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	MITSUBISHI MOTORS CORPORATION Omistajan KÃ¤sijirja / Owner's Handbook Mitsubishi Motors Corporation, 1988, Finnish and English edition.Paper covers.V.g./No Jacket.V.g. cover sl.creased and soiled.243 pp.In English, Finnish. GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11.25 US$ 16.66 \| JP¥ 1482] Book number: 1393 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	GARRATT, COLIN (BASED ON THE WORK OF HENRY PRIESTLEY) Trams of northern Britain Milepost, Newton Harcourt, 1995, 1st edition.Hard covers, dust jacket.1 900193 15 9.Fine/V.g. Cover creased, otherwise scarcely used.A photographic record of northern Britain's trams, with monochrome photos often filling the page and showing them in a variety of settings.A social as well as a transport history.Unpaginated.In English. GBP 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 US$ 10 \| JP¥ 889] Book number: 2686 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	RAILWAY GAZETTE British locomotive types The Railway Publishing Company, 1946, 6th edition.Blue cloth.Fair /No Jacket.Cover and spine faded, pages browned at edges, note in biro on ffep.viii, 140 pp.Despite the poor quality of materials used to produce this reference book, it was originally priced at a hefty eight shillings.Each drawing is accompanied by the principal measurements together with a table of facts about each steam engine, arranged by pre-nationalisation railway company.In English. GBP 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 US$ 10 \| JP¥ 889] Book number: 6001 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	HYDE, FRANCIS E., HARRIS, J.R. Blue Funnel: a history of Alfred Holt & Company of Liverpool from 1865 to 1914 Liverpool University Press, 1956, 1st edition.Hard covers, dust jacket.V.g./Good.Jacket with some small tears (repaired), in protective plastic wrapper; internally near fine.xvii, 201 pp. In English. GBP 24.00 [Appr.: EURO 27 US$ 39.98 \| JP¥ 3557] Book number: 4365 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	KEILHAU, WILHELM; ILLUSTRATED BY KJELL STORMOEN Norway and the Bergen Line: a centenary publication Bergen: privately published, 1953, 1st edition.Blue cloth, gilt motifs and title on spine.V.g./No Jacket.Boards sl.warped.Complimentary copy letter from Ths.S.Falck jr.(Chairman and Managing Director) loosely inserted.369 p. In English. GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11.25 US$ 16.66 \| JP¥ 1482] Book number: 4190 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	KNOWLES, LORAINE, STAMMERS, MICHAEL AND STORER, J.D. Liverpool on wheels: the land transport collection of NMGM Bluecoat Press / NMGM, 1998, 1st edition.Paper covers.1 872568 43 2.V.g./No Jacket.In English. GBP 9.00 [Appr.: EURO 10.25 US$ 14.99 \| JP¥ 1334] Book number: 1526 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	LAFFERTY, PETER How things work: Monster machines Parragon, 2000, 1st edition.Coloured boards.0 75253 672 9.Fine /No Jacket.A well-illustrated guide to some of the world's largest and most complex machines, including some oddities such as roller-coasters as well as the more obvious tunnel-borers and wind turbines.Highly educational.64 pp.In English. GBP 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 US$ 10 \| JP¥ 889] Book number: 2033 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	RIBBLE MOTOR SERVICES LTD. Bus time table, South Lancashire area no. 4 Ribble Motor Services, 1965.Paper covers.Good/No jacket.Pages curled at bottom corner, cover sl.soiled.Covers the summer period 26 June to 26 September 1965, and an area from Liverpool and Southport to Chorley, Wigan, Ormskirk and Bolton.276 pp. route map (folded) at rear.In English. GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11.25 US$ 16.66 \| JP¥ 1482] Book number: 2645 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	MADDISON, DAVID ET AL. The true costs of road transport Earthscan Publications , 1996, 1st edition.Paper covers.1 85383 268 5.As new /No Jacket.(16), 240 pp. In English. GBP 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 US$ 10 \| JP¥ 889] Book number: 5361 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	MORRISON, GAVIN London Midland then and now Ian Allan, 1995, 1st edition.Hard covers, dust jacket.978 0 7110 2371 0.V.g./V.g. Jacket sl.curled and sunned at top edge, otherwise fine.256 pp. In English. GBP 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 9 US$ 13.33 \| JP¥ 1186] Book number: 5898 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	PAGET-TOMLINSON, EDWARD The illustrated history of canal and river navigations Landmark Publishing, 2006, 3rd edition.Paper covers.1 84306 207 0.New /No Jacket.A comprehensive guide to the history of canals and their builders.384 pp. In English. GBP 18.00 [Appr.: EURO 20.25 US$ 29.99 \| JP¥ 2668] Book number: 4695 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	RANSOME-WALLIS, P.; FOREWORD BY CECIL J. ALLEN On railways, at home and abroad Spring Books, London, n.d.