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Ian G
North
Eastern
Railway
Brake Vans,
Irwell
Press,
2003,
pp60.
Large
Format.
Card
Covers.
VG+.
A
comprehensive
history
complete
with
illustrations
and
diagrams.
£12.50 Sagar, John Chapters of Steam: Steam Locomotives of the Worth Valley Railway, Kingfisher, 1984, pp160. Large Format Hb. Fine in a Fine dust wrapper. The earlier Kingfisher edition, rather than the later Bracken Books reprint. A wide-ranging album depicting the varied careers of the over fifty locomotives that have appeared on the Worth Valley Railway since preservation. £3.95 Sagar,
John 'City of Wells' at Large,
Big Jim Publishing, 1987, pp32. Large
landscape format Pb. VG.
A pictorial tribute to 'City of Wells', a Bulleid West Country Pacific
preserved in original unrebuilt condition.
£2.50 Sagar,
John. Steam
in Action:
Bulleid
Pacifics,
IA,
1992,
pp92.
Small
inscription,
the number
"441."
Large
Format.
Glazed
Boards.
VG+.
A
pictorial
tribute -
some in
colour -
interspersed
with a
significant
amount of
text.
£4.95 Sanders,
Keith and Hodgins, Douglas British
Railways Past and Present No.9: South East Scotland, Past & Present
Publishing, 1993, pp128. Pb.
VG. Some superficial rubbing
at the bottom edge of the cover. Over
250 photographs from over 70 locations including Edinburgh, Leith, Stirling,
Dunfermline, Peebles, Galashiels and Hawick.
£4.95 Sanders,
Keith and
Hodgins,
Douglas
British
Railways
Past and
Present
No.19:
South West
Scotland,
Past &
Present
Publishing,
1st
edition
1993,
pp144.
Small
inscription,
the number
"788",
inside the
front
cover.
Card
Covers.
Near
VG.
Over
250
photographs
from over
90
locations
including
South
Glasgow,
Carstairs,
Ayr,
Kilmarnock,
Stranraer,
Dumfries
and
Beattock.
£4.95 Sangster,
Alan H
The
Story and
Tales of
the Buchan
Lines,
OPC,
1983,
pp132.
Compiled
by Alan
Sangster.
Pb.
VG
with
slight
rubbing to
the edges
of the
covers.
A
collection
of
illustrated
articles
about the
branch
lines of
the Great
North of
Scotland
Railway in
the Buchan
area.
£4.50 Savio, Tom and Lambert, Anthony Extraordinary Railway Journeys, Book People Limited, 2004, pp160 with colour illustrations throughout. Large Format Hb. VG in a VG+ dust wrapper. Describes twenty four spectacular journeys from all five continents. £4.95 Sawford
E H
Cambridge
Kettering
Line Steam,
Becknell
Books,
1981,
pp32.
Small
inscription,
the number
"305",
inside the
front
cover.
Card
Covers.
Very
Good.
A
pictorial
tribute to
the
Kettering
Cambridge
line which
had three
distinct
sections,
Midland
Railway
from
Kettering
to
Huntington,
Great
Northern
&
Great
Eastern
Joint from
Huntington
to St
Ives, and
Great
Eastern
from St
Ives to
Cambridge.
£3.95 Sawford,
Eric
The
Last Days
of Steam
in
Cambridgeshire,
Alan
Sutton,
1991,
pp160.
Hb.
Fine in a
VG dust
wrapper.
A
pictorial
album.
£3.95 Sawford,
Eric
Eric
Sawfords
Fifties
Steam
Collection:
Southern
Region,
Allan T.
Condie
Publications,
1991,
pp48.
Small
inscription,
the number
"440."
Large
Format.
Card
Covers.
Very
Good.
A
selection
of
well-captioned
photographs
from the
camera of
Eric
Sawford.
£4.95 Sawford
E H
British
Railways
Steam in
the 1950s,
AS,
1992,
pp184.
Hb.
Fine
in a Fine
dust
wrapper.
A
twenty page
introduction,
followed
by
locomotive
pictures
from each
region of
British
Railways.
£3.95 Sawford,
Eric
Steam
Locomotives
1955:
60,000-69,999
Eastern,
North
Eastern
and
Scotland,
AS, 1994,
pp184.
Hb.
Fine
in a VG
dust
wrapper.
Slight
loss of
colour
down the
spine of
the dust
wrapper.
Details
and
photographs
of all the
steam
locomotive
classes in
service
during
1955.
£6.95 Sawford,
Eric
The
Last Days
of
Industrial
Steam,
AS,
1995,
pp156.
First
published
in 1991.
Glazed
boards
with a
dust
wrapper.
Very
Good in a
Very Good
dust
wrapper.
With
narrow
gauge and
standard
gauge
sections.
£5.95 Sawford,
Eric
Steam
Locomotives
1955:
1-39,999
Western
and
Southern,
AS,
1996,
pp176.
Small
inscription,
the number
"149."
Hard
Cover.
Very
Good+ in a
Very Good+
dust
wrapper.
Details
and
photographs
of all the
steam
locomotive
classes in
service
during
1955.
£6.95 Sawford,
Eric
Steam
Locomotives
1955:
70000-90774
Standards
and
Austerities,
AS,
1998,
pp138.
Small
inscription,
the number
"835."
Hb.
VG+
in a VG
dust
wrapper.
Some
loss of
colour
down the
spine of
the dust
wrapper.
A
collection
of
photographs
covering
the
locomotives
purchased
by BR in
1955.
The
text
provides
technical
details,
allocations
&
duties
performed,
important
points of
design and
special
workings.
£8.50 Sawford, Eric The Last Days of Steam on the Eastern Region, AS,
1999, pp138. Hb.
Fine
in a VG+
dust
wrapper.
Eastern Region
steam in the 50s and early 60s. £4.95 Sawford,
Eric
The
Last Days
of Steam
on the
London
Midland
Region,
Sutton,
2000,
pp148.
Small
inscription,
the number
"867."
Hard
Cover.
Very
Good in a
Very Good
dust
wrapper.
The
bottom
rear
corner of
the covers
is
slightly
bumped.
London
Midland
steam in
the 1950s
and early
1960s.
£4.95 Sawford,
Eric
Odd
Corners of
the
Eastern
from the
Days of
Steam,
Sutton
Publishing,
2001,
pp130.
Hb.
VG+
in a VG
dust
wrapper
with
slight
wear to
the dust
wrapper at
the head
of the
spine.
A
collection
of
pictures
chosen to
illustrate
unusual
aspects of
the
Eastern
that have
been
overlooked
in other
publications.
£4.95 Sawford.
Eric
Odd
Corners of
the London
Midland
from the
Days of
Steam,
Sutton
Publishing,
2003,
pp146.
'Largish'
format Hb.
VG
in a VG
dust
wrapper.
A
collection
of
pictures
chosen to
illustrate
unusual
aspects of
the
Eastern
that have
been
overlooked
in other
publications.
£7.50 Sawford,
Eric
LNER
Six-Coupled
Tank
Locomotives
1948-68,
Sutton
Publishing,
2006,
pp132.
Hb.
VG+
in a VG
dust
wrapper.
Some
wear to
the top
rear edge
of the
dust
wrapper.
A
pictorial
survey
with
sections
on Passenger
Tanks,
Mixed
Traffic
Designs
and Freight
&
Shunting
Locomotives.
£5.95 Sawford,
Eric
Southern
Steam in
Retrospect,
Sutton
Publishing,
2007,
pp132.
'Largish'
format Hb.
VG+
in a VG+
dust
wrapper.
A
companion
volume to Eastern
Steam in
Retrospect
and London
Midland
Steam in
Retrospect,
using some
of the
finest
images
from the
author's
own
collection.
£5.95 Schivelbusch,
Wolfgang
Railway
Journey
The
Industrialization
of Time
and Space
in the
19th
Century,
Berg,
1986,
pp203.
Hb.
Fine
in a Fine
dust
wrapper.
