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LORRIES IN BRITAIN: THE 1980S
Written by Carl Johnson.
Stock no. 1829249
Published by Amberley Publishing. 1st 2022. Slightly better than very good condition.

In the 1980s Great Britain had steadily seen an influx of foreign manufacturers, a trend that was to eventually see the demise of all the major UK makes. However, it was still possible to see lots of interesting vehicles - some companies and individuals remained staunch users of British-built lorries. This volume brings back memories of how things used to be. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour photos throughout. 96 pages. ISBN: 9781398100800. Tiny crease to top corner of front cover and contents else a lovely copy.

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CHARLEROI'S TRAMS SINCE 1940: 'COAL, STEEL AND CORNFIELDS'
Written by Geoffrey Skelsey; Yves-Laurent Hansart.
Stock no. 1828656
Published by Light Rail Transit Association. 1st 2013. Slightly better than very good condition.

The Belgian industrial town of Charleroi was served by two of Europe's most characterful tramsways. Traditional two-axle trams still ran in the 1970s and then became part of the local network of the celebrated Vicinal, extended in 2012. This wide-ranging book explores the colourful history of the two tramways since 1940, with insight into the political and economic problems which lay behind their decline and partial revival. Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour photos. Large, fold-out map to rear. 112 pages. ISBN: 9780948106453. A lovely copy, no significant faults.

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BRUSSELS: A TRAMWAY REBORN 1945-2008
Written by Geoffrey Skelsey; Yves-Laurent Hansart.
Stock no. 1828637
Published by Light Rail Transit Association. 1st 2008. Very good condition.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour photos. B/w photos. ISBN: 9780948106361. Spine is lightly faded. Minor grubby marks to boards. Hinge pulled between title page and following page and repaired with clear tape with green ink smudge in the middle of the tape (horizontally). Light page edge browning. Printing smudge to margin of page 151. Map present.

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100 YEARS OF THE BELGIAN VICINAL: SNCV/NMVB 1885-1985
Written by W.J.K. Davies.
Stock no. 1828636
Published by Light Rail Transit Association. 1st 1984. Very good condition.

The story of 100 years of secondary rail transport in Belgium. The greater part of the text is devoted to a detailed story of the system from inception to the day of publication of this book, on a province-by-province basis. Many maps to various scales to make the story clearer, and route lists at various dates. Large format. Green glazed pictorial boards. 224 pages. B/w photos. ISBN: 0900433973. Base of spine bumped, corners of boards lightly rubbed. Boards lightly scuffed. Contents clean.

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EARLY BUSES AND TRAMS
Written by David J. Trussler. Illustrated by David J. Trussler.
Stock no. 1828628
Published by Hugh Evelyn. 1st 1964. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The subjects for this collection have been chosen for their variety of age, design and livery and for the part they have played in the development of public transport on the continent of Europe as well as in the United Kingdom. Very large oblong format. Brown cloth boards with gilt titles. 10 full page colour plates. Unpaginated. Foxing to endpapers and prelims. Several pages have not been bound in (but preesent). Else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is edge-worn with a few small closed tears, 3.5" closed tear to lower rear edge with slight surface paper damage and has been repaired to verso with clear tape, foxing to rear panel.

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SINGAPORE: A HISTORY OF ITS TRAMS TROLLEYBUSES & BUSES VOLUME ONE 1880'S TO 1960'S
Written by F.W. York; A.R. Phillips.
Stock no. 1828560
Published by DTS Publishing. 1st 1996. Very good condition.

Large format. Green pictorial boards. B/w photos throughout. 256 pages. ISBN: 1900515008. Spine is slightly cocked. Corners of boards lightly rubbed. Boards a little scuffed. Contents clean.

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ROTHERHAM & DISTRICT TRANSPORT VOLUME ONE
Written by Charles C. Hall.
Stock no. 1828387
Published by Rotherwood Press. 1st 1996. Very good condition.

From the Stage Coach period to 1914. Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. Text in burgundy with two-tone photos also in burgundy. ISBN: 0903666898. Lower rear corner creased, covers faded at vertical edges. Covers a little scuffed, text block slightly grubby. Contents clean.

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KING OF ALL BALLOONS
Written by Mark Davies.
Stock no. 1327934
Published by Amberley Publishing. 1st 2015. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The complex life of explorer James Sadler, the ups and downs of his amazing career. Black boards, gilt title to spine. 320 pages including index. Colour and b/w photos. ISBN: 9781445653082. SIGNED by the author to title-page. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Includes an errata slip. Dustwrapper is just a little edge rubbed/creased.

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MOUNTAINS: EPIC CYCLING CLIMBS
Written by Michael Blann; et al.
Stock no. 1327820
Published by Thames and Hudson. 1st 2016. Very good condition.

Featuring climbs of the French Alps, Pyrenees, Dolomites and Italian/Swiss Alps, Majorca, Tenerife and Asturias. Large oblong format. Pictorial boards. Colour photos. ISBN: 9780500518915. Rubbing to spine and corners. Rear cover scuffed, small dent to top edge of rear cover. Contents fine.

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THE IVEL STORY
Written by John Moffitt.
Stock no. 1327801
Published by Japonica Press. 1st 2003. Slightly better than very good condition.

Celebrating 100 years of the Ivel, the first internal combustion tractor. Oblong format. Glazed pictorial boards. 203 pages. Photos throughout. ISBN: 0954022262. SIGNED by the author to verso of front free-endpaper with a message and dedication to John. Minimal bumping to spine and corners. Contents fine.

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THE MOVING METROPOLIS A HISTORY OF LONDON'S TRANSPORT SINCE 1800
Written by Sheila Taylor; Oliver Green.
Stock no. 1327548
Published by Laurence King Publishing. 1st 2001. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Introduction by Green. Black cloth, gilt title to spine. Orange endpapers. Colour & b/w illustrations. 400 pages including index. ISBN: 1856692418. Spine bumped. Covers edge rubbed. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is edge creaswed with tear to top of front panel.

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CLASSIC TRACTION ENGINES
Written by Paul Stratford.
Stock no. 1327414
Published by Halsgrove. 2010. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A tribute to the traction engine manufacturers and to those who have laboured long and hard to preserve and restore some of these remarkable engines. Oblong format. Red boards, gilt title to spine. Colour photos throughout. ISBN: 9780857040541. Reprint in same year as first edition. Spine and corners bumped. Dustwrapper is creased at edges with a tear to lower edge of front panel.

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