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Sir Lamiel and the KING ARTHUR Class: A Locomotive for the National Collection / Famous British locomotives Series , Friends of the Natioanl Railway Museum Enterprises Ltd. ( Trains )( L&SWR - London and South Western Railway / 4-6-0 s )

By: Adamson, Rob , Foreword By Robert Urie / Famous British Locomotives Series

Price: $28.33

Publisher: England, UK: Friends of the National Railway Museum Enterprises Ltd., 2006, 1st Edition, First Printing: 2006

Seller ID: 153389

ISBN: 0954668561

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see description)

-----------softcover, about 8.25 x 11 inches, a Near Fine copy, 48 pages, b&w and colour photos, contents include: Foreword; Introduction; The Constituent Companies of the Southern railway; Locomotive Engineers of the London & South Western and Southern railways; Dugald Drummond's 4 Cylinder 4-6-0s; Robert Urie's 2 Cylinder 4-6-0; Postwar Aspirations and Realities; The Influence of Richard Maunsell; Southern railway Naming Policy; King Arthurs on the SR; Trials and Modifications; KAs on British Railways; Sir Lamiel in Preservation; Appendices ( Dimensions of / Drummond's 4-6-0 / Urie's 4-6-0 ...
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Daimler and Benz: The Complete History -The Birth and Evolution of the Mercedes Benz ( Cars / Automobile / Automotive history)

By: Adler, Dennis; Foreword By Sir Stirling Moss

Price: $18.39

Publisher: New York, NY, N.Y. / New York: HarperCollins / Harper Collins, 2006, 1st Edition, First Printing: 2006

Seller ID: 160710

ISBN: 0060890266

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see description)

----------hardcover, about 12w x 9.25h inches, a Near Fine copy in a Near Fine dustjacket, 277 pages, loaded with colour photos and advertisement reproductions, some b&w, ---"From the earliest workshop days to the grandest marque in the automotive world, the story of one of the most important enterprises of the twentieth century comes alive in this complete history. --The rich history of Daimler-Benz (now DaimlerChrysler) has its roots in the early experimentation with the use of the internal combustion engine by three men: Carl Benz, Gottlieb Daimler, and William Maybach. Benz, working ...
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Alleggerita / Alfa Romeo (inc. Booklet of Giulia Sprint GTA, Plus 4 Blueprints )

By: Adriaensens, Tony; Introduction By Carlo Chiti / Alfa Romeo

Price: $638.93

Publisher: Belgium, Antwerp, Belgium: Corsa Research ( Alfa Romeo related), 1994, 1st English Language Edition, First Printing: 1994

Seller ID: 164791

ISBN: 9080119717

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see description)

----------hardcover, a Near Fine example, in a Very Good+ dustjacket, a bit of light rubbing to edges of the jacket, jacket is predominately white and shows a bit of very light soiling, jacket is now in a hi-quality mylar protector, looks close to new, unpaginated ( 408 pages ), packed with colour and b&w photos, laid into this book are the 4 blueprints showing ---Testa 1300 A Quattro Valvole Nuova Versions / Motore Junior GTA 1300 cc Contesta Speciale / Motore 1300 4 valvole Stralcio Lavorazione Testa / Coperchio anteriore (per motore contesta 4v / as ell there is a booklet on the Giulia Spr...
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Image for Blue Star (inc. Chronology; Fleet Notes; Fleet List; Austasia Line; Crest Hill Shipping; Dunston Shipping; Vessels Leased from Japanese;Starman Ltd; Tugs; Index of Ships; Flags and Funnels, etc)

Blue Star (inc. Chronology; Fleet Notes; Fleet List; Austasia Line; Crest Hill Shipping; Dunston Shipping; Vessels Leased from Japanese;Starman Ltd; Tugs; Index of Ships; Flags and Funnels, etc)

By: Atkinson, Tony; Kevin O'Donoghue

Price: $14.13

Publisher: England, Kendel, UK: World Ship Society, 1985, 1st Edition, First Printing: 1985

Seller ID: 162120

ISBN: 0905617371

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good+ ( see Description )

-----------softcover, about 5.75w x 8.25h inches, a Very Good+ example, a wee bit of light rubbing, gift inscription, 116 pages, b&w photos, two colour photos, two pages of colour flags and funnels, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo ///NOT SIGNED///
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50 Years of HOLDEN: Complete Encyclopedia of All Models - - 50th Anniversary ( Australia / Australian Automobiles / Cars )( Fiftieth )

By: Bebbington, Terry ( Holden Automobiles / Cars )

Price: $42.53

Publisher: Hornsby, Australia, Hornsby, AU.: Clockwork Media Pty Ltd, NO DATE ( 1998 ), 1st edition, First Printing: 1974

