[452] | | DECEMBER 2007 NEW TITLES/RELEASES: | |
Aviation (newly released, available now):
| One of the best-known operators on the south coast, Hants & Dorset was established originally as Bournemouth & District Motor Services. Its more familiar title was adopted when the Tilling Group acquired a shareholding in 1920. The company came to dominate bus services in rural Hampshire and ... From the series Glory Days … | |
| Throughout aviation history there have been many aircraft designs that have, for a variety of reasons, failed to progress beyond the drawing board. Indeed, the aircraft that have taken to the skies represent, ultimately only a relatively small percentage of those planned. The latest title in the ... | |
| For military aviation enthusiasts the 1970s were a time of radical change. At the start of the decade, the USA was still heavily involved in Vietnam and vast numbers of military aircraft were stationed in Europe, on both sides of the Iron Curtain. By the end of the decade, the Vietnam War was over ... | |
Aviation (new to the shop, available now):
| During the interwar years, military planners sought new strategies to pursue in the event of any future war. Both in Britain and in particular, in Germany there were exponents of the theory that a major contribution to winning such a war could be made by exploiting the potential of bombers to ... | |
| A collection of archive photos arranged group by group, with each entry including details of codes, bases, missions, losses, component squadrons and claims to fame. | |
Aviation (expected within the next two months, may be ordered now):
TSR.2 (Book) by Joe Cherrie |
| Two prototype TSR.2 (Tactical Strike and Reconnaissance) aircraft were completed and the first test flight was made on 27 September 1964. This was to be a Mach 2 replacement for the Canberra and became one of the most controversial British aircraft designs of all time. As is often the case then ... | Request notification when available  |
| This title completes the Eddie Doylerush's coverage of the high ground aircraft crashes in Wales, following on his previous successful books No Landing Place (1985), Fallen Eagles (1990) and No Landing Place 2 (1999). The area covered by this volume is roughly that south of the latitude of Brecon, ... | |
| A photographic record of 617 Squadron from its formation in 1943 to its last wartime mission against Hitler's Eagle's Nest in May 1945. | |
Buses (newly released, available now):
| The name Ribble Motor Services Ltd was first registered in June 1919. From small beginnings, the company grew to become one of the largest bus operators outside London, dominating much of the north west of England. By 1930 the company's fleet had expanded to over 650 vehicles and, a decade later, ... From the series Heyday of … | |
| The city has two unconnected trolleybus routes to Nechells and Shelson which totalled 11.69miles. They were each, in totally different ways, histrionically important, pioneering at various times a tram replacement, top covered double-deckers and metal framed bodies. They even had trolleybuses with ... From the series Trolleybus Classics | |
| This is a detailed history of the Bristol Omnibus Company from 1945 to the mid 1980s. With country services ranging from Hereford to Salisbury,Cardiff to Oxford, as well as urban services covering Bristol, Bath, Gloucester, Cheltenham, Swindon and Weston-super-Mare, this truly was one of the ... | Request notification when available |
Buses (expected within the next two months, may be ordered now):
| South Wales Commercial Motors, first established in 1920, adopted its more familiar Western Welsh name in 1927 when the Great Western Railway acquired a shareholding in the business. In 1931, the operator's parent company was acquired by British Electric Traction, which controlled the business ... From the series Glory Days … | |
| The East Kent Road Car Co Ltd, formed in 1916, and based in Canterbury, was to dominate the public transport scene in and around Dover and Folkestone. A subsidiary of British Electric Traction, East Kent was a pioneer of continental coach tours, these commenced in 1919. It was also involved in ... From the series Heyday of … | |
| By the early 1930s, the tide had turned against tramways in Britain, Manchester's being one of the systems under threat. Although its manager felt that the future of the city's public transport lay with the motor bus, the Council owned the power station, which provided the electricity for the ... | |
Maritime (newly released, available now):
| Manchester was the Nation's fourth biggest port and not so many years ago, it was crammed full of ships. This was made possible by the construction of the Manchester Ship Canal, which was completed in 1894 to enable ships from all over the world to sail right into the very heart of industrial ... From the series Great Liners | |
Modelling (expected within the next two months, may be ordered now):
| Today's model railways layouts often replicate not just the railway itself, but the broader environment in which it was based. This involves recreating the whole townscape or countryside through which the railway operated. An essential ingredient in this is the correct range of road vehicles, ... From the series Aspects of Modelling | |
Other (newly released, available now):
| A distinctly Victorian development - they first entertained seaside holiday makers in 1875. Feauring the ups and downs of Britain's Cliff Lifts. Nearly all of them are seen and archive footage used to show older cars in service. | |
