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This page lists books on British buses.  Books dealing with both buses and trams, in particular histories of municipal transport systems, and books dealing with public transport in a particular area, are also listed here.

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Aish, Norman  Buses in Camera: South West, IA, 1977, pp128.  Hb.  VG in a VG dust wrapper.  There is a tiny nick to the dust wrapper at the base of the spine, and some loss of colour down the spine.  A pictorial survey presenting a representative survey of the vehicles used in the south west from the period just before the Second World war until the mid-1970s.  £3.95

Aldridge, John  British Buses Before 1945, IA, 1995, pp128.  F/F.  Ian Allan Transport Library.  "Explores the development of the bus through the many manufacturers - some well known, others almost forgotten - that attempted to produce buses."  £5.95

Anderson, R C and Frankis G G A  A History of Western National, D&C, 1979, pp202 with pp16 of illustrations.  Hb.  VG in a VG dust wrapper with slight wear to the top edge of the dust wrapper.  Traces the history and development of the company within the framework of other bus operations in the West Country.  £5.95

Anderson R C and Frankis G G  A  A History of Royal Blue Express Services, D&C, 2nd edition 1985, pp216 with pp16 of illustrations and a folding map in the rear.  Hb.  VG in a VG dust wrapper.  The fortunes of Royal Blue are traced from the horse drawn vehicles of 1880 to the motorway era.  £4.95

Appleby, John and Lloyd, Fred  Cheltenham's Trams & Buses 1890 – 1963, 21 Tram Group, 1964, pp84.  Pb.  VG.  Corner missing from page 83/84, no loss of text.  An illustrated history.  £6.95

Appleby, John B  Cheltenham's Trams & Buses Remembered: Their Story 1890-1970, Transport Publishing Company, 2^nd edition 1973, pp72.  Pb.  Very Good.  An illustrated history from the era of the horse-bus to the 1970s.  £4.95

Attridge, Joan  Rotherham Transport History: A Photographic Journey, Hendon Publishing, 1984, 69 illustrations.  Large Format Pb.  VG- with slight wear to the edges of the covers.  A pictorial tribute to the trams, trolleybuses and buses of Rotherham Corporation.  £4.95

Baker, Michael H C  London Country Buses: A Colour Portfolio, IA, 2000, pp80.  Large Format Hb.  VG.  An all-colour album.  £8.50

Baker, Michael H C  London Transport in the 1930s, IA, 2007, pp96.  Glazed Boards.  Fine.  A well-illustrated history of a decade in which trams, buses, trolleybuses and the Underground all played their part in London transport.  £4.95

Banks, John  The Thirties, Venture Publications, 2001, pp64.  Photographs by G. H. F. Atkins. Series editor: John Banks.  With additional material from the Senior Transport Archive and the Cull Collection.  No.14 in The Prestige Series.  Pb.  VG+.  Address sticker on the rear cover.  Chapters on Thirties Independence, Municipal Thirties, Thirties Trolleybuses and Company Thirties.  £5.95

Banks, John and Atkins G H F  Buses in the Sixties, Venture Publications, 2002, pp80.  Landscape format.  Glazed Boards.  Fine.  An all-colour album.  All the illustrations are from the camera of Geoffrey Atkins, a faithful recorder of the ever-changing bus scene for over 75 years.  £3.95

Barker T C and Robbins Michael  A History of London Transport: Passenger Travel and the Development of the Metropolis Vol.1: The Nineteenth Century, Allen & Unwin, 1st edition 1963, pp412.  Inscription.  Hb.  No dw.  Very Good.  Foxing to the page edges.  A comprehensive study of all forms of public transport in London.  £8.50

Bell D G  Eastern National Past and Present, Becknell Books, 1982, pp64.  There is a small price sicker on the rear cover.  Pb.  VG.  A pictorial survey.  £4.95

Bishop, John  Eastbourne Buses: Eastbourne Motor Bus 100, Wharncliffe Books, 2003, pp48.  Card Covers.  Very Good.  An illustrated booklet published to commemorate 100 years of bus operations in Eastbourne.  £4.95

Blacker, Ken  London's Utility Buses, Capital Transport, 1997, pp176.  Large Format.  Glazed boards with dw.  VG+/VG+.  A comprehensive study of the 756 "utility" buses of diverse origin that were pressed into service to see London Transport through the war.  £10.50

Booth, Gavin  British Bus Fleet Survey: Rear Engined Double-Deckers, IA, 1987, pp80.  Large Format Pb.  VG+.  A well-illustrated survey.  £3.95

Booth, Gavin  Edinburgh's Trams and Buses, Bus Enthusiast Publishing Company, 1988, pp64.  Pb.  VG.  An illustrated history providing a flavour of Edinburgh's public transport as it was over the past 50 years.  £3.95

Booth, Gavin  The Heyday of the Classic Bus, IA, 1994, pp80.  Landscape format.  Glazed Boards.  VG+.  A pictorial tribute to British bus services, excluding London, in the 1950s and 60s.  In colour throughout.  £3.95