An
award
winning
German
study of
the impact
of
railways
on
society.
£4.95 Schofield,
Richard
Along
Rothschild
Lines: The
Story of
Rothschild
and
Railways
across the
World,
The
Rothschild
Archive,
2002,
pp32.
Large
Format Pb.
VG.
An
illustrated
booklet
describing
the role
played by
the
Rothschilds
in
financing
the
world's
railways.
£3.95 Scott, Andrew North
Eastern Renaissance: Twenty-Five Years of Preserved North Eastern Steam, IA,
1991, pp48. Pb.
Very Good. An illustrated
history of the work of the North Eastern Preservation Group which owns or
operates seven locomotives based on the North York Moors Railway.
£1.95 Scott,
Peter G
The
Harrow
&
Stanmore
Railway,
author,
1st
edition
1972,
pp36.
Pb.
VG.
Several
small
brown
stains on
the rear
cover. An
illustrated
history
and
description
of the
Harrow
&
Wealdstone
- Belmont
- Stanmore
Village
branch.
£6.95 Scott-Morgan, John British Independent Light Railways, D&C, 1980, pp96. Glazed Boards. VG-. Slight rubbing to the corners of the glazed boards, some foxing to the page edges and the end papers. Brief histories with illustrations of twenty five light railways. £2.95 Scott-Morgan,
John
London
&
South
Western
Railway
Miscellany,
OPC,
2003,
pp128.
Large
Format Hb.
Fine
in a Fine
dust
wrapper.
A
high-quality
pictorial
survey.
£8.50 Searle,
Muriel V
Lost
Lines: An
anthology
of
Britain's
lost
railways,
New
Cavendish,
1982,
pp208.
Large
Format Hb.
VG
in a VG-
dust
wrapper
with
slight
wear along
the top
edge of
the dust
wrapper.
Examines
twenty
four
closed
lines
throughout
the
country;
well-illustrated
throughout.
£4.95 Searle,
Muriel V
Lost
Lines: An
anthology
of
Britain's
lost
railways,
New
Cavendish,
1982,
pp208.
Small
inscription,
the number
"72."
Large
Format.
Card
Covers.
Very
Good.
Slight
wear to
the edges
of the
covers.
Examines
twenty
four
closed
lines
throughout
the
country;
well-illustrated
throughout.
£3.95 Searle,
Muriel V
Down
the Line
to Bristol,
Baton
Transport,
1986,
pp192.
The
original
Baton
Transport
edition.
Hb.
VG
in a VG
dust
wrapper.
"In
this
detailed
historical
survey the
author has
used
contemporary
records,
documents
and
timetables
to
recreate
the
distinctive
flavour of
Gods
Wonderful
Railway."
£2.95 Searle,
Muriel V
Down
the Line
to
Brighton,
Baton
Transport,
1986,
pp160.
Hb.
VG+
in a VG
dust
wrapper.
Looks
at the
length of
the
Brighton
route and
illustrates
its varied
history
with
original
photographs,
anecdotes
and
eyewitness
accounts
of the
important
events and
people in
its
life.
£3.95 Searle, Muriel V Down the Line to Southend, Bloomsbury Books, 1988, pp193. First published by Baton Transport in 1984. A 1997 newspaper cutting on the line has been neatly pasted inside the front cover. Hb. Fine in a Very Good dust wrapper. A history of the London, Tilbury & Southend line concentrating on the human, social and historical aspects. £2.95 Selig, Ernest T and Waters, John M Track Geotechnology and Substructure Management, Thomas Telford, 1994. Over 400 pages. Large Format. Glazed Boards. VG. A major technical study of railway track systems. £32.50 Sellar
W S and
Stevenson
J L
The
Last
Trains (4)
East
Central
Scotland, Moorfoot,
1982,
pp24.
Card
Covers.
Very
Good.
Old
price
sticker
inside the
front
cover. The
fourth of
five
booklets
covering
the last
trains on
closed
railway
lines of
Scotland.
£2.95 Semmens
P W B
Great
Western
Steam In
Close-Up,
Bradford
Barton,
1973,
pp96.
Hb.
VG
in a VG.
dust
wrapper.
A
Bradford
Barton
original
in brown
"speckled"
covers.
£5.95 History of the Great Western Railway Semmens,
Peter
A
History of
the Great
Western
Railway 1.
Consolidation
1923-29,
BCA/Allen
&
Unwin,
1988,
pp102.
Steam
Past
Series.
Hb.
Fine
in a VG
dust
wrapper.
£2.95 Semmens,
Peter
A
History of
the Great
Western
Railway 2.
The
Thirties
1930-39,
BCA/Allen
&
Unwin,
1988,
pp101.
Steam
Past
Series.
Hb.
VG+
in a VG
dust
wrapper.
Spine
of the
dust
wrapper
sunned.
£2.95 Semmens,
Peter
A
History of
the Great
Western
Railway 3.
Wartime
and the
Final
Years
1939-48,
BCA/Allen
&
Unwin,
1988,
pp102.
Steam
Past
Series.
Hb.
VG+
in a VG
dust
wrapper.
£2.95 Alternatively, all three volumes of A History of the Great Western Railway (Vol.1 - 3) for only £6.95. ------------------------------------------------ Semmens,
Peter
Speed
on the
East Coast
Main Line:
A Century
and a half
of
accelerated
services,
PSL, 1990,
pp248.
Hb.
VG/VG
with a
two-inch
internally
repaired
tear at
the base
of the
spine.
The
story of
the quest
for
ever-faster
passenger
services
between
Kings
Cross and
Edinburgh
Waverley.
£6.95 Semmens,
Peter
Electrifying
the East
Coast
Route: The
making of
Britain's
first
140mph
railway,
PSL, 1991,
pp234.
Hb.
VG
in a VG
dust
wrapper.
A
detailed
record of
the
electrification
of the
East Coast
main line
to Leeds
and
Edinburgh.
£7.50 Semmens,
Peter The Heyday of GWR Train
Services, D&C, 1990, pp184. Hb.
VG
in a VG
dust
wrapper.
A comprehensive study the passenger train services provided by the Great Western Railway between the wars.
£4.95 Semmens,
Peter
A
Century of
Railways
through
the Pages
of Railway
Magazine
and
paintings
from
members of
the Guild
of Railway
Artists,
OPC, 1996,
pp96.
Very
Large
Format Hb.
VG
in a VG
dust
wrapper.
A
superb
series of
coloured
paintings
by members
of the
Guild of
Railway
Artists,
published
to
commemorate
the
centenary
of the Railway
Magazine.
Also
contains a
history of
the Railway
Magazine
by Peter
Semmens.
£8.50 Sewell
G W M
The
North
British
Railway in
Northumberland,
Merlin
Books,
1993,
pp150 plus
pp40 of
illustrations.
Large
Format Pb.
VG
with
slight
creasing
across the
lower rear
corner of
the
covers.
A
comprehensive
history
The Border
Counties
Railway,
The
Wansbeck
Railway
and the
Northumberland
Central
Railway.
£32.50 Shackcloth,
Paul
Salford
in the
Days of
Steam:
Manchester
Exchange
Station,
Agecroft
and
Patricroft
MPDs,
Steam
Image,
2002,
pp160.
Small
inscription,
the number
"1010."
Large
Format.
Card
Covers.
Very
Good+.
An
excellent
collection
of
well-captioned
illustrations.
£16.50 Shannon
Paul and
Hillmer,
John
Diesels
in the
North West,
OPC,
1985, 208
plates.
Large
Format Hb.
VG in a VG
dust
wrapper.
A
pictorial
survey.
£6.95 Shannon, Paul and Hillmer, John British Railways Past and Present No.3: The North West, SLP, 1986, pp104. Pb. VG. Over 230 photographs from over 80 locations including Liverpool, Manchester, Wigan, Rochdale, Preston, Blackpool and Lancaster. £4.95 Shannon, Paul and Hillmer, John British Railways Past and Present No.6: Cheshire & North Wales, SLP, 1988, pp104. Pb. VG+. Over 90 locations including Crewe, Chester, Macclesfield, Wrexham, Oswestry, Pwllheli and Caernarfon. £4.95 Shannon, Paul The 56s
and 58s: Rail 11 Portfolios, IA, 1989, pp64.
