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The
Severn
& Wye
Railway: A
History of
the
Railways
of the
Forest of
Dean Part
1, D&C,
1st
edition
1963,
pp174, a
colour
frontis,
39
illustrations,
and a
folding
map in
rear.
Standard
History
Series.
Hard
Cover.
No
dust
wrapper.
VG-/Fair+.
Loss
of colour
down the
spine.
A
reading
copy.
£4.95 Paar
H W
The
Great
Western in
Dean: A
History of
the
Railways
of the
Forest of
Dean Part
2, D&C,
1st
edition
1965,
pp168, a
colour
frontis
and a folding
map in
rear.
Hard
Cover.
Very Good
in a Fair+
dust
wrapper.
Slight
"browning"
of the
pages.
Some
wear to
the dust
wrapper at
the head
of the
spine
which has
been
internally
repaired.
£8.50 Page,
James
Forgotten
Railways:
[Vol. 8]
South
Wales,
D&C,
3rd
impression
of 1st
edition
1982,
pp192.
Folding
map in the
rear.
Hard
Cover.
Very
Good+ in a
Very Good
dust
wrapper.
Recalls
the heyday
of
railways
in the
Welsh
valleys.
£5.95 Page,
James
Rails
in the
Valleys,
D&C,
1989,
pp192.
Large
Format Hb.
Fine
in a VG
dust
wrapper.
Evokes
the unique
character
of the
railways
in South
Wales.
£5.95 Page,
Martin The Lost Pleasures of the
Great Trains, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1975, pp238 with 150 b/w
illustrations & pp16 of colour plates.
Hb. VG/VG with a one-inch
scratch on the front dust wrapper. Recreates
the great trains of the 19th century from the golden era of rail travel.
£4.95 Palin
Michael
(Introduced
by)
Happy
Holidays:
The Golden
Age of
Railway
Posters,
Pavilion,
1st
edition
1987,
pp96.
The
original
large
format
edition.
Large
Format.
Card
Covers.
Very
Good.
A
collection
of railway
posters
from the
steam age,
reproduced
in colour.
£6.95 Palmer,
John
The
Midland
Line to
London: A
"Read
as You
Go"
Guide,
Grayson,
1976, pp52
with 30
illustrations.
Card
Covers.
Near
VG.
Provides
the rail
traveller
to London
from
Matlock,
Derby
&
Nottingham
with a
written
commentary
on points
of
interest
that can be seen
from the
train.
£1.95 Parker,
Richard Neyland:
A Great
Western
Outpost,
KRB
Publications,
2002,
pp144.
Large
Format.
Hard
Cover.
Very
Good+ in a
Very Good
dust
wrapper.
There
is a tiny
nick to
the bottom
front edge
of the
dust
wrapper.
A
comprehensive
illustrated
history of
the Great
Western
Railway's
activities
at
Neyland.
£12.50 Parkes
G D
The
Hull and
Barnsley
Railway,
Oakwood,
3rd
impression,
2nd
edition
1959, pp25
plus pp8
of plates.
First
published
in 1946.
Oakwood
Library of
Railway
History
No.3.
Card
Covers.
Very
Good.
£4.95 Patterson
E M
The
Belfast
&
Count Down,
Oakwood,
1st
edition
1958,
pp51, 20
illustrations,
two maps,
gradient
profiles
and a
complete
list of
locomotives.
Oakwood
Library of
Railway
History
No.15.
Card
Covers.
Very
Good.
Some
foxing to
the page
edges.
£8.50 Patterson, Edward The County Donegal Railways: A History of the Narrow Gauge Railways of North-West Ireland Part One, D&C, 1963, pp157, 37 illustrations, and a colour frontis. First published in 1962. Standard Histories Series. Superficial wear to the dust wrapper edges. £10.50 Patterson,
Edward
The
Ballycastle
Railway: A
History of
the Narrow
Gauge
Railways
of
North-East
Ireland
Part One,
D&C /
MacDonald,
1965,
pp154, 40
illustrations
and a
colour
frontis.
Standard
Histories
Series.
Hb.
Fine
in a Very
Good dust
wrapper.
Two
tiny nicks
in the
dust
wrapper,
some
foxing to
the page
edges.
£18.50 Paul,
J Ann 3000 Strangers: Navvy Life
on the Kettering to Manton Railway, SLP, 2003, pp142.
Pb. VG.
The Nostalgia Collection. The
construction of the Manton to Kettering link line by the Midland Railway in the
1870s, including the Welland Viaduct, the longest viaduct in Britain.
