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How to Order | Book Condition | We Want Your Books | About Us | Contact Us The books in this section are deleted as soon as they are sold. 2020 Winter Railway List British Railways Beale,
Gerry
The
Liskeard
and Looe
Branch,
Wild
Swan,
2000,
pp218.
Large
Format.
Hard
Cover.
Very
Good in a
Very Good
dust
wrapper.
Tiny
nick in
the dust
wrapper at
the head
of the
spine;
slight
loss of
colour
down the
spine of
the dust
wrapper.
A
comprehensive
illustrated
history of
the Great
Western
branch
line from
Liskeard
to Looe.
£24.50 Blenkinsop
R J
Shadows
of the
Great
Western,
OPC,
1972,
pp96.
Large
Format Hb.
VG
in a Near
VG dust
wrapper.
Slight
wear to
the dust
wrapper at
the head
of the
spine and
at the
rear top
corner.
A
high-quality
album of
Great
Western
steam in
the 1950s
and 1960s.
£4.95 Blenkinsop
R J
Reflections
of the
Great
Western,
OPC,
1974,
pp96.
Large
Format Hb.
VG in a
Near VG
dust
wrapper.
The
spine of
dust
wrapper is
sunned;
slight
wear to
the top
edge of
the dust
wrapper.
A
high-quality
album of
Great
Western
steam.
£4.95 Bradshaw's
Guide Hand
Book 1. 2.
3. 4.,
Middleton
Press,
2012,
pp624.
First
published
in 2011.
Inscription.
Card
Covers.
Very Good.
"Bradshaw's
Guide was
the title
employed
on the BBC
TV in 2010
for a book
containing
four
issues of
Bradshaw's
Handbook
for
Railway
Tourists,
bound
especially
for the
series.
The
book
covers
Great
Britain
plus all
of Ireland
and
describes
the main
features
and
historic
buildings
of the
principle
towns, in
the
flowery
style of a
well
spoken
Victorian
person.
The
16 pages
of
multiple
illustrations
are shown
in a
separate
section,
as are the
18
double-page
maps."
£4.95 Bradshaw's
July 1922
Railway
Guide,
A new
edition of
the July
1922
Bradshaw's
General
Railway
and Steam
Navigation
Guide for
Great
Britain
and
Ireland
with
enlarged
type and
an
introduction
by David
St John
Thomas, BCA/D&C,
1985,
pp1166
with a
folding
map in the
rear.
Introduction
by David
St John
Thomas.
Published
by Book
Club
Associates
by
arrangement
with David
and
Charles.
Hard
Cover.
Very
Good in a
Very Good
dust
wrapper.
Complete
British
railway
timetables
immediately
before the
Grouping
in 1923.
£12.50 Brodribb,
John
Branches
&
Byways:
East
Anglia,
OPC,
2000,
pp256.
Large
Format.
Hard
Cover.
Very Good+
in a Very
Good+ dust
wrapper.
A
comprehensive
illustrated
account of
the branch
lines of
East
Anglia.
£24.50 Bunce,
Charlie
Great
British
Railway
Journeys,
Collins,
2011,
pp272.
Foreword
by Michael
Portillo.
Hard
Cover.
Very
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Very Good
dust
wrapper.
A
substantial
record of
Michael
Portillo's
nine
television
railway
journeys:
Liverpool
to
Scarborough,
Swindon to
Penzance,
Buxton to
London,
Preston to
Edinburgh,
Ledbury to
Holyhead,
Ayr to
Skye,
Newcastle
to Melton
Mowbray,
Brighton
to Cromer
and London
to
Hastings.
£4.95 Carpenter,
Roger
The
Criggion
Branch of
the
Shropshire
&
Montgomeryshire
Light
Railway,
Wild
Swan,
1990,
pp48.
Large
Format.
Card
Covers.
Very
Good.
An
outline
history of
the branch
is
followed
by a
detailed
pictorial
study of
the line
and then
by shorter
sections
on the
Breidden
Quarry,
Locomotive
&
Train
Working,
and Branch
Train
Services.
£9.50 Christiansen,
Rex
Forgotten
Railways:
North and
Mid Wales,
BCA/David
St John
Thomas,
2nd
revised
edition
1984,
pp168 with
32
illustrations.
First
published
by David
and
Charles in
1976.
Forgotten
Railways
Series.
Hard
Cover.
Very
Good in a
Very Good
dust
wrapper.
Secondary
routes and
branch
lines of
the LNWR,
GWR and
Cambrian
plus the
Great
Central
intrusion
at Wrexham.
£5.95 Cooke
R A
Track
Layout
Diagrams
of the GWR
& BR
WR:
Section 36
Ross,
Monmouth
and
Chepstow,
author,
2nd
edition
1985,
pp34.
