Les Dew (5 results)

Oblong duodecimo stapled booklet (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.…

Octavo stapled light card covers (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.…

Quarto stapled light card covers (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.…

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. A very clean set. Transport history series written by Les Dew and Mark Alexander and published in the mid‑1990s through a collaboration between the Tramway Historical Society and the Christchurch Transport Board. The series was originally planned as a history of the Christchurch Transport Board but grew into a wider account of how people and goods moved around Canterbury from the 1850s to the late twentieth century. Each booklet focuses on a different mode or era, beginning with bullock wagons and horse‑drawn vehicles and moving through steam and horse trams, early electric tramways, regional rail, coastal shipping, and finally the development of buses up to 1989.…

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket As Issued. First Edition. 8 very clean, large format, tightly bound paperbacks, no inscriptions. 7 have stapled spines, all appear little used. 1. bullock to brougham private transport in early Christchurch 18 pages, photos and illustrations in the text, notes, glossary, bibliography. 2. Hailing a Hansom public transport in trade & industry in Christchurch's horse-drawn days 18 pages, photos and illustrations in the text, notes, glossary, bibliography. 3. rails in the roads the steam and horse tram era in Christchurch 34 pages, photos and maps in the text, notes, glossary, bibliography. 4. the wire web the Christchurch Tramway Board & its early electric tramways 1903-1920, glossy card covers, 58 pages, photos and illustrations in the text, notes, glossary, bibliography. 5. the country commuter the regional railway network of Christchurch, pictorial card covers, 80 pages, photos and map in the text, notes, glossary, bibliography. 6. the tidal travellers the small ships of Canterbury, pictorial card covers, 104 pages, photos and mapss in the text, notes, glossary, bibliography. 7. tram to the terminus the Christchurch Tramway Board & its electric tramways 1921-1954, pictorial card covers, 112 pages, photos in the text, appendices, notes, glossary, bibliography. 8. buses - beetle to bristols the buses of Canterbury 1904-1989, glossy card covers 198 pages, photos on plates & in the text, notes, glossary, bibliography. Series flyer laid in. Heavy set so additional postage may be requested.…