Booth, Gavin  The Heyday of the Bus: 1960s Revisited, IA, 1998, pp80.  Small address sticker on the rear cover.  Landscape format.  Glazed Boards.  VG+.  An all-colour pictorial tribute.  £5.95

Booth, Gavin  Scottish Buses: A Colour Portfolio, IA, 2003, pp80.  Landscape format.  Glazed Boards.  VG.  There is an outline of an old price sticker on the cover.  Scottish bus services in the 80s.  £3.95

Booth, Gavin  Bus Operators 1970: Scotland and North-East England, IA, 2005, pp80.  Large Format Glazed Boards.  VG+.  A largely pictorial survey dealing with each region in turn.  £5.95

Broatch, Stuart  Bedford Vol.1: Bedford and British Chevrolet 1923 – 1950, Venture Publications, 1995, pp151.  Series editor: Alan Townsin.  Glazed Boards.  VG+.  An illustrated history of Bedford vans and buses.  £16.50

Brown, Stewart J  Buses in Britain, Capital Transport, 1996, pp224.  A completely new edition from the 1993 edition.  Large Format Glazed Boards.  VG.  One-inch vertical graze on the back cover.  A comprehensive survey of the bus scene in 1995 which examines each region in turn. Well-illustrated in colour throughout.  £5.95

Brown, Stewart J  Buses in Britain 2 The Mid-Nineties, Capital Transport, 1996, pp224.  A completely revised version of the original 1993 edition.  Large Format.  Glazed Boards.  Fine.  A comprehensive survey of the bus scene at the end of 1995 that examines each region in turn.  Well-illustrated throughout in colour.  £5.95

Bruce, J Graeme and Curtis, Colin H  The London Motor Bus: Its Origin and Development, London Transport, 3rd revised impression 1977, pp138 with colour frontis.  Landscape format Hb. VG/Fair.  Wear to the top edge of the dust wrapper. An illustrated history of every type of motorbus to thread the London Streets from the Milnes-Daimler horse-bus-with-an-engine to one-man double-deckers.  £3.95

Buses November 1996: 500th issue, pp76.  Large Format VG.  Two cm crease across the bottom front corner of the cover.  The much enlarged 500th issue.  £0.95

Buses Restored 2006, IA, 2006, pp128.  Pb.  VG+.  Details of UK Bus Museums with complete stock lists.  £1.95

Buses Yearbook

Buses Yearbook 1993, IA, pp128.  Editor: Stewart J. Brown.  Glazed Boards. VG+.  An illustrated review of 1993.  £3.95

Buses Yearbook 1994, IA, pp128.  Editor: Stewart J. Brown.  Glazed Boards. VG+.  An illustrated review of 1994.  £3.95

Buses Yearbook 1996, IA, pp128.  Editor: Stewart J. Brown.  Glazed Boards.  Fine.  An illustrated review of 1996.  £3.95

Buses Yearbook 1997, IA, pp128.  Editor: Stewart J. Brown.  Glazed Boards.  VG+. An illustrated review of 1997.  £3.95

Buses Yearbook 2003, IA, pp128.  Editor: Stewart J. Brown.  Glazed Boards.  Fine.  An illustrated review of 2003.  £3.95

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Cardno, Peter and Harling, Stephen  East from Huddersfield by Bus 1913 – 1974, Robin Hood Publishing, 2008, pp96.  Huddersfield & District Road Transport History Series No.3.  Large landscape format Pb.  VG+.  An illustrated history.  £8.50

Crawley R J, MacGregor D R and Simpson F D  The Years Between 1909 & 1969: Vol.2 The Eastern National Story from 1930, OPC, 1984, pp207.  Large landscape format.  Glazed boards with a dust wrapper.  VG+ in a VG dust wrapper.  The second volume of a comprehensive illustrated history of the National bus companies.  £9.50

Crawley R J and Simpson F D  The Years Between 1909 & 1969: Vol.3 The Story of Western National and Southern National from 1929, Calton Promotions, 1990, pp264.  Large landscape format.  Glazed Boards.  Near VG.  Rear bottom corner slightly bumped, slight depression on the lower front edge.  The final volume of a comprehensive illustrated history of the National bus companies.  £10.50

Cummings, John  Railway Motor Buses and Bus Services in the British Isles 1902-1933 Vol.1, OPC, 1978, pp136 with numerous illustrations and maps.  Large Format Hb.  VG in a VG dust wrapper.  Slight wear to the top edge of the dust wrapper.  A comprehensive history of railway bus operations during the period when the railway companies directly operated bus services. Volume One considers the services operated by Irish Railways, the Scottish pre-grouping companies, some English pre-grouping companies, the LMS and the LNER.  £8.50

