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ABC of
Southern
Electrics
April 1944,
IA, pp24.
Small
format.
Card
Covers.
Fair.
Tears
to cover
at both
the top
and the
bottom of
the spine;
staples
rusty.
Complete
description
of stock
with motor
unit
numbers
and
headcodes.
An
original
Southern
ABC with
no
underlining.
Original
price 1/-.
£4.95 (The)
ABC of
Southern
Locomotives
January
1948,
IA, pp48.
Small
format.
Card
Covers.
Fair+.
Slight
wear to
the edges
of the
covers;
staples
rusty.
An
original
Southern
ABC with
no
underlining.
Original
price 2/-.
£6.95 Allen,
Cecil J
The
Coronation
and Other
Famous
LNER
Trains,
Nicolson
&
Watson,
2nd
edition
1938,
pp186.
Card
Covers.
Fair.
Wear
and loss
of colour
to the
spine of
the covers
with tears
at all
four
corners -
the
longest
down the
top rear
edge is
around
three
inches.
In
contrast
the
contents
were
printed on
high
quality
paper and
are in
excellent
condition.
A
nostalgic
view of
the
streamline
services
run by the
LNER
before the
war.
Mainly
text, but
with a
substantial
number of
illustrations.
£3.95 Allen,
G Freeman
The
Last Years
of British
Steam:
First
Series,
IA, pp128.
No
date.
Hb.
VG+
in a VG
dust
wrapper.
Small
inscription,
the number
"194."
The
red
background
on the
spine of
the cover
has faded.
An
excellent
selection
of
photographs
from
throughout
Britain.
£2.95 Allen,
G Freeman
and
Whitehouse,
Patrick
Great
Railway
Photographs
by Eric
Treacy,
Peerage
Books,
1988,
pp216.
First
published
in 1982 by
David and
Charles.
Large
Format.
Hard
Cover.
Very
Good in a
Very Good
dust
wrapper.
A
compilation
of 300 of
Treacy's
best
photographs,
including
24 pages
of
coloured
shots.
£3.95 Allen,
Ian (Dr)
Gleneagles
to
Glastonbury:
Steam in
the
Thirties,
OPC, 1985,
124
illustrations.
Small
inscription,
the number
"242."
Large
Format.
Hard
Cover.
Very
Good+ in a
Very Good+
dust
wrapper.
A
wide-ranging
selections
of the
author's
photographs,
all taken
in the
thirties.
£6.95 Anderson,
Alan
Royal
Scot,
Brockhampton
Press,
pp64.
Small
landscape
format.
Card
Covers.
Very
Good-:
There
are some
light
stains at
the head
of some
pages.
A
nostalgic
illustrated
booklet
published
in the
early days
of British
Railways.
£2.95 Anderson
V R and
Fox G K
Stations
&
Structures
of the
Settle
&
Carlisle
Railway,
OPC, 1st
edition
1986, 228
plates and
96
figures.
Large
Format Hb.
VG+
in a VG
dust
wrapper.
The
original
hardback
edition.
A
comprehensive
study of
the
infrastructure
of the
Settle and
Carlisle
line
including
track
layouts
and
signalling
diagrams.
£14.50 Atkins C P West Coast 4-6-0s at Work, IA, 1981, pp128. At Work Series. Small inscription, the number "459." Large Format Hb. VG+ in a VG dust wrapper. There is a half-inch internally repaired tear in the dust wrapper near the head of the spine. Focuses on the pre-grouping designs of the LNWR, the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway and the Caledonian Railway, with an excellent blend of illustrations and text. £4.95 Atkins,
Philip
The
British
Railways
Standard
9F 2-10-0s,
Irwell
Press,
1993,
pp92.
Small
inscription,
the number
"123."
Large
Format.
Hard
Cover.
Fine
in a Very
Good+ dust
wrapper.
The
complete
story of
the 9Fs
from
politics
to
production,
development
and
demise.
£16.50 Banks,
Chris
The
Birmingham
to
Leicester
Line,
OPC, 1994,
pp224.
Small
inscription,
the number
"270."
Large
Format Hb.
Very
Good+ in a
Very Good
dust
wrapper.
A
comprehensive
survey of
the route
with over
300
illustrations
and maps.
£16.50 Batty,
Stephen R
Rail
Centres:
Doncaster,
Booklaw,
2007,
pp144.
Rail
Centres
No.16.
First
published
by Ian
Allan in
1991.
Glazed
boards
with dust
wrapper.
VG+
in a VG+
dust
wrapper.
A
well-illustrated
history of
the
Doncaster
area.
£5.95 Binns,
Donald
The
Scenic
Settle
&
Carlisle
Railway:
Hellifield
-
Ribblehead
- Ais Gill
-
Carlisle.
Wyvern,
1982,
pp64.
Card
Covers.
Very
Good.
An
illustrated
history of
the line.
£4.95 Bixley
G,
Blackburn
A, Chorley
R., King M
and Newton
J
An
Illustrated
History of
Southern
Wagons
Vol.1:
LSWR and S&DJR,
OPC, 1st
edition
1984,
pp106.
Large
Format.
Hard
Cover.
Very
Good in a
Very Good
dust
wrapper.
The
bottom
corners of
the covers
are
slightly
bumped;
slight
loss of
colour
down the
spine of
the dust
wrapper.
A
comprehensive
illustrated
study.
£16.50 Britton,
Andrew Once Upon a Line Vol.3,
OPC, 1990, pp136. Large Format Hb.
VG
in a VG
dust
wrapper.
Well-illustrated throughout.
The third volume of Andrew Britton's reminiscences of the Isle of Wight Railways - a further selection of anecdotes from the footplate staff, guards and permanent way men, including the operation of the last steam-hauled train prior to
electrification.
£10.50 Brodribb,
John
The
Main Lines
of East
Anglia,
OPC, 2009,
pp256 with
more than
400
illustrations.
Small
inscription,
the number
"1069."
Large
Format.
Hard
Cover.
Very
Good+ in a
Very Good
dust
wrapper.
A
substantial
study of
the main
lines of
the Great
Eastern
Railway in
East
Anglia
which
linked
London
with the
principal
towns of
Essex,
Suffolk,
Norfolk
and
Cambridgeshire.
£14.50 Brown,
Joe
London
Railway
Atlas,
IA, 1st
edition
2006,
pp91.
Glazed
Boards.
Very
Good.
The
bottom
corners of
the covers
are
slightly
bumped.
A
comprehensive
study of
the
railways
in Greater
London,
showing
all lines,
both open
and
closed, as
well as
stations,
changes of
station
name,
opening
and
closing
dates.
£4.95 Brown,
Joe
London
Railway
Atlas,
IA, 4th
edition
2015, pp92
plus an
extensive
index.
This is
the
enlarged
4th
edition
using a
much
larger
page size
than the
earlier
editions.
Large
Format.
Glazed
Boards.
Very
Good+.
A
comprehensive
study of
the
railways
in Greater
London,
showing
all lines,
both open
and
closed, as
well as
stations,
changes of
station
name,
opening
and
closing
dates.
£5.95 Bryan, Tim The Great Western Railway: A Celebration, IA, 2010, pp160. "Largish" format Hb. VG+ in a VG+ dust wrapper. A recent history of the Great Western Railway, illustrated with evocative photographs from the collection of the Steam Museum at Swindon. £5.95 Bucknall,
Rixon and
Budden,
Tice F
Railway
Memories,
Privately
published,
1947,
pp248 with
204 of Dr
Budden's
pictures,
all from
the period
1889-1905.