| I think it takes the eye of a stranger to appreciate the special character of a place and see things that local people take for granted…' Using his ‘stranger's eye', the author took many photographs of Merseyside in the 1950s, including highly atmospheric views of streets, docks and ferries on ... | |
Road Vehicles (new to the shop, available now):
| The RUC was established out of the old Royal Irish Constabulary, as the police force for the newly created state of Northern Ireland following the partition of Ireland in 1922. From its origins it was never able to be a conventional police force as, in addition to its normal policing duties, it was ... | |
| The name Harley-Davidson is synonymous with the US motor-cycle industry. It is now, after more than a century of operation, one of only two US-based manufacturers to survive. Although the company's origins are older, 1903 is generally regarded as the year when the company's first motorcycle was ... | |
Railways & Tramways (newly released, available now):
| Plenty of steam around the Birmingham area from Snow hill and southwards. | |
| This second volume in the series deals with the fascinating and very diverse railway network of Kent and Sussex. The railways found in these southern counties range from busy commuter routes into the capital and main lines to the south coast and the Channel ports, to rural light railways and those ... | |
| Home to one of the earliest railways in the country, the Leicester & Swannington, Leicestershire was for many years almost a private fiefdom of the Midland Railway, though later other companies made inroads. This was an area rich in mineral wealth with both coal and iron ore deposits providing much ... From the series British Railway Pictorial | |
| For half a century from 1948, Scotland's railway system was operated for the first time as a complete administrative unit – but also as part of a nationalised system for the whole of the UK. BR's Scottish Region soon developed its own character, with its own problems and potential. Yet it suffered ... | |
| This is not just a railway history. Besides being the story of the Nitrate Railways Company, its predecessors and successors, it also notes the three narrow gauge railways built to carry nitrate in an area which the Nitrate Railways Company imagined was theirs by right. Information is given on ... | |
| This is not just a railway history. Besides being the story of the Nitrate Railways Company, its predecessors and successors, it also notes the three narrow gauge railways built to carry nitrate in an area which the Nitrate Railways Company imagined was theirs by right. Information is given on ... | |
| THRASH! brings you all the audio and visual entertainment you could possibly want and takes you on an unforgettable nostalgia journey. Footage from 1990 to 2007 shows more than 150 locos working hard at full bore, many of them long since reduced to scrap. Classes 31, 37, 47 & 56 predominate, but a ... | |
| The start of our journey around the north eastern tip of the Isle of Thanet is the seaside town of Ramsgate. The town has been on the railway map since 1846. Eventually two rival companies served the town for over fifty years until the Southern Railway built a connecting line between the two. Even ... | |
| There is something very special about rivers that have become major transport arteries and this is true of the Mosel. That the area has managed to retain its considerable beauty makes the Mosel very special indeed! Ancient castles stand sentinel over the river and the railway below, while ... From the series Ticket To Ride | |
| Whilst the Southern Railway was the smallest of the ‘Big Four' railway companies at the Grouping in 1923, it was involved in a wide range of diverse operations, from the intensive electrified services in the London suburbs through to the pick-up freights on remote lines in Devon and Cornwall. The ... | |
| This book is divided into several main categories namely steam locomotives, diesel locomotives, petrol locomotives, eletric locomotives, battery electric locomotives, gas turbine vehicles, multiple unit stock and overseas steam locomotives in Great Britian. This is the fully updated Twelth edition. | |
| The Complete Guide to all Diesel & Electric Locomotives which operate on the Railtrack and Eurotunnel Networks. From the series British Railways Pocket Books | |
| The Complete Guide to all Electric Multiple Units which operate on the Railtrack & Eurotunnel Networks. From the series British Railways Pocket Books | |
| The series Yeadon's Register Of LNER Locomotives lists, in chronological order, details such as building and shopping dates, major and minor events, modifications, alterations, boiler and tender numbers, allocations and dates, renumberings, namings and finally the disposal of each locomotive. ... From the series Yeadon`s Register of LNER Locomotives | |
| Another volume in Foxline's excellent “Scenes From The Past” series, this book is a pictorial record covering the last 10 years of British Railways steam (1958 - 1968) and early main line diesel workings of one section, Wigan Springs Branch to Preston,of the former North Union Railways (NU) which ... From the series Scenes from the Past | |
| With over 290 Illustrations Terry Moors provides an in-depth view of railways in North Staffordshire during the 1980s, a decade that witnessed dramatic changes. Also Covered are Industrial railways, at two of these areas collieries and the BSC Shelton steel works. | |
| Intermodal Railroading, which started out as a way for railroads to better serve customers without sidings, has grown into one of the most significant aspects of modern railroading and, indeed, international shipping. For the first time, this portion of the railr |
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