AYRE A. L.

The Theory and Design of British Shipbuilding

Sunderland, Thomas Reed & Co. First Edition. Cloth, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. (500 gram rate) assumed first edition, undated, edges of cloth rubbed, bumped corners, minor foxing to page margins, 162+vi pp, illustrated with line diagrams etc. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 010441

Catalogue: Transport Aviation Motoring

Keywords: Shipping Nautical Merchant Marine Transport Shipbuilding Engineering

WHITE LEO

Wingspread, the Pioneering of aviation in New Zealand (signed copy)

Auckland, Whites Aviation. 1945, Second Impression. Cloth, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. cloth soiled and with some rubbing to edges, top edge of upper board rubbed back to the card board, internally clean, signed in ink to title by author, 192pp+ plates, well illustrated. Good/No Jacket. Signed by Author.

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Book number: 009224

Catalogue: Transport Aviation Motoring

Keywords: New Zealand Aviation History Flying Flight Aeroplanes Sined Copy

IAN ALLAN LIMITED

1948 British Railways Locomotives, Combined Volume Parts 1-4

London, Ian Allan. First Thus. Hard Cover, 16mo - over 5? - 6? tall. (500 gram rate) price clipped dust jacket has very minor surface wear to spine otherwise near fine copy, 1970s reprint of all four 1948 parts in the ABC series, various paginations, about 200pp total, well illustrated with photographs. Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 007903

Catalogue: Transport Aviation Motoring

Keywords: British Railways Steam Locomotives Diesel Engines Guide Reference Work

ATLANTIC UNION OIL CO. LTD.

Atlantic Truck Manual, New Zealand Edition

Atlantic Union Oil Co. Ltd. First Edition. Cloth, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. covers handling wear, paper residue from bookplate to fep, a few minor fingermarks, undated approx. 1950, New Zealand issue, 124pp, all aspects of the trucking / haulage business includes chapetrs on the M.A.N. Diesel Engine and the Leyland Oil Engine, Costing etc. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 007848

Catalogue: Transport Aviation Motoring

Keywords: Transport Trucks Trucking Atlantic Union Oil Co. Ltd. Haulage M.A. N. Diesel Engine Leyland Oil Engine Costing Business Operation

VAAILIEV M & DOBRONRAVOV V V

Sputnik Into Space

London, Souvenir. 1958, First Edition. Cloth, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. Book VG with foxed or soiled closed edges. DWcomplete and unclipped but with closed tears to the spine and spine edge of cover, as well as along the folds, some minor areas taped to hold together under a plastic sleeve. 147pp + plates. "At last the Soviet scientists involved speak out on sputniks and problems of their construction also on the next great steps to the moon and beyond. Very Good/Good.

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Book number: 012321

Catalogue: Transport Aviation Motoring

Keywords: Soviet Space Program Sputnik Astronaut Cosmonaut Exploration Science Space Flight Travel

MEYRICK-JONES L M

Steam Road Vehicles the Underlying Elements of Theory and Practice in the Use of the Steam Waggon

London, Iliffe & Sons. First Edition. Cloth, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. tan grey cloth titled in green to cover and spine, blindstamped 3/6 net to upper board, light surface soiling, with red stain to top corner of lower board offset from another books binding, interior VG, original booksellers rubberstamp to foot of fep, 187 (5) xxxv pp adverts at rear for steam vehicles and accessories, diagrams throughout the text, mild age toning to pages, ALL aspects of maintenance and operation of steam powered heavy haulage equipment covered, approx circa 1920 or earlier date. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 011337

Catalogue: Transport Aviation Motoring

Keywords: Steam Engines Traction Engines Early Automobiles Haulage Trucks Transport Vintage Motoring

MOTOR RACING MAGAZINE

Motor Racing Year 1968-9 edited by the staff of Motor Racing Magazine

Kent, Knightsbridge. 1969, First Edition. Quarter cloth pictorial cover, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. Ill.: Brinton, Blunsden, Harrington, Hutton, MacBeth, Sprinzel, Watson. yellow papered spine, black and white photographic boards. 132pp. bookseller label to title page otherwise VG copy, plenty of B&W photos in the text, some full page. Full European circuit covered. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 012428

Catalogue: Transport Aviation Motoring

Keywords: Motor Sport Racing Automobile Formula One 1968 Brinton, Blunsden, Harrington, Hutton, Macbeth, Sprinzel, Watson

HOT ROD MAGAZINE

Super Tuning, for Performance, Street, Economy, with Tips on Maintenance and Modification

New York, Signet New American Library. 1966, First Edition. Mass Market Paperback, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. (500 gram rate) 416pp well illustrated with diagrams and photos, edges dusted red, very tidy copy, minor reading wear, rubbed joints, mass market paperback, by the editors of Hot Rod Magazine. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 002883

