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Gerald
Severn
Valley
Steam,
Routledge
&
Keegan
Paul,
1971,
pp107 plus
64 pages
of
illustrations.
Hb.
VG in a VG
dust
wrapper.
A
history of
the Severn
Valley
line, with
a brief
look at
early
preservation
days in
the final
two
chapters.
£2.95 Nabarro,
Gerald
Severn
Valley
Steam,
Routledge
&
Keegan
Paul,
1971,
pp107 plus
64 pages
of black
&
white
illustrations.
Card
Covers.
Very
Good with
slight
vertical
creasing
to the
spine.
A
history of
the Severn
Valley
line, with
a brief
look at
early
preservation
days in
the final
two
chapters.
£1.95 Neale,
Andrew
Welsh
Narrow
Gauge
Railways
from Old
Picture
Postcards,
Plateway,
1991,
pp56.
Card
Covers.
Very
Good.
£2.95 Neve,
Eric East Coast from Kings Cross,
IA, 1983, pp112. Hb.
VG+
in a VG
dust
wrapper. An illustrated
history of the East Coast main line, from the creation of the LNER in 1923 until
the end of steam.
£4.95 Newham
A T
The
Schull and
Skibbereen
Tramway,
Oakwood,
1964, pp32
plus pp8
of plates.
Locomotion
Papers
No.24.
There
is a old
price
sticker on
the front
cover.
Card
Covers.
Very
Good.
The
history of
a narrow
gauge
railway in
West Cork.
£8.50 Newham
A T
The
Cork
Blackrock
&
Passage
Railway,
Oakwood
Press,
1970, pp40
plus pp8
of
illustrations.
Locomotion
Papers
No.49.
Card
Covers.
VG-
with some
rubbing to
the spine
of the
covers and
an old
price
sticker on
the front
cover.
Initially
a broad
gauge
suburban
line to
Passage,
the Cork,
Blackrock
&
Passage
Railway
was
converted
to narrow
gauge when
it was
extended
to
Crosshaven.
£7.50 Nicholas
D and
Montgomery
S
Profile
of the
Westerns,
OPC, 1st
edition
1980, 163
plates.
Profile
Series.
Signed
by both
authors.
Large
Format.
Glazed
Boards.
VG
with
slight
loss of
colour
down the
spine.
£6.95 Nicholas
D and
Montgomery
S
Profile
of the
Westerns,
OPC, 1st
edition
1980, 163
illustrations.
Profile
Series.
Large
Format.
Glazed
Boards.
Fine.
£4.95 Nicholas
D and
Montgomery
S J
100
Years of
the Great
Western:
An album
portraying
the Great
Western
Railway
and
British
Railways
(Western
Region) up
to the end
of Steam,
OPC, 1981,
223
illustrations.
Large
Format.
Hard
Cover.
Very
Good+ in a
Very Good
dust
wrapper.
A
pictorial
album.
£4.95 Nicholas,
David and
Montgomery,
Stephen
BR
Diesels on
Depot,
IA, 1984,
pp96.
Glazed
Boards.
VG+.
A
pictorial
survey of
each
depot,
with brief
allocation
details.
£6.95 Nicholas,
John
Lines
to
Torrington,
OPC, 1984,
pp192.
Large
Format Hb.
VG+
in a VG+
dust
wrapper.
Light
foxing to
the edges
of the
pages
otherwise
VG+ in a
VG+ dust
wrapper.
Also
a tiny
wear mark
near the
head of
the spine.
A
comprehensive
history of
the 35
miles of
railway
that
linked the
principal
North
Devon
junction
at
Barnstable
with the
North
Cornwall
line at
Halwill
Junction.
For 53
year
Torrington
was the
focus of
this line.
£16.50 Nicholas,
John
The
North
Devon
Line: The
Exeter to
Barnstaple
Railway
from
inception
to the
present
day,
OPC, 1992,
pp192.
Large
Format Hb.
Fine
in a Fine
dust
wrapper.
A
comprehensive
illustrated
history.
£12.50 Nicholson,
Christopher
P and
Barnes,
Peter
Railways
in the
Peak
District,
Dalesman,
1st
edition
1971,
pp96.
Pb.
VG.
Small
superficial
marks on
the front
cover.
The
Midland,
London
North
Western
and Great
Central
Lines in
the Peak
District
are all
considered.
£1.95 Nicholson,
Christopher
P
Main
Lines in
the Peak
District:
A
Pictorial
History,
Dalesman,
1977,
pp80.
Card
Covers.
Very
Good.
With
sections
on:
Woodhead,
The Hope
Valley,
and
Railway
through
the Dales.
