Troup Gordon (50 results)

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good+. No Jacket. First Edition. Methuen & Co., 1959, First Edition, 16mo., 168 pages. Hardcover edition bound in a blue cloth, no dust jacket. Book in very good+ condition. Size: 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. VERY GOOD/NO DUST JACKET. Former library book. 179 pp. Text very clean and unmarked except for usual library treatments. Multiple b/w phographs and illustrations. Black textile boards with gold text on the spine in good condition. Stitched binding tight.…

Hardcover. Condition: UsedGood. Hardcover, second edition; surplus library copy with the usual stampings; r eference number taped to front cover; otherwise contents in good condition with clean text, tight binding. Dust jacket, fading and shelf wear, protect ed by a Mylar cover.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. First Edition. (1959) 168 pp. Original blue covers, very bright and clean. Bottom of spine bumped. DJ lightly soiled w/ mild edge wear. Spine and edges a bit darkened. Tiny chip to bottom of spine. Illust. w/ numerous figures. Contents nice. …

Condition: Poor. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,250grams, ISBN.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardback book with dust jacket titled STEEL ROADS OF NEW ZEALAND: An Illustrated Survey. Edited by Gordon Troup. Published by A.H. & A.W. Reed. Illustrated with decorated endpapers, forty plans and over 250 photographs. Dust jacket shows scuffing/rubbing especially on back panel. Bookseller since 1995 (LL-Base2-1-TS-down-L) rareviewbooks Language: eng. …

Condition: Fair. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,300grams, ISBN.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 2nd Edition. First published 1973 this is the second edition from 1974. Book has very light shelf wear and some light spotting to the fore edges. The Jacket has rubbing to the head of the spine and leading corners. A very good copy. For a fledgling country sparsely populated, divided into provinces who made the policy decisions initially about public transport , particularly about railways, the gauge, rolling stock and where the lines ran it was amazing that New Zealand ultimately under a central government that a national railway system emerged. Under the skillful editorship of Gordon Troup he along wit a number of contributors trace the highlights of New Zealand railway History from 1863 through into the 1970s. The engineering feats, the engine types, and the working toward a single main line throughout each of the North and South Islands. Some of the particularly interesting chapters include: Engine Running 1877 - 1885, Smoke Signals at Rakaia, Steam on Lake Wakatipu, Rails Over the Rimutaka, Baldwins and Box Cars, The Rural Branch Line, The Biography of Ab 608, Main Trunk: Where Men Meet Mountains, The New Zealand "K" Means One Thing, and many more.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 2nd Edition. First published 1973 this is the second edition from 1974. Book has very light shelf wear and some light spotting to the fore edges. The Jacket has rubbing to the head of the spine and leading corners and a couple of very short closed tears. For a fledgling country sparsely populated, divided into provinces who made the policy decisions initially about public transport , particularly about railways, the gauge, rolling stock and where the lines ran it was amazing that New Zealand ultimately under a central government that a national railway system emerged. Under the skillful editorship of Gordon Troup he along wit a number of contributors trace the highlights of New Zealand railway History from 1863 through into the 1970s. The engineering feats, the engine types, and the working toward a single main line throughout each of the North and South Islands. Some of the particularly interesting chapters include: Engine Running 1877 - 1885, Smoke Signals at Rakaia, Steam on Lake Wakatipu, Rails Over the Rimutaka, Baldwins and Box Cars, The Rural Branch Line, The Biography of Ab 608, Main Trunk: Where Men Meet Mountains, The New Zealand "K" Means One Thing, and many more.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. The book is very clean and the jacket has some edge wear. For a fledgling country sparsely populated, divided into provinces who made the policy decisions initially about public transport , particularly about railways, the gauge, rolling stock and where the lines ran it was amazing that New Zealand ultimately under a central government that a national railway system emerged. Under the skillful editorship of Gordon Troup he along wit a number of contributors trace the highlights of New Zealand railway History from 1863 through into the 1970s. The engineering feats, the engine types, and the working toward a single main line throughout each of the North and South Islands. Some of the particularly interesting chapters include: Engine Running 1877 - 1885, Smoke Signals at Rakaia, Steam on Lake Wakatipu, Rails Over the Rimutaka, Baldwins and Box Cars, The Rural Branch Line, The Biography of Ab 608, Main Trunk: Where Men Meet Mountains, The New Zealand "K" Means One Thing, and many more.…

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. xi 239p D/J (spine fading, rumpled top) Slight rubbing top, bottom spine Slight mark FEs Heavily illustrated, the railways in NZ during the Victorian era.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. xi 239p A series of sketches and impressions of the trunks and branch lines, of the men of the footplate especially, from the 1860s through to the end of the century.

