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Bibliographical references for books in English with titles beginning by G
Chapter 3: Other vehicles: buses, fire engines, pickups, suvs, trolleybuses, trucks, etc.

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Warwick, Roger M., G. L. Edwards, Paulerspury (Northampton, Northamptonshire: [author], 1982). [Bygone buses of Northamptonshire; 2]. 6 p., illustrations (map), 22 x 30 cm, ISBN: 0950598089 (sc).
Edge, Graham (1948- ), Gardner: L. Gardner & Sons Ltd, legendary engineering excellence (Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Gingerfold Publications, 2002). [Transport archive series]. 208 p., illustrations (400, bw/c), 28 cm, index, ISBN: 1902356101 (hc, dj).
NOTES ON CONTENTS: History of the British engine and engineering firm, L. Gardner & Sons Ltd. Covers every type of vehicles, including trucks and buses. Starts from 1949. Material on other manufacturers such as AEC, Albion, Atkinson, Bristol, Daimler, Dennis, ERF, Fodens, Guy, Leyland, Perkins, Scammell, Volvo, Scania, and Tilling-Stevens.
Whitehead, Robert Arthur (1924- ), Garrett wagons (Tonbridge: s. n., 1994). 3 vols, illustrations (portraits), 31 cm, ISBN: 0950829854 (vol. 1, hc). + 0950829862 (vol. 2, hc). + 0950829870 (vol. 3, hc).
NOTES ON CONTENTS (vol. 1): Subtitled: "Pioneers and overtypes", 145 p.
NOTES ON CONTENTS (vol. 2): Subtitled: "Undertypes", 142 p.
NOTES ON CONTENTS (vol. 3): Subtitled: "Electrics and motors", 144 p.
Whitehead, R. A., Garretts of Leiston (Watford, Hertfordshire: Argus Books, 1976). 319 p., illustrations (155, bw, drawings), 14 x 21 cm (sc).
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Chap. 1, The family history; chap. 2 The works and firm; chap. 3, Leiston products up to the Great Exhibition 1851; chap. 4, Between two exhibitions, 1852-1862; chap. 4, Thousands of portables and a few traction engines, 1862-189; chap. 6, The years of adventure, 1895-1919; chap. 7, The post-war years, 1919-1931; chap. 8, A knight to the rescue; chap. 9, Garretts' place in the scene; Bibliography; Annex 1, Classified list of all aelf-propelled vehicles completed and sold at Leiston Works after January 1st, 1885; Annex 2, Table of dimensions of tractions, tractors and rollers, c. 1909; Annex 3, Sales by Leiston Works subsequent to disbanding of Central Selling in 1921; Annex 4, Compound stationeries on steel bed plates, c.1909; Singles on cast iron bed plates, c.1909, dimensions of Cornish boilers, c. 1909; Annex 5, Dimensions of geared mining engines, c. 1909; Annex 6, Overtype steam wagon data, 1920; Annex 7, English data-S.C. S.H. portable engines "SS" type; Annex 8, Engine data -"WS" type S.C. portable engines; Annex 9, Particulars of "MC" type engines; Annex 10, "Garrett Caledon" lorry; Annex 11, Table of Garrett trolley-buses; Annex 12, Note on result of fuel and water consumption tests conducted on four engines of the production run in 1908; Annex 13, Summery of products, 1903 to 1927 (taken from the firm's books); Annex 14, Some forging piece work prices - November 1872v15, Prices of Garrett engines and rollers, c. 1910; Annex 16, Particulars of portable and semi-portable engines, 1915; Annex 17, Dimensions of undertype steam wagons; Annex 18, A Garrett indenture.
OTHER AND/OR PRIOR EDITION(S): Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire: Model & Allied Publishers, 1973, s. l.: s. n. 1964.
Wood, Donald F. (1935- ), Gas & oil trucks (Osceola, WI: Motorbooks International, 1997). [Crestline series]. 224 p., illustrations (500, bw), 21 x 27 cm, bibliogr. ref. p. 223, index, ISBN: 076030212X (sc).
NOTES ON CONTENTS: Starts from the early model T. Includes trucks from Autocar, Diamond-T, REO, Mack, White, GMC, Ford, Dodge, and many others. Includes technical information.
Burian, Michal, Aleš Knížek & František Korán (1963- ), GAZ-67 Tchapayev in detail: Russian WWII light utility truck & BA-64 light armored car in Army Technical Museum at Lešany (Praha: Wings and Wheels Publications (WWP), 2000). [Special museum line; 16]. 36 p., illustrations (145, c), 23 x 24 cm, ISBN: 8086416062 (sc).
