1950 Russell&Apos;S Where to Stay Guide Supplement to Russell&Apos;S Southampton ABC Railway Guide No. 468

Southampton, Publishing Offices, 1950. Paperback. A very scarce copy of this guide of where to stay across the UK from Russell's Guide Books. Very scarce. Supplement to Russell's ABC Railway Guides for Southampton, Bournemouth, and Portsmouth No. 468. With an index to the hotels, private houses, and guest houses in towns and resorts on the railway line, including: Bath, Birmingham, Bournemouth, Brighton, Bristol, Exeter, Glasgow, Ilfracombe, Liverpool, London, Salisbury, Weston-Super-Mare, and more. Includes railway timetables. In the original paper wraps. Externally, sound with light shelf wear and chipping to the extremities. Spotting to the wraps and the two 1" closed tears to the rear board. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with the odd spot or handling mark. Good . Ill.: None. Good .

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Boeknummer: 886T48

Catalogus: Transport

Trefwoorden: Russell Where to Stay Supplement ABC Railway Guide Where to Stay None

Horwich Locomotive Works

Horwich , Not Stated, 1961. Cloth. A fascinating scarce volume that records the development of the Horwich Locomotive Works, with photographs. A scarce volume that records the history and development of the Horwich Locomotive Works which was built in 1886 by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway. The works undertook the repair of steam locomotives and construction of locomotives. With fourteen photographs of the works, including the machine shop, the boiler shop and the paint shop. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, very smart. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Near Fine . Ill.: Not Stated. Near Fine .

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Boeknummer: 832B5

Catalogus: Transport

Trefwoorden: Horwich Locomotive Works Manchester trains locomotive Manchester Not Stated

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The Lore of Flight

London, Park Lane, 1990. Hardback. An uncommon volume on the history of flight, with over 350 illustrations. This uncommon volume offers a history of flying and insights into aircraft design and construction. With over 200 colour technical drawings, and 150 black and white drawings. The Lore of Flight is divided into four sections covering the history of flying, the structure of aeroplanes, the engines and equipment the use, before the final chapter on the technicalities of flying today. Found in the unclipped dust wrapper. In the publisher's original blue hardback binding, found in the unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, lovely, with just some very light bumping to the head and tail of the spine. With some light handling marks to the wrap. Internally, firmly bound, with bright and clean pages throughout. Fine . Ill.: Various. Fine/Near Fine.

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Boeknummer: 859N29

Catalogus: Transport

Trefwoorden: The Lore of Flight History of Flying Aircraft Design The art of flying History of Flying Uncommon Dustwrapper Various

Osborne&Apos;S Guide to the Grand Junction, or Birmingham, Liverpool and Manchester Railway

Birmingham , E. C. & W. Osborne , 1838 . Cloth. An uncommon, early edition of this illustrated railway guide from the mid nineteenth century, with folding maps and plates. Second edition of Osborne's Guide to The Grand Junction, or Birmingham, Liverpool, and Manchester Railway. Bound in the publisher's original cloth. With the topography of the country through with the line passes, and complete guides to the towns of Birmingham, Liverpool and Manchester. Densely illustrated throughout with numerous engravings, tables and maps.Includes a folding plan of Liverpool docks and a large folding advertising plate to the rear for silver and plated wares. Lacking the folding map of the Grand Junction Railway and the chart of passenger fares. Also includes various in-text illustrations and fourteen advertising plates to the rear. Rebacked in the publisher's original cloth. Externally, generally smart, with light rubbing to the extremities and light soiling to the cloth. Slight bumping to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with the odd mark. Light edge wear and the occasional tear to the folding plates. Lacking two folding plates. Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Good .