£2.95 Nicholson, Peter Flying Scotsman: The World's Most Travelled Locomotive, IA, 1999, pp112 with numerous illustrations. Pb. Fine. The complete story both before and after preservation. £1.95 Nicolle
B J
Modern
Diesels in
Focus, IA,
1979,
pp112.
Hard
Cover.
Very
Good+ in a
Very Good
dust
wrapper.
Very
slight
wear to
the dust
wrapper at
the head
of the
spine.
A
class-by-class
survey
with
sections
on each of
the
following
classes:
20, 24,
25, 26,
27, 31,
33, 37,
40, 44,
45, 46,
47, 50,
52, 55 and
56.
£3.95 Nicolle,
Barry
BR
Freight
Services
in Focus,
IA, 1982,
pp112.
Hb.
VG/VG-
with a
tiny
internally
repaired
tear in
the dust
wrapper at
the head
of the
spine and
loss of
colour on
the spine.
Sections
on Company
and Block
Trains,
Freightliners,
Air-Braked
Network
Services,
Vacuum-Braked
Freights,
Partially
Fitted
Freights,
Mineral
Trains,
Coal
Empties,
Ballast
Trains,
Engineers'
Freights,
Local
Trips
& Yard
Working,
and
Locomotives
&
Brake
Vans.
£5.95 Nicolle, Barry BR (Midland Region) Electrics, IA, 1982, pp32. Transport Topics Series No.3. Pb. VG-. Some wear to the covers. West Coast main line electrics plus class 76s from the Woodhead route. £1.95 Nixon
L A
Steam
Around
Britain in
the
Seventies,
Bradford
Barton,
1977,
pp96.
Hard
Cover.
Very
Good+ in a
Very Good
dust
wrapper.
Corner
of flyleaf
clipped.
A
Bradford
Barton
original
with a
"speckled"
orange
cover.
£3.95 Nixon
L A
A
Decade of
BR Steam
Running
1971-1981,
IA, 1981,
pp96.
Pb.
VG+.
High-quality
photographs
recording
a decade
of main
line
preserved
steam.
£2.50
Nixon,
Les
The
Classic
Steam
Collection,
Silver
Link,
1991,
pp128.
Small
inscription,
the number
"252."
Large
Format.
Hard
Cover.
Very
Good+ in a
Very Good+
dust
wrapper.
The
second
volume in
the series
by one of
Britain's
foremost
railway
photographers.
£4.95 Nixon,
Les
The
Twilight
of Steam:
Classic
Steam
Images,
SLP, 2001,
pp128.
First
published
as The
Classic
Steam
Collection
in 1991.
Large
Format Pb.
VG.
Contains
some 225
photographs
selected
and
presented
by eminent
railway
photographer,
Les Nixon,
portraying
the
twilight
years of
British
steam.
£3.95 Noble,
Tom
The
West
Highland
Mallaig
Extension
in BR Days,
OPC,
1989,
pp112
including
pp16 of
colour.
Large
Format.
Hard
Cover.
VG
in a VG
dust
wrapper.
A
pictorial
record of
the
post-war
period.
£6.95 Nock
O S
The
Locomotives
of Sir
Nigel
Gresley,
Railway
Publishing
Co with
Longmans,
Green
& Co.,
1946,
pp181 with
numerous
illustrations.
Foreword
by O. V.
Bulleid
then Chief
Mechanical
Engineer
of the
Southern
Railway.
Inscription.
Hb.
No
dust
wrapper.
Fair+
with
slight
wear to
the covers
at the
head &
base of
the spine
and at the
corners.
A
comprehensive
review of
Nigel
Gresley's
work.
One
of Ossie
Nock's
first
books,
originally
published
in 1945.
£3.95 Nock
O S
British
Locomotives
at Work,
Greenlake,
1947,
pp260.
Inscription.
Hb.
Fair
with no
dust
wrapper.
Some
wear to
the
corners of
the covers
and at the
head &
base of
the spine.
One
of Nock's
earliest
footplate
books
describing
journeys
in the
late 30s,
supplemented
by some
runs in
the
immediate
post-war
period.
£4.95 Nock
O S
The
Railways
of
Britain:
Past and
Present,
Batsford,
2nd
edition
1949,
pp120, a
colour
frontis,
and 117
illustrations.
Hard
Cover.
VG
in a VG-
dust
wrapper.
Wear
to the top
edge of
the dust
wrapper,
particularly
at the
head of
the spine.
An
excellent
copy of
one of
Nock's
earliest
books.