Large
Format.
Card
Covers
with
plastic
ring
binding.
Very Good.
Slight
foxing to
the lower
vertical
page
edges.
Comprehensive
track
plans:
Severn
Tunnel Jcn
(exc) to
Over Jcn
(exc),
Caerwent
Branch,
Sudbrook
Branch,
Bullo Pill
Docks
Branch,
Little
Mill Jcn
(exc) to
Ross on
Wye Valley
Jcn (exc),
Rotherwas
Jcn (exc)
to Grange
Court
(exc) and
Portskewett
Pier
Branch.
£6.95 Cooke
R A
Track
Layout
Diagrams
of the
Great
Western
Railway
& BR
WR:
Section 37
Forest of
Dean,
Lightmoor
Press, 3rd
edition
2006,
pp50.
Published
as a
conventional
paperback,
rather
than with
the
plastic
ring
binding
used in
the
earlier
editions.
Large
Format.
Card
Covers.
Very
Good.
The
comprehensive
track
plans
cover:
Berkeley
Road -
Lydney
Jcn,
Lydney
(Old
Station) -
Cinderford
Town,
Tufts Jcn
- Drybrook
Road
(Mineral
Loop),
Mitcheldean
Road (exc)
- Bullo
Pill
(exc), and
Lydbrook
Jcn (exc)
- Serridge
Jcn.
£7.50 Davies
W J K The Romney, Hythe &
Dymchurch Railway, D&C, 1988, pp218.
Hb. Fine
in a VG
dust
wrapper with slight
browning of the pages. A
comprehensive history first published in 1975.
£5.95 Ellis,
C Hamilton
The
Midland
Railway,
IA,
2nd
edition
1955,
pp192, a
colour
frontis
and a
folding
map inside
the rear
cover.
No
dust
wrapper.
Hard
Cover.
Very
Good.
Slight
wear to
the covers
at the
head and
base of
the spine.
A
standard
history of
the
Midland
Railway,
with a
heavy
emphasis
on
locomotive
matters.
£3.95 Ellis,
C Hamilton
The
North
British
Railway,
IA,
1st
edition
1955,
pp232 with
a coloured
frontis.
No
dust
wrapper.
Hard
Cover.
Very
Good.
Slight
rubbing to
the
corners of
the
covers.
An
excellent
one-volume
history.
£6.95 Fenton,
Mike
Camp
Coach
Holidays
on the GWR,
Wild
Swan,
1999,
pp218 with
a large
number of
illustrations.
Large
Format.
Hard
Cover.
Fine
in a Very
Good+ dust
wrapper. Post-war
developments
are not
included.
£24.50 Gordon
D I
A
Regional
History of
the
Railways
of Great
Britain
Vol.5: The
Eastern
Counties,
D&C/
Augustus
M. Kelley,
1968. 1st
edition
1968,
pp252 with
40
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and a
folding
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rear.
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David and
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at the
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the spine.
The
5th volume
in a
definitive
series.
£5.95 Gradon,
W McGowan
Furness
Railway:
Its Rise
and
Development,
author,
1946,
pp108.
Hb.
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the
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£14.50 Green
C C
The Coast Lines of the Cambrian Railways Vol.1 Machynlleth to
Aberystwyth including a general history of the Aberystwyth & Welsh Coast
Railway,
Wild Swan,
1993,
pp282. Large
Format Hb. VG
in a VG+
dust
wrapper. Slight
wear to
the covers
at the
head of
the spine.
A
comprehensive
study. £18.50 Haresnape,
Brian
Maunsell
Locomotives:
A
Pictorial
History,
IA,
1st
edition
1977,
pp128.
Small
inscription,
the number
"416."
Hard
Cover.
Very
Good+ in a
Very Good
dust
wrapper.
A
class-by-class
survey of
Maunsell's
designs,
including
his two
designs
for the
Great
Southern
&
Western
Railway of
Ireland.
£3.95 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.
£14.50 Hoole,
Ken
Stockton
and
Darlington
Railway:
Anniversary
Celebrations
of the
World's
First
Public
Railway,
Dalesman,
1974,
pp96.
Pb.
VG-
with
superficial
wear to
the
covers.
A
brief
history of
the
Stockton
&
Darlington,
followed
by details
of the
1875
Jubilee
and 1925
Centenary
celebrations.
