Transport: Land, Air, Sea
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Covering all types of high-speed diesel engines, including transport, tractor, marine, and stationary designs. Pp. vi+242(last blank), numerous text figures (some full page), index; red cloth, lettered and decorated in black, the fore-corners a trifle bruised; dust wrapper, slightly soiled and worn, edges rubbed and chipped; bookseller's sticker at foot... More
Pp. viii+240(last blank), title page vignette, numerous text illustrations (some full page), pictorial endpapers, text maps; tall cr. 4to; tiny damp stain near bottom edge of upper board dust wrapper, a trifle soiled; edges of leaves faintly marked, the last few leaves a trifle creased; Nelson, Melbourne, 1983. New one... More
Questions, answers, illustrations. A practical concise treatise on the theory, practical operation and maintenance of modern automotive, marine, locomotive and stationary diesel engines, including many other modern applications. Approximately 600 pages (paginated [x]+554, with several additional pages numbered A & B, plus blanks and advertisements at end), frontispiece, plus numerous... More
Including Vessels wrecked en route to or from Australia, and some strandings. Volume One: 1622-1850. Pp. 268(last advertisement), text illustrations, endpaper map, indices; narrow cr. 4to; lower joint starting; dust wrapper, edges lightly rubbed and split, with a couple of tiny chips at head of backstrip, the backstrip slightly damp... More
A century of tall ships. With a Foreword by HRH The Prince of Wales. With photographs by Frank William Beken, Alfred Keith Beken, Kenneth John Beken. Pp. 224, illustrated throughout in colour and black & white (many full, some double page), endpaper plans; med. 4to; edges of boards a trifle... More
Father of the automobile industry [cover title]. Pp. [12](including the wrappers), printed in red & black; pictorial paper wrappers, stapled, faintly soiled, edges a trifle rubbed; The Mercer Publishing Company, New York, 1955. 'Fathers of Industries' series. *For younger readers; a brief account of the life of the German engine... More
Its Origin, Growth and Development. Written by John Bilton, in association with Joan Brunt and Professor J. Macdonald Holmes, on behalf of the Federal Council of The Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia, and in collaboration with the Sections of the Service. Pp. [xiv]+258(last blank), 20 plates, full page map... More
Foreword by Gaby Kennard. Pp. 216, 24 plates, bibliography; pictorial glazed paper wrappers, edge a trifle rubbed; text block faintly browned, edges of leaves slightly foxed; Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1991. Paperback edition, reprinted. *The autobiography of one of Australia's early woman pilots. Inscribed and signed by the author on the half-title page. More
Pp. 64, illustrated, list of wagoners' words, references; small cr. 4to; edges of boards a trifle rubbed; dust wrapper; Rigby, Adelaide, 1979. First edition. *Inscribed and signed by the author on the upper free endpaper, and signed again by him (dated 1979) on the title page. More
And other writings on navigation. Edited by E. G. R. Taylor. Pp. xxxvi+464, frontispiece plus 9 plates, text figures, folding map, tables, bibliography, appendices, index; blue cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt and ruled in blind, the spine gilt faintly dulled, fore-corner a trifle bruised; uncut and partly unopened; tiny... More
Pp. x+134(last blank), illustrated throughout; med. 4to; pictorial stiff paper wrappers, lightly worn and marked; ownership name and date on verso of upper wrapper; lower fore-corners of leaves slightly bruised; Dover Publications, Inc., New York, 1987. First edition. More
Life aboard the last great ships. Conceived, compiled and designed by Michel Mohrt and Guy Feinstein. Pp. 272(last blank), illustrated throughout in black & white, pictorial endpapers, index of ship names; roy. 4to; dust wrapper, edges lightly browned, small chip and split in top edge of back panel; Thames &... More
[Volume II, facsimile edition]. Pp. viii+1494(last blank); Martino Fine Books,Mansfield Centre, CT, n.d.[c. 1999]. *Originally printed by the Government Printing Office for the Smithsonian Institution, in 1921. 'This work covers the literature published from July 1, 1909, to December 31, 1916, and continues the work of the Smithsonian Institution issued... More
[Facsimile edition]. Pp. xiv+940, appendix; Maurizio Martino Publisher, Staten Island,New York, n.d.[1997]. Edition limited to 150 copies. *Originally published by the Smithsonian Institution in 1910, as Volume 55 of the Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections series. 'The interest of the Smithsonian Institution in aeronautics dates almost from the beginning of its work... More
Pp. [viii]+372 (last blank), illustrated throughout in colour and black & white, indices; demy 4to; dust wrapper, edges a trifle creased, the back panel faintly soiled; inked ownership inscription at foot of last printed page, edges of leaves lightly foxed; Antique Collectors' Club, Woodbridge, Suffolk, 1978. Second edition. *First published in 1974. More
Pp. viii+172, appendices, bibliography, endpaper maps; pictorial stiff paper wrappers, the laminate slightly wrinkled, edges slightly worn; Marsh Walsh, Melbourne, 1975. First edition. *The author traces the voyages of exploration to the South Seas and to Australia, from Marco Polo, Da Gama and Tasman through to James Cook. More
Pp. x+176, 16 coloured plates, black & white text illustrations (several full page); dust wrapper, front panel faintly scuffed; issued without upper free endpaper; C. J. Publications, Melbourne, 1978. First edition. *Signed by the author on the half-title page. The story of the flight of an amateur-built aircraft from Australia... More
Pp. x+198, endnotes, pictorial endpapers; dust wrapper, slightly worn; Hudson Publishing, Hawthorn, Vic., 1990. First edition. More
With pictorial research, layout, and design by Donald Walker and Robert L. Suggett Foreword by the Honourable R. J. Hamer, Premier of Victoria. Pp. 28, coloured pictorial central spread, black & white text illustrations and map; narrow med. 4to; pictorial paper wrappers, stapled, edges lightly rubbed; Premier's Department, Melbourne, 1978... More
The Loss of the Schomberg and Loch Ard. Pp. xiv+194, 8 plates, 1 full page map, appendices, index; pictorial glazed paper wrappers, with publisher's ISBN sticker on lower wrapper, corners a trifle rubbed; Burgewood Books,Melbourne, 1996. [Third edition]. *Signed by the author on the title page. First published (Angus & Robertson) in 1977. More
Pp. 296, 15 plates (one double page), title page vignette, pictorial endpapers; boards a trifle sprung and lightly flecked, edges slightly rubbed; dust wrapper slightly soiled, with light damp stains to top edge both panels, edges rubbed and split; a little light foxing and soiling; Rigby, Adelaide, 1965. First edition... More
With Zeal and Integrity. Pp. 116(last colophon, blank), coloured frontispiece portrait, plus a hand-tipped coloured armorial bookplate (as plate), black & white text illustrations (mostly full page), appendix; qr. dark brown buckram, spine lettered in gilt, lighter brown cloth boards, the upper board lettered in gilt; ribbon marker; top edges... More
A narrative of 1868. With wood engravings by John Worsley. Pp. [vi]+x+106(last blank)+[2](colophon, verso blank), coloured frontispiece and 3 text illustrations (2 full page), plus pictorial head & tailpiece, the publisher's device at colophon printed in orange; cr. 4to; blue buckram, lettered & decorated in gilt, edges a trifle rubbed;... More
in the presence of Their Majesties The King & Queen at the yard of John Brown & Co., Ltd. Clydebank Wednesday September 26, 1934. Pp. [32], illustrated; demy 4to; printed stiff paper wrappers; 7 C's Press, Riverside, Conn., n.d.[1990s?]. More