"Smallish"
format Hb.
Near
VG in a
Poor dust
wrapper.
The
covers are
an
attractive
royal blue
with gold
lettering.
Slight
rubbing of
the
covers.
The dust
wrapper is
torn with
some loss.
There is
an
embossed
stamp
inside the
front
cover
indicating
that it
belonged
to the
library of
Ronald
Powney.
£7.50 Clarke,
Linda;
Ives,
John;
Rankin,
Stuart and
Simons,
Paul
Aspects
of Railway
Architecture,
Bristol
Marketing
Board/BR,
1985, pp64
with 199
illustrations.
Large
landscape
format.
Card
Covers.
VG.
A
trace of
an old
price
sticker on
the cover.
An
interesting
collection
of
photographs
originally
assembled
for a
photographic
exhibition.
The
illustrations
are
grouped
'according
to the
purpose
for which
the
buildings
were
intended.'
£2.95 Clay,
John F and
Cliffe J
The
LNER 4-6-0
Classes,
IA, 1975,
pp149 plus
pp40 of
illustrations.
Hard
Cover.
Very
Good+ in a
Very Good
dust
wrapper.
Slight
wear along
the top
edge of
the dust
wrapper.
A
comprehensive
study,
supplemented
with
locomotive
diagrams
and
statistical
tables.
£5.95 Coleman,
Richard
and
Rajczonek,
Joe
Steaming
into
Northamptonshire,
Northamptonshire
Libraries,
1988, 262
plates.
Inscription.
Large
Format Hb.
VG
in a VG
dust
wrapper.
A
further
superb
tribute to
the
railways
of
Northamptonshire.
£9.50 Creer,
Stanley
BR
Diary
1948-1957,
IA, 1986,
pp112.
Glazed
Boards.
VG.
An
illustrated
review of
the first
ten years
of
nationalisation.
£4.95 Dart,
Maurice
The
Last Days
of Steam
in
Plymouth
and
Cornwall,
AS, 1990,
pp136.
Glazed
boards
with a
dust
wrapper.
Very
Good in a
Very Good
dust
wrapper.
An
album in
the Last
Days of
Steam
Series.
£3.95 Dart,
Maurice
The
Last Days
of Steam
in Devon,
AS, 1991,
pp152.
Glazed
boards
with a
dust
wrapper.
Very Good
in a Very
Good- dust
wrapper.
The
dust
wrapper
has been
internally
re-enforced
at the
head of
the spine.
The
last 16
years of
steam
operation
on Great
Western
and
Southern
lines in
Devon.
£3.95 Davies
R and
Grant M D
London
and Its
Railways,
D&C,
1983,
pp200, 158
black
&
white
illustrations,13
colour
plates and
29 maps
&
diagrams.
Small
inscription,
the number
"77."
Large
Format.
Hard
Cover.
Fine
in a Very
Good dust
wrapper.
There
is a tiny
nick to
the dust
wrapper at
the base
of the
spine.
Slight
loss of
colour to
the spine
of the
dust
wrapper.
A
comprehensive
study of
the
railways
in and
around
London.
£5.95 Ellis,
C Hamilton
British
Trains of
Yesteryear:
A
pictorial
recollection
of the
pre-1923
railway
scene,
Locomotive
Publishing
Co, 3rd
impression
1974,
pp132.
Hb.
Fine
in a VG
dust
wrapper.
Some
288
photographs
with
historical
and
descriptive
annotations.
£3.95 Essery
R J
An
Illustrated
History of
Midland
Wagons
Vol.1,
OPC, 1998,
pp170.
Large
Format Hb.
Very
Good+ in a
Very Good+
dust
wrapper.
A
definitive
photographic
study of
Midland
wagons. £8.50 Essery
R J
An
Illustrated
History of
LMS
Wagons:
Vol.1,
OPC, 1st
edition
1981,
pp180.
Large
Format Hb.
Very
Good in a
Very Good
dust
wrapper.
An
illustrated
diagram
book of
LMS
wagons,
with each
diagram
reduced to
4mm scale.
£18.50 History of LMS Locomotives Essery,
Bob and
Jenkinson,
David
An
Illustrated
History of
LMS
Locomotives
Vol.1:
General
Review and
Locomotive
Liveries,
OPC,
1981,
pp238.
Inscription.
Large
Format Hb.
Very
Good
in a Very
Good
dust
wrapper.
The
dust
wrapper
spine is
slightly
sunned.
£12.50 Essery,
Bob and
Jenkinson,
David
An
Illustrated
History of
LMS
Locomotives
Vol.2:
Absorbed
Pre-group
Classes
Western
and
Central
Divisions,
OPC, 1985,
pp262.
Large
Format.
Hard
Cover.
Very
Good in a
Very Good
dust
wrapper.
Part
1 Western
Division
covers
locomotives
absorbed
from the
LNWR, The
North
London
&
Wirral
Railways,
and The
North
Staffordshire
Railway.
Part 2
Central
Division
covers the
L&Y,
The
Furness
Railway,
The
Maryport
&
Carlisle,
The
Cleator
&
Workington,
and the
Knott End
Railway.
£32.50 Essery,
Bob and
Jenkinson,
David
An
Illustrated
History of
LMS
Locomotives
Vol.3:
Absorbed
Pre-Group
Classes,
Northern
Division,
SLP,
1994,
pp216.
Large
Format Hb.
VG
in a VG
dust
wrapper.
Deals
with the
Scottish
constituents
of the LMS
(Caledonian,
Glasgow
&
South
Western,
and
Highland
Railways.)
£20.50 Essery,
Bob and
Jenkinson,
David
An
Illustrated
History of
LMS
Locomotives
Vol.4:
Absorbed
Pre-Group
Classes,
Midland
Division,
SLP,
1987,
pp224.
Large
Format Hb.
VG+
in a VG+
dust
wrapper.
The
red spine
of dust
wrapper is
slightly
faded.
£20.50 Essery,
Bob and
Jenkinson,
David
An
Illustrated
History of
LMS
Locomotives
Vol.5: The
Post-Grouping
Standard
Designs,
SLP,
1992,
pp216.
Large
Format Hb.
VG+
in a VG
dust
wrapper.
£28.50 ----------------------------------------------------------- Fellows,
Craig W
and Gash,
Paul E
The
Last Days
of the
"Deltics",
IA, 1986,
pp96.
Pb.
VG
with
slight
wear to
the covers
at the
head and
base of
the spine.
A
well-illustrated
tribute to
the final
months of
the
Deltics.
£3.95 Gammell
C J
Scottish
Branch
Lines,
OPC, 1999,
pp192.
Large
Format Hb.
VG+
in a VG+
dust
wrapper.
The
later more
substantial
branch-by-branch
survey
with the
following
chapters:
Highland,
Grampian,
Tayside,
Fife,
Central,
Strathclyde,
Dumfries
&
Galloway,
Borders
and
Lothian.
