FIFTY YEARS OF RAILWAY TRADE UNIONISM
Written by G.W. Alcock.
Stock no. 1829129
Published by Co-Operative Printing Sociaty Limited. 1st 1922. Very good condition.

Blue cloth, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. xvi and 631 pages including index. Boards lightly rubbed to top & tail of spine and edges. Minor mark to rear board. Text block and endpapers browned. Mark to centre of prelims. Contents clean.

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LEAVES FROM THE JOURNAL OF OUR LIFE IN THE HIGHLANDS
Written by Queen Victoria; Arthur Helps; Delia Millar.
Stock no. 1829106
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2002. Nearly fine condition.

Published in honour of The Golden Jubilee of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. From Queen Victoria's journal, 1848 to 1861. Introduced by Delia Millar. Red buckram cloth covered boards with extensive gilt and black decorations. Bevelled boards. B/w and colour illustrations. Limited edition of 1850 numbered copies. Large format. All edges gilt. Light vertical crease to free front endpaper, tip of lower corner of contents lightly creased (likely to have been dropped at some point but boards not affected). Else a lovely copy. This is copy 1198. Contained in publisher's red cloth solander case which is lightly speckled.

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THE LONG REACH: MANCHESTER & SALFORD'S CROSS-BOUNDARY BUS SERVICES 1961-2015
Written by Martin Arthur.
Stock no. 1829067
Published by The Museum Of Transport. 1st 2015. Slightly better than very good condition.

Often Corporation bus services served simply their own towns and cities. It was not uncommon for services to end at a boundary, even when the logical traffic objective was a little way beyond. Manchester amd Salford's muncipal bus operations observed no such niceties. They galloped on in cavalier fashion, ignoring boundaries and providing useful links with surrounding towns. Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour & b/w photos. 128 pages. ISBN: 9780946022021. A very nice copy.

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SILK ROADS: PEOPLES, CULTURES, LANDSCAPES
Written by Susan Whitfield.
Stock no. 1829056
Published by Thames and Hudson. 1st 2019. Nearly fine condition.

From precious stones to spices, from new religions to technological innovations, the exchange of goods and ideas along the ancient trading routes of the Silk Roads has played a crucial role in the development of civilizations across Europe and Asia. An illustrated overview placing landscapes at the heart of 1,500 years of Eurasian history. With contributions from over 80 leading experts from around the world, each chapter explores the history of trade and cultures along the Silk Roads in the context of a particular terrain. Edited by Susan Whitfield. Large format. Matt pictorial boards. Colour photos throughout. 479 pages including index. ISBN: 9780500021576. A lovely copy with no real faults. Green wrap-around has 2" closed tear to spine (no loss).

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CAVALRY ON THE ROADS TO GETTYSBURG: KILPATRICK AT HANOVER AND HUNTERSTOWN
Written by George A. Rummel.
Stock no. 1829044
Published by White Mane Books. 1st 2000. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Bringing to life the cavalry actions before Gettysburg. This account shows the importance of the other cavalry commanders in those days leading up to that decisive clash of early July 1863. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. viii and 554 pages including index. ISBN: 1572491744. Text block slightly grubby. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is edge-rubbed, faded to spine, lightly scuffed.

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T.T. PIONEERS: EARLY CAR RACING IN THE ISLE OF MAN
Written by Robert Kelly.
Stock no. 1829003
Published by The Manx Experience. 1st 1996. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The automobile of today owes much to what happened on a small island between 1904 and 1922. The challenge came in racing over the most testing course imaginable. Adventurous, exciting and testing days: an era of risk-taking over rutted, muddy roads that exposed the host island to condemnation as 'The Isle of Manslaughter.' Without them, the modern car would never have developed as fast as it did. Large format. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour frontis. B/w photos throughout. 173 pages. ISBN: 1873120613. Spine & corners bumped. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is scuffed to rear panel.

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ROUND TOWER CHURCHES OF SOUTH EAST ENGLAND
Written by W.J. Goode. Illustrated by Diana Bowie.
Stock no. 1829001
Published by Round Tower Churches Society. 1st 1994. Very good condition.

Large format. Pink cardwraps with white titles and illustration to front & rear. B/w photos and illustrations. 206 pages. ISBN: 0952305801. Edges of covers lightly rubbed. Name & date in ink to top of title page. Includes some relevant newspaper cuttings, leaflets and colour photos loosely inserted.

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THE LOST CITY OF STOKE-ON-TRENT
Written by Matthew Rice. Illustrated by Matthew Rice.
Stock no. 1828996
Published by Frances Lincoln Limited. Circa 2010. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A song for Stoke: a fanfare for one of the great cities of the world's first Industrial Revolution. Matthew Rice's detailed - and often funny - architectural watercolours are the basis of this book. Red cloth boards, black title to spine. Colour pictorial endpapers. Colour illustrations. 152 pages including index. ISBN: 9780711231399. Second printing. Top & tail of spine and lower corners lightly rubbed. Top corners of boards lightly bumped. Contents fine. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed at edges.

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MOSQUITO FIGHTER SQUADRONS IN FOCUS
Written by Philip Birtles.
Stock no. 1828918
Published by Red Kite. 1st 2005. Slightly better than very good condition.

A photographic album of the fighter and fighter/bomber squadrons that operated the De Havilland Mosquito. Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. Colour illustrations. 96 pages. ISBN: 0954620135. Text block slightly browned. Contents clean.

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LONDON'S SIXTIES BUSES
Written by Mick Webber.
Stock no. 1828914
Published by Capital Transport. 1st 2019. Nearly fine condition.

Pictorial cardwraps. Colour photos throughout. 96 pages. ISBN: 9781854144324. A lovely copy.

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UNIFORMS OF WATERLOO IN COLOUR 16-18 JUNE 1815
Written by Philip Haythornthwaite. Illustrated by Jack Cassin-Scott; Michael Chappell.
Stock no. 1828913
Published by Arms & Armour Press. 1999. Very good condition.

The uniforms worn in the three days of fighting in 1815 which brought about the final downfall of Napoleon Bonaparte. White pictorial cardwraps. Colour illustrations. 190 pages. ISBN: 1854093940. Reprint. Covers lightly browned and slightly grubby. Text block lightly browned. Contents clean. Musty odour present.

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MANCHESTER AND ASHTON UNDER LYNE TROLLEYBUSES (TROLLEYBUS CLASSICS 25)
Written by Stephen Lockwood.
Stock no. 1828911
Published by Middleton Press. 1st 2010. Very good condition.

The Manchester and Ashton trolleybus network was one of the largest in the country. Manchester's red and Ashton's blue vehicles shared the wires on most of the services between the two areas, and in addition Manchester had a substantial network of its own. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos throughout. 96 pages. ISBN: 9781906008734. Covers lightly creased & rubbed at corners. Front hinge pulled and therefore a few pages of the section are a little loose from the lower edge. Else contents clean and binding tight.

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