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Gairns 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.  VG in a VG 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.  £5.95

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 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

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  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

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

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.  £8.50

Goodall, Stephen P  The Prestatyn and Dyserth Branch Line, Oakwood, 1986, pp80.  Locomotion Papers No.160.  Card Covers.  VG-.  There is some superficial rubbing to the covers.  A history of the branch line from Prestatyn, on the Chester and Holyhead line, to Dyserth.  £6.95

Goodall, Stephen P  The Vale of Clwyd Railway: Rhyl to Denbigh, author, 1992, pp80.  Card Covers. Very Good.  Slight creasing at the rear bottom corner of the covers.  A history of the branch line from Rhyl, on the Chester and Holyhead line, to Denbigh.  £8.50

Goode C T  The Railways of Uxbridge, author, 1983, pp48.  Pb.  VG.  An illustrated history of the three railway lines to reach Uxbridge, two Great Western Railway branch lines and the Metropolitan line.   £7.50

Goode C T  The Hertford Loop Line, Oakwood, 1984, pp48 with pp16 of illustrations.  Locomotion Papers No.149.  Card Covers.  VG.  £5.95

Goode C T  Railway Rambles with a Box Camera 2: Sites and Stations, author, 1989, pp58.  Pb.  VG.  Remains of an old price sticker on the cover.  Inscription plus brief notes inside the cover plus crosses & ticks at some of the captions.  Perhaps the most interesting booklet in this series since it focuses on the railway infrastructure.  £3.95

Goode C T  The Railways of Castleford (Normanton and Motley), author, 1991, pp64.  Pb.  VG.  There is an old price sticker on the rear cover.  An illustrated history of railways in and around Castleford where the Midland, Great Northern, North Eastern and Lancashire & Yorkshire railways all had a presence.  £4.95

Goode C T  The Selby and Driffield Railway, author, 1993, pp64.  Pb.  VG with slight wear to the covers.  An illustrated history published by the author.  £5.95

Goodman, John  LMS Locomotive Names: The Named Locomotives of the London Midland & Scottish Railway and its Constituent Companies, RCTS, 1994, pp215 with 122 illustrations.  Locomotives of the LMS Series.  Glazed Boards.  VG.  Spine sunned, top corners of the covers slightly bumped.  A detailed account of the names and nameplates carried on LMS locomotives and those of its Constituent Companies.  £6.95

Goodwyn A M  Manx Transport Kaleidoscope, Manx Electric Railway Society, 2nd edition 1995, pp64.  Pb.  VG.  A largely pictorial survey, mainly the rail and tram systems but also includes buses.  £1.95

Goodwyn, Mike  Manx Electric: The Complete History of the Manx Electric Railway, the Snaefell Mountain Railway and their Rolling Stock, Platform 5, 1993, pp112.  Large Format Pb.  VG.  A comprehensive illustrated history.  £5.95

Gordon D I  A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain Vol.5 The Eastern Counties, D&C, 2nd edition 1977, pp256 with 39 plates and a folding map in the rear.  First published in 1968.  Hb.  VG+ in a VG dust wrapper.  The 5th volume in a definitive series.  £10.50

Gordon D I  A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain Vol.5: The Eastern Counties, D&C/ Augustus M. Kelley, 1968. 1st edition 1968, pp252 with 40 illustrations and a folding map in the rear.  A number of early David and Charles titles, like this one, were also published in the USA under the Kelly imprint.  In the early style dust wrapper.  Hard Cover.  Very Good in a Fair dust wrapper.  Very Good in a worn dust wrapper with a number of small tears to the edges of the dust wrapper, particularly at the head and base of the spine.  The 5th volume in a definitive series.  £5.95

Goslin, Geoff  The London Extension of the Midland Railway St Pancras to Bedford: A History of the St Pancras - Bedford Route, Irwell Press, 1994, pp110.  Small inscription, the number "527."  Large Format.  Hard Cover.  Fine in a Very Good dust wrapper.  An illustrated history of the Midland Railway's London extension.  £10.50

Gosling, Ted and Clement Mike  Devon Railways, Sutton, 1997, pp128.  Pb.  Very Good+.  Sutton's Photographic History of Railways Series.  £3.95

Gosling, Ted and Clement, Mike  Dorset Railways, Sutton, 1999, pp128.  Sutton's Photographic History of Railways Series.  Pb.  VG.  £3.95

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, John  British Rail at Work: East Midlands, IA, 1985, pp128.  At Work Series.  Remains of an old price sticker on the front dust wrapper.  Large Format Hb.  VG+/VG.  A series recording the British Rail scene soon to be swept away by privatisation.  £7.50

