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Anderson, Robert  West Riding Steam Pictorial: A Photographic Journey, Bellcode, 2008, pp112. Railway Memories No.20.  Card Covers.  Very Good.  Each area of the old West Riding is examined in turn.  £8.50

Atthill, Robin  The Somerset & Dorset Railway, D&C, 1st edition 1967, pp200, colour frontis, and 59 illustrations.  Hard Cover.  Very Good in a Very Good- dust wrapper.  Some wear to the edges of the dust wrapper.  The first edition of a standard history of the Somerset and Dorset, with contributions on locomotives by Ossie Nock.  £5.95

Beck, Keith and Copsey, John  The Great Western in South Devon, Wild Swan, 1990, pp248 with numerous illustrations.  Large Format.  Hard Cover.  Fine in a Very Good+ dust wrapper.  Very slight loss of colour down the spine of the dust wrapper.  "An attempt to convey something of the history and atmosphere of the Great Western Railway in South Devon."  £20.50

Bell, Dave and Flanders, Steve  The Londonderry & Lough Swilly Railway: A Visitor's Guide to the old railway and all the bits that can still be seen, County Donegal Railway Restoration Society, pp96. No date.  Large Format. Card Covers. Very Good-.  Some wear to the covers at the base of the spine, otherwise VG.  £4.95

Blencowe S V  Life Begins at Forty: The Rescue and Resurrection of Great Western Locomotive No.7812 "Erlestoke Manor", Erlestoke Manor Fund, 1979, pp52.  Card Covers.  Very Good.  An illustrated booklet.  £2.95

Blenkinsop R J  Western Cameraman 1951-1962, OPC, 1984, pp384.  Large Format.  Hard Cover.  Very Good+ in a Very Good dust wrapper.  Some loss of colour down the spine of the dust wrapper. A block-buster album that combines no fewer than four earlier books - Shadows of the Great Western, Echoes of the Great Western, Reflections of the Great Western and Silhouettes of the Great Western - in a single volume.  £9.50

Blenkinsop R J  Tribute to the Western, OPC, 1985, 126 illustrations.  Large Format.  Hard Cover.  Very Good in a Very Good dust wrapper.  Slight wear to the dust wrapper at the head of the spine. Dick Blenkinsop's tribute to the Great Western Railway in its150th anniversary year.  £5.95

Brodribb, John  The Eastern before Beeching, IA, 1994, pp128.  Large Format Hb.  VG in a VG dust wrapper.  A nostalgic look at the traditional pre-Beeching steam railway on the former LNER lines in England.  £4.95

Brown C G  Great Northern Locomotive Engineers Vol.1 1846-1881, Allen & Unwin, 1966, pp252 plus pp14 of plates.  Inscription.  Hard Cover.  VG- in a Fair+ dust wrapper.  Corners of the covers slightly bumped; dust wrapper internally repaired at the head and base of the spine.  A carefully researched history of the early years of the Great Northern Railway's locomotive department.  The sequel was published almost 20 years later by OPC under the title From Stirling to Gresley.  £5.95

Butcher, Clive  The Railways of Stourbridge, Oakwood, 1998, pp256.  Oakwood Library No.104.  Hard Cover.  Very Good in a Very Good dust wrapper. A detailed history of the railways in and around Stourbridge.  Very well illustrated.  £9.50

Butcher, Clive  The GWR at Stourbridge and the Black Country: The Life, the Times, the Men Vol.1, Oakwood, 2004, pp240.  With additional material from C. R. Kendrick et al.  Oakwood Library of Railway History No.132A.  Card Covers.  Very Good+.  £8.50

Butcher, Clive  The GWR at Stourbridge and the Black Country: The Life, the Times, the Men Vol.2, Oakwood, 2005, pp256.  With additional material from C. R. Kendrick et al.  Oakwood Library of Railway History No.132B.  Card Covers.  Very Good+.  £8.50

Casserley H C  Steam Locomotives of British Railways, Hamlyn Books, 3rd edition 1973, pp484.  Small inscription, the number "181."  Hard Cover.  Very Good in a Very Good dust wrapper.  A comprehensive photographic record of the steam engines taken over by British Railways in 1948, with brief details of each class.  £4.95

