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Neil
The
West
Highland
Lines,
IA,
1990,
pp56.
Large
Format Pb.
Very
Good.
An
illustrated
history of
the lines
to Fort
William,
Mallaig
and Oban.
£2.50 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 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 Carter
R S
BR
Electric
Locomotives
in 4mm
Scale,
IA, 1985,
pp64.
Model
Railway
Constructor
Planbook 3.
Small
inscription,
the number
"14."
Large
landscape
format.
Card
Covers
with
plastic
ring.
Very
Good.
4mm
drawings
plus
details of
each
class.
Includes
Class 70 -
Class 77,
Class 80 -
87 &
Class 89.
An
appendix
covers the
electric
locomotives
of the
former
North
Eastern
Railway.
£12.50 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 Casserley H C My Best Railway Photographs No. 7, IA, 1948, pp32. ABC Locomotive Series. Small landscape format Pb. Very Good. Staples rusty. A very early Ian Allan booklet. £1.95Casserley H C The Historic Locomotive Pocketbook, Batsford, 1960, pp256. Small format. VG with pictorial boards. A survey of British locomotive history in pocket book form, with photographs and brief essays on over 200 locomotive classes. £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.
Hb.
VG
in a Fair+
dust
wrapper.
Wear
to the
edges of
the dust
wrapper.
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
Steam
Locomotives
of British
Railways,
Hamlyn
Books, 3rd
edition,
2nd
impression
1974,
pp484.
Hb.
VG
in a VG
dust
wrapper.
A
comprehensive
photographic
record of
the steam
engines
taken over
by BR in
1948, with
brief
details of
each
class.
£4.95 Casserley
H C
The
Observer's
Book of
British
Steam
Locomotives,
Frederick
Warne,
1974,
pp190.
Small
format
Hb.
VG+ in a
VG dust
wrapper.
Some
fading to
the red
lettering
on the
spine.
An
outline
history of
the
development
of the
steam
locomotive
from its
earliest
beginnings
until its
abandonment
in 1968.
£3.95 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.
VG+ in a
VG+ dust
wrapper.
Over
one
hundred of
Casserley's
pictures
selected
and
captioned
by his son
Richard.
£3.95 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 Railways North from Nottingham Part.1 Nottingham – Basford, Book Law, 2004, pp94. Large landscape format. Glazed boards with a dust wrapper. Fine in a Fine dust wrapper. £8.50 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/VG. A one-inch internally repaired tear to the rear of the dw. Pictorial. £7.50 Catchpole
L T
The
Lynton and
Barnstaple
Railway
1895-1935,
Oakwood,
7th
edition
1988, pp84
plus pp44
of
illustrations.
The
enlarged
7th
edition of
1988.
Oakwood
Library
No.51.
Pb.
VG.
£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. Pb. VG. 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
Harrogate
&
Wetherby,
Bellcode,
2011,
pp112.
Railway
Memories
No.24.
Pb.
VG-.
There
is a
diagonal
crease
across the
bottom of
the front
cover,
otherwise
VG. With
sections
on
Arthington
- Wormald
Green, The
Nidd
Valley
Line,
Starbeck
& the
York Line,
To
Boroughbridge
&
Pilmoor,
and The
Wetherby
Lines.
£6.95 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 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, pp179, colour frontis and 37 illustrations. Hb. Large inscription on the rear flyleaf giving details of two other titles. Very Good+ in a Very Good dust wrapper. A standard history. £6.95 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 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. £6.95 Christiansen,
Rex
Cambrian
Lines,
IA,
2004,
pp80.
British
Railways
Pictorial
Series.
Large
format Pb.
VG.
A
pictorial
study.
£4.95 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,
Paul
The
Chichester
&
Midhurst
Railway,
Turntable,
1979, pp72
with 34
illustrations.
Minor
Railways
of Britain
Series.
Pb.
VG
with
slight
soiling of
the white
covers.
An
illustrated
history of
the London
Brighton
&
South
Coast
Railway's
branch
from
Chichester
to
Midhurst.
£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 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 Clough,
David N
and
Beckett,
Martin
BR
Motive
Power
Performance,
IA, 1988,
pp128.
Pb.
VG.
A
comprehensive
examination
of train
timing and
1980s
motive
power
performance.
£3.95 Clough, David N Type 5 Freight Diesel, IA, 1990, pp96. Locomotive Profile Series. Landscape format. Glazed Boards. VG- with slight wear to the glazed boards. A history of 'Kestrel', Class 56, Class 58, Class 59 and Class 60 diesels, with drawings & illustrations. £4.95 Clough, David and Rapson D I Locomotive Recognition: Class 37s, IA, 1991, pp96. Small format Pb. VG. An illustrated history of the class. £2.95Clough,
David N
Class
50s in
Operation,
IA, 2004,
pp160.
"Largish"
format Hb.
VG+/VG+.
Well-illustrated
account of
the Brush
built Type
4 BR Class
50 diesel
locos,
with
emphasis
on their
operational
performance.
