Search Results: Transportation from Cornish Books

Oxfordshire: Caxton Editions, 2002. Hardcover. Very Good +/Very Good. Landscape Format Book 5 3/4" Tall by 8 1/4" Wide. Very Well Illustrated with many Colour & B&W Photos and Drawings, most Full Page. 240 Pages, 690g. No inscriptions. Jacket has a nick at top corner. Not clipped. Size: 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall

London: Winchmore, 1984. Cloth. Fine/Very Good +. 150 years of Colourful & Exciting Railway history. Includes the Great Transcontinental Routes, Grain Lines in the Prairies & Northern Extensions tapping the Mineral Riches of Labrador and the Northern Territories. Very well illustrated with many Colour and Monochrome Photos & Illustrations. Brown cloth cover with Gilt lettering to spine. 12 1/4" Tall. No inscriptions. Very slight curling at top & bottom of jacket. Not clipped. Weighs 1.1 Kilos so Shipping outside UK will be a little extra. Size: Folio - over 12" - 15" tall

AA Publishing, 2006. Hardcover. Very Good +/Near Very Good. Garratt, Colin ( Photographs ). Exploring Britain's Railway Heritage". Well Illustrated with many fine Colour Photos by Colin Garratt. 144 Pages, 10 1/2" Tall. No inscriptions. Some edge wear to jacket Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall

Paul Elek, 1970. Cloth. Good+/Near Good. Very well illustrated Maritime History with 44 Colour Plates and 305 Monochrome illustrations. Blue cloth cover with large blind stamped Compass design on front and light Blue lettering to spine. Landscape Format Book, 10" Tall x 13" Wide. 256 Pages. A little fading to cloth at top & bottom edges. Small gift inscription in corner of endpaper, no other inscriptions. Some edge wear to jacket which has 2 closed tears at the back (2" and 32 long), repaired from inside with clear tape. Book weighs 2.3 Kilos so shipping outside UK will be extra. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall

London: Octopus, 1979. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. Development of Trains & Railways from the earliest days of Steam in the 1820s through to the Powerful High Speed Trains of today." Illustrated with many Colour Photos. 12" Tall. Gift inscription on endpaper. Jacket has a small closed tear on top left corner (1/2" long). and a piece 5 1/2" wide x 3" tall torn from the back. Clipped. Size: 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall

London: Ian Allan, 2003. Cloth. Fine/Very Good +. Drawing on the extensive Archives of the Great Western Railway.a Portrait of Life as a Railway Worker in the Age of Steam." Well illustrated with many Monochrome Archive Photos. Green cloth cover with Gilt Lettering to spine. 160 Pages, 800g, 10 1/2" Tall. No inscriptions. Jacket not clipped. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall

Kingfisher Railway Productions, 1980. Original Wraps. Very Good. Detailed account of the history of the Locomotives of Barry Island, Wales. Illustrated with B&W Phots & map. White Softcover illustrated with Locomotives. 30 Pages, 60g, 8 1/4" Tall. No inscriptions,nice, clean copy. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Truro: D. Bradford Barton Limited. Soft cover. Fine. Morriss, Bob. Interesting Railway history, well illustrated with B&W Photos and Drawings. Additional material by Antony Guppy, Robert Tiller and Brian Webb. Graphics by Bob Morriss. Glossy Pictorial card cover. Unpaginated, book is over 2mm thick. 8" Tall, 110g. No inscriptions. Old price label in top right corner (see photo). Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Bath: Parragon, 2009. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Covers all the essential events in Steam History" Well Illustrated with Colour and B&W Photographs, Colour Maps and Artworks. Detailed Specification Tables of all the most important Locomotives. 160 Pages, 850g, 10 3/4" Tall. No inscriptions. Very slight edge wear at top of jacket. Not clipped. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall

London: Seeley and Co. Limited, 1970. Classic and Authoritave Reference Work. "450 Plans & Photographs." Includes "Structural Criticism of Individual Ships, their Armaments and Purposes; Full Plans & Photographs. The personalities of Sea Lords, Constructors & Politicians behind Desihns & Expenditure. The History of each Ship in Peace & War. Critical examination of the Behaviour of the Ships in Battle and in Heavy Weather. A great and accurate resource for Naval Historians, Model makers etc. Blue cloth cover with Gilt Lettering on spine. 701 Pages. 11 1/4" Tall, 2.7 Kilos. No inscriptions, pages clean. Jacket has some edge wear and nicks & chipping at top of spine. Not clipped, original price £12.12.0. Heavy book, weighs about 3 Kilos packed so Shipping Outside UK will be extra. ( Companion Volume "British Destroyers" also available, I'm happy to give a quantity discount on the 2. ) Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Cloth.… Read More