Dean, Martin; Robertson, Kevin; and Simmonds, Roger  The Basingstoke and Alton Light Railway, Crusader, 1st edition 1998, pp122.  Large Format.  Hard Cover.  Very Good+ in a Very Good dust wrapper. A comprehensive illustrated history of the line that featured in two full-length films, The Wrecker and Oh Mr Porter!  £9.50

Dove, Michael  East Coast Main Line at Nationalisation, IA, 2006, pp80.  British Railway Pictorial.  Large Format Pb.  VG+.  A pictorial tribute to East Coast motive power at Nationalisation.  £4.95

Earley, Maurice  Great Railway Photographers, Milepost Publishing, 1996, pp48.  Presented by Colin Garratt from the collections of the National Railway Museum.  Large Format.  Glazed boards with a dust wrapper.  Very Good in a Very Good dust wrapper.  Maurice Earley starting taking railway pictures in the 1920s and continued his railway photography for the next 50 years.  He is generally associated with the Great Western, and particularly with Sonning Cutting and the Reading area.  £2.95

Ellis, C Hamilton  The South Western Railway: Its Mechanical History and Background 1838-1922, A&U, 1st edition 1956, pp256 with 2 colour plates, pp32 of black & white plates and a foldout map.  Hard Cover.  Very Good in a Fair dust wrapper. Some foxing to the page edges.  Small tears to the dust wrapper at the corners and at the head of the spine, tear on lower edge, also foxing to the rear page.  A one-volume history with an emphasis on locomotive matters.  £6.95

Ellis, C Hamilton  The Engines that Passed, Allen & Unwin, 1968, pp133.  Card Covers.  Very Good.  The background colour on the spine of the covers has faded.  Classic steam nostalgia from Hamilton Ellis.  £3.95

Ellis, Norman  West Yorkshire Railway Stations, Bond Publications, 1989, pp54.  Editor: Peter Tuffrey.  Pb.  Very Good.  A pictorial survey from old postcards.  £3.95

Finch, M. Lawson  The Rother Valley later the Kent and East Sussex Railway 1896-1948, author, 1949, pp80.  Card Covers.  Very Good.  There is a one-inch wear mark on the front cover at the top right, otherwise VG.  An illustrated history.  £8.50

Great Western Railway in the 1930s

Fraser, David; Geen, David; and Scott, Barry  The Great Western Railway in the 1930s [Vol.1], Runpast, 1992, 132 plates from the G. H. Soole collection, now held in the National Railway Museum.  Large Format Hb.  VG in a VG dust wrapper.  Rubbing to the bottom corners of the covers.  An appendix gives details of the coach types identified in each picture by the authors.  £5.95

Geen, David and Scott, Barry  The Great Western Railway in the 1930s Vol.2, Kingfisher, 1987, 144 illustrations.  The original Kingfisher edition.  Large format Hb.  Fine in a VG+ dust wrapper.  A further 144 plates from the G. H. Soole collection, now held in the National Railway Museum.  An appendix gives details of the coach types identified in each picture by the authors.  £5.95

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Gammell, Chris  Around the Branch Lines: No. 2 Great Western,  OPC, 1983, 157 illustrations.  Large Format  Hb.  Very Good in a Very Good dust wrapper.  Slight wear to the dust wrapper at the head of the spine.  A high-quality pictorial survey that examines each area in turn.  £4.95

Gardner, Jack  Castles to Warships: On the Great Western Footplate, John Murray, 1986, pp245 plus 29 illustrations.  An inscription, the number "729" inside the front cover.  Hard Cover.  Very Good in a Very Good dust wrapper.  Some foxing to the page edges.  Jack Gardner joined the Great Western in 1936 and worked on the Western until the HST era.  £7.50

Gardner W J  Cleaner to Controller Vol.2: Further Reminiscences of the GWR at Taunton, Oakwood Press, 2000, pp176.  Series RS7.  Card Covers.  Very Good.  £5.95

Garratt, Colin  The Golden Years of British Steam Trains: Great Western Railway, Milepost, 1995, pp48.  Large Format.  Glazed Boards.  Very Good.  Evocative photographs taken by the Rev A. W. V. Mace, a prolific railway photographer from the early 1920s until his death in 1986.  £2.95