General Motor Carrying Co., Simpson's and Forrester's and Scottish General Omnibus Co. Ltd (London: PSV Circle, 1994). [Fleet history; PM13]. n. p., illustrations, 21 cm (sc).
McKane, John H., General Motors New Look bus photo archive (Osceola, WI: Iconografix, 1999). 128 p., illustrations (160, bw), 21 x 26 cm, ISBN: 1583880070 (sc).
Foedrowitz, Michael, German firefighting vehicles in World War II (West Chester, PA: Schiffer Publishing, 1997). [Schiffer military history]. 208 p., illustrations (300, bw), 18 x 25 cm, bibliogr. ref. p. 208, ISBN: 0764301918. Translated by Edward Force, original German title, "Feuerwehrfahrzeuge im einsatz, 1939-1945: feuersturm und wassergasse".
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Acknowledgements; The firefighting vehicle and equipment industry; The fire vehicles; The “Light firefighting vehicle LLG”; The LF 8 and TSA, LF 15 and LF 25 fire vehicles; The DL 17, DL 22, DL 26 and DL 46 ladder trucks; Fire tank trucks and TFL; Fire tenders and hose trucks; Equipment carriers; Other firefighting vehicles; Fire police regiments; In the German Reich through 1941; In the west; In the east; In action in the Reich; The air war, 1943-1945; New tactics and training; Flamethrowers and firefighting tanks; The end of fire vehicles and equipment; Production; The end; New beginnings with old vehicles; Abbreviations; Photo credits.
Gilford Motor Co. Ltd and Wycombe Motor Bodies Ltd (London: PSV Circle, 2003). [Manufacturers' monograph; 5]. 134 p., illustrations (16 p.), 21 cm.
Grieves, Robert (comp.), Glasgow bus scene: a mainly nostalgic glimpse of buses in and around the city from the days of the horse bus onwards (Paisley, Renfrew: X. S. Publications, 1981). 64 p., illustrations, 21 cm (sc).
OTHER AND/OR PRIOR EDITION(S): Paisley, Renfrew: X. S. Publications, 1978, ISBN: 0950638110.
Little, Stuart M., Glasgow buses (Glossop, Derbyshire: Transport Publishing, 1990). [British bus, tram & trolleybus systems; 10]. 81 p., illustrations (bw/c), 30 cm, ISBN: 0863171451.
Glasgow City Transport (London: PSV Circle, 1986). [Fleet history; PM12]. n. p., illustrations, 21 cm.
Glasgow Corporation Transport: motor buses, an historical survey (Glasgow: Glasgow Museum of Transport, 1969). 32 p., illustrations (map), 17 x 22 cm, ISBN: 0902218026.
Grieves, Robert L., Glasgow's trams and buses: a centenary journey (Renfrew: X. S. Publications, 1994). 120 p., illustrations (bw/c, maps, portraits), 21 cm, ISBN: 0950638137.
NOTES ON CONTENTS: Coverage includes buses and trolleybuses.
Martin, Colin (comp.), Gloucestershire's goods and service vehicles (Stroud, Gloucestershire: Tempus Publishing, 2000). [Images of England]. 128 p., illustrations (portraits), 24 cm, ISBN: 0752417371.
Martin, Colin, Gloucestershire's independent buses and coaches: the years to 1945 (Stroud, Gloucestershire: Tempus Publishing, 2000). [Images of England]. 128 p., illustrations (150, bw, portraits), 17 x 24 cm, ISBN: 0752417363 (sc).
Gold, Andrew & Grams Grams, GM intercity coaches 1944-1980 photo archive (Osceola, WI: Iconografix, 2003). 128 p., illustrations, 22 x 26 cm, ISBN: 1583880992 (sc).
Boniface, Jean-Michel & Jean-Gabriel Jeudy, GMC 6x6 and DUKW: a universal truck (The) (Sparkford,. Somerset: Haynes, c1990). 254 p., illustrations (bw/c), 23 x 25 cm, bibliogr. ref. Original French title, "GMC: un camion universel (Le)".
OTHER AND/OR PRIOR EDITION(S): Osceola, WI:, Motorbooks International, 1979, ISBN: 0879380721 (hc), London: Frederick Warne, 1980.
Wagner, James K., GMC heavy duty trucks 1927-1987 (Hudson, WI: Iconografix, 2004). 128 p., illustrations, 28 cm, ISBN: 1583881255 (sc).

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