Kingsford Smith Robert (9 results)

Hardback. Robert Kingsford-Smith, Cadeco. Hardback.

Hardback. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Quarto Size [approx 25cm x 30cm]. Near Fine condition in a Near Fine Dustjacket. Dustjacket now protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. An excellent copy. Illustrated with Colour photographs. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 128 pages. This second of the three volumes in the series Famous Last Lines draws its images from a single line in each of the continents that retained steam locomotives. The contributors travelled to Brazil, Australia, Portugal, Zimbabwe and Turkey.…

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 128pp, num col ills, maps. Or cloth in jacket. Light foxing to endpapers. Second in a series exploring the last of the world's steam train lines. This volume covers the North Line from Bulawayo to the Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe; Zonguldak in Turkey; th e isolated Dona teresa Cristina line in Brazil; the dry plains around Peterborough in South Australia and the Douro Valley in Portugal. Size: 4to.…

Hard Cover. Condition: Near Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 160pp, num col photographs. Or black boards in jacket. Some silverfishing to bottom edge of boards, light edge wear to jacket-otherwise very nice. Evocative photos of steam trains at work and rest on the railways of the world over the 25 years preceeding publication. Includes some of the biggest and most unusual power operating in steam's declining years. Size: 4to.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 125 pages. nice clean copy.

hard cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Illustrated with colour photographs. 15 cm x 22 cm. 128 pages VG. Very good condition with light shelf wear and scuffing to covers, name on front endpaper crossed out.

Condition: Very Good. Very slight shelf wear.

1st edition hardback with dust jacket Fine quarto 160pp., col. pls., Fabulous railway photography from around the world.

First edition: quarto; hardcover; 164pp., with maps and many monochrome and colour illustrations, one folding. Minor wear only. Near fine in like dustwrapper now covered in superior non-adhesive polypropylene film. Postage quoted is for a standard format octavo book. Final charges may vary depending on size and weight. The story of Newnes and the Wolgan Valley railway began in 1905 when a London based company initiated ambitious plans to exploit the oil shale reserves in the Blue Mountains. The massive monetary investment in the project by English capitalists was a reflection of the global, economic and political climate of the time. The scheme envisaged for Newnes was probably the largest and most ambitious in Australia until that date. Those behind the project were people of high academic, financial and social position and it appears that even though their judgement was, in hindsight, to prove wrong, their initial proposals had solid foundations and justifications.…