Gasson, Harold  Nostalgic Days: Further Reminiscences of a Great Western Fireman, OPC, 1980, pp112.  Card Covers.  Very Good.  Slight loss of colour down the spine.  The third volume of Gasson's best selling reminiscences.  £3.95

Gasson, Harold  Signalling Days: Final Reminiscences of a Great Western Railwayman, OPC, 1981, pp120 plus pp16 of illustrations.  Card Covers.  Very Good.  Some vertical creasing to the spine of the covers, slight wear to the lower edge.  A fourth volume of reminiscences based on Gasson's many years in a signal box, together with odd trips that he 'pinched' on the footplate.  £3.95

Geens, Barrie  The Severn Valley Railway at Arley, Wild Swan, 1995, pp62.  First published in 1985, this is the revised edition of 1995.  Large Format.  Card Covers.  Very Good.  Some loss of colour on the front cover.  A comprehensive study of Arley station on the Severn Valley Railway.  £4.95

Gibbs, Ken  Swindon Works Apprentice in Steam, OPC, 1986, pp192 plus pp16 of illustrations.  Hard Cover.  Very Good in a Very Good dust wrapper.  Slight wear to the edges of the dust wrapper. Reminiscences as an office boy and apprentice at Swindon Railway Works 1944-1951.  £4.95

Glover, Mark and Celia  The Ross and Monmouth Railway, Brewin Books, 2nd enlarged edition 1994, pp47.  First published in 1980.  This new edition was edited and revised by Celia Glover.  Card Covers. Very Good.  An illustrated history of the Ross and Monmouth railway, which was absorbed into the Great Western Railway at The Grouping.  £4.95

Goode C T  The North Warwickshire Railway, Oakwood, 1978, pp48 with pp88 of illustrations. Locomotion Papers No.114.  Card Covers.  Very Good.  Old price sticker on the front cover, slight rubbing at the bottom front corner.  £4.95

Gray, Adrian  The London, Chatham and Dover Railway, Meresborough Books, 1984, pp241.  Glazed Boards.  Very Good.  The top corners of the covers are slightly bumped.  A highly-praised history of the line.  £14.50

Gray, Adrian  South Eastern and Chatham Railways: A Marriage of Convenience, Middleton Press, 1998, pp224.  Glazed Boards.  Fine.  The third and final volume of Adrian Gray's definitive trilogy on the South Eastern and the London, Chatham & Dover Railways.  Although the two railways never formally amalgamated, they formed a joint Managing Committee in 1899 which ran the two companies until the Grouping in 1923.  This is the period covered by this final volume.  £24.50

Green C C  An Illustrated History of The Vale of Rheidol Light Railway: The Little Line along the Rheidol, Wild Swan, 1986, pp264.  Large Format.  Hard Cover.  Very Good in a Very Good dust wrapper.  The definitive history of the line.  £20.50

Hambleton F C  Locomotives Worth Modelling, Model & Allied Publications, 1st edition 1949, pp170.  Bookplate from the previous owner inside the front cover.  Hard Cover.  VG in a Poor dust wrapper.  Some foxing to the preliminary pages and to the page edges.  Wear and small tears to the edges of the dust wrapper with some loss.  Each of the seventeen chapters considers a memorable pre-grouping design, or closely related group of designs.  The book is notable for the author's line drawings of each locomotive class.  £4.95

Handley, Brian M and Dingwall R  The Wye Valley Railway and the Coleford Branch, Oakwood Press, 2nd edition 2000, pp160.  A reprint of the much enlarged second edition.  Locomotion Papers No.137.  Card Covers.  Very Good.  A history of the Great Western branch line from Chepstow to Monmouth.  £4.95

Hands P B  BR Steam Shed Allocations Part 1 Western Region Sheds, Defiant Publications, 1985, pp66.  Card Covers.  Fair+.  Some browning down the vertical edges. Steam allocations at the following sheds from January 1957 until the end of steam: 81A Old Oak Common, 81F Oxford, 82A Bristol (Bath Road), 82F Weymouth, 83A Newton Abbot, and 83G Penzance.  £4.95

Hands P B  BR Steam Shed Allocations Part 2 Western Region Sheds, Defiant Publications, 1985, pp82.  Card Covers.  Very Good-.  Some browning down the spine area of the covers.  Steam allocations at the following sheds from January 1957 until the end of steam: 84A Wolverhampton (Stafford Road), 84K Chester (West), 85A Worcester, 85D Kidderminster, 86A Newport (Ebbw Junction), and 86K Tredegar.  £4.95