£7.50 Paye
P and Paye
K
Steam
on the
Isle of
Wight
(1956 -
1966),
OPC, 1979,
pp96.
Large
Format Hb.
VG
in a VG
dust
wrapper.
A
pictorial
tribute.
£5.95 Paye
P
The
Bishop's
Stortford
Dunmow
&
Braintree
Branch,
OPC,
1st
edition
1981,
pp210.
Card
Covers.
Fair+/VG-.
Superficial
wear down
the spine
of the
cover;
brown
stain on
the rear.
A
comprehensive
history of
this Great
Eastern
Railway
branch
line in
mid-Essex.
£7.50 Paye
P The Stoke Ferry Branch,
OPC, 1982, pp128. Pb. Very Good. Old
price stickers on both the front and rear covers.
A well-researched illustrated history.
£3.95 Paye,
Peter Isle of Wight Railways Remembered,
OPC, 1984, 275
illustrations. Large Format Hb.
VG+
in a VG
dust
wrapper.
A selection of
pictures collected by the author which follow the Isle of Wight railways from
the very early days until the end of steam.
£6.95 Paye,
Peter
The
Snape
Branch,
Oakwood,
2005,
pp120.
Locomotion
Papers
No.229.
Card
Covers.
Very Good.
An
illustrated
history of
the short
Great
Eastern
branch
line to
Snape.
£8.50 Paye,
Peter
The
Jersey
Eastern
Railway,
Oakwood,
2007,
pp208.
Oakwood
Library
No.143.
Pb.
VG+.
£8.50 Pearce, Alan; Hardy, Bob and Stannard, Colin Docklands Light Railway: Official Handbook, Capital Transport, 5th edition 2006, pp64. Pb. VG+. A well-illustrated booklet. £3.95 Pearce,
David and
Binney,
Marcus
(Eds)
Off
the Rails:
Saving
Railway
Architecture,
Save
Britain's
Heritage,
1977,
pp68.
A
companion
to the
exhibition
Saving
Railway
Architecture.
Card
Covers.
Very
Good.
Slight
rubbing to
the edges
of the
covers.
"A
unique
study of
railway
architecture,
its
history,
legacy and
maltreatment."
With
the
following
articles:
Historic
Railway
Architecture
by David
Lloyd, A
Despised
Inheritance
by Gillian
Darley,
Mutilation
&
Neglect by
Julian
Orbach and
Dan
Cruickshank,
British
Rail and
the Law by
David
Atwell,
British
Rail is a
Business
by Arthur
Percival,
Under-Use
of Railway
Buildings
by John
Redmill,
New Life
for
Railway
Buildings
by Marcus
Binney,
Abandoned
Land by
Timothy
Cantell,
Roydon - A
Case Study
by Anthony
Richardson,
A Sad
Story in
Wales by
Douglas
Hague,
North
British
Necrosis
by Oliver
Barratt,
Selected
Station
Architects
by Mathew
Saunders,
Listed
Buildings
in England
&
Wales,
List of
Demolished
and
Maltreated
Stations
by Alan
Young, and
Proposals
by the
SAVE
Committee.
£3.95 Pearce,
Shaun
Focus
on
Freight:
Eastern
Region
Since 1960,
IA,
1995,
pp128.
Pb.
VG.
A
largely
photographic
survey
that
examines
each
freight
sector in
turn.
£2.95 Pearce
T R
The
Locomotives
of the
Stockton
and
Darlington
Railway,
Historical
Model
Railway
Society,
1996,
pp250 with
250 line
drawings
and
photographs.
There
is a
bookplate
inside the
front
cover
signed by
the author
and
indicating
that this
is
subscription
copy
number 18.
Large
Format Hb.
VG+
in a VG.
The
first
comprehensive
history of
Stockton
and
Darlington
locomotives.
£26.50 Pearson F K Snaefell Mountain Railway 1895-1955, LRTL with the Manx Electric Railway Company, 1955, pp11. Pb. Very Good. An illustrated booklet. £3.95 Pearson F K The Manx Electric Railway, Light Railway Transport League, 1956, pp24. Pb. VG. An illustrated booklet. £2.95 Pearson F K Isle of Man Tramways, D&C, 1970, pp379, 69
illustrations, and 145 line drawings & maps. Hb.
The red spine of
the dust
wrapper is
sunned. Fine
a VG+ dust
wrapper.
A comprehensive history of The Douglas Horse Tramway, The Douglas Cable
Tramway, the Manx Electric Tramway, and The Snaefell Mountain Railway.
£20.50 Pearson, Michael Railway
Holiday in Scotland: a sequence of journeys by train, stopping off at places of
interest and bumping into people of character, Wayzgoose, 2001, pp248.
Illustrated by Eric Leslie. Pb.
VG+. The author's
reminiscences of rail travel in Scotland. £2.95 Pearson, Michael Iron Roads North of Leeds, Wayzgoose, 2004, pp56 with excellent "route planner" maps. Large landscape format Pb. VG. Superficial wear to the covers at the head & base of the spine. A guide to scenic railways in Yorkshire, Lancashire & Cumbria, illustrated in colour throughout. £1.95 Peck,
Alan S
The
Great
Western at
Swindon
Works,
OPC,
3rd
impression
1998,
pp280.
Large
Format.
Hb.
VG+ in a
VG dust
wrapper.
Slight
wear to
the top
corners of
the dust
wrapper.
A
comprehensive
history,
well-illustrated
throughout.
£8.50 Peck,
Alan S
The
Great
Western at
Swindon
Works,
Heathfield
Railway
Publications,
2009,
pp282.
First
published
in 1983 by
OPC.
Large
Format.
Glazed
boards
with a
dust
wrapper.
Very
Good+ in a
Very Good
dust
wrapper.
Slight
wear to
the dust
wrapper at
the head
of the
spine.
A
comprehensive
history of
Swindon
Works,
well-illustrated
throughout.
£6.95 Pegler
A, Allen C J, Bailey T and Edmonson H Flying
Scotsman, IA, 2nd edition 1978, p80. Bookplate.
Glazed Boards. Very Good+.
An illustrated history of arguably the world's most famous steam
locomotive. The 2nd enlarged edition covering the U.S. Tour.
£0.95 Penney,
Derek
LNER
Pacifics
in Colour,
IA, 1997,
pp80.
Landscape
format.
Glazed
Boards.
VG.
An
all-colour
landscape-format
album.
LNER
Pacifics
in the
late 50s
and 60s.
£4.95 Penney,
Derek
On
Scottish
Lines,
IA, 1999,
pp80.
Small
inscription,
the number
"846."
Landscape
format.
Glazed
Boards.
Very
Good+.
An
all-colour
album of
Scottish
steam.
£4.95 Pennie,
Robin
John
Ramsbottom:
A
Victorian
Engineering
Giant,
Lancashire
and
Yorkshire
Railway
Society,
2008,
pp96.
Large
Format Pb.
VG.
As
Locomotive
Superintendent
of the
London
&
North
Western
Railway,
Ramsbottom
was
responsible
for
establishing
the
worldwide
reputation
of Crewe
works.
Remarkably
he then
came out
of
retirement
to
establish
the new
Lancashire
and
Yorkshire
works at
Horwich,
at the
time the
most
modern and
up-to-date
locomotive
works in
Britain.
£5.95 Percival,
David
King's
Cross
Lineside
1958 –
1984,
IA, 1984,
pp112 with
numerous
illustrations
throughout.
Glazed
Boards.
Very
Good.
Loss
of colour
down the
spine of
the
covers.
Chronicles
the
unprecedented
changes
that have
taken
place on
the Kings
Cross line
over a
period of
25 years
where a
traditional
steam
railway
has
developed
into a
modern,
mostly
electrified,
suburban
system
combined
with one
of the
world's
fastest
express
passenger
routes.
£4.95 Perry, George The Book of the Great Western, Sunday Times, 1970. Unpaged. Folded painting by Hamilton Ellis in the rear pocket. No.2982 in a limited edition of 3000. Address stamp from former owner. Large landscape format Hb. No dw as published. Fair to VG-. Rubbing to the corners of the covers. A small circular artefact is missing from the text. A lavishly produced tribute to the Great Western published by the Sunday Times. £16.50 Perryman
A C Bygone LB&SCR Steam
Vol.2, Rochester Press, 1982, pp64. Landscape
format Pb. Generally VG.
Small mark on the front cover from an old label; also some loss of colour
on the covers. An album of Brighton
steam focusing on decorated trains, expresses and events.
£2.95 Perryman
A C
When
Steam was
King at
Brighton,
Rochester
Press,
1982,
pp128.
Large
Format Hb.
VG+/VG.
The
author's
experiences
at
Brighton
works
between
the wars.
An
expanded
version of
the
author's Life
at
Brighton
Loco Works
published
by Oakwood
Press in
1971.
£8.50 Pertwee,
Bill The Station Now Standing:
Britain's Colourful Railway Stations, Hodder and Stoughton, 1991, pp128.
Hb. Fine/VG.
"A record of over sixty stations that Bill Pertwee has discovered,
and of the incredible work, a lot of it voluntary, that has been given to the
creation of these feasts of colour and splendid examples of renovation." Well-illustrated throughout.
£4.95 Peters,
Ivo
The
Somerset
and
Dorset: An
English
Cross
Country
Railway,
OPC,
1st
edition
1974, 235
illustrations.
Large
Format Hb.
VG
in a VG-
dust
wrapper.
Wear
to the top
edge of
the dust
wrapper.
A
superb
photographic
tribute to
the
Somerset
and Dorset
by the
photographer
who will
always be
associated
with this
line.
£5.95 Somerset and Dorset in the Fifties and Sixties by Ivo Peters Peters,
Ivo
The
Somerset
and Dorset
in the
Fifties
Vol. 1 -
1950-1954,
OPC,
1st
edition
1980, 260
plates.
Large
Format Hb.
VG
in a VG
dust
wrapper.
Slight
loss of
colour
down the
spine of
the dust
wrapper,
slight
wear at
the top
front
corner.
Superb
photographs
from Ivo
Peters who
will
always be
associated
with the
Somerset
and
Dorset.
£4.95 Peters, Ivo The Somerset and Dorset in the Fifties Vol. 2 - 1955-1959, OPC, 1984, 231 plates. Large Format Hb. Fine in a Fine dust wrapper. The second volume of Ivo Peter's pictorial tribute to the Somerset and Dorset. £4.95 Alternatively The Somerset and Dorset in the Fifties Vol.1 and 2 for only £7.90 ------------------------------------------------------ Peters,
Ivo
Farewell
to
North-West
Steam: A
photographer's
salute to
the last
days of
steam over
Shap and
on the
Settle and
Carlisle,
D&C,
1st
edition
1992,
pp176.
The
original
David and
Charles
edition.
Large
landscape
format.
Hard
Cover.
Very
Good+ in a
Very Good-
dust
wrapper.
There
are two
small
internally-repaired
tears to
the edges
of the
dust
wrapper.
Possibly
the best
Ivo
Peters'
album.
Sadly
this book
was also
Ivo
Peter's
swan song
and was
completed
after his
death by
Mac
Hawkins.
£5.95 Phillips,
Derek and
Eaton-Lacy,
R
Working
the Chard
Branch,
Fox,
1991, pp96
with 102
photos.
Glazed
Boards.
VG.
History,
description
and
memories
of the
Creech
Junction -
Chard
Junction
line of
the Great
Western.
£7.50 Phillips,
Derek
The
Story of
the
Westbury
to
Weymouth
Line: From
the battle
of the
gauges to
the
present
day,
OPC,
1994,
pp240.
Large
Format Hb.
VG
in a VG
dust
wrapper. Sections
on:
History,
Gauge
Conversion,
Signals
&
Telegraph,
Locomotives
Used,
Working
the Line,
and The
Route
Described.
Well-illustrated
throughout.
£20.50 Phillips, Derek and Pryer, George The Salisbury to Exeter Line: Recollections of the Southern route to the west, OPC, 1997, pp192. Large Format Hb. Very Good / Very Good. Rubbing to the edges of the covers at the head & base of the spine, and a small tear to the dw near the head of the spine. A well-illustrated survey of the line. £18.50 Phillips, Derek From
Salisbury to Exeter: The Branch Lines, OPC, 2000, pp240.
Large Format Hb. Very Good+
in a Very
Good+ dust
wrapper.
The
dust
wrapper has been protected by clear foil which has been fixed to the
inside of the covers by short strips of sellotape. Recollections of the Southern Branch lines in Somerset, Devon
and Dorset. £16.50 Pick, Chris The Railway Route Book: A traveller's guide to the major and minor lines of the railway network of Britain, Willow Books, 1986, pp208. Hb. VG in a VG dust wrapper. The Bottom corners of the covers are slightly bumped, and there are two tiny internally-repaired tears at the top edge of the dust wrapper. With sections on the Eastern Region, Midland Region, Western Region, Southern Region, and Scotland. Altogether, no fewer than 43 'routes' are examined, including a number of preserved lines. £3.95 Pielow, Simon Eurostar, IA, 1997, pp160. "Largish" format Hb. VG+ in a VG dust wrapper. An illustrated history of the development of the Eurostar services. £6.95 Pigott,
Nick
Gresley
Locomotive
Album: The
Locomotives
of Sir
Nigel
Gresley at
Work in
the
British
Railways
Era,
Bradford
Barton,
pp96.
No
date.