£2.95 Household, Humphrey Narrow Gauge Railways: Wales and the Western Front, PRC, 1996, pp156. First published by Alan Sutton in 1988. Glazed boards with a dust wrapper. VG in a VG- dust wrapper. Slight rubbing to the glazed boards, three-inch grazing mark near the top right hand corner of the dust wrapper. An evocative book, examining narrow gauge lines visited by the author in the 1920s, with chapters on the Festiniog, the Talyllyn, the Corris, the Glynn Valley and the Ashover Light plus a chapter on the extensive narrow gauge lines built to support the western front in WWI. £3.95 Hume, John and Duckham, Baron Steam Entertainment, D&C, 1974, pp96. Hb. VG in a VG dust wrapper. A pictorial survey covering: Steamers and Launches, Fairgrounds and Traction Engines, Miniature Railways, Narrow Gauge and Preserved Steam. £2.95 Jenkins
S C and
Carpenter
R S
The
Shipston-on-Stour
Branch,
Wild
Swan,
1997,
pp106.
Large
Format.
Card
Covers.
Very
Good.
Slight
loss of
colour
down the
spine of
the cover.
A
comprehensive
history of
the Great
Western
branch
from
Moreton-in-Marsh
to
Shipston-on-Stour
that
started
life as a
horse
tramway.
£18.50 Jenkins,
Stanley C
and
Carpenter,
Roger
The
Alcester
Branch,
Wild
Swan,
2005,
pp100.
Large
Format.
Card
Covers.
Very
Good+.
The
history of
a
little-known
Great
Western
branch in
Warwickshire,
illustrated
with
photographs
collected
by local
historian
Roger
Carpenter.
£16.50 Joy,
David
Railways
of the
Lake
Counties,
Dalesman,
1973,
pp80.
A
Dalesman
Pictorial
History.
Large
Format.
Card
Covers.
Very
Good.
A
largely
pictorial
historical
survey.
£3.95 Joy,
David and
Mitchell W
R
Settle-Carlisle
Centenary:
100 Years
in
Pictures
of
England's
Highest
Main Line
Railway,
Dalesman,
1975,
pp96.
Landscape
format Pb.
Near VG.
With
sections
on:
Construction
of the
Line,
Features
of the
Railway,
Stations,
The Golden
Age,
Accidents,
Snow, and
Motive
Power.
£2.95 Joy,
David
Main
Line over
Shap: The
Story of
the
Lancaster-Carlisle
Railway
from
Construction
to
Electrification,
Dalesman,
1979,
pp96.
A
reprint of
the 3rd
edition of
1975.
Card
Covers.
Very
Good- with
superficial
wear to
covers.
£1.95 Judge,
Colin
The
Power of
the
Westerns,
OPC,
1st
edition
1977, 222
plates
including
pp8 of
colour.
Power
Series.
Large
Format.
Hard
Cover.
VG
in a Fair
dust
wrapper.
Slight
wear to
the dust
wrapper at
the head
and base
of the
spine, and
plastic
coating
lifting
from the
dust
wrapper
down the
spine
area.
£4.95 Karau,
Paul
Great
Western
Branch
Line
Termini:
Vol.1 and
Vol.2
Combined
Edition,
BCA/OPC,
1985,
pp124 and
pp128 plus
pp23 of
additional
scale
drawings.
Published
by Book
Club
Associates
by
arrangement
with OPC.
Large
Format.
Hard
Cover.
Very
Good in a
Very Good-
dust
wrapper.
There
is a one
and a half
inch tear
in the
dust
wrapper at
the head
of the
spine that
has been
internally
repaired;
loss of
colour
down the
spine of
the dust
wrapper.
Comprehensive
studies of
Fairford,
Lambourn,
Tetbury,
Wallingford,
Watlington,
Abbotsbury,
Ashburton,
Hemyock,
Mortonhamstead
and
Princetown.
£16.50 Keys
R and
Porter L
The
Manifold
Valley and
its Light
Railway,
Moorland,
1972,
pp58.
Card
Covers.
VG-.
Some
superficial
vertical
creasing
on the
front
cover.
Eight
pages of
text plus
photos of
the narrow
gauge Leek
and
Manifold
Valley
Light
Railway.
£2.95 Leigh,
Chris
GWR
Country
Stations,
IA,
1982,
pp128.
Hard
Cover.
Very
Good in a
Very Good
dust
wrapper
with
slight
"browning"
of the
pages.
A
detailed
study with
many
illustrations
and
drawings.
£5.95 Lewis,
John
Great
Western
Auto
Trailers
Part Two:
Post-Grouping
and
Absorbed
Vehicles,
Wild
Swan,
1995,
p200-p376
with
numerous
illustrations
and
diagrams.
Large
Format Hb.
Very
Good in a
Very Good
dust
wrapper.
The
second
volume of
a
definitive
study.
