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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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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 ROUTE REVIEW 1934-1939
No author listed.
Stock no. 1827459
Published by London Omnibus Traction Society. 1st 1991. Slightly better than very good condition.

1st volume of route lists detailing the period up to the end of August 1939 and covers the pre-war suburban expansion, the tram to trolleybus conversions and the modernisation of the bus fleet until the last few days of peace in the high summer of 1939. Large format. Cream pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 0951474839. Light fading to spine, light scuffing to covers. Lower edge of text block slightly marked. Contents clean.

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TRAMS & TROLLEYBUSES IN ILFORD
Written by Leonard A. Thomson.
Stock no. 1827425
Published by The Ilford & District Historical Society. 1st 1979. Very good condition.

Ilford & District Historical Society Transaction No. 2. Green cardwraps. Staple-bound booklet. B/w photos. 51 numbered pages. ISBN: 0904250016. A few minor marks to covers. Contents clean.

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THE LONDON TROLLEYBUS VOLUME 2 1946-1962
Written by Ken Blacker.
Stock no. 1827385
Published by Capital Transport. 1st 2004. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

This is the scarce second volume of this two volume set and deals with the story of the London trolleybus from its peak in the early post-war years until final withdrawal in May 1962. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos throughout. ISBN: 1854142852. A very nice copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed to rear panel.

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THE LONDON TROLLEYBUS VOLUME 1 1931-1945
Written by Ken Blacker.
Stock no. 1827371
Published by Capital Transport. 1st 2002. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Trolleybuses first came to London in a small way, being introduced in south west London in 1931 by London United Tramways. Following on from this, in five years between 1935 and 1940 London Transport built up a massive and complex trolleybus network in its replacement of trams. When the Second World War brough development to a halt, London Transport had an operational fleet of 1,671 trolleybuses - by far the largest fleet in the world. Large format. Pictorial glazed boards. B/w photos throughout. ISBN: 1854142607. Pale staining to half-title page arising from glossy paper pages (relatively minor). Else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is faded to spine.

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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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LONDON TRANSPORT SINCE 1933
Written by Michael H.C. Baker.
Stock no. 1827334
Published by Ian Allan Publishing. 1st thus 2000. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The story of the changing face of the major branches of London's public transport system - bus, tram, trolleybus and Underground. It is a record of the types, the liveries, the contractions and expansions that typified this system during a vital period in its history. First published as a two volume history, this is the combined edition to bring the story up to the end of the century. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos throughout. ISBN: 0711027021. Slight shelf wear to base of spine. Tiny mark to gutter on front endpapers. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge creased.

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THE HEYDAY OF THE TROLLEYBUS
Written by Howard J. Piltz.
Stock no. 1816725
Published by Ian Allan. 1996. Fine condition.

The 'Heyday' series. Oblong format. Pictorial glazed boards. Colour photos throughout. 78 pages. ISBN: 0711022712. Reprint.

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TRAMLINES TO FLEETLINES
Written by G.A. Lilleker.
Stock no. 628154
Published by Chesterfield Borough Council. 1982. Nearly fine condition.

Pictorial card wraps. B/w photos. Stapled booklet. ISBN: 0950824402.

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