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The Age of the Traction Engine. Whitehead, R. A., Ian Allan , 1970. First edition. ISBN: 0711001294. 96 pp. 520g. 8vo. A pictorial history of the traction engines at work, plus an outline of there development, illustrated with b/w photographs. Blue cloth boards with slight darkening to page edges and 3 lined inscription on front end paper o/w V.G. in a V.G. rather sun darkened d/w
£3.50
£2.65

The Archaeology of the Transport Revolution, 1750-1850. Ransom, Philip John Greer, World's Work, 1984. . ISBN: 043714335X. 208 pp. 1.14Kg. 4to A history of the revolution in British transport with a particular emphasis on the surviving relics of the period. Fully illustrated in colour and b/w. Red cloth boards a little rubbed to edges o/w Near FINE with contents tight and clean, in a V.G. d/w with a light creasing and small repaired tear to top edge.
£6.50
£4.85

Breakthrough. Wilson, Derek, Century / Eurotunnel, 1991. . ISBN: 0712639845. 144pp. 680g. Fully illustrated in colour and b/w. This book was published to celebrate the breakthrough of the service tunnel under the Channel. Pictorial soft covers, slightly rubbed to extremities o/w FINE.
£3.50
£2.65

Bridge across the Atlantic. Reyburn, Wallace, Harrap, 1972. First edition. ISBN: 0245508880. 160 pp. 530g. Maroon cloth boards FINE in a Very Good slightly darkened d/w now in removable clear wrap. Illustrated with b/w plates. The biography of John Rennie, who from a farm boy in East Lothian, became one of the greatest engineers of the time.
£5.50
£2.65

Canal Walks of England and Wales. Quinlan, Ray, Alan Sutton Publishing Ltd, 1994. 1st thus. ISBN: 0750906081. 182pp. 1.33Kg. 8vo. A one volume edition of 3 titles previously published as `Canals Walks North, Midlands and South' respectively. Nearly 90 walks described and illustrated with over 160 b/w photographs plus 24 pp in colour. Black cloth boards. FINE in a V.G. slightly edge-rubbed and price-clipped d/w.
£4.50
£4.85

A Century in Oil. Howarth, Stephen, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1997. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0297822470. 400pp. 1.65Kg. 4to. Fully illustrated in colour and b/w. Black cloth boards Near MINT in a FINE d/w in removable clear wrap.
£4.50
£4.85

A Century of Traction Engines.. Hughes. W. J., David & Charles, 1970. Reprint. ISBN: 071535020X. 262pp. 520g. Card covers which are rubbed, scuffed and marked to all edges, Good+. Being an historical account of the rise and decline of an industry who's benefits to mankind were and are incalculable. A paperback edition of the book first published in 1959.
£3.50
£2.65

The Decline and Rise of British Industry. Clutterbuck, David; Crainer, Stuart, Mercury Books, 1988. 1st Edition. ISBN: 1852510307. 388pp. 770g. 8vo. Black cloth boards with inscription to front paste-down part hidden by d/w, o/w FINE in a FINE price-clipped d/w. The facts and statistics behind the collapse of British industrial power after the 2nd World War, and subsequent return to apparent health in the Thatcherite years.
£3.50
£3.00

The Limit - Engineering on the Boundaries of Science. Dase, Mike., B.B.C Books, 1995. 1st Edition. ISBN: 056337117X. 191pp. 4to. 780g. Blue cloth boards FINE in a Near Fine slightly edge-rubbed d/w. Fully illustrated in colour and b/w. Published to accompany the television series of the same name.
£3.50
£3.00

The Machinery of War : An Illustrated History of Weapons. Young, Peter, Hart-Davis, MacGibbon, 1973. . ISBN: 0246105909. 128pp. 800g. Folio Red cloth boards FINE, in a Very Good edge-worn d/w. Fully illustrated with over 150 colour and b/w photographs and drawings.
£4.50
£3.00

Marconi's Atlantic Leap. Bussey, Gordon, Marconi Publications, 2000. First edition. ISBN: 0953896706. 96pp. 450g. 4to. The story of the bridging of the Atlantic by wireless in 1901, illustrated with b/w photographs. Pictorial laminated boards. Near MINT.
£4.50
£2.65

Mill Engine Preservation. , Northern Mill Engine Society, 1986. First edition. ISBN: 0951115901. 40pp. 80g. Pictorial soft covers lightly rubbed to all edges o/w FINE. Illustrated in b/w photographs. The society was formed in 1966 to preserve some of the steam engines from mills and factories of the mills in Lancashire and Yorkshire, and this booklet shows some of the items that have been rescued.
£4.50
£1.50

The past at Work. Burton, Anthony, A. Deutsch : British Broadcasting Corporation, 1980. . ISBN: 9780233971919. 175 pp. 710g. Brown cloth boards slightly bumped to top corner. Near FINE with contents tight and clean, in a Very Good d/w. Illustrated with colour and b/w photographs. Published to accompany the BBC series broadcast in 1980.
£3.50
£3.00

The Shell Book of Inland Waterways. McKnight, Hugh, David & Charles, 1978. Third Impression. ISBN: 0715368842. 496 pp. 1.1Kg. Blue cloth boards FINE in a Near FINE d/w. Illustrated with b/w photographs, line drawings and maps. A comprehensive guide to our 4,000 miles of inland waterways.
£3.50
£4.85

The Singing Line. Thomson, Alice, Chatto & Windus, 1999. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0701166762. 292pp. 550g. 8vo. The story of the man who strung the Telegraph across Australia, and the woman who gave her name to Alice Springs. Illustrated with b/w plates and map to end papers. Blue cloth boards with a little darkening to page fore-edges o/w FINE with contents tight and clean, in a FINE d/w.
£4.50
£2.65

Steam Engines and Waterwheels. . Woodall. Frank. D., Fraser Stewart, 1991. . ISBN: 0903485354. 96pp. 480g. Black cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, FINE in a lightly rubbed d/w with a little crease to rear top edge o/w Very Good. This book will be invaluable to the model engineer or industrial archaeologist.
£3.50
£2.65

The Tunnel Under The Channel. Whiteside. Thomas, Rupert Hart-Davis, 1962. First edition thus. ISBN: . 133pp. 340g. Illustrated with b/w plates and map the front end papers. Red cloth boards Near FINE in a Very Good price-clipped d/w. The early history of the Channel Tunnel from the days when it was first mooted over 150 years ago.
£3.50
£2.20

Victorian and Edwardian Windmills and Watermills from Old Photographs. Major, J. K.; Watts, Marvin, B. T. Batsford Ltd, 1983. Reprint. ISBN: 0713406216. Unpaginated. 480g. blue cloth boards, FINE in a d/w that is FINE but title text is faded (sunned), (See photo). The author is a member of the Wind & Watermill section for the Protection of Ancient Buildings.
£4.50
£2.65

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