Curtis, Martin S  Bristol: A Century on the Road, Glasney Press, 1977, pp144.  Large Format  Hb.  VG in a VG dust wrapper.  A largely pictorial tribute with some supporting text - divided into two sections: Part One. Bristol: The Operator and Part Two. Bristol: The Manufacturer.  £6.95

Curtis, Martin S  Bristol Buses in Camera, IA, 1984, pp112.  Hb.  VG+ in a VG dust wrapper.  A largely pictorial history of the buses built by the Bristol Company.  £6.95

Daimler of Coventry, Daimler, 1966, pp20.  Foreword by Sir William Lyons, Chairman of Daimler.   Landscape Format Pb.  VG.  An illustrated history, with a final section on current products.  £1.95

Davies, Roger  Glory Days: Ribble, IA, 2005, pp112.  Landscape format.  Glazed Boards.  Fine.  A well-illustrated history of Ribble.  £8.50

Doggett M G  Eastern Coach Works Vol.1: A History of the Coachbuilding Activities at Lowestoft 1919 – 1946, Transport Publishing Company, 1987, pp160.  Series editor: Maurice Townsin.  Large Format.  Glazed Boards.  VG.  An illustrated history of the company and its products up to 1946.  £12.50

Doggett M G and Townsin AA  Eastern Coach Works (ECW) 1946 – 1965, Venture Publications, 1993, pp144.  Principal photographers: Geoff Atkins, Maurice Doggett and Roy Marshall.  Large Format. Glazed Boards.  VG.  A well-illustrated history.  £12.50

Dunbar, Chas S  Buses, Trolleybuses & Trams, Bounty Books, 2004, pp139 with numerous illustrations in colour and b/w.  First published in 1967.  Large Format. Glazed boards with dw.  Fine/Fine.  "The story of road transport from the days of the stage and long-distance mail coach to the crowded age of the monorail, the expressway and buses that go by themselves."  £3.95

Earnshaw, Alan  Bedford Buses of the 1930s and 40s, Trans-Pennine Publishing, 2000, pp52.  Limited edition 453 of 1000.  Fare Stage Series Vol.1.  Pb.  VG.  An illustrated history.  £2.95

Everitt, Bryan  The Story of Moore Brothers, Kelvedon, Essex: Passenger Carrying through Five Generations, author, 2000, pp144.  Hb.  VG+ in a VG dust wrapper.  An illustrated history of Moore Brothers.  £10.50

Folkard, Leslie and Platt, Philip  Devon General: A Pictorial History, Round Oak, 1994, pp87.  Large Format.  Glazed Boards. VG.  A well-illustrated history of Devon General published on the 75th anniversary of the company.  £9.50

Gillham, John C  London's Double Deck Buses, IA, 1950, pp49.  Landscape format Pb.  VG- with superficial wear to the corners.  Pictures and details of all London double-deckers in service in 1950.  £2.95

Gladwin D D  Aspects of Buses, Oakwood, 2003, pp208.  Address sticker on the rear cover.  Portrait Series PS11.  Pb.  VG.  A pictorial history of British bus services.  £5.95

Goode C T  The History of the Mexborough & Swinton Traction Company, author, 1982, pp64.  Pb.  VG.  An illustrated history of the company's tram, trolleybus & bus operations in South Yorkshire.  £7.50

Graves, Charles  London Transport at War (1939-1945), Oldcastle Books, 1989, pp97.  Introduction by Oliver Green.  Fiftieth anniversary edition.  Inscription.  First published in 1947 as London Transport Carries On.  Hb.  VG+ in a VG dust wrapper.  An illustrated account of London Transport during the war years.  £4.95

Gray, Edward  Manchester Road & Rail, Alan Sutton, 1996, pp126.  Britain in Old Photographs Series.  Pb. VG.  With chapters on: Horse-Drawn Transport; Railways in the Pre-Grouping Era; Late Nineteenth-Century Experiments; Electric Tramways 1899-1920; Motor Buses 1900-1939; Railways after 1923; Industrial Railways; Electric Tramways 1921-19561; Trolley Buses, Motor Buses 1940-1969; and Passenger Transport Executive, De-regulation & Metrolink.  £3.95

Gray, John A  London's Classic Buses, Capital Transport Publishing, 1999, pp96.  "Largish" landscape.  Glazed Boards.  Fine.  An all-colour tribute to the post-war London bus scene.  £4.95

Green, Geoff  Bristol K-Type, IA, 1984, pp96.  Bus Monographs:4.  Glazed Boards.  VG.  A well-illustrated history of the Bristol Company K-type.  £5.95

Greenwood M W  Midland Red Buses, Bradford Barton, 1980, pp96.  Hb.  VG+ in a VG dust wrapper.  A Bradford Barton reprint with matt printing.  A pictorial album.  £3.95

Hall, Chas. C  Sheffield Transport, 1977, pp332 with a fold-out system map in the rear.  Large Format Hb.  VG in a VG- dust wrapper with slight wear to the edges of the dust wrapper.  A comprehensive history of tram and bus operations in Sheffield.  £28.50