£32.50 Lloyd,
Mike
The
Tanat
Valley
Light
Railway,
Wild
Swan,
1990,
pp112 with
numerous
illustrations
and
drawings.
Large
Format.
Card
Covers.
Very
Good.
Loss
of colour
down the
spine of
the
covers.
There
is also
some
superficial
surface
"ceasing"
on the
front of
the
covers.
A
comprehensive
study of
the line
which
briefly
became
part of
the
Cambrian
Railways
before
being
absorbed
into the
Great
Western
Railway at
the
Grouping.
£12.50 Maggs,
Colin G
The
Calne
Branch,
Wild
Swan,
1990,
pp112.
Large
Format.
Card
Covers.
Very
Good+.
A
comprehensive
illustrated
history of
the Great
Western
branch
from
Chippenham
to Calne.
£16.50 Morrison,
Brian
Profile
of the 47s,
OPC,
1988, 189
plates.
Profile
Series.
Large
Format.
Glazed
boards
with a
dust
wrapper.
Fine
in a Fine
dust
wrapper.
£5.95 Morrison,
Gavin
The
Power of
The 60s,
OPC,
2007,
pp112.
Power
Series.
Large
Format.
Hard
Cover.
Fine
in a Very
Good+ dust
wrapper.
Most
of the
illustrations
are in
colour.
£9.50 Nock
O S
Great
Locomotives
of the GWR,
PSL,
1990,
pp228 with
pp16 of
colour
illustrations.
Hard
Cover.
Fine
in a Very
Good dust
wrapper.
Nock's
final
assessment
of Great
Western
Steam in
the 20th
century.
£7.50 North
Yorkshire Moors Railway Grosmont Station: A Brief History,
Levisham Station Group, 2007, pp28.
Card
Covers.
VG+. An illustrated booklet
that examines all aspects of Grosmont station on the preserved North Yorkshire
Moors Railway. £1.95 North
Yorkshire Moors Railway Levisham Station: A Brief History,
Levisham Station Group, 2002, pp16.
Card
covers.
VG. Price sticker on the
front cover. An illustrated
study of Levisham station on the preserved North Yorkshire Moors Railway.
£0.95 Severn & Wye Railway Pope,
Ian; How,
Bob; and
Karau,
Paul
An
Illustrated
History of
the Severn
& Wye
Railway
Forest of
Dean Vol.1,
Wild
Swan,
1983,
pp158.
Large
Format.
Hard
Cover.
Very
Good in a
Very Good
dust
wrapper.
Slight
wear to
the mylar
covering
of the
dust
wrapper at
the rear
bottom
corner.
A
history of
the line
followed
by a
detailed
study of
the
section
from
Lydney
Junction
to
Parkend.
£16.50 Pope,
Ian; How,
Bob; and
Karau,
Paul
An
Illustrated
History of
the Severn
& Wye
Railway
Forest of
Dean Vol.2,
Wild
Swan,
1985,
p161-p362.
Large
Format.
Hard
Cover.
Very
Good in a
Fair dust
wrapper.
The
dust
wrapper
has been
internally
repaired
at the
head of
the spine,
and there
is also
wear at
the four
corners
and at the
base of
the spine.
A
detailed
history of
the line
from
Coleford
Junction
to
Cinderford.
£16.50 Pope,
Ian and
Karau,
Paul
An
Illustrated
History of
the Severn
& Wye
Railway
Forest of
Dean Vol.4,
Wild
Swan,
2009,
pp581-755.
Large
Format.
Hard
Cover.
Fine in a
Very Good+
dust
wrapper.
The fourth
volume
covers the
Mineral
Loop.
£24.50 -------------------------------------------------- Forest of Dean Branch Pope,
Ian and
Karau,
Paul
The
Forest of
Dean
Branch
Vol.1
Newham to
Cinderford,
Wild
Swan,
1992,
pp234.
Large
Format.
Hard
Cover.
Very
Good+ in a
Very Good-
dust
wrapper.
Slight
loss of
colour
down the
spine of
the dust
wrapper;
slight
wear to
the dust
wrapper at
the head
of the
spine, and
a tiny
nick at
the top of
the front
dust
wrapper
fold.
An
outline
history
followed
by a
survey of
the line
from
Newham to
Cinderford.
£18.50 Pope,
Ian and
Karau,
Paul
The
Forest of
Dean
Branch
Vol.2 The
Churchway
and
Whimsey
Branches,
Wild
Swan,
1997,
p235-p430.
Large
Format.
Hard
Cover.
Very
Good+ in a
Very Good
dust
wrapper.
Slight
loss of
colour
down the
spine of
the dust
wrapper.
A
well-illustrated
survey of
the
branches
to
Churchway
and
Whimsey.