Hands P B  BR Steam Shed Allocations Part 3 Western Region Sheds, Defiant Publications, 1985, pp54.  Card Covers.  Very Good-.  Some browning down the spine area of the covers.  Steam allocations at the following sheds from January 1957 until the end of steam: 87A Neath, 87K Swansea (Victoria), 88A Cardiff (Cathays), 88F Treherbert, 89A Oswestry, and 89C Machynlleth.  £4.95

What Happened To Steam

Hands P B  What Happened To Steam Vol.6: The Great Western Halls 4-6-0s, author, 1980, pp34.  Card Covers.  Very Good-.  Slight wear down the spine of the coves.  One of a series of 50 booklets designed to inform the reader of the allocations and re-allocations of steam engines during their last years of general service.  Also their dates of withdrawal and finally where the locomotives concerned were mainly stored and subsequently scrapped.  £4.95

Hands P B  What Happened To Steam Vol.10: The Great Western Counties, Granges, Modified Halls, and Manors 4-6-0s, author, 1980, pp34.  Card Covers.  Near VG.  Slight wear down the spine of the covers. One of a series of 50 booklets designed to inform the reader of the allocations and re-allocations of steam engines during their last years of general service.  Also their dates of withdrawal and finally where the locomotives concerned were mainly stored and subsequently scrapped.  £4.95

Hands P B  What Happened To Steam Vol.37: The Great Western 0-6-0 Pannier Tanks 1901/2021, 16XX, 54XX, 64Xx, and 74XX Series, author, 1983, pp30.  Card Covers.  Very Good.  One of a series of 50 booklets designed to inform the reader of the allocations and re-allocations of steam engines during their last years of general service.  Also their dates of withdrawal and finally where the locomotives concerned were mainly stored and subsequently scrapped.  £4.95

Hands P B  What Happened To Steam Vol.40: The GWR 22XX and 32XX 0-6-0s, 56XX and 66XX 0-6-2 Tanks and V of R, W & L, 1101, 1140, 1151, 1338 and 1361 Classes, author, 1983, pp50.  Card Covers.  Very Good-.  Some browning down the vertical edges of the covers.  One of a series of 50 booklets designed to inform the reader of the allocations and re-allocations of steam engines during their last years of general service.  Also their dates of withdrawal and finally where the locomotives concerned were mainly stored and subsequently scrapped.  £4.95

Hands P B  What Happened To Steam Vol.44: LNER Tank Locomotives C13-C16, V1/V3, L1, J94, Y9, J71, J88, J73, J77 & J83 Classes, author, 1984, pp66.  Pb.  VG.  £4.95

Hands P B  What Happened To Steam Vol.46: LNER Tank Locomotives J67/J69, J68, J72, J52 & J50 Classes, author, 1984, pp46.  Pb.  Generally VG, but with minor foxing at the top of the front cover, and a one-inch crease across the top rear cover.  £4.95

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Harris, Michael  LNER Carriages, Atlantic, 1995, pp160.  Large Format Hb. VG in a VG dust wrapper. Tiny wear mark on the dust wrapper near the head of the spine.  A greatly expanded version of the author's earlier Gresley's Coaches that includes all carriages built for the LNER from 1923-47 and post war carriages to LNER design built after 1948.  £24.50

Harrison, Ian  Great Western Railway Locomotive Allocations for 1921, Wild Swan, 1984, pp32.  Card Covers.  Very Good.  An illustrated booklet giving complete GWR shed allocations immediately before The Grouping.  £4.95

Head F B  Stokers and Pokers or The London & North Western Railway, The Electric Telegraph, and The Railway Clearing House, Kessinger Publishing, 1968, pp208.  First published in 1849 by John Murray, this is a recent undated reprint of the 1861 edition.  Paper covers.  Very Good+.  £6.95

Jackson, Alan A  London's Termini, D&C, 1969, pp368 with 43 illustrations.  Card Covers.  Very Good. A paperback version of the 1st edition of 1969 - not the Pan edition.  Generally VG, but there is some vertical creasing on the spine  and the red colour on the spine has faded.  A comprehensive history by an expert on London's transport.  £3.95