£8.50 Coakham,
Desmond
Belfast
&
County
Down: An
Irish
Railway
Pictorial,
Midland
Publishing,
1998,
pp96.
Large
Format Pb.
VG.
£9.50 Cockman
F G Discovering Preserved
Railways, Shire, 1990, pp84 and 30 illustrations.
Pb.
Very Good+.
A
introduction to
thirty six
preserved railways, with a map of each line.
£0.95 Coiley, John
Rocket to Eurostar: The National Railway Museum in Camera,
Atlantic, 1996, 209 plates. Large Format Hb. VG+/VG.
A photographic record of the National Railway Museum's wide range of
activities. £4.95 Coffin,
Rex
Kings
of the
Great
Western
1927-1977,
6000
LA, 1977,
pp104.
Large
Format Hb.
VG
in a VG
dust
wrapper.
The
bottom
front
corner of
the covers
is
slightly
bumped.
A
largely
pictorial
history of
the 'King'
class of
Great
Western
4-6-0s.
£4.95 Cole, Beverley and Durack, Richard Railway Posters 1923-1947, Laurence King, 1992, pp160 with colour illustrations of over 200 posters from the National Railway Museum collection. Large Format Pb. VG. Faint vertical line down the rear cover - looks like a flaw in the printing process. £8.50 Cole,
Beverley Getty Images: Trains
The Early Years, Konemann, 2001, pp346.
Very Large Landscape Format Hb. VG+/VG+.
A carefully selected collection of photographs taken exclusively from the
huge Getty Images archive. All the
text and captions are in English, French and German.
Note that although this is a very heavy book weighing over 2Kg, you will NOT
be asked for any additional postage. £8.50 Cole,
Beverley
and The
Guild of
Railway
Artists
Along
Artistic
Lines: Two
Centuries
of Railway
Art,
Atlantic,
2004,
pp127.
Large
landscape
format Hb.
VG+/VG.
Reproduces
some of
the finest
work from
the NRM's
art
collection,
including
paintings
by Terence
Cuneo,
David
Sheppard,
Hamilton
Ellis, and
the
acclaimed
poster
artist Tom
Purvis.
£24.50 Cole, Stuart West from Paddington: The Ultimate Guide to the Landmarks of Three First Great Western Journeys, Etica, 2007, pp167. Foreword by Pete Waterman. Pb. VG+. Paddington to Bristol, Reading to Penzance, and Swindon to Carmarthen. £2.95 Coleman,
Richard
and
Rajczonek,
Joe
Steam
Nostalgia
around
Northampton,
Northamptonshire
Libraries,
1987, 172
plates.
Small
inscription,
the number
"485",
inside the
front
cover.
Large
Format Hb.
Very
Good+ in a
Very Good
dust
wrapper.
A
superb
pictorial
tribute to
the
railways
of
Northamptonshire.
£9.50 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 Coleman,
Richard
and
Rajczonek,
Joe
Steam
Railways
in Colour
around
Northamptonshire,
W D
Wharton,
1993, 205
plates.
With
a foreword
and new
painting
by Don
Breckon.
Large
Format Hb.
VG in a VG
dust
wrapper.
A
superb
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the
railways
of
Northamptonshire.
£12.50 Coles
C R L On the North and West
Route from Chester to Newport, IA, 1984, pp112.
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L M
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Western
Steam in
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Barton,
1973,
pp96.
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1974,
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Class
37s at
Work,
IA, 1984,
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Work
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illustrated
account of
the
design,
construction
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operation
of the
Class 37s.
£12.50 Collins, Michael Named Locomotives on BR, IA, 1984, pp112. Glazed Boards. Fine. An illustrated survey of over 500 named modern traction units. £4.95 Collins, Michael J The East Coast Main Line Today, IA, 1985, pp56. Large Format Pb. VG. Slight crease to the bottom corner of the front cover. A survey of the East Coast main line just before electrification. £2.95 Collins,
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Rail
Centres:
Wolverhampton,
IA,
1st
edition
1990,
pp128.
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Centres
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the
railways
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Wolverhampton.
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Birmingham:
Britain's
Rail Super
Centres,
IA, 1992,
pp176.
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Good+ in a
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the
railways
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England's
second
city.
£7.50 Connor J E London's Disused Underground Stations, Connor & Butler, 1999, pp68. Pb. VG. An illustrated survey of all closed London Underground stations within the boundaries of the Greater London Boroughs. Based largely on primary sources. £8.50 Connor
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Street to
Chingford,
Middleton
Press,
2003,
pp96.
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editor Vic
Mitchell.
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Suburban
Railways
Series.
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Boards.
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£7.50 Conolly,
W Philip
London
Midland
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Cameraman,
A&U,
1982,
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Philip
Conolly
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Past
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the use of
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larger
than usual
page size.