Catalogue: Transport Aviation Motoring

Keywords: Hot Rod Automobile Maintenance Performance Racing Motor Sport Mechanics Chevrolet Ford Plymouth Mercury Dodge Buick Dart Comet Valiant Mustang Chrysler Sting Ray

CAIDIN MARTIN

The Long Arm of America

New York, Dutton. 1963, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. Ill.: Fred L. Wolff. The story of the US Hercules Air Assault Transport, first edition with inscription to free end paper 'Best Regards Martin Caidin', below this is a gift inscription in another hand, book has an unclipped dust jacket, there are a few patches of tape rust to paste down page on inside covers, and a blue marker stripe on the closed top edge of pages, otherwise a tidy copy, xii 369pp, photographs and illustrations in the text. Very Good/Very Good. Signed by Author.

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Book number: 011207

Catalogue: Transport Aviation Motoring

Keywords: Aviation, Military, Usa, Us, Air Force, Hercules, Air Assault, Transport, Martin Caidin, Twentieth Century, Antartctic, Polar, Lockheed C-130 Fred L. Wolff

CONLY MAURICE & PAUL HARRISON

Send for the Artist 54 years as the Air Force Official Artist

Auckland, Random House. 1995, First Edition. (ISBN: 1869412583) Hard Cover, landscape 4to. Ill.: Maurice Conly. excellent copy, small split tail of DW spine. light residue from label to cover. 194pp colour and black and white illustrations. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 001303

Catalogue: Transport Aviation Motoring

Keywords: Royal New Zealand Air Force World War Two Pacific Aviation Art Illustration Rnzaf Vietnam Antarctica 1869412583 Maurice Conly

GIBSON MICHAEL

Ian Munro's Monte Carlo Rally

Leicester, Brockhampton Press. 1958, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. Ill.: Arthur Horowicz. DW has wear and loss, adhesive residue to vertical edges of flaps, tape stain to each fep but otherwise tidy book, 128pp + col. frontis. illustrated in the text also, young adults look at Monte Carlo rally. Very Good/Good.

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Book number: 010006

Catalogue: Transport Aviation Motoring

Keywords: Rally Race Racing Automobile Motor Sport Childrens Illustrated Book Bluebell Arthur Horowicz

"THE MOTOR

The Motor Manual ...by the Staff of "The Motor"

London, Temple Press. Seventeenth. Decorative Cloth, 16mo - over 5? - 6? tall. Seventeenth Edition Revised, green cloth dec. with logo in red, some surface wear / rubbing, mainly VG. lower board has advert for Lucas electrical lighting system. (xxxii) 266 (6) endpaper has pencil inscription dated 1915. wonderful gravure advertising illustrations, and many in text diagrams. "a practical handbook dealing with the working principles, construction and management of all types of motorcars.." includes an advertisement for the Hillman '9' for 200 pounds. Wonderful vintage auto manual. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 011510

Catalogue: Transport Aviation Motoring

Keywords: Auto Manual Vintage Motoring the Motor Manual

HAWKINS N.

Handbook of Calculations for Engineers and Firemen Relating to The Steam Engine, The Steam Boiler, Pumps, Shafting, Etc.

New York, Theodore Audel. 1901, First Edition. Cloth, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. green cloth boards soiled, rubbed to spine ends, all edges gilt, tissue guard to frontis has a tear, book is a bit tired but no real faults, rear hinge cracked, 330pp + adverts at rear, minor pencil notation to adverts. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 007281

Catalogue: Transport Aviation Motoring

Keywords: Steam Engine Steam Boiler Locomotives Engineering Engineers Reference Technology

POTTER NEIL & JACK FROST

The Elizabeth

London, Harrap. 1965, First Edition. Hard Cover, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. Ill.: C Wynd. (500 gram rate) history of the Queen Elizabeth liner, DW price clipped with rubbed edges and short edge tears at tail of spine and light chipping to bottom fore edge corners, age browning to fep and closed edges, 180pp + plates, DW by C Wynd. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 003563

Catalogue: Transport Aviation Motoring

Keywords: Cunard Line Queen Elizabeth Passenger Liner Merchant Navy Mariner C Wynd

GLASSON NEIL

Hydrogen Fuelling of an Internal Combustion Engine

New Zealand, University of Canterbury. 1992, First Edition. Hard Cover, 4to - over 9? - 12" tall. This PhD thesis traces and critically reviews recent developments in hydrogen fuelling of internal combustion engines. It reports the development of an improved fuelling system that has been tested on a Ricardo E6 variable compression spark ignition engine, in the Thermodynamics laboratory, Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Canterbury. Cloth hardback, vi 281pp, with diagrams etc, foolscap size. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 011791

Catalogue: Transport Aviation Motoring

Keywords: Engineering, Hydrogen, Altenative Energy, Internal Combustion, Engines, Doctoral Thesis, Automotive, Science, Technology, Research and Development