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A CENTURY OF JAPANESE MOTORCYCLES
Written by Didier Ganneau; Francois-Marie Dumas.
Stock no. 1829000
Published by Mbi Publishing. 1st 2001. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The history of the motorbike in Japan. Square format. Green boards, white title to spine. Colour photos. 192 pages. ISBN: 0760311900. A lovely copy in pictorial dustwrapper which is lightly edge-rubbed and is scuffed to rear panel with a couple of minor marks.

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CHILTERN RAILWAYS: THE INSIDE STORY
Written by Adrian Shooter.
Stock no. 1828998
Published by Pen & Sword Transport. 1st 2022. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

An insight to the business strategy and its delivery that underpinned the performance of one of Rail Privatisation's greatest successes. Black cloth boards, silver title to spine. Colour photos throughout. 188 pages. ISBN: 9781526792495. A lovely copy in a pictorial dustwrapper with light scuffing.

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YEADON'S REGISTER OF LNER LOCOMOTIVES VOLUME SIXTEEN
Written by W.B. Yeadon.
Stock no. 1828997
Published by Booklaw Railbus. 1st 2000. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Class L1, V1/V3 Gresley & Thompson L1 Six-coupled Tank Engines. Large format. B/w photos. 94 pages. ISBN: 1899624449. A nice copy. White & green dustwrapper is lightly edge-creased and lightly scuffed to rear panel.

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BASHERS, GADGETS AND MOURNERS: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF THE LNWR COAL TANKS
Written by Peter W. Skellon.
Stock no. 1828995
Published by The Bahamas Locomotive Society. 1st 2011. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A simple locomotive that was cheap to build and easy to maintain, capable of hard work. Large format. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations and photos. 256 pages including index. Subscribers to the Webb Coal Tank Engine Preservation Fund listed. ISBN: 9780956929204. Text block and margins lightly browned. Tiny mark to lower edge of page 64 and 65. Otherwise contents clean. Includes Audio CD in pocket to front pastedown (unknown if it is working). Black pictorial dustwrapper is lgithly scuffed with heavier score mark to rear panel.

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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 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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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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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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