Landscape format. Glazed
Boards. VG. An all-colour album in the Rail Portfolio Series.
£5.95 Shannon,
Paul BR Traction in Colour – 2,
IA, 1989, pp112. Large Format.
Glazed Boards.
VG.
Examines the five BR business sectors in turn: InterCity,
Provincial, Network SouthEast, Railfreight, and Parcels & Departmental.
£4.95 Shannon,
Paul The 37s Second Series Rail
12 Portfolios, IA, 1990, pp64. Landscape
format. Glazed Boards.
VG. An all-colour album. £5.95 Shannon,
Paul North-West Rails in Colour,
Platform 5, 1991, pp64. Landscape
format. Glazed Boards.
Fine. An all-colour album
featuring diesel and electric traction in the North West over the last 20 years.
£4.95 Shannon,
Paul
Railway
Freight
Operations,
IA, 1999,
pp96.
Small
Format Pb.
VG+.
An
illustrated
booklet
examining
freight
operations
immediately
after
privatisation
with
sections
on Coal
&
Nuclear,
Metals,
Construction,
Infrastructure
Services,
Petroleum
&
Chemicals,
Automotive,
Enterprise,
Enterprise
International,
Channel
Tunnel
Intermodal
and
Freightliner.
£2.50 Shannon,
Paul
Class
37,
IA, 2005,
pp80.
Rail
Portfolio
Series.
Landscape
format.
Glazed
Boards.
Fine.
An
all-colour
album.
This
is a
revised
and
expanded
edition of
No.12 in
the
original Rail
Portfolio
Series,
first
published
in 1990.
£5.95 Shannon,
Paul
Classes
56 &
58,
IA, 2005,
pp80.
Rail
Portfolio
Series.
Landscape
format.
Glazed
Boards.
Fine.
An
all-colour
album.
This is a
revised
and
expanded
edition of
No.11 in
the
original Rail
Portfolio
Series,
first
published
in 1989.
£5.95 Shannon, Paul Rail Freight since 1968: Wagonload, SLP, 2006, pp128 with 165 illustrations, tables & maps. Pb. VG+. Examines the changing patterns of rail freight from 1968 to the present day. £6.95 Shannon,
Paul
Blue
Diesel
Days,
IA, 2007,
pp96.
Large
Format.
Glazed
Boards.
VG.
An
all-colour
pictorial
album with
sections
on all
five
regions.
£8.50 Sharman, Bill Main Line
Steam: 25 Glorious Years of Preservation, Atlantic, 1997, pp144 with
numerous colour and b/w illustrations.
Large Format Hb. VG+/VG+.
"The story of how thousands of enthusiasts refused to let the steam
train die, lovingly restoring locomotives some of which were bought out of
service from British Rail, others rescued in scrapyard condition after
languishing for years as rusting hulks, and returning over a hundred of them to
the main line national network." £5.95 Sharman
M
The
Broad
Gauge of
the Great
Western
Railway,
The
Bristol
and Exeter
Railway
and the
North and
South
Devon
Railways:
A
Selection
of 7mm
Locomotive
Drawings,
Oakwood
Press,
1985,
pp129.
Portfolio
Series
Vol.1.
Card
Covers.
VG.
Eighty
four
drawings
of broad
gauge
engines.
£14.50 Sharman
M The Great Eastern Railway Part
One: A selection of 7mm locomotive drawings, Oakwood, 1987.
Portfolio Series Vol.3. Pb.
VG. A total of seventy three
drawings from The Locomotive Magazine are reproduced on double size
fold-out pages. £8.50 Sharpe, Brian Flying Scotsman: The Legend Lives On, Mortons Media, 2005, pp122. Exclusive to W H Smith. Large Format Pb. VG. An illustrated history, the complete story both before and after preservation. £4.95 Sharpe, Brian British Railways: Modernisation to Privatisation, Mortons Media/W H Smith, 2007, pp130. Large Format Pb. VG. An all-colour celebration of diesel traction through the years, with brief details of each class. £3.95 Sharpe
G W
Lineside
Camera:
Yorkshire
Steam,
Sharpe,
1983,
pp48.
Pb.
VG.
Some
loss of
colour on
the
left-hand
side of
the front
cover.
Small
inscription,
the number
"320"
inside the
front
cover.
An
album of
the
author's
photographs.
£0.95 Sharpe
G W Pennine
Steam, author, 1985, pp36. Pb.
VG. An album of the
author's photographs. £1.95 Sharpe G W Diesels in the Sixties, author, 1986, pp36. Lineside Camera Series. Pb. VG. An album of early diesels. £2.95 Sharpe
G W
Lineside
Camera:
Western
Express
Steam,
author,
1987,
pp36.
Pb.
VG+.
An
album of
Great
Western
steam.
£1.95 Sharpe G W North Eastern Express Steam, author, 1988, pp32. Pb. VG+. An album devoted to the LNER Pacifics. £1.95 Days of Steam Shaw,
William
Days
of Steam
1. Kings
Cross-York,
MAP,
1969,
pp40.
Small
landscape
format.
Card
Covers.
Very Good.
A
Journey in
Pictures
with an
essay by
Dr W. A.
Tuplin.
£0.95 Shaw,
William
Days
of Steam
3.
Euston-Carlisle,
MAP,
1969,
pp30.
Small
inscription,
the number
"303",
on the
preliminary
title
page.
Small
landscape
format.
Card
Covers.
VG.
A
Journey in
Pictures
with an
essay by
Dr W. A.
Tuplin.
£0.95 Shaw,
William
Days
of Steam
4.
Paddington-Wolverhampton,
MAP,
1969,
pp30.
Small
landscape
format.
Card
Covers.
Very
Good.
Page
numbers
inserted
in ink.
A
Journey in
Pictures
with an
essay by
Dr W. A.
Tuplin.
£0.95 ----------------------------------------------------------------- Shenton,
Roger Changing Tracks: The
Photographs of a Midlands Railwayman 1946-1994, Midland Publishing Limited,
1995, pp176. Large format Hb.
Fine in a Very Good dust wrapper.
The
spine of the
dust
wrapper is
slightly faded.
The illustrations record how the very essence of the railway changed in the decades after
nationalisation. £3.95 Shepherd,
David A Brush with Steam: David
Shepherd's Railway Story, D&C, 1st edition 1983.
Signed by the author. Hb.
VG/Near VG. Slight wear to
the dust wrapper at the head of the spine.
The story of David Shepherd's involvement with the railway preservation
movement. £6.95 Shepherd,
Ernest The Dublin and South
Eastern Railway, D&C, 1974, pp231.
Railway History Series. Inscription.
Hb. VG+
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A comprehensive history. £10.50 Shepherd,
Ernie Bulleid and the Turf
Burner and other experiments with Irish steam traction, KRB Publications,
2004, pp100. Large Format Pb.
VG. A comprehensive history
of Bulleid's experiment with a turf burning steam engine in Ireland.
£12.50 Shewring,
Colin
Steam
in East
Anglia,
Becknell,
1980,
pp96.
Pb.
VG.
149
photographs
of steam
in
Norfolk,
Cambridgeshire,
Suffolk
and Essex.
£3.95 Shill
R M
Industrial
Locomotives
of South
Staffordshire, IRS
(Industrial
Railway
Society),
1993,
pp172 plus
pp24 of
illustrations.
Editor:
R. K.
Hateley.
Glazed
Boards.
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meticulously
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record.
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Brian The Thomas the Tank Engine
Man: The Story of the Reverend W. Awdry and his Really Useful Engines,
Heinemann, 1995, pp336. Hb.
