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Commercial Vehicles - Trucks Page 1
A Pictorial History Of BRS – 35 Years Of Trucking Baldwin, Nick 128 pages; black and white and coloured photographs; original dust jacket; mint copy; Nynehead; 2009. (A facsimile reprint of the 1982 classic with many rescanned images, detailing the evolution of British Road Services through to the days of National Freight Corporation. 250 photographs.) Tru23127 $80.00
A Son Of The Red Centre Johannsen, Kurt G 254 pages; black and white and coloured photographs; maps; card covers; mint copy; J B Books; 2010; (reprint). (A classic book about a great pioneer of road trains in the outback of Australia, famous for his Dianond T road trains.) Tru23182 $40.00
A Source Book Of Commercial Vehicles Vanderveen, Bart H (Editor) 144 pages; black and white photographs; original dust jacket; average copy, some wear; Ward Lock Ltd; 1972. (Details of 103 truck manufactures, and samples of the vehicles they built.) Tru18323 $10.00
ACCO - An Aussie Icon Lynch, Peter 76 pages; black and white and colour photographs; drawings; tables; card covers; mint copy; self published; 2006. (An illustrated history of the Australian-made International AACP and ACCO trucks built from 1952 to 2005. Covers design changes over the years.) Tru23198 $43.00
AEC Lorries In The Post War Years 1945-1979 Edge, Graham 152 pages; black and white and coloured photographs; original dust jacket; mint copy; Roundoak; 1995 (Traces the rise, consolidation and decline of AEC, plus appendices on engines and models. Covers on- and off-road models in UK and overseas.) Tru23155 $110.00
AEC Mammoth Major Mk II Edge, Graham 72 pages; black and white photographs; coloured card covers; mint copy; Gingerfold Publications; 1999 (A detailed and comprehensive study of the range of six and eight wheelers that made AEC one of the world’s leading truck manufacturers.) Tru23156 $38.00
AEC Mammoth Major Mk. V And Ergomatic Cab Ranges Edge, Graham 72 pages; coloured and black and white photographs; card covers; mint copy; Gingerfold; 2006. (Detailed coverage of the last six and eight wheeled Mammoth Majors produced by AEC. Many NZ photographs.) Tru23157 $40.00
AEC Mandator Truck Manufacturers Catalogue 6 pages; coloured and black and white photographs and drawings; plans; paper covers; fine copy, near mint; 1967. Tru22238 $20.00
AEC Mandator Edge, Graham 72 pages; coloured and black and white photographs; card covers; mint copy; Gingerfold; 2005. (Deals with the Mk III, Mk V and ergomatic cabbed two axle long-wheel base and tractor units, as well as the Chinese Six Mammoth Minor models.) Tru23158 $40.00
Atkinson Down Under An Illustrated History of Atkinson Trucks in Australia and New Zealand Lynch, Peter 56 pages; coloured and black and white photographs; drawings; tables; card covers; mint copy; self published; 2007. (Atkinson’s truck building activities in Australia and New Zealand to develop English trucks for the local markets is well documented with details of of modifications to chassis and cabs between 1950 and 1988.) Tru23199 $35.00
Australia Working Trucks Schlenk, Peter 114 pages; coloured photographs; card covers; mint copy; Australian Truck Photography; 2011. (Over 110 beautiful colour photographs of trucks at work throughout Australia – some old, some new, some dirty, some clean.) Tru23219 $85.00
Autocar Trucks Of The 1950s Adams, Ron 128 pages; coloured and black and white photographs; card covers; mint copy; Iconografix; 2009. (Following the White takeover of Autocar in 1953, Autocar became a premieum truck for logging, construction and mining. The glory days of Autocar are covered.) Tru23111 $72.00
Autocar Trucks Of The 1960s Adams, Ron 128 pages; coloured and black and white photographs; card covers; mint copy; Iconografix; 2010. (Perhaps the greatest decade for Autocar with the US interstae highway system being expanded and Autocar was a favourite truck. Good technical information about each model.) Tru23112 $72.00
Barrows, Badgers Beavers Hope, N 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 photos of trucks, construction and sealing contracts in progress.) Tru23176 $45.00
Bedford Trucks and Vans in Colour Davies, Peter 144 pages; coloured photographs; original dust jacket; mint copy; Roundoak; 2003. (Over 275 photographs of classic Bedford trucks and vans from the 1930’s to the 1990’s. An excellent book on the great British truck.) Tru23146 $113.00
Big Rigs Sanitarium Health Food Co 8 pages; coloured photographs; black and white drawings; card covers; fine copy, near mint; self published; 1983. (Weet-bix card album of 20 cards of New Zealand trucks. Album is complete.) Tru23217 $18.00
Big Rigs Sanitarium Health Food Co 8 pages; coloured photographs; black and white drawings; card covers; fine copy, near mint; self published; no publication date given, 1992? (Weet-bix card album of 20 cards of New Zealand trucks. Album is complete. Third series with the same name.) Tru23218 $18.00
Big Rigs Down Under Johnson, Jim 80 pages; coloured and black and white photographs; hard covers; average copy, some wear; Golden Press; 1979. (Photographs of 16 makes with various configurations on location throughout Australia and New Zealand. NZ content is very limited.) Tru23183 $18.00
Big Rigs Of The 1950’s Adams, Ron 160 pages; coloured and black and white photographs; card covers; mint copy; Motorbooks; 2001 (A comprehensive and nostalgic look at the development of semis and truck and trailer rigs. Covers every American marque and model. 300 photographs.) Tru23113 $82.00
Big Rigs Of The 60’s Adams, Ron 160 pages; coloured and black and white photographs; card covers; mint copy; Motorbooks; 2004. (300 photographs of big rigs of the 1960’s on the highways of USA. Good nostalgia.) Tru23114 $63.00
Big Rigs Of The 1970s Adams, Ron 160 pages; black and white and coloured card covers; Motorbooks; 2007. (A great selection of big rigs on the road in the USA in the 1970s with the innovations of the truck and trailer manufacture of during that period well illustrated.) Tru23115 $63.00
Big Rigs – The 500 Series Garber, Bette 400 pages; coloured photographs; card covers; mint copy; Crestline; 2004. (Photographs of some of the world’s best semi trucks on the road throughout North America – Freightliner, Volvo, International, Kenworth, Marmon, Sterling, Peterbilt, Western Star, Autocar and Mack.) Tru14223 $32.00
Big Trucks Editors of Consumer Guide 82 pages; coloured and black and white photographs; original dust jacket; average copy, some wear; Bell; 1977 (Features mainly US with some European trucks with details of models available from 16 manufacturers.) Tru02062 $10.00
Birdum Or Bust! Foster, Bob 204 pages; black and white photographs; map; card covers; mint copy; Seaview; 2000 (A road transport driver’s story about driving road trains in the Northern Territory from 1954 to 1964. Mainly Foden trucks and a good read.) Tru23165 $43.00
British Lorries 1945-1965 Mills, Rinsey 192 pages; black and white and coloured photographs; drawings; adverts; original dust jacket; mint copy; Herridge Son; 2006. (Features mainly brochures and catalogues of 22 British commercial vehicle manufacturers and gives good details of each model. A good account of a lost industry.) Tru23204 $120.00
British Lorries Of The 40s And 50s Davies, Peter 128 pages; coloured and black and white photographs; original dust jacket; mint copy; Roundoak; 2006; reprint. (A great photograph collection of British-built trucks of the 1940s and 1950s at work with much technical information.) Tru23147 $101.00
British Lorries In Colour Stevens-Stratton, S W 80 pages; coloured photographs; hard covers; mint copy; lan Allan; 1999; 3rd edition. (84 photographs of restored vehicles, mainly from the 1940s to 1960s. Detailed captions.) Tru23222 $40.00
British Lorries In Colour Stevens-Stratten, S W 80 pages; coloured photographs; hard cover; mint copy; Ian Allan; 1994 (84 photographs of restored vehicles, mainly from the 40’s to 60’s. Detailed captions.) Tru22235 $40.00
British Trucks At Work In The Sixties Davies, Peter 128 pages; coloured and black and white photographs; original dust jacket; mint copy; Roundoak; 2002. (Colour and black and white photographs of British built trucks in action on British roads through the 60’s. Pure nostalgia!) Tru23148 $104.00
BRS – The Early Years 1945-1953 Ingram, Arthur and Mustoe, Gordon 176 pages; black and white photographs; original dust jacket; mint copy; Roundoak; 1999. (Covers the first 5 years of British Road Services, the companies that formed the nationalised carrier and the fleets inherited.) Tru23180 $105.00
Classic Commercials In Colour Watson, B R 80 pages; coloured photographs; card covers; mint copy; Ian Allan; 2000 (A photo book of working trucks in the UK from early 1960s to the 1980s – ERF, Foden, Seddon and AEC amongst others.) Tru23225 $40.00
Custom Semi Trucks Garber, Bette S 96 pages; coloured photographs; card covers; from an institutional library but average copy, some wear; Motorbooks; 2003. (American tractor units at their best – paint chrome, signwriting, lights, polish, and luxury sleeper cabs. The owner’s pride and joy.) Tru23172 $18.00
DAF Trucks Since 1949 Peak, Colin 128 pages; coloured and black and white photographs; old adverts; card covers; mint copy; Velcoe; 2010. (An 80-year history of DAF, the trucks built, as well as buses and cars and the other manufacturers they worked with before becoming part of PACCAR.) Tru23206 $62.00
Diamond T Freathy, Lew and Pearson, Robin 248 pages; coloured and black and white photographs; drawings; lists; original dust jacket; mint copy; Roundoak; 2001 (An illustrated history of the classic heavy tractor Type 980/981. Used mainly in heavy haulage in U. K. Also covers American heavy haulage and Australian road trains. 500 photographs.) Tru23166 $133.00
Diamond T Trucks: 1911-1966 Photo Archive Gabrick, Robert 128 pages; coloured and black and white photographs; card covers; mint copy; Iconografix; 2007. (A 55 year history of models built by Diamond T from earliest beginnings until emergence of Diamond Reo trucks. Always known as leaders of style.) Tru23169 $58.00
ERF In New Zealand Carter, Graeme and Lowe, David 72 pages; coloured and black and white photographs; card covers; mint copy; G T Carter Transport Books; 2005. (A pictorial history of this great British truck, the first models arrived in New Zealand in 1950 and the last one was placed on the road in 2003.) Tru23136 $25.95
ERF: The Inside Story Davies, Dai 160 pages; coloured and black and white photographs; drawings; original dust jacket; mint copy; Roundoak; 2009. (The author worked for ERF for 40 years, latterly heading their South African company. A personal perspective of the company and the trucks they produced.) Tru23145 $88.00
European Trucks Jacobs, David 128 pages; coloured photographs; card covers; fine copy, near mint; Osprey; 1983. (Photographs of European with some British and US trucks on the road throughout Europe.) Tru23181 $25.00
Evolution Of Cab-Over-Engine Trucks Mort, Norm and Greive, Doug 144 pages; coloured and black and white photographs; card covers; mint copy; Iconografix; 2011. (A history from early days through to the 1970s and then onto 2010 of the development of the COE trucks, innovative ideas, and those ideas that failed. Over 310 photographs.) Tru23205 $65.00
Fantastic Trucks – Customized Kings of the Road Reyes, Francis 96 pages; coloured photographs; original dust jacket; mint copy; Transedition; 1993. (A photograph celebration of truck paint designs in France, USA and Japan. Some really lovely work.) Tru23212 $25.00
Foden – A Pictorial History Davies, Peter 152 pages; coloured and black and white photographs; original dust jacket; mint copy; Roundoak; 2004. (420 photographs recall all significant models from the D G and F G / F E models to the latest Alpha range, together with half-cabs, dumpers, cranes and buses.) Tru23149 $96.00
Foden Drivers Handbook anon 412 pages; black and white drawings; coloured photographs; plastic ring binder cover; fine copy, near mint; Foden Trucks; 2001. (Drivers handbook for the Alpha range covering driving instructions, maintenance, electrics, lubricants, warranties and dealers [in UK].) Tru23124 $35.00
Foden In New Zealand Carter, Graeme and Lowe, David 80 pages; coloured and black and white photographs; card covers; mint copy; G T Carter Transport Books; 2004. (A history of Foden trucks, dumpers, crane trucks and buses in New Zealand from 1953 to 2003. A delightful tribute to a great marque, with superb photographs. Bound to become a classic very quickly.) Tru23137 $29.95
Ford Medium-Duty Trucks 1917-1998 McLaughlin, Paul G 120 pages; black and white photographs; card covers; mint copy; Iconografix; 2006. (A detailed photographic history of over 80 years of American Ford two-axle trucks. Includes technical information.) Tru23202 $45.00
From Gigs To Rigs – Steel Brothers and 120 Years of Road Transport in New Zealand Ogilvie, Gordon 184 pages; coloured and black and white photographs; original dust jacket; mint copy; Hazard; 1997. (The history of this Christchurch based, and now international, family business that are builders of vehicle bodies, truck cranes and sidelifters. Well illustrated.) Remainder Stock Tru23230 $30.00
From Low Gear To Overdrive Cooke, Ron New listing April 2011 160 pages; black and white and coloured photographs; card covers; mint copy; Taumarunui & Districts Hist Soc; 2011. (Volume One of a planned two-volume series covering the operators, trucks and personalities involved in the carrying industry of the King Country. Great stories, great photographs, great reading.) Tru23141 $65.00
General Haulage – A Pictorial Review Johnson, Carl J 28 pages; black and white photographs; paper covers; mint copy; GYD Publications; no publication date given, 1990s? (54 photos of heavy haulage trucks on the road throughout UK.) Tru08166 $18.00
GMC Sierra 2008 Truck Manufacturer Sales Brochure 54 pages; coloured photographs; mint copy; 2007. Tru20236 $12.00
Great Trucks Editors of Consumer Guide 96 pages; coloured and black and white photographs; original dust jacket; name or signature; Beekman House; 1983. (A short history of 52 truck manufacturers throughout the world and the models they make.) Tru12190 $10.00
Green Desert, United Arab Emirates Danies, Andreas and Koch, Ralf 92 pages; coloured photographs; card covers; mint copy; Danies and Koch; 2004. (280 photographs of some of the largest trucks in the world at work on construction projects of turning the desert into a cultivated garden.) Tru14194 $60.00