£8.50 Garnett A F Steel Wheels: The Evolution of the Railways and how they excited Engineers, Architects, Artists and Writers, Cannwood Press, 2005, pp266. Hb. Fine in a Fine dust wrapper. "A celebration of the railways and of their enduring effect on our collective imagination." £3.95 History of British Railways Standard Steam Locomotives A
Detailed
History of
British
Railways
Standard
Steam
Locomotives
Vol.2: The
4-6-0 and
2-6-0
Classes,
RCTS,
2003,
pp280
including
pp8 of
colour.
Large
Format.
Glazed
Boards.
Very
Good.
A
definitive
study.
£16.50 (A)
Detailed
History of
British
Railways
Standard
Steam
Locomotives
Vol.3: The
Tank
Engine
Classes,
RCTS,
1997,
pp168
including
pp8 of
colour.
Small
inscription,
the number
"792."
Large
Format.
Glazed
Boards.
Very
Good+.
A
definitive
study.
£14.50 Walford,
John and
Harrison,
Paul
A
Detailed
History of
British
Railways
Standard
Steam
Locomotives
Vol.4: The
9F 2-10-0
Class,
RCTS,
2008, pp22
plus 317
including
pp8 of
colour.
Small
inscription,
the number
"1056."
Large
Format.
Glazed
Boards.
Very
Good.
A
definitive
study.
£24.50 ----------------------------------------------------- Goudie F W Metropolitan
to Jubilee: Wembley Park to Stanmore, Forge Books, 1986, pp32.
"Largish" format Pb. Fine.
An illustrated history of the Metropolitan Railway's branch to Stanmore,
now part of the Jubilee line. £7.50 Gough
Terry
The
Southern
in Surrey
&
Berkshire,
OPC, 1988,
pp96.
Large
Format.
Hard
Cover.
Fine
in a Very
Good+ dust
wrapper.
A
typical
high-quality
OPC album.
£5.95 Gourvish T R Mark Huish and the London & North Western Railway: A Study of Management, Leicester University Press, 1973, pp319. VG in a VG dust wrapper. Some rubbing to the dust wrapper at the base of the spine. A study of the management career of Captain Mark Huish. £12.50 Hall,
Stanley
Railway
Milestones
and
Millstones:
Triumphs
and
Disasters
in British
Railway
History,
IA, 2006,
pp160.
Large
Format.
Hard
Cover.
Fine
in a Very
Good+ dust
wrapper. A
remarkable
discussion
of the
major
successes
and
failures
in British
railway
history
over the
period
from 1825
to 2005.
£5.95 Harris, Michael Decades of Steam 1920-1969, IA, 1999, pp176. Hb. Fine in a Very Good+ dust wrapper. There is a small internally repaired tear in the dust wrapper at the foot of the spine otherwise F/VG+. A well-illustrated review of the last five decades of steam. £4.95 Hawkins,
Chris;
Hooper,
John; and
Reeve
George
British
Railways
Engine
Sheds
No.1: An
LNER
Inheritance,
Irwell
Press,
1988,
pp40.
Small
inscription,
the number
"644."
Large
Format.
Card
Covers.
Very
Good.
An
illustrated
review of
the main
post-grouping
shed
developments
on the
LNER.
£5.95 Hawkins,
Chris
Great
Eastern in
Town and
Country
[Vol.1],
Irwell,
1990, pp92
with a
large
fold-out
plan of
the
approaches
to
Fenchurch
Street
Station.
There
is a round
embossed
stamp on
the
flyleaf
indicating
that the
book is
from the
library
Ronald
Powney.
Large
Format.
Hard
Cover.
Very
Good+ in a
Very Good
dust
wrapper.
Slight
wear to
the dust
wrapper at
the base
of the
spine. An
illustrated
exploration
of
specific
aspects of
the Great
Eastern
Railway
with
chapters
on: Mayors
and
Memorials,
Mean
Streets,
Swinging
Bridges,
Stratford,
and
Country
Fayre.
£18.50 Hawkins,
Chris
Great
Eastern in
Town and
Country
Vol.2,
Irwell,
1991,
pp92.
Large
Format.
Hard
Cover.
Very
Good in a
Very Good
dust
wrapper.
Slight
loss of
colour
down the
spine of
the dust
wrapper.
An
illustrated
exploration
of further
aspects of
the Great
Eastern
Railway
with
chapters
on: Red
Herrings
& Fish
of all
Sorts,
Suffolk
Punch, and
Ally
Pally.
£32.50 Hay,
Peter
Pre-Grouping
Trains on
British
Railways:
The LMS
Companies,
OPC, 1988,
228
illustrations.
Small
inscription,
the number
"482."
Large
Format.
Hard
Cover.
Very
Good+ in a
Very Good
dust
wrapper.
A
high-quality
album.
£5.95 Hay,
Peter
Pre-Grouping
Trains on
British
Railways:
The LNER
Companies,
OPC, 1988,
191
illustrations.
Large
Format Hb.
VG+
in a VG
dust
wrapper.
There
is a tiny
nick in
the dust
wrapper at
the head
of the
spine. A
high-quality
photographic
album.
£4.95 Hendry,
R Preston
and
Hendry, R
Powell
An
Historical
Survey of
Selected
LMS
Stations:
Layouts
and
Illustrations:
Vol.2,
OPC, 1986,
pp176.
Large
Format.
Hard
Cover.
Very
Good in a
Very Good
dust
wrapper.
£28.50 Hoole,
Ken
Railways
in the
North
Eastern
Landscape,
Harvester
Press,
1978,
pp70.
Small
inscription,
the number
"749."
Hard
Cover.
Very
Good+ in a
Very Good
dust
wrapper.
Loss
of colour
down the
spine of
the dust
wrapper,
and also
down the
top half
of the
right
front page
edge.
Describes
in words
and
pictures
the
railway
scene in
the North
East, with
a strong
emphasis
on the
railway
infrastructure.
£4.95 Hoole,
Ken
Railways
of
Teesside:
A
Pictorial
History,
Dalesman,
1982,
pp72.
Landscape
format Pb.
VG.
Slight
loss of
colour on
the
covers.
Examines
the lines
to the
east of
Eaglescliffe.
£4.95 Hoole,
Ken North-Eastern Branch Line
Termini, OPC, 1985, pp192. With drawings by John Addyman and Andrew Pearson.
Large Format Hb.
VG+ in a
VG dust
wrapper.
Detailed studies of Whitby, Richmond, Alnwick,
Guisborough, Middleton in Teesdale and Alston.
£20.50 Jenkinson, David Rails in the Fells: A Railway Case Study: An account of the origins, characteristics and contribution of a railway to the landscape; together with an attempt to evaluate its past and present influence on the area through which it passes, Peco, 2nd revised edition 1980, pp157. Glazed Boards. Very Good. A major illustrated study of the Settle and Carlisle line with detailed track plans and drawings of the station buildings. £5.95 Jenkinson,
David
The
Power of
the Royal
Scots,
OPC, 1986,
290
illustrations.
Power
Series.
Large
Format.
Hard
Cover.
Very
Good in a
Very Good
dust
wrapper.
The
spine of
the dust
wrapper is
sunned.
£4.95 (The)
"Joco"
Regulator
Valve,
Wota
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rear.
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date.
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dark green
covers
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booklet a
slightly
grubby
look.
A
booklet
explaining
the
advantages
of the
Joco
regulator
valve.
£3.95 Jones,
C M Jenkin
The
North
Eastern
Railway: A
Centenary
Story,
British
Railways
North
Eastern
Region,
1954,
pp32.
