Transport Books at Dial a Book Sydney

Rail Preservation In Australia: An Illustrated Guide
Bromby, Robin
Book Number: 65786
ISBN: 0949675040
Cromarty Press, Sydney, 1983. Oblong 8vo. softcover. stapled wraps. 96pp., b/w illus. Very good, small bump to top corner.
Price: $12.00

The Country Railway in Australia
Bromby, Robin
Book Number: 61051
ISBN: 0949675032
Cromarty Press, Sydney 1983. 8vo. softcover. 87pp. n/w illus. Very good, owner's stamp on fep.
Price: $12.00

Kitson Meyer Articulated Locomotives
Binns, Donald
Book Number: 65157
ISBN: 0907941109
Wyvern Publications, 1985. 4to. laminated boards, hardcover. 128pp. Very good+, small crease on spine.
Price: $180.00

Railway Quiz / issued by the Department of Railways, New South Wales.
Railway Quiz
Book Number: 65069
ISBN:
Department of Railways, New South Wales, 1946. 2nd impression. 12mo. stapled wraps. 56pp., b/w illus. Very good, owner's name on front cover corner.
Price: $55.00

Australian Horse Drawn Vehicles
Stringer, Michael
Book Number: 57388
ISBN: 0727012096
Rigby, Australia, 1980. Oblong 4to. hardcover. 280pp. index, b/w illus. Very good, light foxing to endpapers. / Very good d/w with small water mark on rear corner & some light creases to top rear edge.
Price: $55.00

The Rainhill Story: The Great Locomotive Trial
Burton, Anthony
Book Number: 64895
ISBN: 0563177365
BBC, London, 1980. 8vo. softcover. 164pp. index, b/w ilus. Very good, book covered in clear adhesive.
Price: $15.00

A Century of New South Wales Tramcars. Volume II Electric Era 1903-1908
McCarthy, K. and Chinn, N.
Book Number: 63592
ISBN:
The South Pacific Electric Railway Co-Operative Society Ltd, Sydney, 1968. 8vo. hardcover. 199pp. index, b/w illus. Very good. / very good d/w.
Price: $25.00

Australia's railway days: Milestones in railway history
Carroll, Brian
Book Number: 64460
ISBN: 0333210557
Melbourne Macmillan 1976 Oblong 4to hardcover 111pp b/w illus. very good+ / very good, d/w with curled top edge.
Price: $18.00

Along Parallel Lines: A History of the Railways of New South Wales
Gunn, John
Book Number: 62931
ISBN: 0522843875
Melbourne University Press, 1989 tall 8vo maroon cloth Hardcover in d/w. 600pp. very good. / very good d/w with faded spine. Index. Illustrated with b&w photo's. Maps on end pages. The stories of Settlement in Australia and the building of the railroad blend technical detail with the record of political intrigue, to show the railways as one of the nation's largest enterprises as well as an institution to which many of us have an almost romantic attraction.
Price: $20.00

Romance of Australian railways
Adam-Smith, Patsy
Book Number: 38193
ISBN: 0851795374
Adelaide Rigby 1976 4to hardcover 246pp b/w & colour illus. very good / very good d/w.
Price: $12.00

The Holden Racing Team
Quested, Andrew
Book Number: 57484
ISBN: 0734405782
Lothian, South Melbourne, 2003 4to. hardcover. 222pp. colour illus. Very good+. / Very good+ d/w.
Price: $30.00

The 60 Class (Steam Locomotives)
Groves, K.T., H. J. Wright and M. Morahan
Book Number: 60357
ISBN: 0909862338
New South Wales Rail Transport Museum. 1994 4to. Hardcover in d/w. Very good. Illustrated throughout with excellent b&w photographs. The text contains relevant technical data including a plan of the class, details of the proposed modification to a 4-8-4 wheel arrangement and tabulation of proposed Garratt designs for the NSWGR.
Price: $250.00

The N3 Book; Amazing stories and incredible facts to turn your drive into a voyage of discovery
Delmar, Peter
Book Number: 61737
ISBN: 0620341750
Parkview Press 2006 Oblong 8vo. softcover. 158pp. Packed with stories about people whose settlements, struggles, wars and journeys over hundreds of years make this slice of SA one of its most fascinating. wherever you are on the N3, this book has stories to keep the whole family interested, stories about stone age cultures, amazing geography, remarkable animals, Boer War battles, dinosaurs, vanished villages, the struggle against apartheid, feats of engineering and freakish weather.
Price: $22.00

