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Eric Treacy Photographic Albums

A selection of Eric Treacy's best-selling albums for only £3.95 each.   All the albums are in Very Good condition or better with a similar dust wrapper with no low-quality reprints.

While it is sometimes said that Eric Treacy's photographs have been over-published, Eric Tracy's critics also often fail to recognise that Eric Treacy was quite simply a far better photographer than most of his contemporaries.

Treacy, Eric  Lure of Steam, Book Club Associates / IA, 1987, pp208.  Large Format Hb.  VG+ in a VG dust wrapper.  Eric Treacy's first major album, first published in 1966.  £3.95

Treacy, Eric  Portrait of Steam, IA, 1969, ppp200.  Large Format Hb.  VG in a VG dust wrapper.  The dust wrapper is internally repaired at the base of the spine.  The Ian Allan edition rather than the later matt reprint from PRC.  £3.95

Treacy, Eric  Eric Treacy: Railway Photographer, BCA/D&C, 1982, pp216, including 24 pages of coloured shots.  Edited by G Freeman Allen and P B Whitehouse.  Large Format Hb.  VG+ in a VG dust wrapper.  The spine of the dust wrapper is slightly sunned.  When Eric Treacy died, his collection of negatives was entrusted to Patrick Whitehouse.  From this huge collection Whitehouse and Freeman Allen have selected 300 of Eric Treacy's best photographs to produce a fitting tribute to his life's work.  £3.95

Treacy, Eric  Treacy's Routes North, 1989, pp192.  Editors: Whitehouse, Patrick and Powell, John.  Large Format Hb.  VG+ in a VG dust wrapper.  A superb collection of Eric Treacy's photographs from the West Coast, Midland and East Coast routes.

Treacy, Eric  Treacy's British Rail, Guild/D&C, 1990, pp192.  Editors: Whitehouse, Patrick and Powell, John.  Large Format Hb.  Fine in a VG+ dust wrapper.  A lavish, large-format production that provides a fitting setting for two hundred and fifty of Eric Treacy's best photographs.  With sections on The Interchange Trials of 1948, The Transition Years, British Rail's Standard Locomotives, Named Trains, The Alternatives to Steam, The Fruits of Modernisation, and The Deltics.  £3.95

David and Charles Tributes to the Age of Steam

Lavishly produced David and Charles tributes to the Big Four and the rail system in the steam age for only £3.95.

Thomas, David St John and Whitehouse, Patrick  The Great Days of the Country Railway, D&C, 1986, pp208.  Large Format Hb.  VG+ in a VG+ dust wrapper.  Lavishly-produced steam nostalgia from the highly-respected Thomas and Whitehouse team.  £3.95

Thomas, David St John and Whitehouse, Patrick  The Great Days of the Express Trains, D&C, 1990, pp208.  Large Format Hb.  Fine in a VG dust wrapper with slight wear to the dust wrapper at the head of the spine.  Lavishly-produced steam nostalgia from the highly-respected Thomas and Whitehouse team.  £3.95

Whitehouse, Patrick and Thomas, David St John The Great Western Railway: 150 Glorious Years, D&C/BCA, 1984, pp206.  Large Format Hb.  VG in a VG dust wrapper.  A superbly produced book, a fitting tribute to the GWR on its 150th anniversary.  £3.95 

Thomas, David St John and Whitehouse, Patrick  The Great Days of the GWR, BCA/David St John Thomas, 1991, pp224.  Published by BCA by arrangement with David St John Thomas.  Large Format Hb.  VG in a VG dust wrapper.  A nostalgic look at the GWR, well-illustrated in both colour and black & white.  A follow-up to The Great Western Railway 150 Glorious Years.  £3.95

Whitehouse P B and Thomas, David St John  LMS 150 The London Midland & Scottish Railway: A century and a half of progress, D&C, 1991, pp208.  Large format Hb.  Fine in a VG dust wrapper.  A superbly produced nostalgic look at the LMS.  £3.95

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

Thomas, David St John and Whitehouse, Patrick  SR 150: A Century and a Half of the Southern Railway, D&C, 1991, pp208.  Large Format Hb.  VG in a VG dust wrapper.  There is a tiny nick in the dust wrapper at the bottom of the spine.  A superbly produced nostalgic look at the Southern Railway, well-illustrated in both colour and black & white.

