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VAPOUR TRAILS.

Lithgow, Mike (ed. and foreword by), · 1957

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Panther, London, 1957, 1st in imprint, paperback, 160pp, coloured pictorial upper wrapper, a collection of the experiences of the test pilots and pioneers of jet powered flight of the British air industry, lightly rubbed at tips, edges tanned, very good,

SOUND BARRIER.

Duke, Neville and Lanchbery, Edward, · 1955

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Panther, London, 1955, 1st in imprint, paperback, 128pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., diagrams in text, coloured pictorial upper wrapper, an account of the difficulties encountered in testing the performance aircraft in the realy days of jet propulsion at speeds approaching th...

THE WHITE FUNNEL HANDBOOK.

, · 1950

£20.00 (€23.98 | $26.43 | ¥4,221)

Ed. J. Burrow, Cheltenham and London, undated, paperback, 104pp, 2 folding maps, half tone photo ills. and line drawings in text, coloured pictorial upper wrapper, a guide to the White Funnel steamship services in the Bristol Channel and the South Coast of UK, with descriptio...

WATERWAYS HERITAGE.

Smith, Peter, · 1975

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,161)

Luton Museum and Art Gallery, Luton, 1975, reprint, 80pp, folding map and 3 folding half tone ills., maps, diagrams, half tone and sepia ills. in text, large landscape format (10.5 x 15.5 inches approx.) with side stapled binding, pictorial montage upper wrapper, an account o...

THE RAILWAY AGE.

Museum Publications,, · 1981

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Luton Museum and Art Gallery, Luton, ND (circa 1981), paperback, 67pp, folding map, half tone ills., line drawings, facsimiles and maps in text, large landscape format (10.5 x 15.5 inches approx.) with side stapled binding, pictorial montage upper wrapper, the development of ...

SPEED RECORDS ON BRITAIN'S RAILWAYS - A Chronicle of the Steam Era.

Nock, O. S., · 1972

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,161)

Pan, London, 1972, 1st in imprint, paperback, 207pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., [i] ads., coloured wraparound pictorial wrappers, lightly rubbed at extrems., edges tanned, spine sunned and a little creased, very good,

FLYING TO THE SUN - Quarter century of Britannia Airways, Europe's leading leisure airline.

Cuthbert, Geoffrey, · 1987

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,161)

Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1987, 1st edn., 160pp, coloured pictorial double title, map, diagrams, line drawings, coloured and half tone ills. throughout, coloured endpapers,oversize (11.5 x 8.5 inches approx.), navy blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, coloured pictorial ...

PILOT ERROR - The Human Factors.

Hurst, Ronald and Hurst, Leslie R. (eds.), · 1982

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,161)

BCA, London, 1982, club (2nd) edn., [ii blank], x, 185pp, [xi blank], diagrams and line drawings in text, black cloth lettered in gilt at spine, this sceond edition is described as retaining only one of the original chapters from the first edition, the study having evolved an...

THE ILLUSTRATED DIRECTORY OF A CENTURY OF FLIGHT.

Bonds, Ray (ed.), · 2005

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,161)

Greenwich Editions / Salamander, London, 2005, reprint, paperback, 360pp, coloured and half tone photo ills. throughout, pictorial wrappers, non-standrad pocket book format about 8.5 x 4.5 inches, more than 300 photographs of aircraft of all types and of their pilots, from th...

THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY - 150 GLORIOUS YEARS.

Whitehouse, Patrick and Thomas, David St. John (eds.), · 2002

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

David and Charles, Newton Abbot, 2002, reprint, paperback, 208pp, half tone photo pictorial frontis, map, diagrams, coloured and half tone ills. in text, large format (11 x 8.5 inches approx.), coloured pictorial upper wrapper, celebrating 150 years of the Great Western Railw...

THE LONDON AND NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY - A CENTURY AND A HALF OF PROGRESS LNER 150.