Foreword
by Sir
Ralf
Wedgwood.
Card
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Good.
An
illustrated
booklet,
written by
a former
Assistant
General
Superintendent
of the
North
Eastern
Railway.
£2.95 Locomotive Railway Carriage & Wagon Review Vol.53 No.662: Oct 15th 1947. VG-. A monthly technical journal. One issue only. £0.95 (The)
Locomotives
of the
Great
Western
Railway
Part 1:
Preliminary
Survey,
RCTS,
1951, pp62
plus pp26
of
illustrations.
Coloured
frontis.
Pb.
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Good.
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the
publication
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given as
1951, this
is clearly
a later
reprint.
£4.95 Locomotives
of the
LNER: Part
3C Tender
Engines -
Classes
D13 to D24,
RCTS,
1981,
pp119 plus
137 figs.
Pb.
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rubbing at
the
corners of
the
covers.
The
4-4-0
classes.
£9.50 Locomotives
of the
LNER: Part
4 Tender
Engines -
Classes
D25 to E7,
RCTS, 1st
Edition
1968,
pp156 plus
colour
frontis
and 222
illustrations.
Inscription.
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Covers.
VG+.
4-4-0s
and
2-4-0s.
£9.50 Lowe,
James W
British
Steam
Locomotive
Builders,
Goose and
Son, 1975,
pp704, 541
photographs
& 47
diagrams.
The
first
edition in
a slip
case.
Hb.
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Good+ in a
Very Good-
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wrapper.
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the
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wrapper,
both at
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top
corners
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head of
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The
slip case
is
generally
in VG
condition,
but with
some wear
superficial
wear to
the edges.
£12.50 Maggs,
Colin
The
Birmingham
Gloucester
Line,
Line One,
1986,
pp88.
Hard
Cover.
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Good in a
Very Good
dust
wrapper.
Covers
the
construction,
operation,
motive
power,
accidents
and train
services
of this
historic
route that
includes
the Lickey
incline.
£6.95 Marsden,
Colin
A
Pictorial
Record of
the Diesel
Shunter,
OPC, 1st
edition
1981, 229
illustrations.
Not
the Taj
books
reprint of
2007.
Small
inscription,
the number
"5."
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Format.
Hard
Cover.
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Good+ in a
Very Good
dust
wrapper.
Records
the wide
variety of
diesel
shunters
used by
British
Rail in
the early
years of
dieselisation.
£10.50 Mitchell
W R and
Joy David
Settle
- Carlisle
Railway: A
New
Edition,
Dalesman,
1989,
pp96.
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Covers.
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superficial
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of the
covers.
An
illustrated
history.
£1.95 Morrison,
Brian and
Brunt, Ken
British
Railways
Past and
Present
No.7 North
East, East
and South
East
London,
SLP, 1st
edition
1991,
pp128. The
number
"240"
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written
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front
cover.
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over 70
locations
on routes
radiating
from
King's
Cross,
Broad
Street,
Liverpool
Street,
Fenchurch
Street,
Cannon
Street and
Charing
Cross.
£3.95 Morrison,
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The
Power of
the 9Fs,
OPC, 2001,
pp112.
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Very Good
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spine of
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wrapper.
£12.50 Morrison,
Gavin
The
Power of
the
Austerities,
OPC, 2006,
pp112.
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"1021."
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2-10-0
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designs.
£14.50 Nash,
George C
The
LMS at War,
LMS,
Euston,
1946,
pp88.
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The
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company
crest on
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cover.
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eight of
Norman
Wilkinson's
paintings
in colour.
£4.95 Nock O S Two Miles A Minute, BCA/PSL, 1980, pp201. Published by Book Club Associates by arrangement with Patrick Stephens Limited. With a Foreword by Sir Peter Parker. Hb. VG in a VG dust wrapper. The story behind the conception and operation of the HSTs and the ill-fated Advanced Passenger Train. £2.95 North East by Rail, Railway Development Society, 1986, pp52. Pb. VG. Considers each line in turn, including the Tyne & Wear Metro and the North Yorkshire Moors Railway. £0.95 Oppitz, Leslie Cheshire Railways Remembered, Countryside Books, 1997, pp112. Card Covers. VG+. An illustrated history of the railways of Cheshire. £3.95 The Somerset and Dorset Railway by Ivo Peters
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Ivo
The
Somerset
and Dorset
in the
Fifties
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1950-1954,
OPC,
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edition
1980, 260
plates.
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will
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Dorset.
£4.95 Peters, Ivo The Somerset and Dorset in the Fifties Vol. 2 - 1955-1959, OPC, 1984, 231 plates. Large Format Hb. Fine in a Fine dust wrapper. The second volume of Ivo Peter's pictorial tribute to the Somerset and Dorset. £4.95 Peters,
Ivo
The
Somerset
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in the
Sixties
Vol. 3 -
1960-1962,
BCA/OPC,
1986, 250
plates.
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Ivo
Peter's
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last years
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£4.95 Peters,
Ivo
The
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Sixties
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OPC,
1983, 215
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Somerset
and
Dorset.
£4.95 ---------------------------------------------------------- Pope
M
Steam
Ramble No.
1: South
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IA, 1976,
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boards
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wrapper.
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described
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gentle
browse
through
the
kaleidoscope
of BR
steam
scenes".
£3.95 Quinn,
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Tales
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D&C,
2004,
pp192.
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characters
recount
their
experiences
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trains,
from a
shedmaster
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fireman,
and from
an engine
driver to
a
signalman."
£2.95 Ransome-Wallis
P
Snowdon
Mountain
Railway:
The Story
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Railway
and its
Trains,
IA, 5th
edition
1979,
pp48.
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illustrated
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£1.95 Rear
W G
The
Conwy
Valley
Line:
Blaenau
Ffestiniog
to
Llandudno
Junction,
Foxline,
1991, 160
illustrations.
Scenes
from the
Past 12:
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of North
Wales.
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paperback
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£8.50 Rear,
Bill
From
Chester to
Holyhead:
The Branch
Lines,
OPC, 2003,
pp256.
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Very Good
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detailed
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branch
lines
connecting
with the
Chester
and
Holyhead
Railway.
£12.50 Robert
Stephenson
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Hawthorns
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Products,
Robert
Stephenson
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Hawthorns,
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trade
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picture of
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hauled
Royal
train in
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Africa in
1947 -
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Robert
Stephenson
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Hawthorns
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trying to
sell their
steam
locomotives
to the
world.
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"Typical
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of
Locomotives
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Stephensons
and
Hawthorns
Ltd,
Darlington
and
Newcastle."
£8.50 Robertson,
Kevin
The
Last Days
of Steam
in
Berkshire,
Alan
Sutton,
1987,
pp148.
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Very Good
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creasing
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lower rear
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Photographs
featuring
the final
years of
Berkshire
steam.
£3.95 Russell
J H
A
Pictorial
Record of
Great
Western
Engines
Vol.1:
Gooch,
Armstrong
& Dean
Locomotives
and Vol.2:
Churchward,
Collett
&
Hawksworth
Locomotives,
OPC, 1978,
pp188 and
pp244.
Small
inscription,
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"389."
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Hard
Cover.
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Very Good
dust
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edition of
1978.
