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Jack, Harry  Locomotives of the LNWR Southern Division: London & Birmingham Railway, London & North Western Railway and Wolverton Locomotive Works, RCTS, 2001, pp302.  Large Format.  Glazed Boards.  VG+.  A comprehensive illustrated survey.  £12.50

Jackson, Alan A  London's Local Railways, D&C, 1983, pp384 and 64 illustrations.  Hb.  VG+ in a VG dust wrapper.  A major study by a noted expert on London's transport history.  "Almost 50 lines of varying type and importance are described, ranging from lines once busy with commuter traffic in North and East London to quiet little branches right in the heart of such residential districts as Acton and Hammersmith."  £5.95

Jackson, Alan A  London's Termini, D&C, 2nd revised edition 1985, pp397 with 43 illustrations.  Hb.  Fine in a Fine dust wrapper.  A comprehensive history by an expert on London's transport.  £9.50

Jackson, Alan A  London's Metropolitan Railway, D&C, 1986, pp416 plus 36 illustrations.  Hb.  VG+ in a VG dust wrapper.  A definitive history of the Metropolitan Railway until it was absorbed into London Transport in 1933.  £26.50

Jackson, Brian L  The Abbotsbury Branch, Wild Swan, 1989, pp200.  Large Format Hb.  VG+ in a VG dust wrapper.  A comprehensive illustrated history of the Great Western branch line from Upwey Junction, just north of Weymouth, to Abbotsbury.  £28.50

Jackson, Dick  Great North Memories: The LNER Era 1923 – 1947, Great North of Scotland Railway Association, 1993, pp60.  Small inscription, the number "706.".  Large Format.  Card Covers.  Very Good.  Photos of the Great North of Scotland Railway in LNER days.  £6.95

Jackson, G Gibbard  The Railways of Great Britain: The Story of their Rise and Progress, RTS, 2nd revised edition 1935, pp272 with a colour frontis and pp32 of illustrations.  First published in 1923. Inscription.  Hb.  No dw.  Very Good.  The blank front endpaper is missing, foxing to the page edges and preliminary pages.  Sections on the Great Western, LMS, LNER, Southern and Other Railways.  £4.95

Jackson, Joan  Steam Returns to London, IA, 1990, pp48.  Inscription.  Railway World Special.  Large Format Pb.  VG.  A well-illustrated booklet.  £2.50

James, Leslie  The Law of the Railway, Barry Rose, 1980, pp479.  "Largish" format Hb.  Very Good in a Very Good.  The red dust wrapper is sunned, particularly down the spine.  A comprehensive manual on the legal principles of railway operation, clearly presented and citing only those precedents that are necessary to make the basic principles coherent.  £16.50

Jarvis, Adrian and Morris, Len  Lion: The story of the oldest working locomotive in the world, Merseyside County Council & Merseyside County Museums, 1980, pp28.  Pb.  VG+.  An illustrated history Lion, an 0-4-2 steam locomotive purchased by the Liverpool & Manchester in 1837.  £2.95

Jenkins, Peter R  London & North Western Railway Platform Ticket Regulations 1908 & 1915, Dragonwheel Books, 1995, pp10.  Pb.  VG.  £3.95

Jenkins, Stanley and Quayle, Howard  Railways across the Pennines, IA, 1st edition 1990, pp112.  The original edition with cloth binding.  Large Format Hb.  Fine in a VG+ dust wrapper.  A comprehensive historical survey of the trans-Pennine routes, from the Newcastle and Carlisle in the North to the Midland's Hope Valley line in the South.  £4.95

Jenkins, Stanley C  The Cork & Muskerry Light Railway, Oakwood, 1992, pp88.  Locomotion Papers No.39.  Card Covers.  Near VG.  Slight rubbing has resulted in superficial loss of colour down the spine of the covers.  A revised and expanded edition of a book originally written by A. T. Newman in 1968.  £10.50

Jenkins, Stanley and Quayle, Howard  Railways across the Pennines, IA, 2006, pp112.  Large Format. Glazed boards with dust wrapper.  Fine in a Fine dust wrapper.  A comprehensive historical survey of the trans-Pennine routes, from the Newcastle and Carlisle in the North to the Midland's Hope Valley line in the South.  £4.95

Jenkins, Stanley C  The Wensleydale Branch: A New History, Oakwood, 1st edition 1993, pp192 with numerous illustrations and diagrams.  Oakwood Library No.86.  Hard Cover.  VG in a VG dust wrapper.  The original hardback edition.  Slight loss of colour to the spine of the dust wrapper; price clipped.  £8.50

