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Victorian Engineering
by Rolt, L T C
London: Penguin Books, 1988. Reprint in soft cover format, 8vo, 300pp, photo illustrations, card covers, VG Copy. Reprint. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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£3.00
Ballooning (King Penguin)
by Gibbs-Smith, C H
London: Penguin Books, 1948. 1st edition as No 36 in the King Penguin series, 12mo, 38pp + 32 plates; previous owner's name head of ffep, some lean to text block, and wear to all extrems of covers o/w G Copy, no DJ. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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£4.00
Foster Yeoman: The Rail Album 1923-1998
by Searle, Hugh; Jacob, Robin
Frome: Foster Yeoman Ltd, 1998. Book. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 110 pages, 530g. Pictorial laminated Boards Near MINT. SIGNED by BOTH AUTHORS to title page. Illustrated with colour and some b/w photographs..
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£15.00
British Lorries of the 40s and 50s.
by Davies, Peter
Wellington: Round Oak Publishing, 1989. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 128 pages. 720g. Green cloth boards FINE in a Very Good d/w with two small repaired tears. Illustrated with b/w and some colour photographs mostly by the author. ~A pictorial record of British Lorries in the Post-war years up to 1960, when the British Commercial Industry was at its peak..
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£10.00
Reaching for the Skies.
by Rendall, Ivan
New York: BBC Books, 1988. Book. Near MINT. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 288 pages. 980g. Brown cloth boards Near MINT in a FINE d/w. Fully illustrated with colour and b/w photographs throughout. A history of aviation from its earliest beginnings up to modern times. Owing to the weight, extra shipping will be required..
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£6.00
Engineering Economics. 2 Volume Set. Book 1 - Elements of Industrial Organisation and Management, Book 2 - Works Organisation and Management.
by Burnham, T. H
London: Pitman, 1938. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 4th Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Volume one, 288 pages plus adverts, Volume 2, 330 pages including index plus adverts. 1.5Kg. Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering. Volume one a little marked and both with inscriptions to front end-papers, o/w Very Good with contents tight and clean. Illustrated with b/w plates and line drawings. This 4th Edition includes updates to comply with the factories act 1937. Owing to the weight,...
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£34.20
Wales from the air: A survey of the physical and cultural landscape
by Howe. G. Melvyn
Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1966. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 2nd Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xi + 43 pages. 470g. Oblong format pictorial boards a little marked, with light bump to top corner. Near FINE. Illustrated with b/w aerial photographs including a reference map that gives the location of each photograph..
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£6.84
Post Office Stores and Telephone Vehicles - Trucks in Britain Volume 6.
by Wright, Colin
Wellington: Round Oak Publishing, 1991. Book. MINT. Soft Card Cover. Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 64 pages. 220g. Pictorial card covers a litle rubbed to edges. BRAND NEW COPY. Illustrated with b/w photographs throughout, specially prepared for publication by the 'Post Office Vehicle Club'..
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£5.09
Stanier 8F 2-8-0: a Study of the Stanier LMSR Class 8F Locomotive
by Tyler, Keith; Bond, John; Wilkinson, Alan (Eds)
Truro: Bradford Barton Ltd 1st edition, large square 8vo, 96pp, photo illustrations; VG Copy in VG DJ mildly tanned about extrems. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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£4.50
Shaking the Iron Universe; British Industry in the 1980s
by Bowen, David
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1990. 1st edition, 8vo, 324pp, VG Copy in VG DJ. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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£3.50
Northern Life (Pictures from the Past)
by Atkinson, Frank
Newton Abbot: Select Editions, 1993. Reprint in soft cover format, 4to, 96pp, archive photo illustrations; card covers; VG+/Fine Copy. Reprint. Soft Cover. Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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£3.00
Sidney Ironworks Accounts 1541-1573
by Crossley D W (Ed)
London, Great Britain: The Royal Historical Society, 1975. First Edition . Buckram. Very Good+. 8vo. 1st edition. 269 pages including detailed index. This is a detailed study of the business of the Sidney ironworks in Sussex. Contains numerous charts, copies of old documents and 3 maps. In original stone coloured buckram gilt hard cover binding with one tiny mark on front cover - not serious. A very clean tight copy. Very Good+.