Green
hardback
cover.
Hard
Cover.
Very
Good in a
Very Good
dust
wrapper.
A
pictorial
album.
£4.95 Pigram,
Ron and Edwards, Dennis Cotswold
Memories: Recollections of Rural Life in the Steam Age, Unicorn Books, 1st
edition 1990, pp119. The original
Unicorn Books edition. Large Format
Hb. Fine/VG+.
A largely pictorial history of railways in the Cotswolds.
£4.95 Pike
S N
Mile
by Mile on
the LNER:
Kings
Cross
Edition,
SLP,
1988,
pp40.
Published
by Silver
Link
Publishing
for Book
Club
Associates.
Originally
published
in 1947.
Pb.
VG.
"The
main line
between
Kings
Cross and
the North
described
in detail:
gradients
of the
line;
speed
tests and mileages;
viaducts,
bridges
and embankments;
tunnels,
cuttings
and crossovers;
streams,
rivers and
roads;
towns,
villages
and churches;
mines,
factories
and works."
£3.95 Pike
S N
Travelling
on the
Southern
Railway,
The
Journey
Mile by
Mile:
Waterloo
Edition,
Silver
Link,
1988,
pp36.
Published
by Silver
link
Publishing
for Book
Club
Associates.
First
published
by the
Southern
Railway in
1947.
Pb.
VG.
"A
book of
some 10000
words and
27 maps,
describing
in detail
the main
line
railway
between
London and
towns of
the South
and
South-West;
showing
gradients,
mileages,
speeds,
junctions,
viaducts,
tunnels,
rivers and
roads,
with an
account of
features
of
interest
and beauty
to be seen
from the
train."
£3.95 Pike,
Jim
Locomotive
Names: An
Illustrated
Dictionary,
Sutton
Publishing,
2000,
pp199.
'Largish'
format Hb.
VG
in a VG
dust
wrapper.
Includes
all
British
steam,
diesel and
electric
locomotives,
as well as
locomotives
from the
Isle of
Wight,
Isle of
Man and
the
Channel
Islands.
Irish
and
industrial
locomotives
are
excluded.
£4.95 Pilblad, John E Flying Scotsman: The History of a Famous Engine in Pictures, Words and Sounds, Turntable, 1969, pp24 plus an E. P. 45 rpm record of the Flying Scotsman recorded in October 1968. With contributions by D. Doherty, C. M. Bushell and W. A. Tuplin. Large landscape format Pb. VG. £3.95 Pirt,
Keith
East
Coast Main
Line -
Retford:
The Colour
of Steam
Vol.7,
Atlantic,
1989,
pp48.
Colour
of Steam
Series.
Pb.
VG.
£1.95 Pirt,
Keith R
York:
Real Steam
in Colour
Vol.1,
Norseman,
1991, p48.
Inscription.
Pb.
VG.
Spine
sunned.
An
all-colour
album that
recaptures
the
atmosphere
at York in
the late
1950s and
60s.
£3.95 Pirt,
Keith
York:
The
Transition
Years -
Steam to
Diesel,
Booklaw
Publications,
2010,
pp72.
Compiled
by Roger
Hill.
No.56
in the
series.
Pb.
VG.
The
railways
of York
and the
surrounding
area as
seen
through
the camera
of Keith
Pirt.
In
colour
throughout.
£3.95 Pirt,
Keith;
Beecroft,
Don; and
Hodge, Ron
South
& West
Yorkshire
including
Steam,
Diesel
&
Electric
Traction,
Book Law,
2012,
pp72.
Memories
of the
1950s -
1960s
No.38.
Old
price
sticker on
the front
cover.
Card
Covers.
Very
Good.
A
pictorial
tribute to
rail
operations
in the
former
West
Riding.
£4.95 Pixton,
Bob
Main
Line
Railways
Around
Wigan,
Runpast,
1999, pp110.
Large
Format Hb.
VG+
in a VG+
dust
wrapper.
A
comprehensive
illustrated
history of
the main
line
railway
network
around the
important
industrial
town of
Wigan.
£5.95 Pixton,
Bob
North
Midland
Portrait
of a
Famous
Route
Part.1:
Derby to
Chesterfield,
Runpast,
2000,
pp80.
Small
inscription,
the number
"881."
Large
Format.
Card
Covers.
Very
Good.
A
pictorial
study of
the line.
£6.95 Pixton,
Bob
North
Midland
Portrait
of a
Famous
Route
Part.2:
Chesterfield
-
Sheffield
–
Rotherham,
Runpast,
2001,
pp96.
Large
Format.
