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May 2019 Railway List

British and Irish Railways

Ashworth B J  Steam in the West Midlands & Wales, IA, 1975, pp120.  Small inscription, the number "174."  Hb.  VG in a VG- dust wrapper.  A pictorial album, predominately Great Western and largely from the Cotswolds, the forest area west of the Severn and the Welsh valleys and hills.  £4.95

Bartholomew, Ed and Blakemore, Michael  Railways in Focus: Photographs from the National Railway Museum, Atlantic, 1998, pp208.  Large Format Hb.  VG in a VG dust wrapper.  A lavishly produced book with sections on: Railways and Photography, At the Lineside, Stations & Structures, Handling the Traffic, and The Daily Round.  £5.95

Binns, Donald  Steam in Airedale: Leeds - Shipley - Bradford, Shipley - Keighley – Skipton, Wyvern, 1984, pp64.  Card Covers.  VG.  Loss of colour down the spine.  Small inscription, the number "391."  An illustrated history of the Leeds and Bradford Railway and its extension from Shipley to Skipton.  £4.95

Bixley G, Blackburn A, Chorley R, and King M  An Illustrated History of Southern Wagons Vol. 3: SECR, OPC, 2004, pp158.  Large Format Hb.  Generally VG+ in a VG+ dust wrapper, but the covers are slightly bumped at the base of the spine.  A comprehensive illustrated study.  £14.50

Bloom, Alan  Locomotives of the London and North Eastern Railway, Jarrold, 1980, pp32, 64 illustrations (50 colour) & a map.  Pb.  VG+.  Jarrold Railway Series 4.  £0.95

Bradley D L and Milton, David  The Locomotive History of the South Eastern and Chatham Railway, RCTS, 1980, pp144 plus 107 figs.  The revised 1980 edition, first published in 1961.  Small inscription, the number 427.  Card Covers.  VG.  £9.50

British Railway Journal No.36, Wild Swan, Spring 1991. VG.  With articles on: The Dean - Churchward Tradition, Spring Floods at Gloucester, Festiniog Railway Single Fairlie 0-4-4T 'Taliesin', Seaton Old, and High Wycombe: The Post-War Traffic Scene.  £1.95

British Railways Locomotives Combined Volume Winter 1955/56 Edition, IA, 1999.  Small format.  Glazed Boards.  VG+.  A reprint of The ABC of British Railway Locomotives, Winter 1955/6 and The ABC Loco-Shed Book, 1955.  No underlining.  £4.95

Bruton E D  British Steam: 1948-1955, IA, 1976, pp128.  Small inscription, the number "172."  Large Format.  Hard Cover.  Very Good+ in a Very Good dust wrapper.  A high-quality album focusing on the immediate post-war period.  £5.95

Bryan, Tim  The Great Western at War 1939–1945, PSL, 1995, pp192.  Hb.  VG+ in a VG+ dust wrapper.  An illustrated account of the war years on the Great Western.  £8.50

Bulleid H A V  Master Builders of Steam, IA, 1970, pp190.  Pb.  VG.  Vertical creasing to the spine of the covers, also a brown stain along part of the lower edge of the front cover.  Bulleid's son describes the designs of six famous locomotive engineers: Ivatt (GNR), Gresley, Bulleid, Churchward, Stanier and H.G. Ivatt (LMS).  £3.95

Butcher, Alan C  The Heyday of the DMU, IA, 1994, pp80.  Landscape format.  Glazed Boards.  Fine. An all-colour album.  £5.95

Casserley H C  Steam Locomotives of British Railways, Hamlyn Books, 3rd edition, 2nd impression 1974, pp484.  Hb.  VG in a VG dust wrapper.  A comprehensive photographic record of the steam engines taken over by BR in 1948, with brief details of each class.  £4.95

Casserley H C  The Observer's Book of British Steam Locomotives, Frederick Warne, 1974, pp190.  Small format  Hb. VG+ in a VG dust wrapper.  Some fading to the red lettering on the spine.  An outline history of the development of the steam locomotive from its earliest beginnings until its abandonment in 1968.  £3.95

Esau, Mike  John Ashman Rail Portfolio, OPC, 1988, pp160.  Inscription under the flap of the dust wrapper.  Large Format Hb.  Fine in a Fine dust wrapper.  A fine collection of shots from the John Ashman collection, compiled by Mike Esau.  The collection has a strong Great Western bias.  £4.95

Fenman  Images of Steam, IA, 1st edition 1968, pp192.  Small inscription, the number "170."  Large Format Hb.  Very Good+ in a Very Good dust wrapper.  A memorable album of high-quality photographs taken by five former Cambridge undergraduates in the late 1950s.  £5.95

Gammell C J  Scottish Branch Lines: 1955-1965, OPC, 1st edition 1978, 163 plates.  Small inscription, the number "204."  Large Format Hb.  VG+ in a VG dust wrapper.  There is a half-inch internally-repaired tear in the rear dust wrapper fold.  A pictorial survey with the following sections: Highland, Grampian, Tayside, Fife, Central, Strathclyde, Lothian, Borders and Dumfries & Galloway.  £5.95

Gifford, Colin  Steam Finale North, IA, 1976, pp96.  Small inscription, the number "175."  Large Format Hb.  VG in a VG dust wrapper.  Atmospheric photographs from Colin Gifford.  £10.50