Hambley, John A S  London Transport Buses & Coaches 1939 – 1945, Images (Publishing), 1995, pp160.  Large Format Pb.  VG+.  A pictorial history of London buses during the war years.  £9.50

Hambley, John A S  London Transport Buses & Coaches 1946, Images (Publishing), 1996, pp160.  Large Format Pb.  VG.  A pictorial history of London buses in 1946.  Includes a supplement of photographs covering the years 1939-45 and 1948-55.  £8.50

Hambley, John A S  London Transport Buses & Coaches 1947, Harold Martin & Redman, 1997, pp160.  Large Format Pb.  VG+.  A pictorial history of London buses in 1947.  Includes 1948 supplement.  £8.50

Hambley, John A S  London Transport Buses & Coaches 1948, Self Publishing Association, 1993, pp160.  Large Format Pb.  VG+.  Slight loss of the red colour on the lower half of the spine.  A pictorial history of London buses in 1948.  £8.50

Hambley, John A S  London Transport Buses & Coaches 1949, Self Publishing Association, 1991, pp160.  Large Format Pb.  VG+.  A pictorial history of London buses in 1949.  £7.50

Hambley, John A S  London Transport Buses & Coaches 1950, Self Publishing Association, 1991, pp160.  Large Format Pb.  VG+.  The red on the lower half of the spine has faded slightly.  A pictorial history of London buses in 1950.  £8.50

Hambley, John A S  London Transport Buses & Coaches 1951, Self Publishing Association, 1992, pp160.  Large Format Pb.  VG.  The red on the upper half of the spine has faded slightly.  A pictorial history of London buses in 1951.  £8.50

Hambley, John A S  London Transport Buses & Coaches 1952, Images (Publishing), 1993, pp160.  Large Format Pb.  VG.  The red on the lower half of the spine has faded slightly.  A pictorial history of London buses in 1952.  £8.50

Hambley, John A S  London Transport Buses & Coaches 1953, Images (Publishing), 1994, pp160.  Large Format Pb.  VG.  The red on the top half of the spine has faded slightly. A pictorial history of London buses in 1953.  £8.50

Hannay, Robin and Broatch, Stuart  80 Years of Guy Motors 1914-1994: Cars, Trucks and Buses, Venture, 1994, pp144.  The British Bus and Traction Heritage.  Large Format.  Glazed Boards.  Fine.  A well-illustrated history of the famous Wolverhampton company.  £16.50

Hibbs, John  The Country Bus, D&C, 1986, pp160.  Hb. VG+/VG.  Spine of dw lightly sunned. Successfully evokes the flavour of the rural and village bus.  £4.95

Hillier, John and Sherwin, John  Glory Days: Aldershot & District, IA, 2004, pp96.  Landscape format.  Glazed Boards.  VG+.  A well-illustrated history of The Aldershot & District Traction Company's bus operations in the post-war years.  £8.50

Hirst, Henry  Buses and Trams, Instinctive Product Development, 2010, pp96.  Pocket Series.  Small format Pb.  VG+.  "A nostalgic look at the heritage and story of buses and trams."  Well-illustrated throughout.  £0.95

Holmes, Roger  Doncaster 1: Independents - The First 30 Years, Venture Publications, 2005, pp64.  No.31 in The Prestige Series.  Series editor: John Banks.  Pb.  VG+.  £4.95

Horne J B and Maund T B  Liverpool Transport Vol.1 1830-1900, Light Railway Transport League, 1975, pp153.  Large Format.  Glazed Boards.  VG.  The first volume of the definitive study of public street transport in the City of Liverpool.  £16.50

Horne J B and Maund T B  Liverpool Transport Vol.2 1900-1930, Light Railway Transport League, 1982, pp359.  Large Format. Glazed Boards.  VG.  There is a small nick in the glazed boards at the base of the spine, otherwise VG.  The second volume of the definitive study of public street transport in the City of Liverpool.  £18.50

Horse Tram to Metro: One Hundred Years of Local Public Transport in Tyne and Wear, Tyne and Wear Passenger Transport Executive, 1978, pp44.  Large landscape format Pb.  VG.  Published to commemorate the centenary of the first horse-drawn tramway system in Newcastle. An illustrated booklet.  £3.95

Hulin P  Bristol's Buses, author, 1974, pp44. Large Format Pb.  VG with some superficial creasing on the covers.  A summary account of the manufactures and bus operations of the Bristol Tramways and Carriage Co. and of its operating successor the Bristol Omnibus Co. Ltd. Twenty pages of text followed by 24 pages of illustrations  £8.50

Hutchinson, G Eric  40 Years of Buses in Newcastle Upon Tyne, Venture Publications, 1996, pp80.  Colour Album No.5.  Landscape format.  Glazed Boards.  VG+.  £6.95

Hutchinson G E  Venture Transport of Consett, Venture Publications, 2003, pp64. Series editor: John Banks.  No.19 in The Prestige Series.  Pb.  VG+.  Address sticker on the rear cover.  £6.95

