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A Road Through The Pass – Roadmaking Haast to Makarora Grantham, David New listing December 2010 182 pages; black and white and coloured photographs; maps; drawings; card covers; mint copy; self published; 2010. (The story of men and machines – blasting, bridging and roadmaking over the Haast Pass in the 1950s by private contractors and Ministry of Works. Plenty of human-interest stories and a good account of the isolation and difficulties of pushing the road through.) Ear23064 $40.00

Barrows, Badgers And Beavers by N Hope 112 pages; coloured and black and white photographs; map; drawings; mint copy; Trinity Publishing; 2002. (An excellent coverage of 60 years of British Pavements (Canterbury) Ltd from 1926 to 1986. Lovely photographs of trucks and construction and sealing contracts in progress.) Ear23066 $45.00

Blasting In Quarries Anon 36 pages; black and white photographs; card covers; from an institutional library but fine copy, near mint; Imperial Chemical Industries; reprinted; 1950. (A well illustrated and detailed account of quarrying and the use of explosives.) Ear18073 $12.00

Boothmac stone crushing equipment Earthmoving Manufacturers Sales Brochure 2 pages; black and white photographs; tables and/or drawings; fine copy, near mint; no publication date given, 1930s? Ear18078 $10.00

Callendar-Hamilton Bridges Earthmoving Manufacturers Sales Brochure 40 pages; black and white photographs; tables and/or drawings; fine copy, near mint; 1946. Ear18080 $32.00

Caterpillar Earthmovers At Work by Bill Robertson 160 pages; black and white photographs and coloured on front cover; card cover; mint copy; Iconografix; 2004. (A great photograph collection of caterpillar equipment at work in Canada and USA from the 1930s to 1970s.) Ear23078 $57.00

Clyde Engineering Ltd – As I Remember It by Noel Elvinn 224 pages; black and white photographs; drawings; card covers; mint copy; Privately Published; 1996 (A history of Clyde Engineering from 1936 to 1984 – New Zealand distributors of Euclid, Terex, Kato, Smith of Rodley, Hino, Detroit Diesel and Perkins.) Ear23063 $22.00

Crane Safety Manual For Operators / Users by Max S Whiley 96 pages; black and white drawings; card covers; fine copy, near mint; Power Crane Association; 1983. (Manual for operating, rigging, securing cranes and loads’, and moving cranes.) Ear14125 $12.00

Crawler Tractor Scrapbook – Part One by Richard H Robinson 160 pages; coloured and black and white photographs; card covers; mint copy; Country Life; 1998 (Covers manufacturers, their company history, models manufactured and technical details. Good account of the crawler tractor in New Zealand. This part covers Allis Chalmers, Caterpillar, Oliver, Bristol, David Brown, Fordson and Water Buffalo.) Ear23082 $54.95

Crawler Tractor Scrapbook – Part Two by Richard H Robinson 160 pages; coloured and black and white photographs; card covers; mint copy; Country Life; 1999 (Covers manufacturers, their company history, models manufactured and technical details. Good account of the crawler tractor in New Zealand. This part covers Beech, Clark, Case, Fiat, Fowler, Marshall, Track Marshall, International Harvester, Lanz, Komatsu, John Deere and Vickers.) Ear23083 $54.95

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Crawler Tractor Scrapbook – Part Three by Richard H Robinson 160 pages; coloured and black and white photographs; card covers; mint copy; Country Life; 2000 (Covers manufacturers, their company history, models manufactured and technical details. Good account of crawler tractor in New Zealand. This part covers American, Canadian, French, German and Swedish crawlers plus Euclid, Terex, Massey Ferguson and Hanomag.) Ear23084 $54.95

Crawler Tractor Scrapbook – Part Four by Richard H Robinson 160 pages; coloured and black and white photographs; card covers; mint copy; Country Life; 2000 (Covers manufacturers, their company history, models manufactured and technical details.  This part covers British, Chinese, Russian, Eastern European and Japanese crawlers as well as Fiat – Allis, Hitachi and Bullblades.) Ear23085 $54.95

Doing It Right – Fulton Hogan’s First 75 Years by Dave McKinnon 280 pages; black and white and coloured photographs; card covers; mint copy; self published; 2008. (A history of Fulton Hogan from 1933 to 2008, covering all developments of this New Zealand construction company, now throughout New Zealand, Australia and the Pacific islands.) Ear23071 $58.00

Hydraulic Excavators – The UK’s Largest Units by Rob Sinclair 188 pages; coloured photographs; drawings; hard covers; mint copy; Japonica; 2005. (Good technical information covering excavators from Akerman, Case, Caterpillar. Daewoo, Fiat Hitachi, Hyundai, JCB. Kabelco, Komatsu, Liebherr, O & K, Poclain, Volvo and Demog.) Ear23086 $116.00

Kopuku – Caterpillar, Stevenson And Goughs ‘Partners In Progress’ Edited by Kirsty Jamieson-Gough 112 pages; coloured and black and white photographs; map; card covers; mint copy; Gough, Gough and Hamer; 2002. (The story of Kopuku, the huge open-cast coal mine in the Waikato that supplied Meremere power station. W. Stevenson and Sons had the contract to remove the overburden and had over 100 Cat machines on the job. A great selection of photographs.) Ear23068 $35.00

