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

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Ewens, Graeme, Eric Gibbins & Wim H. J. Oude Weernink, Pictorial history of trucks (The) (London: Orbis Publishing, 1978). 155 p., illustrations (bw/c), 30 cm, index, ISBN: 0856130508. Translated in Dutch, "Trucks: de geillustreerde geschiedenis van de vrachtwagen".
OTHER AND/OR PRIOR EDITION(S): Secaucus, NJ: Chartwell Books, 1978.
Macfarlane, Allan (comp.), Pictorial tribute to the Bristol Omnibus Company and associated fleets 1936-1983 (A) (Poole, Dorset: Oxford Publishing, 1985). 128 p., illustrations (map), 22 x 28 cm, ISBN: 0860933423 (hc, dj).
Hagy, Steven, Pierce-Arrow fire apparatus 1979-1998 photo archive (Osceola, WI: Iconografix, 2000). 128 p., illustrations (120, bw), 22 x 28 cm, ISBN: 1583880232 (sc).

Gebet, Joel L. & Juergen Kiefer, Pierre Thibault Canada Ltd fire apparatus: 1918-1990 photo archive (Hudson, WI: Iconografix, 2002). 126 p., illustrations (125, bw), 22 x 26 cm, ISBN: 1583880747 (sc).
NOTES ON CONTENTS: Illustrated history of fire engines built in Québec, Canada. Also covers aerials, pumpers, cabs (open and sedan), ladders platforms, rescue ans specialized units, and custom cabs and chassis. Features trucks trucks sold to cities such as New York, Allentown, and San Diego.

McTaggart, T., Pioneers of heavy haulage (Ayr, Ayrshire: Alloway Publishing, 1985). 100 p., illustrations (140, bw), 26 cm, ISBN: 0907526179 (sc).

Bjorge, Roger E. & Ronald P. Doerring, Pirsch fire apparatus 1890-1991 photo archive (Hudson, WI: Iconografix, 2002). 126 p., illustrations (120, bw), 22 x 26 cm, bibliogr. ref. p. 3, index, ISBN: 1583880828 (sc).
NOTES ON CONTENTS: History of the company, Pirsch Company of Kenosha (Wisconsin), and of its fire fighting vehicles. Starts in the 1800s. Includes military and private versions as well as custom and commercial chassis. Includes factory photographs.

Brown, Stewart J., Plaxton 100 years: a centenary of innovation, 1907-2007 (Shepperton, Surrey: Ian Allan Publishing, 2006). 192 p., illustrations (300, bw/c), 22 x 28 cm, ISBN: 0711032092 (hc).
Townsin, Alan & Edward Hirst, Plaxtons: the great British coach builders (Glossop, Derbyshire: Transport Publishing, 1982). 160 p., illustrations, 21 x 26 cm, ISBN: 0903839695.
Plymouth City Transport, Plymouth Citybus Ltd (London: PSV Circle, 1994). 2nd ed., [Fleet history; PH3]. n. p., illustrations, 21 cm (sc).
Benjaminson, James A. (1946- ), Plymouth commercial vehicles photo archive (Osceola, WI: Iconografix, 1999). 128 p., illustrations (130, bw), 21 x 26 cm, ISBN: 1583880046 (sc).
Kaye, David (1929- ), Pocket encyclopaedia of buses and trolley-buses since 1945 (The) (Poole, Dorset: Blandford Press, 1968). [Pocket encyclopedia in colour]. 184 p., illustrations (160, c), 19 cm, bibliogr. ref. pp. 171-184, ISBN: 0713704950.
Cox, Barry, Portsmouth trolleybuses (Midhurst, West Sussex: Middleton Press, 2001). [Trolleybus classics; 8]. 96 p., illustrations (155, bw), 17 x 23 cm, ISBN: 1901706737 (sc).
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Introduction of Trolleybus ServiCes; Cosham "Red Lion" to Hilsea; Hilsea to Pier Hotel via Commercial Road and Guildhall; Hilsea to The Strand via North End and Fratton Bridge; Hilsea to South Parade Pier via Copnor Road; Dockyard to Eastney via Milton; Eastney to Bradford Junction; Clarance Pier; Floating Bridge; South Parade Pier to Dockyard via Palmerston Road; Rolling stock; Finale.
Wright, Colin, Post office stores and telephone vehicles (Wellington, Somerset: Roundoak Publishing, 1991). 72 p., illustrations,., ISBN: 1871565073 (sc).
OTHER AND/OR PRIOR EDITION(S): Skipton: Wyvern Publications, 1987, [Trucks in Britain; 6].
Condie, Allan T. (comp.), Post-war Brusch bodies: Brush single and double deck bodies, 1946-52 (Nuneaton: Allan T. Condie Publications, [2003]). [Historic bus profiles; 4]. 26 p., illustrations (100), 21 x 30 cm, ISBN: 1856380637 (sc).
Townsin, Alan, Post-war Daimlers 1942-1981 (Glossop, Derbyshire: Transport Publishing, 1986). [The best of British buses; 11]. 96 p., illustrations (bw, plans), 25 x 30 cm, ISBN: 086317129X.
NOTES ON CONTENTS: Features such models as CV, Fleetline, Freeline, Roadliner, etc.
Townsin, Alan, Post-war Regents 1945-1968 (Glossop, Derbyshire: Transport Publishing, 1986). [The best of British buses; 10]. 96 p., illustrations (bw), 25 x 30 cm, ISBN: 0863171311.
Rivers, Robert Louis, Postwar problems of selected Massachusetts urban bus companies operating in cities under 200,000 population (Ph. D. thesis: University of Illinois (Urbana, Il), 1957). 254 p., 28 cm, bibliogr. ref. pp. 207-213.
Smith, Clement J., Potteries Atlanteans: two decades of PMT Atlanteans (Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire: Potteries Omnibus Preservation Society, 1980). 87 p., illustrations, 22 cm.
Smith, Geoffrey Keith, Potteries Motor Traction Company Limited (The) (Glossop, Derbyshire: Transport Publishing, 1977). 156 p., illustrations (bw/c, map, portraits), 21 x 30 cm, ISBN: 0903839156.
Potteries Motor Traction Ltd (London: PSV Circle, 1988). 3rd ed., [Fleet history; PD1]. n. p., illustrations, 21 cm (sc).

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