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THE STLs
Written by Ken Blacker.
Stock no. 1828903
Published by Capital Transport.
1st
1984.
Almost very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
The STL was one of the largest and certainly one of the most complex classes of motor bus ever to run in London service. This book is a record of the type's history from its introduction in 1932 to its demise almost a quarter of a century later. Large format. Matt red pictorial boards. B/w photos. ISBN: 0904711617. Boards clean. Hinges are pulled wide (glue dried out) but binding is tight. '5' written in pen to gutter edge of front endpaper. Else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is slightly faded to spine, rubbed at corners with lifting of red laminate.
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THE LONDON LT
Written by Ken Blacker.
Stock no. 1828782
Published by Capital Transport.
1st
2010.
Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
The LT type bus which started to appear on London streets in 1929. The first vehicles of this class of over 1400 vehicles had outside staircases while the most developed examples led the way to the STL of 1932. All the variations are covered here, including the famous Bluebirds, the 'Scooter' single deckers and the two coaches. Large format. Matt pictorial boards. B/w photos throughout and one or two colour photos. 183 pages. ISBN: 9781854143426. Top and tail of front edge of spine lightly knocked. Else a lovely copy. Matching pictorial dustwrapper is lightly faded to spine and is lightly scuffed.
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RT: THE STORY OF A LONDON BUS
Written by Ken Blacker.
Stock no. 1828734
Published by Capital Transport.
1st
1979.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
The history of the RT bus and its variants up to the day in April 1979 when the last one ran in passenger service for London Transport. Matt pictorial boards. Large format. B/w photos. 280 Pages. ISBN: 0904711188. Lower corners lightly rubbed. Name & date in ink to front endpaper. Endpapers and text block browned. Minor spotting to half-title page. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly browned.
ROUTEMASTER VOLUME ONE 1954-1969
Written by Ken Blacker.
Stock no. 1828699
Published by Capital Transport.
1st
1991.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
The story up to 1969, just after the building of Routemasters came to an end, their production life shortened by the start of the large scale introduction of one-man buses. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w and a few colour photos. 152 pages including index. ISBN: 1854141317. Top & tail of spine lightly bumped. Text block lightly browned. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly creased and faded to spine.
LONDON'S UTILITY BUSES
Written by Ken Blacker.
Stock no. 1827460
Published by Capital Transport.
1st
1997.
Very good condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
The story of the 756 buses that made up the fleet of London's utility buses. Glazed pictorial boards. Large format. B/w photos. ISBN: 1854141988. Top corners bumped. Pages 174-175 have stuck together at some point and been prised apart giving rise to somke surface paper damage obliterating a few lines of Appendix 2 on page 175. Else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed to rear panel.