London: Seeley and Co. Limited, 1966. Classic and Authoritave Reference Work. "450 Plans & Photographs." Includes "Structural Criticism of Individual Ships, their Armaments and Purposes; Full Plans & Photographs. The personalities of Sea Lords, Constructors & Politicians behind Desihns & Expenditure. The History of each Ship in Peace & War. Critical examination of the Behaviour of the Ships in Battle and in Heavy Weather. A great and accurate resource for Naval Historians, Model makers etc. Blue cloth cover with Gilt Lettering on spine. Top page edges Black. 701 Pages. 11 1/4" Tall, 2.7 Kilos. Spine a little faded. Some rippling to an area of cloth near fore edge. Score mark on front cover and a few light scores on back. A few small ink stains on fore page edges, otherwise pages in very good, clean condition. No inscriptions except penciled Bookseller note on ffep. Slight age darkening to fore page margins. Heavy book, weighs about 3 Kilos packed so Shipping… Read More

Bath: Parragon, 2002. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Well Illustrated Railway History with many Colour and B&W Photos, Artworks & Maps. Includes detailed specification tables of all the most important Locomotives. 159 Pages, 900g, 10 3/4" Tall. No inscriptions. Jacket not clipped. Very small bruise on front of jacket. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall

Budapest, 1989. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. History of the Hungarian Railway. German Text. . Well Illustrated with many B&W Photos and drawings and some Colour Photos. Landscape Format book, 7 1/2" Tall x 9 3/4" Wide. 166 Pages, 560g No inscriptions. Some chips to cover at spine ends and tips of back corners. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall

Stroud, Gloucestershire: Alan Sutton, 1995. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. Steam Trains of the 1950s and early 60's. Illustrated with over 100 superb B&W Archive Photographs. 13 3/4" Tall. Black cloth cover with gilt lettering to spine. No inscriptions. Jacket has a small crease at very top of front. Clipped. Size: Folio - over 12" - 15" tall

Wilmslow, Cheshire: Sigma, 2001. Soft cover. Near Very Good. 198 Pages. B&W Photos. 8 1/2" Tall. No inscriptions. Light crease to top corner. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Newton Abbot: David and Charles, 1970. Cloth. Very Good +/Fair. Fine Facsimilie Reprint of Bourne's Railway Plates. "All the Railway Plates are faithfully reproduced on high quality paper". Part of the Text before the Plates has also been reproduced. Black Quartercloth spine with Red cloth-covered boards. Bright Gilt Lettering to spine. 21" Tall, 3.2 Kilos. No inscriptions. Very nice, clean copy. Jacket has 6 small closed edge tears at top and bottom which have caused some creases there, and some longer closed tears at the back (up to 6" long). Also a few very small bits missing here and there. (The tears are carefully repaired from the inside. Jacket unclipped. Book weighs 3.2 Kilos so Shipping Outside UK will be extra. Please ask if you would like more Pictures, Information or a Shipping Quote. Size: Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall

Stuttgart: Porsche A. G. Hardcover. Very Good. 93 Page Hardback advertising the Porsche Sports Cars. Many Colour Photos. 8 1/4" Tall. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

D & C, David & Charles, 2006. Soft cover. Near Very Good. 62 Lines explored, from Northern Scotland to Cornwall. Over 600 remarkable Photographs & illustrations." 11" Tall. No inscriptions. Tiny crease to tip of bottom corner. Slight wear. Weighs over 1 Kilo so postage outside UK will be a little extra Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall

Jane's Publishing Company, 1982. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Well Illustrated with many fine colour Photos of Steam Engines & trains. Landscape Format Book 7 3/4" Tall x 9 3/4" Wide. 96 Pages, 450g. No inscriptions. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall

Truro: D Bradford Barton Ltd. Cloth. Near Very Good/Good+. Well Illustrated Railway History of the 1950s, with many B&W Photos. 8 3/4" Tall, 580g. Black & White corse weave cloth cover with bright gilt lettering to spine. Some edge wear. Jacket clipped. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall