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J F Locomotive Compounding and
Superheating: A practical text book for the use of railway and locomotive
engineers, students, and draughtsman, Charles
Griffin & Company, 1907, pp189 with a frontispiece and 148 figs.
No dust wrapper. Hb. Near VG.
Slight rubbing to the edges of the covers.
A comprehensive study of the use of compounding in steam locomotives.
£28.50 Gammell
C J
Great
Western
Branch
Lines
1955-1965,
OPC, 1975,
171
illustrations.
Signed
by the
author.
Large
Format Hb.
Very
Good in a
Very Good
dust
wrapper.
Slight
loss of
colour
down the
spine.
A
line-by-line
pictorial
survey.
£5.95 Gammell
C J
Southern
Branch
Lines
1955-65,
OPC, 1976,
166
illustrations.
Signed
by the
author.
Large
Format.
Hard
Cover.
Very
Good+ in a
Very Good
dust
wrapper.
A
comprehensive
branch-by-branch
pictorial
survey.
£6.95 Gammell
C J
The
Branch
Line Age:
The Minor
Railways
of the
British
Isles in
Memoriam
and
Retrospect,
Moorland,
1976,
pp96.
Hard
Cover.
VG+
in a VG-
dust
wrapper.
The
dust
wrapper is
slightly
sunned
down the
spine
area, and
also has
several
small
internally
repaired
tears.
Illustrations
of branch
lines in
all five
regions
and also
in the
Isle of
Man and
Ireland.
£3.95 Gammell C J The Branch Line Age: The Minor Railways of the British Isles in Memoriam and Retrospect, Bracken, 1988, pp96. First published by Moorland in 1976. Hb. Fine in a Fine dust wrapper. Examines branch lines in all five regions and also in the Isle of Man and Ireland. £3.95 Gammell,
Chris
Around
the Branch
Lines: No.
2 Great
Western,
OPC,
1983, 157
illustrations.
Large
Format
Hb.
Very
Good
in a Very
Good
dust
wrapper.
Slight
wear to
the dust
wrapper at
the head
of the
spine.
A
high-quality
pictorial
survey
that
examines
each area
in turn.
£4.95 Gammell C J The Steam Age, Bracken, 1988, pp96. Hb. VG+ in a VG+ dust wrapper. 1959 was a year of rapid change on British Railways. This album portrays the scenes, month by month, as the author travelled throughout the British Isles recording the passing of the steam age. £2.95 Gammell,
Chris
Steam
Sheds and
their
Locomotives,
IA,
1995,
pp112.
Large
Format Hb.
Fine
in a Fine
dust
wrapper.
Gives
a
historical
introduction
and a
sample
allocation
for groups
of sheds
from all
six
regions.
Illustrated
with 160
colour
illustrations
- but
largely
not shed
scenes.
£4.95 Gammell,
Chris
Midland
Lines in
Colour,
IA, 1997,
pp80.
Small
inscription,
the number
"765.".
Landscape
format. Glazed
Boards.
Very
Good.
An
all-colour
album.
£5.95 Gammell
C J
Scottish
Branch
Lines,
OPC, 1999,
pp192.
Large
Format.
Hard
Cover.
Very
Good+ in a
Very Good+
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 Gardner,
Jack
Brunel's
Didcot:
Great
Western
Railway to
Great
Western
Society,
Runpast,
1996,
pp128.
Large
Format
Hb.
VG in a
VG+ dust
wrapper.
An
illustrated
history of
the Great
Western
Railway at
Didcot
with the
final
chapter
dealing
with
railway
preservation
at Didcot.
£6.95 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 Garratt,
Colin
Symphony
in Steam,
Blandford,
1970,
pp193, 147
coloured
illustrations
with
supporting
text.
Small
format.
Hard
Cover.
Very
Good in a
Very Good
dust
wrapper.
Sections
on
Locomotives
on Shed,
Locomotives
at Work,
Locomotives
at Night,
Locomotives
in
Industry,
Locomotives
in
Decline,
and
Locomotives
in
Scrapyards.
£2.95 Garratt,
Colin
Railway
Photographer:
A
portfolio
of his
finest
work and a
world-wide
testament
to the
steam
locomotive,
New
English,
1982,
pp146.
Hard
Cover.
Very
Good+ in a
Very Good+
dust
wrapper.
An
all-colour
album
featuring
the last
working
steam
engines
worldwide.
£2.95 Garratt,
Colin Preserved Steam
Locomotives of Britain, Blandford, 1982, pp169, 37 coloured plates, and 72
black
&
white photographs. "Smallish"
format Hb. VG
in a VG
dust
wrapper.
