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This book looks at almost 200 trams when they were in service, through historic photographs, prior to their withdrawal and eventual preservation.

Author: Peter Waller.

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 160pp. 22cm by 28cm.

ISBN: 9781526739018

Weight: 940

Original Price: £25.00

A pictorial history - with detailed captions - to the many electric trams that were to operate with more than one tramway during the period up to the closure of the Glasgow system in 1962.

Author: Peter Waller.

Publisher: Pen & Sword.

Hardback. 184pp. 21cm by 28cm.

ISBN: 9781526738974

Weight: 1135

Original Price: £25.00

British Buses and Coaches in the 1960s is an overview of the bus and coach scene during a decade of great social and economic change in Britain's history.

Author: Jim Blake.

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 192pp. 22cm by 28cm.

ISBN: 9781473867819

Weight: 1091

Original Price: £25.00

British independent bus and coach operators in the 1960s had a fascinating variety of chassis and body makes and styles, as well as liveries. This book shows many of these as they were between fifty and sixty years ago.

Author: Jim Blake.

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 176pp. 23cm by 28cm.

ISBN: 9781473857148

Weight: 1102

Original Price: £25.00

A snapshot of the 1960s.

Author: Jim Blake.

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 176pp. 22cm by 28cm.

ISBN 9781473857186

Original Price: £25.00

From Minehead to Poole harbour via Lands End.

Author: Andrew Bartlett.

Publisher: Pen & Sword.

Hardback. 152pp. 18cm by 25cm.

ISBN 9781526755421

Original Price: £25.00

This book seeks to newly record the history of the proprietors and put the activities of the London Central Omnibus Company and later London Transport into local context.

Author: Laurie James.

Publisher: Pen & Sword.

Hardback. 208pp. 21cm by 28cm.

ISBN: 9781526776051

Weight: 1116

Original Price: £30.00

The wonderful buses and coaches of 1979 are showcased in this fully illustrated volume.

Author: Henry Conn.

Publisher: Silver Link Books.

Paperback. 64pp. 23cm by 17cm.

ISBN 9781857945744

Weight. 203

Original Price: £8.00

This book brings back to life South Coast communities, streetscapes, landscapes, shop fronts, road signs and the colourful buses of the Southdown.

Author: Glyn Kraemer-Johnson

Publisher: Capital Transport.

Hardback. 96pp. 22cm by 25cm.

ISBN 9781854143358

Original Price: £19.95

A new history about the network linking Wimbledon with Croydon in South London.

Author: Gareth David.

Publisher: Pen & Sword.

Hardback. 200pp. 22cm by 28cm.

ISBN 9781526719539

Original Price: £30.00

Relive an era of efficient public transport with cheap fares and services which ran on time in all weathers.

Author: Robert J Harley.

Publisher: Heathfield Publishing..

Hardback. 112pp. 22cm by 30cm.

ISBN 9781854144386

Weight.

Original Price: £25.00

Mainstay of London Buses Ltd’s fleet into the 1990s, London’s MCW Metrobus fleet of M class remained almost completely intact by the time of privatisation in the autumn of 1994. In the hands of seven new companies thereafter, there followed multiple new liveries and new identities, but it wasn’t until the end of the decade when this account takes up their story, that withdrawals commenced in the face of new low-floor double-deck buses.

Author: Matthew Wharmby

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 192pp. 22.5cm by 29cm.

ISBN 9781526749673

Weight. 1230g

Original Price: £30.00

Already depleted by withdrawals in the London Buses Ltd era, the Leyland Titan fleet of T class was divided upon privatisation between three new companies; London Central, Stagecoach East London and Stagecoach Selkent. Together with a host of smaller companies operating second-hand acquisitions, the Titans’ declining years between 1998 and 2003 are explored in this pictorial account that encompasses both standard day-to-day routes, emergency deployments and rail replacement services.

Author: Matthew Wharmby

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 112pp. 22cm by 29cm.

ISBN 9781526749710

Weight. 0.880Kg

Original Price: £25.00

An in-depth study of the 20th century landmarks of Leicester's Trams and Buses,

Author: Andrew Bartlett.

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 245pp. 22cm by 28cm.

ISBN 9781526732491

Original Price: £30.00

In 1979, fresh from its general election victory, the Conservative government began formulating plans to deregulate bus services and privatise the companies operating them in England, Scotland and Wales. London was not to be excluded, so from the outset, London Buses was broken up into several areas and from 1985, a tendering system was introduced which permitted other operators to bid for the routes.

