London, HMSO, 1848; 1849; and 1850. The first two annual reports by the Commissioners of Railways, who had assumed the responsibilities of the Railway Department of the Board of Trade. The reports on accidents (including evidence from Brunel) run to over 130 pages, and are worth the price on their... More about Report of the Commissioners of Railways, 1848. [Together with] Report .. 1848, Part 2. [Together...

Adelaide, Government Printer, 1875. A large folding lithographed map (730 x 475 mm); two short tears to the left-hand edge expertly repaired; in excellent condition. The most northerly extent of the surveyed route is in line with Mt Lyndhurst. South Australian Parliamentary Paper Number 16 of 1875. More about Plan shewing Routes examined and surveyed for Proposed Line of Railway from Port Augusta northward

Adelaide, Government Printer, 1890. South Australian Parliamentary Paper Number 204 of 1890; only 650 copies printed. More about Extension of Transcontinental Railway from Angle Pole to Alice Springs

Adelaide, printed by Hussey and Gillingham for the South Australian Government, 1902. The full title of the two-part map is 'Geological Map of the Northern Territory of South Australia ... by H.Y.L. Brown FGS, Government Geologist. Physical Geography, compiled by C. Winnecke FRGS, from private and official records. Adelaide, 1898'... More about Land-Grant Railway across Central Australia. The Northern Territory of the State of South...

Adelaide, Government Printer, 1910. More about South Australian Railways. Southern Province Distance Table showing Distances between all...

London, John Murray, 1912. Provenance: Arnold Edwin Davey (1862-1920), South Australian flour-miller and grain merchant (see the 'Australian Dictionary of Biography'). Tipped in on the endpapers and a few pages throughout the book are seven relevant cuttings or tearsheets (including a review of the book), the large folded seating plan... More about The State Railway Muddle in Australia

Melbourne, Government Printer, 1914. Commonwealth Parliamentary Paper Number 31 of 1914; only 950 copies printed. The Commissioners reported on 'the Routes (and classes) of necessary Railways ... The desirableness and practicability of creating new Ports [and] The desirableness of setting apart an area for the eventual creation of a New... More about Northern Territory Railways and Ports - Reports of the Royal Commission

Adelaide, Government Printer, 1915. More about Names of South Australian Railway Stations with their Meanings and Derivations

Melbourne, Albert J. Mullet, Government Printer (for the Department of Home Affairs), 25 September 1915. This copy possibly lacks the last leaf, but we cannot locate a copy in Trove to confirm our suspicions. More about Kalgoorlie - Port Augusta Line [cover title

London, Iliffe & Sons, [1920s]. More about Routes des Alpes. The Motorist's Guide to the Great French Alpine Roads

New York, John Wiley and Sons, 1924. With the ownership signature of M.E. (Max) Lawton. More about Storage Batteries. A General Treatise on the Physics and Chemistry of Secondary Batteries and...

London, Cambridge University Press, 1926 [first edition]. With the ownership signature of Professor W[ilfred] D. Borrie, 'the father of Australian demography'. Not least, the impact of the Railway Revolution on England in the early nineteenth century. Includes 2 folding maps; rare with the dustwrapper. More about An Economic History of Modern Britain. The Early Railway Age, 1820-1850

Adelaide, Printed by Pritchard Brothers, c.1928]. Loosely inserted is an original pencil caricature by Maegraith (dated 1950); on the verso are twelve autographs of WA cricketers (plus the manager, Bryant) dated November 1949. A fund-raiser for charity. More about Wigs and Wags. A Volume of Fun, Facts & Faces about Our Railways. 60 Cartoons

Adelaide, Harrison Weir, Government Printer, 1929. More about South Australian Railways. Illustrations of Locomotives and other Rolling Stock. Adelaide,...

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1933. The author and his companion, Richard Matthews, both New Zealanders, set out in Emily, the Baby Austin, in May 1930 with the idea of travelling 'eastward from Sydney, always eastward when possible, until we should reach our starting-point again'. More about Round the World in a Baby Austin

London, Temple Press, 1938. Many period photographic illustrations plus 8 folding plans, principally aviation. More about Power and Speed. The Story of the Internal Combustion Engine on Land, at Sea and in the Air

Manchester, The Scientific Publishing Company, [1945; nineteenth edition]. More about The Practical Testing of Dynamos and Motors

New York, Murray Hill Books, 1946. With the ownership signature of M.E. (Max) Lawton (twice). More about Electric Motor Repair. A Practical Book on the Winding, Repair and Troubleshooting of A-C and D-C...

[Australia], Ford Motor Company, [c. 1951]. More about Owner's Manual for your new Zephyr Six

[London, Simms, 1955]. Loosely inserted are two 4-page pamphlets, slightly creased and inscribed; Simms Nipple Forming Tool [and] Simms Fuel Injection Nozzle Tester. More about The Simms Story from 1891.. [Together with] Simms Motor Units Limited. Director's Report and...

London, Batsford, 1965 (second edition, extensively revised)/ 1961. More about Racing and Sports Car Chassis Design

London, Frank Cass, 1966 [third edition]/ 1962 [second edition]/ 1916. With a new introductory guide by W.H. Chaloner; this third edition also contains 'An Introductory Guide to recent published work on the History of British Transport to 1850'. The author covers sections on roads, rivers, canals, railways, steam navigation and... More about The Development of Transportation in Modern England

London, Hugh Evelyn, 1967. More about Locomotives in Retirement, Second Series

West Footscray, James Flood Charity Trust, 1968, [1971], 1976 and 1980. Each volume, 'produced regardless of cost', is numbered; the first three volumes are in editions of 4000 copies; the fourth volume is one of 3500. The second volume is dated (18 August 1971) and signed by Harold Paynting and... More about The James Flood Book of Early Motoring. [Together with] The Second James Flood Book ..; The Third...

Newton Abbot, David and Charles, 1972/ 1964. More about The Waterford and Tramore Railway