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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.

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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decade to the start of trolleybus replacement at the end, this book covers this eventful period using much previously unpublished information.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.

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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.

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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).

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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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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.

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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.

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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.

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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).

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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.

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EARLY BUS SERVICES IN ULSTER
Written by M.L. Kennedy; D.B. McNeill.
Stock no. 2140877
Published by Institute Of Irish Studies. 1st 1997. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 085389697X. Foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased with some grubby marks; foxed to verso.

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STEEL WHEELS AND RUBBER TYRES VOLUME ONE
Written by Geoffrey G. Hilditch.
Stock no. 2140806
Published by The Oakwood Press. Circa 2003. Slightly better than very good condition.

Transport around Oldham in the 1930s; Locomotives at Gorton in the 1940s; Leeds trams in the 1950s. Oakwood Reminiscences RS10. Pictorial card wraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 0853616140. Light wear to cover edges. Browning and a few marks to outer page edges.

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