Jenkinson, David  Rails in the Fells: A Railway Case Study: An account of the origins, characteristics and contribution of a railway to the landscape; together with an attempt to evaluate its past and present influence on the area through which it passes, Peco, 2nd revised edition 1980, pp157.  Glazed Boards.  Very Good.  A major illustrated study of the Settle and Carlisle line with detailed track plans and drawings of the station buildings.  £5.95

Jenkinson, David  The Power of the Duchesses, OPC, 1985, 276 illustrations.  Power Series.  Large Format Hb.  Fine in a VG dust wrapper.  The dust wrapper spine is sunned.  £5.95

Jenkinson, David  The Power of the Royal Scots, OPC, 1986, 290 illustrations.  Power Series.  Large Format.  Hard Cover.  Very Good in a Very Good dust wrapper.  The spine of the dust wrapper is sunned.  £4.95

Jenkinson, David and Whitehouse, Patrick  Eric Treacy's LMS, OPC, 1988, pp192.  Large Format Hb.  VG in a VG dust wrapper with slight wear at the rear top corner of the dust wrapper.  David Jenkinson's informative captions, based on his encyclopaedic knowledge of the LMS, make this one of the best Treacy albums.  £4.95

Jenkinson, David (editor)  The National Railway Collection, Collins, 1988, pp206 with 300 illustrations, 100 in colour.  "Largish" format Hb.  VG in a VG dust wrapper.  A celebration of the history of railways through the various exhibits in the National Railway Museum in York.  £4.95

Jenkinson, David  British Railway Carriages of the 20th Century Vol. 1 The end of an era, 1901-1922, PSL/Guild, 1988, pp288 with 65 figs and numerous illustrations.  Hb.  VG+ in a VG+ dust wrapper.  A comprehensive history by an acknowledged authority on railway carriages.  £9.50

Jenkinson, David with Edgington, John and Smart, John  The Big Four in Colour 1935-50, Atlantic, 1994, pp192.  Large Format Hb.  VG in a VG dust wrapper.  In collaboration with John Edgington and John Smart. Address sticker from the previous owner inside the front cover. Three hundred pre-1951 railway images in colour, over 80% from the company period itself of which over half are pre-war. With sections on the LMS, LNER, London Transport, GWR and SR.  £6.95

Jenner, David and Smith, Adrian  The Ratty Album Vol.2: The Ferreira Years 1960-1994,  Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway Preservation Society, pp74.  No date.  Large Format Pb.  VG.  The second volume of an occasional series charting the history and operation of the Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway from its earliest times to the present day.  £6.95

Jermy, Roger  Northern Northumberland's Minor Railways: Vol.4 Limestone Industry Lines, Oakwood, 2012, pp136.  Locomotion Papers No234D.  Pb.  VG.  This final volume of the series focuses on minor railways that served the limestone industry.  £7.50

Jeuda, Basil  Railways of the Macclesfield District, Wyvern, 1984, pp64.  Small inscription, the number "328."  Card Covers.  VG.  Loss of colour down the spine. A largely photographic survey with the following sections: Hale - Lostock, Heald Green and Handforth - Chelford, Poynton and Macclesfield, Poynton Collieries, Hazel Grove - Disley, Hazel Grove - New Mills, High Lane - Macclesfield, and Macclesfield - Bosley.  £4.95

Jeuda, Basil  Memories of the North Staffordshire Railway, Cheshire Libraries with Staffordshire Libraries, 1986, pp100.  Large format Pb.  VG-.  Some superficial wear to the covers, in particular vertical creasing to the spine.  A collection of pre-Grouping photographs of the North Staffordshire Railway.  £5.95

Jeuda, Basil  The Railways of Macclesfield and the Line to Bollington, Poynton & Marple (Rose Hill), Foxline, 1995, pp86.  Scenes from the Past 27.  Small inscription, the number "294."  Large Format. Card Covers.  Very Good.  A comprehensive pictorial study.  £12.50

Joby R S  The Railwaymen, D&C, 1984, pp166.  Hb.  VG/VG.  Describes the variety of tasks involved in running a railway, how the men lived & worked, the disciplines governed by safety & the rule book, and how the mystique of railways pervaded what was always a very close knit community.  £6.95