£3.95 Nock O S The Great Western Railway: An Appreciation, Heffer, 1952, pp185 plus pp32 of illustrations. No dw. Hb. Fair. Some wear and loss of colour to the covers, contents VG. Ossie Nock's tribute to the Great Western at nationalisation. £3.95 Nock O S Locomotives of the North Eastern Railway, IA, 1954, pp200. Date inscription. Hb. No dw. VG-. Some stains on the covers & foxing to the page edges. A history of North Eastern locomotives from the formation of the North Eastern Railway in 1854 to the Grouping. £4.95 Nock
O S
Locomotives
of the
North
Eastern
Railway,
IA, pp200.
An
undated
reprint of
a book
first
published
in 1954.
Hb.
VG-
in a Fair+
dust
wrapper.
Slight
wear to
the edges
of the
covers,
also the
dust
wrapper
has been
repaired
at the
head &
base of
the spine.
A
history of
North
Eastern
locomotives
from the
formation
of the
North
Eastern
Railway in
1854 to
the
Grouping.
£6.95 Nock O S Steam Locomotive: A Retrospect of the Work of Eight Great Locomotive Engineers, British Railways Board, 1955, pp40. Pb. VG. An illustrated booklet with sections on Robert Stephenson, John Ramsbottom, Edward Fletcher, Patrick Stirling, Samuel Waite Johnson, Dugald Drummond, G J Churchward and H N Gresley. £2.95 Nock O S British Railways in Action, Nelson, 1956, pp228, coloured frontis and 48 black & white illustrations. Hb. VG in a Poor dust wrapper. Inscription under the dust wrapper flap. Slight foxing to the pager edges, repaired dust wrapper with some loss. Ossie Nock vividly describes the complexities and difficulties of operating the steam-powered railway network in the immediate post war era. £3.95 Nock O S Steam Locomotive: The Unfinished Story of Steam Locomotives and Steam Locomotive Men on the Railways of Great Britain, Allen & Unwin, 1st edition 1957, pp236 plus pp32 of illustrations. Hb. VG in a Fair dust wrapper. A VG book in a much-repaired dust wrapper. £4.95 Nock O S The Great Northern Railway, IA, 1st edition 1958, pp192 with colour frontis. Hb. VG in a VG dust wrapper with slight wear to the top edge of the dust wrapper. A readable one-volume history with an emphasis on locomotive matters. £6.95 Nock
O S
The
Great
Northern
Railway,
IA,
1958,
pp192 with
a colour
frontis.
Inscription.
Hb.
No
dust
wrapper.
Fair+
with
slight
wear to
the covers
at the
head &
base of
the spine
and at the
corners.
A
readable
one-volume
history of
the Great
Northern
Railway.
£4.95 Nock
O S
The
Great
Northern
Railway,
IA, 1974,
pp192.
Small
inscription,
the number
"544".
Card
Covers.
VG.
A
readable
one-volume
history,
first
published
in 1958.
£3.95 Nock
O S and
Eric
Treacy
Main
Lines
across the
Border,
Nelson,
1st
edition
1960, pp16
plus pp155
plus 62
plates.
No
dust
wrapper.
Hb.
VG.
Sellotape
stains
inside the
dust
wrapper
from an
old
protective
covering.
In
this first
edition
all the
photographs
are by
Eric
Treacy,
whereas in
the later
Ian Allan
edition
new
photographs
by Derek
Cross were
substituted.
As well as
the East
Coast and
West Coast
main
lines, the
authors
also
consider
the Settle
and
Carlisle
line and
its
Scottish
connections,
the
Waverley
route and
the
Glasgow
and South
Western
line
through
Dumfries.
£4.95 Nock
O S
The
South
Eastern
and
Chatham
Railway,
IA,
1961,
pp198,
colour
frontis
plus pp32
of plates.
Hb.
VG in a
VG- dust
wrapper
with
slight
wear to
the dust
wrapper
edges.
A
readable
history of
a
neglected
company.
£8.50 Nock
O S
The
Caledonian
Railway,
IA, 1961,
pp190 with
a colour
frontis.
Hard
Cover.
Very
Good in a
Very Good
dust
wrapper.
Faint
sellotape
stains
inside the
covers
from an
old
protective
covering
that has
now been
removed,
slight
wear to
the dust
wrapper at
the head
& base
of the
spine.
A
highly
readable
history
with an
emphasis
on
locomotive
matters.
£7.50 Nock
O S
The
Great
Western
Railway in
the 19th
Century,
IA, 1962
pp200 with
a colour
frontis.
Hb.
VG
in a VG
dust
wrapper.
Some
foxing to
the
preliminary
pages;
slight
wear to
the dust
wrapper at
the head
& base
of the
spine.
A
history of
the broad
gauge and
the early
days of
the Great
Western.
£7.50 Nock
O S
The
Great
Western
Railway in
the 19th
Century,
IA, 1972,
pp200 plus
pp32 of
illustrations.