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Boeknummer: 899Q25

Catalogus: Transport

Trefwoorden: Railway Osborne's guide folding maps trains Osborne's guide birmingham manchester Not Stated

John Aitken

Modern Railway Signalling on British Railways

Stirlingshire, S. B. Aitken, 1944. Hardback. A second edition copy of Modern Railway Signalling on British Railways with illustrations. A second edition copy. Modern Railway Signalling on British Railways is illustrated by John Aitken. This volume is a comprehensive volume on train signalling. With in-text illustrations. Previous owner bookplate for Anthony Murray to the front pastedown. With adverts. In the original hardback binding. Externally, very smart with some marks to the rear board. Previous owner bookplate for Anthony Murray to the front pastedown. Small tear to the front free endpaper restored with tape. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: John Aitken. Very Good Indeed .

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Boeknummer: 856B17

Catalogus: Transport

Trefwoorden: Modern Railway Signalling on British Railways john aitken railway john aitken John Aitken

The Aero Club of America; Various

Navigating the Air

New York, Doubleday, Page & Company , 1907. First edition. Cloth. A scarce illustrated work on flight at the beginning of the twentieth century, the first edition of this work by the Aero Club of America. The first edition, first printing, of this scarce work.The Aero Club of America's study on the progress of aeronautical science from the beginnings of the science to the early twentieth century. This work provides an interesting insight into a period of rapid growth and discovery in the science of flight. Chapters including 'The Wright Brothers' Motor Flyer' by O. Chanute, 'The Coming Dirigible Airship' by Captain Homer W. Hedge, 'The Relations of Weight, Speed, and Power of Flyers' by Wilbur and Orville Wright, 'The Law of Atmospheric Resistance of Wires and Rods' by Doctor A. F. Zahm, and more.  Illustrated with a frontispiece, and thirty-one plates.The Aero Club of America was a social club founded in 1905 to promote aviation in America. Collated, complete. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, smart. Light bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. A few light marks to the boards and spine. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .

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Boeknummer: 898P46

Catalogus: Transport

Trefwoorden: Navigating the Air aero club america aeroplanes aero club planes Not Stated

David Beaty

Strange Encounters: Mysteries of the Air

London, Methuen, 1982. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of this exploration into aircraft mysteries and accidents, by a pilot, author and pioneer of human factors. David Beaty (1919-1999) was a British author and pilot. He wrote twenty novels with aviation at the heart under the names Paul Stanton and Robert Stanton, as well as a number of non-fiction works on flight safety and pilot error, including 'The Human Factor in Aircraft Accidents', which caused a great deal of controversy but has since revolutionised the way pilots are trained and treated as though susceptible to human error.This work explores all manner of aviation mysteries.In an unclipped dust wrapper.With a personal inscription to the title page.With twelve pages of illustrations. In a full cloth binding. Externally very smart, slight bumping to the extremities. Dust wrapper is in excellent condition with only minor bumping to the head of the spine. Author's inscription to the title page. Internally firmly bound, pages are bright and clean. Fine . Ill.: None. Fine/Near Fine.

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Boeknummer: 756R44

Catalogus: Transport

Trefwoorden: david beaty aircraft mysteries aviation aircraft signed illustrated None

J. S. V. Bickford

Faults and How to Find Them Motor Car Failures and Their Remedies Fully Explained

London , Iliffe & Sons, c1915 . Cloth. A fourth edition copy of this guide for motor car faults. A fourth edition copy of Faults and How to Find Them Motor Car Failures and Their Remedies Fully Explained by J. S. V. Bickford. This volume contains a list of one hundred and fifty faults and their symptoms and remedies.  In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, very smart with some marks to the boards and spine and rubbing to the head and tail of the spine. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

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Boeknummer: 857B32

Catalogus: Transport

Trefwoorden: Faults and How to Find Them Motor Car Failures and Their Remedies Fully Explained cars transport Motor Car Failures and Their Remedies Fully Explained None

E. C. Talbot-Booth

Merchant Ships

London , Sampson Low, Marston & Company , 1944. Cloth. A lovely 1944 edition of this reference work on Merchant Ships. Merchant Ships 1944 was founded, compiled, drawn and edited by E. C. Talbot Booth and assisted by E. B. R. Sargent. With over nine hundred half-tone illustrations of ships, and other illustrations of flags, and funnels for recognition. This volume is the standard work of reference on Merchant Ships of the World in 1944. There is a strong focus on the merchant ships of the British Empire, but also of countries like Argentina, Chile, Italy and France.  With forty-one pages of adverts to the front of the volume. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, smart with some bumping to the head and tail of the spine and extremities. With a previous owner inscription to the front free endpaper dated 1944. Internally, generally firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Very Good . Ill.: E. C. Talbot-Booth. Very Good .