Gough, John  British Rail at Work: InterCity, IA, 1988, pp128.  At Work Series.  Large Format Hb.  Very Good+ in a Very Good dust wrapper.  The dust wrapper has been internally re-enforced at the head of the spine, and a one-inch tear to the rear bottom edge of the dust wrapper has also been internally repaired.  A detailed examination of the nationwide InterCity network before it was fragmented by privatisation.  £5.95  

Gough, Terry  The Southern in Hampshire & Dorset, OPC, 1984, 146 plates.  Large Format.  Hard Cover.  Very Good+ in a Very Good- dust wrapper.  One corner of covers is slightly bumped. There are superficial creases in the dust wrapper coating - possibly introduced by faulty manufacture.  An excellent album.  £4.95

Gough, Terry  Around the Branch Lines No.1 Southern, OPC, 1988, 178 plates.  Large Format Hb.  VG+ in a VG dust wrapper.  Some loss of colour down the spine of the dust wrapper, two small wear marks near the base of the rear dust wrapper fold.  A branch-by-branch pictorial survey.  £5.95

Gough Terry  Southern Railway Reflections: Surrey & Berkshire, SLP, 1999, pp96.  First published as The Southern in Surrey and Berkshire by OPC in 1988.  Large Format Pb.  Very Good+.  A line-by-line pictorial survey.  £3.95

Gould, David  The London & Birmingham Railway 150 Years On, D&C, 1987, pp96.  Hb.  Fine in a Very Good+ dust wrapper.  An illustrated survey of the Euston to Birmingham line in the 1980s.  £2.95

Grafton, Peter  Edward Thompson of the LNER, Kestrel, 1st edition 1971, pp139 plus 68 illustrations.  The original hardback edition.  Hb.  VG+ in a VG- dust wrapper.  Slight wear to the dust wrapper at the head of the spine, and some loss of colour down the spine.  A well-researched objective assessment of Thompson and his locomotives.  £16.50

Grafton, Peter  Men of the LNER, A&U, 1982, pp94.  Steam Past Series.  Hb.  VG in a VG dust wrapper.  Loss of colour down the spine of the dust wrapper.  Tells the story of the men who served the LNER.  £4.95

Gray, Adrian  The London, Chatham and Dover Railway, Meresborough Books, 1984, pp241.  Glazed Boards.  VG.  The top corners of the covers are slightly bumped.  A highly-praised history of the line.  £16.50

Gray, Edward  Manchester Road & Rail, Alan Sutton, 1996, pp126.  Britain in Old Photographs Series.  Pb. VG.  With chapters on: Horse-Drawn Transport; Railways in the Pre-Grouping Era; Late Nineteenth-Century Experiments; Electric Tramways 1899-1920; Motor Buses 1900-1939; Railways after 1923; Industrial Railways; Electric Tramways 1921-19561; Trolley Buses, Motor Buses 1940-1969; and Passenger Transport Executive, De-regulation & Metrolink.  £3.95

Gray, Edward  Manx Railways & Tramways, Sutton, 1998, pp160.  Sutton's Photographic History of Railways.  Pb.  VG.  With sections on The Isle of Man Railway, Douglas Street Tramways, the Manx Electric Railway, The Snaefell Mountain Railway, The Groudle Glen Railway, and the Douglas Southern Electric Tramway.  £4.95

Green C C  The Coast Lines of the Cambrian Railways Vol.1 Machynlleth to Aberystwyth including a general history of the Aberystwyth & Welsh Coast Railway, Wild Swan, 1993, pp282.  Large Format.  Hard Cover.  Very Good+ in a Very Good dust wrapper.  There is a tiny wear mark on the front dust wrapper fold.  A comprehensive study.

The Coast Lines of the Cambrian Railways Vol.2 Dovey Junction to Dolgelley including a general history from 1865 to 1996, Wild Swan, 1996, pp314.  Large Format.  Hard Cover.  Very Good+ in a Very Good dust wrapper.  No further volumes were published.  £52.50 for both volumes.

Green C C  Cambrian Railways 1859 – 1947, IA, 1997, pp224.  Combines two earlier titles, Cambrian Railways Album and Cambrian Railways Album 2 in a single volume.  Hb.  VG+ in a VG+ dust wrapper.  The illustrations in Cambrian Railways Album were all taken before The Grouping in 1923, while those in Cambrian Railways Album 2 were taken between the Grouping and Nationalisation.  £7.50

Green, Oliver and Reed, John  The London Transport Golden Jubilee Book 1933-1983, The Daily Telegraph, 1983, pp192.  Hard Cover.  Very Good+ in a Very Good dust wrapper.  A pictorial history of the first fifty years of London Transport, with a section devoted to each era.  £4.95

Green, Oliver  The London Underground - An Illustrated History, IA, 1987, pp80.  Large Format Pb.  VG.  A well-illustrated history.  £3.95

