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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, 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

Jardine, Nick  British Railway Stations in Colour, Midland Publishing, 2005, pp80.  “For the Modeller and Historian.”  Large Format.  Card Covers.  Very Good.  A collection of colour photographs of the railway stations combined with extensive captions.  £6.95

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, A Barrett  Memories of the Southwold Railway, F. Jenkins, 3rd edition 1968, pp33 plus pp4 of illustrations.  Card Covers.  Very Good.  Cease at the bottom corner of the rear cover.  Memories of the Southwold Railway from notes and stories collected over the years.  £4.95

Jenkins, David  Come to Wales: Publicity Photographs from the Great Western Railway 1905 – 1940, National Museums & Galleries of Wales, 1998, pp72.  Card Covers.  Very Good.  £3.95

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 C  The Wensleydale Branch: A New History, Oakwood, 1st edition 1993, pp192 with numerous illustrations and diagrams.  Oakwood Library No.86.  The original hardback edition.  Hard Cover.  Very Good in a Very Good dust wrapper.  Some loss of colour to the spine of the dust wrapper.  £10.50

Jenkins S C and Carpenter R S  The Shipston-on-Stour Branch, Wild Swan, 1997, pp106.  Large Format.  Card Covers.  Very Good.  Slight loss of colour down the spine of the cover.  A comprehensive history of the Great Western branch from Moreton-in-Marsh to Shipston-on-Stour that started life as a horse tramway.  £18.50

Jenkins, Stuart and Jenner, David  The Ratty Album Vol.1, Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway Preservation Society, 2002, pp74.  Large Format.  Card Covers.  Very Good.  The first 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

Jenkinson, David and Campling, Nick  Historic Carriage Drawings in 4mm Scale: Vol.1 LMS and LNER, IA, 1969, pp xii plus pp100 of drawings plus pp100 of notes on the drawings using a smaller page format.  Glazed boards with a plastic ring binding.  Large landscape format.  Fair.  A number of the plastic rings on the ring binding have broken; also some browning to the page edges. The drawings are divided equally between LMS and LNER types, with a balance between pre- and post-grouping designs.  £12.50

Jenkinson, David and Essery, Bob  Midland Carriages: An Illustrated Review 1877 Onwards, OPC, 1984, pp184.  There is a small circular embossed stamp from Ronald Powney, the previous owner, on the blank preliminary page. Large Format.  Hard Cover.  Very Good in a Very Good dust wrapper.  Two small wear marks on the rear page of the dust wrapper near the rear fold.  Focuses on the last fifty years of the Midland Railway.  £14.50

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  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.  Hard Cover.  Very Good+ in a Very Good dust wrapper.  A comprehensive history by an acknowledged authority on railway carriages.  £8.50

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  Bedside Back Track: Aspects of Britain's Railway History, Atlantic, 1993, pp144.  Small inscription, the number "124."  Large Format Hb.  VG+ in a VG dust wrapper.  An anthology of twenty six articles in the same style as the well-known Backtrack magazine.  £5.95

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.  Very Good.  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.  £5.95

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

Jeuda, Basil  The Churnet Valley Railway, Lightmoor Press, 1999, pp180 with numerous illustrations.  Large Format.  Hard Cover.  Very Good+ in a Very Good dust wrapper.  A comprehensive history of the Churnet Valley Line of the North Staffordshire Railway.  £24.50

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  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

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  Portrait of the Festiniog, IA, 1992, pp112 and numerous illustrations.  Glazed Boards. Very Good.  A pictorial history of the Festiniog Railway, its locomotives and rolling stock from the early days of the 1830s to the preservation era.  £4.95

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  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, Peter  An Illustrated History of the Welsh Highland Railway, OPC, 1st edition 2002, pp128 with 200 illustrations.  Large Format.  Hard Cover.  Very Good+ in a Very Good dust wrapper.  A major study of the line from its early fore-runners to the start of the recent rebuilding.  £9.50

Johnson, Peter  The Cambrian Railways: A New History, OPC, 2013, pp200.  Large Format.  Glazed Boards.  Very Good+.  A comprehensive well-illustrated history of the Cambrian railways system until the Grouping.  £24.50

Johnson, Peter  Rebuilding the Welsh Highland Railway: Britain's Longest Heritage Line, Pen & Sword, 2018, pp288.  Large Format.  Hard Cover.  Very Good in a Very Good dust wrapper.  A well-illustrated account of the revival of the West Highland Railway.  £16.50

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  Preserved BR Diesel and Electric Traction Handbook, Janes, 1987, pp143.  Pb.  VG.  120 preserved locomotives are illustrated & described.  £1.95

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, Gwyn Briwnant and Jenkins, David  The Great Western Railway in Wales: The Work of the Official Photographer, National Museums & Galleries of Wales, 1995, pp72.  Card Covers.  Very Good.  £4.95

Jones, Gwyn Briwnant  Ifor Higgon's Cambrian Diary, Lightmoor Press, 2018, pp72.  Large Format.  Card Covers.  Very Good+.  A selection of Ifor Higgon's photographs covering the period 1924 to 1967. Includes the following sections: Higgon's Square mile around Barmouth Junction, Along the Coast, Main Line 1937 - 1962, Ruabon to Barmouth and Bala to Blaenau Festiniog, Mid Wales, The Manchester to Milford Line, Salopian Interlude, and Narrow Gauge.  £8.50

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  Railways in the North: A Pictorial Introduction, Dalesman, 1970, pp96.  Card Covers.  Very Good.  Slight creasing on the covers.  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  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.  £1.95

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.  £9.50

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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