SKU: B-000807

Trolley buses of Tasmania

Author: Ian Cooper

Special Features: Map, Black and white photo image pages

Condition: Minor scuff marks to front and back cover. Pages are clean and tidy. No writing. No dog ears. Not ex library. Tight strong binding. Staple bound. No rust. From a smoke free home.

Transport & Engineering History Australiana

Australia Tasmania Local History Transport Technology Australian Buses

Trolley Buses of Tasmania by Ian Cooper is a concise 1980 handbook that charts the island’s quiet but pioneering role in Australian electric traction. In 88 pages it traces the rise, routes and retirement of Hobart’s rubber-tyred trolley fleet, weaving local history with engineering detail.

Staple-bound and printed on matte stock, the book carries dozens of crisp black-and-white photographs plus a fold-out system map—rare visuals that collectors of Tasmanian transport memorabilia prize. The images show buses at work on steep suburban streets, depots and wire infrastructure long since vanished.

This vintage Australian Electric Traction Association issue remains tight and unmarked: no library stamps, no margin notes, no rusted staples, just light shelf rub to the covers. Clean pages make it ideal for reference or display among antiquarian transport titles.

A niche addition for enthusiasts of trams, rolling stock or Tasmanian heritage, Ian Cooper’s monograph offers a compact yet authoritative snapshot of 20th-century green public transport.

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