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tear in the dw at the head of the spine. A biography of the man behind the
Thomas the Tank Engine books. £16.50 Simmonds,
Roger and Robertson, Kevin The
Bishops Waltham Branch, Wild Swan, 1988, pp92. Large Format Pb. VG
with slight creasing at the bottom corner of the front cover.
A comprehensive illustrated history of a short Southern Railway (formerly
L&SWR) branch line in Hampshire. £8.50 Simmons, Jack The Railways of Britain: An Historical Introduction, Macmillan, 1968, pp276 plus 25 illustrations. Hb. VG in a VG- dust wrapper. The 2nd edition of Professor Simmon's widely acclaimed history. Dw internally repaired at the head of the spine. £4.95 Simmons,
Jack (Prof) The Railways of
Britain: An Historical Introduction, Routledge & Keegan Paul, 1965,
pp264. Inscription. Pb.
VG with some creasing to the spine of the covers.
An excellent overview
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£2.95 Simmons, Jack (Ed.) The Birth of the Great Western Railway, Adams & Dart, 1971, pp96. Brief inscription. Hb. VG/VG. Extracts from the Diary and Correspondence of George Henry Gibbs. Gibbs was a London Director of the Great Western during the turbulent early years. £4.95 Simmons,
Jack The Railways of Britain: A
Journey through History, BCA/Macmillan, 3rd revised edition 1986, pp256 with
more than 200 illustrations. Hb.
VG+/VG. A much-revised
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£4.95 Simmons, Jack The Victorian Railway, Thames & Hudson, 1991, pp416 with 60 illustrations. Hb. VG+/VG. A wide-ranging study examining the impact of railways on the Victorian era. £12.50 Simmons, Jack Image of the Train: The Victorian Era, National Museum of Photography, Film & Television, 1993, pp32. Pb. VG. A fascinating study of the development of railway photography in the Victorian era. £3.95 Simmons,
Jack and
Biddle,
Gordon
The
Oxford
Companion
to British
Railway
History
from 1603
to the
1990s,
Oxford
University
Press,
1997,
pp591.
Hb.
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VG dust
wrapper.
A
massive
reference
work on
British
railway
history,
published
at £45.
£12.50 Simpson,
Bill Oxford to Cambridge Railway Vol.1: Oxford to Bletchley,
OPC, 1981, pp152. Hb. VG/VG- with a
one-inch internally repaired tear at the dw fold.
A comprehensive illustrated history of the LNWR's cross-country line from
Oxford to Cambridge. £11.50 Simpson, Bill The Aylesbury Railway: The First Branch Line Cheddington - Aylesbury Opened 1839, OPC, 1989, pp112. Large Format Hb. Fine in a VG+ dust wrapper. A well-illustrated history of the London and North Western Railway's branch to Aylesbury. £8.50 Simpson,
Bill
Railways
in and
around
Bolton: An
Historical
Review,
Foxline,
1990, 197
plates.
Unpaged.
Scenes
from the
Past:10.
Small
inscription,
the number
"334."
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Format.
Card
Covers.
Very Good.
Old
price
sticker on
the rear
cover.
£6.95 Simpson, Bill A History of the Railways of Oxfordshire Part 1: The North, Lamplight, 1997, pp192. Hb. VG/VG. With chapters on Banbury, Oxford, Bicester, Chipping Norton and finally the Witney Railway, Fairford Branch. £12.50 Sinclair, Neil T Railways
of Sunderland, Tyne and Wear Museums Service, 2nd revised edition 1986,
pp84. Inscription.
Pb. VG. An illustrated
survey of the railways which have existed since the 1800s within the present day
boundaries of the Borough of Sunderland. £5.95 Siviter, Roger Tempo of Steam, IA, 1980, pp128. Large Format Hb. VG in a VG dust wrapper. A high-quality large-format album featuring the best of Siviter's steam photographs from the period 1966 to 1979. £3.95 Siviter,
Roger Steam Specials: British
Rail's Return to Steam, D&C, 1981, pp96.
Glazed Boards. VG.
An album depicting steam specials through the 1970s.
£2.95 Siviter,
Roger
A
Handbook
of Railway
Photography,
David
&
Charles,
1983,
pp135 with
180
pictures
in colour
and black
&
white.
Small
inscription,
the number
"66."
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Format.
Hard
Cover.
Very
Good+ in a
Very Good+
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wrapper.
One
of the
finest
contemporary
railway
photographers
explains
how to
improve
the
quality of
your
railway
photographs.
£3.95 Siviter, Roger The Settle to Carlisle: A Tribute, Baton Press, 1st edition 1984, 181 black & white photographs plus six pages of colour. Inscription. Large Format Hb. Fine in a VG+ dust wrapper. Preserved steam in the late 1970s and early 1980s plus some shots of BR freight and passenger workings during the same period. This is the original Baton Press edition. £3.95 Siviter,
Roger
Diesels
and
Semaphores,
OPC, 1985,
179
illustrations.
Large
Format Hb.
VG
in a VG
dust
wrapper.
Each
illustration
contains a
diesel
with
either a
semaphore
signal or
a
traditional
signal
box.
£5.95 Siviter, Roger Great Western Main Line Steam: Review of 1985, Kingfisher, 1986, pp48. Large Format Pb. VG. A pictorial tribute to the many steam trips run to commemorate GW150, mainly black & white with some colour. £2.50 Siviter, Roger The Welsh Marches, Baton Transport, 1986, 188 pates. Large Format Hb. VG/VG. Fourteen years of preserved steam on the Chester - Shrewsbury - Newport route. A large format black & white and colour album. £3.95 Siviter,
Roger
Waverley:
Portrait
of a
Famous
Route, Kingfisher,
1st
edition
1988, 190
plates.
Large
Format Hb.
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There
is an
internally
repaired
tear to
the rear
page of
the dust
wrapper..
Roger
Siviter
has
assembled
a
pictorial
tribute
from a
wide range
of
photographers.
£8.50 Siviter, Roger BR Steam Surrender, Kingfisher, 1988, pp96. Large Format Hb. Fine in a Fine dust wrapper. Published to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the death of steam, with 140 photos covering over 40 locomotive classes. £3.95 Siviter,
Roger A Photographer's Guide to
Railways, Peerage Books, 1989, pp135 with 180 pictures in colour and b/w.
Large Format. Glazed boards
with dw. Fine / Very Good.
One of the finest contemporary railway photographers explains how you can
improve the quality of your railway photographs.
£3.95 Siviter
Roger
Settle
and
Carlisle
Memories,
Unicorn,
1990,
pp126.
Large
Format Hb.
VG+/VG.
"Portrays
the line
in its
heyday
when steam
locomotives
were the
only
motive
power and
the
transition
as their
successors
the
diesels
came to
the
line."
£4.95 Siviter,
Roger
1966:
A
Month-by-Month
Journey
around
Britain in
Pursuit of
Steam,
SLP, 1996,
pp160.
Large
Format Hb.
VG+/VG+.
A
superb
photographic
record of
steam in
1966.
£5.95 Siviter,
Roger
Snow
Hill to
Cheltenham
including
the
Gloucestershire
Warwickshire
Railway,
Past
&
Present,
1997,
pp112.
British
Railways
Past and
Present
Special.
Pb.
VG.
A
nostalgic
trip along
the former
GWR route
from
Birmingham
to the
West
Country.
£5.95 Siviter,
Roger
Rhythms
of Steam:
Images of
the
Steam-Age
Railway,
SLP, 2000,
pp160 plus
pp32 of
colour.
Railway
Heritage
from the
Nostalgia
Collection.
Large
Format Hb.
Fine/VG+.
£5.95 Siviter, Roger The Steam Locomotive Shed [Vol. 2]: A further illustrated tribute, SLP, 2000, pp128. Pb. Fine. "Railway Heritage from the Nostalgia Collection." £3.95 Siviter,
Roger A Professional's Guide to
Railway Photography, SLP, 2002, pp128. Large Format Hb.
