TRAMS & TROLLEYBUSES

Turner, Keith

(Book #ID 45729)

Published by Shire Publications Ltd., Aylesbury, Bucks 1989. Aylesbury 1989.

Publisher's original stapled colour illustrated card covers. 8vo 7'' x 4¼'' 32 printed pages of text. ISBN 0852637365. Monochrome illustrations throughout. Without any ownership markings and in near Fine condition with one small mark to the front cover, no dust wrapper as published. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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Thompson, Julian

(Book #ID 14945)

Published by Fraser Stewart, 4 Highbridge Street, Waltham Abbey, Essex 1992. 1992.

Hard back binding in publisher's original pictorial glazed boards. 8vo 9½" x 7¼" 128 pp. ISBN 1874723230. Monochrome photographic illustrations on matt paper. Former message to the upper paste down. Fine in Fine dust wrapper. Dust wrapper supplied in archival acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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Thompson, Julian

(Book #ID 15080)

Published by Ian Allan Ltd., Terminal House, Station Approach, Shepperton, Surrey First Edition 1978. Shepperton 1978.

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original pictorial glazed boards. 8vo 9½" x 7¼" 128 pp. ISBN 0711008019. Monochrome photographic illustrations on semi-glossy paper. Former erased name to upper paste down. Nr. Fine in Nr. Fine dust wrapper with 5 mm closed tear to spine tip, not price clipped. Dust wrapper supplied in archival acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 0711008019

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The names of many of these have now passed into obscurity but some have been adopted to describe automotive car body styles: coupé, victoria, brougham, landau and landaulet, cabriolet (giving us our cab), phaeton, and limousine - all these once denoted particular types of carriages.

(Book #ID 87480)

circa 1910.

5½'' x 3½'' unused post card. Carriages may be enclosed or open, depending on the type. The top cover for the body of a carriage, called the head or hood, is often flexible and designed to be folded back when desired. Such a folding top is called a bellows top or calash. A hoopstick forms a light framing member for this kind of hood. The top, roof or second-story compartment of a closed carriage, especially a diligence, was called an imperial. A closed carriage may have side windows called quarter lights (British) as well as windows in the doors, hence a "glass coach". On the forepart of an open carriage, a screen of wood or leather called a dashboard intercepts water, mud or snow thrown up by the heels of the horses. The dashboard or carriage top sometimes has a projecting sidepiece called a wing (British). A foot iron or footplate may serve as a carriage step. A carriage driver sits on a box or perch, usually elevated and small. When at the front it is known as a dickey box, a term also used for a seat at the back for servants. A footman might use a small platform at the rear called a footboard or a seat called a rumble behind the body. Some carriages have a moveable seat called a jump seat. Some seats had an attached backrest called a lazyback. The shafts of a carriage were called limbers in English dialect. Lancewood, a tough elastic wood of various trees, was often used especially for carriage shafts. A holdback, consisting of an iron catch on the shaft with a looped strap, enables a horse to back or hold back the vehicle. The end of the tongue of a carriage is suspended from the collars of the harness by a bar called the yoke. At the end of a trace, a loop called a cockeye attaches to the carriage. In some carriage types the body is suspended from several leather straps called braces or thoroughbraces, attached to or serving as springs. In Good condition. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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Twidale, Graham H. E.

(Book #ID 98587)

Published by Silver Link Publishing Ltd., Unit 5, Home Farm Close, Church Street, Wadenhoe, Peterborough First Edition 1995. 1995.

First edition in publisher's original colour illustrated stiff card wrap covers [soft back]. 4to. 11½'' x 8½''. Contains 100 printed pages of text and archive monochrome photographs throughout. In Fine condition, no dust wrapper as issued. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 1857940407

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Tuffrey, Peter

(Book #ID 65923)

Published by the Author, 85 Bond Street, Rossington.

Publisher's original stapled colour illustrated card wrap covers. 8vo. 8'' x 8¼''. Contains 64 printed pages of text with archive monochrome photographs throughout. In Very Good condition with one small nick to the foot of the front cover, no dust wrapper as published. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 0905869112

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