Haresnape, Brian  Railway Design since 1830 Vol.2 1914-1969, IA, 1969, pp124.  Small inscription, the number "59."  Large Format.  Soft Cover. Very Good.  The second volume of Brian Haresnape's illustrated study of design in the steam era.  £4.95

Haresnape, Brian  Fowler Locomotives: A Pictorial History, IA, 1978, pp128.  Hb.  VG in a VG dust wrapper.  Loss of colour down the spine of the dust wrapper. A class-by-class survey.  £4.95

Haresnape, Brian  British Rail 1948-1978: A Journey by Design, IA, 1st edition 1979, pp176 with 334 illustrations.  Small inscription, the number "60."  Large Format.  Hard Cover.  Very Good in a Very Good dust wrapper.  Three decades of British Rail design development, preceded by a broad survey of the first 120 years.  £16.50

Harris, Ken  The 50s Rail 2 Portfolios, Janes, 1984, pp64.  Landscape format.  Glazed Boards.  Slight depression to the glazed board near the base of the spine.  An all-colour pictorial tribute.  £5.95

Harris, Michael; Ford, Roger; and Perren, Brian  InterCity 21 Years of Progress, Ian Allan, 1987, pp40.  Large Format Pb.  Very Good+.  In co-operation with British Railways Board.  Inscription.  A well-illustrated celebration of inter-city services.  £0.95

Hendry, R Preston and Hendry, R Powell  The North Western at Work: A Portrait of the LNWR, PSL, 1990, pp192.  Signed by both authors.  Large Format Hb.  VG in a VG dust wrapper.  The dust wrapper has been internally repaired at the head of the rear dust wrapper fold.  An illustrated study of the LNWR in its heyday.  £8.50

Henley, Alex  Names & Nameplates of British Steam Locomotives: 1. LMS & Constituents, Heyday, 1984, pp80.  Small inscription, the number "471", inside the front cover.  Card Covers.  VG.  Includes both named engines built by the LMS and named locomotives acquired at The Grouping.  £2.95

Hughes, Geoffrey  LNER, IA, 1st edition 1986, pp160.  Published by Ian Allan under their Malaga books imprint.  Large Format Hb.  Fine in a VG+ dust wrapper.  Probably the best single-volume history of the LNER.   £3.95

Jenkinson, David  The Power of the Duchesses, OPC, 1985, 276 illustrations.  Power Series.  Large Format Hb.  Fine in a VG dust wrapper.  The dust wrapper spine is sunned.  £5.95

Jones, Kenneth Westcott  Steam in the Landscape, Blandford, 1971, pp187. Small inscription, the number "191."  96 pages of colour photographs by A. J. Hudson with supporting text by Kenneth Westcott Jones.  Small format Hb. VG in a VG dust wrapper.  Mainly British steam, but includes a number of overseas shots.  £2.95

Jones, Richard  West Somerset Railway, IA, 1992, pp64.  Steam Portfolios No. 8.  Landscape format.  Glazed Boards.  Fine.  An all-colour landscape-format album of the Minehead branch in preservation days.  £3.95

Kelly, Peter  The Pocket Book of Railway Locomotives, Bloomsbury Books, 1993, pp140.  Small format.  Glazed boards with dw.  VG+ in a VG dust wrapper.  "A colour illustrated pocket guide to around a hundred of the most well-known British locomotives."  Includes both steam and diesel locomotives.  £1.95

Kennedy, Rex  Ian Allan's 50 Years of Railways 1942-1992, BCA/IA, 1992, pp256.  Large Format Hb.  Published by Book Club Associates by arrangement with Ian Allan.  Very Good+ in a Very Good dust wrapper.  All our yesterdays!  A pictorial review of the changing railway scene from 1942 to 1992, published to commemorate fifty years of Ian Allan publishing.  £4.95

Kumar, Amba  Stately Progress: Royal Train Travel since 1940, NRM, 1997, pp72.  Pb.  Fine.  A well-illustrated history of the royal train.  £2.95

Locomotives Illustrated 71: Peppercorn 'A1' Pacifics, IA, May/June90, pp40.  Managing Editor: Michael Harris, Editor: Chris Leigh, Picture Editor: Brian Stephenson.  Introduction by Mike Romans.  Large Format Pb.  VG.  £2.50

Locomotives Illustrated 139: Great Northern Railway Eight-Coupled Locomotives LNER Classes O1, O2, Q1-3 and R1, RAS Publishing, Sept/Oct 2001, pp48.  Editor: Brian Stephenson.  Introduction by W. A. T. Aves.  Large Format Pb.  VG.  £2.50

Locomotives of the LNER: Part 3B Tender Engines - Classes D1 to D12, RCTS, 1980, pp108 plus 126 figs.  Pb.  VG.  The 4-4-0 classes.  £9.50

Morrison, Brian  British Rail DMUs & Diesel Railcars: Origins & First Generation Stock, IA, 1998, pp272.  Small inscription, the number "824."  Large Format  Hb.  Fine in a VG+ dust wrapper.  Some fading of the red lettering on the spine.  A comprehensive photographic record of the development and operational history of the first generation DMUs.  £24.50

Morrison, Gavin  East Coast Main Line, Atlantic, 1992, pp48.  The Colour of British Rail Vol.3.  Pb.  Very Good.  Covering thirty years of change between London and Edinburgh: 1960-1990.  £1.95