Hypher, John  Glory Days: Bristol VR, IA, 2002, pp96.  Landscape format.  Glazed Boards.  Fine. Recalls the development & operational history of the Bristol VR, over 4500 of which were produced between 1966 and 1981.  Well illustrated throughout in colour & b/w.  £7.50

Jack, Doug, Leyland Bus Mk2, PRC, 1992, pp524 with around 1000 illustrations.  A reprint of the second edition that takes the story up to 1984.  Large Format.  Glazed boards with dw.  VG+/VG+.  Tiny wear mark to the bottom rear corner of the covers. A huge tome providing a comprehensive illustrated history.  £16.50

Janes, Allen  Bristol Commercial Vehicles: The Early Years, author, 2005, pp115.  Pb.  VG+.  Aims to provide a more complete story of the very early motor omnibuses operated and built by the Bristol Tramways & Carriage Company Limited.  £12.50

Jenkinson, Keith A  West Yorkshire: A National Bus Company, Transport Publishing Company, 1977, pp160 with a folding map in the rear.  Large landscape format.  Glazed Boards.  VG.  There is some minor wear inside both the front and rear covers.  A comprehensive illustrated history of the West Yorkshire Road Car Company.  £12.50

Jenkinson, Keith  Preserved Buses, IA, 2nd revised and enlarged edition 1978, pp304.  Small format Hb.  VG in a VG- dust wrapper.  Loss of colour on the spine of the dust wrapper, one-inch internally-repaired on the bottom edge.  Over 1550 preserved passenger vehicles of some 270 different models are listed and illustrated.  £3.95

Jenkinson, Keith A  Ledgard Way: The History of Samuel Ledgard, Autobus Review, 1981, pp112.  Inscription.  Pb.  Fair.  Creasing to the lower corner of the front cover.  An illustrated history of this independent operator in Yorkshire.  £4.95

Jenkinson, Keith A  Focus on Bristol Lodekka, Autobus Review Publications, 1984, pp64.  "Largish" format.  Card Covers.  VG with slight wear to the covers.  A pictorial survey; each Lodekka series is considered in turn.  £8.50

Jenkinson, Keith A  Buses Mean Business: Stagecoach and Its Subsidiaries Vol.2, Autobus Review, 1992, pp88.  Large Format.  Card Covers.  Very Good.  A well-illustrated history covering the period from 1988 to 1991, a period of very rapid expansion for Stagecoach.  £4.95

Jones, Graham and Macfarlane, Allan  The Bristol KSW, OPC, 1985, 209 illustrations.  Large Format Hb.  Fine in a VG dust wrapper.  A largely pictorial survey which looks at each operator of the Bristol KSW in turn.  £7.50

Joyce J  Provincial Bus & Tram Album, IA, 1971, pp128.  Hb.  VG in a VG- dust wrapper.  There is a faint watermark on the dust wrapper around the head of the spine, and a one-inch internally repaired tear in the rear fold.  A very wide-ranging album with a mixture of pre and post-war illustrations.  £3.95

Joyce, J  Provincial Bus & Tram Album, IA, 1968, pp128.  Hb.  No dust wrapper.  VG.  Address label inside the front cover.  A very wide-ranging album with a mixture of pre and post-war illustrations.  £2.95

Kaye, David  Veteran and Vintage Public Service Vehicles, Ian Allan, [1962], pp64.  Pb.  VG-.  Some 46 buses, trams and trolley buses are illustrated and described.  £2.95

Kaye, David  Buses and Trolleybuses Before 1919, Blandford, 1972, pp149.  A Blandford Pocket Encyclopaedia in Colour.  Small format Hb.  VG+ in a VG- dust wrapper.  Slight wear to the top edge of the dust wrapper.  120 colour illustrations followed by a brief history of each type.  £2.50

Keeley, Malcolm  Buses in Camera: Mercian & Welsh, IA, 1974, pp132.  Hb. VG/VG.  Dw spine slightly faded. Address label inside the front cover.  £4.95

Kidner R W  The London Motor Bus 1896-1949, Oakwood, 1st edition 1950, pp44.  Locomotion Papers No.5.  Pb.  Fair+.  Slight creasing and wear to covers.  "A short history of the 136 different bus fleets that have served London and which have finally become merged in one vast organisation."  £2.95

Leyland Passenger Models: Foremost in Fuel Economy, Leyland Motors, 1964, pp28.  Pb.  Landscape Format.  Very Good.  An illustrated booklet giving details of Leyland's then current products.  £1.95

Lumb, Geoff  The Heyday of the Bus: Yorkshire, IA, 1999, pp80.  Landscape format.  Glazed Boards. Very Good+.  An all-colour pictorial survey of bus operations in Yorkshire in the 1960s.  £5.95