Seller ID: 165398

ISBN: 0947216596

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see description)

------------hardcover, about 8.5 x 11 inches, a Near Fine example, looks close to new, no dustjacket as issued, 196 pages, b&w photos, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo ///NOT SIGNED ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE///
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Victorian Stations: Railway Stations in England and Wales, 1836 - 1923 ( Railroads / Trains )

By: Biddle, Gordon

Price: $28.33

Publisher: Newton Abbot, England, Newton Abbot, UK: David and Charles, 1973, 1st Edition, First Printing: 1973

Seller ID: 157045

ISBN: 0715359495

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+ ( see Description )

----------hardcover, a Very Good+ copy in a Very Good+ dustjacket with a sunned spine, looks close to new but there is a bit of rippling to the pages, a wee bit musty but nothing too serious, 256 pages, b&w photos and illustrations, contents include: The Earliest years; Old Styles and New; Seven railway Architects Isambard Kingdom Brunel; Francis Thompson; George Townsend Andrews; John William Livock; Sir Wm Tite; Benjamin Green ); The First Phase Closes; Trainsheds and Overall Roofs; Plans and Layouts; High Victorian; Standardisation; Reform; The Smaller Companies and Joint Lines; Special St...
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Canadian Pacific in the Selkirks: 100 Years in Rogers Pass ( Selkirk Mountains, British Columbia / CP Rail / Railroad / Railway / Trains )( Craigellachie, BC / The Last Spike postcard included)

By: Booth, Jan

Price: $15.55

Publisher: Calgary, Alberta, Calgary, AB: British Railway Modellers of North America ( BRMNA ), 1991, 2nd Edition, 1st Printing: 1991

Seller ID: 162678

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good+ ( see Description )

----------softcover, about 11w x 8.5h inches, a Very Good+ example, looks close to new but there is a bit of light rubbing, Craigellachie, BC Last Spike stamp on first page, laid in is a Last Spike postcard also from Craigellachie, 50 pages, b&w photos throughout, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo ///NOT SIGNED///
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The Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore: An Illustrated History of railway Stations in Canada ---by Ron Brown

By: Brown, Ron

Price: $16.97

Publisher: Toronto, Ontario, Toronto, ON: The Dundurn Group, 2008, 3rd Edition, 1st Printing: 2008

Seller ID: 147264

ISBN: 1550027948

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see description)

------------large oblong (quarto) softcover, a Near Fine copy, 191 pages, b&w as well as some colour photos throughout, contents include: What is a Station?; Stations and the Canadian landscape; Miserable Shanties - Canada's FIRST Stations; The Station Builders - The Architecture; Urban Monuments - Canada's City Stations; Masters of the Station - Railway Station Agents; The Station as a Place to Play; The Station was their stage - The Railway Station in Small-Town canada; The Train Doesn't Stop here Anymore - The Decline; Boarded Up Shacks - The Fight to Save Our Stations; Bibliography; Index...
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Heavy Haulage By Dales: George Dale and His Legacy ( Dale Transport / Freightways Limited )( New Zealand )

By: Carter, Graeme

Price: $24.07

Publisher: Wanganui, New Zealand, Wanganui, NZ.: G ( Graeme ) T Carter Transport Books, 2010, 1st Edition, First Printing: 2010

Seller ID: 150958

ISBN: 0473157624

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see description)

----------softcover, about 11.75 x 8.25 inches, a Near Fine copy, 84 pages, colour and b&w photos throughout, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo
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The Lickey Incline -by H C ( Henry Cyril ) Casserley / The Oakwood Press - Locomotion Papers 91 ( Birmingham and Gloucester Railway / Trains )

By: Casserley, H C ( Henry Cyril ) / The Locomotion Papers - Oakwood Press

Price: $14.13

Publisher: England, Headington, Oxford, UK: The Oakwood Press, 1990, 1st Revised Edition, First Printing: 1990

Seller ID: 159145

ISBN: 0853613176

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see description)

----------softcover, about 5.75 x 8.25 inches, a Near Fine copy, 64 pages, b&w photos, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo
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TRAINS: The Early Years / GettyImages / Getty Images ( Die Anfange Der Eisenbahn / Les Debuts Du Chemin De Fer )( All Text in English / French / German )( Locomotives / Railroads )

By: Cole, Beverley; Picture Research By Alex Linghorn / GettyImages - Getty Images

Price: $14.13

Publisher: Germany, Germany: Konemann, 2001, 1st Edition, First Printing: 2001

Seller ID: 151790

ISBN: 3833113553

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see description)