Jackson, Alan A (editor)  The Memories and Writings of a London Railwayman, Railway and Canal Historical Society, 1993, pp159.  Card Covers. Very Good.  "A tribute to Harold Vernon Borley (1895-1989)." The contents include some introductory comments on the man and his career, a transcript of an interview with him at age 87 in which he vividly recalls his early adult life and railway memories, together with his personal notes supporting this interview. The major element is a collection of most of his published work outside his books.  £5.95

Jenkinson, David  The Power of the Duchesses, OPC, 1985, 276 illustrations.  Power Series.  Large Format.  Hard Cover.  Very Good in a Very Good dust wrapper.  Inscription under the flap of the dust wrapper.  £4.95

Lewis, John  Official Drawings No.3: Great Western Coaches, Wild Swan, 1998, pp80.  Large Format. Card Covers.  Near VG.  Slight wear to the edges of the covers.  A series of drawings covering the modern main line coaches of the Great Western Railway including; Dreadnoughts, Concertina Coaches, Toplight Coaches, Collett Coaches - The High Waist Era, Collett Coaches - The Large Window Era and the Hawksworth Brake Third.  £12.50

Lingard, Richard  Princes Risborough - Thame - Oxford Railway, OPC, 1978, pp130.  Large Format Hb.  VG in a VG dust wrapper.  The spine of the dust wrapper is slightly sunned.  A history of the line, much of it dedicated to an illustrated traversal of the route.  £8.50

(The) Locomotives of the Great Western Railway Part 3: Absorbed Engines 1854-1921, RCTS, 1956, pp101 plus 203 illustrations.  Coloured frontis.  Card Covers.  Very Good.  Some loss of colour down the spine of the covers.  Covers all the locomotives from companies absorbed into the Great Western before The Grouping.  £12.50

Lund, Brian and Laming, Paul  Somerset Railway Stations on old picture postcards, Reflections of a Bygone Age, 2005, pp36.  Yesterday's Somerset Series No.1.  Card Covers.  Very Good.  A selection of picture postcards featuring scenes during the past century with informative captions.  £2.95

Maggs, Colin  The Taunton to Barnstaple Line: Devon & Somerset Railway, Oakwood Press, 1980, pp59 with pp12 of illustrations.  Card Covers.  Very Good.  Locomotion Papers No.126.  A history of the Great Western branch to Barnstaple.  £5.95

Maggs, Colin  The Bath to Weymouth Line including Westbury to Salisbury, Oakwood, 1st edition 1982, pp74 plus pp12 of illustrations.  Locomotion Papers No.138.  Card Covers.  Very Good.  Slight wear to the edges of the covers.  £5.95

Maggs, Colin G  The Calne Branch, Wild Swan, 1990, pp112.  Large Format.  Card Covers.  Very Good. Slight loss of colour across a one-inch strip at the top of the rear cover.  A comprehensive illustrated history of the Great Western branch from Chippenham to Calne.  £16.50

Maggs, Colin  Branch Lines of Somerset, Alan Sutton, 1993, pp154.  Hard Cover.  Fine in a Very Good dust wrapper.  There are some score marks on the rear page of the dust wrapper.  A brief history of each branch followed by a pictorial tribute.  £3.95

Maggs, Colin J  The Wrington Vale Light Railway, Oakwood, 2004, pp120.  Locomotion Papers No.224.  Card Covers.  Very Good+.  An illustrated history of the Great Western Branch from Congresbury on the Cheddar Valley line to Blagdon.  £4.95

Maggs, Colin G  The Culm Valley Light Railway: Tiverton Junction to Hemyock, Oakwood, 2006, pp144.  Locomotion Papers No.231.  Card Covers.  Very Good.  £6.95

Marshall, John  Forgotten Railways Vol.9: North West England, D&C, 1st edition 1981, pp176 with pp16 of illustrations and a folded map in the rear.  Forgotten Railways Series.  Hard Cover.  Very Good in a Very Good- dust wrapper.  Slight wear to the dust wrapper at the head of the spine; also a one cm internally-repaired tear to the bottom edge.  £5.95