First
published
as a
hardback
in 1962.
Pb.
VG.
Slight
browning
of the
pages.
The
first
volume of
one of
Nock's
best
company
histories.
£3.95 Nock
O S
The
Great
Western
Railway in
the 20th
Century,
IA,
1964,
pp212,
colour
frontis,
and pp32
of
illustrations.
Hb.
VG
in a VG-
dust
wrapper.
Slight
wear to
the edges
of the
dust
wrapper.
The
second
volume of
Nock's
best-selling
two-volume
history of
the Great
Western.
£7.50 Nock O S British Railways in Transition, Nelson, 1963, pp193. Hb. VG/Fair. Torn internally-repaired dw. A survey of British Railways at a time of rapid change. £4.95 Nock O S The Pocket Encyclopaedia of British Steam Locomotives, Blandford, 1st edition 1964, pp192. Small format Hb. Very Good in a Very Good dust wrapper. Slight foxing to the preliminary pages. Also slight wear to the dust wrapper edges. Almost 200 coloured plates by Clifford and Wendy Meadway with text by Ossie Nock. £1.95 Nock
O S
The
Midland
Compounds,
D&C,
1964,
pp160.
Colour
frontis.
David
&
Charles
Locomotive
Monographs.
Hb.
VG
in a Poor
dust
wrapper.
Some
foxing to
the
preliminary
pages; the
dust
wrapper is
badly torn
and
incomplete.
There
are also a
number of
comments
&
underlinings
in the
text.
Their tone
appears to
be
generally
informative
and
occasionally
critical.
£5.95 Nock
O S
Steam
Railways
in
Retrospect,
A & C
Black,
1966,
pp268 with
8 colour
plates, 48
black
&
white
plates and
5
drawings.
A
follow-up
to British
Steam
Railways.
Hb.
No
dust
wrapper
- a
reading
copy.
VG.
The
bottom
corners of
the covers
are
slightly
bumped.
A
series of
discursive
essays on
various
aspects of
British
railway
history.
One
of the
first
railway
books I
purchased,
unearthed
in one of
the many
second
hand
bookshops
that were
to be
found in
New York
in the
late
1960s.
£3.95 Nock O S Single
Line Railways: A Handbook of Management, Engineering & Operation,
D&C, 1966, pp358 with 56 illustrations.
Inscription. Hb.
VG+
in a VG+
dust
wrapper. Prepared by a panel
of experts under the editorship of O. S. Nock under the general supervision of
the United Kingdom Railway Advisory Service for the Economic Commission for Asia
and the Far East. £6.95 Nock
O S
The
LNWR
Precursor
Family:
The
Precursors,
Experiments,
Georges,
Princes of
the London
North
Western
Railway,
D&C,
1966,
pp160 with
colour
frontis.
Locomotive
Monograph
Series.
Brief
inscription.
Hard
Cover.
Very
Good in a
Very Good-
dust
wrapper.
Some
rubbing to
the edges
of the
dust
wrapper.
A
major
study of
the
Precursors,
Experiments,
Georges
and
Princes of
the LNWR.
£8.50 Nock O S The British Steam Railway Locomotive Vol.2: From 1925 to 1965, IA, 1st edition 1966, pp276 with 414 figs. Published as a sequel to The British Steam Railway Locomotive: From 1825 to 1925 by E L Ahrons. This is the superior first edition on art paper with attractive grained cream wrappers. Large Format. Hard Cover. VG in a VG- dust wrapper. Bottom corners of the covers bumped; dust wrapper a little grubby & internally repaired at the head & base of the spine. A fitting sequel to Ahrons' first volume, taking the story until the end of main line steam in Britain. £8.50 Nock
O S
British
Steam
Locomotives
at Work,
A&U,
1967,
pp276 plus
pp48 of
illustrations.
Hb.
VG-/Fair.
Slight
wear to
the edges
of the
covers,
wear along
the top
edge of
the dust
wrapper.
A
personal
survey of
locomotive
working
from the
1930s into
the 1960s.
£5.95 Nock
O S
Steam
Railways
of Britain
in Colour,
Blandford,
1967,
pp192.
The
Pocket
Encyclopedia
of World
Railways
Series.
Small
format Hb.
VG
in a VG-
dust
wrapper.
The
dust
wrapper
has been
internally
repaired
both at
the head
of the
spine and
along the
bottom
edge.
Almost
200
coloured
plates by
Clifford
and Wendy
Meadway
with text
by Ossie
Nock.
£2.95 Nock
O S
Steam
Locomotive:
The
Unfinished
Story of
Steam
Locomotives
and Steam
Locomotive
Men on the
Railways
of Great
Britain,
Allen
&
Unwin, 2nd
enlarged
edition
1968,
pp273 plus
pp32 of
illustrations.