Card
Covers.
Very
Good.
The
second
part of a
pictorial
study of
the line.
Both
the
original
line
avoiding
Sheffield
and the
new 1870
route
through
Sheffield
are
included.
£8.50 Pixton,
Bob
The
Cheshire
Lines
Railway
between
Glazebrook
and
Godley: A
Route of
Strategic
Importance,
Kestrel,
2011,
pp134.
Small
inscription,
the number
"1090."
Large
Format.
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Covers.
Very Good.
A
comprehensive
pictorial
survey.
£6.95 Platt,
Alan The Life and Times of
Daniel Gooch, Alan Sutton, 1987, pp217.
Hb. VG/VG-.
Internally repaired tear in the dust wrapper. A major biography written by a fellow engineer.
£12.50 Pollins,
Harold
Britain's
Railways:
An
Industrial
History,
D&C,
1971,
pp223.
Industrial
Histories
of Britain
Series.
Hb.
Very
Good in a
Very Good
dust
wrapper.
Slight
wear to
the dust
wrapper at
the head
of the
spine.
A
study of
railways
collectively
as a major
industry.
Four
main
themes are
examined:
sources
&
patterns
of
investment;
operating
practices;
management
&
organisation;
and labour
relations.
£5.95 Pomeroy,
Colin A
Isle
of Wight
Railways:
A then
and now
pictorial
survey,
SLP,
1991,
pp192.
Hb.
VG+ in a
VG dust
wrapper
with
slight
loss of
colour
down the
dust
wrapper
spine.
Includes
selected
track
plans, a
full
chronology
of
openings
and
closures,
a list of
all named
engines,
trackbed
footpath
routes,
and a
selection
of vintage
IoW
railway
carriages.
£8.50 Pond
C C
The
Walthamstow
and
Chingford
Railway,
Walthamstow
Historical
Society,
2003,
pp102 with
pp13 of
illustrations.
Monograph
(New
Series)
No.35.
First
published
in 1982.
Pb.
VG.
A
history of
the line.
£5.95 Severn & Wye Railway Pope,
Ian; How,
Bob; and
Karau,
Paul
An
Illustrated
History of
the Severn
& Wye
Railway
Forest of
Dean Vol.1,
Wild
Swan,
1983,
pp158.
Large
Format.
Hard
Cover.
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Good in a
Very Good
dust
wrapper.
Slight
wear to
the mylar
covering
of the
dust
wrapper at
the rear
bottom
corner.
A
history of
the line
followed
by a
detailed
study of
the
section
from
Lydney
Junction
to
Parkend.
£16.50 Pope,
Ian, How,
Bob and
Karau,
Paul
An
Illustrated
History of
the Severn
& Wye
Railway
Forest of
Dean Vol.2,
Wild Swan,
1985,
p161-p362.
The
now
out-of-print
hardback
edition.
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Cover.
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Good+ in a
Very Good-
dust
wrapper.
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dust
wrapper
has been
internally
repaired
at the
head of
the spine.
A
detailed
history of
the line
from
Coleford
Junction
to
Cinderford.
£20.50 Pope,
Ian; How,
Bob; and
Karau,
Paul
An
Illustrated
History of
the Severn
& Wye
Railway
Forest of
Dean Vol.2,
Wild
Swan,
1985,
p161-p362.
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Cover.
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Good in a
Fair dust
wrapper.
The
dust
wrapper
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repaired
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and there
is also
wear at
the four
corners
and at the
base of
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A
detailed
history of
the line
from
Coleford
Junction
to
Cinderford.
£16.50 -------------------------------------------------- Forest of Dean Branch Pope,
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Karau,
Paul
The
Forest of
Dean
Branch
Vol.1
Newham to
Cinderford,
Wild
Swan,
1992,
pp234.
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Cover.
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wrapper at
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nick at
the top of
the front
dust
wrapper
fold.
An
outline
history
followed
by a
survey of
the line
from
Newham to
Cinderford.
£18.50 -------------------------------------------------- Popplewell
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The
Railways,
Canal and
Mines of
Looe and
Liskeard, Oakwood
Press,
1977, pp72
plus pp16
of
illustrations.
Oakwood
Library of
Railway
History
No.42.
Small
price
sticker on
the front
cover.
Pb.
VG-.
Generally
VG, but
there is a
circular
"coffee"
stain on
the front
cover.
£7.50 Portway,
Christopher
The
Colne
Valley
Railway: A
Pictorial
Survey,
Colne
Valley
Railway
Preservation
Society,
pp40.
No
date.
Large
Format Pb.