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Boeknummer: 830B38

Catalogus: Transport

Trefwoorden: E. C. Talbot-Booth merchant ships ships British empire merchant ships E. C. Talbot-Booth

Maurice de Brunoff

L&Apos;Aeronautique Pendant la Guerre Mondiale

Paris, M. de Brunoff, 1920. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce French volume on the aeronautics of World War One, illustrated throughout. A very scarce first edition.In the original French.Illustrated with a colour title page, as well as colourful and monochrome illustrations throughout.An interesting study on the aeronautical side of World War One.The aeronautical developments of the beginning of the twentieth century proved essential to the war effort during the First World War. This volume explores many different facets of this, including bombing aviation, the French Reconnaissance Air Force, engines, the armament of airplanes, electricity in aviation, propeller construction, parachutes, the effort to organise air forces, maritime aeronautics, and more, including an insight into the future of commercial aeronautics. Edited by Maurice de Brunoff, with contributions by many authors, including messieurs Dumesnil, Marchis, Andrew Laine, Dorand, Martinot-Lagarde, and more. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, cloth is discoloured, as is usual with a cream cloth, including with a red mark to the tail of the front board. Spine is discoloured. Bumping to the head of the spine, with some loss, and minor bumping to the extremities. Tide mark to the tail of the rear board. Front hinge is starting but firm. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean, with a tide mark to the tail of the text block, with only a light mark to the pages. Good . Ill.: Various. Good .

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Boeknummer: 858P23

Catalogus: Transport

Trefwoorden: L'Aeronautique Pendant la Guerre Mondiale world war one first world war maurice de brunoff world war one planes Various

Ernest F. Carter

Edwardian Cars: A Reverie of Adventurous Motoring

London, G. T. Foulis & Co. 1955. Cloth. A fantastic work on the technicality and beauty of Edwardian motor cars, with a lovely and unclipped dust wrapper. This work explores the Edwardian era of motor cars from the author's wealth of knowledge and experience, detailing technically and romantically the appeal of cars from this era.Ernest F. Carter was a writer, also known for works such as 'Trams and Tramways', 'The Model Railway Encyclopedia' and 'Unusual Locomotives&apos.With a beautiful and colourful dust wrapper.Illustrated with photographs throughout. In the publisher's original full cloth binding with an unclipped dust wrapper. Externally very smart, minor wear to the head and tail of the spine only. Dust wrapper is a touch faded to the spine, which has a few marks, but is otherwise in excellent condition. Gift inscription to the front endpaper. Internally firmly bound, pages are bright and clean. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed/Very Good Indeed.

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Boeknummer: 760R79

Catalogus: Transport

Trefwoorden: Edwardian Cars History of Automobiles Motoring History of Automobiles None

Arthur C. Clarke

The Exploration of Space

London, Temple Press Ltd, 1951 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Arthur C. Clarke's non-fiction guide to space exploration, intended for the general public. In the original dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression of this work.In the publisher's original price clipped dust wrapper.Clarke's second non-fiction work, discussing rocketry and space travel, and on the possibility of voyages to the moon and other planets.Illustrated with four colour plates by Leslie Carr, and with ten other images on plates, alongside further vignette illustrations. Collated, complete.With the inscription of G. R. Inglis to the front pastedown, and an inscription reading 'from mother with love', dated 1951, to the verso of the front free endpaper. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with price clipped dust wrapper. Light fading to back strip head and tail, otherwise externally excellent. Inscription to front pastedown and verso of front free endpaper. Dust wrapper back strip age toned. Losses of paper to dust wrapper back strip head and tail, with significant loss to head of rear wrap and tail of front wrap, and with a smaller area of loss to the head of the front wrap. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Leslie Carr. Very Good Indeed/Good Only.