VG+
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of A Handbook of Railway Photography published by David and Charles in
1983. One of the finest
contemporary railway photographers discuses in detail, with the help of many
illustrations and diagrams, the photographic approach to the different forms of
traction. £5.95 Siviter, Roger Waterloo West: Waterloo to Barnstaple, Great Bear, 2002. Landscape format. Glazed Boards. Fine pp80. An all-colour album featuring the Southern Railway's main line to the west in the diesel era. £5.95 Siviter,
Roger Scotland East & North,
Great Bear, 2003, pp80. Large
Format. Glazed Boards.
VG+. An all-colour
photographic journey from Berwick-on-Tweed to Wick and Thurso, both via the
Highland main line from Perth to Inverness and via the coast route over the
Forth and Tay bridges to Dundee and Aberdeen.
The period is from the mid-1970s to the early 90s.
£8.50 Siviter,
Roger
Diesel
Decade The
1980s,
Sutton
Publishing,
2006,
pp144.
"Largish"
format Hb.
Fine/VG+.
A
series of
photographic
essays:
Class 40s
at Work,
Landscapes,
Deltics,
Viaducts
&
Bridges,
Signal-Boxes
&
Semaphore
Signals,
Freight
Trains,
City
Stations,
Seaside
Days,
Peaks on
the
Midland,
Stations
&
Junctions,
and Night
Scenes.
£7.50 Siviter, Roger Semaphores & Diesels, Great Bear, 2007, pp80. Yesteryear Traction Series. Landscape format. Glazed Boards. Fine. An all-colour album. In each illustration modern diesel traction is contrasted with semaphore signals from the steam age. £4.95 Siviter, Roger Steam Journey, Great Bear Publishing, 2010, pp80. Glazed boards. VG. A pictorial album with quite a bit of colour. Sections include: BR Steam 1950- 1968, Industrial Steam, Early Days on Preserved lines, South African Steam, and BR Main Line Steam 1970 Onwards. £4.95 Sixsmith, Ian The Book of the Coronation Pacifics, Irwell Press, 1998, pp100. Large Format. Glazed Boards. Fine. A comprehensive illustrated history. £9.50 Skelton, Peter Main line
Steam into the 1980s, Janes, 1982, pp96.
Landscape format. Glazed
Boards. VG. An all-colour album. £3.95 Skelton,
Peter and Huxtable, Nils British
Steam Revival, Janes, 1982, pp96. Landscape
format. Glazed Boards.
Very Good. An all-colour
album of mainline preserved steam in the 1970s.
£2.95 Slinn J N Great
Western Way, HMRS (Historical Model Railway Society), 1978, pp274.
Pb. VG-. Creasing to the
covers. A definitive reference on
Great Western liveries. "A description of the distinctive features of the
GWR with particular reference to the liveries of locomotives, rolling stock,
road vehicles, buildings and uniforms, an account of the permanent way and
signal practice and notes on the original liveries of the companies it
absorbed." £12.50 Slinn J N Great Western Way, HMRS (Historical Model Railway Society), 1978, pp274. Pb. Fair. 1.5 inch tear to the covers at the base of the spine otherwise VG. A definitive reference on Great Western liveries. "A description of the distinctive features of the GWR with particular reference to the liveries of locomotives, rolling stock, road vehicles, buildings and uniforms, an account of the permanent way and signal practice and notes on the original liveries of the companies it absorbed." £8.50 Smith, David L Tales of the Glasgow & South Western Railway, IA, 1st edition 1962, pp96 with colour frontis & 16pp of illustrations. Inscription. Hb. VG in a VG- dust wrapper with slight wear to the dust wrapper at the head of the spine. A classic series of articles that originally appeared in The Railway Magazine. £11.50 Smith,
David L
The
Little
Railways
of
South-West
Scotland,
D&C,
1969,
pp228, a
colour
frontis
and 32
illustrations.
Hb.
VG-
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dust
wrapper.
Rubbing
to the
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and base
of the
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tears to
the edges
of the
dust
wrapper;
the dust
wrapper
was
lightly
sellotaped
to the
covers
inside
both
covers.
A
history of
the
Portpatrick
and
Wigtownshire
Joint
railway
and the
associated
lines in
Galloway.
£16.50 Smith,
David L
Legends
of the
Glasgow
and South
Western in
LMS Days,
D&C,
1986,
pp176.
Glazed
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Tales
of the old
Sou'West,
the
enginemen
and their
locomotives.
A
fitting
sequel to
the
author's Tales
of the
Glasgow
and
South-Western.
£5.95 Smith,
Derek
Romney,
Hythe and
Dymchurch
Railway in
Colour,
IA,
1993,
pp64.
Landscape
format.
Glazed
Boards.
VG+.
An all-colour
landscape
format
album.
£4.95 Smith,
Dick The Kendal & Windermere
Railway: The first railway to be built into the heart of the Lake District,
Cumbrian Railways Association, pp52. No
date. Cumbrian Branch Lines No.1. Large
Format Pb. VG+.
A comprehensive well-illustrated history of the Windermere branch.
£5.95 Smith, Donald J M and Harrison, Derek Over the Lickey, Peter Watts, 1990, pp80. Large Format. Glazed Boards. Very Good+. An illustrated history of the Lickey incline and its working. £7.50 Smith, Ian R Living
with Green Arrow, National Railway Museum, pp24. No date. Pb.
Very Good+. An illustrated
history of Green Arrow (60800) with an emphasis on the steam excursions
hauled in 2000 and 2001. £0.95 Smith J D Stations from the Air, SBP Publishing, pp158. Glazed Boards. Fine. Aerial views of Britain's stations - in colour throughout. £8.50 Smith,
Keith and
Mitchell,
Vic
Branch
Lines to
Midhurst,
Middleton,
1981,
pp96.
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VG.
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green
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colour on
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slightly
faded, and
there is a
one-inch
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the blank
preliminary
page.
A
pictorial
survey of
three
branch
lines to
Midhurst:
from
Petersfield,
Pulborough
and
Chichester.
£7.50 Smith,
Martin
The
Railways
of Bristol
&
Somerset,
IA,
1992,
pp112.
Large
Format Hb.
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dust
wrapper.
An
illustrated
history of
the
railways
of
Somerset.
£4.95 Smith,
Martin
Steam
on the
Underground,
IA, 1994,
pp96.
Card
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Good.
An
illustrated
history of
steam
traction
on the
London
Underground.
£3.95 Smith,
Martin British Railway Bridges
and Viaducts, IA, 1994, pp176. Inscription.
Hb. Fine
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A well-illustrated survey.
£14.50 Smith, Martin Steam on the Underground, IA, 1994, pp96. Pb. Very Good. Some slight creasing on the cover. An illustrated history of steam traction on the London Underground. £4.95 Smith,
Martin
Portrait
of the
Central
Wales Line,
IA,
1995,
pp128.
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A
well-illustrated
history of
the scenic
Shrewsbury
to Swansea
line.
£6.95 Smith,
Martin
An
Illustrated
History of
Plymouth's
Railways,
Irwell
Press,
1995,
pp94.
Large
Format Pb.
VG+.
With
sections
on the GWR,
The LSWR
& the
Southern,
Laira,
Friary,
Maritime
Matters,
and the
1950s and
after.
£8.50 Smith,
Martin
Railways
of the
Isle of
Portland,
Irwell
Press,
1997, pp44
with
numerous
illustrations.
Small
inscription,
the number
"771."
Large
Format.
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VG.
The
story of
the
complex
railway
history of
the
railways
on the
Isle of
Portland.
£8.50 Smith,
Oliver An Illustrated History of
the Isle of Wight Railways: Cowes to Newport, Irwell Press, 1993, pp56. Large Format Pb.
VG+. £5.95 Smith,
Paul
The
Handbook
of Steam
Motive
Power
Depots
Vol.1:
Southern
England,
Platform
5, 1989,
pp96.
Large
Format
Pb.
VG.
Brief
details, a
photograph
and an
ordinance
survey map
are
provided
for each
shed.