MacDonald, Neil  Midland Red North, Venture Publications, 1995, pp128.  Large Format. Glazed Boards.  Fine.  The story of how Midland Red North, one of the successors to the old Midland Red Company, faced up to the challenges of deregulation and privatisation.  Lavishly illustrated in colour.  £5.95

Macfarlane, Allan  A Pictorial Tribute to the Bristol Omnibus Company and Associated Fleets 1936 – 1983, OPC, 1985, 279 illustrations.  Large Format Hb.  VG+ in a VG dust wrapper.  A substantial pictorial album.  £8.50

Mack, Robert F  Buses in Leeds: Past., Present & Future, Turntable, 1974, pp40.  Pb. VG.   Slight creasing to the covers.  Pictorial.  £3.95

Mack, Robert F  An Album of Leeds Corporation Buses, Turntable, 1980, pp48.  Card Covers. Very Good.  There is an old price sticker on the rear cover.  An album of post-war Leeds buses before the amalgamation into the West Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive in 1974.  £2.95

Malcolm, John  Bygone Buses of Kent & Sussex Vol.1, Rochester Press, 1980, pp64.  Pb.  Landscape Format. Very Good.  An album covering the Maidstone & District and East Kent Companies, together with some independent operators.  £2.95

Martin, Colin  Cheltenham's Buses 1939 – 1980, Tempus, 2001, pp128.  Images of England Series.  Pb.  VG.  An illustrated history.  £3.95

Maund T B  Crosville on Merseyside, Transport Publishing Company, 1992, pp112.  Large Format. Glazed Boards.  VG.  A well-illustrated history of the company's activities in the Merseyside area.  £8.50

McCormack, Kevin  The Heyday of London's Buses [Vol.1], IA, 1994, pp80.  Glazed Boards.  VG.  An all-colour landscape-format album.  A pictorial tribute to London's bus services in the 1970s.  £4.95

McCormack, Kevin  The Heyday of London's Buses – 3, IA, 1996, pp80.  Landscape format.  Glazed Boards.  VG+.  An all-colour landscape-format album.  A third pictorial tribute to London's bus services.  £5.95

McCormack, Kevin  London Buses in Colour: 1960s, IA, 2000, pp80.  Inscription.  Large Format.  Glazed Boards.  VG+.  An all-colour album.  £5.95

McCormack, Kevin  London Transport Buses 1955-1969, IA, 1st edition 2002, pp80.  Landscape format.  Glazed Boards.  Fine.  An all-colour pictorial tribute to London buses.  £4.95

McCormack, Kevin  The Heyday of the Half-Cab, IA, 2002, pp80.  Landscape Format.  Glazed Boards. Fine.  An all-colour album focusing on buses in the 1955-66 period.  London buses are not included.  £4.95

McCormack, Kevin  London Transport in Exile: 1950s and 1960s, IA, 2004, pp80.  Landscape format. Glazed Boards.  Fine.  An all-colour album covering LT buses withdrawn before 1970 and put to further use.  £6.95

McCormack, Kevin  London Transport in Colour 1950-1969, IA, 1st edition 2005, pp80.  Landscape format.  Glazed Boards.  Fine.  Covers the transport activities of London Transport during the 1950s and 60s including buses, trolleybuses and the Underground and even a few trams.  £4.95

McCormack, Kevin  Streets of London, IA, 2006, pp80.  Landscape format. Glazed Boards.  Fine.  An evocative all-colour album portraying the trams, buses and trolleybuses of London between 1945 and 1962.  £4.95

McKinstry, Sam  Sure as the Sunrise: A History of Albion Motors, John Donald, 1977, pp222.  "Largish" format Hb.  VG/VG.  A comprehensive history of Scotland's most-successful motor-manufacturing company.  £24.50

McLachlan, Tom  London Buses 1985-1995: Managing the Change, Venture Publications, 1996, pp127.  Large Format.  Glazed Boards.  Very Good.  A comprehensive study of a turbulent decade.  £4.95

Mills, Geoff R  Gone but not Forgotten: East Anglia's Lost Double Deckers - Operators that have disappeared since Word War II, MW Transport Publications, 2006, pp62.  Large Format Pb.  VG+.  An illustrated booklet with fleet lists.  £5.95

Model Bus Monthly Vol.1 No.1 May 1977, Busline Models, pp30.  Fair.  Some rubbing and loss of colour to the covers.  The very first issue.  Were there any further issues?  £0.95

Morris, Colin  Southdown, TPC, 1985, pp96 with a folding route map in the rear.  British Bus Systems No.6.  Series editor: Alan Townsin.  Large Format.  Glazed Boards.  VG.  A well-illustrated history of Southdown.  £8.50

Morris, Stephen  Buses at Work, IA, 1982, pp128.  VG in a VG dust wrapper.  A nationwide selection of photographs from the late 1970s and early 1980s.  £3.95

Morris, Stephen  Bus Scene in Colour: Ten Years of Deregulation, IA, 1996, pp80.  Landscape format.  Glazed Boards.  VG.  An all-colour pictorial survey of bus services in the late 80s and early 90s.  £4.95