Mountford, Colin E  The Private Railways of County Durham, Industrial Railway Society, 2004, pp427.  Small inscription, the number "984."  Glazed Boards.  VG+.  Chapters on The Beamish Railway, The Bowes Railway, The Chopwell & Garesfield Railway, The Whittonstall Railway, Craghead & Burnhope, The Derwent Railway, The Hetton Railway, The Lambton Railway, The Londonderry Railway, The Pelaw Main Railway, The Sacriston Railway, The South Hetton Colliery Railway, The South Shields Marsden & Whitburn Colliery Railway, The Harton Electric System, The Towneley Colliery Railway, and The Weatherhill & Rookhope and Rookhope & Middlehope Railways.  £24.50

Pirt, Keith R  York: Real Steam in Colour Vol.1, Norseman, 1991, p48.  Inscription.  Pb.  VG.  Spine sunned.  An all-colour album that recaptures the atmosphere at York in the late 1950s and 60s.  £3.95

Quinn, Tom  Tales of the Old Railwaymen, D&C, 1999, pp192.  "Largish" format Hb.  VG in a VG dust wrapper.  "A fascinating range of characters recount their experiences of working on steam trains, from a shedmaster to a fireman, and from an engine driver to a signalman."  £3.95

(The) Railway Clearing House Handbook of Railway Stations 1904, David & Charles, 1970, pp600. Introduction by C. R. Clinker.  First published by the Railway Clearing House in 1904.  Small inscription, the number "50."  "Largish" format Hb.  VG in a VG dust wrapper.  Some fading of the red covers. Records the passenger and freight facilities that were available at every station in Britain and Ireland in 1904.  "Including junctions, sidings, collieries, works etc on the railways in the United Kingdom showing the station accommodation, crane power, county, company and position."  £18.50

Rankin, Stuart and Woods, Michael  Newcastle 900 Railways, British Rail Eastern Region, 1980, pp32. Small inscription, the number 815.  Card Covers.  VG.  A Celebration of the 900th Anniversary of Newcastle upon Tyne.  £0.95

Sagar, John. Steam in Action: Bulleid Pacifics, IA, 1992, pp92.  Small inscription, the number "441."  Large Format.  Glazed Boards.  VG+.  A pictorial tribute - some in colour - interspersed with a significant amount of text.  £4.95

Sawford, Eric  Steam Locomotives 1955: 70000-90774 Standards and Austerities, AS, 1998, pp138. Small inscription, the number "835."  Hb.  VG+ in a VG dust wrapper.  Some loss of colour down the spine of the dust wrapper.  A collection of photographs covering the locomotives purchased by BR in 1955.  The text provides technical details, allocations & duties performed, important points of design and special workings.  £8.50

Days of Steam

Shaw, William  Days of Steam 1. Kings Cross-York, MAP, 1969, pp40.  Small landscape format.  Card Covers. Very Good.   A Journey in Pictures with an essay by Dr W. A. Tuplin.  £0.95

Shaw, William  Days of Steam 3. Euston-Carlisle, MAP, 1969, pp30.  Small inscription, the number "303", on the preliminary title page.  Small landscape format.  Card Covers.  VG.  A Journey in Pictures with an essay by Dr W. A. Tuplin.  £0.95

Shaw, William  Days of Steam 4. Paddington-Wolverhampton, MAP, 1969, pp30.  Small landscape format.  Card Covers.  Very Good.  Page numbers inserted in ink.  A Journey in Pictures with an essay by Dr W. A. Tuplin.  £0.95

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Smith W and Beddoes K  The Cleobury Mortimer and Ditton Priors Light Railway, OPC, 1980, pp112.  Large Format Hb.  VG in a VG dust wrapper.  A comprehensive illustrated history.  £12.50

Smith, Capt W G  1247 Preservation Pioneer: The Story of Britain's First Privately Preserved Standard Gauge Steam Locomotive, SLP, 1991, pp96.  Glazed Boards.  Very Good.  The story of the preservation of a J52 0-6-0ST built by the Great Northern Railway in 1899.  1247 is now at the National Railway Museum in York.  £2.95

Steam-up in Lancashire: Railwayana from 'Lancashire Life', Whitethorn Books, 1976, pp71.  Pb.  VG.  Slight wear to the edges of the covers.  Railway articles extracted from Lancashire Life.  £2.95

Stretton, John  Steam on Shed, Guild/Blandford, 1984, 240 plates.  Hard Cover.  Very Good in a Very Good dust wrapper.  A high quality album from the 1960s, with a high proportion of excellent colour shots.  £4.95

Stretton, John  The West Somerset Railway: A Past & Present Companion, Past & Present, 2000, pp96.  Pb.  Fine.  A nostalgic trip along the whole route from Taunton to Minehead.  £3.95

Swinger, Peter  The Power of the B1s, OPC, 2004, pp112.  Power Series.  Large Format Hb.  Fine in a VG+ dust wrapper.  A pictorial record of Thomson's mixed-traffic 4-6-0, developed during the war for the LNER.  £9.50

Tuffrey, Peter  Nottingham's Railways: From the Bill Reed Collection, Chalford, 1997, pp128. The Archive Photographs Series.  Small inscription, the number "811."  Card Covers.  VG.  Railways in and around Nottingham in the twilight days of steam.  £4.95