Colour
frontis.
Hb.
VG/VG-
with a
three-inch
internally
repaired
tear to
the bottom
front edge
of the
dust
wrapper.
Four
new
chapters
were added
to the
second
edition to
complete
the story
from 1945,
and
different
illustrations
were
included.
£5.95 Nock O
S Kings and Castles of the GWR,
IA, 2nd revised edition 1969, pp96 plus pp16 of illustrations.
First published in 1949. Small
format Hb.
Fine
in a VG
dust
wrapper. A
history of two famous classes of four-cylinder 4-6-0 express passenger
locomotives designed by C B Collett for the Great Western Railway.
£1.95 Nock
O S
Kings
and
Castles of
the GWR,
IA, 2nd
revised
edition
1972, pp96
plus pp16
of
illustrations.
First
published
as a
paperback
in 1949,
this is a
reprint of
the 2nd
edition of
1969.
Small
format.
Hard
Cover.
Very
Good in a
Very Good
dust
wrapper.
A
history of
two famous
classes of
four-cylinder
4-6-0
express
passenger
locomotives
designed
by C B
Collett
for the
Great
Western
Railway.
£2.95 Railways of the World Series Special Offer: The complete set of all six Railways of the World in Colour Series books by Ossie Nock for only £12.50. Nock O S Railways at the turn of the Century 1895-1905, Blandford, 1969, pp186. Railways of the World in Colour Series. Small format Hb. VG in a VG dust wrapper. 194 coloured plates - largely locomotives - by Clifford and Wendy Meadway with supporting text by Ossie Nock. £2.95 Nock O S Railways at the Zenith of Steam 1920-40, Blandford, 1970, pp186. Railways of the World in Colour Series. Small format Hb. Very Good in a Very Good dust wrapper. 184 coloured plates by Clifford and Wendy Meadway with supporting text by Ossie Nock. £2.95 Nock O S Railways in the Years of Pre-Eminence 1905-1919, Blandford, 1971, pp194. Railways of the World in Colour Series. Small format Hb. Very Good+ in a Very Good dust wrapper. 188 coloured plates by Clifford and Wendy Meadway with supporting text by Ossie Nock. £2.95 Nock
O S
The
Dawn of
World
Railways
1800-1850,
Blandford,
1972,
pp179.
Railways
of the
World in
Colour
Series.
Small
format Hb.
VG
in a VG
dust
wrapper.
184
coloured
plates by
Clifford
and Wendy
Meadway
with
supporting
text by
Ossie
Nock.
£2.95 Nock O S Railways in the Formative Years 1851-1895, Blandford, 1973, pp156. Railways of the World in Colour Series. Small Format Hb. VG+ in a VG dust wrapper. 151 coloured plates by Clifford and Wendy Meadway with supporting text by Ossie Nock. £2.95 Nock
O S
Railways
in the
Transition
from Steam
1940-65,
Blandford,
1974,
pp186.
Railways
of the
World in
Colour
Series.
Small
format Hb.
VG+
in a VG
dust
wrapper.
153
coloured
plates by
Clifford
and Wendy
Meadway,
with
supporting
text by
Ossie
Nock.
£2.95 Alternatively, the complete set of all six Railways of the World in Colour Series books by Ossie Nock for only £12.50. ------------------------------------------------------------ Nock
O S The GWR Stars, Castles &
Kings Part 2: 1930-1965, D&C, 1973, pp160.
David & Charles Locomotive Monographs.
Hb. Very Good+
in a Very
Good dust
wrapper.
The second volume of a classic study of Great Western 4-cylinder express
passenger locomotives. £3.95 Nock
O S
The
GWR Stars,
Castles
&
Kings
Omnibus
edition
combining
parts 1
& 2,
D&C,
1981,
pp304.
David
&
Charles
Locomotive
Monographs.
Hb.
VG+
in a VG
dust
wrapper.
A
classic
study,
initially
published
as two
separate
volumes.
£3.95 Nock
O S
Britain's
Railways
at War
1939-1945,
IA, 1971,
pp224, 97
illustrations,
tables,
maps,
plans and
poster
reproductions.
Hb.
VG+
in a VG+
dust
wrapper.
A
comprehensive
history of
the war
years.
£5.95 Nock O S LMS Steam, D&C, 1971, pp269 with a colour frontis & pp32 of illustrations. Hb. Fine/VG. Slight wear to the dw at the head of the spine. A history of LMS steam from The Grouping until nationalisation. £8.50 Nock
O S
Engine
6000 The
Saga of
King
George V,
D&C,
1972,
pp108 with
pp16 of
illustrations.