VG-
with some
superficial
wear and
loss of
colour on
the
covers.
"Over
60
photographs
plus track
plans of
all
stations
on the
original
line."
£3.95 Postlethwaite,
Alan The Last Days of Steam on
the Southern: London, Brighton & South Coast, Alan Sutton, 1994, pp144.
Hb.
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number of pictures from the IOW, where a number of Brighton engines spent their
last days. £5.95 Potter,
David
The
Talyllyn
Railway,
D&C,
1990,
pp256 and
pp32 of
illustrations.
Hard
Cover.
Very
Good+ in a
Very Good+
dust
wrapper.
A
comprehensive
history of
Britain's
first
preserved
railway.
£5.95 Potter, Margaret Smoke over Shap, BBC, 1975, pp128. Illustrated by Tony Morris. VG in a VG- dust wrapper with wear around the top edge of the dust wrapper. Railway fiction for the young enthusiast about building the line over Shap, broadcast by the BBC as a six-part serial in 1975. £1.95 Potts
C R
The
Newton
Abbot to
Kingswear
Railway
(1844 -
1988),
Oakwood
Press, 1st
edition
1988,
pp218.
Oakwood
Library of
Railway
History
No.75.
Hb.
VG+
in a VG
dust
wrapper.
Some
creasing
at the
lower edge
of the
dust
wrapper.
A
comprehensive
history of
the line.
£12.50 Poulter,
Michael
The
Steaming
Sixties
No.9:
London to
Carnforth
via the
Midlands,
Irwell
Press,
2014,
pp64.
An
all-colour
album.
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format.
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Boards.
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Good.
"Stirring
episodes
from the
last
decade of
steam on
BR."
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pictorial
tribute to
last days
of steam
on the
London
Midland
Region.
£7.50 Poultney,
Edward Cecil British Express
Locomotive Development 1896-1948, Allen & Unwin, 1952, pp175 with 82
illustrations. Foreword by R. A.
Riddles. Hb.
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the development of British express passenger locomotives designed and built
between 1896 and the present day. The
locomotives which were noteworthy for some new departure in design or for
unusual constructional details are presented so as to show the progress of
modern design. A large amount of
information is given concerning their performance, based on official tests, and
in this respect the book strikes a new note."
£7.50 Powell
A J
Stanier
Locomotive
Classes,
IA, 1991,
pp96.
Small inscription, the number "506."
Large
Format Pb.
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Good.
"Attempts
to cover
the visual
features
of each
class and
how they
changed
over the
years,
either in
the course
of
construction
or during
their
years of
service."
£4.95 Prattley,
Ron
Locomotives
of the
Hull and
Barnsley
Railway: A
concise
guide to
the
locomotives
designed
by
Kirtley,
Stirling
and Kitson,
Historical
Model
Railway
Society,
1997,
pp46.
Large
Format
Pb.
VG.
£5.95 Preedy
N E and
Ford H L
BR
Diesels in
Close-Up,
Bradford
Barton,
pp96.
No
date.
Hb.
VG
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wrapper.
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edge of
the
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wrapper
internally
repaired.
An
original
Bradford
Barton in
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"speckled"
blue
hardback
cover.
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Norman E
North
Eastern
Pacifics:
A
Pictorial
Survey,
Enterprise
Transport
Books/Bradford
Barton,
pp96.
An
undated
reprint
first
published
in 1974.
Hard
Cover.
Fine
in a Fine
dust
wrapper.
£3.95 Preedy,
Norman Steam Around Gloucester, Peter Watts, 1985, pp80.
Large Format. Glazed Boards. Generally
VG, but there
is a tiny flaw to the top edge of the glazed boards.
A well-produced album of the steam railway in the Gloucester area.
£5.95 Prentice,
K Risdon
and Proud,
Peter
The
Locomotives
of the
LNER,
RCTS,
1941,
pp136 plus
pp24 of
illustrations.
"With
73
illustrations
and
complete
lists of
names,
numbers
and
classes."
Pb.
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Covers
a little
grubby
with some
wear at
the head
of the
spine.
A
mine of
detailed
information
on LNER
locomotives.
£7.50 Price J H Manx Electric 1957-1962, Light Railway Transport League, 1962, pp12. Pb. VG. A Modern Tramway report on the first five year's work of the Manx Electric Railway Board. £3.50 Price
M R C
The
Lambourn
Valley
Railway,
Oakwood,
1964, pp25
plus pp8
of plates.
Locomotion
Papers
No.32.
Pb.
VG.
A
history of
the Great
Western
branch
line from
Newbury to
Lambourn.