Tuffrey, Peter  The Last Years of Yorkshire Steam, Great Northern Books, 2016, pp160.  Introduction by David Joy.  Small inscription, the number "1110."  Hb.  Fine in a VG+ dust wrapper.  A pictorial tribute to steam in Yorkshire from the late 1940s to the early 1970s.  About half the illustrations are in colour.  £5.95

Turnock, David  Railways in the British Isles: Landscape, Land Use and Society, Adams & Black, 1st edition 1982, pp259, 44 illustrations & 21 maps.  Hb.  Very Good in a Very Good dust wrapper.  A major study divided into three sections. The first deals with the growth of the railway system; the second covers the role of the railways in the evolution of towns and in the growth of industry, agriculture, and tourism; and the third section examines the major reappraisal of railways that has taken place over the last 50 years.  £4.95

Vanns, Michael A  Rail Centres: Nottingham, Booklaw, 2004, pp128.  First published by Ian Allan in 1993.  Glazed boards with a dust wrapper.  Fine in a Very Good dust wrapper.  A comprehensive well-illustrated history of the Nottingham area.  £5.95

Vaughan, John  The Power of the 50s, OPC, 1979, 239 plates.  Power Series.  Large Format.  Hard Cover.  VG+ in a VG- dust wrapper with a two inch internally-repaired tear in the dust wrapper at the base of the spine.  £5.95

Vaughan J A M  Profile of the Class 20s, OPC, 1984, 155 plates.  Profile Series.  Small inscription, the number "11."  Large Format.  Glazed Boards.  VG.  Some loss of colour down the spine, tiny wear mark near the top front corner of the glazed boards.  £6.95

Vaughan, John  Diesel Retrospective: Class 31, IA, 2009, pp112.  Diesel Retrospect Series.  Small inscription, the number "1058."  Large Format Hb.  VG in a VG+ dust wrapper.  The bottom corners of the covers are slightly bumped.  A pictorial tribute - mainly black and white, but also quite a bit of colour.  £5.95

Waterer, Graham  Southern Electrics: A View From the Past, IA, 1999, pp96.  Glazed Boards. Very Good+.  A history of the Southern Electric system up until 1962.  £5.95

Webb, Brian  The Deltic Locomotives of British Rail, D&C, 1983, pp96.  Locomotive Studies Series. Hard Cover.  Fine in a VG+ dust wrapper.  The spine of the dust wrapper is faded.  A definitive study of the Deltics (Class55) and Baby Deltics (Class23).  £4.95

Whitehouse P B  Branch Line Album Second Series, IA, second impression 1965, pp114.  Hb.  VG in a VG dust wrapper.  Slight wear to the dust wrapper at the base of the spine.  A carefully selected collection of pictures from the period 1930 to 1963, an age before Beeching when it seemed as if the branch lines portrayed would last forever.  £3.95

Whitehouse P B  Steam on the Shed, IA, 1969, pp192.  Small inscription, the number "179."  Large Format Hb.  VG+ in a VG dust wrapper.  Forty years of shed scenes - on the standard and narrow gauge - captured by Patrick Whitehouse's camera.  £6.95

Whitehouse P B  Pre-Grouping in the West Midlands, OPC, 1984, 214 plates. Inscription.  Large Format Hb.  VG+ in a VG dust wrapper.  A high-quality album of pre-1923 West Midlands photographs.  £5.95

Whitehouse P B  The Great Western in the West Midlands, OPC, 1984, 218 plates.  Large Format Hb.  VG+ in a VG dust wrapper.  There is a tiny nick in the dust wrapper at the head of the spine.  The Great Western around Birmingham before nationalisation.  £6.95

Whitehouse, Patrick and Thomas, David St John  LNER 150: The London and North Eastern Railway A century and a half of progress, D&C, 1st edition 1989, pp208.  Large Format Hb.  VG in a VG dust wrapper.  A superbly produced nostalgic look at the LNER from 1923 until 1948.  £3.95

Whitehouse, Patrick and Thomas, David St John  LNER 150: The London and North Eastern Railway A century and a half of progress, D&C, 2002, pp208.  Large Format Pb.  VG+.  A superbly produced nostalgic look at the LNER from 1923 until 1948.  The paperback edition.  £2.95

Whiteley J S and Morrison G W  The Power of the BR Standard Pacifics, OPC, 1980, 220 illustrations. Power Series.  Small inscription, the number "779."  Large Format Hb.  Fine in a VG dust wrapper.  £5.95

Whiteley J S and Morrison G W  The Power of the Deltics, OPC, 1986, 189 plates.  Power Series.  Large Format Hb.  VG+ in a VG dust wrapper.  £7.50

Whiteley J S and Morrison G W  The Power of the Jubilees, OPC, 1st edition 1992, pp112.  Power Series.  Large Format Hb.  VG in a VG dust wrapper.  £9.50

Williams C L  Great Western Steam around Bristol, Bradford Barton, 1975, pp96.  Hb.  VG in a VG dust wrapper.  There is a tiny tear at the bottom rear corner of the dust wrapper.  A Bradford Barton original in "speckled" brown covers.  £5.95

Yeadon's Register of LNER Locomotives

Yeadon W B  Yeadon's Register of LNER Locomotives Vol.1 Gresley A1 and A3 Classes, Irwell Press, 1990, pp90.  Large Format Hb.  VG in a VG dust wrapper.  £8.50