Joby R S  East Anglia, David St Thomas/D&C, 1987, pp192.  Regional Railway Handbooks No.2.  Hb.  Fine in a Fine dust wrapper.  A thorough survey of InterCity, Provincial, Railfreight and Network South East activities in Norfolk, Cambridgeshire, Suffolk and Essex in the late 1980s.  Since so much of the network has changed over the last thirty years, probably of far more interest now than when it was first published.  £3.95

Johnson E M  Locomotives of the Great Central Railway Vol.1 1897-1914, Irwell Press, 1989, pp138.  Large Format Hb. VG+ in a VG dust wrapper.  There is a flaw line (or wrinkle)  in the plastic coating on the rear page of the dust wrapper.  A comprehensive class-by-class study of Great Central locomotives.  £24.50

Johnson E M  Woodhead Part Two: Dunford Bridge, Penistone, Sheffield Victoria and via the Worsborough Branch to Wath, Foxline, pp128.  No date. Scenes from the Past: 29 (Part 2).  Large Format Pb.  VG.  £12.50

Johnson E M  Manchester to Crewe Part 1: London Road (Piccadilly) and Longsight to Wilmslow via the Styal Line, Foxline, 2006, pp168.  Scenes from the Past: 51.  Small inscription, the number "1029."  Large Format.  Card Covers.  Very Good.  A comprehensive well-illustrated survey.  £10.50

Johnston, Howard  The Peaks Rail 4 Portfolios, Janes, 1985, pp64.  Landscape format.  Glazed Boards.  VG.  An all-colour album.  £6.95

Johnston, Howard  The 37s Rail 5 Portfolios, Janes, 1986, pp64.  Landscape format.  Glazed Boards. VG.  Some loss of colour down the spine of the covers.  An all-colour album.  £6.95

Johnson, Maurice  North Eastern Steam, IA, 1989, pp64.  Steam 5 Portfolios.  Glazed Boards.  Landscape Format.  VG.  An all-colour album depicting steam operations in the North Eastern Region from 1961 until the end of steam traction.  £3.95

Johnson, Peter  The Welsh Narrow Gauge Railways, IA, 2nd edition (3rd impression) 1991, pp56.  Railway World Special.  Large Format Pb.  VG.  A comprehensive illustrated survey.  £1.95

Johnson, Peter  The Welsh Narrow Gauge in Colour, IA, 1993, pp80.  Landscape format.  Glazed Boards.  VG+.  An all-colour landscape-format album.  £3.95

Johnson, Peter and Whitehouse, Michael  Festiniog in Colour, IA, 1995, pp64.  Glazed Boards.  VG+.  An all-colour landscape-format album.  £3.95

Johnson, Peter  Mail by Rail: The History of the TPO & Post Office Railway, IA, 1995, pp128 with many illustrations.  A revised and updated edition of The British Travelling Post Office published in 1985.  Hb.  Fine in a VG+ dust wrapper.  A comprehensive history of the travelling Post Office Services provided by British railways for over 150 years.  Also covers the underground Post Office Railway in London.  £11.50

Johnson, Peter  The Heyday of the Welsh Narrow Gauge, IA, 1997, pp80.  Landscape format.  Glazed Boards.  Fine.  An all-colour pictorial tribute.  £5.95

Johnson, Peter  Isle of Man Steam Railway in Colour, IA, 1998, pp64.  Landscape format.  Glazed Boards.  VG.  An all-colour landscape-format album.  £5.95

Johnson, Peter  Portrait of the Welsh Highland Railway, IA, 2000, pp112 and numerous illustrations. Glazed Boards.  Very Good.  A detailed history of the Welsh Highland and its predecessors until closure in 1937.  A final chapter examines the history of the route since closure and restoration plans.  £4.95

Johnson, Peter  Welsh Narrow Gauge: A Colour Portfolio, IA, 2000, pp80.  Landscape format.  Glazed Boards.  VG.  An all-colour landscape-format album of Welsh narrow gauge lines in the 1990s.  £4.95

Johnson, Stephen  Locomotives & Railcars of Bord na Mona, Midland Publishing, 1996, pp48.  Card Covers.  VG.  Complete details of the locomotives operated by Bord na Mona or The Irish Peat Commission.  £3.95

Johnston, Howard  The 47s Rail 7 Portfolios, Janes, 1987, pp64.  Landscape format.  Glazed Boards.  VG+.  An all-colour album.  £7.50

Johnston, Howard  Preserved BR Diesel and Electric Traction Handbook, Janes, 1987, pp143.  Pb.  VG.  120 preserved locomotives are illustrated & described.  £2.95