Author: Andrew Bartlett

Publisher:Pen & Sword

Hardback. 256pp. 22cm by 29cm.

ISBN 9781526755469

Weight.450g

Original Price: £12.99

1970 was a significant year in the history of London buses, for on January 1, the Country Area was taken out of the control of London Transport.

Author: Michael H.C. Baker.

Publisher: Silver Link Books.

Paperback. 64pp. 23cm by 17cm.

ISBN 9781857945652

Weight.

Original Price: £8.00

Versatile and personable, the Trident in all its forms lasted two decades in London, the last examples coming off service in 2020.

Author: Mathew Wharmby.

Publisher: Pen & Sword.

Hardback. 280pp. 21cm by 28cm.

ISBN: 9781526786913

Weight: 1425

Original Price: £35.00

This book examines the history of this important class from development through to preservation.

Author: Peter Waller.

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 208pp. 22cm by 28cm.

ISBN 9781526709080

Original Price: £25.00

A comprehensive account of the first ten years of one of London's newest double-deck bus types.

Author: Matthew Wharmby.

Publisher: Pen & Sword.

Hardback. 192pp. 22cm by 28cm.

ISBN 9781526749635

Original Price: £30.00

Midland Red in Retrospect covers the period during the 1960s when the Midland Red bus company dominated the Midlands, operating the lion’s share of the bus services and also the express coach services from the Midlands to London and other locations.

Author: Bernard H Warr

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 144pp. 22cm by 28cm.

ISBN: 9781526727053

Weight: 957

Original Price: £30.00

Britain's post war Tram networks of the Midlands and Southern England.

Author: Peter Waller.

Publisher: Pen & Sword.

Hardback. 168pp. 22cm by 28cm.

ISBN 9781473871144

Original Price: £25.00

Regenerative braking arose from tramway operators needing to economise on electricity consumption.

Author: Struan Jno T Robertson & John D Markham.

Publisher: Venture Publishing.

Hardback. 208pp. 21cm by 29cm.

ISBN 9781905304165

Original Price: £30.00

The story of a family - owned independent bus company.

Author: David Wilder & Barrie Hedges.

Publisher: Pen & Sword.

Hardback. 192pp. 22cm by 28cm.

ISBN 9781526760340

Original Price: £30.00

Good quality photographs, useful to modellers, new information and informative captions.

Author: Reiss O'Neill.

Publisher: Pen & Sword.

Hardback. 288pp. 24cm by 19cm.

ISBN: 9781473821040

Weight: 1112

Original Price: £35.00

A collectors guide from the transport philately series.

Author: Howard Piltz.

Publisher: Pen & Sword.

Hardback.120 pp. 15cm by 23cm.

ISBN: 9781473871946

Weight: 507

Original Price: £16.99

A frleet history 1921-2014.

Author: David Beddall.

Publisher: Pen & Sword.

Hardback. 224pp. 21cm by 28cm.

ISBN: 9781526755544

Weight: 1174

Original Price: £30.00

There is a head-turning charm about heritage transport. And where better to showcase such preserved delights than glorious Devon? This book is an affectionate endeavour to celebrate a bygone era. One kept vividly alive, and on the road, by the dedication of owner enthusiasts.

Author: Roger Malone

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 126pp. 22.5cm by 29cm.

ISBN 9781526748317

Weight. 902g

Original Price: £9.99

Walter Alexander was registered on May 23, 1924 and for many years was the largest bus company in Scotland.

Author: Henry Conn.

Publisher: Silver Link Publishing

Hardback. 128pp. 24cm by 17cm.

ISBN 9781857945591

Weight. 550g

Original Price: £25.00

This pictorial book will cover all three areas with views taken in 1960, featuring a number of buses from the acquired operators."

Author: Henry Conn.

Publisher: Silver Link Publishing

Hardback. 128pp. 24cm by 17cm.

ISBN 9781857945607

Weight. 552g

Original Price: £25.00

A journey in colour 1983 - 2003.

Author: Andrew Bartlett.

Publisher: Pen & Sword.

Hardback. 192pp. 22cm by 28cm.

ISBN 9781526755063

Original Price: £25.00

A survey of tramway engineers' vehicles.

Author: Peter Waller.

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 152pp. 22cm by 28cm.

ISBN 9781473862234

Weight. 1039g

Original Price: £25.00