(c.1960), 2nd edition.Hard covers, no dust jacket.V.g./ No Jacket .A somewhat eclectic but highly readable collection of chapters on international railways written from a personal perspective, ranging from the ascent of Shap (by steam, of course) to Trinidad, Sri Lanka and Madeira on a rack and pinion railway.102 monochrome photographs and a few text figures, tables and maps.Ffep and frontispiece clipped.300 pp. In English. GBP 7.00 [Appr.: EURO 8 US$ 11.66 \| JP¥ 1037] Book number: 2341 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	RHODES, MICHAEL Diesels in South Wales Oxford Publishing Company, Poole, 1984.Hard covers, dust jacket.0 00 219737 5.V.g./V.g. A pictorial account of South Wales diesel locomotives, with maps of freight routes.Unpaginated.191 plates; no index.In English. GBP 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 9 US$ 13.33 \| JP¥ 1186] Book number: 3216 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	DE SALIS, HENRY RODOLPH Bradshaw's canals and navigable rivers of England and Wales: a handbook of inland navigation for manufacturers, merchants, traders, and others: compiled, after a survey of the whole of the waterways Henry Blacklock, London & Manchester, 1928.Hard covers, no dust jacket.V.g./No Jacket.Hinge starting at rear.Map (in pocket at rear) repaired with linen backing; internally very tidy.Some minor edge wear to the boards.vii, 455 pp. In English. GBP 95.00 [Appr.: EURO 106.5 US$ 158.27 \| JP¥ 14079] Book number: 5525 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	SIMMONS, JACK The railways of Britain Book Promotions, 1986, 3rd edition.Hard covers, dust jacket.1 871487 49 8.V.g./V.g. Little used.256 pp. In English. GBP 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 9 US$ 13.33 \| JP¥ 1186] Book number: 5863 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	STANDIFORD, LES Last train to paradise: Henry Flagler and the spectacular rise and fall of the railroad that crossed an ocean Crown Publishers, New York, 2002, 1st edition, 4th impression.Hard covers, dust jacket.0 609 60748 0.As new/As new.An unusual chapter in railway history, describing the construction (and eventual destruction) of the railway from Key West, Florida to the mainland, a distance of around 150 miles.xi, 273 pp. In English. GBP 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 US$ 19.99 \| JP¥ 1778] Book number: 2912 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.

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	MITSUBISHI MOTORS CORPORATION Omistajan KÃ¤sijirja / Owner's Handbook Mitsubishi Motors Corporation, 1988, Finnish and English edition.Paper covers.V.g./No Jacket.V.g. cover sl.creased and soiled.243 pp.In English, Finnish. GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11.25 US$ 16.66 \| JP¥ 1482] Book number: 1393 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	GARRATT, COLIN (BASED ON THE WORK OF HENRY PRIESTLEY) Trams of northern Britain Milepost, Newton Harcourt, 1995, 1st edition.Hard covers, dust jacket.1 900193 15 9.Fine/V.g. Cover creased, otherwise scarcely used.A photographic record of northern Britain's trams, with monochrome photos often filling the page and showing them in a variety of settings.A social as well as a transport history.Unpaginated.In English. GBP 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 US$ 10 \| JP¥ 889] Book number: 2686 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	RAILWAY GAZETTE British locomotive types The Railway Publishing Company, 1946, 6th edition.Blue cloth.Fair /No Jacket.Cover and spine faded, pages browned at edges, note in biro on ffep.viii, 140 pp.Despite the poor quality of materials used to produce this reference book, it was originally priced at a hefty eight shillings.Each drawing is accompanied by the principal measurements together with a table of facts about each steam engine, arranged by pre-nationalisation railway company.In English. GBP 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 US$ 10 \| JP¥ 889] Book number: 6001 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	HYDE, FRANCIS E., HARRIS, J.R. Blue Funnel: a history of Alfred Holt & Company of Liverpool from 1865 to 1914 Liverpool University Press, 1956, 1st edition.Hard covers, dust jacket.V.g./Good.Jacket with some small tears (repaired), in protective plastic wrapper; internally near fine.xvii, 201 pp. In English. GBP 24.00 [Appr.: EURO 27 US$ 39.98 \| JP¥ 3557] Book number: 4365 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	KEILHAU, WILHELM; ILLUSTRATED BY KJELL STORMOEN Norway and the Bergen Line: a centenary publication Bergen: privately published, 1953, 1st edition.Blue cloth, gilt motifs and title on spine.V.g./No Jacket.Boards sl.warped.Complimentary copy letter from Ths.S.Falck jr.