Whitehouse, Patrick and Thomas, David St. John, · 2002

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)

David and Charles, Newton Abbot, 2002, paperback, 208pp, half tone photo pictorial frontis, map, diagrams, coloured and half tone ills. in text, large format (11 x 8.5 inches approx.), coloured pictorial upper wrapper, celebrating 150 years of the London and North Eastern Rai...

THE LONDON MIDLAND AND SCOTTISH RAILWAY - A CENTURY AND A HALF OF PROGRESS LMS 150.

Whitehouse, Patrick and Thomas, David St. John, · 2002

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

David and Charles, Newton Abbot, 2002, paperback, 208pp, half tone photo pictorial frontis and title, maps, diagrams, coloured and half tone ills. in text, large format (11 x 8.5 inches approx.), coloured pictorial upper wrapper, celebrating 150 years of the London, Midland a...

THE POWER OF THE COUNTIES.

Waters, Laurence, · 2006

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Oxford Publishing, Hersham, 2006, 1st edn., 112pp, half tone photo pictoial half title, frontis and title, half tone photo ills. throughout, large format (11 x 8.5 inches approx.), black cloth lettered in gilt at spine, coloured photo pictorial dustwrapper, in the Power serie...

GREAT RAILWAY PHOTOGRAPHS BY ERIC TREACY.

Treacy, Eric, Allen, G. Freeman and Whitehouse, P. B., · 2004

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Bounty / Chancellor Press, London, 2004, reprint, paperback, 216pp, coloured and half tone photo ills. throughout, large format (11 x 8.5 inches approx.), half tone photo pictorial wrappers, a selection from the lifetime's work of railway enthusiast, photographer and Lord Bis...

BLUE TRIANGLE - Alan Townsin takes a nostalgic look at AEC buses.

Townsin, Alan, · 1994

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)

Venture, Glossop, ND (copyright 1994), 1st edn., 260pp, line drawings, coloured and half tone ills. in text, laminated coloured photo pictorial boards, a history of AEC, from its origins in the London General Omnibus Company and its eventual establishment as Associated Eqipme...

A CENTURY AND A HALF OF SR150 THE SOUTHERN RAILWAY.

Thomas, David St. John and Whitehouse, Patrick, · 2002

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

David and Charles, Newton Abbot, 2002, paperback, 208pp, maps, diagrams, line drawings, coloured and half tone ills. in text, large format (11 x 8.5 inches approx., coloured photo pictorial wrappers, a celebration of 150 years of Southern Railway with many historical photogra...

THE GREAT EASTERN RAILWAY.

Smith, Gavin (compiled by), · 2003

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Tempus, Stroud, 2003, reprint, paperback, 128pp, half tone photo pictorial frontis, half tone photo ills., line drawings, maps and facsimiles in text, large format (9.5 x 6.5 inches approx.), sepia photo pictorial wrappers, a collection of over 170 illustrations as a celebrat...

GREAT WESTERN STEAM IN CLOSE-UP.

Semmens, Peter, · 1973

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,161)

D. Bradford Barton, Truro, ND (copyright 1973, 1st edn., 95pp, [i] ads., half tone photo ills. throughout, black cloth lettered in gilt at spine, half tone photo pictorial dustwrapper, a collection of over ninety half tone photographs of a wide range of mainly Great Western R...

A HISTORY OF THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY - 3. WARTIME AND THE FINAL YEARS, 1939-48.

Semmens, Peter, · 1985

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,161)

Guild Publishing, London, 1985, club edn., 102pp, half tone photo ills. and maps in text, black cloth lettered in gilt at spine, half tone photo pictorial dustwrapper, rthird and final volume in the series history, covering the impact of WW2 on the railway, the damage to the ...

BRITISH STEAM RAILWAYS.

Ross, David, · 2005

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,161)

Parragon, Bath, 2005, reissue, 160pp, line drawings, maps, coloured and half tone ills. in text, pictorial endpapers, large format (10 x 8 inches approx.), laminated half tone photo pictorial boards with matching dustwrapper, printed in Malaysia, re-issue of a title first pub...