Card
Covers.
Near
VG with
slight
wear to
the
covers.
The
story of
the first
King Class
locomotive
from its
visit to
the USA
for the
centenary
of the
Baltimore
& Ohio
Railway to
its
eventual
preservation.
£2.50 Nock
O S
GWR
Steam,
D&C,
1972,
pp239 with
a colour
frontis.
Hard
Cover.
Very
Good in a
Very Good
dust
wrapper.
A
history of
Great
Western
steam from
the
grouping
in 1923
until the
end of
steam.
£5.95 Nock
O S
Sixty
Years of
Western
Express
Running,
IA, 1973,
pp348.
Hard
Cover.
Very
Good in a
Very Good
dust
wrapper.
Some
loss of
colour
down the
spine of
the dust
wrapper.
A
revised
edition of
Fifty
Years of
Western
Express
Running
published
in 1954.
A
major
assessment
of Great
Western
locomotive
performance
from City
of Truro's
record run
in 1904
until the
Ian Allan
farewell
tour in
May 1964.
£6.95 Nock
O S
Great
Western:
Pre-Grouping
Railway
Scene No.1,
IA,
1975,
pp96.
Inscription.
Hard
Cover.
Very
Good in a
Very Good
dust
wrapper.
There
is a tiny
internally-repaired
nick in
the dust
wrapper at
the head
of the
spine.
A
pictorial
album
based on
the Rixon
Bucknall
photographic
collection.
£4.95 Nock
O S Railways of the Modern Age
Since 1963, Blandford, 1975, pp155. Railways
of the World in Colour Series. Small
Format Hb.
Very Good+
in a Very
Good dust
wrapper. 152 coloured plates by Clifford and Wendy Meadway, with
supporting text by Ossie Nock. £2.95 Nock
O S
Locomotion:
A World
Survey of
Railway
Traction,
Routledge
&
Keegan
Paul,
1975,
pp280 with
numerous
illustrations
throughout.
Large
Format Hb.
VG+
in a VG
dust
wrapper.
Traces
the
development
of the
steam
locomotive
from the
sporadic
early
developments
to
Stephenson's
Rocket in
which the
steam
locomotive
attained a
basic form
that was
to endure
for
upwards of
150 years,
and then
on through
the
gradual
evolutionary
development
of
subsequent
years.
The
final
chapters
examine
the
introduction
of
electric
and diesel
traction.
£4.95 Nock
O S
60
Years of
West Coast
Express
Running,
IA, 1976,
pp264 plus
48 plates.
Hard
Cover.
Very Good
in a Very
Good dust
wrapper.
A
comprehensive
assessment
of
locomotive
performance
on the
Euston to
Glasgow
line, from
the last
years of
the London
North
Western
and
Caledonian
railways
until the
advent of
the
Electric
Scots in
1974.
£5.95 Nock
O S
The
Southern
King
Arthur
Family,
D&C,
1976,
pp96.
Locomotive
Monograph
Series.
Hb.
VG
in a VG
dust
wrapper.
Slight
fading on
the spine
of the
dust
wrapper.
£7.50 Nock
O S
British
Steam
Locomotives
in Colour,
Blandford,
1976,
pp192.
First
published
as The
Pocket
Encyclopaedia
of British
Steam
Locomotives.
Small
format Hb.
VG
in a VG
dust
wrapper.
Almost
200
coloured
plates by
Clifford
and Wendy
Meadway
with text
by Ossie
Nock.
£1.95 Nock
O S
Standard
Gauge
Great
Western
4-4-0s
Part 1
Inside
Cylinder
Classes
1894-1910,
D&C,
1977,
pp96.
David
&
Charles
Locomotive
Monographs
Series.
Hard
Cover.
Very
Good in a
Very Good
dust
wrapper.
As seems
to be
always the
case with
this first
volume,
the
original
green on
the front
and spine
of the
dust
wrapper
has faded,
otherwise
VG in a VG
dust
wrapper.
Standard
Gauge
Great
Western
4-4-0s
Part 2
Counties
to the
Close
1904-1961,
D&C,
1978,
pp96.
David
&
Charles
Locomotive
Monographs
Series.
Hard
Cover.
Very
Good+ in a
Very Good
dust
wrapper.
The
two
volumes
together:
£24.50 Nock O S Great Western in Colour, Blandford, 1978, pp160 with coloured illustrations by Clifford and Wendy Meadway. Inscription and marks inside front cover. Hb. Fine in a Fine dust wrapper. A concise history of the Great Western Railway. £2.95 Nock
O S The Last Years of British
Railways Steam: Reflections, ten years after, D&C, 2nd impression, 1978,
pp143.