Yeadon W B  Yeadon's Register of LNER Locomotives Vol.6 Thompson B1 Class, Irwell Press, 1994, pp102.  Large Format Hb.  VG in a VG dust wrapper.  £8.50

Yeadon W B  Yeadon's Register of LNER Locomotives Vol.27 Class N7, Book Law, 2003, pp94.  Large Format. Glazed boards with a dust wrapper.  VG+ in a VG+ dust wrapper.  £8.50

Yeadon W B  Yeadon's Register of LNER Locomotives Vol.33 Class C12, C13, C14 & C17, Book Law, 2004, pp94.  Large Format.  Glazed boards with a dust wrapper.  VG in a VG+ dust wrapper.  £8.50

Yeadon W B  Yeadon's Register of LNER Locomotives Vol.34 Class D17, D18, D19, D20, D21, D22, D23 & D24, Book Law, 2004, pp134.  Large Format.  Glazed boards with a dust wrapper.  VG in a VG dust wrapper.  £9.50

Yeadon W B  Yeadon's Register of LNER Locomotives Vol.35 Class J14 & J15, Book Law, 2005, pp94.  Large Format.  Glazed boards with a dust wrapper.  VG in a VG dust wrapper.  £8.50

Yeadon W B  Yeadon's Register of LNER Locomotives Vol.36 Class F1, F2, G1, G2, G3, G4, G7, G8, G9 & G10, Book Law, 2005, pp94.  Large Format.  Glazed boards with a dust wrapper.  VG in a VG dust wrapper.  £8.50

Yeadon W B  Yeadon's Register of LNER Locomotives Vol.37 Part A Class J1, J2, J3 & J4, Book Law, 2005, pp102.  Large Format.  Glazed boards with a dust wrapper.  VG+ in a VG+ dust wrapper.  £8.50

Yeadon W B Yeadon's Register of LNER Locomotives Vol.37 Part B Class J5, J6, J7, J40 & J41, Book Law, 2006, p103-p196.  Large Format.  Glazed boards with a dust wrapper.  VG+ in a Near VG dust wrapper.  £8.50

Yeadon W B  Yeadon's Register of LNER Locomotives Vol.38 Class F8, G5 & G6, Book Law, 2005, pp94.  Large Format.  Glazed boards with a dust wrapper.  VG in a VG dust wrapper.  £8.50

Yeadon W B  Yeadon's Register of LNER Locomotives Vol.39 Class F3, F4, F5, F6, F7 & F9, Book Law, 2006, pp134.  Large Format.  Glazed boards with a dust wrapper.  VG+ in a VG dust wrapper.  £9.50

Yeadon W B  Yeadon's Register of LNER Locomotives Vol.40 Class C10, C11, C15, C16, D11/2, Book Law, 2006, pp110.  Large Format.  Glazed boards with a dust wrapper.  VG+ in a VG+ dust wrapper.  £8.50

Yeadon W B  Yeadon's Register of LNER Locomotives Vol.41 Class J16, J17, J18, J19, J20, Book Law, 2006, pp94.  Large Format.   Glazed boards with a dust wrapper.  VG in a VG dust wrapper.  £8.50

Yeadon W B  Yeadon's Register of LNER Locomotives Vol.42 Part B Class D31, D32, D33, D34, D35 & D36, Book Law, 2006, pp94.  Large Format.  Glazed boards with a dust wrapper.  Fine in a Fine dust wrapper.  £8.50

Yeadon W B  Yeadon's Register of LNER Locomotives Vol.43 Part A Class J71 & J72, Book Law, 2005, pp102.  Large Format.  Glazed boards with a dust wrapper.  VG in a VG dust wrapper.  £8.50

Yeadon W B  Yeadon's Register of LNER Locomotives Vol.43 Part B Class J73 - J80 & NER '44', Book Law, 2007, p103-p188.  Large Format.  Glazed boards with a dust wrapper.  VG in a VG dust wrapper.  £8.50

For more Yeadon's see the main LNER page.

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Ian Allan Annuals

Locospotters Annual 1969, IA, pp64.  Small inscription, the number "344."  Editor: C. J. Allen.  Glazed Boards.  VG with loss of colour down the spine.  Stamp from the Discount Book Company at the base of the title page.  £1.95

Locospotters Annual 1970, IA, pp64.  Glazed Boards. VG.  Editor: C. J. Allen.  £1.95

Modern Railways Pictorial Annual 1985, IA, 1985, pp128.  Editor: Brian Morrison.  Glazed Boards. VG.  A series of illustrated articles on recent traction developments.  £1.95

Modern Railways Pictorial Annual 1986, IA, p128.  Morrison, Brian (editor).  Glazed Boards.  VG.  A series of illustrated articles on recent traction developments.  £1.95

Motive Power Review [Vol.1], IA, 1989, pp80.  Editor: Brian Morrison.  Large Format.  Glazed Boards.  VG.  An illustrated review of 1988.  Regrettably, only two volumes were published.  £1.95

Motive Power Annual 1987, IA, pp128.  Editor: Brian Morrison.  Glazed Boards.  VG.  A series of illustrated articles on recent traction developments.  £1.95

Motive Power Annual 1988, IA, 1988, pp128.  Editor: Brian Morrison.  Glazed Boards.  VG+.  A series of illustrated articles on recent traction developments.  £1.95

Railway World Annual 1972, IA, pp136.  Editor: G. M. Kichenside.  Small inscription, the number "349."  Glazed Boards.  VG.  £1.95