Edges of the covers rubbed. Describes
and illustrates the historic engines still on display throughout Britain.
£1.95 Garratt,
Colin
Veterans
in Steam,
Blandford,
1983,
pp160.
Illustrated
in colour
throughout.
Large
Format.
Hard
Cover.
Very Good
in a Very
Good dust
wrapper. A
journey
through
seven
countries,
beginning
in Britain
then via
Eastern
Germany,
Austria,
Yugoslavia
and Greece
to Turkey
and Syria.
£3.95 Garratt,
Colin
The
Last Days
of British
Steam
Railways,
Guild/PSL,
1985,
pp136.
Published
by Book
Club
Associates
by
arrangement
with
Patrick
Stephens
Ltd.
Hb.
VG+
in a VG
dust
wrapper.
Over
150
previously
unpublished
pictures
from the
late 1950s
and early
1960s with
chapters
on
Scotland,
Carlisle,
North
Notts/South
Yorkshire
Coalfield,
Leicester
and the
Midlands,
Great
Western
Days, The
Southern
&
Britain's
Last Steam
Main Line,
The
North-East;
Northamptonshire
Ironstone,
Crewe and
Lancashire
- Steam's
Last
Outpost.
£2.95 Garratt, Colin British Steam Nostalgia, BCA/Thorsons, 1987, pp144. Fine in a VG+ dust wrapper. A volume of Colin Garratt's early photographs with sections on the GWR, the LMS, Industrials, BR, the Southern and the LNER. Mainly black & white but with some colour. £2.95 Garratt,
Colin Steam Trains: A World
Portrait, Colour Library Books, 1989, pp240.
Signed by the author. Very
Large Format. Glazed boards with
a dust
wrapper.
Fine
in a VG+
dust
wrapper.
A superb collection of coloured photographs from Europe, India, China,
Africa, the Middle
East and South America.
£3.95 Garratt, Colin The Golden Years of British Steam Trains, Milepost, 1995, pp196. Inscription under the flap of the dust wrapper. Large Format Hb. VG+ in a VG dust wrapper. Atmospheric photographs taken by the Reverend A W V Mace, a prolific railway photographer who was active from the early 1920s until the end of steam. Divided into four sections covering the GWR, LMS, LNER and SR. Also published as four separate volumes. £3.95 Garratt,
Colin
The
Golden
Years of
British
Steam
Trains:
London
&
North
Eastern
Railway,
Milepost,
1995,
pp48.
Large
Format.
Glazed
Boards.
VG+.
Evocative
photographs
taken by
the Rev.
A. W. V.
Mace, a
prolific
railway
photographer
from the
early
1920s
until his
death in
1986.
£2.95 Garratt,
Colin The Golden Years of
British Steam Trains: Great Western Railway, Milepost, 1995, pp48.
Large Format. Glazed Boards. VG.
Evocative photographs taken by the Rev A. W. V. Mace, a prolific railway
photographer from the early 1920s until his death in 1986.
£2.95 Garratt, Colin The Golden Years of British Steam Trains: London Midland Scottish Railway, Milepost, 1995, pp48. Large Format. Glazed Boards. Fine. Evocative photographs taken by the Rev. A. W. V. Mace, a prolific railway photographer whose career ranged from the early 1920s until his death in 1986. £2.95 Garratt,
Colin The Golden Years of
British Steam Trains: Southern Railway, Milepost, 1995, pp48.
Large Format. Glazed Boards. VG.
Evocative photographs taken by the Rev A. W. V. Mace, a prolific railway
photographer from the early 1920s until his death in 1986.
£2.95 Garratt,
Colin 100 Years of Classic Steam,
Colour Library Direct, 1997, pp304. Very
Large Format.
Glazed boards with dust wrapper.
VG+
in a VG
dust
wrapper.
Although this is a large tomb, our standard postage rates apply - you will not be asked to pay additional postage after you have placed an order!
£4.95 Garratt,
Colin Legends of Steam,
Weidenfeld & Nicholson, 1998, pp255. Large
format
hardback.
Fine in a Very
Good+ dust
wrapper. A
lavishly produced tribute to the age of steam, with coloured illustrations from
all five continents and text by Colin Garratt.
£3.95 Garratt,
Colin
Legends
of Steam,
Seven
Dials,
pp254.
No
date
Large
Format Pb.
VG.
A
lavishly
produced
tribute to
the age of
steam,
with
coloured
illustrations
from all
five
continents
and text
by Colin
Garratt.
£2.95 Garratt,
Colin and Wade-Mathews, Max The
Ultimate Encyclopedia of Steam and Rail, Lorenz Books, 1999, pp512 with
numerous coloured illustrations. Large
Format Hb. VG+/VG+.
