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Transport History in Australia 6 and other countries 0

128303
BAGLEY, W. O; Publisher.

Coroner's Enquiry Into The Sunshine Railway Disaster. Being a Digest of the Evidence in relation to the Westinghouse Brake tendered at the Enquiry conducted by Dr. Cole (assisted by a Special Jury of Eight Melbourne Citizens), at the Law Court, Melbourne, which Covered a Period of nearly Three Months, during which 58 Witnesses were Examined. Published By W. O. Bagley.
First Edition; Sm. 8vo. 205; adverts; 16 full page photographic plates, 1, fold-out statement; advertising endpapers, bound in original blue cloth, title lettered in gilt on spine and upper board, spine and upper board faded and worn, pages a little browned, good copy.
Melbourne; Arbuckle, Waddell & Fawkner, Printers, 20 Mc Killop Street; 1909.
The collision killed 4 people and 400 people were injured. Click here to Order
AUD$185

128237
BELBIN, PHIL; BURKE, DAVID.

Changing Trains. A Century of Travel on the Sydney - Melbourne Railway.
First Edition; Cr. 4to; pp. 144; b/w photographic frontispiece, illustrated endpapers, 10 colour illustrations, numerous b/w. illustrations, index, bound in original brown cloth, title lettered in white on spine, dustjacket, fine copy.
North Ryde; Methuen Australia Pty Ltd; 1982. Click here to Order
AUD$35

128055
BLAINEY, GEOFFREY.

The Peaks Of Lyell.
Third Edition; Demy 8vo; pp. x, 341; colour frontispiece, 26 b/w. plates, map illustrations, appendix, bibliography, index, dustjacket, bound in original brown cloth with title in gilt on spine, dustjacket, previous owner's inscription on front endpaper, top corner of front free endpaper excised, good copy.
Carlton; Melbourne University Press; 1967. Click here to Order
AUD$30

128145
FINNERAN, TONY.

Gone But Not Forgotten: The Lost Liveries of Melbourne's Route Buses: A pictorial History in Colour.
First Edition; Thick Demy 8vo; pp. 400; text illustrated with over 700 coloured photographs, index, bound in original stiff illustrated wrappers, fine copy.
Padstow, NSW; Tony Finneran; 2018.
The book includes 135 bus operators, over 115 chassis types and models and over 60 bodybuilders. It is a comprehensive, indexed pictorial history of this segment of the Industry. Click here to Order
AUD$50

128217
MOIR, J. K.

Australia's First Electric Tram.
First Edition; Cr. 8vo; pp. 28; b/w. illustrations; stiff stapled wrapper, a fine copy.
Melbourne; The Author; 1940.
The story of the Box Hill to Doncaster tram line which commenced operation in 1889. Click here to Order
AUD$30

128317
VICTORIA.

Picturesque Victoria and how to get there. A Handbook For Tourists Containing General Information Regarding Railways, Coaches, Steamboats, Fares, Etc. Issued by the Victorian Railways.
Seventh Edition; Demy 8vo; pp. xvi, 288; advertisements and illustrations throughout, 1folding map between pages 240 and 241, 1 large folding map at rear (with a few small, closed tears), bound in later green cloth, title lettered in gilt on spine, good copy.
Melbourne; Victorian Railways; 1912. Click here to Order
AUD$150