Hb. VG+
in a VG+
dust
wrapper. An excellent history of the development of steam traction
under British Railways from nationalisation until the end of steam.
£4.95 Nock
O S
Great
Northern:
Pre-Grouping
Railway
Scene No.2,
IA, 1979,
pp96.
Inscription.
Hard
Cover.
Very
Good+ in a
Very Good
dust
wrapper.
A
selection
of
photographs
from the
extensive
Rixon
Bucknall
collection.
£3.95 Nock O S Railway Reminiscences of the Interwar Years, IA, 1980, pp176. Hb. VG in a VG dust wrapper. £5.95 Nock O S Two Miles A Minute, BCA/PSL, 1980, pp201. Published by Book Club Associates by arrangement with Patrick Stephens Limited. With a Foreword by Sir Peter Parker. Hb. Very Good in a Very Good dust wrapper. The story behind the conception and operation of the HSTs and the ill-fated Advanced Passenger Train. £2.95 Nock O S 150 Years of Main Line Railways, D&C, 1980, pp191. Hb. VG in a VG dust wrapper. The dust wrapper spine is slightly sunned. A history of Britain's railways from the Liverpool and Manchester Railway to Inter-City. £3.95 Nock O S LNWR: Pre-Grouping Railway Scene No.3, IA, 1980, pp96. Hb. Bookplate inside cover. No dust wrapper. Very Good+. A pre-grouping album based on the Rixon Bucknall photographic collection. £2.95 Nock
O S
Rocket
150: A
Century
and a Half
of
Locomotive
Trials,
IA, 1980,
pp128 with
numerous
illustrations.
Hard
Cover.
Very
Good in a
Very Good
dust
wrapper.
Slight
wear to
the dust
wrapper at
the head
of the
spine.
The
title
lettering
on the
dust
wrapper
spine has
faded.
The
Rocket 150
celebrations
are used
as an
excuse for
a review
of some
eighteen
comparative
tests and
trials
undertaken
with steam
engines,
both in
Britain
and
abroad,
over the
150 years
following
the
Rainhill
trials.
£4.95 Nock
O S
Railway
Archaeology,
BCA/PSL,
1981,
pp192.
Hard
Cover.
Very
Good+ in a
Very Good+
dust
wrapper.
"Describes
the
evolution
of
Britain's
railway
network by
studying
the
surviving
monuments
and
relics."
£2.95 Nock
O S On Steam: British Standard
Gauge Railways Rescued from Extinction, Granada/BCA, 1982, pp165.
Hb. VG+/VG.
A highly readable account of preserved steam locomotives.
£4.95 Nock
O S
The
Gresley
Pacifics,
Omnibus
edition
combining
parts 1
& 2,
Guild/D&C,
1982,
pp284. Locomotive
Monograph
Series.
Hard
Cover.
Very
Good+ in a
Very Good
dust
wrapper.
The
spine of
the dust
wrapper is
slightly
faded.
A
substantial
study,
originally
published
as two
separate
volumes.
£3.95 Nock
O S
The
Royal
Scots and
Patriots
of the LMS,
D&C,
1983,
pp96.
Locomotive
Monographs
Series.
Hb.
Fine
in a VG+
dust
wrapper.
A
major
study.
£8.50 Nock
O
S
Historic
Railway
Disasters,
BCA/IA,
1992,
pp271.
Revised
by
B.
K.
Cooper.
Hb.
VG.
No
dw.
Perhaps
the
best
single
volume
description
of
British
railway
accidents.
£2.95 Nock
O S
Tales
of the
Great
Western
Railway:
Informal
recollections
of a
near-lifetime's
association
with the
line,
D&C,
1984,
pp176.
Hard
Cover.
Very
Good in a
Very Good
dust
wrapper.
Stories of
Great
Western
life from
broad
gauge days
to the
final
years
under
Hawksworth.
£4.95 Nock
O S
A
History of
the LMS 1.
The First
Years
1923-30,
A&U,
1984, pp94
with 60
illustrations.
Steam
Past
Series.
Hb.
VG+
in a VG
dust
wrapper.
Small
nick in
the dust
wrapper at
the head
of the
spine;
spine
slightly
sunned.
The
first
volume of
a
three-volume
history.
£2.95 Nock O S Great Northern 4-4-2 'Atlantics', PSL, 1984, pp136. Hb. VG in a VG dust wrapper. Examines in depth the inception, design , development and service record of the Great Northern Railway family of Atlantics, all developed from Henry Ivatt's original engine number 990 of 1898 - the first Atlantic to be built in Britain. £4.95 Nock
O S
British
Locomotives
of the
20th
Century:
Vol.2
1930-1960,
PSL/BCA,
1985,
pp256.