£20.50 Russell
J H
A
Pictorial
Record of
Great
Western
Engines
Vol.1:
Gooch,
Armstrong
& Dean
Locomotives,
OPC, 1999,
pp188.
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wrapper.
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pictorial
record.
£12.50 Russell
J H
A
Pictorial
Record of
Great
Western
Absorbed
Engines,
OPC,
1st
edition
1978,
pp280.
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record.
£12.50 Suggitt,
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Lost
Railways
of North
& East
Yorkshire,
Countryside
Books,
2006,
pp160.
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published
in 2005.
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Good.
An
illustrated
history
with an
emphasis
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remains
today.
£4.95 Talbot E LNWR Miscellany: Vol.2, OPC, 1980, 227 plates. Large Format Hb. Very Good in a Very Good dust wrapper. The dust wrapper is price clipped. An excellent follow-up to Talbot's first LNWR album. £10.50 Talbot,
Edward;
Millard,
Philip;
Dow,
George;
and Davis,
Peter
LNWR
Liveries,
HMRS,
1985,
pp184 with
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frontis.
Very
Large
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Cover.
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Fair dust
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work, the
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dust
wrapper is
very worn
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appears to
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wrapper
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originally
larger
than the
book.
A
definitive
work,
covering
all
aspects of
the LNWR.
A
final
chapter is
devoted to
the North
London
Railway.
£12.50 Timken
Axle Boxes,
pp35.
Published
just after
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Covers.
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one-cm
tear at
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A
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illustrations
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steam
locomotives
throughout
the world
that used
Timken
tapered
roller
bearing
axle
boxes.
A
brief
history of
Timken is
also
included.
£3.95 Tonks,
Eric
The
Ironstone
Quarries
of the
Midlands
History,
Operation
and
Railways
Part II:
The
Oxfordshire
Field,
Runpast,
1st
edition
1988,
pp252.
Hb.
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wrapper.
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original
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edition.
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Oxfordshire,
the two in
Warwickshire
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small
group in
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southern
tip of
Northamptonshire.
£16.50 (The)
Train Now
Departing
Personal
Memories
of the
Last Days
of Steam,
BBC/Guild,
1988,
pp168.
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Very Good+
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wrapper.
Based on a
BBC series
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classic
photos by
Ivo Peters
&
chapters
by David
Wilcock,
Arlett,
Erik
Tonks,
David
Rowlands,
Peter
Handford
and Andrew
Johnson.
£2.95 Waters,
Laurence The
Power of
the
Counties,
OPC, 2006,
pp112.
Power
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inscription,
the number
"1061."
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Hard
Cover.
Fine
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A
tribute
the
Hawksworth's
Great
Western
4-6-0s.
£7.50 Whitehead D Worth a Second Glance Vol.2: A Pictorial Record of the Worth Valley Railway, Keighley & Worth Valley Preservation Society, 1981, pp116 with pp4 of colour. "Largish" format Pb. Very Good. An album of photographs from the 70s. £1.95 Whitehouse
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The
LMS in the
West
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OPC, 1984,
262
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the
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£4.95 Whiteley
J S and
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W
The
Southern
Remembered,
OPC, 1980,
270
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£5.95 Whiteley,
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The
Power of
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Arthurs,
Nelsons
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Schools,
OPC, 1984,
276
illustrations.
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inscription,
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"424."
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£6.95 Whiteley
J and
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The
Power of
the Black
Fives,
OPC,
1988,
pp144.
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W
The
Power of
the
Jubilees,
OPC,
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edition
1992,
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Good
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£8.50 Whiteley
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W
The
Power of
the
Patriots,
OPC, 1997,
pp128.
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Good
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wrapper.
There
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internally
repaired
tear in
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page of
the dust
wrapper.
£16.50 Wignall
C J
Complete
British
Railways
Maps and
Gazetteer
1830-1981,
OPC, 1983,
pp172 with
87 maps
and 84
pages of
gazetteer.
Also
published
in
hardback
form.
Small
inscription,
the number
"41."
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Format.
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Covers.
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Good.
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red spine
of the
covers is
faded.
Locates
all lines
and
stations
built
since the
opening of
the
Stockton
and
Darlington
in 1825.
£7.50 Williams, Frederick S
Our Iron Roads: Their History, Construction & Social Influences,
Ingram, Cooke and Co., 1852, pp390. Hb.
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the front cover. Bound in purple
cloth with gold lettering, although the original colours have faded over the
years. The binding is still sound with wear to the covers at the head of the
spine, and at the top front corner. The internal pages are generally clean with
all the illustrations present.
A first edition of a well-known text that remained in print
for most of the Victorian era. £24.50 Overseas
Railways Alexander,
Edwin P
American
Locomotives:
A
Pictorial
Record Of
Steam
Power,
Bonanza,
pp256. No
date, but
first
published
in 1950.
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unique
bound copy
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well-known
work - the
pages have
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photocopied,
and then
professionally
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light
brown
cloth.
Hard
Cover.
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Good+.
An
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survey of
American
20th
century
steam with
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drawing
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technical
details of
each
class.
£4.95 Allen, Geoffrey Freeman The World's Fastest Trains: From the Age of Steam to the TGV, PSL, 2nd edition 1992, pp192. Hb. Fine in a Fine dust wrapper. An absorbing account of 100 mph plus rail travel. £3.95 [American]
Locos of
the 40s
and 50s,
Newton
Greg,
pp384.
Six
copies of Train
Shed
Cyclopedia,
Nos 45,
47, 49,
50, 51
& 56
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volume
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blue
covers.
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Latter
issues in
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covered
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traction.
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of the
material
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reprinted
from Railway
Mechanical
Engineer.
Note
that the
references
to Issue
43 on the
first page
are
incorrect;
Issue 43
dealt with
Diesel
& Oil
Electrics.
£24.50 Ball
M G
European
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Atlas:
France,
Netherlands,
Belgium,
Luxembourg,
IA, 2nd
edition
1994, pp82
of maps
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index.
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Covers.
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The
updated
second
edition.
Small
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"130."
The first
in the
series of
European
atlases.
£6.95 Harris,
Ken World Electric Locomotives,
Janes, 1981, pp160. Hb.
VG+
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history and technical details. £4.95 Hastings,
Paul
Railroads:
An
International
History,
Ernest
Benn,
1972,
pp144.
Industries
and
Inventions:
International
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wrapper
spine.
An
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history
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development
of the
world's
railways.
£1.95 Perren,
Brian
TGV
Handbook,
Capital
Transport,
1993,
pp112.
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colour -
of the
development
of the
French TGV
network.
Note
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earlier
book with
the same
title was
published
by Ian
Allan.
£2.95 Railway Technical Review No.7: Oct 1962, pp56.
Pb. Fair with wear to the
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Concise
Encyclopaedia
of World
Railway
Locomotives,
Hutchison,
1959,
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16 colour
plates and
128 black
&
white
plates.
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Slight
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A
very
substantial
study of
world
traction
written
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transition
period
from steam
to diesel
and
electric
traction
with
contributions
by G.
Freeman
Allen, P.
Ransome-Wallis,
H. M. Le
Fleming,
David P.
Morgan, J.
M.
Doherty;
C. R. H.
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and F. J.
G. Haut.
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Traffic,
The
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Depot,
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Motive
Power, and
The Gas
Turbine in
Railway
Service.