Railway World Annual 1973, IA, pp136.  Editor: Alan Williams.  Glazed Boards.  VG+.  £1.95

Railway World Annual 1974, IA, pp136.  Editor: Alan Williams.  Small inscription, the number "351."  Glazed Boards.  VG.  The red lettering on the spine has faded.  £1.95

Railway World Annual 1975, IA, pp136.  Editor: Alan Williams.  Small inscription, the number "352."  Glazed Boards.  VG.  £1.95

Railway World Annual 1976, IA, pp128.  Glazed Boards  VG.  A series of illustrated articles.  £1.95

Railway World Annual 1977, IA, pp129.  Editor: Alan Williams.  Small inscription, the number "345." Glazed Boards.  VG.  Some loss of colour down the side of the covers.  A series of illustrated articles.   £1.95

Railway World Annual 1978, IA, pp129.  Editor: Alan Williams.  Small inscription, the number "355."  Glazed Boards.  VG.  £1.95

Railway World Annual 1979, IA, pp129.  Editor: G Freeman Allen.  Pictorial Boards.  VG.  The top corners of the covers are slightly bumped.  £1.95

Railway World Annual 1981, IA, pp129.  Editor: Michael Harris.  Glazed Boards.  VG+.  The bottom of the spine is slightly bumped.  £1.95

Railway World Annual 1988, IA, pp128.  Editor: Peter Johnson.  Small inscription, the number "367."  Glazed Boards.  VG+.  £1.95

Railway World Year Book 1989, IA, pp128.  Glazed Boards.  Edited by Colin Boocock.  VG+.  £1.95

Railway World Year Book 1990.  Edited by Colin Boocock, pp80.    Large Format.  VG.  £1.95

Railway World Year Book 1991, IA, pp80.  Edited by Colin Boocock.  Large Format. Glazed Boards.  VG+.  £1.95

Trains Annual 1967, IA, pp96.  Short inscription, the number "344."  Glazed Boards.  VG- with slight rubbing to the corners of the glazed boards.  £1.95

Trains 'Sixty Nine, IA, pp96.  Edited by J. B. Snell.  Small inscription, the number "345."  Glazed Boards.  Very Good.  £1.95

Trains 'Seventy, IA, pp96.  Edited by J. B. Snell.  Small inscription, the number "347."  Stamp from the Discount Book Company at the bottom of one of the preliminary pages.  Glazed Boards.  Very Good.  Red spine sunned.  £1.95

Trains Seventy One, IA, pp102.  Editor G. M. Kichenside.  Hb.  VG in a VG dust wrapper.  £1.95

Railway Magazine

Railway Magazine Vol.71 July-Dec 1932, pp468 with an index at the back.  Six issues bound in the publisher's binding with gold lettering on the spine and covers.  Hb.  Fair+.  Slight wear at the head and base of the spine; tiny tear at the head of the spine.  £18.50

Railway Magazine Vol.72 Jan-June 1933, pp468 with an index. Bound in the publishers red binding with gold lettering on the spine and covers.  Hb.  VG-/Fair+.  Some rubbing at the head & base of the spine; slight loss of colour down the spine.  £18.50

Railway Magazine Vol.73 July-Dec 1933, pp468 and an index.  Bound in the publishers red binding with gold letters on the spine and covers.  Hb.  VG-/Fair+.  Some rubbing at the head & base of the spine; slight loss of colour down the spine; tiny tear at the base of the spine.  £18.50

Railway Magazine Vol.74 Jan-June 1934, pp470 with an index.  Recently bound in the publisher's style maroon binding with gold lettering on the spine and front cover.  Hb.  VG.  £24.50

Railway Magazine Vol.75 July-Dec 1934, pp470 with an index.  Recently bound in the publisher's style maroon binding with gold lettering on the spine and front cover.  Hb.  VG.  £24.50

Railway Magazine Vol.76 Jan-Jun 1935, pp468 with an index.  Recently bound in the publisher's style maroon binding with gold lettering on the spine and front cover.  Hb.  VG.  £24.50

Railway Magazine Vol.78 Jan-Jun 1936, pp468 with an index.  Recently bound in the publisher's style maroon binding with gold lettering on the spine and front cover.  Hb.  VG.  £24.50

Railway Magazine Vol.79 July-Dec 1936, pp468 with an index.  Recently bound in the publisher's style maroon binding with gold lettering on the spine and front cover.  Hb.  VG.  £24.50

Railway Magazine Vol.80 Jan-June 1937, pp468 with an index.  Recently bound in the publisher's style maroon binding with gold lettering on the spine and front cover.  Hb.  VG.  £24.50

Railway Magazine Vol.81 July-Dec 1937, pp470 with an index.  Recently bound in the publisher's style maroon binding with gold lettering on the spine and front cover.  Hb.  VG.  £24.50

Railway Magazine Vol.84 Jan-June 1939, pp468 and an index.  In the publishers maroon bindings with gold lettering on the spine and covers.  Hb.  Fair.  Colour faded on the spine, small tears to the covers at the base of the spine; corners slightly bumped.  £18.50

Railway Magazine Vol.85 July-Dec 1939, pp436 with an index.  In the publishers style maroon bindings with gold lettering on the spine and covers.  Hb.  VG-.  Some wear to the covers at the head and base of the spine.  £18.50

