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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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