Ogden, Eric  Lancashire United, Transport Publishing Company, 1974, pp88 with a folding map in the rear.  Large landscape format Pb.  Fair+ with slight wear to the edges of the cover, with the plastic coating coming away down the rear vertical edge.  A photographic tribute to what was once the largest independent bus operator in Great Britain.  £5.95

Ogden, Eric  Ribble, Transport Publishing Company, 1983, pp96. British Bus Systems No.2.  Large Format. Glazed Boards.  VG.  Some rubbing to the corners of the glazed boards; slight loss of colour down the spine.  Ribble Motor Services - A Brief History (p5-p37) followed by Ribble in Pictures.  £8.50

Ogden, Eric  Lancashire United: A Centenary Celebration 1906 – 2006, Venture Publications, 2006, pp144.  With additional research by John A. Senior.  Super Prestige Collection No.10.  Pb.  VG+.  £8.50

Omnibus Magazine Vol.1 No.1 January 1930, Omnibus Society, p16.  Pb.  VG.  Reproduced typescript.  With short articles and news items.  £1.95

Pennington, Roger  British Fire Engine Heritage, Osprey Automotive, 1994, pp128.  Pb.  VG.  An all-colour illustrated history of British fire service vehicles.  £3.95

[The] People's Carriage: Bristol 1874 – 1974, Bristol Omnibus Company Ltd., 1974, pp92 plus pp32 of illustrations.  Large Format.  Glazed Boards.  VG.  Small price sticker on the rear cover.  The history of Bristol Tramways Co. Ltd, Bristol Tramways & Carriage Co. Ltd., and Bristol Omnibus Co. Ltd.  £8.50

Piltz, Howard  The Heyday of the Trolleybus, IA, 1996, pp80.  Landscape format.  Glazed Boards.  Very Good+.  An all-colour pictorial tribute.  £3.95

Porter A F  Midlands Buses 1950 – 1969, IA, 1985, pp112.  Glazed Boards. VG. Black & white illustrations with extended captions.  £5.95

Ransom P J G  The Archaeology of the Transport Revolution 1750-1850, BCA/World's Work, 1984, p208.  Large Format Hb.  VG in a VG dust wrapper.  An illustrated study with chapters on: One Transport Revolution or Two; Road, River and Sea down to 1800; Canals & Tramroads; Steam Carriages, Boats & Locomotives: the First Pioneers; Roads & Coaching: the Heyday; Steam Boats & Locomotives in Commercial Use; Trunk Railways, Late Canals & Transatlantic Steamers; The Transport Revolution Completed.  £4.95

Rennie, Kim and Aldridge, Bill  London Transport Service Vehicles, Capital Transport, 2003, pp160 with over 300 illustrations.  Large Format.  Glazed boards with dw.  VG+/VG+.  A history of the service vehicles operated by London Transport from its formation in 1933 until its demise.  £12.50

Rixon, Geoff  Routemasters in Colour, IA, 1999, pp80.  Landscape format.  Glazed Boards.  VG+.  The bottom corners of the covers are slightly bumped.  A pictorial tribute covering the years 1979-99.  £4.95

Rixon, Geoff  Bus Scene in Colour: London Buses 2000, IA, 2000, pp80.  Landscape format. Glazed Boards.  Fine.  A pictorial tribute.  £4.95

Root, Malcolm  Malcolm Root's Pageant of Transport: A Treasury of Transport Paintings from Times Past, Halsgrove, 2006, pp140.  Text by Tom Tyler.  Large Format Hb.  Fine/Fine.  A collection of Malcolm Root's paintings depicting the development of transport over the last one hundred years.  All modes of transport are included.  £10.50

Rowe, Lyndon W  Municipal Buses of the 1960s, Enterprise Transport Books/Bradford Barton, pp96.  Hb.  Fine in a Fine dust wrapper.  A Bradford Barton reprint.  A pictorial album.  £3.95

Smith, Geoffrey K  The Potteries Motor Traction Co. Ltd: A Retrospect, Venture, 2011, pp160.  Large Format.  Glazed Boards.  VG+.  A history of PMT, aimed very much at the bus enthusiast.  Well-illustrated throughout in both colour and black & white.  £16.50

Soper J  Leeds Transport Vol.1 1830-1902, Leeds Transport Historical Society, 1985, pp252. Large Format Hb.  VG/VG- with slight wear to the dw at the head & base of the spine. A comprehensive four-volume history of road passenger transport in Leeds.  £16.50

Soper J  Leeds Transport Vol.2 1902-1931, Leeds Transport Historical Society, 1996, p252-p746 with folding map in rear pocket.  Large Format Hb.  VG/VG-.  Vertical crease to the front dw.  A comprehensive four-volume history of road passenger transport in Leeds.  £24.50

