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THE LONDON LT
Written by Ken Blacker.
Stock no. 1827589
Published by Capital Transport. 1st 2010. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine 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. ISBN: 9781854143426. A lovely copy of a rare book. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed to rear panel.

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LONDON COUNTRY
Written by Laurie Akehurst; David Stewart.
Stock no. 1827588
Published by Capital Transport. 2nd 2001. Very good condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Second Edition. The story of how London Country tackled an elderly fleet and uneconomic route network to become one of the leading constituents of the National Bus Company until borken up into smaller companies in September 1986. Large format. Pictorial glazed boards. Colour photos throughout. ISBN: 1854142518. Rubbing to front edge of board. Large, pale damp stain to half-title page. Else contents are lovely. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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LONDON BUSES BEFORE THE WAR
Written by Ken Glazier.
Stock no. 1827587
Published by Capital Transport. 1st 1995. Slightly better than very good condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Large format. Colour and b/w photos. Glazed pictorial boards. ISBN: 1854141821. Slight discolouration to half-title page (created during printing process). A couple of minor marks to lower margin edge of one or two pages. Else a lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper has a few minor marks.

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LONDON'S 1950S BUSES: A CLASS ALBUM
Written by James Whiting.
Stock no. 1827586
Published by Capital Transport. 1st 2009. Nearly fine condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. Colour photos throughout. ISBN: 9781854143280. A lovely copy.

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LONDON TROLLEYBUSES: A CLASS ALBUM
Written by Hugh Taylor.
Stock no. 1827585
Published by Capital Transport. Very good condition.

A precis of each class of trolleybus and their movements around the system. Pictorial glazed boards. Colour photos throughout. 120 pages. ISBN: 1854143026. Ex-lib with library label to lower front endpaper (neat) and library plain label to rear pastedown (medium sized label). Else Contents clean. Remains of library label residue to base of spine and a few grubby marks to rear board.

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ROUTEMASTER VOLUME ONE 1954-1969
Written by Ken Blacker.
Stock no. 1827584
Published by Capital Transport. 2nd 1995. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Second Edition. The story up to 1969, just after the building of Routemasters came to an end, their production life shortend by the start of the large scale introduction of one-man buses. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w and a few colour photos. ISBN: 1854141783. Pale foxspots to half-title page else a lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is slightly faded to spine.

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LONDON BUSES IN THE 1960S
Written by Ken Glazier.
Stock no. 1827583
Published by Capital Transport. 1st 1998. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Large format. Pictorial glazed boards. B/w and colour photos. 224 pages. ISBN: 1854142054. A lovely copy.

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LONDON'S CLASSIC BUSES IN BLACK AND WHITE
Written by John A. Gray.
Stock no. 1827582
Published by Capital Transport. 1st 2001. Nearly fine condition.

A review of the halcyon days of the archetypal London bus. Grey pictorial glazed boards. B/w photos throughout. ISBN: 1854142399. A lovely copy.

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BENEATH THE WIRES OF LONDON
Written by Charlie Wyatt.
Stock no. 1827581
Published by Capital Transport. 1st 2008. Slightly better than very good condition.

The author recounts what it was like to work beneath the wires of the largest trolleybus system in the world. Laqrge format. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w and colour photos. ISBN: 9781854143259. Lower front corner of boards lightly bumped. Tiny patch of surface paper exposure to top of front joint. Else a lovely copy.

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LONDON'S LAST ROUTEMASTERS
Written by David Stewart.
Stock no. 1827580
Published by Capital Transport. Circa 2005. Slightly better than very good condition.

A REview of the Final Years for these landmark buses. Yellow pictorial glazed boards. Colour photos throughout. ISBN: 9781854142955. Spine slightly faded else a lovely copy.

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EAST LONDON BUSES: THE COLOURFUL ERA 1985-2005
Written by Malcolm Batten.
Stock no. 1326982
Published by Amberley Publishing. 1st 2018. Fine condition.

The period of route tendering and privatisation, the variety of operators and the range of vehicle types and liveries brought to the capital. Cardwraps. 95 pages. Colour photos. ISBN: 9781445684031.

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EAST LONDON BUSES: 1970S-1980S
Written by Malcolm Batten.
Stock no. 1326981
Published by Amberley Publishing. 1st 2018. Fine condition.

The story of the change in the East London bus scene in the 1970s and 1980s. Cardwraps. 96 pages. Colour photos. ISBN: 9781445680217.

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