£5.95 Ransome-Wallis,
P
The
Last Steam
Locomotives
of Eastern
Europe,
IA, 1974,
pp128.
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Format.
Hard
Cover.
Very
Good+ in a
Very Good
dust
wrapper.
Unusual
illustrations
from lines
in
Bulgaria,
Czechoslovakia,
East
Germany,
Hungary,
Poland and
Romania.
£18.50 Ransome-Wallis
P
The
Last Steam
Locomotives
of Western
Europe,
IA, 1976,
pp179.
First
published
in 1963.
Large
Format.
Hard
Cover.
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Good in a
Very Good
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wrapper.
Slight
loss of
colour
down the
spine of
the dust
wrapper,
tiny tear
at the top
of the
rear dust
wrapper
fold.
Sections
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Austria,
Belgium,
Denmark,
Finland,
France,
Germany,
Greece,
Holland,
Ireland,
Italy,
Luxembourg,
Norway,
Portugal,
Sweden,
Switzerland
and
Turkey.
£8.50 Sampson, Henry World Railways 1950-51: A Survey of the Operation and Equipment of Representative Rail Systems, Sampson, Low, Marston & Co. The first year of publication of what became Jane's World Railways. Large landscape format. Hard Cover. No dust wrapper. Very Good Slight rubbing at the head & base of the spine. An authoritative reference on the railway manufacturers and railway systems of the world. With sections on North America, Central & South America, Europe, Africa, Asia and Australasia. £12.50 Train
Shed
Cyclopedia
No.53:
Steam
Locomotives
from the
1919
Locomotive
Cyclopedia
(Part 2),
Newton K
Gregg,
1977,
pp64.
Sixty four
full-size
pages
reprinted
from the 1919
Locomotive
Dictionary
and
Cyclopedia,
p226
through
280 and
p1039
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1047.
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Large
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Very
Good.
Illustrations
and
diagrams
of 1919
America
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£6.95 Train
Shed
Cyclopedia
No.69:
Locomotive
Photos
(Part 1)
from the
1912
Locomotive
Dictionary,
Newton K
Gregg,
1978,
pp64.
Sixty four
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reprinted
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Locomotive
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Cyclopedia,
p150
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213.
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Illustrations
and
diagrams
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America
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£6.95 Train
Shed
Cyclopedia
No.72:
Locomotive
Drawings
&
Boilers
(Part 2)
from the
1912
Locomotive
Dictionary,
Newton K
Gregg,
1978,
pp64.
Sixty
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full-size
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Locomotive
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p214
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p270 and
p276
through
p282.
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Very
Good
Illustrations
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diagrams
of 1912
America
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and
boilers.
£6.95 Train
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Cyclopedia
No.74:
Smoke
Boxes,
Stokers,
Valve
Gears
&
Trucks
(Part 3)
from the
1912
Locomotive
Dictionary,
Newton K
Gregg,
1978,
pp64.
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price
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Good.
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p214
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p276
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p282.
Illustrations
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of 1912
America
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smoke
boxes,
mechanical
stokers,
valve
gears and
trucks.
£6.95 The
Narrow
Gauge
Illustrated
and The
Narrow
Gauge A quarterly magazine dedicated to narrow gauge railways throughout the world. The
Narrow
Gauge
No.69
Autumn
1975,
Narrow
Gauge
Railway
Society,
pp32.
Very
Good.
Contents
include:
The Small
Companies:
Cheadle
Moseley
Grammar
School
Narrow
Gauge
Society
1969 -
1974 by
Colin
Saxton,
The Narrow
Lines of
Industry:
Down the
Drain by
Sydney
Leleux,
and
"Trixie"
by Alan
Keef,
£1.50 The
Narrow
Gauge
No.78
Winter
1978,
Narrow
Gauge
Railway
Society,
pp28.
Very
Good.
Contents
include:
After
Steam on
the Sierra
by K.
Taylorson,
Narrow
Gauge
Time-and-Motion
by Rodney
Weaver,
West
Country
Wrens
(pictures),
The
Benguela
Railway by
G. S.
Moore,
Hunslet's
Smallest
Locomotive
by T. F.
Rushworth,
Sand
Railways
of
Leighton
Buzzard by
Ken Scanes
and Kevin
Lane, and
Stanley
Battison's
Locomotives
by Sydney
Leleux.
£1.50 The
Narrow
Gauge
No.79
Spring
1978,
Narrow
Gauge
Railway
Society,
pp28.
Very
Good.
Contents
include:
From
Freetown
to
Llanfair
Caereinion
by M.
Swift and
M. E. L.
Bentley,
Above the
Clouds by
Railway by
Sarathkumar
Ghosh, The
Darjeeling-Himalayan
Railway
Garratt by
M Swift,
Twenty
Years on
the Isle
of Man
Railway
1957 -
1977 by
Christopher
White,
Vintage
Days at
Ravenglass
(pictures),
and Earls
Barton
Silica Co.
by S. A.
Leleux,
£1.50 The
Narrow
Gauge
No.93
Autumn
1981,
Narrow
Gauge
Railway
Society,
pp28.
Very
Good.
Contents
include:
Island
Magic by
M. Swift,
Light Oaks
Moss Farm
Tramway,
North
Bierley
Sewage
Works by
A. J.
Booth, The
Mittelgebirgsbahn
Then and
Now by
Klaus
Matzka, 50
Years of
the
Benguela
Railway,
Benguela
Journey by
A. E.
Durrant,
Discovering
Steam in
Greece by
Ron Cox,
and The
Kings
Island
&
Miami
Valley
Railroad
by Robert
Maynard.
£1.50 The
Narrow
Gauge
No.104
Autumn
1984,
Narrow
Gauge
Railway
Society,
pp28.
Very
Good.
Contents
include:
Narrow
Gauge in
Brasil by
A. E.
Durrant,
'Ask for
Mr
Kinrade'
by Ken
Hartley,
The Garden
Festival
Railway by
Jim Peden,
Military
Miscellany
by R. D.
Darvill,
The Last
Barclay by
Phil
Atkinson,
Shibden
Park
Railway -
Halifax by
Brian
Taylor,
Algaida -
My
Introduction
to
Mallorca
by Ken
Hartley,
Memories
of Eritrea
by Peter
Hawkins,
and Holmes
Pumping
Station -
Doncaster
by Adrian
Booth.
£1.50 The
Narrow
Gauge
No.128
Autumn
1990,
Narrow
Gauge
Railway
Society,
pp30.
Very
Good.
Contents
include:
Peter by
Alan
Baker,
Fairbourne
Centenary
by Graham
Billington,
Overture
to the
Mikado by
Rodney
Weaver, A
Sunday in
New Jersey
by Alan
Burgess,
An
Unrecorded
North
Wales
Quarry
Tramway by
D.
Clayton,
and Summer
at Maen
Offeren by
Brian
Gent.
£1.50 The
Narrow
Gauge
No.159
Winter
1998,
Narrow
Gauge
Railway
Society,
pp30.
Very
Good.