Learning, Service, Achievement by L W Newnham 384 pages; black and white photographs; lists; hard cover; mint copy; NZ Institution of Engineers; 1971. (Sub-titled ’50 years of engineering in New Zealand’, covers all aspects of civil, mechanical and electrical engineering. Much on road, bridge and dam construction.) Ear15081 $28.00

Lincoln’s Excavators: The Ruston Years 1875–1930 by Peter Robinson 216 pages; black and white photographs; maps; drawings; plans; original dust jacket; mint copy; Roundoak; 2003. (A history of Ruston excavators from the first steam navvy in 1875 to the formation of Ruston-Bucyrus in 1930.  Well illustrated. It is intended that this book will be the first volume in a series.) Ear23079 $108.00

Lincoln’s Excavators: The Ruston-Bucyrus Years 1945-1970 Robinson, Peter 336 pages; black and white photographs; maps; drawings; plan; original dust jacket; mint copy; Roundoak; 2010. (Covers the design and engineering of models, including hydraulic excavators – 54–RB, 33–RB, 22–RB, 30–RB, 100–RB, 150–RB, plus piling machines, tower cranes and development of hydraulic excavators.) Ear23081 $97.00

Lincoln’s Excavators: The Ruston-Bucyrus Years 1930-1945 by Peter Robinson 264 pages; black and white photographs; maps; drawings; plan; original dust jacket; mint copy; Roundoak; 2006. (Covers the design and engineering of models – 10–RB, 14–RB, 16–RB, 17–RB, 2 0–RB, 37–RB, 43–RB, 55–RB, 100–RB and walking draglines.) Ear23080 $110.00

Manual Of Current Practice For Design, Construction, And Maintenance Of Soil-Aggregate Roads by Eugene Y Huang 150 pages; black and white photographs; drawings; graphs; name or signature; card cover; average copy, some wear; University of Illinois; 1959. (Details of road construction techniques with good photographs of road building machinery.) Ear17071 $8.00

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Murex Hardfacing Guide by Anon 124 pages; black and white photographs; drawings; lists; card covers; average copy, some wear; Murex (Australia) Pty Ltd; 1963. (Manual on teeth for excavator and front-end loader buckets, types of metals used and types of wear.) Ear06026 $10.00

Opencast Coal: Plant and Equipment by Bill Huxley 76 pages; black and white and coloured photographs; original dust jacket; mint copy; Roundoak; 1995 (Over 50 years of British opencast operations featuring draglines, excavators, dump trucks, dozers, scrapers and trucks.) Ear08047 $110.00

R G Le Tourneau Heavy Equipment – The Mechanical Drive Era 1921-1953 Orlemann, Eric C 128 pages; black and white and coloured photographs; card covers; mint copy; Motorbooks; 2008. (Covers the work of Robert LeTourneau from 1921 until the business was purchased by Westinghouse-Carryall and Tournaull and initial development of the electric wheel. Considered to be the dean of high speed earthmoving machinery.) Ear23075 $53.00

R G Le Tourneau Heavy Equipment – The Electric Drive Era 1953-1971 Orlemann, Eric C 160 pages; black and white and coloured photographs; card covers; mint copy; Motorbooks; 2009. (Standard production machines, special, and experimental equipment used in earthmoving, off-shore oil exploration, logging and defence are all covered in the later years until the company was taken over by Marathon.) Ear23076 $64.00

Servicing Caterpillar by Ken Anderson 200 pages; black and white photographs; maps; lists; card covers; mint copy; C&S Publications; 2009; reprint; (7th rep). (The story of the Taurmarunui Branch of Gough, Gough & Hamer from 1935 to 1978. Tells about the men who sold Caterpillar crawlers, drove them and serviced them. This book is a gem.) Ear23060 $54.00

Super-Duty Earthmovers by Eric C Orlemann 128 pages; coloured and black and white photographs; card covers; mint copy; Motorbooks; 1997 (A colour photo book of rear and bottom dump trucks, dozers, loaders, scrapers, graders and excavators at work.) Ear08064 $65.00

Taming The Waihou by Graham Watton 88 pages; black and white photographs; maps; card covers; mint copy; Waikato Regional Council; 1995. (The story of the Waihou Valley Catchment Flood Protection and Erosion Control Scheme on the Hauraki Plains. A good account of the earthworks and civil engineering projects involved in controlling the Waihou River.) Ear11108 $10.00

The Caterpillar Century by Eric C Orlemann 384 pages; coloured and black and white photographs; original dust jacket; mint copy; Motorbooks; 2003. (Traces the evolution of Caterpillar from Holt Manufacturing’s first tractor design in 1905 to modern day equipment and prototypes. Over 300 photographs.) Ear23077 $117.00

The County Engineers Of New Zealand 1876 – 1989 by Neil G Hansen and J Noel Hall 224 pages; black and white photographs; maps; tables; card covers; mint copy; Local Govt Engineers Assn; 1993. (Interesting account of County Council engineering activities with good photos of road building and bridge building.) Ear10066 $38.00

The History Of Tunnelling by Gosta E Sandstrom 428 pages; black and white photographs; maps; drawings; plans; original dust jacket; average copy, some wear; Barrie and Rockliff; 1963. (Covers the history of tunnelling over 2,000 years with good technical information of building methods.) Ear15095 $56.00

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