£24.50 -------------------------------------------------- Railway
Bylines
Vol.12,
pp598. Large
Format.
Hard
Cover.
Very
Good+.
Professionally
bound in a
maroon
cloth
binding
with gold
lettering
on the
spine.
Vol.12
consists
of twelve
issues
from Dec
2006 until
Nov 2007.
£24.50 Railway
Magazine
Vol.140:
1994,
around
pp1086
with an
index.
Hard
Cover.
Very
Good+.
In
the
publisher's
style
maroon
bindings
with gold
lettering
on the
spine and
covers.
£14.50 Russell J H An Illustrated History of Great Western Diesel Railcars, Wild Swan, 1985, pp148. Large Format. Hard Cover. Very Good in a Very Good dust wrapper. A definitive study. Karau,
Paul and
Copsey,
John
Great
Western
Diesel
Railcars
Supplement,
Wild
Swan,
pp24.
No
date.
Large
Format.
Card
Covers.
Very
Good.
The
supplement
contains
additional
information
on the
development,
maintenance,
allocation
and
operation
of the GWR
railcars
which was
submitted
by a
former AEC
employee.
Both
volumes
for £34.50 Russell J H An Illustrated History of Great Western Diesel Railcars, Wild Swan, 1985, pp148. Large Format Hb. VG+ in a VG+ dust wrapper. A definitive study. £28.50 Rutherford,
Michael
'Halls',
'Granges'
&
'Manors'
at Work,
IA,
1985,
pp128 with
numerous
photographs
and
drawings.
At
Work
Series.
Large
Format.
Hard
Cover.
Very Good+
in a Very
Good+ dust
wrapper.
pp128 with
numerous
photographs
and
drawings.
At Work
Series. An
illustrated
history of
three
famous
classes of
Great
Western
two-cylinder
4-6-0s.
£4.95 Rutherford,
Michael
'Castles'
&
'Kings' at
Work,
Guild/IA,
1986,
pp144.
At
Work
Series.
Large
Format.
Hard
Cover.
Fine
in a Very
Good+ dust
wrapper.
An
illustrated
history of
the Great
Western
Railway's
Castles
and Kings.
£4.95 Sibley,
Brian The Thomas the Tank Engine
Man: The Story of the Reverend W. Awdry and his Really Useful Engines,
Heinemann, 1995, pp336. Hb.
VG+
in a VG
dust
wrapper. Internally repaired
tear in the
dust
wrapper at the head of the spine.
A biography of the man behind the
Thomas the Tank Engine books. £8.50 Siviter,
Roger
Scottish
Steam
Routes,
Baton
Transport,
199 plates
with pp8
of colour.
No
date.
Large
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Cover.
Very
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Preserved
Scottish
steam with
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following
sections:
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to Kyle of
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Fort
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Mallaig.
£3.95 Smith,
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The
Golden
Valley
Railway,
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1993,
pp136.
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Very Good.
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has lifted
along the
base of
both the
front and
rear
covers,
otherwise
VG.
A
comprehensive
illustrated
history of
the Great
Western
branch
from
Pontrilas
to Hay on
Wye.
£8.50 Stephens,
Robert
Diesel
Pioneers:
The
British
Rail
Diesel
Loco Fleet
up to 1970,
Atlantic,
1992,
pp48.
The
Colour of
British
Rail Vol.1.
Small
inscription,
the number
"7."
Card
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Very
Good+.
A
extensively-captioned
all-colour
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early
diesels.
£1.95 Townley C H A, Appleton C A, Smith F D, and Peden J A The Industrial Railways of Bolton, Bury and the Manchester Coalfield Part 1: Bolton and Bury, Runpast, 1994, pp206. Hb. Fine in a Fine dust wrapper. Traces the development of the private railway systems in Bolton, Bury, Radcliffe, Clifton and Kearsley. £20.50 Twells
H N
LMS
Miscellany
Vol.2: A
Pictorial
Record of
the
Company's
Activities
in the
Public Eye
and Behind
the Scenes,
OPC,
1984, 243
plates.
Large
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Hard
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Fine
in a Very
Good+ dust
wrapper.
The
second
volume of
Harold
Twells'
superb
pictorial
study of
the LMS.
£5.95 Vallance
H A
The
Great
North of
Scotland
Railway,
D&C,
1st
edition
1965,
pp192 with
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Hb.
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A
first
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a standard
history of
the Great
North of
Scotland
Railway.
£3.95 Vaughan,
Adrian
A
Pictorial
Record of
Great
Western
Architecture,
OPC,
1st
edition
1977,
pp442.
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wrapper.
Slight
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spine.
