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Neil
The
West
Highland
Lines,
IA, 1990,
pp56.
Large
Format.
Card
Covers.
Very
Good.
An
illustrated
history of
the lines
to Fort
William,
Mallaig
and Oban.
£2.95 Cardani A
Multiple
Aspect
Signalling
(British
Practice),
Institute
of Railway
Signal
Engineers,
1958, pp48
with 8
figs.
Educational
Lectures
No.14.
Pb.
VG.
Staples
rusty.
£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 Carter
J R Footplate Cameraman, HRP,
2009, pp128. First published by Ian
Allan in 1983. Large Format.
Glazed boards with dw. Fine/VG+.
A pictorial album centred in the North-West, where Jim Carter himself
worked on the footplate. £4.95 Cartwright,
Adam and Walker, Stephen Boston
A Railway Town (Part 1 - to 1922), KMS Books, 1987, pp64.
Pb. Fair.
There are several small brown marks on the cover, otherwise VG.
An illustrated history of railway development in Boston.
£3.95 Cartwright, Ralph and Russell R T The Welshpool and Llanfair Railway, D&C, 2nd edition 1981, pp207. Railway History Series. Hb. Fine in a VG+ dust wrapper. The spine of the dust wrapper is slightly sunned. A standard history of this Welsh narrow gauge line. £5.95 Carvell,
Roger
The
Chester to
Denbigh
Railway,
Irwell
Press,
2009,
pp108.
Large
Format.
Glazed
Boards.
Very
Good.
A
comprehensive
illustrated
history of
the rural
secondary
line from
Chester to
Denbigh.
£14.50 Casserley
H C
Service
Suspended:
A
pictorial
souvenir
of British
passenger
services
which are
no longer
in
operation,
IA,
1951,
pp40.
Card
Covers.
Very
Good-.
Some
superficial
wear down
the spine
of the
covers.
A
fascinating
collection
of
photographs
from long
closed
lines
(pp3-32)
plus a
list of
withdrawn
passenger
services.
£3.95 Casserley
H C
The
Historic
Locomotive
Pocketbook,
Batsford,
1960,
pp256.
Small
format.
Glazed
Boards.
Very
Good.
A
survey of
British
locomotive
history in
pocket
book form,
with
photographs
and brief
essays on
over 200
designs.
£2.95 Casserley
H C
British
Locomotive
Names of
the
Twentieth
Century,
IA,
1963,
pp177 plus
100
photographs.
Hb.
VG
in a VG-
dust
wrapper.
Some
wear to
the edges
of the
dust
wrapper
with a
one-inch
tear to
the bottom
edge.
A
comprehensive
record of
the names
of the
locomotives
of Great
Britain
and
Ireland
from the
beginning
of the
20th
century.
£6.95 Casserley
H C and
Johnston S
W
Locomotives
at the
Grouping
Vol.2:
London and
North
Eastern
Railway,
IA,
1st
edition
1966,
pp128 with
89
illustrations.
Hb.
VG in a
Fair dust
wrapper.
The
dust
wrapper
has been
internally
repaired
at the
head and
base of
the spine,
slight
loss at
the head
of the
spine.
A
complete
listing of
all the
locomotives
inherited
by the
LNER in
1923.
£4.95 Casserley
H C Preserved Locomotives,
IA, 1st Edition 1968, pp256. Small
format Hb. VG
in a VG
dust
wrapper.
A photograph and brief history of every steam engine that has
avoided the breaker's yard.
£3.95 Casserley
H C and
Dorman C
Midland
Album,
IA, 1969,
pp112.
Small
inscription,
the number
"451."
Hb.
VG
in a VG-
dust
wrapper.
There
is a
one-inch
internally
repaired
tear at
the base
of the
dust
wrapper
spine. An
early Ian
Allan
album
dedicated
to the
Midland
Railway.
£3.95 Casserley
H C
Famous
Railway
Photographers, D&C,
1972,
pp96.
Hb.
VG
in a VG
dust
wrapper.
A
personal
selection
of
photographs
from the
author's
collection
of over
60,000
negatives.
£3.95 Casserley
H C
Preserved
Locomotives,
IA, 5th
edition
1980,
pp192.
First
published
1968.
Preserved
Locomotives
was
completely
revised
for the
5th
edition
with a new
format and
an
enlarged
page size.
Hb.
VG
in a VG
dust
wrapper.
Slight
loss of
colour
down the
spine of
the dust
wrapper.