----------hardcover, about 12 x 10.5 inches, a Near Fine copy in a Very Good+ dustjacket with a short closed tear, a few slight bumps to boards and edges but overall a tight square copy, all text is in English and German and French, 343 pages, b&w photos throughout, ---offers an original view of the first century or so of railways and trains, reflecting the early influence of Stephenson's Rocket in England, through two world wars, prosperity, depression, resistance and acceptance to the middle of the 20th century. Railways arrived only a decade or so before the camera, and have been captured i...
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Image for British Car Factories from 1896: A Complete Historical, Geographical, Architectural & Technological Survey ( Researched within the Ironbridge Institute )(automotive Manufacturers)(covers England, Northern Ireland & Islands; Scotland; Wales )

British Car Factories from 1896: A Complete Historical, Geographical, Architectural & Technological Survey ( Researched within the Ironbridge Institute )(automotive Manufacturers)(covers England, Northern Ireland & Islands; Scotland; Wales )

By: Collins, Paul; Michael Stratton / Ironbridge Institute

Price: $56.73

Publisher: Dorset, England, Dorset, UK: Veloce Publishing, 1993, 1st Edition, First Printing: 1993

Seller ID: 165185

ISBN: 1874105049

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see desciption)

----------hardcover, a Near Fine example, in a visually Near Fine dustjacket but there are two small nicks at the upper spine tip so a Very Good+ dustjacket, 269 pages, b&w photos and illustrations, ---catalogue of 240 factories which produced 220 makes of car in 44 different British counties, towns and cities, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo ///NOT SIGNED ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE///
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Image for The Golden Age of Canadian Railways ( Railroads / Trains )( CPR / CNR / Canadian National / Pacific; Kettle Valley; Grand Trunk; Esquimault and Nanaimo; White pass and Yukon; Hudson Bay; Algoma Central; Ontario Northland; Nova Scotia; Newfoundland; etc )

The Golden Age of Canadian Railways ( Railroads / Trains )( CPR / CNR / Canadian National / Pacific; Kettle Valley; Grand Trunk; Esquimault and Nanaimo; White pass and Yukon; Hudson Bay; Algoma Central; Ontario Northland; Nova Scotia; Newfoundland; etc )

By: Cooper, Bruce Clement (ed.); Intro By Charlotte Gray ( Meredith MacArdle; Christopher Andreae; Elisabeth Bailey; Ron Brown; Ken Cruikshank; R B ( Rae ) Fleming; Patrick Hind; Nick Kingsley; Duncan McDowall; Brian Solomon, contributors

Price: $28.33

Publisher: Canada, Canada: Worth Books, 2013, 1st Edition, Later Printing: 2011

Seller ID: 162159

ISBN: 1903025192

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see desciption)

-----------hardcover, about 12w x 10h inches, a Near Fine eample, in a lightly rubbed Near Fine dustjacket, looks new, 192 pages, packed with colour and b&w images, endpapers are a map of Canada taken from the 1906 ATLAS of CANADA showing rail lines across Canada, ---"Within decades of the building of Canada's first trains in the nineteenth century, the railways entered their ""Golden Age"" when train journeys around the country were an exciting adventure, and when trade and immigration began to flow along the rails. A book for everyone interested in railway history, the de...
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Image for THREE BOOKS: The Hemi in the Barn ---with The Corvette in the Barn ---with The Cobra in the Barn -Great and More Great Stories of Automotive Archaeology

THREE BOOKS: The Hemi in the Barn ---with The Corvette in the Barn ---with The Cobra in the Barn -Great and More Great Stories of Automotive Archaeology

By: Cotter, Tom; Forewords By Jay Leno; Keith Martin; Peter Egan

Price: $26.91

Publisher: Minneapolis, Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN.: MBI Publishing / Motorbooks, 2007, 2010, 2010, 1st Edition, First Printing: 2007

Seller ID: 150013

ISBN: 0760337977

Binding: Hard Cover and Softcover

Condition: Near Fine (see description)

-----------3 volumes (ONE SHIPPING PRICE ), 2 hardcovers and 1 trade paperback, HEMI and CORVETTE are hardcovers and are 1st editions, both are Near Fine copies in lightly rubbed Very Good+ dustjackets, 256 and 256 pages, b&w as well as colour photos, ---COBRA is a trade paperback 1st printing, 256 pages, b&w as well as colour photos, ---"It’s every car-guy’s fantasy—to casually peer into a long-forgotten garage or barn or warehouse and find the car he has searched for his whole life. Corvette in the Barn is a collection of true, often amazing, stories and essays about car collectors...
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75 Years of Chevrolet / MotorBooks International ( Cars / Automobiles / History 1912 - 1986 )

By: Dammann, George H

Price: $25.49

Publisher: Osceola, Wisconsin, Osceola, WI: Motorbooks International, 1992, 1st MI Edition, First Printing: 1992

Seller ID: 157748

ISBN: 0879386924

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good (see description)