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£3.00
300 Years of Industrial Design; Function, Form, Technique 1700-2000
by Heath, Adrian; Heath, Ditte; Jensen, Aage Lund
London: Herbert Press, 2000. 1st edition in soft cover format, large 4to, 272pp, photo illustrations, line drawings and iagrams; card covers; VG+/Fine Copy. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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£12.00
Tales from the Old Inland Waterways
by Corrie, Euan
Newton Abbot: David & Charles, 1998. 1st edition, 4to, 192pp, photo illustrations and line drawings, VG+ Copy in VG+ price clipped DJ a shade curled at edges. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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£5.50
Agriculture in Wales During the Napoleonic Wars: a Study in the Geographical Interpretation of Historical Sources
by Thomas, David A
Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1963. 1st edition, 8vo, 196pp, photo frontis, line maps; VG Copy in VG DJ. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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£10.00
Information Payoff; the transformation of Work in the Electronic Age
by Strassmann, Paul A
New York: Free Press, 1985. US reprint, 8vo, 298pp, VG+ Copy in VG+ DJ minimally sunned at spine. Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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£6.00
De Re Metallica
by AGRICOLA, Georg
De Re MetallicaAGRICOLA, Georg ISBN: 9780486600068Dover Publications, New York, 1950, hard back with dust wrapper, VG/vg, boards dark green/gilt, illustrated throughout from line drawings and diagrams, 638 pp. 280x177x40 mm approx. Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Herbert Clark Hoover & Lou Henry Hoover.Boards clean and firm, previous owner name written on front free endpaper, sound square binding, pages clean and bright. Wrapper clean and crisp, gentle rubs to edges and corners, bump...
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£26.50
The Light Railway King of the North
by Barnett, A.L
Mold: Railway & Canal Historical Society, 1992. Book. Near MINT. Soft Card Cover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 112 pages, 285g. Soft card covers Near MINT. Illustrated with b/w photographs, maps and Track plans..
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£11.50
Guildford : A Pictorial History
by Shirley Corke
Chichester: Phillimore & Co Ltd, 1990. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 128 pages, 565g. Maroon cloth boards with small mark to free end-paper, FINE in a Near FINE price-clipped d/w with slightly sunned spine. Illustrated with period b/w photographs..
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£4.95
Boulton Paul Aircraft (Britain in Old Photographs)
by Brew, Alec
Stroud: Budding Books, 1998. Reprint in soft cover format in the Old Photographs series, 8vo, 128pp, photo illustrations of scenes and people with introduction and captions from Brew, card covers, VG Copy. Reprint. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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£4.00
The Great Orme Tramway - Over a Century of Service
by Turner, Keith
Llanrwst: Gwasg Carreg Gwalch, 2003. Book. As New. Soft Card Cover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 112 pages. 200g. Soft card covers MINT. Illustrated with b/w photographs, and maps..
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£5.00
A Guide to the Anderton Boat Lift
by Carden D & Parkhouse N
Lydney, Great Britain: Black Dwarf Publications, 2002. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good++. Almost Square Format. 1st edition. Almost square format. 48 pages. Very nicely produced on high quality paper and splendidly illustrated throughout with maps, plans, drawings and photographic plates, some in black and white and some in colour. In original attractive pictorial glossy card covers with the spine very slightly faded. Very Good++. REDUCED POSTAGE ON THIS ITEM.
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£4.00
The Post Office and Its Services (Approaches to Environmental Studies)
by Metcalfe, Leon
London: Blandford Press, 1972. Book. Near MINT. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 96 pages, 265g. Pictorial Glazed Boards Near MINT. Fully illustrated with b/w and colour photographs and drawings..
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£4.00
Shire Album 144 - Hydraulic Machines
by Jarvis, Adrian
Shire Publications 1st 1985 . 8vo, stapled softback 32pp, minor wear + very slight creasing to covers + small area of abrasion from removal of sticker, o/w VG 75 gms.
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£3.00