£6.95 Smith,
Paul
The
Handbook
of Steam
Motive
Power
Depots
Vol.4:
Northern
England
&
Scotland,
Platform
5, 1990,
pp128.
With
an index
for the
entire
series.
Small
inscription,
the number
"795."
Large
Format Pb.
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Includes
illustrations,
an
ordinance
survey map
&
details
for each
shed.
£7.50 Smith,
Paul and
Turner,
Keith
Railway
Atlas Then
and Now,
IA,
2012,
pp112.
Large
Format.
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Boards.
VG+.
Presents
pre-grouping
and
present
day (2012)
railway
maps of
Britain
side by
side -
90
maps in
all.
£8.50 Smith,
Peter
Footplate
over the
Mendips,
OPC,
1978,
pp138.
Pb.
Generally
VG, but
the
binding at
the spine
is not
completely
square.
Anecdotes
and
stories of
the
Somerset
and
Dorset,
mainly
from the
period
1919 to
1950.
A
sequel to
the
author's Mendips
Engineman.
£3.95 Smith,
Peter
An
Historical
Survey of
the Forest
of Dean
Railways,
Layouts
and
Illustrations,
OPC,
1983,
pp144.
Large
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VG+
in a VG
dust
wrapper.
Plans
and
illustrations
of the
stations
and
junctions
of the
Great
Western
and Severn
& Wye
Railways
in the
Forest of
Dean.
£22.50 Smith,
Peter An Historical Survey of
the Midland in Gloucestershire: Layouts and Illustrations, OPC, 1985, pp160.
Large Format Hb. VG+/VG.
Dw spine sunned. £18.50 Smith
T M and
Heathcliffe
G S
An
Illustrated
History of
The
Highworth
Branch:
Originally
The
Swindon
&
Highworth
Light
Railway,
Wild
Swan,
1979,
pp90.
Large
Format Hb.
VG+
in a VG
dust
wrapper.
Slight
wear to
the top
edge of
the dust
wrapper.
A
comprehensive
illustrated
history of
the Great
Western
branch
line from
Swindon to
Highworth.
£28.50 Smith
W and
Beddoes K
The
Cleobury
Mortimer
and Ditton
Priors
Light
Railway,
OPC,
1980,
pp112.
Large
Format Hb.
VG
in a VG
dust
wrapper.
A
comprehensive
illustrated
history.
£12.50 Smith W and Beddoes K The Cleobury Mortimer and Ditton Priors Light Railway, OPC, 1980, pp112. Large Format Hb. VG in a VG dust wrapper. The dust wrapper has been neatly protected with a clear adhesive covering. The dust wrapper is slightly sunned. A comprehensive well-illustrated history. £9.50 Smith
W A C and
Anderson,
Paul
An
Illustrated
History of
Tayside's
Railways
Dundee and
Perth,
Irwell
Press,
1997,
pp112.
Large
Format.
Card
Covers.
Very
Good.
A
well-illustrated
history of
the
railways
in the
Dundee and
Perth
area.
£10.50 Smith
W A C and
Anderson,
Paul
Glasgow
Railway
Memories,
Irwell
Press,
2001, pp52
with
numerous
illustrations.
Small
inscription,
the number
"882."
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Format.
Card
Covers.
Very
Good.
"Compiled
from
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notes
taken
since
1941, this
slice of
Glasgow
life is
the
perfect
companion
to the
popular Illustrated
History of
Glasgow's
Railways
by the
same
authors."
£9.50 Smith
W A C
The
Borders'
Last Days
of Steam, Stenlake,
2008,
pp48.
First
published
in 2002.
Landscape
format Pb.
VG.
There
are two
tiny wear
marks on
the spine
of the
covers and
a third
one at the
base.
A
pictorial
album.
£3.95 Smith, Capt W G 1247 Preservation Pioneer: The Story of Britain's First Privately Preserved Standard Gauge Steam Locomotive, SLP, 1991, pp96. Glazed Boards. Very Good. The story of the preservation of a J52 0-6-0ST built by the Great Northern Railway in 1899. 1247 is now at the National Railway Museum in York. £2.95 Smith,
William H
Essex
Railways,
Sutton,
2000,
pp128.
Glazed
Boards.
VG-
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the
corners of
the glazed
boards, so
not quite
VG.
A
photographic
tribute to
railways
in Essex
in the
steam era.
£7.50 Snell
J B Early Railways, Octopus
Books, 1972, pp97 with 132 illustrations in colour and black & white.
Hb. VG/VG.
Introductory. Traces the
history of railways from their earliest beginning until World War I.
£2.50 Snell
J B
Railways:
Mechanical
Engineering,
Arrow
Books,
1973,
pp177 with
33
illustrations.
First
published
by Longman
as a
hardback
in 1971.
Pb.
VG
with some
creasing
to the
spine of
the covers
and slight
browning
to the
pages.
"This
book is
concerned
with the
evolution
of those
aspects of
railways
which were
normally
the
concern of
a railway
company's
mechanical
engineering
department
- rolling
stock,
signalling
and, above
all,
motive
power."
£2.95 Snell J B Britain's
Railways Under Steam, IA, 1977, pp224.
Name tag inside
the front cover.
Large Format Hb. VG
in a VG
dust
wrapper with slight wear to the
dust
wrapper at the head of the spine.
A history of the development of the main line railway network of Britain,
examining each part of the country in turn, followed by a section on steam
locomotive development and operation.
£3.95 Snell
J B
One
Man's
Railway: J
E P Howey
and the
Romney,
Hythe
&
Dymchurch
Railway,
David
St John
Thomas,
1st
edition
1983,
pp128.
Hb.
VG
in a VG
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wrapper.
Slight
foxing to
the top
edges of
the pages.
An
illustrated
history of
the 15
inch gauge
RH&DR.
J.
E. P.
Howey was
the
driving
force
behind the
line and
was
intimately
associated
with the
RH&DR
until his
death in
1963.
£6.95 Somers A J British Railways Operating History Vol.2: Motive Power Chief, Xpress Publishing, pp104. No date. "Transport History by Transport Professionals." Large Format. Glazed Boards. VG. Jack Somers joined the LNER in 1932, retiring from BR in 1976. This book provides a well-illustrated account of his career in the motive power department. £10.50 Somerville, Christopher Walking Old Railways, D&C, 2nd revised edition 1990, pp144. Glazed Boards. Fine. Describes nine major railway walks undertaken by the author along the length of the Somerset & Dorset, the Lyme Regis Branch, the Potteries loop line, the Mid Wales line etc. £3.95 South, Raymond Crown, College and Railways: How the Railways Came to Windsor, Barracuda, 1978, pp136. Hb. VG+/VG. NRM reference library bookplate on flyleaf plus stamp on title page. No other stamps. The struggle between the GWR, the London South Western Railway, Eton College and the Crown to bring the railway to Windsor. £5.95 Sparks,
Andy
British
Rail
Northern
Scene:
Coast to
Coast,
Sutton
Publishing,
2008,
pp160.
Hb.
Fine
in a Fine
dust
wrapper.
Evokes
the
flavour of
British
Rail in
the 70s in
both words
and
pictures.
£5.95 Spaven,
David and
Holland,
Julian
Mapping
the
Railways:
The
journey of
Britain's
railways
through
maps from
1819 to
the
present
day,
Times
Books,
2011,
pp304.
Large
Format.
Glazed
boards
with a
dust
wrapper.
Fine in a
VG+ dust
wrapper.
"Follows
the
development,
decline
and later
revival of
Britain's
railways
through a
unique
collection
of old
& new
maps,
commentaries
and
photographs."
£12.50 Spence, Jeoffry Victorian and Edwardian Railway Travel From Old Photographs, Batsford, 1982, pp120 with 147 photographs. Hb. Fine/Fine. An unusual collection of early railway photographs with informative captions. £4.95 Spence,
Jeoffry
Victorian
and
Edwardian
Railways
from Old
Photographs,
Batsford,
1985,
pp128 with
155
illustrations.