An
illustrated
history of
the many
main line
locomotive
classes
preserved
whether
working or
inactive,
steam,
electric
or diesel.
Also
contains a
comprehensive
register
of
preserved
industrial
locomotives
and
foreign
engines.
£3.95 Casserley H C Observers British Steam Locomotives, Bloomsbury Books, reprinted with revisions 1988, pp190. Small format with glazed boards. Fine. £2.95 Casserley
H C
Great
Railway
Photographers,
Milepost
Publishing,
1996,
pp48.
Presented
by Colin
Garratt in
association
with
Richard
Casserley.
Large
Format.
Glazed
boards
with a
dust
wrapper.
Very
Good+ in a
Very Good+
dust
wrapper.
102
of
Casserley's
pictures
selected
and
captioned
by his son
Richard.
In
spite of
the salami
publishing,
the book
contains
some
excellent
photographs,
along with
some
fascinating
glimpses
into the
man behind
the
camera.
£2.95 Castledine,
Malcolm
The
Railways
of
Scotland
in the
Latter
Days of
Steam,
Book Law,
2004,
pp96.
Small
inscription,
the number
"988."
Large
landscape
format.
Glazed
boards
with a
dust
wrapper.
Fine
in a Fine
dust
wrapper.
A
high-quality
pictorial
album.
£5.95 Castledine, Malcolm Southern Railways in the Latter Days of Steam: Waterloo to Weymouth including the Isle of Wight, Book Law, 2005, pp96. Large landscape format. Glazed boards with dw. Fine in a VG dust wrapper. There is a one-inch internally repaired tear in the rear page of the dust wrapper. Pictorial. £6.95 Catchpole
L T
The
Lynton and
Barnstaple
Railway
1895-1935,
Oakwood,
7th
edition
1988, pp84
plus pp44
of
illustrations.
Oakwood
Library
No.51.
Card
Covers.
Very
Good.
Slight
loss of
colour on
the spine.
The
much
enlarged
latter
edition.
£3.95 Cattell,
John and
Falconer,
Keith
Swindon:
The Legacy
of a
Railway
Town,
HMSO,
1st
edition
1995,
pp181 with
220
illustrations.
The
original
hardback
edition.
Large
Format.
Glazed
Boards.
VG.
Some
loss of
colour to
the covers
particularly
down the
spine.
A
comprehensive
architectural
history of
the
railway
works at
Swindon
and of the
associated
railway
village.
£9.50 Chacksfield J E Sir William Stanier: A New Biography, Oakwood, 2001, pp168. Oakwood Library No.114. Signed by the author. Pb. VG. £7.50 Chalcraft,
John
In
Memory of
the
Deltics,
Peter
Watts,
1982,
pp56.
Small
inscription,
the number
"142."
Large
Format.
Card
Covers.
Very
Good.
Slight
wear to
the
corners of
the cover.
A
photographic
tribute.
£3.95 Chalcraft, John The 40's: English Electric 2000Hp Diesel Electrics, Rail Photoprints, 1984, pp32. Named Diesel & Electric Locomotives of British Rail - Part 5. Landscape format Pb. VG. A pictorial tribute. £2.95 Chalcraft, John Portrait of the 50s, Rail Photoprints, 1985, pp64. Large Format Pb. Very Good. An album portraying the class 50 diesels in their heyday. £3.50 Chancellor,
Paul
Western
Change:
Summer
Saturdays
in the
West
1957-1995,
RCTS,
1995,
pp169.
Pb.
VG.
An
illustrated
history of
the
changing
traffic
patterns
on the
former
Great
Western
lines to
the West
Country.
Extensive
use is
made of
detailed
traffic
surveys.
£5.95 Chapman, Colin The Cowbridge Railway, OPC, 1984, pp127. Large Format Hb. "Fine" in a "Very Good+" dust wrapper. A comprehensive illustrated history of a Taff Vale Railway branch, and its role in the intense railway competition of the South Wales coal field. £8.50Chapman,
Stephen
Warrington,
Bellcode,
1996,
pp72.
Railway
Memories
No.9.
Pictures
by Arthur
Chester.
Small
inscription,
the number
"379",
written
inside the
front
cover.
Pb.
VG+.
A
pictorial
tribute to
the lines
in and
around
Warrington.
£5.95 Chapman,
Stephen
Selby
&
Goole,
Bellcode,
2002,
pp112.
Railway
Memories
No.14.
Card
Covers.
Very Good.