Moody G T  Southern Electric: The History of the World's Greatest Suburban Electric Railway System, IA, 1st edition 1957, pp172.  No dust wrapper.  Bookplate and ownership stamp from the previous owner inside the front cover.  Hard Cover.  Very Good.  Slight browning of the page edges.  A comprehensive history.  £3.95

Morrison, Brian  Profile of the 47s, OPC, 1988, 189 illustrations.  Profile Series.  Large Format.  Glazed boards with a dust wrapper.  VG+ in a VG- dust wrapper.  The dust wrapper has been internally repaired at the head of the spine.  £5.95

Nock O S  The Great Western Railway: An Appreciation, Heffer, 1952, pp185 plus pp32 of illustrations.  No dw.  Hb.  Fair.  Some wear and loss of colour to the covers, contents VG.  Ossie Nock's tribute to the Great Western at nationalisation.  £3.95

Nock O S  The Highland Railway, IA, 1965, pp174 and colour frontis.  Hard Cover.  Very Good in a Very Good dust wrapper.  Sellotape stains inside the covers from an old protective covering that has now been removed.  A highly readable history with an emphasis on locomotive matters.  £4.95

Nock O S  The GWR Stars, Castles & Kings Part 2: 1930-1965, D&C, 1st edition 1970, pp160.  David & Charles Locomotive Monographs.  Hard Cover.  Very Good in a Very Good dust wrapper.  The second volume of a classic study of Great Western four-cylinder express passenger locomotives.  £3.95

Nock O S  Southern Steam, D&C, 2nd Impression 1972, pp199, a colour frontis, and 61 illustrations.  Hard Cover.   Very Good in a Very Good dust wrapper.  The dust wrapper has been neatly fixed in place with a clear adhesive covering.  One of four volumes devoted to steam on the Big Four during the post grouping era.  £4.95

Nock O S  British Locomotives of the 20th Century: Vol. 1 1900 –1930, BCA/PSL, 1983, pp257. Published by Book Club Associates by arrangement with Patrick Stephens.  Hb.  VG+ in a VG dust wrapper.  There is a one cm internally-repaired tear at the head of the rear dust wrapper fold.  The first volume of Ossie Nock's definitive history of British locomotive development since 1900.  £3.95

Owen, John  The Exe Valley Railway including The Tiverton Branch, Waterfront/Kingfisher, 1999, pp192.  First published in 1985.  Large Format.  Hard Cover.  Very Good in a Very Good dust wrapper.  A comprehensive illustrated history.  £14.50

Page, James  Rails in the Valleys, D&C, 1989, pp192.  Large Format Hb.  Fine in a VG dust wrapper.  Evokes the unique character of the railways in South Wales.  £5.95

Pearse, Marion & John  Twyford's Railway Heritage: 150 Years of the GWR, Twyford & Ruscombe Local History Society, 1985, pp56.  A much enlarged and updated version of The Broad Gauge Railway at Twyford published in 1980.  Card Covers.  Very Good.  An illustrated booklet.  £4.95

Peters, Ivo  The Somerset and Dorset in the Sixties Vol. 3 - 1960-1962, OPC, 1982, 250 illustrations.  Large Format Hb.  VG+ in a VG+ dust wrapper.  Ivo Peter's pictorial chronicle of the last years of the Somerset and Dorset.  £4.95

Peters, Ivo  The Somerset and Dorset in the Sixties Vol. 4 - 1963-1966, OPC, 1986, 215 illustrations. Published by Book Club Associates by arrangement with OPC.  Large Format.  Hard Cover.  Fine in a Very Good dust wrapper. The final volume of Ivo Peter's pictorial chronicle of the last years of the Somerset and Dorset.  £4.95

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Pike, John  Iron Horse to the Sea: Railways in South Devon, Ex Libris Press, 1987, pp160.  Foreword by Crispin Gill.  Card Covers.  Very Good.  There is a one-inch crease across the bottom front corner of the covers.  A history of the Great Western Railway in south Devon.  £3.95

Potts M and Green G W  Industrial Locomotives of West Glamorgan, Industrial Railway Society, 1996, pp260 plus pp32 of illustrations.  Series editor: R. K. Hateley.  Includes Amendment List No.1. Glazed Boards.  Very Good+.  A meticulously compiled record.  £14.50

