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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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A TRIBUTE TO RIGBY ROAD WORKS BLACKPOOL VOLUME TWO: 1954 TO 1985
Written by John Woodman.
Stock no. 1828713
Published by Rigby Road Publishing. 1st 2012. Very good condition.

Crafts and Skills of a Unique Transport Undertaking. Large oblong format. Cardwraps. B/w and colour photos. 196 pages. Covers faded at spine and front spine edge. Cover corners lightly rubbed, white paint mark to spine. Covers a little scuffed. Contents clean.

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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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SHEFFIELD TRANSPORT
Written by Chas C. Hall.
Stock no. 1828509
Published by The Transport Publishing Company. 1st 1977. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Tracing the story from the earliest days of stage coaches through the horse and electric trams to the modern buses, and describes the development and expansion of the Corporation's Transport Department until the formation of the South Yorkshire PTE. Large format. Blue boards, gilt titles. B/w photos and some colour photos. ISBN: 0903839040. Top & tail of spine lightly shelf-worn. Front free endpaper a little grubby. Text block a little grubby. Contents clean. Pictorial ustwerapper is lightly creased across top edge, lightly faded and a little scuffed.

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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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BIRMINGHAM TRAMWAYS
Written by Robert J.. Harley.
Stock no. 1827862
Published by Heathfield Publishing. 1st 2017. Nearly fine condition.

Journey back to an era of cheap fares and frequent, reliable services, which turned up in all weathers. Large format. Matt pictorial boards. B/w photos and a few colour. ISBN: 9781854144164. Top corners lightly bumped else a lovely copy.

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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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THE WISBECH & UPWELL TRAMWAY
Written by Peter Paye.
Stock no. 1327496
Published by The Oakwood Press. 1st 2009. Nearly fine condition.

Oakwood Library of Railway History Number 152. Pictorial card wraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 9780853616894. Slight rubbing to cover edges.

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