Contents
include:
Cream Tea
at
Clannaborough
by Michael
Messenger,
The Haigh
Railway by
Graham
Billington,
An
Unidentified
Llechwedd
Locomotive
by Jim
Hay,
Butterworth
Station
(Malaysia)
by Ken
Scales,
Loco
Design as
it Was by
Peter
Halton,
Rails to
Monkey
Island by
Peter
Clowes,
Dresden's
Parkeisenbahn
and
Germany's
15-inch
Gauge
Pacifics
by David
Mummery,
California's
Railways
by Rex
Hora, and
1930 in
the Czech
Republic
by Mike
Jackson.
£1.50 The
Narrow
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Spring
2010,
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Society,
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Good.
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include:
Good Luck
Mine by
Sydney
Leleux,
Remains of
the
Dalmunzie
Railway by
Jim
Stancliffe,
Ruston
Proctor
versus
Deutz by
Robin
Parkinson,
Miniature
at the Hay
Loft by
David
Chambers,
Prince
(and
Princess)
by Lawson
Little,
Kuala
Lumpur
Shed 1981
by Graham
Lightfoot,
Alicante
to Denia
2009 by
Paul Webb,
A Railway
Journey in
Abyssinia
by Keith
Taylorson,
Three of a
Kind by
John
Townsend,
and
Knebworth
Gala July
1976 by
Graham
Lightfoot.
£1.50 Railway
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Bob
British
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Modelling:
A Century
of
Progress,
British
Railway
Modelling,
1999,
pp82.
Photographs
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Wright.
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An
illustrated
history of
railway
modelling
in the
20th
century.
£2.95 Modellers'
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Feb-March
1992.
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Contents:
The
Twelve-Wheelers
of
Wolverton
Pt.1,
Rules
&
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It all
began with
Heckmondwike,
The Eric
Burton
Album, and
The Beyer
Peacock
4-4-0s of
the M&GN.
£1.95 Modellers'
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June-July
1992.
Very
Good.
Contents:
Preservation
& the
Modeller,
Goods
Brake
Vans, The
Twelve
Wheelers
of
Wolverton
Pt.3,
Scottish
Horse
Boxes,
Model
Railways
as an Art
Form, A
Great
Western
Goods
Depot in
Liverpool,
The
Aspinall
Six-Coupled
Goods, A
Little
Piece of
History,
and The
Eric
Burton
Album
No.2.
£1.95 Buses
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John A S
London
Transport
Buses
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Coaches
1949,
Self
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Association,
1991,
pp160.
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A
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1949.
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1993,
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wide
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survey
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1980.
£4.95 McCormack, Kevin London Transport Buses 1955-1969, IA, 1st edition 2002, pp80. Landscape format. Glazed Boards. Fine. An all-colour pictorial tribute to London buses. £4.95 McCormack, Kevin The Heyday of the Half-Cab, IA, 2002, pp80. Landscape Format. Glazed Boards. Fine. An all-colour album focusing on buses in the 1955-66 period. London buses are not included. £4.95 Palmer,
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1968,
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£2.95 Price J H Tramcars, IA, 1963, pp64. Veteran & Vintage Series. Glazed Boards. VG. Over fifty types of tram are illustrated and described. £1.95 Ride Down Memory Lane: The Story of the Branford
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An illustrated booklet describing the extensive collection of American
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£0.95 Taplin M R Tramways
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Maps by B. Connelly. Designed
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£2.95 Light
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Rail
Transit
Vol. 53
No.627
March 1990,
IA and
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Transit
Association.
Very Good.
Contents
include: U
S Transit
Funding
Part 4:
LRT Plans
Proliferate,
Westminster's
Latest
Offerings,
and More
Spanish
Light Rail
Part 2:
The Ribes
- Nuria
Rack
Railway.
£0.95 Light
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Vol.57
No.679
July 1994,
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Good.
Contents
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Seeing the
Wood from
the Trees,
Nurnberg -
Four years
On, and
Track-Sharing
in
Britain:
Is
Karlsruhe's
Work Valid
Here.
£0.95 Light
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Modern
Tramway
Vol.57
No.682 Oct
1994,
IA and
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Contents
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Tramway
Centenary
in Kiev
1992: Part
2,
Bucuresti
Tramways
in
Mid-1993.
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Vol.57
No.683 Nov
1994,
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Light Rail
through
the
Valleys:
Karlsruhe's
Product of
the Year,
and Review
of Tramway
and LRT
Legislation.
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Vol.57
No.684 Dec
1994,
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Contents
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Italian
LRVs for
Manchester
Light
Rail, and
The
Tramway
Heritage
of the
Former
USSR.
£0.95 Light
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No.685 Jan
1995,
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Light Rail
to the
Millennium
(Minus
One),
Stadtbahn
Saar: A
Vision
Becomes
Reality,
Light Rail
Systems:
Present
Trends and
Future
Prospects,
and the
Beamish
Tramway
Extension.
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Vol.58
No.687
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Good.
Contents
include:
The Urban
Trams of
Torino:
The Last
Thirty
Years Part
2: Beyond
Rete 82,
Rouen
Opens
Metrobus,
Another
Year -
Another
Centenary,
and
Lisboa's
Hilly-Route
Cars Part
2: After
1970.
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Good.
Contents
include:
Public
Transport
Back on
the
Agenda,
Strasbourg's
Eurotram
Service,
Docklands
Update,
ABB's Tram
for
Europe,
and From
Hong Kong
to the
Wirral.
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Vol.58
No.689 May
1995,
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Good.
Contents
include:
Public
Transport
is a Vote
Winner,
Nottingham:
A Study in
Track
Sharing,
The
Standard
Approach
in Eastern
Europe,
Blackout
Tram to
Mark VE
Day, and
Seaton:
Tourism
with a
Difference.
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No.690
June 1995,
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Good.
Contents
include:
Metro is
on the
Move
Again,
Croydon:
poised for
Breakthrough,
Denver:
Winds of
Change
Blow Cold,
Survival
Against
the Odds,
Porto
Reprieve,
and Wirral
Opening.
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Vol.58
No.691
July 1995,
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Contents
include:
Why Blame
Someone
Else for
Our Ills,
Midland
Metro:
We're
Still
Waiting,
Christchurch:
Trams Turn
Full
Circle,
and
Dresden: A
Personal
Sightseeing
Trip.
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No.692 Aug
1995,
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Good.
Contents
include:
Midland
Metro: The
Operator's
View, If
You Know
You're
Right -
Keep at
It,
Genova:
Back in
the Tram
Business,
Christchurch:
History on
the Move,
Boston USA
in Colour.
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Vol.58
No.693
Sept 1995,
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Contents
include:
Variotram:
An
Ingenious
Low-Floor
Design,
Tramways
of Genova:
Casella
Line,
Croatia:
Life Goes
On in
Colour,
Honour for
Southampton
45, PCCs
Return to
US in
Colour.
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Vol.58
No.694 Oct
1995,
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Contents
include:
Access for
All - A
Pipedream,
South
Yorkshire
- A
Transport
Revolution,
The
Tramways
of Genova,
and Home
Grown
Entertainment.
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Vol.58
No.695 Nov
1995,
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VG.
Wear
mark on
the front
cover.
Contents
include:
Blackpool:
Eight Page
Special
Feature,
New Life
for the
Shooglies,
and Trams
and Bikes
- Friends
or Foes.
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Vol.58
No.696 Dec
1995,
IA and
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Good.
Contents
include:
Opinion -
Christian
Buisson,
If this is
the Future
it
Certainly
Works,
Portugal -
Porto -
Lisboa ,
and
Toronto
Colour
Feature.
