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

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Baker, Michael H. C. (1937- ), London Transport since 1963 (Shepperton, Surrey: Ian Allan Publishing, 1997). [Ian Allan transport library]. 128 p., illustrations, 18 x 25 cm, ISBN: 0711024812 (hc).

Bishop, John & Glyn Kraemer-Johnson, London trolleybuses (Hersham, Surrey: Ian Allan Publishing, 2003). [Glory days]. 96 p., illustrations (bw/c), 20 x 25 cm, ISBN: 0711029490 (hc).
NOTES ON CONTENTS: Starts from 1931.

Blacker, Ken C., London trolleybus (The) (Harrow Weald, Middlesex: Capital Transport Publishing, 2002-2004). 2 vols., illustrations (bw/c, diagrams, maps), 22 x 29 cm, ISBN: 1854142607 (vol. 1, hc) + 1854142852 (vol. 2, hc).
NOTES ON CONTENTS (vol. 1): Subtitled: "1931-1945", 2002, 208 p.
NOTES ON CONTENTS (vol. 2): Subtitled: "1946-1962", 2004, 216 p.
TABLE OF CONTENTS (vol. 1): Introduction; chap. 1, The pioneering days; chap. 2, The die is cast; chap. 3, Nos 1-60 the “Diddlers” 
chap. 4, The first routes; chap. 5, Nigger and better - no. 61; chap. 6, Prototypes and proposals; chap. 7, Scheme no. 1 - and trolleybuses 64-183; chap. 8, Scheme no. 2 – and trolleybuses 184-493; chap. 9, Ironing out some problems; chap. 10, Trolleybuses 494-753; chap. 11, Developments ahead of their time; chap. 12, Scheme no.3 – and trolleybuses 755-1054; chap. 13, Changes in appearance; chap. 14, Scheme no. 4 – and trolleybuses 1055-1669; chap. 15, No. 1379 – the Kingsway Subway trolleybus; chap. 16, Two more chassiless trolleybuses – 1670 & 1671; chap. 17, The war – first phase; chap. 18, Vehicles new, borrowed and rebuilt; chap. 19, The war – second phase; chap. 20, The “Pay as you board” trials.
TABLE OF CONTENTS (vol. 2): Introduction; chap. 1, Post-war rebodying; chap. 2, The south London plans; chap. 3, Trolleybuses 1765-1841; chap. 4, The early post-war years; chap. 5, London’s last new trolleybuses; chap. 6, Trolleybuses must go !; chap. 7, The 1950s – a decade of decline; chap. 8, The final years; chap. 9, A gloomy fate for most; chap. 10, Keeping them running; chap. 11, Service vehicles; chap. 12, The overhead; chap. 13, Staff trolleybuses and odd workings; chap. 14, Turning points; chap. 15, Power supply; chap. 16, Driving instruction; chap. 17, Blinds boards and plates; Appendices.

Webber, Mick, London trolleybus chronology, 1931-1962 (Shepperton, Surrey: Ian Allan Publishing, 1997). 112 p., illustrations, 24 cm, ISBN: 0711025282 (hc).
Taylor, Hugh, London trolleybus routes (Harrow Weald, Middlesex: Capital Transport Publishing, 1994). 176 p., illustrations, 22 x 28 cm, ISBN: 1854141554 (hc).
Farrow, Keith, London trolleybus wiring (Yateley, Hampshire: Trolleybooks, 1983-1992). 3 vols, illustrations (maps), 20 cm, ISBN: 0904235092 (vol. 1, sc). + 0904235149 (vol. 3, sc).
NOTES ON CONTENTS (vo. 1): Subtitled: "South-west and west", 1983, 63 p.
NOTES ON CONTENTS (vo. 3): Subtitled: "North", 1992, 76 p.
Dryhurst, Michael, London trolleybuses (Twickenham, Middlesex: World of Transport, 1987). [Bus portfolio; 2]. 104 p., illustrations, 21 cm, ISBN: 095099104X.
Taylor, Hugh, London trolleybuses: a class album (Harrow Weald, Middlesex: Capital Transport Publishing, 2006). 120 p., illustrations (120, c), 23 x 26 cm, ISBN: 1854143026 (hc).
Seth-Smith, Michael (1928-1986), Long haul: a social history of the British commercial vehicle industry (The) (London: Hutchinson, 1975). 189 p., illustrations (56 p., bw/c, portraits), 24 cm, bibliogr. ref. p. 171, index, ISBN: 0091244404.
Thomas, James Harold, Long haul: truckers, truck stops and trucking (The) (Memphis, TN: Memphis State University Press, 1979). 172 p., illustrations, 24 cm, bibliogr. ref. pp. 164-167, index, ISBN: 0878700552 + 0878700579 (sc).
Martinez, Alberto & Jean-Loup Nory, Long haul: trucking in America (The) (Chicago: Rand McNally, 1980). 175 p., illustrations (bw/c), 31 cm, ISBN: 0528815369. Original French title, "Camions américains (Les)".
Jenner, Robin, David List & Mike Badrocke, Long range desert group, 1940-1945 (The) (Wellingborough, Northamptonshire: Osprey, 1999). 2nd revised ed. 48 p., illustrations, 19 x 25 cm, ISBN: 1855329581 (sc).
Stenzel, Evelyn (comp. & ed.), Look in the rearview mirror (A) (Barrhead, AB: s. n., 1995). 225 p., illustrations, 28 cm.
Hilditch, G. G., Looking at buses (Shepperton, Surrey: Ian Allan Publishing, 1979). 128 p., illustrations, 18 x 25 cm, ISBN: 0711008701 (hc).
Higgs, Philip, Looking back at Lancashire United: a nostalgic look at the fleet of Lancashire United Transport (Blackpool, Lancashire: Lancastrian Transport Publications, 1996). 44 p., illustrations, 30 cm, ISBN: 1899450017 (sc).
Marshall, Prince J. & Denis Bishop, Lorries, trucks and vans, 1897-1927 (Poole, Dorset: Blandford Press, 1972). [Blandford colour series]. 159 p., illustrations (bw/c), 20 cm, ISBN: 0713705981 (hc).
OTHER AND/OR PRIOR EDITION(S): "Trucks and vans, 1897-1927", New York, NY: Macmillan, 1972, 1st American ed.
Ingram, Arthur & Denis Bishop, Lorries, trucks and vans, 1927-1973 (Poole, Dorset: Blandford Press, 1975). 182 p., illustrations (bw/c), 20 cm, bibliogr. ref. pp. 6-7, index, ISBN: 0713707321.
Thomas, Alan, Lorries, vans and trucks (Hove, Sussex: Wayland, 1982). [Transport and society]. 63 p., illustrations (bw/c), 24 cm, bibliogr. ref. p. 62, index, ISBN: 0853409579.
Madderom, Chuck, Los Angeles City fire apparatus 1953-1999 photo archive (Osceola, WI: Iconografix, 2000). 128 p., illustrations (120, bw), 22 x 26 cm, ISBN: 1583880127 (sc).
Bates, Tonia B., Los Angeles Spring street contraflow bus Lane: a historical analysis and evaluation (The) (Master thesis (urban planning): University of California in Los Angeles, 1982). 222 p, illustrations (maps), 28 cm, bibliogr. ref. pp. 218-222.

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