Reade, Lewis  Branch Line Memories Vol.1: Great Western, Atlantic, 1983, pp48.  Pb.  Very Good.  An affectionate photographic portrait of Great Western branch lines.  £1.95

Riley R C and Waller, Peter  The Power of the Castles, OPC, 2003, pp112.  Power Series.  Large Format. Hard Cover.  Fine in a Very Good dust wrapper.  A high-quality pictorial album.  £7.50

Shannon Paul and Hillmer, John  Diesels in the North West, OPC, 1985, 208 illustrations.  Large Format. Hb.  VG in a VG dust wrapper.  Generally VG/VG, but with some loss of colour across the bottom of the covers.  Also some loss of colour down the spine of the dust wrapper.  £4.95

Smith, David L  Tales of the Glasgow & South Western Railway, IA, 1970, pp96 plus 16pp of illustrations.  Card Covers.  Near VG.  Slight wear to the edges of the covers.  A classic series of articles that originally appeared in the Railway Magazine.  £4.95

Smith, David L  Locomotives of the Glasgow and South Western Railway, D&C, 1976, pp192.  Hard Cover.  Very Good+ in a Very Good dust wrapper.  A definitive history by the author who will always be associated with the G&SWR.  £14.50

Townroe S C  'Arthurs,' 'Nelsons' & 'Schools' At Work, IA, 1986, pp144.  First published in 1973.  This is a reprint of the revised edition of 1983.  Large Format.  Hard Cover.  Very Good in a Very Good dust wrapper.  An illustrated history of three important Southern Railway classes.  £4.95

Vaughan, Adrian  Signalman's Morning; Signalman's Twilight, Pan Books, 1984, pp380 plus pp8 of illustrations.  Card Covers.  Very Good.  Some browning of the pages. Two classic memoirs of the last years of steam in one omnibus edition.  £3.95

Weaver, Rodney  Baguley Locomotives 1914-1931: The locomotives built at Shobnall Road Works, Burton-on-Trent, by Baguley Cars Limited and Baguley (Engineers) Limited, Industrial Railway Society, 1975, pp76 with pp36 of illustrations.  Card Covers. Very Good.  Slight wear to the corners of the covers.  A comprehensive illustrated history based on the company archives.  £16.50

London and South Western Railway

Williams R A  The London and South Western Railway Vol.2: Growth and Consolidation, D&C, 1973, pp383, a colour frontis, and pp16 of illustrations.  Hard Cover.  Very Good in a Very Good dust wrapper. Slight wear to the edges of the dust wrapper. The second volume of a projected three-volume history.  The "third" volume appeared many years later as The London & South Western in the 20th Century by Faulkner and Williams.  £14.50

Faulkner J N and Williams R A  The London & South Western Railway in the 20th Century, D&C, 1988, pp224.  Hard Cover.  Very Good+ in a Very Good dust wrapper.  A comprehensive history of the final two decades of the LSWR, in effect the much delayed third volume of The London and South Western Railway by R. A. Williams.  £10.50

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Williams, Alfred  Life in a Railway Factory, Sutton Publishing, 2007, pp288 with a 37 page introduction by Michael Davis outlining William's life.  First published in 1915.  Card Covers.  Very Good.  A unique description of Swindon works before the first world war, based on Williams' experience as a steam hammer operator.  £4.95

Harris, Helen  The Industrial Archaeology of Dartmoor, Peninsula Press, 4th edition 1992, pp246.  First published in 1968, this is the 4th revised and extended edition of 1992.  Hard Cover.  Fine in a Very Good+ dust wrapper.  Old price sticker on the rear page of the dust wrapper.  £8.50

Haselfoot A J  The Batsford Guide to the Industrial Archaeology of South-East England, Batsford, 1978, pp153.  Batsford Guide to the Industrial Archaeology of the British Isles Series. Series Editor: Keith Falconer.  Card Covers.  Very Good.  An illustrated gazetteer of industrial archaeology sites.  Covers Kent, Surrey, East Sussex and West Sussex.  £2.95

Kittridge, Alan  Rendel's Floating Bridges, Twelveheads, 2008, pp143.  Pb.  VG+.  Rendel's floating bridges were designed to maintain communication across estuaries were bridges were impractical or simply too expensive.  £5.95

