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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.
ROUTEMASTER JUBILEE
Written by Geoff Rixon.
Stock no. 1827453
Published by Ian Allan Publishing.
1st
2004.
Very good condition.
A pictorial tribute to the Routemaster bus in its 50th year. Large format. Pictorial glazed boards. Colour & b/w photos throughout. ISBN: 0711029997. Top & tail of spine lightly bumped. Small patch of wear to lower rear corner of board exposing board. Boards a little scuffed. Contents fine.
LONDON BUSES IN THE 1950S
Written by Ken Glazier.
Stock no. 1827451
Published by Capital Transport.
1st
1989.
Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Fropm the replacement of the last trams at the beginning of the decade to the start of trolleybus replacement at the end, this book covers this eventful period using much previously unpublished information. Large format. Pictorial glazed boards. B/w photos throughout. ISBN: 1854141163. Bump to base of spine, light wear to lower edge of front board. Contents fine. Pictorial dustwrapper is faded to spine and lightly scuffed.
LONDON BUSES AND THE SECOND WORLD WAR
Written by Ken Glazier.
Stock no. 1827373
Published by Capital Transport.
1st
1986.
Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
The period between the outbreak of the Second World War and the end of the following decade was one of the most eventful and lacerating times in the affairs of London's passenger road services. This book covers the events of the period up to 1950, when the back had been broken of the task of vehicle renewal and London Transport had recovered sufficiently to re-start the tram replacement programme. Large format. Pictorial glazed boards. B/w photos. ISBN: 0904711773. Pale foxing to endpapers. Else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-creased and lightly faded to spine, a little browned.
- Categorised in:
- TRANSPORT
- BUSES
- LONDON
- WORLD WAR II
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
THE LONDON TITAN
Written by Matthew Wharmby.
Stock no. 1827372
Published by Ian Allan Publishing.
1st
2008.
Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.
This book is a tribute to the London Titan bus, a pictorial record of a type that saw service in and around the capital for a quarter of a century. Large format. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour photos throughout. ISBN: 9780711032996. A lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper has some spotting to verso (not visible to front).
LONDON TROLLEYBUS ROUTES
Written by Hugh Taylor.
Stock no. 1827370
Published by Capital Transport.
1st
1994.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
The services on which London trolleybuses operated from the start in 1931 to the finish in 1962. Large format. Pictorial glazed boards. B/w photos throughout. ISBN: 1854141554. A lovely copy. Light creasing to edges of dustwrapper.
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- TRANSPORT
- BUSES
- TROLLEYBUS
- LONDON
ROUTES TO RECOVERY
Written by Ken Glazier.
Stock no. 1827369
Published by Capital Transport.
1st
2000.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
A look at the seven years following the end of World War II and at the measures that had to be taken to keep bus services running with a time-expired fleet. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos throughout. ISBN: 1854142364. Half-title page is heavily spotted with damp from facing endpaper. Otherwise contents are clean. Glossy paper means it is possible some pages may be lightly stuck together but could be prised apart with care. Pictorial dustwrapper is faded to spine.
LONDON TRANSPORT GARAGES
Written by Ken Glazier.
Stock no. 1827368
Published by Capital Transport.
1st
2006.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
A complete history of London Transport garages for both central and country areas. Large format. Matt pictorial boards. B/w photos. ISBN: 1854142992. Faint damp spot to half-title page. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper has a few grubby marks to rear panel.
30 YEARS OF PROGRESS IN PASSENGER ROAD TRANSPORT
Written by Walter Dowding.
Stock no. 1326793
Published by Red & White.
1st
1950.
Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.
A history of the Red & White Group of Omnibus companies 1919-1949. Red cloth, gilt title to front cover. B/w photos. Some light spotting to covers. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn, torn at top corners but only very minimal loss.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- WALES
- MONMOUTHSHIRE
- TRANSPORT
- BUSES
- COMPANY HISTORY
RAILWAY MOTOR BUSES AND BUS SERVICES IN THE BRITISH ISLES 1902-1933 VOLUME ONE
Written by John Cummings.
Stock no. 1826040
Published by Oxford Publishing.
1st
1978.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Large format. Orange cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0860930114. Top & tail of spine lightly shelf-rubbed. Small pencil erasure mark and couple of tiny pen marks to top of front endpaper. Light foxing to half-title page. Contents otherwise clean. Price-cut orange pictorial dustwrapper has previous bookseller's price label to lower front flap, is lightly brronwed and lightly rubbed at edges.
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- TRANSPORT
- BUSES
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
BEDFORD AND THE BRITISH CHEVROLET (THE BRITISH BUS AND TRUCK HERITAGE)
Written by Stuart Fergus Broatch; Alan Townsin.
Stock no. 1824617
Published by Venture Publications.
1st
1995.
Very good condition.
Title to front board is 'Bedford Volumes 1 Bedford and British Chevrolet 1923-1950. Tracing the Bedford story to its roots in the early years of the formation of the huge General Motors group in America, the foundation of the Chevrolet marque and its transformation by General Motors into the challenger which eventually overtook the hitherto all-conquering Ford as the world's largest producer of cars and commercial vehicles. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos, with a few colour images at front. ISBN: 1898432066. Small knock to lower rear edge. Contents printed on glossy paper and thus some facing pages have stuck together and been prised apart leaving slight surface paper damage (not obliterating any text).
MERCEDES-BENZ: LASTWAGEN UND OMNIBUSSE 1886-1986
Written by Werner Oswald.
Stock no. 1823989
Published by Motorbuch Verlag.
2nd
1987.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
2 Auflage (2nd edition). Blue cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos. Text in German. 597 pages. ISBN: 3613010410. A few minor white spots to boards. Contents clean. Grey dustwrapper is lightly scuffed. Faint musty odour present.
- Categorised in:
- TRANSPORT
- TRANSPORT GENERAL
- TRUCK
- BUSES
- FOREIGN LANGUAGE
- GERMAN