Adelaide, Government Printer, 1856. South Australian Parliamentary Paper Number 165 of 1856. The Bill establishes and recognises the patentee as the original and true inventor ("the invention consists of so constructing a railway as to take advantage of the tensile property of the iron..."). More about Report of the Select Committee of the Legislative Council of South Australia, appointed to...

Scranton, The Company, 1886. More about Illustrated Catalogue of Locomotives manufactured by the Dickson Manufacturing Company, Scranton...

[Boston], Boston and Albany Railroad, 1894 ('6-5-'94'). Dinner was one dollar, and one could dine handsomely on Mackerel, Ribs of Beef or Spring Lamb, Fried Soft Shell Crabs, and all the trimmings. However, this pales beside the choices available on the wine list, commencing with seven varieties of Champagne ....... More about Boston & Albany R.R. Dining Car Service between Boston and Utica on the Boston and Chicago...

Adelaide, Published by 'The Australian Garden & Field Proprietary' for the Australian Railways and Territory League, 1909. The sub-title beneath the drop-title 'Territoria' at the beginning of the text proper on page 5 is instructive: 'A Sketch of its Immense Resources. Reasons for Past Failures. Suggestions for Future Successes. The... More about 'Territoria. The Great Lone Land. Land of the Dawning' [cover title

Sheffield, The Company, [circa 1910]. 'With the adoption of electricity as the motive power on street tramways, there came sweeping changes in the designs of points and crossings.... The following pages contain full particulars of Hadfield's Latest and Most Improved Designs of Points and Crossings, and they have been supplemented... More about Hadfield's Steel Foundry Company Limited. East Hecla Works, Tinsley, Hecla (Ordnance) Works,...

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

Adelaide, South Australian Railways, 1950. 'A souvenir to commemorate the official opening by His Excellency, the Governor of South Australia, Lieut.-General Sir Willoughby Norrie' at Naracoorte on 1 February 1950. More about Official Opening of South-Eastern Broad Gauge Railway, Wolseley-Naracoorte, February, 1950

London, Temple Press, 1951 (second edition)/ 1948. Inscribed and signed 'To Eddie Thomas in appreciation of some nice vehicles which he has constructed. PE Irving 9/9/57'. Philip Edward Irving (1903-1992) was an Australian automotive engineer 'whose 60-year international career included the creation of landmark designs for both motorcycles and cars'... More about Tuning for Speed. How to increase the Performance of a Standard Motorcycle Engine for Racing and...

Sydney, Modern Magazines Pty Ltd, 1955. The famous Redex Trials were conducted from 1953-55, with Ampol taking over from 1956; the 1954 trial was the first round-Australia grind. More about Redex Round Australia Reliability Trial Official Souvenir Program [Official Program. Redex Trial...

London, Ian Allan, 1966. More about Steam in Europe

Stuttgart, Franckh, 1967. Index in German and English; text in German, but an English translation is loosely inserted. More about Adieu Dampflok (Adieu Steam Engine

Carrollton, The Author, 1967. More about New York Central System. Volume 2: New York Central's Early Power, 1831-1916

Omaha, Kratville, 1969. More about American Locomotive Company. Part 1: Catalogue Number 10036, Bulletin Number 1000 .. 1007 .. 1013...

Seattle, Superior, 1972. More about Chicago and North Western Power. Modern Steam and Diesel 1900 to 1971