ATKINSON, NEILL

Trainland : How Railways Made New Zealand

Auckland, New Zaland, Random House. 2007, First Edition. (ISBN: 1869419057) Soft Cover, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Railways have played a central role in New Zealand politics, economics, trade union history, tourism and popular culture. Covers the development of rail, who uses the trains and why; daily life on and off the rails; the train in popular culture and the collective memory. CONDITION Laminated card wraps with French flaps, 259 pages illustrated throughout. Faintest shelf waer at spine ends else as new. OVERWEIGHT. Near Fine.

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Book number: 17068

Catalogue: Railways

Keywords: 9781869419059 1869419057

CHURCHMAN, GEOFF; HURST, TONY

Railways of New Zealand : A Journey Through History

Auckland, New Zaland, William Collins. 1990, First Edition. (ISBN: 1869500156) Hard Cover with dust jacket, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. History of building the railways from the first steam train from Christchurch to Ferrymead through to diesel and electric rail. CONDITION Green bds, 225 pages with illus and historic photos. Bright and crisp copy with Company stamp inside ends, foxed to interior of DJ else unworn. OVERWEIGHT. Very Good/Near Fine.

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Book number: 17069

Catalogue: Railways

Keywords: 1869500156

DEUCHLER, FLORENS

Lyonel Feininger 1871 - 1956 : Lokomotiven und Eisenbahnlandschaften Zeichnungen und Skizzen 1901 - 1913

New York, U.S.A. Moeller Fine Art. 1991, First Edition. (ISBN: 3855450528) Soft Cover, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. "Locomotives and Railway landscapes designs and sketches" exhibition catalogue. Text in German. 80 pages with full colour and b/w illus. Slight edge wear to oversized wraps and sl soiled ffep else tight and clean. Very Good/N/A.

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Book number: 9679

Catalogue: Railways

Keywords: German Deutsch Painting Art 3855450528

HUGHES, HUGH

Steam in India

Cornwall, United Kingdom, D Bradford Barton. 1976, First Edition. (ISBN: 0851532586) Cloth with dust jacket, Large 8vo. Brown glazed cloth bds with bright Gilt title (fresh and unworn) 96 pages printed on quality glossy paper with b/w photo illus through out and map to rear. A nice clean copy title. Original DJ has faintest wear to spine ends, not price clipped. Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 9692

Catalogue: Railways

Keywords: Trains Steam Engines Locomotives History 0851532586

JOHN, R A

Twilight of Steam in New Zealand

Auckland, New Zealand, Self Published. 1974, First Edition. Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Stapled wraps, 108 pages with historic photo illus of Steam Locomotives and maps. Copy is as new apart from faded spine edge. Near Fine.

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Book number: 15117

Catalogue: Railways

MARTIN, CY

Gold Rush Narrow Gauge: The Story of the White Pass and Yukon Route

California, USA, Trans-Anglo Books. 1974, 2nd Edition. (ISBN: 0870460269) Hard Cover with dust jacket, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 2nd Edition revised. Brown bds with crisp Silver title (unworn) photo illus eps have name, 95 pages with 3 maps. A nice tight clean copy (has ink notation of gradient ratio to margin of one page) Original DJ has faded spine and very light wear. Near Fine/Near Fine.

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Book number: 9702

Catalogue: Railways

Keywords: White Pass Yukon Railway Transportation 0870460269

MASTERSON, TOM

Mountain Enginemen : Reminiscences of the Men on the Footplate

Auckland, New Zealand, Collins. 1973, First Edition. Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Memories of working on steam trains with witty tales of events and personalities and a wealth of information about locomotive types. CONDITION 207 pages with numerous photo illus. Bright and crisp as new. DJ in archival cover and unworn apart from small tear top front. Fine/Near Fine.

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Book number: 14915

Catalogue: Railways

MURPHY, J A; RADCLIFFE, G T

Memories of Steam on the North island Main Trunk

Wellington, New Zealand, J A Murphy. 1976, First Edition. Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Stapled wraps with 100 historic photo illus and captions. CONDITION Nice copy with crease top front cnr, bloom spotting to edge of rear cover. Very Good.

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Book number: 17073

Catalogue: Railways

MURPHY, J A; & RADCLIFFE, G T

Trains At Work on the West Coast

Auckland, New Zealand, Self Published. 1974, First Edition. Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Nice unworn copy with 80 photo illustrations of Steam Engines. Only faintest handling signs. Very Good.

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Book number: 17063

Catalogue: Railways

Keywords: New Zealand Locomotive Steam Trains New Zealand

SCANLAN, A B

Taranaki’s First Railway

New Plymouth, New Zealand, Self Published. 1977, First Edition. Soft Cover, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. A railway was suggested as early as 1864, but the land wars put everything on hold eventually opening in 1875. CONDITION Stapled wraps (unworn) unpaginated (approx. 30 pages) with many historic photo illus and a map. Fine/N/A.

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Book number: 15683

Catalogue: Railways

STEPHENSON, T H

Westinghouse Brake Booklet; Plus Operating Non- Automatic or Straight-Air Brake on Engines

Wellington, NZ, Hutchinson, Bowman & Johnson. 1938, Edition Unstated. Soft Cover, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Question and answer booklet. Green card wraps, 72 pages are bright and clean (named to ffep, staples rusting) ALSO NZ Railways. 'Instuctions to the locomotive staff for the Operating Non- Automatic or Straigh-Air Brake on Engines and maintenance of the same' marked private and printed 1931. Canvas limp bds, 8 pages. Fine/N/A.

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Book number: 9707

Catalogue: Railways

Keywords: Steam Engines Trains Locomotives Brakes

TROUP, GORDON

Steel Roads of New Zealand : An Illustrated Survey

Wellington, New Zealand, A. H. & A. W. Reed. 1973, First Edition. (ISBN: 0589007351) Buckram with dust jacket, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. History of Steam trains in New Zealand, the men and the engines. CONDITION Teal cloth bds with red spine title, liners illus with train shapes and years, pp xii 342 with historic photos, figural and technical illus and maps. Copy is bright and crisp, unworn with only faintest wear to spine ends of DJ. OVERWEIGHT. Near Fine/Near Fine.

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Book number: 17071

Catalogue: Railways

Keywords: 9780589007355 0589007351