Johnston, Howard  The Rail Enthusiast's Quiz Book: Over 1000 Baffling Questions, Arcturus, 1996, pp128.  Pb.  VG.   "A baffling and entertaining brainteaser for all train lovers which will test to the limit your knowledge of the fascinating world of railways past and present."  Fortunately answers are provided in the final section.  £1.95

Johnston, Howard  The Comprehensive Guide to Britain's Railways, EMAP, 4th edition 2001, pp98.  Large Format Pb.  Very Good.  A fully updated directory of today's passenger and freight railways.  £1.95

Jolly, Stephen and Bayman, Bob  Docklands Light Railway: Official Handbook, Capital Transport, 1986, pp64.  Pb.  VG+.  A well-illustrated booklet.  £2.95

Jones, C M Jenkin  The North Eastern Railway: A Centenary Story, British Railways North Eastern Region, 1954, pp32.  Foreword by Sir Ralf Wedgwood.  Card Covers.  Very Good.  An illustrated booklet, written by a former Assistant General Superintendent of the North Eastern Railway.  £2.95

Jones, Gareth Lovett  Railway Walks: Exploring Disused Railways, Pierrot, 1980, pp285.  Hb.  VG in a VG- dust wrapper.  The dust wrapper has been internally repaired at the head of the spine.  Examines the following lines: The Bridport Railway; The Somerset & Dorset Railway; The Midland & South Western Junction Railway; The Muswell Hill Railway; The Wells & Fakenham Railway; The Colchester, Stour Valley, Sudbury & Halstead Railway; The Rugby & Stamford Railway; The Kingswinford Branch; The Cleobury Mortimer & Ditton Priors Light Railway; The Severn Valley Railway; The Cromford & High Peak Railway; The Parkgate, Chester & Birkenhead Railway; The Malton & Driffield Railway; The Eston Branch & the Castle Eden Branch; The South Durham & Lancashire Union Railway; The Border Counties Railway; The Bala & Festiniog Railway; The Dolgellau Branch, and The Brecon & Merthyr Tydfil Junction Railway.  £3.95

Jones, Ivor Wynne and Hatherill, Gordon  Llechwedd and Other Ffestiniog Railways, Quarry Tours Ltd, Llechwedd Slate Caverns, 1977, pp24.  Pb. VG.  An illustrated booklet.  Several small stains on the rear cover.  £2.95

Jones K G  Diesels West of Paddington, IA, 1981, pp96.  Hb.  VG/VG.  The Thames Valley area in the early diesel era.  £4.95

Jones, Kenneth Westcott  Steam in the Landscape, Blandford, 1971, pp187. Small inscription, the number "191."  96 pages of colour photographs by A. J. Hudson with supporting text by Kenneth Westcott Jones.  Small format Hb. VG in a VG dust wrapper.  Mainly British steam, but includes a number of overseas shots.  £2.95

Jones N and Bentley J M  Railways of the High Peak: Whaley Bridge to Friden, Foxline, 2000, pp80. Scenes from the Past: 37 (Part One).  Small inscription, the number "857."  Large Format.  Card Covers. Very Good.  Slight loss of colour down the spine.  Covers the lower half of the Cromford & High Peak Railway.  £6.95

Jones, Norman  The Isle of Man Railway, Foxline, pp64.  No date.  Scenes from the Past 17 Part 1: Isle of Man Railways & Tramways.  Large format Pb.  VG.  £6.95

Jones, Norman  The Isle of Man Tramways: Including the Groudle Glen Railway, Foxline, pp80.  No date.  Scenes from the Past 17 Part Two: Isle of Man Railways & Tramways.  Large format Pb.  VG.  £6.95

Jones, Richard  West Somerset Railway, IA, 1992, pp64.  Steam Portfolios No. 8.  Landscape format.  Glazed Boards.  Fine.  An all-colour landscape-format album of the Minehead branch in preservation days.  £3.95

Jones, Richard  Locomotives of the West Somerset Railway in Colour, IA, 1997, pp64.  Large Format.  Glazed Boards.  VG.  An all-colour album.  £4.95

Jones, Robin  Isambard Kingdom Brunel, Mortons, 2006, pp130.  Exclusive to W. H. Smith.  Large Format Pb.  VG-.  Some superficial rubbing to the edges of the covers.  A well-illustrated tribute to Brunel.  £2.95

Jones, Robin  Great Western Swindon, Hub of the Brunel Empire, Heritage Railway, 2007, pp130.  Exclusive to W. H. Smith.  Large Format Pb.  VG.  An illustrated account of Swindon's role in the history of the Great Western.  £3.95

