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RAILWAYS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA
Written by John R. Day.
Stock no. 1828987
Published by Arthur Barker Limited. 1st 1963. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The story of the building of the railways of Southern Africa. Dark brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. Endpapers are maps. 143 pages including index. Text block lightly browned. Contents clean. Price-cut orange pictorial dustwrapper is edge-rubbed, grubby to rear panel and lightly faded to spine.

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THE RED DEVIL AND OTHER TALES FROM THE AGE OF STEAM
Written by D. Wardale.
Stock no. 1828982
Published by D. Wardale. 1st 1998. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Red paper boards, gilt title to spine. Fold-out plan to rear. Colour photos. B/w diagrams. vi and 522 pages including index. ISBN: 0952999803. Top & tail of spine lightly shelf-worn. Text block a little grubby. Contents clean. Red and black dustwrapper is a little scuffed, lightly rubbed at edges, and is lightly faded to spine.

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THE S.E.5 FILE
Written by Ray Sturtivant; Gordon Page.
Stock no. 1828981
Published by Air-Britain (historians) Ltd.. 1st 1996. Slightly better than very good condition.

Large format. Blue glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos, colour illustrations. 168 pages. ISBN: 0851302467. Spine is faded to a lighter blue. Contents clean.

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THE CAMEL FILE
Written by Ray Sturtivant; Gordon Page.
Stock no. 1828980
Published by Air-Britain (historians) Ltd.. 1st 1993. Very good condition.

Large format. Blue glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos and illustrations. 272 pages. ISBN: 0851302122. Top & tail of spine lightly shelf-worn, light rubbing to board corners. Boards are scuffed and just a little grubby. Lower corner tip cut from title page. Contents are clean.

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FAIRCHILD-REPUBLIC A-10 THUNDERBOLT II (CROWOOD AVIATION SERIES)
Written by Peter C. Smith.
Stock no. 1828979
Published by The Crowood Press. 1st 2000. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The A-10 story ws born in the skies above Vietnam and came of age over the Cold War battle zones in Europe. Large format. Crowood Aviation Series. B/w and colour photos. 192 pages including index. ISBN: 1861263244. A lovely copy. Green pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed and is slightly faded to spine.

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SHORT SUNDERLAND (CROWOOD AVIATION SERIES)
Written by Ken Delve.
Stock no. 1828978
Published by The Crowood Press. 1st 2000. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Ths Short Sunderland was the largest aircraft used by RAF Coastal Command during World War Two. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 176 pages including index. ISBN: 1861263554. A lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is ligthly scuffed.

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TEXANS AND HARVARDS IN LATIN AMERICA
Written by Dan Hagedorn.
Stock no. 1828919
Published by Air-Britain (historians) Ltd.. 1st 2009. Nearly fine condition.

This book, writtten by a respected researcher, historian and author, examines in detail the incredible panoply of the NA-16, AT-6, SNJ and Harvard series in all of Latin America. Large format. Blue pictorial boards. B/w photos, a few colour photos and illustrations. 352 pages. ISBN: 9780851303123. Boards lightly scuffed. Contents clean. A lovely copy.

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LONDON'S SIXTIES BUSES
Written by Mick Webber.
Stock no. 1828914
Published by Capital Transport. 1st 2019. Nearly fine condition.

Pictorial cardwraps. Colour photos throughout. 96 pages. ISBN: 9781854144324. A lovely copy.

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MANCHESTER AND ASHTON UNDER LYNE TROLLEYBUSES (TROLLEYBUS CLASSICS 25)
Written by Stephen Lockwood.
Stock no. 1828911
Published by Middleton Press. 1st 2010. Very good condition.

The Manchester and Ashton trolleybus network was one of the largest in the country. Manchester's red and Ashton's blue vehicles shared the wires on most of the services between the two areas, and in addition Manchester had a substantial network of its own. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos throughout. 96 pages. ISBN: 9781906008734. Covers lightly creased & rubbed at corners. Front hinge pulled and therefore a few pages of the section are a little loose from the lower edge. Else contents clean and binding tight.

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MANCHESTER BUSES FROM THE PLATFORM
Written by Ronald Barton.
Stock no. 1828908
Published by Sonnick Publications. 1st 2013. Slightly better than very good condition.

The working life and times of a Guard and Driver at MCTD's Queens Road Garage. Large format. Red glazed pictorial boards. Colour & b/w photos. 393 pages. ISBN: 9780957676800. Slight lean to spine. Light scuffing to boards. Contents clean.

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A TRIBUTE TO RIGBY ROAD WORKS BLACKPOOL VOLUME ONE 1922-1954
Written by John Woodman.
Stock no. 1828907
Published by Rigby Road Publishing. 1st 2008. Very good condition.

A personal reflection on a unique transport enterprise, still under public ownership. Limited edition. Matt pictorial boards. Oblong format. Colour & b/w illustrations and photos. 195 pages. Board corners lightly rubbed. Text block and page edges lightly browned else contents clean.

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BORIS'S BUS: THE MAYOR'S NEW ROUTEMASTER
Written by John Aldridge; Gavin Booth; et al.
Stock no. 1828905
Published by Capital Transport. 2nd 2015. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Second and enlarged edition. The New Bus for London launched to the press towards the end of 2011 was generally well received. It was a bold new design that was the end product of a process that began when Boris Johnson promised a new Routemaster if he became mayor of London in 2008. He did, and this book is the story of how that pledge was developed into a bus during the first four years of his time as mayor and the further developments during his second and final term. Large format. Matt white pictorial boards. Colour photos. 208 pages, Light rubbing to top & tail of spine. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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