----------hard cover, about 8.75 x 11.25 inches, a Very Good+ copy but the top third of the front endpaper and the title page has been torn out, still all else is intact and clean, 536 pages, packed with b&w photos showing models from year to year, as always with MI productions a great reference book, overseas shipping (anything outside of canada and the USA ) will require additional postage, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo ???NOT SIGNED ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE///
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REFLECTIONS: The Nickel Plate Years. Lake Erie and Western District / The Nickel Plate Road Historical and Technical Society Inc. ( Rail / Railway / Trains / Locomotives )

By: Dicken, Bruce K; Hirsimaki, Eric E; Semon, James M (signed) / The Nickel Plate Road Historical and Technical Society Inc.

Price: $21.23

Publisher: Cleveland, Ohio, Cleveland, Ohio: The Nickel Plate Road Historical and Technical Society Inc., 1982, 1st edition, 2nd Printing (not indicated but there Was a 1981 issue): 1982

Seller ID: 153394

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good+ ( see Description )

---------softcover, about 11 x 8.5 inches, a Very Good+ copy with a bit of light rubbing, signed and inscribed by Semon, 59 pages, colour and b&w photos, ---opens with an excellent history of the Lake Erie and Western Railroad (and its predecessors, such as the Fremont & Indiana), explaining its shaky beginnings and financial troubles until Calvin Brice was able to put it on a sounder footing and then following its ups and downs until the merger into the Norfolk & Western. The photos show plenty of action shots with trackside structures and stations on view so it should be an invaluable refere...
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KING Class No 60000 - King George V / Great Preserved Locomotives series # 7 ( Steam Engines / Trains / BR - British Rail / Railways )

By: Dodd, Brian; Foreword By P J Prior / Great Preserved Locomotives Series

Price: $14.13

Publisher: England, Shepperton, Surrey, UK: Ian Allan Ltd., 1987, 1st Edition, First Printing: 1987

Seller ID: 153388

ISBN: 0711017107

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see description)

-----------softcover, about 8.25 x 11 inches, a Near Fine copy, 48 pages, b&w photos, contents include: Foreword; The Building of the KINGS; KING GEORGE V in America; Design and Development 1927 - 1962; GWR and BR Service; The KING Comes to Hereford; Return to Steam; 15 Years on Mail-line Running; Stewarding KING GEORGE V, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and NOT a generic image
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New Haven, in Color, Volume 1: The Battle for Profits 1945 - 1961 ( NH ) ( Trains / Railways / Rail / Railroads )

By: Doughty, Geoffrey H

Price: $52.47

Publisher: New Jersey, Scotch Plains, NJ.: Morning Sun Books, 2003, 1st Edition, First Printing: 2003

Seller ID: 146845

ISBN: 1582480966

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see description)

----------hardcover, about 9w x 11.25 h inches, a Near Fine example in a lightly rubbed Near Fine dustjacket, 128 pages, packed with colour photographs, contents include: Intro; Steam and M.U.T.s; Electrics; Diesel-Electric Switchers and Road Switchers; Round Diesels; The RR Adapts; Wrecks; Stations, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo ///NOT SIGNED ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE///
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North Staffordshire Album ( The Knotty / British Rail / Railway / Railroad / Trains )

By: Dow, George

Price: $24.07

Publisher: London, England, London, UK: Ian Allan, 1970, 1st Edition, First Printing: 1970

Seller ID: 160995

ISBN: 0711001286

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see desciption)

-------------hardcover, about 7.25w x 9.75h inches, a Near Fine example, in a Very Good+ price clipped dustjacket, some rubbing and light soiling to rear white panel, 112 pages, b&w photos and illustrations, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo
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Encyclopedia of Canadian Fire Apparatus ( Fire Trucks / Engines in Canada )

By: Dubbert, Bob; Shane MacKichan; Joel L Gebet

Price: $14.13

Publisher: Wisconsin, Hudson, Wisconsin: Iconografix, 2004, 1st Edition, 1st Printing: 2004

Seller ID: 150923

ISBN: 1583881190

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see description)

----------softcover, about 8.5 x 11 inches, a Near Fine copy, 156 pages, b&w photos throughout, ---"A complete encyclopedia of every Canadian Fire Apparatus Company of the 20th century. Each company is listed alphabetically and its apparatus is documented in text and high quality photographs. There have been over 20,000 pieces of fire apparatus built in Canada, and every manufacturer is documented here. Includes Allain, Almonte, Amertek, Anderson, Bickle and Bickle Seagrave, Carl Thibault, Ft. Garry, Hub, King and King Seagrave, LaFleur, LaFrance, Marsh, Maxi Metal, Metalfab, Phoenix, Pie...
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Category: Transportation