Whitehouse, Patrick and Thomas, David St John  A Passion For Steam, D&C, 1992, pp192.  Inscription.  Large Format Hb.  Fine in a  Very Good+ dust wrapper.  The well-known Whitehouse/Thomas team turns its attention to steam engines throughout the world.  "A combination of technical, nostalgic and imaginative writing and a splendid selection of photographs celebrating the pulsating joy of this unique form of power."   £3.95

Note that no low-quality reprints are included!

All three volumes of Ossie Nock's best-selling three-volume history of British locomotive development since 1900 for only £12.50.

Nock O S  British Locomotives of the 20th Century: Vol. 1 1900 - 1930,  BCA/PSL, 1983, pp257.  Hb.  VG+ in a VG dust wrapper.  The first volume of Ossie Nock's definitive history of British locomotive development since 1900.  £4.95

Nock O S  British Locomotives of the 20th Century: Vol. 2 1930 - 1960,  BCA/PSL, 1984, pp256.  Hb.  VG in a VG dust wrapper.  The second volume of Ossie Nock's definitive history.  £4.95

Nock O S  British Locomotives of the 20th Century: Vol. 3 1960 - the present day,  PSL, 1st edition 1983, pp257.  Hb.  VG in a VG dust wrapper.  The final volume of Ossie Nock's definitive history, devoted almost exclusively to diesel and electric developments, including the HST.  £4.95

All three volumes: Nock O S  British Locomotives of the 20th Century: Vol. 1-3.  £12.50

Alternatively, the first two volumes which deal with the history of the steam locomotive in the 20th century for only £8.50.  Nock O S  British Locomotives of the 20th Century: Vol. 1-2.  £8.50

Whitehouse, Patrick and Jenkinson, David  From BR to Beeching Vol.1: The Routes of the Stars, Castles and Kings, Atlantic, 1990, pp60.  Pb.  Generally VG, with some superficial creasing to the covers.  A pictorial tribute.  £1.95

Whitehouse, Patrick and Jenkinson, David  From BR to Beeching Vol.2: Four Coupled Twilight Part 1, Atlantic, 1990, pp60.  Pb.  VG+.  A pictorial tribute with sections on each loco class.  £1.95

Whitehouse, Patrick & Jenkinson, David  From BR to Beeching Vol.3: The Routes of the Thompson and Peppercorn Pacifics, Atlantic, 1990, pp60.  Pb.  VG with slight creasing to the covers.  A pictorial tribute.  £1.95

Whitehouse, Patrick and Jenkinson, David  From BR to Beeching Vol.4: Four Coupled Twilight Part 2, Atlantic, 1990, pp60.  Pb.  VG.  A pictorial tribute with sections on each locomotive class.  £1.95

Alternatively, all four From BR to Beeching  booklets for only £3.95.

Robert Adley Best Sellers

A selection of Robert Adley's best-selling books on the final years of British steam for only £3.95 each.  

Adley, Robert  In Search of Steam 1962-68, Blandford, 1983, pp157.  Hb.  Very Good+ in a Very Good+ dust wrapper.  Steam nostalgia from Robert Adley, well-illustrated in colour.  £3.95

Adley, Robert  The Call of Steam, Blandford, 1983, pp160.  Hb.  VG in a VG dust wrapper.  Steam nostalgia from Robert Adley, illustrated with his own colour photographs.  £3.95

Adley, Robert  In Praise of Steam, Guild/Blandford, 1986, pp159.  Hb.  VG in a VG dust wrapper.  Slight wear to the dust wrapper at the head and base of the spine.  To Robert Adley's usual standard, well-illustrated in colour.  £3.95

Adley, Robert  Covering My Tracks, Guild/PSL, 1988, pp192.  Hb.  VG+ in a VG+ dust wrapper.  Recollections of the end of steam, well-illustrated in colour.  £3.95

Adley, Robert  Wheels, BCA/IA, 1987, pp160.  Large Format Hb.  Fine in a Fine dust wrapper.  "Combines the atmosphere of steam's final years with an informative text that puts into its historic place the role of many famous British locomotives."  £3.95