A huge tome combining The World Encyclopedia of Locomotives by
Colin Garratt with Great Railway Journeys of the World by Max
Wade-Mathews. Note that although
this is a very heavy book, our standard postage rates still apply.
£5.95 Garratt,
Colin and Wade-Mathews, Max Illustrated
Book of Steam and Rail: The history and development of the train and an
evocative guide to the world's great railway journeys, Hermes House, 2006,
pp512. Pb. VG+.
Combines two earlier books The World Encyclopedia of Locomotives
by Colin Garratt and Great Railway Journeys of the World by Max
Wade-Mathews in a single volume. Lavishly illustrated throughout.
£3.95 Garratt, Colin The Railway Photography of Henry Priestley, Sutton Publishing, 2000, pp150. Brief inscription. "Largish" format Hb. VG+/VG+. A wide-ranging selection of outstanding pictures from the 75 years of Henry Priestley's railway photography. £5.95 Garratt, Colin British
Steam Lives!, Bounty Books, 2005, pp144.
Glazed boards with dw. Fine/Fine. First
published by Blandford Press in 1984. A tribute to the many British steam locomotives that were
exported to countries around the world, illustrated by the author's colour
photographs. £3.95 Garrett S R The
Kent and East Sussex Railway, Oakwood, 2nd enlarged edition 1987, pp104. The
second enlarged and revised edition.
Locomotion Papers No.56.
Pb. VG.
An illustrated history. £3.95 Garrod,
Trevor Thames
and Downs by Rail,
Jarrold,
1988,
pp64.
Pb. VG+.
A
useful
guide to
rail trips
from
Paddington
and
Waterloo
produced
by the
Railway
Development
Society. £0.95 Gatehouse,
Don and
Dowling,
Geoff
British
Railways
Past and
Present
No.28:
South
Wales Part
2 Mid
&
South
Glamorgan,
Past and
Present,
2002,
pp160.
Card
Covers.
Very
Good.
Over
100
locations
including
Cardiff,
Caerphilly,
Pontypridd,
Bridgend,
Barry,
Porthcawl
and Taffs
Well.
£5.95 Geen,
David and
Scott,
Barry
The
Great
Western
Railway in
the 1930s
Vol.2,
Kingfisher,
1987, 144
illustrations.
The
original
Kingfisher
edition.
Large
format Hb.
Fine
in a VG+
dust
wrapper.
A
further
144 plates
from the
G.H. Soole
collection,
now held
in the
National
Railway
Museum. An
appendix
gives
details of
the coach
types
identified
in each
picture by
the
authors.
£5.95 Gerard,
Malcolm
and
Hamilton J
A B
Rails
to
Disaster:
More
British
Steam
Train
Accidents
1906-1957,
BCA /
A&U,
1984,
pp124.
Steam
Past
Series.
Hb.
VG+
in a VG
dust
wrapper.
Each
of the
fourteen
chapters
is devoted
to a major
rail
accident.
Complements
Trains
to Nowhere
by the
same
authors.
£3.95 Gibbons,
David BR Equipment 2: Drawings
from Railnews 'Stockspot', IA, 1990, pp96.
Large landscape format Pb. VG+.
Drawings of recent locomotives, emus and dmus with supporting text.
£5.95 Gibbs,
Ken
Swindon
Works
Apprentice
in Steam,
OPC, 1986,
pp192 plus
pp16 of
illustrations.
Hard
Cover.
Very
Good in a
Very Good-
dust
wrapper.
Stain at the top edge of the dust wrapper, otherwise
VG in a VG
dust
wrapper.
Reminiscences
as an
office boy
and
apprentice
at Swindon
Railway
Works
1944-1951.
£3.95 Gibson A H and Chorlton, Alan E L
Steam
Engineering: A Practical Treatise written by Specialists, Gresham
Publishing, 1931, pp404 with numerous figs.
The Gresham Library of Mechanical Engineering.
Blue cloth with gold lettering. Inscription.
Hb. No
dust
wrapper.
Very
Good. Slight foxing to the
page edges, some rubbing and wear to the covers at the corners and at the head
& base of the spine. Sections
on: Engineering Chemistry, Steam Boilers, Coal & Ash Handling Plant, The
Reciprocating Steam Engine, Steam Turbines, Condensers & Cooling Towers, and
The Operation of Land Power Plants. £16.50 Gibson,
John C
Great
Western
Locomotive
Design: A
Critical
Appreciation,
D&C,
1984,
pp157.
Glazed
Boards.
No
dust
wrapper as
published.
VG
with
slight
loss of
colour
down the
spine.