Condition: Good. 1965. 2nd Edition. 192 pages. Blue pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Pages are lightly tanned at the edges, with light foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards have slight shelf wear with bumping to corners. Spine ends are a little crushed with light tanning. Light wear to unclipped dust jacket with tears, nicks and creases to spine, edge and corners. Moderate tanning to spine and edges.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Illustrated endpapers, ix, 342pp., maps, line diagrams, b/w illustrations, appendices, glossary, bibliography, biographies, index. Some insect damage to board edges. Age toned text block. Lightly spotted top edge. Minor foxing to preliminaries and terminals else clean and bright internally. Dustjacket spine has rubbed top edge. Slight surface scratches.(BH) 8/2026.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. A very good unmarked copy with just light foxing in the edges. The dust jacket is fully intact, colour change to the spine.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. The book is in good condition. The boards are in good condition. The dust cover is in good condition. The pages are clean with foxing to the top sides of pages. The previous owner's name is inscribed on the first end page. some fading on spine. None.…

Imperial octavo hardcover (VG), in d/w (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 cost.…

2nd edition. A tidy copy in tight binding; dust jacket slightly shelf-worn. Used - Very Good. VG hardback in Good dust jacket Used - Very Good. VG hardback in Good dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 128 pages. d/j slight spine wear. roy sinclair (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 128 pages. tidy copy -d/j faint edge wear. roy sinclair photography (illustrator).

Octavo black cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, 179pp illus VG+ (light discolouration to eps) in VG d/w (light soiling, light wear to extremities).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 239 pages. dj lightly worn, shelf wear, spine faded.

first edition 239pp ills.[b/w] VERY GOOD+ (green cloth,sl.soiled,eps and content edges sl.foxed) in VERY GOOD+ dustwrapper (sl.rubbed and soiled,spine sunned).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 342pp. The cover is a little worn on the edges. Page edges lightly tanned and foxed. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown. Size: Size G: 10"-11" Tall (254-279mm).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Second edition. 342 pages. Fascinating history of the construction and operation of the railways of New Zealand. This is the story of how the men and women of New Zealand crossed the c ountry from shore to shore, fighting through forests, over mountains and across waterways until each section had been joined into a whole. Organized chronologic ally, the book describes the earliest shoestring years (1863-1899), the tight bu dget years (1900-1923), the growth years (1924-1949), and the years of amalgamat ion (1950-1972). Illustrated throughout with black and white photos, numerous ma ps, diagrams and charts. With 7 Appendices packed with statistics, a bibliograph y, and a biographies section. 342 pages.…

179pp. 8vo. Original boards in worn dustwrapper. Black and white plates. A very good copy. First edition.

Condition: Good. 1965. Reprinted. 192 pages. Dust jacket over blue cloth. Minor tanning to pages. More prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Occasional annotations, underlining and marginalia in pen; text remains unaffected. Binding remains firm. Mild staining to gutters and hinges. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild sunning and scuffing overall. Spine has slightly heavier sunning with soft crushing to ends. Book has a slight forward lean. Unclipped dust jacket with minor rubbing, chipping and tearing to edges. Moderate tanning and scuffing overall.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Second edition. 342 pages. DJ worn & chipped, Light tanning, name ffep, Fascinating history of the construction and operation of the railways of New Zealand. This is the story of how the men and women of New Zealand crossed the c ountry from shore to shore, fighting through forests, over mountains and across waterways until each section had been joined into a whole. Organized chronologic ally, the book describes the earliest shoestring years (1863-1899), the tight bu dget years (1900-1923), the growth years (1924-1949), and the years of amalgamat ion (1950-1972). Illustrated throughout with black and white photos, numerous ma ps, diagrams and charts. With 7 Appendices packed with statistics, a bibliograph y, and a biographies section. 342 pages.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine Hardback. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good + Dj. First Published. Illustrated with b/w Photos (illustrator).