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The Vectis Connection | |||
| Pioneering Isle of Wight Air Services | Transport | |||
| Peter Newberry | ||||
| Waterfront 2000 144 pages | ||||
| Paperback Illustrated 0946184909 273x211mm | ||||
| Published Price £14.95 | Our Price £3.99 | |||
| A survey of civil and commercial aviation on the Isle of Wight since the early 20th century, from the first balloon flight across the Solent in 1909 to the early 1930s establishment of pioneering airlines such as Spartan Airlines and Channel Air Ferries, that operated to and from the Island. | ||||
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Vampires and Fleas | |||
| A History of British Aircraft Preservation | Transport | |||
| Alec Brew | ||||
| Crowood 2003 224 pages | ||||
| Paperback Illustrated 1861266316 | ||||
| Published Price .£14.99 | Our Price £2.99 | |||
| A history of British aircraft preservation detailing the formation of a band after WWII dedicated to rescuing the wartime fighter craft which were to be scrapped, the establishment of the Skyfame and Strathallan museums and the presence of preservation groups all over the country. | ||||
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Jetliner Glory | |||
| Airliner Liveries | Transport | |||
| John K Morton | ||||
| Airlife 1997 112 pages | ||||
| Paperback Illustrated 1853108022 | ||||
| Published Price £12.99 | Our Price £2.99 | |||
| This is the second book (after Flying Colours) of selections from Morton's 22,000-strong collection of slides documenting airlines' colour schemes the world over. Over 100 images show liveries ranging from the simple, single-tone pattern borne by an Icelandair Boeing to Western Pacific's fleet of jets lavishly decorated for the benefit of sponsors such as Thrifty Car Hire and The Simpsons, each accompanied by a brief historical note. | ||||
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Jetliner Generation | |||
| Classic Early Airliners, 1958-1979 | Transport | |||
| Martin W Bowman | ||||
| Airlife 2001 112 pages | ||||
| Paperback Illustrated 1840371641 270x230mm | ||||
| Published Price £12.99 | Our Price £4.99 | |||
| On 4 October 1958, BOAC flew the first jet-engined airliner across the Atlantic, heralding a new era in high-speed air transport. This book, with its impressive collection of colour photographs and detailed accompanying text, celebrates 21 years that witnessed the demise of the piston-engined airliner and saw names such as de Havilland Comet, Boeing 707 and Douglas DC-8 enter the aviation enthusiast's vocabulary. | ||||
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Boeing 707/720 | |||
| Airlife's Classic Airliners | Transport | |||
| Jim Winchester | ||||
| Airlife 2002 128 pages | ||||
| Paperback Illustrated 1840373113 297x211mm | ||||
| Published Price £16.99 | Our Price £3.99 | |||
| An illustrated history of one of the first jet airliners, with chapters looking at design and development, early production, history of service and current usage – mostly as converted cargo liners – as well as sections on their military application and history of accidents. | ||||
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Brighton Belles | |||
| A Celebration of Veteran Cars | Transport | |||
| David Burgess-Wise | ||||
| Crowood 2006 208 pages | ||||
| Hardback Illustrated 1861267649 281x213mm | ||||
| Published Price £25.00 | Sale Price £4.99 | |||
| David Burgess-Wise became enthralled by veteran cars more than 50 years ago. In this tribute to the dawn of motoring he gives a personal and entertaining account of the progression from steam carriages to the repeal of the Red Flag Act in 1904. Illustrated with Edwardian photographs and contemporary colour plates and featuring such evocative names as De Dion Bouton, Mors, Napier and Spyker, it recaptures the days when automobiles were individual and idiosyncratic, and going for a 'spin' was an adventure. | ||||
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TT Centenary | |||
| Souvenir Edition | Transport | |||
| Geoff Cannell; John Watterson (Compiled by) | ||||
| At Heart 2007 128 pages | ||||
| Paperback Illustrated 1845471385 | ||||
| Published Price £12.99 | Our Price £2.99 | |||
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The Rainhill Trials | |||
| The Greatest Contest of Industrial Britain and the Birth of Commercial Rail | Transport | |||
| Christopher McGowan | ||||
| Little, Brown 2004 380 pages | ||||
| Hardback 0316724807 | ||||
| Published Price £16.99 | Our Price £5.99 | |||
| In 1829 the Liverpool and Manchester Railway Company staged a competition to find a new design of locomotive. The crowds were thrilled by machines racing to unprecedented speeds of 30mph, until Robert Stephenson's Rocket was declared the winner. Capturing the social as well as the engineering history of the period, this book describes the locomotives, the engineers who built them and the way this new adaptation of steam power stoked the pace of the Industrial Revolution. Also for sale in Postscript as "Rail, Steam & Speed." | ||||