All
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£20.50 Vaughan,
John
The
Power of
the 50s,
OPC,
1979, 239
plates.
Power
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wrapper
internally
repaired
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head of
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£5.95 Vaughan,
John
The
Power of
the HSTs,
OPC,
1983, 242
plates.
Power
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three-inch
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page of
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£4.95 Whittle,
G
The
Newcastle
and
Carlisle
Railway,
D&C,
1979,
pp208.
Hard
Cover.
Very
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wrapper.
A
very
readable
modern
history.
£8.50 Williams,
Glyn
The
Welshpool
&
Llanfair
Light
Railway,
Wild
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2010,
pp282.
Large
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Very
Good in a
Very Good
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wrapper.
A
comprehensive
history of
this Welsh
narrow
gauge
line,
well-illustrated
throughout.
Note
that the
preservation
era is not
covered.
£32.50 There are over 4000 additional titles on British railways in the main British Railways Section of the web site. Overseas
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Austrian
Steam from
Lineside,
Bradford
Barton,
1975,
pp96.
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Bradford
Barton.
Inscription.
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An
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rack
railways.
£4.95 Durrant
A E
The
Steam
Locomotives
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Europe,
D&C,
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1966,
pp160.
Locomotive
Studies
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VG
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Superficial wear along the edges of the
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A
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The
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Baltic
States.
£12.50 Durrant
A E, Lewis
C P and
Jorgensen
A A
Steam
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Hamlyn,
1981,
pp207.
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A
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£6.95 Fawcett,
Brian Railways of the Andes,
Plateway, 2nd edition 1997, pp224. First
published in 1963.
There
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wrapper.
The first major English-language account of the planning, construction and operation of the major
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railways.
£16.50 Hollingsworth, Brian The Illustrated Directory of Trains of the World, Greenwich Editions, 2001, pp490. Card Covers. Very Good. "Illustrated details of the world's major steam, electric and diesel locomotives from 1830 to the present day. More than 175 locomotives described in detail with over 360 illustrations, including 108 colour profiles." £2.95 Kalla-Bishop
P M
Railway
Holiday in
Italy,
D&C,
1967,
pp158 plus
pp16 of
illustrations.
Railway
Holiday
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No.8.
Hard
Cover.
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Slight
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wrapper.
A
very
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introduction
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Italian
railway
system.
£4.95 Nock
O S Railway Holiday in Austria,
D&C, 1965, pp158, 48 illustrations & 2 maps. Railway Holiday Series No.3. Hb.
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A
highly readable introduction to Austrian railways.
£5.95 Norwood,
John B Rio Grande Memories:
Operations & Stories of the Rio Grande, Heimburger House, 1991, pp192
with several hundred illustrations. Large
format Hb. Fine
in a Fine
dust
wrapper.
John Norwood's third book on the Rio Grande considers both the standard
and narrow gauge lines. £24.50 Westwood
J N
Railways
of India,
D&C,
1974,
pp192.
Hard
Cover.
Very
Good+ in a
Very Good
dust
wrapper.
An
excellent
one-volume
introduction
to India's
railways.
£6.95 For further books on Overseas Railways see the extensive Overseas Railways Section. British
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1985.
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G. Toms,
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Tunnel
North End
in 1886 by
Richard D.
Foster,
LSWR Staff
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Bradley,
Brockenhurst
LSWR by
Ian
Harrison,
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Turnberry
Road by
David
McConnell.
£1.95 British
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1986. Very
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Birmingham
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Lickey
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Peter
Truman,
The
Locomotive
Livery of
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Talbot,
Wagon
Turntables
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Foster,
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Marx, GER
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Watling,
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Kevin
Robertson.
£1.95 British
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1986. Very
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Nottingham
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John
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Essery,
Fittleworth
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Sentimental
Journey by
Brian
Hart,
Three
Great
Northern
Footbridges
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Dow, GWR
Christmas
Parcel
Trains by
John
Copsey,
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Edward
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Hawkins
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Reeve.
£1.95 British
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1988. Very
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Wingham
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Roger
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No.36 The
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Carlisle
in 1926 by
J. E.
Kite, The
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R. J.
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Christensen,
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Hooper.
£1.95 British
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1988. Very
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Station by
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Jackson,
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Ilfracombe
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Swift, and
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Coaching
Stock by
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Snowdon.
£1.95 British
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1988. Very
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1990. Very
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NER
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1995. Very
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Autumn
1995. Very
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Diaries of
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Webster
Part 11,
LNER 4419
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Webster
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Golding.