Griffiths, Denis  Locomotive Engineers of the GWR, Guild /Patrick Stephens, 1988, pp184.  Published by Guild Publishing by arrangement with Patrick Stephens.  Hb.  Fine in a VG+ dust wrapper.  Conveys the unique engineering and technical character of the GWR, which had only seven Chief Mechanical Engineers in over 100 years.  £4.95

Griffiths, Denis  Heavy Freight Locomotives of Britain, PSL, 1993, pp192. Inscription.  Hb.  VG/VG.  Tiny tear to the bottom edge of the dw.  "Explores the development of motive power designed specifically for the haulage of freight on the main line, from the steam era to the present day, including much technical description and explanation of the various innovations to improve power and efficiency."  £8.50

Griffith, Edward  The Hundred of Manhood and Selsey Tramway later known as The West Sussex Railway 1997-1935, author, 2nd revised & extended edition 1968, pp64.  First published in 1948.  Pb.  Very Good.  An illustrated history of the line.  £5.95

Griffiths, Edward C  The Bishop's Castle Railway Shropshire 1865-1935, author, 2nd revised and enlarged edition 1969, pp80.  Pb.  Fair.  Some wear down the spine of the covers and slight creasing across the bottom corners.  An illustrated history of the line, first published in 1948.  £6.95

Griffiths, Roger  Southern Sheds in Camera, OPC, 1989, pp160.  Small inscription, the number "433."  Large Format Hb.  Fine in a VG+ dust wrapper.  A high-quality large format album.  £8.50

Griffiths, Roger and Smith, Paul  The Directory of British Engine Sheds and Principal Locomotive Servicing Points: 1 Southern England, the Midlands, East Anglia and Wales, OPC, 1999, pp221.   Large format Hb.  VG+ in a VG dust wrapper.  A comprehensive survey of all known locomotive sheds and stabling point in Wales and Southern England.  £10.50

Griffiths, Roger and Smith, Paul  The Directory of British Engine Sheds and Principal Locomotive Servicing Points: 2 North Midlands, Northern England, and Scotland, OPC, 2000, pp206.  Large format Hb.  VG+ in a Fine dust wrapper.  The top front corner of the front cover is bumped, otherwise Fine in a Fine dust wrapper.  A comprehensive survey of all known locomotive sheds and stabling points.  £14.50

Griffiths, Roger and Hooper, John  Great Northern Railway Engine Sheds Vol.2: The Lincolnshire Loop, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire, Book Law / Railbus, 2006, pp122.  First published by Challenger in 1996.  Large format Pb.  VG.  £6.95

Griggs, Mike  Route and Branch: A Personal Exploration of the Railway Heritage of North East England, SLP, 2006, pp128.  Pb.  VG+.  Includes the Newcastle & Carlisle line, the East Coast Main Line, and Northumberland lines to Riccarton Junction, Rothbury, Alnwich and Sprouston.  £6.95

Grindlay, Jim  British Railways Steam Locomotive Allocations 1948-1968 Part 2 Southern Region 30001 - 35005, W1 - W36, Modelmaster Publications, 3rd reprint 2008, pp72.  Card Covers.  Very Good.  Shedcodes for 1948, 1952, 1955, 1959, 1963 and 1966, with Class Notes, BR Building & Withdrawal Dates.  £12.50

Grinling, Charles H  The History of The Great Northern Railway 1845 – 1902, Methuen & Co, 2nd edition 1903, pp463.  Hb.  Fair.  Some wear and rubbing to the corners & edges of the covers with some loss of colour.  There is also a crack along part of the front edge, although the binding is still sound.  A major history of the origins and development of the Great Northern Railway.  £24.50

Groves N  Great Northern Locomotive History Vol.2 1867-95 The Stirling Era, RCTS, 1987, pp315 with 237 illustrations.  Glazed Boards.  VG with a tiny wear mark on the top edge of the covers and some loss of colour down the spine.  The second volume of a comprehensive history of every locomotive class built for the Great Northern Railway.  £10.50

Gurley N F  Narrow Gauge Steam out of Portmadoc: Twenty-five Years of the Festiniog Railway, Bradford Barton, 1980, pp96.  Hard Cover.  Very Good+ in a Very Good dust wrapper.  Black hardback cover.  £4.95

Gwynne, Bob  Celebrating Steam: The Story of Railfest, Nostalgia Road, 2004, pp60.  No 57 of a limited edition of 1000.  Signed by the author.  Railway Preservation Series Vol.2.  Pb.  Fine.  An all-colour pictorial celebration of Railfest 2004, held at the NRM (National Railway Museum) to celebrate 200 years of steam.  £0.95

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