Gibson
was an
apprentice
at the
M&SWJR
works at
Cirencester
before
transferring
to Swindon
after the
grouping.
£7.50 Gifford,
Colin T
Decline
of Steam,
IA, 3rd
Impression
1975, 293
black and
white
illustrations.
Large
landscape
format.
Hard
Cover.
Very
Good+ in a
Very Good
dust
wrapper.
A
classic
album that
established
new
standards
for
railway
photography.
£24.50 Gifford,
Colin
Steam
Finale
North,
IA, 1976,
pp96.
Large
Format.
Hard
Cover.
Very
Good+ in a
Very Good
dust
wrapper.
There
is a
one-inch
internally
repaired
tear at
the top
edge of
the dust
wrapper.
Atmospheric
photographs
from Colin
Gifford.
£10.50 Gilbert
P T and
Chancellor
P J
A
Detailed
History of
British
Railways
Standard
Steam
Locomotives
Vol.1:
Background
to
Standardisation
and the
Pacific
Classes,
RCTS,
1994,
pp172
including
pp8 of
colour.
Large
Format.
Glazed
Boards.
Very
Good.
The
first
volume of
a
definitive
study.
£10.50 Gilks,
John
Spencer
Dawn
of the
Diesels
1956-66
Part 2,
SLP,
1998,
pp96.
Edited
by Mike
Esau.
Small
inscription,
the number
"822."
Large
Format.
Hard
Cover.
Fine
in a Fine
dust
wrapper.
First
generation
diesel
locomotives
and units
captured
on camera.
£7.50 Gilks,
John Spencer Day of the Diesels
Vol.1 1970-74, SLP, 2005, pp128. Edited
by Mike Esau. Large Format Hb. Fine/Fine. A
follow-up to the Dawn of the Diesels Series in which John Spencer Gilks
records the first flourishing of the true diesel age.
£10.50 Gilks,
John
Spencer
Day
of the
Diesels
Vol.2
1975-79,
SLP, 2006,
pp128.
Edited
by Mike
Esau.
Large
Format Hb.
VG+/VG
with a
tiny nick
in the
dust
wrapper at
the head
of the
spine.
A
follow-up
to the Dawn
of the
Diesels
Series
in which
John
Spencer
Gilks
records
the first
flourishing
of the
true
diesel
age.
£10.50 Gilks,
John
Spencer
Day
of the
Diesels
Vol.3 The
1980s,
SLP, 2007,
pp128.
Edited
by Mike
Esau.
Large
Format Hb.
Fine/VG+.
A
follow-up
to the Dawn
of the
Diesels
Series
in which
John
Spencer
Gilks
records
the first
flourishing
of the
true
diesel
age.
£10.50 Glancey,
Jonathan
Tornado
21st
Century
Steam,
Books
on Track,
2010,
pp207.
Large
Format Hb.
VG+
in a VG
dust
wrapper.
The
definitive
work on
the
Tornado
project.
£12.50 Glancey,
Jonathan
Giants
of Steam:
The Great
Men &
Machines
of Rail's
Golden Age,
Atlantic
Books,
2012,
pp376 plus
pp16 of
illustrations.
Hb.
VG+
in a VG+
dust
wrapper.
The
thrilling
story of
the last,
and
greatest,
generation
of steam
locomotives
designed
and built
by the
railways
and
workshops
of
Britain,
France,
Germany
and the
United
States.
£4.95 Glen
A E, Glen
I A and
Dunbar A G
Great
North of
Scotland
Railway
Album,
IA, 1980,
pp96.
Hard
Cover.
Very
Good in a
Very Good-
dust
wrapper. Slight
wear to
the top
edge of
the dust
wrapper;
internally-repaired
tear at
the top of
the front
edge.
A
high-quality
album
devoted to
the Great
North of
Scotland
Railway.
£4.95 Glenn, D Fereday Rail Routes in Hampshire & East Dorset, IA, 1983, pp128. Hb. Fine/VG. A pictorial survey of a once complex railway network. £5.95 Glenn,
D Fereday
The
Last Days
of Steam
in Surrey
and Sussex, Alan
Sutton,
1989,
pp128.
Hb.
VG
in a VG
dust
wrapper.
Slight
indentations
to the
rear dust
wrapper
and to the
cover
underneath.
A
pictorial
album in
the Last
Days of
Steam
Series.
£3.95 Glenn,
D Fereday
The
Last Days
of Steam
in the
Scottish
Highlands,
AS, 1991,
pp136.
Hb.
VG
in a VG
dust
wrapper with
slight
creasing
at the top
front edge
of the
dust
wrapper.
A
pictorial
album.