Railway Magazine Vol.86 Jan-Dec 1940, pp672 with an index.  All twelve 1940 issues.  In the publisher's maroon bindings with gold lettering on the spine and covers.  Hb.  Fair.  Wear to the covers at the head and base of the spine; corners bumped; loss of colour down the spine.  £24.50

Railway Magazine Vol.87 Jan-Dec 1941, pp576 with an index.  All twelve 1941 issues.  In the publisher's maroon bindings with gold lettering on the spine and covers.  Hb.  Fair+/VG- with some rubbing to the covers at the head & base of the spine and at the corners. Some browning to the pages.  £24.50

Railway Magazine Vol.88 1942, pp384 with index. In the publisher's maroon binding with gold lettering. Four single and four double issues.  Hb.  VG.  Colour on the spine faded.  Slight wear to the covers at the head and base of the spine.  £18.50

Railway Magazine Vol.89 1943, pp384 with an index.  In the publisher's style maroon bindings with gold lettering.  Six double issues.  Hb.  VG-.  Spine of the covers faded.  Slight wear at the head & base of the spine; slight bump to the vertical edges of the covers.  £18.50

Railway Magazine Vol.90 1944, pp386 with an index.  In publisher's style maroon bindings with gold lettering.  Six double issues.  Hb.  VG-.  Loss of colour down the spine, some superficial rubbing to the edges of the covers, bottom corners slightly bumped.  £18.50

Railway Magazine Vol.91 Jan-Dec 1945, pp374 with an index.  Six double issues.  In the publisher's style maroon bindings with gold lettering.  Hb.  Near VG.  Loss of colour down the spine, tiny nick at the head of the spine.  £18.50

Railway Magazine Vol.93 Jan-Dec 1947, pp408 with an index.  Six double issues.  In the publisher's maroon bindings with gold lettering.  Hb.  VG- with loss of colour down the spine.  Some superficial rubbing to the edges of the covers.  £18.50

Railway Magazine Vol.94 Jan-Dec 1948, pp422 with index.  Six double issues.  In the publisher's style maroon bindings with gold lettering to the covers and spine.  Hb.  VG-.  Loss of colour down the spine. Some superficial rubbing to the edges of the covers.  £18.50

Overseas Railways

Allen, Geoffrey Freeman  North American Railroads Today, Brian Trodd, 1990, pp123.  Large Format Hb.  Very Good+ in a Very Good dust wrapper.  A graphic account of the resurgence of one of America's greatest industries, well-illustrated throughout.  £5.95

Ball M G  European Railway Atlas: France, Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, IA, 2nd edition 1994, pp82 of maps plus an index.  The updated second edition.  Pb.  Fine.  The first in a series of European atlases.  £6.95

Ball M G  European Railway Atlas: Denmark, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, IA, 1992, pp101 of maps plus an index.  Small inscription, the number "119."  Pb.  VG+.  The third in the series of European atlases.  £6.95

Garbutt, Paul  World Metro Systems: An Encyclopaedia of the World's Metropolitan Railways, Capital Transport, 1991, pp152.  Pb.  Very Good+.  A well-illustrated overview of the world's metro systems.  £2.95

Garratt, Colin  Around the World in Search of Steam, D&C, 1987, pp184 with both black & white and colour illustrations.  Hb.  Very Good+ in a Very Good+ dust wrapper.  The story of Colin Garratt's personal odyssey to document the last steam locomotives of the world.  £2.95

Schlichting, Kurt C  Grand Central Terminal: Railroads, Engineering, and Architecture in New York City, John Hopkins University Press, 2001, pp243.  Small inscription, the number "1060."  Hb.  VG+ in a VG+ dust wrapper.  An illustrated history of New York's famous railway terminus, originally completed by the New York Central Railroad in 1913.  £8.50

European Railways

European Railways Vol.24 No.1/1973, Robert Spark, pp32.  Edited by Robert Spark. VG.  Contents include: Sleeper to Moscow, Where to Find Steam in Europe, and Modernisation of the Greek Railways.  £0.95

European Railways Vol.24 No.2/1973, Robert Spark, pp32.  Edited by Robert Spark. VG.  Contents include: Rails East of Suez; RTG, TGV, HST & APT; Sprinters & Benelux Trains for NS; and Finnish Special-Purpose Vehicles.  £0.95

European Railways Vol.24 No.3/1973, Robert Spark, pp32.  Edited by Robert Spark.  VG.  Contents include: Rails around Izmir, Rails around Istanbul; Beyond Europe: Steam in South Vietnam, Amtrak with a French Accent, Korea goes 50-Cycle Electric, and NZ Ab's attract the Public; The Swiss Dining Car Co; and The Stoomtram Goes-Borsele; and Museorautatie Forssa-Humppila.  £0.95

European Railways Vol.26 No.2/1975, Robert Spark, pp32.  Edited by Robert Spark.  VG.  Contents include: Highlights of South America, Shildon Spectacular, SNCF Double-Deck Coaches, Centenary with Steam, and Rail Connections at London's Airports.  £0.95

European Railways Vol.28 No.140 (1/1977), Robert Spark, pp32.  Edited by Robert Spark.  VG.  Contents include: Travel Unlimited - A Survey of European Rover Tickets, Through Sleepers No More, High Speed Measuring Vehicles, The Last of Steam in Europe, and Swiss Anniversary Special Train.  £0.95