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£1.95 British Railway Journal No.74, Wild Swan. Very Good. There is a one-inch crease across the top front corner. The first issue with the enlarged format. With articles on: Postwar Operations at Reading South by John Copsey and Chris Turner, The Bristol Pugs by Robin Whittle, Railway Bookstalls and Their Impact on Reading in Great Britain by Colin Maggs, and Mr T. R. Perkins - Track-Basher Extraordinary by R. Tourret. £4.95 British Railway Journal No.75, Wild Swan. Very Good. The second issue with the enlarged format. With articles on: The Aldeburgh Branch by Stanley Jenkins and Chris Turner, The Tylwch Accident by Mike Christensen, Destination Shelton Again by Cyril Golding, An 'Uplifting' Incident by Derek Mutton, and Forgotten Journey - Quainton Road to Wotton by Paul Karau. £4.95 British Railway Journal No.76, Wild Swan. Very Good. With the enlarged format. With articles on: Towcester in the Late 1930s by Bill Kendall and Chris Turner, Forgotten Journey Part 2 - Wotton to Brill by Paul Karau, The Aldeburgh Branch Part 2 by Stanley Jenkins and Chris Turner, The Super 'D's by Derek Mutton, and Elmers End by Brian Hart. £4.95 Model
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Ahern,
John H
Miniature
Landscape
Modelling,
Model
&
Allied
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1st
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1951,
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56 figs.
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Model
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Compendium
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Okeminster
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James.
£6.95 Barlow, Bob (Editor) Model Railway Journal Compendium No.2, Wild Swan, pp96. No date. Large Format. Card Covers. Very Good. Contents include: Inkerman Street by Bob Barlow, Rattlesnake by Paul
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1995,
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Tony
Simply
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Irwell
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1995, pp72
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An
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1990,
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Light
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1991, pp72
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1993, pp78
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£12.50 Rice,
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An
Introduction
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Fine Scale
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Modelling,
Railmodel,
1995,
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A
RailMODEL
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Contributors:
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Tim
Plastic-Bodied
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1999,
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"4F",
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Percival
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1949,
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R Guy
The
4mm
Engine: A
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Wild
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1988,
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Large
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£6.95 Williams,
Stephen
Great
Western
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Line
Modelling
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Wild
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1991,
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Great
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Modelling
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Wild
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1991,
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£12.50 Williams,
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Great
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Line
Modelling
Part.3:
Creating a
Model,
Wild
Swan,
1993,
pp96.
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Very
Good.
A
detailed
description
of the
construction
of the
author's
own layout
which is
based on
the
Faringdon
line.
£16.50 Williams,
Stephen
The
4mm Coach
Part One:
First
Principles
and Basic
Projects,
Wild
Swan,
1994,
pp100.
Large
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Card
Covers.
Very
Good.
£16.50 Williams,
Stephen
The
4mm Coach
Part Two:
Working
with Metal
Kits,
Wild
Swan,
2000,
pp108.
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Format.
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Covers.
Very
Good+.
£18.50 For further books on model railways see the main Model Railways Section. Canals
and Rivers Martinez,
Orlando
Panama Canal, Gordon & Cremonesi, 1978, pp154.
Hard
Cover.
No dust
wrapper.
Very
Good.
The top and
bottom of
the spine
are slightly bumped. The
financial scandal, political subterfuge, imperialism and entrepreneurial daring
behind the construction of the Panama Canal.
£2.95 McKnight, Hugh Cruising French Waterways, Stanford Maritime, 1984, pp288. VG+ in VG dust wrapper. A comprehensive introduction to the astonishingly varied network of rivers and canals that penetrate almost every region of France. £4.95 Moorehead, Alan The White Nile, Reprint Society, 1962, pp390. First published by Hamish Hamilton in 1960. Hard Cover. VG in a VG dust wrapper. Inscription clipped from front page. The dramatic story of the expeditions undertaken to discover the source of the Nile. £3.95 Moorehead, Alan The
Blue Nile, Reprint Society, 1963, pp304.
First published by Hamish Hamilton in 1962.
Hard
Cover.
VG+
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This book,
together with the author’s White Nile, completes a study of the history
of the Nile in the 19th century.
While complementary, the two books are intended to be read separately.
£3.95 Oliver, John Holiday Cruising in the Netherlands, D&C, 1974, pp151 with coloured frontis, 32 plates and 8 maps. Hard Cover. VG in a VG dust wrapper. A comprehensive introduction to the great commercial canals and numerous lesser waterways of Holland. £3.95 Pudney, John Suez: De Lesseps’ Canal, J M Dent & Sons/Readers Union, 1969, pp242 with a map and 39 contemporary engravings of the construction of the canal. Hard Cover. VG in a VG dust wrapper. Flyleaf clipped. The construction of the canal and its subsequent history until the Egyptian takeover in the 1950s. £2.95 Reber, James Q Potomac Portrait, Liveright, New York, 1974, pp95. Large format. Hard Cover. VG+ in a VG+ dust wrapper. Spectacular series of pictures of the Great Falls and Mather Gorge on the Potomac river just a few miles upstream from Washington. £3.95 Snailham, Richard
A Giant Among Rivers: The Story of the Zaire River Expedition 1974-75,
Readers Union, 1977, pp294.