£3.95 Glenn, D Fereday
More Last Days of Steam in Hampshire and the
Isle of Wight, Alan Sutton, 1993, pp152. Glazed
boards with
a dust
wrapper. Fine
in a VG+
dust
wrapper.
"Evocative photographs from the author's own collection."
£3.95 Glenn,
D Fereday
Rail
Rover:
From Kent
to
Cornwall,
Alan
Sutton,
1997,
pp172 with
180
pictures.
Glazed
boards
with dw.
VG
in a VG
dust
wrapper.
The
top
corners of
the glazed
boards are
bumped.
The
author
recalls a
week of
travel on
the
Southern
Region in
1959 using
a Rail
Rover
ticket.
£4.95 Glover, John London's Railways Today, D&C, 1981, pp96. Glazed Boards. VG. A pictorial survey of London's railways at the start of the 1980s - since so much has changed in the intervening years, probably of more interest today than when it was published in 1981. With a 30 page introduction. £2.95 Glover, John British Electric Trains in Camera, IA, 1982, pp128. Hb. Fine/Fine. Sections on: Southern Region, London Midland Region, Scottish Region, Glasgow Underground, Tyne & Wear Metro, Eastern Region & London Transport. £5.95 Glover,
John
West
Midlands
Rails in
the 1980s,
IA, 1984,
pp104.
Hb.
VG+/VG
with
slight
wear to
the dust
wrapper at
the head
of the
spine.
A
survey of
the
railways
within a
50-mile
radius of
Birmingham
in the
early
1980s.
£4.95 Glover,
John
BR
Diary
1978-1985,
IA,
1985,
pp128.
Glazed
Boards.
VG.
A
well-illustrated
review of
the
period.
£5.95 Glover, John British Rail in Colour 1968-1980, IA, 1988, pp112. Large Format. Glazed Boards. VG. Sections on: The Railways of Britain, Steam's Last Gasp, Diesel Traction Developments, Electrification in the Shadows, More Speed - More Power, The Passenger Transport Executives, Local Railways, The Industrial Base, Inter-City Makes the Going Easy, Serving the London Commuter, and A Note on Liveries. £4.95 Glover,
John
London's
Underground:
An
Illustrated
history of
the
World's
Premier
Underground
System,
IA, 7th
edition
1991,
pp160 with
numerous
illustrations
and
diagrams.
Large
Format.
Hard
Cover.
Very
Good+ in a
Very Good
dust
wrapper.
A
standard
history of
the London
Underground.
£4.95 Glover, John London
Transport Railways Rail 16 Portfolios, IA, 1991, pp64.
Landscape format. Glazed Boards. VG.
An all-colour album. £6.95 Glover, John National
Railways: A Guide to the Privatised Railways, IA, 1996, pp128.
Pb.
Fine. A useful insight
into how our railways were privatised. £0.95 Glover,
John
Railways
in and
around
London
Then &
Now,
IA,
1999,
pp256.
Large
Format Hb.
VG+
in a VG+
dust
wrapper.
A
lavishly
produced
album of
then and
now
illustrations.
Each
pre-grouping
railway
with a
presence
in the
capital is
treated in
turn.
£4.95 Glover,
John London's Branch Railways,
IA, 1999, pp128. Large Format Hb.
Fine/VG+. A comprehensive
illustrated survey. £6.95 Glover,
John Railway Operations, IA,
1999, pp128 with numerous illustrations. Ian
Allan ABC. Small format Pb.
VG. A detailed pocket guide
on how our railways work with sections on Railway Organisation, Principles of
Operation, Track & Signalling, Passenger Stations, Passenger Train
Operation, Freight Train Operation, Service Provision & Operation Planning,
Executing the Operational Plan, Measurement of Achievement, Safety on the
Railway, and The Railway of the Future. £3.95 Glover,
John Eastern Electric, IA,
2003, pp160. Large Format Hb.
VG/VG. A comprehensive
illustrated history of railway electrification on the lines of the former LNER.
£7.50 Glover,
Mark
The
Ross and
Monmouth
Railway,
author,
1st
edition
1980,
pp28.
Reproduced
typescript.
Card
Covers.
Very
Good.
A
history of
the Ross
and
Monmouth
railway,
which was
absorbed
into the
Great
Western
Railway at
The
Grouping.
£2.95 Goddard,
Larry
Colour
of the
North
Wales Main
Line,
Foxline,
2002,
pp88.
Signed by
the
author.
Glazed
Boards. Generally
VG, but
with a
short
"hairline"
flaw in
the glazed
boards at
the head
of the
spine.
An
all-colour
pictorial
tribute in
the diesel
age.
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1986,
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