Stewart, David  London's Golden Jubilee Buses, Capital, 2002, pp80.  Pb.  VG.  A pictorial celebration of the fifty London buses that were turned out in gold livery to celebrate the Golden Jubilee.  £2.95

Taylor, Sheila   The Moving Metropolis: A History of London's Transport since 1800, Lawrence King, 2001, pp400.  In association with London's Transport Museum.  Introductions by Oliver Green.  Hb.  VG/Fair.  Damaged in transit stamp inside.  The torn dust wrapper, while complete, has been extensively repaired.  A largely pictorial history, mainly in colour.  £10.50

Townsin, Alan  The Best of British Buses No.1 Leyland Titans 1927-1942, Booklaw, 1993, pp96.  Address label inside the front cover.  Large Format.  Glazed Boards.  VG.  An illustrated history.  £5.95

Townsin, Alan  The Best of British Buses No. 4: 75 Years of Aldershot and District, Transport Publishing Company, 1981, pp96.  From original research by Peter J. Holmes and Eric Nixon.  Large Format Pb.  VG-.  Slight wear to the covers at the head of the spine; loss of the plastic coating on the covers in a fairly large triangular area at the rear bottom corner of the covers.  An largely pictorial history.  £4.95

Townsin, Alan  The Best of British Buses No. 5: 75 Years of Crosville, Transport Publishing Company, 1981, pp96.  Series editor: Alan Townsin.  Large Format.  Glazed Boards.  Fine.  An illustrated history.  £5.95

Townsin, Alan  The Best of British Buses No. 6 AEC Regals, Transport Publishing Company, 1982, pp96.  Large Format.  Glazed Boards.  Fine.  An illustrated history.  £5.95

Townsin, Alan  Park Royal Vehicles Ltd Vol.2 1942-1980, Transport Publishing Company, 1980, pp192.  "Largish" landscape format.  Glazed Boards.  VG.  Small address sticker on the title page.  A pictorial survey of the post-war years.  £10.50

Townsin, Alan  The Bristol Story Part 1 - 1908 –1951, Venture Publications, 1996, pp160.  Large Format. Glazed Boards.  VG.  A comprehensive illustrated history of the Bristol Tramways & Carriage Co, and of the famous buses that they manufactured.  £14.50

Townsin, Alan  AEC, IA, 1998, pp128.  Ian Allan Transport Library.  Address label inside the front cover.  Hb.  Fine/VG+.  A well-illustrated history of AEC, one of the most famous names in British bus and lorry manufacturing.  £12.50

Transport and Distribution, Mercury Books, 1990, pp182.  Inscription recording my own purchase in 1992.  Hb.  VG+ in a VG dust wrapper.  There is a one-inch tear in the rear dust wrapper fold.  A CBI study of the impact of the single European market on Road, Rail, Inland Waterway, Sea and Air Transport.  £2.95

Vintage Roadscene

Vintage Roadscene Vol.1 and 2: Issues 1 – 8, IA.  Editor: S. W. Stevens-Stratten.  Professionally bound in an orange cloth binding with gold lettering on the spine.  Fine.  Volumes One and Two consists of eight issues published quarterly between December 1984 and September 1986.  £16.50

Vintage Roadscene Vol.3 and 4: Issues 9 – 16, IA.  Editor: S. W. Stevens-Stratten. Professionally bound in an orange cloth binding with gold lettering on the spine.  Fine.  Volumes Three and Four consists of eight issues published quarterly between December 1986 and September 1988.  £16.50

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Waller, Peter  Classic Bus Tests, IA, 1997, pp112.  Hb.  Fine/Fine.  In the 30s, 40s and 50s most new bus & coach models were extensively tested for the trade magazines. This collection of articles reporting the results of these tests were originally published in Modern Transport and Passenger Transport.  £8.50

Wallis, Philip  Bus Kaleidoscope 1967, IA, 1997, pp112.  Glazed Boards. VG+.  A well-illustrated review of the rapidly changing bus scene in 1967.  £4.95

Wallis, Philip  London 1952: Buses, Trams & Trolleybuses, IA, 2001, pp128.  Hb.  VG+ in a VG+ dust wrapper.  A well-illustrated account of travel by both vintage and modern buses, tramcars and trolleybuses around London Transport's area in 1952.  The book is based on the records and reminiscences of Richard Forall who sampled as much as he could of London Transport's varied operations in 1952.  £7.50

Warn C R  Buses in Northumberland & Durham Part 1: 1900-1930, Frank Graham, 1978, pp64 with pp36 of illustrations.  Northern History Booklets No.82.  Pb.  VG.  £2.95

White, Peter R  Planning for Public Transport, Hutchison, 1976, pp224.  VG/VG.  A comprehensive account of public transport in Britain.  £4.95

Wilson, Tony  The All-Over Advert Bus Handbook - Vol.1, British Bus Publishing, 2000, pp96.  Pb.  VG- with superficial wear to the corners of the covers.  A pictorial tribute to the advertising bus in both colour and black & white.  £2.95

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