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Beaumont, Anthony  Traction Engines on Parade, MAP, 1967, pp58.  Small landscape format Pb.  VG.  Fifty-eight photographs by Anthony Beaumont.  £2.95

Bloom, Alan  250 Years of Steam, World's Work, 1981, pp195.  "Largish" format Hb.  Very Good+ / Very Good.  Deals with all aspects of steam including stationary engines, marine engines, road locomotives, steam carriages and steam wagons.  £4.95

Descriptive Catalogue of the Burrell Gold Medal Steam Tractors, Road Locomotive Society, 1976, pp76.  First published by Charles Burrell & Sons, Thetford, 1922. Small landscape format Pb.  Fair.  Covers grubby.  A reprint of a 1920s trade catalogue - mainly illustrations.  £4.95

Fletcher, William  Steam on Common Roads, D&C, 1972, pp307.  VG+/VG.  Front fly leaf clipped.  Inscription.  A reprint of The History and Development of Steam Locomotion on Common Roads  first published in 1891.  A comprehensive history of steam locomotion on the roads, from the earliest experiments to the end of the 19th century, written by one of the most eminent traction engine designers of his day.  £9.50

Gillford F H  The Traction Engine, Oak, 1966, pp28 with 41 photos by J. P. Mullett.  Locomotion Papers No.8.  Pb.  VG+.  A history of the British traction engine based on a series of articles published in Engineering  during the 30's.  £4.95

Know Your Tractor, Shell Petroleum Company Limited, 1955, pp356 and 124 illustrations. Glazed Boards.  Nearly VG with superficial wear to the glazed boards.  Deals with tractors of the types used on farms and general service and is intended to supplement the operator's manuals issued by tractor manufacturers.  £16.50

Johnson, Brian  Steam Traction Engines, Wagons and Rollers, Blandford, 1971, pp180.  Small format Hb. VG /VG.  One-inch "wear" mark from an old price sticker on the front dw.  A brief history of traction engines followed by 158 coloured plates with separate extended descriptions.  £3.95

Judkins K  More of My Life in Steam, Oakwood, pp55 plus pp16 of plates.  No date.  Hb.  Very Good+ / Very Good.  Small tear in the dw near the head of the spine.  Stories of the author's days as a driver of steam lorries and of demonstrating Sentinel geared railway locomotives.  £24.50

Sawford, Eric  Steaming On: Engines & Wagons from the Golden Age of Steam Power, Sutton Publishing, 1998, pp150.  Hb.  Very Good+ / Very Good.  Stain to the top corner of the flyleaf.  Includes over 200 photographs to illustrate the wide range of steam traction engines and wagons that have survived, and tells the stories of the manufacturers who produced traction engines.  £5.95

Sawford, Eric  Road Locomotives and Tractors from the Golden Age of Steam Power, Alan Sutton, 1999, pp178.  Hb.  Very Good+ / Very Good.  Mark from an old price sticker on the rear dw.  Over 200 photographs with sections on Showman's Road Locomotives, Showman's Tractors, Road Locomotives and Steam Tractors.  £7.50

Wilkes, Peter An Illustrated History of Traction Engines, Spurbooks, 1974, pp144 and 76 illustrations.  Hb.  Very Good+ / Very Good.  Slight foxing to the page edges.  £8.50

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