£5.95 Cooke,
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Jane's, 1982, pp128. Large
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£5.95 Cookson, Peter and Chapman, Steve Pontefract, Castleford & Knottingley, Bellcode, 2003, pp112. Railway Memories No.15. Pb. VG+. £7.50 Coombs
L F E
The
Harrow
Railway
Disaster
1952
Twenty
Five Years
On,
D&C,
1978,
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pp8 of
illustrations.
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study of
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collision
at Harrow
&
Wealdstone
in 1952,
the second
worst
accident
in British
railway
history.
£8.50 Cooper
B K Rail Centres: Brighton,
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corners of the dw. An illustrated
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£6.95 Cooper B K British Rail Handbook, IA, 1981 pp176. No dw as published. Small format Hb. VG. With chapters on: BR - A National Railway System, Numbering, Permanent Way, Diesel Traction, Generators & Motors, Diesel Locomotives & dmus, Electric Traction & Motive Power, The Air Brake, 125 mph & Above, Signalling, Passenger Rolling Stock, Freight Services & Rolling Stock. £3.95 Cooper B K Southern Railway Handbook, IA, 1983, pp112. Hb. VG/VG-. Spine of dw sunned, internally-repaired nick in the dw at the head of the spine. An illustrated overview of the Southern Railway and its operations. £5.95 Cooper
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The
B4 Dock
Tanks,
Kingfisher,
1988,
pp40.
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inscription,
the number
"426."
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Good.
An
illustrated
history of
a famous
class of
London
&
South
Western
Railway
0-4-0Ts
which
continued
to find
work in
the
Southampton
docks well
into BR
days.
£8.50 Cooper W D and Cooper D S LMS Days, IA, 1979, pp80. Hb. VG+/VG. Dw spine slightly sunned. An album devoted to pre-nationalisation shots of LMS steam. £4.95 Cooper-Smith
J H
British
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No.1 North
& East,
IA,
1975,
pp80.
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Diesels
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Leeds-Manchester
and Settle
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Carlisle
lines.
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Oil
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Historical
Model
Railway
Society,
1999,
pp162.
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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 Cormack
J R H and
Stevenson
J L
Highland
Railway
Locomotives
Book 1:
Early Days
to the
Lochs,
RCTS,
1988,
pp160.
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Locomotives
of the LMS
Series.
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inscription,
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volume of
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history.
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J R H and
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J L
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Locomotives
Book 2:
The
Drummond,
Smith
&
Cummings
Classes,
RCTS,
1990,
pp174.
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Series.
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second
volume of
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history.
£8.50 Cornwall, 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. VG in a VG- 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. £16.50 Cornwell
E L Still in Steam: A Guide to Working Steam Railways, IA,
1978, pp80. Glazed Boards.
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Perspectives on Railway History and Interpretation: Essays to
celebrate the work of Dr John Coiley at the National Railway Museum, York,
National Railway Museum, 1992, pp166. Produced
as a tribute to John Coiley on his retirement as head of the NRM.
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Essays on Aspects of
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E S World Steam in the Twentieth
Century, IA, 1969, pp191 plus 113 illustrations.
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An authoritative assessment of the five principal schools of design -
American, British, French, German
and Middle-European.
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E S Speaking of Steam, IA,
1971, pp128. Hb.
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Mechanical engineers to shed new light on steam locomotive development and
practice. £9.50 Crawley,
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The
Great
Northern
Railway in
Focus,
W
D Wharton,
2001,
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largest
section is
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the
company's
locomotives.
£18.50 Creer,
Stanley
Cross-Country
Steam,
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1979,
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£3.95 Creer,
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Morrison,
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The
Power of
the
Bulleid
Pacifics, OPC,
1st
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1983, 251
plates.
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BR
Diary
1948-1957,
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pp112.
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Eric Lincolnshire Railway
Stations on old picture postcards, Reflections of a Bygone Age, 1993, pp36.
Yesterday's Lincolnshire Series No.2.
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Somerset
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Dorset
Line,
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2006,
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Last
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the last
15 years
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closure of
the line
in 1969.
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The
Last
Decade of
Scottish
Steam,
Bradford
Barton,
1979,
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Double-Headed
Trains 1
– South, IA,
1979,
pp96.
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Western
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Dorset.
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Euston to Carlisle during the transition from steam to diesel and electric
traction. £4.95 Cross, Derek Steam in the North West, Dalesman, 1984, pp72. Landscape format Pb. VG with slight creasing to the top front corner of the front cover. Steam in the British Rail era with a fairly wide coverage of the area. £3.95 Cummings,
John
Railway
Motor
Buses and
Bus
Services
in the
British
Isles
1902-1933
Vol.1,
OPC,
1978,
pp136 with
numerous
illustrations
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directly
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bus
services.
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Scottish
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companies,
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English
pre-grouping
companies,
the LMS
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LNER.
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Terence
The
Railway
Painting
of Terence
Cuneo,
New
Cavendish,
1985,
pp128
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colour
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best
paintings.
Bound
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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
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frontis.
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