Macartney, Sylvia and West, John  The Lewisham Silk Mills and the History of an Ancient Site; The Story of Armour, Small Arms, Silk, and Gold & Silver Wire Drawing, Lewisham Local History Society, 1998, pp113.  First published in 1979, this is the rewritten and extended edition of 1998.  Card Covers. Very Good.  Some slight wear to the front corners of the covers.  £6.95

Newton, John  The Falls of Burbage Wharf: Steam Threshing and Ploughing Contractors of Wiltshire, Road Locomotive Society, 1995, pp80.  A Family History.  Card Covers.  Very Good.  Some slight "wrinkling" of the plastic coating on the dust wrapper.  An illustrated booklet.  £4.95

Payne, Gordon A  Surrey Industrial Archaeology: A Field Guide, Phillimore, 1977, pp64.  Card Covers.  Very Good.  An illustrated introduction to the wide variety of industrial remains in Surrey.  £2.95

Raistrick, Arthur  Industrial Archaeology: A Historical Survey, Paladin, 1973, pp314 plus 51 illustrations.  Card Covers.  Very Good.  A newspaper obituary to the author has been pasted inside the front cover. There is a single vertical crease to the spine of the covers and some browning of the pages. "Seeks to restore a historical perspective by applying traditional archaeological techniques to the study of industrial development from prehistoric times to the present."  £1.95

Rule, Christopher S  The Industrial Archaeology of South East London, SELIA, 1982, pp73.  Card Covers.  Very Good.  A site list with brief notes on the significance of each location.  £2.95

Smith, Denis  Civil Engineering Heritage: London and the Thames Valley, Thomas Telford Ltd, 2001, pp331.  Civil Engineering Heritage Series.  Card Covers.  Very Good.  Published for the Institution of Civil Engineers by Thomas Telford Ltd.  £8.50

Torr, Cecil  Small Talk at Wreyland, Adams and Dart, 1970, pp112. Introduction by Jack Simmons.  Hard Cover.  Very Good in a Very Good- dust wrapper.  Some rubbing to the edges of the dust wrapper. "Cecil Torr's family were modest landowners in Devonshire, near the village of Lustleigh by the River Wey, and this book gives a close-up of the local history of the area from the 1840s to 1916 when it was written. It describes the local people, and recalls the more important events of the preceding 70 years, such as the coming of the railway and its impact, the effect on farmers and their workers on the failure of the potato crop in 1845-6, and the Great Exhibition."  £7.50

Townsend J L  The History of the Dorking Greystone Lime Co. Ltd and the Locomotive Townsend Hook, Narrow Gauge Railway Society, 1st edition 1961, pp42.  Reproduced typescript.  Card Covers. Very Good-.  Slight wear to the edges of the covers.  A history of the extensive works and quarry of the Dorking Grey Stone Lime Company in Surrey.  £4.95

Industrial Archaeology

A quarterly journal published by David and Charles.

Industrial Archaeology Vol.3 1966: The Journal of the History of Industry and Technology, D&C, pp326.  Edited by Keith Hudson.  Hb.  Fine in a VG dust wrapper. Volume 3 contains all four 1966 issues of Industrial Archaeology in book form.  £6.95

Industrial Archaeology Vol.4 1967: The Journal of the History of Industry and Technology, D&C, pp420. Edited by Keith Hudson.  Hb.  VG in Fair+ dust wrapper.  Dust wrapper repaired with sellotape.  Volume 4 contains all four 1967 issues of Industrial Archaeology in book form.  £6.95

Industrial Archaeology Vol.5 1968: The Journal of the History of Industry and Technology, Augustus M. Kelley, pp442.  Edited by Keith Hudson.  Technical Editor: Neil Cossons.  David & Charles books were published in the USA under the Kelley imprint.  Hard Cover. Very Good+ in a Very Good- dust wrapper.  Slight wear and small tears to the dust wrapper at the head of the spine; old price sticker on the front.  Volume 5 contains all four 1968 issues of Industrial Archaeology in book form.  £6.95

Industrial Archaeology Vol.6 1969: The Journal of the History of Industry and Technology, D&C, pp431.  Edited by John Butt, Assistant Editor: Ian Donnachie.  Hb.  VG+ in a VG dust wrapper.  Volume 6 contains all four 1969 issues of Industrial Archaeology in book form.  £6.95