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LIVERPOOL TRANSPORT VOLUME 5 - 1957-1986
Written by J.B. Horne; T.B. Maund.
Stock no. 1829055
Published by Transport Publishing Co. Ltd.. 1st 1991. Slightly better than very good condition.

Trams and buses. A brief look back to the beginning of the city's tramway system, and then from the closure of the tramways in 1957 until deregulation of buses in 1986 chronicles the fate of the Transport Department. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos. 252 pages. ISBN: 0863171621. Some light scuffing to boards. Text block and page edges lightly browned. Else contents clean.

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PARIS IS WELL WORTH A BUS: PARIS VAUT BIEN AU AUTOBUS
Written by Robert E. Jowitt. Illustrated by Patricia Jowitt; Robert E. Jowitt.
Stock no. 1829054
Published by Jersey Artists. 1st 1970. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Scenes of Paris life which have now disappeared forever. Large format. B/w photos. Text in English and French. Buses In Paris. ISBN: 090184506X. A few minor marks to lower edge of boards. Light browning to endpapers and text block. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is edge-worn with a few chips, larger chip to lower boards, a few small splash marks.

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LIVERPOOL & MANCHESTER 1: THE LNWR LINES
Written by Bob Pixton.
Stock no. 1829053
Published by Krb Publications. 1st 2006. Slightly better than very good condition.

Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos throughout. 122 pages. ISBN: 0954485998. Laminate to front vertical edge starting to lift. Rear cover lightly indented where it has been used as a hard surface to write on. Contents clean.

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THE LANCASHIRE & YORKSHIRE RAILWAY IN SALFORD
Written by Tom Wray.
Stock no. 1829052
Published by The Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Society. 2011. Slightly better than very good condition.

Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w & colour photos throughout. 62 pages. Covers are lightly scuffed. Contents fine.

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JET AGE PHOTOGRAPHER: THE AVIATION PHOTOGRAPHY OF RUSSELL ADAMS
Written by Tim Kershaw. Illustrated by Russell Adams.
Stock no. 1829051
Published by Sutton Publishing. 1st 2005. Slightly better than very good condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Russell Adams FRPS (1912-2000) took the world's first jet aerobatic photograph. An album of Adam's very best work with detailed captions. Large format. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. xvii and 198 pages including index. ISBN: 0750940093. Top edge of text block lightly browned. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is very slightly scuffed.

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BR STEAM LOCOMOTIVES COMPLETE ALLOCATIONS HISTORY 1948-1968
Written by Hugh Longworth.
Stock no. 1829050
Published by Oxford Publishing Co. 1st 2014. Slightly better than very good condition.

A masterful and definitive guide to the complete allocation history of every BR steam locomotive that saw service on the network during BR's twenty years of steam. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. A few b/w photos. 383 pages. ISBN: 9780860936619. Light knocks to lower edge of boards. Boards lightly scuffed. Text block lightly browned. Contents clean.

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THE DIESEL IMPACT ON BRITISH RAIL
Written by R.M. Tufnell.
Stock no. 1829048
Published by Mechanical Engineering Publications Limited. 1st 1979. Very good condition.

Few people's work can have had such a profound effect on the railways of Britain as that of Dr Rudolf Diesel. In a period of little more than eleven years, his engine revolutionised the nature of British Rail. This book relates the whole story of the changeover, describing the failures as well as the outstanding successes. Green glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos and illustrations. ix and 184 pages including index. ISBN: 0852984383. Spine rubbed at top & tail with small split to either side at base of spine. Spine is lightly faded. Corners lightly rubbed. Boards lightly scuffed. Text block lightly browned. Name & date in ink to front endpaper. Contents clean.

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RAILWAYS OF AUSTRALIA (RAILWAYS OF THE WORLD)
Written by O.S. Nock.
Stock no. 1829043
Published by Adam & Charles Black. 1st 1971. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Second in the Railways Of The World series. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and a few colour. 284 pages including index. Top edge red. ISBN: 0713611901. Light rubbing to spine & corners. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is slightly faded to spine, lightly browned and a little grubby to rear panel, lightly scuffed to front panel.

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BMW 320-323-325 SERIES 3 - 6 CYLINDER CARS GOLD PORTFOLIO 1977-1990
Written by R.M. Clarke.
Stock no. 1829033
Published by Brooklands Books. Very good condition.

Road & Comparison Tests; Tech. Data; Long Term Reports; Owner Survey. Black pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos & illustrations throughout. 180 pages. ISBN: 1855201526. Old, green price label to top of front cover. Couple of creases to lower front edge of covers. Rear cover lightly scuffed. Contents clean.

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THE HISTORY OF HOLDEN SINCE 1917
Written by Norm Darwin.
Stock no. 1829031
Published by E.L. Ford Publications Pty. Ltd.. 1st 1983. Very good condition.

Holden Motor Body Builder, Australia. Large format. Red pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos throughout and some colour. 223 pages including index. Covers a little creassed, spine is a little faded and bowed upright. Text block browned, contents lightly so. A few pale foxspots to prelims.

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MOTOCOURSE 1982-83
No author listed.
Stock no. 1829020
Published by Hazleton Publishing. 1982. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Motorcycle racing. Large format. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour and b/w photos. Foreword by Franco Uncini. 192 pages. ISBN: 0905138228. Light rubbing to lower edge of boards. Text block lightly browned. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is worn to top & tail of spine, corners and top rear edge.

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G.W.R. LOCOMOTIVES TO SCALE
Written by Ian Beattie.
Stock no. 1829019
Published by D. Bradford Barton. 1st 1981. Very good condition.

Green boards. Oblong format. B/w photos and line drawings. ISBN: 0851534007. Top & tail of spine and corners lightly rubbed. Old price label to rear board. Light scuffing to boards. Contetns clean.

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