With
sections
on: Selby
& the
East Coast
main line,
The York
&
North
Midland,
Milford -
Selby -
Staddlethorpe,
Staddlethorpe
- Goole,
The Lanky
&
Goole
Docks, The
Axholme
Joint, and
Modern
Memories.
£7.50 Chapman,
Stephen
Cleveland
and Whitby,
Bellcode,
2007,
pp112.
Railway
Memories
No.18.
Card
Covers.
Very
Good.
An
illustrated
record of
the area
with
sections
on: The
Iron Roads
of
Cleveland,
Along the
South Bank
to
Saltburn,
Middlesborough
-
Guisborough
- Whitby,
and Whitby
-
Battersby
- Picton.
£8.50 Chapman,
Tim
Steam
in the
North
West: The
Last Years
1965-1968,
Book Law,
2017,
pp72.
Steam
Memories:
1950s -
1960s
No.96.
Card
Covers.
Very
Good. A
pictorial
survey
including
Carlisle,
Manchester,
Carnforth,
Shap and
Ais Gill.
£4.95 Chapman
W G
The
King of
Railway
Locomotives,
Patrick
Stephens,
1970,
pp152 with
110
illustrations.
First
published
in 1928 by
the Great
Western
Railway.
This
is the PSL
hardback
reprint.
Small
format Hb.
VG
in a VG
dust
wrapper.
The
dust
wrapper
has been
permanently
covered
with clear
adhesive
protective
covering.
Great
Western
publicity
extolling
the
virtues of
Great
Western
locomotives.
£4.95 Chapman
W G Caerphilly Castle: A Great
Western Railway Book, Patrick Stephens, 1970, pp200 with 155 illustrations.
First published in 1924 by the Great Western Railway.
Small format Hb. VG
in a VG-
dust
wrapper.
The dust wrapper has been internally repaired at the head of the spine.
Great Western publicity at its best, extolling the virtues of Great
Western locomotives.
£4.95 Chapman
W G
Loco's
of the
Royal Road,
Patrick
Stephens,
1971,
pp232.
First
published
by the
Great
Western
Railway,
Paddington,
1936.
This
is the PSL
reprint.
Hb.
VG
in a VG
dust
wrapper.
The
dust
wrapper
has been
permanently
covered
with clear
adhesive
protective
covering.
Great
Western
publicity
at its
best,
providing
an
illustrated
history of
Great
Western
engines.
£4.95 Chapman
W G
Cheltenham
Flyer,
PSL,
1971,
pp232.
First
published
by the
Great
Western
Railway in
1932.
This
is the PSL
hardback
reprint.
Hb.
VG in a VG
dust
wrapper.
The
dust
wrapper
has been
permanently
covered
with clear
adhesive
protective
covering;
remains of
an old
price
sticker on
the cover.
Great
Western
publicity
at its
best
extolling
the
virtues of
The
Cheltenham
Flyer,
which was
then the
fastest
train in
the world.
£4.95 Chapman
W G Cheltenham Flyer, PSL,
1971, pp232. First published by the
Great Western Railway in 1932. Pb. VG-
with
slight
creasing to the covers. £3.95 Chapman
W G
Track
Topics,
Amberley,
2013,
pp285 with
numerous
illustrations.
Edited
by John
Christopher.
First
published
by the
Great
Western
Railway,
Paddington,
July 1935.
Card
Covers.
Very Good.
Deals
with the
Way and
Works of
the Great
Western
and
therefore
in many
ways the
most
interesting
of
Chapman's
1930s
publications.
Although
John
Christopher
has added
a new
introduction
and a
final
supplement
section,
the
original
work is
reproduced
in full.
£5.95 Charlton
L G The First Locomotive
Engineers: Their Work in the North East of England, Frank Graham, 1974,
pp72. Northern History Booklet
No.55. Pb. VG- with slight wear
to the covers. Examines the
contributions of the early engineers in the North East during the years between
1803 and 1830. £3.95 Christiansen,
Rex and
Miller R W
The
Cambrian
Railways
Vol.1
1852-1888,
D&C,
2nd
edition
1971,
pp178,
colour
frontis
and 37
illustrations.
Presentation
plate to a
school
library
inside the
front
cover, and
a bar code
&
pastedown
inside the
rear cover
- the book
was only
issued
once.
Hard
Cover.
Very
Good+ in a
Very Good-
dust
wrapper.
Slight
wear to
the dust
wrapper at
the head
and base
of the
spine.
The
first
volume of
a major
history of
the
Cambrian
Railways.