£4.95 Price
M R C
The
Whitland
&
Cardigan
Railway,
Oakwood,
1st
edition
1976, pp72
plus pp8
of
illustrations.
Oakwood
Library
No.39.
Card
Covers.
Very
Good.
There
is a mark
on the
front
cover
where an
old price
sticker
has been
removed.
An
history of
a Great
Western
branch
line in
west
Wales.
£5.95 Price
M R C
The
Whitland
&
Cardigan
Railway,
Oakwood,
2nd
edition
1991,
pp128.
Oakwood
Library
No.39.
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Good.
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history of
a Great
Western
branch
line in
west
Wales.
An
additional
chapter
was added
to the
second
edition.
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rubbing to
the
covers.
£6.95 Priddle,
Rod and
Hyde,
David
GWR
to Devizes,
Millstream
Books,
1996,
pp272 with
280
illustrations
and 90
line
drawings.
Large
Format Hb.
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dust
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repaired
tear at
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rear of
the dust
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spine.
A
substantial
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Western
railway
branch
from Holt
Junction
to Devizes.
£24.50 Prideaux
J D C A
Lynton
&
Barnstaple
Railway
Album,
D&C,
1974,
pp96.
British
Light
Railway
Albums
Series.
Hb.
VG
in a VG
dust
wrapper.
Some
slight
wear at
the lower
edge of
the dust
wrapper.
£6.95 Prideaux
J D C A
The
Lynton
&
Barnstaple
Railway
Remembered,
D&C,
1989,
pp96.
First
published
in 1974 as
Lynton
&
Barnstaple
Railway
Album.
Hb.
Fine
in a VG
dust
wrapper.
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small
tears in
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wrapper at
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of the
spine have
been
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repaired.
£5.95 Prideaux
J D C A
The
English
Narrow
Gauge
Railway: A
Pictorial
History, D&C,
1976,
pp96.
Glazed
Boards.
Near VG.
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rubbing to
the
corners of
the glazed
boards;
some
browning
to the
page
edges.
A
carefully
chosen
selection
of
historical
illustrations.
£5.95 Priestley,
Henry Great Railway
Photographers, Milepost Publishing, 1996, pp48.
Presented by Colin Garratt in association with Henry Priestly.
Large Format. Glazed boards with
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wrapper.
Fine
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Good+ dust
wrapper. Eighty of Henry
Priestley's previously unpublished pictures. £2.95 Proud,
John H
The
Chronicle
of the
Stockton
&
Darlington
Railway to
1863,
North
Eastern
Railway
Association,
1998, pp44
with
illustrations
and a
bibliography.
Large
Format Pb.
VG+.
£5.95 Proud,
John H
The
History of
Middlesbrough
Dock 1842
- 2000: As
seen from
the
perspective
of the
railway
owning
companies,
author,
2000,
pp32.
Large
Format Pb.
VG.
An
illustrated
booklet
outlining
the
history of
Middlesbrough
dock which
was owned
in turn by
the
Stockton
&
Darlington
Railway,
the North
Eastern
Railway
and the
LNER.
£7.50 Pryer
G A
Signal
Box
Diagrams
of the
Great
Western
&
Southern
Railways
Vol.19: SR
Lines in
the
Portsmouth
Area,
author,
pp55.
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Good.
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date.
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Portsmouth
Harbour to
Chichester,
Fareham to
Gosport,
Fareham to
Portcreek
&
Farlington
Jcns,
Hayling
Island
Branch,
and Stokes
Bay
Branch.
£14.50 Pryer
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Bowring G
J
An
Historical
Survey of
Selected
Southern
Stations:
Track
Layouts
and
Illustrations
Vol.1,
OPC, 1st
edition
1980,
pp136.
Large
Format.
Hard
Cover.
Very
Good in a
Very Good
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wrapper.
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is a
one-cm
tear in
the rear
top edge
of the
dust
wrapper.
£14.50 Pryer
G A
A
Pictorial
Record of
Southern
Signals,
OPC, 1991,
pp200.
Large
Format.
Hard
Cover.
Very Good+
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Good dust
wrapper.
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wear to
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edge of
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wrapper.
£12.50 Pudney,
John
Brunel
and his
World,
BCA/Thames
&
Hudson,
1974,
pp128 with
140
illustrations.
Published
by Book
Club
Associates
by
arrangement
with
Thames and
Hudson.
Hard
Cover.
Very
Good in a
Very Good
dust
wrapper.
An
illustrated
biography
of
Isambard
Kingdom
Brunel.
£3.95 Railway
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