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Boeknummer: 905F18

Catalogus: Transport

Trefwoorden: space Rendezvous with Rama 2001: A Space Odyssey Rendezvous with Rama Leslie Carr

H. John Collins, C. A. Hart

Principles of Road Engineering

London, Edward Arnold & Co. 1936 . First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of this book on road engineering from the early twentieth century in the scarce dust wrapper. First edition of Principles of Road Engineering by H. John Collins and C. A. Hart in the original publisher's cloth binding and unclipped dust wrapper. This study and work highlights an appreciation for the efforts which went into the construction of the King's Highways to ensure people's safety. This is after the UK government's efforts to reduce unemployment and make roads safer in the 1920s and early 1930s. Illustrated with twenty folding monochrome plates and a frontispiece. Collated, complete.Prior owner's ink inscription to the first free endpaper from 1937. In the original publisher's cloth binding and unclipped dust wrapper. The dust wrapper is slightly worn to the extremities with a few small tears. There is a closed tear across the front board. To the binding, there is some minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Prior owner's ink inscription to the first free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. The pages are bright and clean. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Not stated. Very Good Indeed/Very Good.

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Boeknummer: 837W48

Catalogus: Transport

Trefwoorden: Road Engineering First edition Dust wrapper Scarce First edition Folding maps Not stated

F. G. Royal-Dawson

Motorways, Flyovers and Mountain Roads with Details of Location

London , E. & F. N. Spon, 1938. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of Motorways, Flyovers and Mountain Roads, with illustrations. A first edition copy of Motorways, Flyovers and Mountain Roads with Details of Location by F. G. Royal-Dawson. This volume explores the interest of road curvature from large motorways to hairpin bends and mountain roads. With in-text illustrations. In the original unclipped dust wrapper. In the original cloth binding. Externally, very smart with some light marks to the boards. Previous owner inscription to the front free endpaper. Front hinge is starting but remains firm. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good/Very Good.

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Boeknummer: 856B15

Catalogus: Transport

Trefwoorden: Motorways, Flyovers and Mountain Roads with Details of Location F. G. Royal-Dawson transport F. G. Royal-Dawson None

Charles Dollfus; Henri Bouche

Histoire de L&Apos;Aeronautique

Paris, L'Illustration, 1942. Leather. A beautifully illustrated treatise on the history of flight, in the original French by Dollfus and Bouche, lavishly illustrated in both colour and monochrome throughout. In the original French.Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, seven colour plates, eleven double-paged plates, fifty-eight monochrome plates, and lavishly throughout with monochrome illustrations to every page.A brilliant exploration on the history of flight, an extensive study on the phenomena of flight, from the ancient legends to flight technology at the beginning of the twentieth century, particularly with World War One.This work interestingly focusses on ballooning as a craze, with many illustrations showing early ballooning science and the people behind the advances. Text by Charles Dollfus and Henri Bouche.A reprint of this work, first published in 1909. In a half morocco binding with cloth to the boards. Externally, generally smart. Rubbing to the boards and spine, resulting in the cloth to the joints to be lifting a little. Some marks to the boards and spine. Rubbing has resulted in a little loss of leather to the extremities and to the head and tail of the spine. Minor bumping to the extremities. Hinges are strained but remain firm. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean with some spots, mostly to the plates. Frontispiece is detaching. Good . Ill.: Various. Good .

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Boeknummer: 858P25

Catalogus: Transport

Trefwoorden: Histoire de l'Aeronautique charles dollfus henri bouche flight charles dollfus aeronautics Various