£5.95 Christiansen, Rex and Millar R W The North Staffordshire Railway, D&C, 1971, pp333 with a colour frontis and 32 illustrations. Hb. VG in a VG- dust wrapper. Superficial wear to the dust wrapper edges. A standard history of the 'Knotty.' £16.50 Christiansen,
Rex
A
Regional
History of
the
Railways
of Great
Britain
Vol. 13:
Thames
&
Severn,
D&C,
1981,
pp205 with
32 plates,
11 maps,
and a
folding
map in the
rear.
Hb.
Fine
in a VG+
dust
wrapper.
Price
sticker on
the back
page of
the dust
wrapper.
£14.50 Christiansen,
Rex
A
Regional
History of
the
Railways
of Great
Britain
Vol.7: The
West
Midlands,
David
St John
Thomas,
2nd
revised
edition
1983,
pp305 with
32 plates
and a
folding
map.
First
published
in 1973.
Hb.
VG in a VG
dust
wrapper.
An
evocative
account of
a region
where the
LNWR,
Midland
and GWR
struggled
for
supremacy.
£6.95 Christiansen, Rex Rail Centres: Crewe, IA, 1st edition 1993, pp128. Hb. Fine/VG+. Inscription. A well-illustrated history of this major railway centre. £7.50 Christiansen,
Rex The Cambrian Railways:
Portrait of a Welsh Railway Network, IA, 1999, pp112. Glazed Boards. Fine.
A well-illustrated history. £5.95 Christiansen,
Rex
Cambrian
Lines,
IA,
2004,
pp80.
British
Railways
Pictorial
Series.
Large
format Pb.
Very
Good.
A
pictorial
study.
£3.95 Christiansen,
Rex Rail Centres: Crewe,
Booklaw, 2007, pp128. Rail
Centres No.19. First published
by Ian Allan in 1993. Glazed boards
with dw. VG+/Fine.
A well-illustrated history of this major railway centre.
£6.95 Christiansen,
Rex
Regional
Rail
Centres
North West,
IA, 1995,
pp192.
Small
inscription,
the number
"140."
Large
Format Hb.
VG
in a VG
dust
wrapper.
An
illustrated
history of
railway
development
in the
industrial
North-West,
with
sections
on
Liverpool,
Chester,
Warrington,
Wigan,
Preston,
Lancaster,
Barrow and
Carlisle.
£8.50 Christiansen, Rex Portrait of the North Staffordshire Railway, IA, 1997, pp112. Glazed Boards. VG+. An illustrated history of the 'Knotty.' £7.50Christiansen,
Rex Railway Roundabout: A Guide
to the Highlights of the TV Series, IA, 1997, pp112. Foreword by John Adams.
Large Format Hb. VG/VG.
A nostalgic look at the BBC television series Railway Roundabout
which ran from 1958 until 1962. Most
of the series is still available on DVD. £4.95 Christiansen,
Rex The Cambrian Railways:
Portrait of a Welsh Railway Network, IA, 1999, pp112. Glazed Boards. Fine.
A well-illustrated history. £5.95 Christiansen,
Rex
Cambrian
Lines,
IA,
2004,
pp80.
British
Railways
Pictorial
Series.
Large
format Pb.
Very
Good.
A
pictorial
study.
£3.95 Christopher, John Paddington Station through Time, Amberley, 2010, pp96. Pb. VG. A pictorial tribute, largely colour. £5.95 Churton, Edward The Rail Road Book of England: Historical, Topographical, and Picturesque Vol.1, Sidgwick & Jackson, 1973, pp318. First published in 1851. Hb. VG/VG-. Superficial wear to the edges of the dw. Describes all routes from London. "A fascinating guide to Britain as seen from a railway train." £6.95 Clark,
Ronald H
A
Short
History of
the
Midland
&
Great
Northern
Joint
Railway,
Goose
& Son,
1967,
pp210 with
111
illustrations
and 3
maps.
Inscription.
Hb.
VG+/VG-
with wear
to the
dust
wrapper at
the head
of the
spine.
The
folding
map at the
rear is
absent.
A
one-volume
history of
"The
Joint"
based on
years of
meticulous
research.
£14.50 Clark
R H
An
Historical
Survey of
Selected
Great
Western
Stations:
Layouts
and
Illustrations
(Vol. 1),
OPC, 1st
edition
1976,
pp188.
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 at the
rear top
corner.
Also wear
along the
rear top
edge.
Includes
141
stations
spread
throughout
the Great
Western
System,
all of
which are
fully
described
and
illustrated
with
accompanying
track
plans.