Published
by Book
Club
Associates
by
arrangement
with
Patrick
Stephens
Limited.
Hard
Cover.
Very
Good+ in a
Very Good
dust
wrapper.
Some
slight
loss of
colour on
the spine
of the
dust
wrapper.
The
second
volume of
Ossie
Nock's
definitive
history.
£3.95 Nock
O S Great Locomotives of the
Southern Railway,
BCA/PSL,
1987,
pp216.
Hb.
Fine/VG+. Nock's
final word
on
Southern
Steam. £7.50 Nock
O S
Great
Locomotives
of the
LNER,
PSL/Guild,
1988,
pp231 plus
pp16 of
colour
illustrations.
Published
by Guild
Publishing
by
arrangement
with
Patrick
Stephens.
Hb.
VG+
in a VG
dust
wrapper.
Ossie
Nock's
final
assessment
of LNER
steam.
£7.50 Nock
O S
Great
Locomotives
of the LMS,
PSL,
1989,
pp280
including
pp16 of
colour
illustrations.
Hb.
Fine
in a VG+
dust
wrapper.
A
comprehensive
survey of
the steam
engines of
the LMS
and its
constituents.
£12.50 Nock
O S
Great
Locomotives
of the GWR,
PSL, 1990,
pp228 with
pp16 of
colour
illustrations.
Hb.
VG+ in a
VG dust
wrapper.
Ossie
Nock's
final
assessment
of Great
Western
Steam in
the 20th
century.
£7.50 Nock
O S
The
Locomotives
of Sir
Nigel
Gresley,
PSL,
2nd
edition
1991,
pp208 with
numerous
illustrations.
One
of Nock's
earliest
books,
first
published
in 1945.
Foreword
by O. V.
Bulleid,
then Chief
Mechanical
Engineer
of the
Southern
Railway.
Hb.
Fine
in a Fine
dust
wrapper.
A
comprehensive
review of
Nigel
Gresley's
work.
£6.95 Nock
O S
The
Settle and
Carlisle
Railway: A
personal
story of
Britain's
most
spectacular
main line,
PSL, 1992,
pp255.
Hard
Cover.
Fine
in a VG+
dust
wrapper.
A
comprehensive
illustrated
history.
£6.95 Nock
O S Another Facet of an
Autobiography: Painting in Watercolour, Pentland Press, 1993, pp162 with 24
of the author's paintings reproduced in colour. Hb. VG
in a VG
dust
wrapper.
Ossie Nock uses his collection of watercolours to reminisce about his
life-long association with railways. £6.95 Nock O S The Pocket Encyclopaedia of British Steam Railways & Locomotives, Bounty Books, 2009, pp195 & pp192 with 386 colour illustrations portraying the history of steam from Stephenson's Rocket to Riddles' Evening Star. "Smallish" format. Glazed boards with a dust wrapper. VG in a VG dust wrapper. Combines two earlier Nock books: Steam Railways of Britain in Colour and British Steam Locomotives in Colour in a single volume. £3.95 Norris,
John
The
Bristol
&
South
Wales
Union
Railway,
Railway
&
Canal
Historical
Society,
1985,
pp29.
Card
Covers.
Very
Good.
Old
price
sticker
inside the
front
cover.
A
history of
the line
from
Bristol to
New
Passage on
the Severn
Estuary.
From
there
passengers
had to
take a
ferry to
reach
South
Wales.
£5.95 Norris,
John;
Beale,
Gerry; and
Lewis,
John
Edwardian
Enterprise:
A Review
of Great
Western
Railway
Development
in the
First
Decade of
this
Century,
Wild
Swan,
1987,
pp202.
Large
format Hb.
VG+
in a VG
dust
wrapper.
Following
the
abolition
of the
Broad
Gauge in
1892, the
first
decade of
the 20th
century
saw a
remarkable
surge in
development
on the
Great
Western.
£10.50 North, B H Light Transit Systems, Thomas Telford, 1990, pp282. Inscription. Glazed Boards. VG-. Some superficial marks on the front cover. Proceedings of a symposium on the potential of Light Transit Systems in British cities, organised by the Institution of Civil Engineers and held in Nottingham in March 1990. £16.50 Nutty
E J
G.W.R.
Two-Cylinder
Piston
Valve
Steam
Locomotives,
E.J. Nutty
&
Sons,
Swindon,
1977,
pp107 with
39 figs.
Card
Covers.
Very
Good-.
Generally
VG, but
there is a
four-inch
crease
across the
lower
corner of
the front
cover.
Since
the
original
edition
was
written to
assist
footplate
staff, it
is not
surprising
that this
booklet is
packed
with
useful
technical
information.
£5.95 Railway
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