BUGGIES AND HORSE-DRAWN VEHICLES IN AUSTRALIA.
Pp. 208, 8 coloured plates, numerous black & white illustrations (some full page), pictorial endpapers printed in green, bibliography, index; wide post 4to; pale green boards, spine lettered in gilt, fore-corners of boards faintly bruised; dust wrapper, edges a trifle creased, short closed tear at foot of backstrip; Pioneer Design Studio, Melbourne, 1981. First edition. *'Traces the development of road transport from earliest times; the boom period of coachbuilding in Australia to its decline a decade after the Second World War. The emphasis of the book is on carriage designs, details and restoration. Each vehicle style is grouped under specific headings, fully described, showing influences and construction variations' [wrapper blurb]. Item #179770
Price: $60.00