Jones, Robin  London's Transport: A Popular History, IA, 2008, pp130.  Produced for W. H. Smith.  Large Format Pb.  VG with slight wear at the bottom corner of the front cover.  An illustrated history of all forms of public transport in London.  £3.95

Jones, Robin  GWR 175: A celebration of 175 years of the Great Western Railway, Mortons, 2010, pp130.  Exclusive to W H Smith.  Large Format Pb.  VG with slight wear to the edges of the covers.  A well-illustrated tribute to the Great Western.  £2.95

Jordan, Arthur  The Stratford-upon-Avon and Midland Junction Railway: The Shakespeare Route, OPC, 1982, pp136.  Large Format Hb.  VG+ in a VG dust wrapper.  Slight wear along the top edge of the dust wrapper.  An illustrated study of the line.  £20.50

Jowett, Alan  Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: from pre-Grouping to the present day, Guild/PSL, 1989, pp300+.  Published by Guild Publishing by arrangement with Patrick Stephens.  Small inscription, the number 101.  Very Large Format Hb.  VG+ in a VG dust wrapper.  A remarkable atlas with 300 pages of hand-drawn and lettered maps.  £28.50

Jowett, Alan  Jowett's Atlas of Railway Centres of Great Britain showing their development from the earliest times up to and including the 1990s Vol. 1, PSL, 1993, pp240.  Large Format Hb.  Very Good+ in a Very Good+ dust wrapper.  A series of Jowett's remarkable historical maps is used to record the development of twenty railway centres.  £10.50

Jowett, Alan  Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas of Great Britain & Ireland with the privatised situation as at the 31st December 1993, Atlantic, 2000, pp240.  Large Format Hb.  Slight creasing at top of the rear dust wrapper else Fine in a Fine dust wrapper.  A series of Jowett's remarkable historical maps focusing on both the start and end of nationalisation.  £18.50

Joy, David  Whitby and Pickering Railway, Dalesman, 1971, pp80.  In collaboration with the North Yorkshire Moors Railway Preservation Society.  Pb.  VG-.  Some superficial wear to the covers.  An illustrated history of the line.  £2.95

Joy, David  Railways of the Lake Counties, Dalesman, 1973, pp80.  A Dalesman Pictorial History.  Large Format Pb.  VG.  A largely pictorial historical survey.  £4.95

Joy, David and Mitchell W R  Settle-Carlisle Centenary: 100 Years in Pictures of England's Highest Main Line Railway, Dalesman, 1975, pp96.  Landscape format Pb.  VG.  £3.95

Joy, David  Railways in Yorkshire 1. West Riding, Dalesman, 1976, pp80.  Landscape format Pb.  VG with slight wear to the covers.  A pictorial history.  £2.95

Joy, David  A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain Vol. 14: The Lake Counties, D&C, 1983, pp270 with 45 plates, 21 illustrations in the text, and a folding map in the rear.  Hb.  VG in a VG+ dust wrapper.  £9.50

Joy, David  A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain Vol. 8: South and West Yorkshire (The Industrial West Riding), David St John Thomas, 2nd revised edition 1984, pp317 with 33 plates, 7 illustrations in the text, 9 maps & a folding map in the rear.  Regional History Series.  Hb.  VG+ in a VG dust wrapper.  The eighth volume in a definitive series.  £10.50

Joy, David  Railways in the North: A Pictorial Introduction, Dalesman, 4th edition 1983, pp72.  Landscape format Pb.  VG.  A general introduction to the railways north of Liverpool - Sheffield - Hull, followed by a useful ten-page chapter on suggested further reading.  £1.95

Joy, David  North Yorkshire Moors Railway, Dalesman, 1983, pp72.  Pb.  VG.  A pictorial survey of the preserved line from Pickering to Grosmont.  £1.95

Judge C W and Morten J R  The Peak Line: A Pictorial Journey, Oakwood, 1994, pp86.  Portrait Series No.3.  Small inscription, the number "522", inside the front cover.  Card Covers.  VG+.  A pictorial journey from Buxton to Ambergate, with an interlude to Chinley, using photographs dated between 1930 to 1960 from the E. R. Morton negatives.  £3.95

Judge, Colin  Great Western Stations Vol.2 Wales, Cheona Publications, 2001, pp60.  Railways in Profile Series No.22.  Pb.  VG.  Portrays a wide variety of Great Western Railway stations in Wales.  £6.95

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