Trans-Australian Railway Linking East and West
Ferguson, Sir Ronald Craufurd Munro. (Opening Ceremony by)
Book Number: 59453
ISBN:
Government Printer, Melbourne 1917. Oblong 8vo. orig. dec. cloth covered stiff boards. 58pp. b/w illus. Good+. stamps inside covers, small spot of wear on the bottom of the second last page where pages stuck together. Small chip on bottom cover edge. Light foxing near edges. Scarce.
Price: $650.00

Drake's Road Book of the Grand Junction Railway (1838)
Drake, James. (publisher).
Book Number: 22901
ISBN: 0903485257
UK., Moorland Reprints, 1974. Small 8vo. hardcover. 147pp. + b/w plates, fold-out map, fold-out fares table, b/w illus. very good+. / very good+ d/w.
Price: $25.00

The Train (Small Oxford Books)
Green, Roger
Book Number: 27178
ISBN: 0192141279
Oxford University Press, 1982 8vo hardcover 112pp index, b/w illus. very good / very good d/w.
Price: $8.00

The Sex and Savagery of Hell's Angels
Hudson, Jan
Book Number: 38373
ISBN:
New English Library 1969 8vo. softcover. 127pp. good, page edges browned, bookseller stamp inside front cover, owner's stamps on title pages, light stain on cover.
Price: $11.00

The Severn Valley Railway.
Marshall, John.
Book Number: 38536
ISBN: 0946537496
London: Thomas 1989 8vo. softcover. 223pp. index, b/w illus. very good.
Price: $8.00

Covered Wagons in Australia
Blake, Les
Book Number: 42979
ISBN: 072700798x
Rigby 1979 8vo. Hardcover in d/w, very good. 64pp. Illustrated thoughout with in-text b&w photo's. Through the pages of this bok roll the stage wagons, the Prairie schooners, the tabletops of the days when wool was king of the inland tracks, the German wagons and cheesecutters of the selectors, the camel wagons and the bumboats of the far north. Not just a book on Wagons, but on Wagon builders, Drivers, stockmen, boys with dogs, picturesque language, Pioneers of Australia moving large consignments over our vast continent.
Price: $22.00

A pictorial history of Cobb and Co: The coaching age in Australia, 1854-1924
Austin, K. A
Book Number: 49094
ISBN:
Adelaide Rigby 1977 Small 4to hardcover 219pp index, colour & b/w illus. very good / very good d/w.
Price: $20.00

On Roads. A hidden history
Moran, Joe
Book Number: 53764
ISBN: 9781846680601
Profile Books Ltd, 2010. 8vo. softcover. 312pp. index, b/w illus. Near Fine.
Price: $8.00

Railway Season
Thomas, David St John
Book Number: 54070
ISBN: 9780711232594)
Francis Lincoln Publishers, London 2011. 8vo. hardcover. 192pp. Colour drawings. Very good+, minor rubbing to bottom cover corners./ Fine d/w.
Price: $15.00

The Last Journey of William Huskisson
Garfield, Simon
Book Number: 56722
ISBN: 0571216080
Faber and Faber May 19, 2003 8vo softcover 244pp very good. How did the opening of the world's first passenger railyway turn from a glorious morning into a tragic afternoon? This book is an entertaining tale of ambition, genius, rivalry and legend, plotting the eight-year struggle to build a railway with a cast of engineers, politicians, actresses, surgeons, socialites and breathtaking machines. It is a loud and evocative snapshot of the times, but above all it is a human story of one man's shocking and very gory demise.
Price: $8.00

The World Railway System
De Fontgalland, Bernard
Book Number: 57058
ISBN: 0521245419
Cambridge University Press, UK. 1980 8vo. hardcover. 314pp. index
Price: $10.00

Mr Briggs' Hat - A Sensational Account of Britain's First Railway Murder
Colquhoun, Kate
Book Number: 57433
ISBN: 9781847443700
Little, Brown 2011 Trade paperback. 339pp. On 9 July 1864, after an evening with relatives, Briggs caught a train. Little did he know he was travelling into history.
Price: $14.00

From the Footplate: Eurostar ; A driver s eye view of the channel tunnel.
Waller, Peter
Book Number: 58614
ISBN: 0711024278
Ian Allan Publishing, Shepperton, UK, 1998. 8vo. softcover. 112pp. b/w illus. Near Fine.
Price: $15.00

Sydney's Forgotten Military Railways
Oaks, John
Book Number: 58615
ISBN: 0909650411
Australian Railway Historical Society NSW Division 1997 8vo. stapled wraps. 30pp. b/w illus. Very good+.
Price: $25.00

The Railway Age
Robbins, Michael
Book Number: 58617
ISBN: 1901341097
Mandolin, Manchester University Press, 1998. 8vo. softcover. 181pp. index. Very good.
Price: $8.00