nd
1987.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
2 Auflage (2nd edition). Blue cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos. Text in German. ISBN: 3613010410. A few minor white spots to boards. Grey dustwrapper is lightly scuffed. Faint musty odour present.
- Categorised in:
- TRANSPORT
- TRANSPORT GENERAL
- TRUCK
- BUSES
- FOREIGN LANGUAGE
- GERMAN
EARLY BUS SERVICES IN ULSTER
Written by M.L. Kennedy; D.B. McNeill.
Stock no. 2140877
Published by Institute Of Irish Studies.
1st
1997.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Large format. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 085389697X. Foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased with some grubby marks; foxed to verso.
STEEL WHEELS AND RUBBER TYRES VOLUME ONE
Written by Geoffrey G. Hilditch.
Stock no. 2140806
Published by The Oakwood Press.
Circa
2003.
Slightly better than very good condition.
Transport around Oldham in the 1930s; Locomotives at Gorton in the 1940s; Leeds trams in the 1950s. Oakwood Reminiscences RS10. Pictorial card wraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 0853616140. Light wear to cover edges. Browning and a few marks to outer page edges.
- Categorised in:
- TRANSPORT
- TRANSPORT GENERAL
- BUSES
- TRAMS
- RAILWAYS
- LANCASHIRE
- YORKSHIRE