Hard
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VG
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wrapper.
An expedition to navigate the rapid-strewn length of the river Zaire, the
seventh longest river in the world,
formerly known as the Congo.
£3.95 Stevenson, Robert Louis An Inland Voyage, Chatto & Windus, 1919, pp196. In a prize binding with the St Olave’s Grammar School crest in gold on the front cover and a bookmark giving details of prize inside the cover. Hard Cover. No dust wrapper. VG with minor wear at the top and bottom of the spine. An account of Stevenson’s voyage through Belgium and France by canoe in 1876. £4.95 Weil, Tom The Mississippi River Nature, Culture and Travel Sites along the “Mighty Mississip”, Hippocrene, 1992, pp513 plus 25 illustrations. Hard Cover. Fine in a VG+ dust wrapper. “A heady mixture of sightseeing, travel, myth and history.” £4.95 Wilson, John Canoeing Down the Rhone, Chapman & Hall, 1957, pp157. Hard Cover. VG in a VG dust wrapper. A journey by four amateur canoeists from Lyons through Provence to the Mediterranean coast. £5.95 For further books on canals and waterways see the main Canal & Maritime Section. Industrial
History Astbury,
Raymond
(Editor) Libraries
and the Book Trade, Clive Bingley, London, 1967, pp194.
Hb.
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Good+ dust
wrapper.
A
symposium held at
the Liverpool School of Librarianship, May 1967 with
sessions on publishing, censorship and book selling.
Papers by John Boon, Hans
Schmoller, Maurice Smith, Charles
Skilton,
Terence Jones, Michael
Wace, John Calder, Robert
Fordham, James Carter, F T
Bell, Alan Watson, Michael Parnell and Edward Roberts.
£3.95 Barker T C The Glassmakers Pilkington: the Rise of an International Company 1826-1976, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1977, pp557. Hb. Very Good in a Very Good dust wrapper. There is a one-cm internally-repaired tear at top right corner of dust wrapper. A comprehensive history of Pilkington written by a Professor of Economic History at the University of London. £5.95 Fry’s
Metals Printing
Metals, Fry’s, 1972, pp93.
Hb. Very
Good in a
Fair dust
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There are several small tears to the edges of the dust wrapper.
Presents an outline of
the characteristics and working properties of Printing Alloys used in printing
works.
A standard
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subject, first published in 1936.
£2.95
Glynn, Jenifer Prince of Publishers:
A Biography of the Great Victorian Publisher, George
Smith,
Allison & Busby, 1986, pp232.
Hb. Very
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George
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Thackeray, Mrs Gaskell, George Eliot, John Ruskin and Leslie Stephen.
£4.95 Hatcher, John and Barker T C A History of British Pewter, Longman, 1974, pp363. Hb. Very Good in a Very Good dust wrapper. An economic and social history of the pewter industry. £5.95 McArthur,
Brian Eddy
Shah:
Today and the Newspaper
Revolution, 1988,
David
&
Charles,
pp216.
VG+ in a
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Brian
McArthur was the first editor of Today.
£3.95 Maher, Terry
Against My Better Judgement:
Adventures in the City and in the Book Trade, Sinclair-Stevenson, 1994,
pp223.
Hb. Very
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establishing the Dillons chain of bookstores.
£2.95 Unwin, Sir Stanley The Truth about a
Publisher:
An Autobiographical
Record, Allen
&
Unwin, 1960, pp465.
Hb. VG
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The memoirs of Stanley Unwin of Allen & Unwin.
£3.95 Woodward H W “Art, Feat and Mystery” The Story of Thomas Webb & Sons, Glassmakers, Mark + Moody, 1978, pp61. Hb. VG+ in a VG+ dust wrapper. A centenary history followed by a “dictionary” of the more notable types of Webb glass, illustrated with colour plates. £2.95 Young,
John L
Books from Manuscript to the
Bookseller, Pitman, 2nd
edition 1929, pp121 plus 23 page publisher’s list at
end.
Pitman’s Common Commodities and Industries Series.
No
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wrapper.
Very
Good.
Slight rubbing at
the top and bottom of spine
otherwise VG.
A fascinating insight into publishing
and book
production
before the war.
£4.95 For further industrial history books see the main Industrial History Section.
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