£8.50 Clark
R H
An
Historical
Survey of
Selected
Great
Western
Stations
Layouts
and
Illustrations
Vol. 2,
OPC, 1st
edition
1979,
pp202.
Large
Format.
Hard
Cover.
Very
Good
in
a Fair
dust
wrapper.
Slight
rubbing to
the covers
at the
head and
base of
the spine.
The dust
wrapper is
in only
"Fair"
condition
and has
been
internally
repaired
at the two
rear
corners
and at the
head of
the spine,
where
there is
slight
loss.
There is
also a
one-inch
vertical
cut to the
rear page
of the
dust
wrapper,
again with
slight
loss.
Finally,
the spine
is sunned.
A
detailed
survey of
101 more Great
Western
stations.
£7.50 Clark
R H
An
Historical
Survey of
Selected
Great
Western
Stations
Layouts
and
Illustrations
Vol.3,
OPC,
1981,
pp224.
Completed
by
Christopher
Potts
after Ralf
Clark's
death.
Large
Format.
Hard
Cover.
Very
Good+ in a
Very Good
dust
wrapper.
Slight
fading
down the
spine of
the dust
wrapper.
A
detailed
study of a
further
seventy
six Great
Western
stations.
£22.50 Clarke,
John and Patmore, J Allan North-West
England, D&C, 1968, pp112 and a colour frontis.
Railway History in Pictures Series.
Hb. VG/Fair+ with wear to
the dust wrapper at the head & base of the spine and at the corners.
A visual record of railway development in the North West.
£3.95 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
Jubilees
of the LMS,
IA, 1971,
pp112 plus
24 pages
of
illustrations.
Small
inscription,
the number
"460."
Hb.
VG+
in a VG
dust
wrapper.
A
useful
study of
an
important
class.
£5.95 Clay,
John F and
Cliffe J
The
Stanier
Black
Fives,
IA, 1972,
pp96 plus
24 pages
of
illustrations.
Hb.
VG in a VG
dust
wrapper.
The
story of
the 842
Black
Fives that
ran in
Britain.
£4.95 Clay, John The British 4-6-0, New English Library, 1977, pp96. Large Format. Glazed Boards. VG. A well-illustrated survey - in colour and b/w - of the 4-6-0 type, the workhorse of Britain's steam railways. £4.50 Clay, John The British 4-6-0, New English Library, 1977, pp96. Large Format Clay, John The British 4-6-0, New English Library, 1977, pp96. Large Format Pb. VG with some superficial wear to the covers at the head & base of the spine. An illustrated survey - in both colour and black & white - of the 4-6-0 type, the workhorse of Britain's steam railways. £2.50Clinker
C R The Birmingham and Derby
Junction Railway, Dugdale Society, 1956, pp28 plus 5 illustrations. Dugdale Society Occasional Papers No.11.
Pb. Very Good.
A concise history based on original research.
£6.95 Clinker
C R
The
Railways
of
Cornwall
1809-1963,
David
&
Charles,
1963,
pp32.
Card
Covers.
Very
Good.
Some
browning
of the
covers.
"A
list of
authorising
acts of
parliament,
opening
and
closing
dates,
with other
historical
information,
compiled
from
original
and
contemporary
sources."
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Class
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British
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L F E
The
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1952
Twenty
Five Years
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£24.50 Cork, Richard Eduardo Paolozzi Underground, Royal Academy of Arts, 1986, pp48, with p16 of colour illustrations. Card covers. Very Good. An illustrated tribute to the Paolozzi mosaics at Tottenham Court Road. £12.50 Cornwell, H J Campbell William Stroudley: Craftsman of Steam, D&C, 1968, pp263 with pp18 of illustrations. Inscription, largely under the front dust wrapper flap. Hb. Very Good in a Very Good- dust wrapper. A full-length biography of William Stroudley, with an emphasis on the locomotives that he designed for the London Brighton & South Coast Railway. £12.50 Cornwell
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Speaking
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Cross-Country
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with
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lettering.
Large
Format Hb.
VG
in a VG
dust
wrapper.
Slight
rubbing to
the covers
at the
base of
the spine.
A
fine
tribute to
possibly
the
greatest
painter of
the steam
age.
£10.50 Currie
J R L
The
Northern
Counties
Railway
Vol. I:
Beginnings
and
Development,
1845-1903,
D&C,
1973,
pp294 and
a colour
frontis.
Standard
Railway
History
Series.
Hb.
VG+
in a VG
dust
wrapper.
A
definitive
history.
£10.50 Railway
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