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Vol.59
No.697 Jan
1996,
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Contents
include:
Opinion -
Steven
Norris,
Chemnitz:
New
Maintenance
Depot
Opens,
Brasil: An
Uncertain
Future,
Lisboa:
Modernisation
Part 2,
and Colour
Feature :
Halle and
Basel.
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No.698 Feb
1996,
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Contents
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Editorial:
Even the
AA is on
Our Side,
Opinion:
John Parry
Speaks for
Ultra
Light
Transit,
Leeds:
Another
Supertram
System in
Preparation,
Milano:
Urban
Trams
Heading
for a
Bright
Future,
and Colour
Feature:
Japanese
Trams in
Egypt.
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Vol.59
No.700
April 1996,
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Contents
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Opinion:
Scott
McIntosh,
Kuala
Lumpur:
Selamat
Datang,
Canberra:
A Capital
City
Waiting
for Light
Rail,
Colour
Pages: The
Tramway
Returns,
and
Heritage:
Douglas
Down
Under.
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No.701 May
1996,
IA and
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48 page
issue.
Very
Good.
Contents
include:
Opinion:
Malcolm
Reece -
Nottingham,
Toronto:
Trams set
to return
to Spadina
Line,
Kuala
Lumpur:
The New
Light Rail
Route
Opens, and
Colour
Pages:
America
through
the
Seasons.
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Vol.59
No.702
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Contents
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Calgary:
The
RegioSprinter
Goes on
Tour, Den
Haag: Tram
Tunnels in
the
Netherlands
City, and
Docklands:
Back in
Business
after the
Bomb.
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No.703
July 1996,
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Contents
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Firema:
Pioneering
the
Italian
Low-Floor
Tram,
Antwerp:
Calling a
Halt to
Subway
Construction,
Are Guided
Buses
Really an
Alternative,
and Lille:
Trams
Moving
into a New
Era.
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1996,
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Contents
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Opinion:
Professor
Lewis
Lesley
Speaks
Out, Kent:
Light Rail
Plans for
the Garden
of
England,
Denver:
The
Politics
of
Expansion,
The City
Circle:
Running
Rings
around
Melbourne
Australia,
Bremen:
The Old
Trams Move
East,
Colour: 80
Years of
the z
Tram,
Heritage:
Beaulieu's
Stately
Role,
Arnhem:
The New
Museum
Line
Opens,
Blackpool:
25 Years
of the
Fylde
Tramway
Society.
£0.95 Canals and Rivers Wood, G Bernard Ferries
and Ferrymen, Cassell, 1969, pp162 plus pp24 of illustrations.
Hb.
VG in a
VG- dust
wrapper. Slight wear to
the edges
of the
dust
wrapper. A survey of the many
river, strait and short sea crossings that were once a major part of the British
transport scene. £4.95 Stationary
Engines Edgington,
David W
Amanco
Engines:
The Story
of
Associated
Manufacturers'
Company
Ltd,
author,
pp76 with
many
illustrations.
No
date.
Large
Format.
Card
Covers.
Very
Good.
There
is a tiny
tear to
the covers
at the
head of
the spine.
An
illustrated
history of
the Amanco
stationary
engine.
£12.50 Cawood
C L
Repair
List and
Instructions
for the
Care and
Working of
"Amanco"
Engines:
Petrol,
Town Gas
and
Paraffin
from 1.75
HP to 15
HP
inclusive,
author,
pp8 plus
pp32.
Card
Covers.
Very
Good.
An
undated
reprint.
£3.95 Industrial History Allen D N de G and Southwell R V Relaxation Methods Applied to Determine the Motion, in Two Dimensions, of a Viscous Fluid Past a Fixed Cylinder, reprinted from Quarterly Journal of Mechanics and Applied Mathematics, Vol.8, Part 2, June 1955, p129-145. Pb. VG-. Technical paper. £2.95 Artobolevsky,
Ivan I
Mechanisms
in Modern
Engineering
Design
Vol.3 Gear
Mechanisms,
MIR
Publishers,
1977,
pp663.
Translated
from the
Russian by
Nicholas
Weinstein.
Hard
Cover.
No
dust
wrapper.
Very
Good.
An
amazing
survey of
every
conceivable
gear
mechanism,
each one
illustrated
with a
diagram.
£8.50 Artobolevsky,
Ivan I
Mechanisms
in Modern
Engineering
Design
Vol.4 Can
and
Friction
Mechanisms,
Flexible-Link
Mechanism,
MIR
Publishers,
1977,
pp663.
Translated
from the
Russian by
Nicholas
Weinstein.
Hard
Cover.
No
dust
wrapper.
Very
Good.
The
top
corners of
the covers
are
slightly
bumped.
An
amazing
survey of
every
conceivable
cam &
friction
mechanism
and
flexible-link
mechanism,
each one
illustrated
with a
diagram.
£8.50 Blackham, Robert J (Colonel) The Soul of the City: London’s Livery Companies, Their Storied Past, Their Living Present, Sampson Low, Marston & Co., nd 0?), pp358. No date. First published in 1931. Inscription. No dust wrapper. VG-. Top and bottom of spine bumped. A comprehensive popular history dealing with both the twelve major companies and the sixty-five lesser livery companies. £5.95 Burton,
Anthony Industrial
Archaeological Sites of Britain, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1977, pp160.
VG+
in a VG+
dust
wrapper.
A detailed and
practical introduction to over 300 sites in Britain.
£3.95 Falconer,
Keith
Guide to England’s Industrial Heritage, Batsford, 1980, pp270.
Fine
in a Fine
dust
wrapper.
A county by county
guide to England’s most notable industrial sites.
£3.95 Fisher F J A Short History of the Worshipful Company of Horners, published by the company, 1990, pp138. First published in 1936. The extensive appendices include lists of the 1935 members, past masters, wardens and clerks; the original statute of 1465; the charter and bye laws of 1638 and the oath of association of 1696. Hb. No dw. Fine in an attractive dark blue binding with the seal of company in gold on the cover. £5.95 Fletcher,
Anne
British
Airways
London
Eye: The
Essential
Guide,
Harper
Collins,
2000,
pp52.
Photographs
by Jason
Hawkes.
Large
Format.
Card
Covers.
Very
Good.
A
well-illustrated
glossy
brochure.
£0.95 Hudson,
Kenneth Handbook
for Industrial Archaeologists, John
Baker, 1967, pp84. VG
in a VG
dust
wrapper.
A practical guide to fieldwork and research.
£3.95 (The)
Isaac
Newton
Telescope,
Grubb
Parsons,
1965, pp8.
Reprinted
from
Parsons
Journal,
Christmas
1965.
Large
Format.
Card
Covers.
Very
Good.
Details
of the
Isaac
Newton 98
inch
Telescope
built by
Grubb
Parsons
for the
Royal
Greenwich
Observatory.
At
the time
this
telescope
had a
significantly
larger
aperture
than any
other
telescope
in
Britain.
£1.95 Pounder
C C
Dished
Ends and
Stayed
Surfaces,
The
Association
of
Engineering
and
Shipbuilding
Draughtsmen,
1950, pp80
with 46
figs and
18 tables.
Session
1950-51.
First
published
in
1923-24.
Card
Covers. Fair+.
The
staples
have
rusted
quite
badly.
£3.95
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