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Whistle Stops | |||
| Railway Architecture | Transport | |||
| Peter Ashley | ||||
| English Heritage 2001 80 pages | ||||
| Paperback Illustrated 1841590452 | ||||
| Published Price £5.99 | Our Price £2.99 | |||
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Mini | |||
| A Celebration of Britain's Best-Loved Small Car | Transport | |||
| Graham Robson | ||||
| Haynes 2006 160 pages | ||||
| Hardback Illustrated 1844253260 250x245mm | ||||
| Published Price £19.99 | Our Price £9.99 | |||
| Sir Alec Issigoni's Mini changed the face of motoring forever. Launched in 1959 it was technically innovative, highly efficient, cheap and great fun to drive. Destined to remain in production (albeit in a wide variety of guises) for 41 years, the car's appeal was irresistible and classless. This tribute, illustrated with rare archive images and specially commissioned photographs, tells the story of how the Mini was born, developed and produced and how it secured its unique place in automotive history. | ||||
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The Steamboat Revolution | |||
| London's First Steamships | Transport | |||
| Tim Sherwood | ||||
| Tempus 2007 128 pages | ||||
| Paperback Illustrated 0752438948 | ||||
| Published Price £12.99 | Our Price £4.99 | |||
| Frequent fires and boiler explosions meant early steamboats were regarded with trepidation by the general public. However as technology improved, confidence grew and by 1840 paddle steamers had become one of the most popular forms of transport. Covering the period 1815 to 1860, this is a history of the river steamers that heralded mass tourism from London to the Kent coast, as well the sea-going craft that sailed to Edinburgh, Dublin, Germany, Holland and France. | ||||
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Wells-next-the-Sea | |||
| Lifeboats | Transport | |||
| Nicholas Leach; Paul Russell | ||||
| Tempus 2006 128 pages | ||||
| Paperback Illustrated 0752438751 | ||||
| Published Price £12.99 | Our Price £4.99 | |||
| This tribute to the men who have served the Wells lifeboat station provides an account of how the service has changed over more than 150 years, from the first RNLI boat on station in 1869 to the 12 metre Mersey lifeboat that now operates as a tourist attraction while also being constantly ready to deploy. | ||||
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P&A Campbell Steamers: The Edwardian Era | |||
| The Edwardian Era | Transport | |||
| Chris Collard | ||||
| Tempus 2006 256 pages | ||||
| Paperback Illustrated 0752438719 | ||||
| Published Price £17.99 | Our Price £5.99 | |||
| This history, illustrated with contemporary photographs, is the result of over 50 years research and is a continuation of P&A Campbell Steamers: The Victorian Era. Taking up the story with the company's move south and the inauguration of its services on the Sussex coast, Chris Collard recounts the battles with the Barry Railway Company's Red Funnel steamers (both on the Bristol Channel and in the law courts) and describes the White Funnel Fleet's golden period immediately prior to the First World War. | ||||
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London's Lost Tube Schemes | |||
| Transport | ||||
| Antony Badsey-Ellis | ||||
| Capital Transport 2005 320 pages | ||||
| Hardback Illustrated 1854142933 240x180mm | ||||
| Published Price £19.95 | Our Price £7.99 | |||
| In the early days of London's underground railways there was a scramble to get new schemes authorized for construction. Of the thousands of promoters and speculators who were tempted by the promise of making a fortune, very few made any money and some schemes were just plain scams. Beginning with a survey of early 'cut and cover' railways and pneumatic systems, this book describes in detail over 40 tube schemes that were presented to Parliament between 1860 and 1914, but never built. | ||||
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London's Local Railways | |||
| Transport | ||||
| Alan A Jackson | ||||
| Capital Transport 1999 464 pages | ||||
| Hardback Illustrated 1854142097 | ||||
| Published Price £25.00 | Our Price £9.99 | |||
| Starting with the London & Greenwich, the capital's first railway, and working clockwise around London, Jackson deals with the history of the 48 lines around the capital, some of which are no longer in use and others which have greatly changed in character over the years. Sixteen maps and 250 photographs combine with research into social history to tell the story of each of the four main geographical divisions in London's local railways (SE, SW, NW, NE) and their relationships with the capital itself. First published 1978, expanded and revised 1999. | ||||
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