Hb.
VG+
in a VG
dust
wrapper.
A
fascinating
collection
of early
photographs.
£3.95 Spence,
Jeoffry
Victorian
and
Edwardian
Railways
from Old
Photographs,
Fitzhouse,
1975,
pp128 with
155
illustrations.
Pb.
VG.
An
interesting
collection
of early
photographs.
£2.95 Sprenger, Howard The
Wirksworth Branch, Oakwood, 1987, pp144 with numerous plans and
illustrations. Oakwood Library
of History No.72.
Hb.
VG+
in a VG
dust
wrapper.
The
spine of
the dust
wrapper is
sunned and
the bottom corners of the covers
are bumped.
A comprehensive history of the Midland Railway branch to Wirksworth.
£8.50 Stansfield,
Gordon
Banff,
Moray
&
Nairn's
Lost
Railways,
Stenlake,
2007,
pp48.
First
published
in 2000.
Landscape
format.
Card
Covers.
VG.
Slight
wear to
the bottom
edge of
the covers
near the
spine.
Well-chosen
illustrations
with
informative
captions.
£4.95 Stapleton
N J The
Kelvedon
and
Tollesbury
Light
Railway,
Forge
Books and
Stour
Valley
Preservation
Society,
2nd
edition
1975,
pp32.
Pb.
VG.
A
1975
reprint of
the 2nd
edition of
1968.
An
illustrated
history.
£9.50 Stengelhofen,
John Cornwall's Railway Heritage,
Twelveheads Press, 2nd revised edition 2003, pp50.
Revised by Michael Messenger with the help of Maurice Dart.
Pb. VG.
An illustrated booklet. £1.95 Stennett, Alan Lost Railways of Lincolnshire, Countryside Books, 2007, pp160. Pb. VG+. An illustrated survey. £4.95 Stephens
J H
The
District
Controller's
View No.11
1950's BR
Steam
Operating:
The
Midland
&
South
Western
Junction
Railway,
Xpress
Publishing,
pp68.
No
date.
Large
Format Pb.
VG.
Train
and
traffic
operations
over the
M&SWJR
during the
1950s;
Full
working
Timetable
(Passenger
&
Goods);
Engine
diagrams
&
locomotive
allocations
1950-60
Swindon
&
Gloucester
MPDs.
£12.50 Stephens,
Robert
Diesel
Pioneers:
The
British
Rail
Diesel
Loco Fleet
up to 1970,
Atlantic,
1988,
pp48.
The
Colour of
British
Rail Vol.1.
Pb.
VG+.
A
well-captioned
all-colour
album of
early
diesels.
£1.95 Stephenson,
Brian
Great
Western
4-6-0s,
IA,
1996,
pp128.
Large
Format Hb.
VG+
in a VG
dust
wrapper.
Loss
of the
background
colour
down the
spine of
the dust
wrapper.
A
pictorial
tribute
based on
five issue
of Locomotives
Illustrated,
with
sections
on The
Saints
&
Stars, The
Castles,
The Kings,
The Halls
Manors
&
Granges,
and The
Counties.
£4.95 Stephenson, Brian and Russell, Patrick Specials in Steam, IA, 1st edition 1968, pp128. Hb. VG in a VG dust wrapper with some superficial wear to the edges of the dust wrapper. A first edition of a best-selling album recalling the steam specials that ran between 1938 and 1968. £2.95 LNER Albums Stephenson,
Brian
LNER
Album
Vol.1,
IA,
1st
edition
1970,
pp128.
Hb.
VG
in a VG
dust
wrapper.
A
pictorial
album.
£4.95 Stephenson,
Brian
LNER
Album
Vol.2,
IA,
1970,
pp112.
Hard
Cover. VG
in a VG
dust
wrapper.
£4.95 Stephenson,
Brian
LNER
Album
Vol.3,
IA,
1976,
pp128.
Hb.
VG
in a VG-
dust
wrapper.
The
dust
wrapper
has been
internally
repaired
at the
head of
the spine;
slight
loss of
colour
down the
dust
wrapper
spine.
Brian
Stephenson's
final
pictorial
album on
the LNER.
£4.95 ------------------------------------------------ Stephenson, Brian LMS Album No.2, IA, 1974, pp128. Hb. VG in a VG dust wrapper. The dust wrapper has been internally repaired at the head of the spine. The spine of the dust wrapper is slightly sunned. A pictorial album. £3.95 Stephenson,
Brian
LMS
Album No.3,
IA, 1st
edition
1973,
pp128.
Hb.
VG
in a VG
dust
wrapper. A
pictorial
album.
£3.95 Stephenson, Brian LMS Steam Portrait, IA, 1985, pp128. Hb. Fine/VG. An album of pre-nationalisation steam, combining the best material from LMS Album No.2 and LMS Album No.3 with some new photographs. £5.95 Stephenson,
Brian
Great
Western
Steam at
its Zenith,
IA, 1985,
pp80.
Large
Format Pb.
The
top page
corners
are
slightly
turned up,
otherwise
VG.
A
pictorial
tribute to
Great
Western
steam
covering
the period
from the
end of the
broad
gauge in
1892 until
the
outbreak
of World
War 2.
£2.95 Stephenson, Brian BR Standard Steam Locomotives, IA, 1993, pp128. The original Ian Allan edition. Large Format Hb. VG+/VG. Dw spine sunned. The illustrations were originally published in Locomotives Illustrated. £6.95 Stephenson, Brian BR Standard Steam Locomotives, IA/Taj Books, 2007, pp128. A matt reprint of a book published by Ian Allan in 1983. The illustrations were originally published in various issues of Locomotives Illustrated. Large Format. Glazed boards with dw. Fine in a Fine dust wrapper. £4.95 Sterndale,
Tony
Great
Western
Pictorial
No.3: The
Tony
Sterndale
Collection,
Wild
Swan,
2006,
pp102.
Commissioned
by Sue
Sterndale.
Large
format Hb.
Fine
in a Fine
dust
wrapper.
High-quality
illustrations
from the
Tony
Sterndale
collection.
£14.50 Stevens, Robert Towcester Memories of the "Slow, Miserable & Jolty" (Stratford & Midland Junction Railway), Towcester Local History Society, 1994, pp32. Pb. Fine. An illustrated booklet. £6.95 Stevens-Stratten,
S W
British
Rail
Main-Line
Diesels,
IA,
Revised
and
enlarged
edition
1975,
pp64.
Drawings
by R. S.
Carter.
Large
landscape
format Pb.
Plastic
comb
binding.
VG.
Remains of
an old price
sticker in
the top corner
of the
cover.
"OO"
scale
drawings
of British
Rail
diesels,
with each
drawing
supplemented
by two
photographs
and a
technical
specification.
£12.50 Stevens-Stratten
S W
Bulleid
Coaches in
4mm Scale,
IA, 1983,
pp56 with
36
detailed
drawings
of
Bulleid's
steam
hauled
stock and
4SUB
electric
units.
Model
Railway
Constructor
Planbook 1.
Large
landscape
format.
Card
Covers
with ring
binding.
VG.
£14.50 Stobbs,
Allan
Memories
of the
LNER:
South-West
Durham, author,
1989 pp80
plus pp24
of
illustrations.
Old
price
sticker on
the rear
cover.
Card
Covers.
Very
Good.
Examines
the lines
in and
around
Bishops
Auckland.
£5.95 Stobbs,
Allan
Memories
of the
LNER:
Rural
Northumberland,
author,
2nd
enlarged
edition
1992, pp80
with 54 of
illustrations.
Pb.
VG.
Examines
both the
North
British
and North
Eastern
branch
lines in
Northumberland.
£5.95 Stockwell,
Jonathan D
and
Drummond,
Ian
Rails
along the
Derwent:
The Story
of the
Derwent
Valley
Light
Railway,
Holne
Publishing,
2013,
pp160 with
290
illustrations.
