Trains from Reading Habit

Mlebourne, VIC, Australia: Lansdowne Press, 1971. Book. Good. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Hardcover with red boards and pictorial dust jacket, first edition, 918gms, 106 pages, decorated endpapers. Book is in good condition with mild general wear and tear and moderate page discolouration/spotting throughout. Boards and dust jacket are in good condition… Read more about this item

London, England: Hermes House, 2006. Book. Good. Soft cover. Reprint. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Softcover, reprint, 1280g, 256pgs. Contents includes: the birth of the railway; the golden age 1900-1950; the 1950s to the present day; and much more. Book is in good condition with mild general wear and tear and light page discolouration/spotting throughout, otherwise no other… Read more about this item

New Jersey, USA: Castle Books, 1986. Book. Good. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Hardcover with orange boards and pictorial dust jacket, first edition, 2150g, 395pgs, blank endpapers. This book captures the spirit of an age as well as a business, a way of life, as well as a profession. Illustrated with over… Read more about this item

London, England: Faber and Faber Limited, 2002. Book. Very Good. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover with brown boards and pictorial dust jacket, first edition, 374gms, 244 pages, illustrated endpapers. How a day of triump became a day of despair at the turn of a wheel. How did the opening of the… Read more about this item

New York, USA: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1975. Book. Good. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hardcover with black boards and pictorial dust jacket, First Edition, 1,050gms 280 pages, illustrated pictorial endpapers. Mr Nock has produced a magnificent and entertaining survey of all forms of traction which can work on permanent way. Book is… Read more about this item

Terry Hills, Australia: A. H & A. W Reed Pty Ltd, 1975. Book. Good. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hardcover with yellow boards and pictorial dust jacket, First Edition, 950gms 272 pages, illustrated pictorial endpapers. Leon Oberg is on such dedicated enthusiast, and here, he has set down a locomotive history which… Read more about this item

Holborn, England: New English Library, 1975. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Laminated pictorial boards, no dust jacket, First Edition, 700gms, 160 pages, blank endpapers. In this book John Adams and Patrick Whitehouse have put together a further selection of these picture (from New English Library Magazine), which presents a varied cross-section of steam… Read more about this item

London, Great Britain: Wrens Park Publishing, 1998. Book. Very Good. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Second Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hardcover with laminated pictorial boards replicated on the dust jacket, Second Edition, 575gms, 150 pages, blank endpapers. This book provides a glimpse of Keith Strickland's remarkable black and white photographs and shows the contrasting style of steam… Read more about this item

Elizabeth, SA, Australia: Railmac Publications, 1984. Book. Good. Soft cover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Softcover, first edition, 90gms, 28 pages. Book is in good condition with minor general wear and tear and mild page discolouration throughout. There is a small sticker mark on the front cover and a small pen inscription on the inside back… Read more about this item

Adelaide, Australia: Rigby Limited, 1974. Book. Illus. by Robins, James. G.. Good. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover with red boards and pictorial dust jacket, First Edition, 300gms, 52 pages, illustrated endpapers. As man's first departure from reliance on nature for propulsion, and as a means by which large areas of the… Read more about this item

Hampshire, England: AA Publishing, 1995. Book. Very Good. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Reprint. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hardcover with pictorial laminated boards and pictorial dustjacket, reprint edition, 1115gms, 224 pages. Book is in very good condition with minor general wear and tear. Dust jacket is in good condition with only moderate shelf wear, otherwise no other pre-loved… Read more about this item

Elizabeth, SA, Australia: Railmac Publications, 1984. Book. Good. Soft cover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Softcover, first edition, 132gms, 52 pages. Book is in good condition with minor general wear and tear and mild page discolouration throughout. There is a small pen inscription on the inside back of the front cover, otherwise no other pre-loved markings..… Read more about this item