Search Results: Transport - Planes, Trains, Cars, Boats, Carriages from Lawrence Jones

Mumbai: English Edition Publishers, 2003. 152pp, bw ills. Pictorial card. Very slight thumb soiling to bottom corner. Hisotry of Indian railways from their beginnings in 1853 providing details about the development of steam, diesel and electric locomotives, and descriptions of great trains, famous stations, signalling systems-and what it takes to make the system run smoothly.. First Paperback. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo.

Germany: VAE Aktiengesellschaft , 2001. HEAVY. 308pp + appendix + bibliography + index, num bw & col ills. Blue cloth in jacket. Very slight edge wear to jacket. 150 year history of a German railway system manufacturer and builder. Translated into Englsih from the German.. First English Language Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to.

Detroit: General Motors Corporation, 1969. 92pp, index, num ills. Or blue card covers. Small light coloured 'oil' thumb stain at bottom of front cover, rear cover creased at corner, tissue guards at front and rear foxed. . First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine. Oblong 8vo.

Erin, Ontario: The Boston Mills Press, 2010. 208pp, index, num col & bw ills. Or pictorial card covers with integral (French) flaps. A couple of tiny dimples to covers. Fifty of the most influential aircraft including the Wright Brothers, 1905 Flyer, Fokker E.111, Sopwith Camel, Messerschmidt Bf 109; Supermarine Spitfire, Boeing B-17, Avro Lancaster, De Havilland Mosquito, P-51 Mustang, Lockheed Constellation, Concorde, Learjet, Rutan's Voyager and more.. First Paperback. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to.

London: Guild Publishing, 1989. 168pp, num bw & col photographs. Or red cloth in jacket. Minimal edge wear to jacket. Places on record every preserved steam locomotive to have worked a fare paying passenger train on the national network since the first preserved locomotive ran in1938. The result is a large and varied collection, ranging from diminutive tank engines to giants of the track. Some have only run once or twice, other have clocked up thousands of miles right across the BR system. Railway preservation presented as an important part of Britain's rail history.. Book Club. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 4to.

Not Stated: Prospero Books, 2000. 192pp, num col ills. As new copy. Pictorial laminated boards in jacket. Covers all aspects of the first 50 years of Nascar covering the tracks, the drivers (including Jeff Gordon, Dale Earnhardt) both current and greats from the past, the teams and the cars. Must have for the motorsport fan.. Not Stated. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 4to.

Sydney: New South Wales Rail Transport Museum, 1998. 224pp, index, appendix, num bw & col ills. Black cloth boards in jacket. Minor edge wear to jacket, 5mm tear at top front spine fold, some fading adjacent to spine, slight sticker shadow to front and foxing to reverse of jacket. A little foxing to prelims.. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Large 4to..

Sydney: New South Wales Rail Transport Museum, 1994. 226pp, folding plan, bw & col ills, tables. Or black cloth in jacket. 6mm tear to jacket at top front of spine otherise very light edge wear. A lovely copy of this scarce volume on the 60 Class steam locomotive in Australia (also known as the AD 60, D 60 or Garrett).. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good Plus/Very Good Plus. 4to.

Melbourne: The Five Mile Press, 2008. HEAVY. 255pp, index, records, num bw & col ills. Or pictorial laminated boards in jacket. Light edge wear. Features exclusive interviews with Geoff Duke, John Surtees, Kenny Roberts, Giacomo Agostini, Wayne Gardner, Wayne Rainey, Kevin Schwantz, Mick Doohan, Casey Stoner and Valentino Rossi.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to.

Eagan. Printed in England: Flying Books, 1984. 182pp, illustrated throughout with b/w photos, bibliography, index, end-paper maps. Papered boards in lightly edge-worn dust-jacket. The book describes the conquest of the Atlantic North and South by areroplane, airship, seaplane and flying boat in the story of the Atlantic flyers before Lindbergh.. American Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to.

Tokyo: Mitsubishi Motors Corporation., 1993. HEAVY. 174pp, num col ills including gatefold, bw ills, statistics. Or black cloth in jacket, presented in slip case. Some pages heavily foxed. Jacket near new. Slipcase has minor rubbing. Showcases Mitsubishi's 1992-93 season in motorsport including the numerous rallies.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Fine. Oblong Folio.

Forest Park, IL: Heimburger House, 1999. 200pp, index,num bw & col ills. Blue boards in pictorial jacket. Jacket laminate on front wrinkled, otherwise excellent. American Flyer model trains including steam/diesel locomotives, freight / passenger cars, accessories produced by the A.C. Gilbert Company from 1946 over a 21 year period. At one time the company employed over 2000 workers and was one of the largest toy manufacturers in the USA. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to.

Carrollton: Squadron/Signal Publications, 1981. 50pp, num bw ills, colour plates. Or pictorial card. . Apparent First. Soft Cover. Very Good. Oblong 4to.

Sandy Bay, Tasmania: Lou Rae, 1994. 94pp, bw & col ills, maps, pictorial endpapers. Maroon faux-leather in jacket. Covered with clear adhesive plastic (contact), prev owner name on front pastedown. SIGNED and inscribed (to Marty) on title page. The hardcover edition was limited to 500 copies of which this #141. . Signed & Inscribed by the Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to.

Sandy Bay, Tasmania: Lou Rae, 1994. 94pp, bw & col ills, maps. Or pictorial card covers. Bottom front corner creased, small bump to top corner. . First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to.

London: Dalton Watson, 1982. 176pp, appendices, 350+ bw photos, col frontis. Or green cloth in jacket. Endpapers foxed, bookstore label on front free endpaper. Jacket shows minor edge wear and crease to front panel, foxing on reverse. The cars produced by AC from a pre-war three wheeler in 1913, through the racing cars of the twenties and the mid-engined 3000 ME. Emphasis is on the Cobra- one of the most exciting sports cars ever produced.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Very Good/Very Good. 4to.

Cambridge: Patrick Stephens, 1976. 112pp, index, appendices, num bw ills, chronology. Or black cloth in jacket. Short tear to jacket at front flap fold, jacket a little yellowed, price clipped. Some toning/foxing to endpapers. History of the AJS marque going back to 1897 when the Stevens family built their first complete motorcycle.. Revised Edition, Second Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to.

Mainaschaff, Germany: TFPRESS & Publikat, 2009. Unpaginated (aprox 200pp), num col ills. Pictorial card. Near new. Mainly photographic look at graffiti on trains.. First Paperback. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to.

Sydney: New South Wales Rail Transport Museum, 1988. 116pp, bibliography, chronology, num bw ills, map. Pictoril card. Near new. . First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to.

Phoenix: Clementine Books, 1993. 147pp, bw ill. Or card covers. Hilighting on last three pages only, small black dot on bottom edge. A survivor's account of the crash of Northwest Flight 255 in Detroit in 1987 with the loss of 155 lives, and its aftermath including the legal posturing of the airline to reduce its liability in the incident.. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8vo.