Large
Format.
Glazed
Boards.
Very Good.
Very
slight
rubbing to
the
corners of
the glazed
boards.
A
comprehensive
lavishly-produced
history.
£16.50 Stokes,
Michael S
Stockport
Edgeley
Motive
Power
Depot,
Foxline,
1999,
pp80.
Scenes
from the
Past:35.
Small
inscription,
the number
"848."
Large
Format.
Card
Covers.
Very
Good.
£8.50 Stokes,
Michael S
Heaton
Mersey
Motive
Power
Depot,
Foxline,
2000,
pp104.
Scenes
from the
Past: 39.
Small
inscription,
the number
"866."
Large
Format Pb.
VG.
£16.50 Stone
R A
The
Meon
Valley
Railway,
Kingfisher,
1985,
pp128.
Hb.
VG
in a VG
dust
wrapper.
Slight
wear to
the dust
wrapper at
the head
of the
spine.
An
illustrated
history of
the London
&
South
Western
Railway
branch
line from
Alton to
Fareham.
£8.50 Stretton
C E
The
Development
of the
Locomotive:
A Popular
History
1803-1896,
Bracken
Books,
1989,
pp252.
First
published
in 1896.
Hb.
Fine
in a VG+
dust
wrapper.
There
is a fold
in the
front flap
of the
dust
wrapper.
A
detailed
and
comprehensively
illustrated
book
charting
the
development
of the
steam
engine
from
Trevithick's
pioneering
experiments
to the
"high-speed"
engines of
the 1890s.
£6.95 Stretton,
John
Steam
on Shed,
Guild/Blandford,
1984, 240
plates.
Hard
Cover.
Very
Good in a
Very Good
dust
wrapper.
A
high
quality
album from
the 1960s,
with a
high
proportion
of
excellent
colour
shots.
£4.95 Stretton,
John
Leicestershire
Railway
Memories,
Unicorn,
1989,
pp158 with
pp8 of
colour.
Small
inscription,
the number
"230."
Large
Format.
Hard
Cover.
Fine
in a Very
Good+ dust
wrapper.
A
high-quality
album of
photographs
from the
county of
Leicestershire.
£5.95 Stretton,
John
Closely
Observed
Trains: A
Nostalgic
Look Back
at a
Decade of
Change on
Britain's
Railways,
SLP,
1994,
pp160.
Large
Format Hb.
Fine
in a Fine
dust
wrapper.
A
photographic
chronicle
of the
dramatic
changes in
Britain's
rail
network
during the
1980s.
£4.95 Stretton, John The Last Years of British Rail: 1990 – 94, SLP, 2003, pp128. Pb. VG. The final volume of a trilogy looking at the last 15 years of British Rail. £4.95 Stretton,
John Steam on Shed, Bounty
Books, 2004, 240 plates. First
published by Blandford in 1984. Pb.
VG. A high quality album from the
60s, with a high proportion of excellent colour shots.
£3.95 Stretton, John The
Ffestiniog and Welsh Highland Railways: A Past & Present Special, Past
and Present, 1996, pp96. Pb. VG-.
Some superficial wear to the spine of the covers.
A nostalgic trip along both lines from Caernarvon to Porthmadog and
Blaenau Ffestiniog. £3.95 Stretton, John The West Somerset Railway: A Past & Present Companion, Past & Present, 2000, pp96. Pb. Fine. A nostalgic trip along the whole route from Taunton to Minehead. £3.95 Stretton, John The Welsh Highland Vol.3: Ain't no stoppin' us now!, Past and Present, 2000, pp128. A Past & Present Companion. Pb. VG+. A photographic celebration of the completion of the restoration of the Welsh Highland line from Porthmadog to Caernarfon. £5.95 Stretton, John The Welsh Highland: Caernarfon to Porthmadog - A Phoenix Rising, Past and Present, 2004, pp96. A Past & Present Companion. Pb. VG. A past & present photographic tour of the Welsh Highland Railway. £5.95 Stroud,
John
Railway
Air
Services,
IA,
1987, pp144.
Hb. VG+ in a
VG dust
wrapper.
A
well-illustrated
tribute to
the major
role
played by
the
railways
in the
development
of
Britain's
internal
air
services.
£8.50 Stuart D H and Reed, Brian The Crewe Type, Profile Publishing, 1971, p49-p72. Loco Profile 15. Remains of an old price sticker on the cover. Pb. VG. An illustrated history of the distinctive double-framed 2-4-0 and 2-2-2 locomotives built by the LNWR in the 19th century. £3.95 Stubbs
W T and
Boddy M G
Locomotive
Stock Book
1960, RCTS,
1960, pp84
plus pp52
of
illustrations.
Pb.
VG.
Complete
classified
lists
(with
names) of
the
locomotive
stock of
British
Railways
and London
Transport
on 31st
December
1959;
Alterations
to
Locomotive
Stocks
1955 -
1959.
Lists of
the
locomotive
stock of
the Irish
Railways
and the
other
British
railways.
£4.95 Stubbs,
W T,
Knowles J
W, and
Lissenden
R A
Locomotive
Stock Book
1966,
RCTS,
1966, pp55
plus pp44
of
illustrations.
Pb.
VG.
Presents
details of
locomotive
stock
alterations
in the
period
1963/5 as
well as a
complete
list of
locomotives
in stock
at the end
of 1965.
Classes
that
became
extinct in
the period
are
illustrated.
£4.95 Suggitt,
Gordon
Lost
Railways
of North
& East
Yorkshire,
Countryside
Books,
2006,
pp160.
First
published
in 2005.
Card
Covers.
Very
Good.
An
illustrated
history
with an
emphasis
on what
remains
today.
£4.95 Summers
A W
Engines
Good and
Bad,
OPC,
1985,
pp96, 21
photographs
& 2
maps.
Pb.
VG
with
slight
wear to
the edges
of the
covers,
and some
loss of
colour
down the
spine.
Reminiscences
of an Old
Oak Common
driver,
1923-70.
£3.95 Swift,
Andrew Railways in
Northamptonshire and the Soke of Peterborough on Old Picture Postcards,
Reflections of a Bygone Age, 1999, 64 illustrations. Yesterdays Northampton
Series No.4. Pb.
VG. "A selection of
picture postcards featuring scenes during the past century, with informative
captions." Unlike the author's
first volume, which consisted almost entirely of station views, this second
volume includes views of all aspects of the railway scene including sheds,
viaducts, horse-drawn wagons and railway workers. £4.95 Swift, Andrew Devon Railway Stations (Great Western Railway) on old picture postcards, Reflections of a Bygone Age, 2001, pp36. Yesterdays Devon Series No.1. Pb. VG+. £3.95 Swindale, Dennis L Branch Lines to Malden, EARM Publications, 1983, pp48. First published by Windover Publications in 1978. Pb. VG. An illustrated line history. £6.95 Swinger,
Peter
The
Power of
the B17s
& B2s,
OPC, 1st
edition
1988, 196
plates.
Large
Format Hb.
Fine in a
VG+ dust
wrapper.
A
pictorial
tribute to
Gresley's
only 4-6-0
class,
developed
for the
Great
Eastern
section.
Edward
Thompson
rebuilt
ten of the
class as
two-cylinder
B2s.
£7.50 Swinger,
Peter BR Standard Pacifics in
Colour, IA, 1994, pp80. Landscape
format. Glazed Boards. VG+.
An all-colour pictorial tribute. £6.95 Swinger, Peter Glory Days: Steam in East Anglia, IA, 1999, pp96. Landscape format. Glazed Boards. VG. A history of steam traction in East Anglia, well-illustrated in colour & b/w. £5.95 Swinger,
Peter
The
Power of
the B1s,
OPC,
2004,
pp112.
Power
Series.
Large
Format Hb.
Fine
in a VG+
dust
wrapper.
A
pictorial
record of
Thomson's
mixed-traffic
4-6-0,
developed
during the
war for
the LNER.
£9.50 Railway
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