Model Railways

Freezer, Cyril  Model Railways on a Budget: A practical guide to inexpensive more enjoyable modelling, PSL, 1987, pp168 with numerous diagrams & illustrations.  "Smallish" format.  Hard Cover.  Fine in a Fine dust wrapper.  The old master explains how to construct a model railway without spending a fortune.  £3.95

Jackson, Albert and Day, David  The Model Maker's Handbook: An illustrated manual of over 1000 techniques for making all types of models, miniatures and dioramas, Guild/Michael Joseph, 1987, pp352.  Hb.  Very Good+  in a Very Good+ dust wrapper.  An American view of modelling with sections on Painting & Finishing, Improving Vehicles, Figures, Dioramas & Landscapes, Railways, Motors & Engines, Radio-control, Airplanes, Boats, and Cars.  £3.95

Buses, Trams and Trolleybuses

Bishop, John  Eastbourne Buses: Eastbourne Motor Bus 100, Wharncliffe Books, 2003, pp48.  Card Covers.  Very Good.  An illustrated booklet published to commemorate 100 years of bus operations in Eastbourne.  £4.95

Fairley, George  Tramway Memories: Edinburgh, IA, 2006, pp80.  Large Format.  Card Covers.  VG+.  A short history of the Edinburgh tram system, followed by a pictorial tribute focusing on the last decade of operation immediately after the war.  £3.95

Jenkinson, Keith A  Focus on Bristol Lodekka, Autobus Review Publications, 1984, pp64.  "Largish" format.  Card Covers.  VG with slight wear to the covers.  A pictorial survey; each Lodekka series is considered in turn.  £8.50

Jenkinson, Keith A  Buses Mean Business: Stagecoach and Its Subsidiaries Vol.2, Autobus Review, 1992, pp88.  Large Format.  Card Covers.  Very Good.  A well-illustrated history covering the period from 1988 to 1991, a period of very rapid expansion for Stagecoach.  £4.95

Jenkinson, Keith A  East Yorkshire Motor Services Ltd and its Associates, Autobus Review, 1992, pp88.  Large Format.  Card Covers.  VG+.  "Twixt Wold, Carr & Coast."  A well-illustrated history of the company.  £5.95

Lane, Kevin  Glory Days: United Counties, IA, 2005, pp96.  Landscape format.  Glazed Boards.  VG.  Slight loss of colour down the spine.  Examines the history of the company from its earliest years, through its development as part of the Tilling group in the 1930s and expansion in the 1950s, until it was eventually subsumed by the National Bus Co. at the end of the 1960s. Largely pictorial with illustrations in both colour and black & white.  £5.95

Mack, Robert F  An Album of Leeds Corporation Buses, Turntable, 1980, pp48.  Card Covers. Very Good.  There is an old price sticker on the rear cover.  An album of post-war Leeds buses before the amalgamation into the West Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive in 1974.  £2.95

Salmon, Tony (editor)  Buses & Coaches: The Keith Watson Collection, Dewsbury Bus Museum, 2009, pp98.  Card Covers.  Very Good.  Over 160 unseen photographs of different operators, mainly in the Yorkshire area.  With sections on Buses, Coaches and Mini-Buses.  £4.95

Edinburgh's Trams, The Last Years

Wiseman R J S  Edinburgh's Trams, The Last Years Vol.1: The North, Stenlake, 2005, pp47. Landscape format.  Card Covers.  VG+.  A pictorial tribute with extensive captions.  £4.95

Wiseman R J S  Edinburgh's Trams, The Last Years Vol.3: The West, Stenlake, 2007, pp47.  Landscape format.  Card Covers.  VG+.  A pictorial tribute with extensive captions.  £4.95

Wiseman R J S  Edinburgh's Trams, The Last Years Vol.4: The East, Stenlake, 2007, pp47.  Landscape format.  Card Covers.  VG+.  A pictorial tribute with extensive captions.  £4.95

Electronics

(The) Electrical Industry of Great Britain: Organization, Efficiency in Production and World Competitive Position, Beama Publication Department, 1929, pp233.  Prepared by the statistical department of the British Electrical and Allied Manufacturers’ Association.  Large format Hb.  No dust wrapper.  VG.  A comprehensive statistical study of the electrical industry between the wars.  £16.50

Morita, Akio (with Edwin M Reingold & Mitsuko Shimomura)  Made in Japan:  Akio Morita & Sony, Collins, 1987, pp309.  Hb.  VG+ in a VG+ dust wrapper.  The phenomenal post war rise of Sony described by its chairman.  £3.95

Philips, Frederick  45 Years with Philips: Autobiography of Frederick Philips, Blandford Press, 1978, pp280 plus 45 illustrations.  Fine in a VG+ dust wrapper.  Frederick’s father and uncle founded Philips.  His own autobiography covers the period 1930 - 1975.  £3.95

Sampson, Anthony  The Sovereign State:  The Secret History of ITT, Hodder & Stoughton, 1973, pp288.  Inscription.  Hb.  Fine in a VG dust wrapper.  Recounts in devastating detail how big money was able to subvert and corrupt the Nixon administration, and how ITT played its part.  £3.95

Sanders, Sol  Mitsubishi Electric:  The Challenge of Globalization, Penguin, 1996, pp176.  Hb.  VG+ in a VG+ dust wrapper.  Examines how companies like Mitsubishi Electric must change to stay in front in the global market.  £3.95

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