(Chairman and Managing Director) loosely inserted.369 p. In English. GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11.25 US$ 16.66 \| JP¥ 1482] Book number: 4190 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	KNOWLES, LORAINE, STAMMERS, MICHAEL AND STORER, J.D. Liverpool on wheels: the land transport collection of NMGM Bluecoat Press / NMGM, 1998, 1st edition.Paper covers.1 872568 43 2.V.g./No Jacket.In English. GBP 9.00 [Appr.: EURO 10.25 US$ 14.99 \| JP¥ 1334] Book number: 1526 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	LAFFERTY, PETER How things work: Monster machines Parragon, 2000, 1st edition.Coloured boards.0 75253 672 9.Fine /No Jacket.A well-illustrated guide to some of the world's largest and most complex machines, including some oddities such as roller-coasters as well as the more obvious tunnel-borers and wind turbines.Highly educational.64 pp.In English. GBP 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 US$ 10 \| JP¥ 889] Book number: 2033 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	RIBBLE MOTOR SERVICES LTD. Bus time table, South Lancashire area no. 4 Ribble Motor Services, 1965.Paper covers.Good/No jacket.Pages curled at bottom corner, cover sl.soiled.Covers the summer period 26 June to 26 September 1965, and an area from Liverpool and Southport to Chorley, Wigan, Ormskirk and Bolton.276 pp. route map (folded) at rear.In English. GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11.25 US$ 16.66 \| JP¥ 1482] Book number: 2645 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	MADDISON, DAVID ET AL. The true costs of road transport Earthscan Publications , 1996, 1st edition.Paper covers.1 85383 268 5.As new /No Jacket.(16), 240 pp. In English. GBP 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 US$ 10 \| JP¥ 889] Book number: 5361 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	MORRISON, GAVIN London Midland then and now Ian Allan, 1995, 1st edition.Hard covers, dust jacket.978 0 7110 2371 0.V.g./V.g. Jacket sl.curled and sunned at top edge, otherwise fine.256 pp. In English. GBP 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 9 US$ 13.33 \| JP¥ 1186] Book number: 5898 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	PAGET-TOMLINSON, EDWARD The illustrated history of canal and river navigations Landmark Publishing, 2006, 3rd edition.Paper covers.1 84306 207 0.New /No Jacket.A comprehensive guide to the history of canals and their builders.384 pp. In English. GBP 18.00 [Appr.: EURO 20.25 US$ 29.99 \| JP¥ 2668] Book number: 4695 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	RANSOME-WALLIS, P.; FOREWORD BY CECIL J. ALLEN On railways, at home and abroad Spring Books, London, n.d.(c.1960), 2nd edition.Hard covers, no dust jacket.V.g./ No Jacket .A somewhat eclectic but highly readable collection of chapters on international railways written from a personal perspective, ranging from the ascent of Shap (by steam, of course) to Trinidad, Sri Lanka and Madeira on a rack and pinion railway.102 monochrome photographs and a few text figures, tables and maps.Ffep and frontispiece clipped.300 pp. In English. GBP 7.00 [Appr.: EURO 8 US$ 11.66 \| JP¥ 1037] Book number: 2341 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	RHODES, MICHAEL Diesels in South Wales Oxford Publishing Company, Poole, 1984.Hard covers, dust jacket.0 00 219737 5.V.g./V.g. A pictorial account of South Wales diesel locomotives, with maps of freight routes.Unpaginated.191 plates; no index.In English. GBP 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 9 US$ 13.33 \| JP¥ 1186] Book number: 3216 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	DE SALIS, HENRY RODOLPH Bradshaw's canals and navigable rivers of England and Wales: a handbook of inland navigation for manufacturers, merchants, traders, and others: compiled, after a survey of the whole of the waterways Henry Blacklock, London & Manchester, 1928.Hard covers, no dust jacket.V.g./No Jacket.Hinge starting at rear.Map (in pocket at rear) repaired with linen backing; internally very tidy.Some minor edge wear to the boards.vii, 455 pp. In English. GBP 95.00 [Appr.: EURO 106.5 US$ 158.27 \| JP¥ 14079] Book number: 5525 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	SIMMONS, JACK The railways of Britain Book Promotions, 1986, 3rd edition.Hard covers, dust jacket.1 871487 49 8.V.g./V.g. Little used.256 pp. In English. GBP 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 9 US$ 13.33 \| JP¥ 1186] Book number: 5863 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	STANDIFORD, LES Last train to paradise: Henry Flagler and the spectacular rise and fall of the railroad that crossed an ocean Crown Publishers, New York, 2002, 1st edition, 4th impression.Hard covers, dust jacket.0 609 60748 0.As new/As new.An unusual chapter in railway history, describing the construction (and eventual destruction) of the railway from Key West, Florida to the mainland, a distance of around 150 miles.xi, 273 pp. In English. GBP 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 US$ 19.99 \| JP¥ 1778] Book number: 2912 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.