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S D
Steam
in West
Cheshire
and the
North
Wales
Border,
IA,
1981,
pp96.
Hard
Cover.
Very
Good in a
Very Good
dust
wrapper.
Slight
wear to
the dust
wrapper at
the head
of the
spine.
"No
2
Volume"
written on
the
flyleaf.
An
album
focusing
on the
area
around
Chester.
£3.95 Walford,
John and
Harrison,
Paul
A
Detailed
History of
British
Railways
Standard
Steam
Locomotives
Vol.4: The
9F 2-10-0
Class,
RCTS,
2008, pp22
plus 317
including
pp8 of
colour.
Small
inscription,
the number
"1056."
Large
Format.
Glazed
Boards.
Very
Good.
A
definitive
study.
£24.50 Walker,
Barry
Northern
Steam
Finale,
Jane's,
1986,
pp64.
Steam
2
Portfolios.
Inscription.
Landscape
format.
Glazed
Boards.
VG.
The
spine of
the covers
is sunned.
An
all-colour
album of
the last
days of
steam in
the North
West.
£4.95 The Steam Railway Walker,
Colin
The
Steam
Railway
Vol. 1 -
Oxfordshire
Remembered,
Oxford
Illustrators
Ltd, 1970,
pp60.
Landscape
format.
Hard
Cover.
Very
Good in a
Very Good-
dust
wrapper.
A
small tear
in the
dust
wrapper at
the head
of the
spine has
been
internally
repaired.
Mainly
Great
Western
steam.
£4.95 Walker,
Colin The Steam Railway Vol. 2
– Shrewsbury, Oxford Illustrators, 1971, pp60.
Landscape format Hb.
VG+
in a VG
dust
wrapper.
In steam days
Shrewsbury's served as an important hub for both passenger and freight traffic.
£4.95 Walker,
Colin
The
Steam
Railway
Vol. 8 -
'Twixt
Hatton and
Harbury,
Oxford
Illustrated
Press,
1973,
pp60.
Landscape
format.
Hard
Cover.
Very
Good in a
Very Good
dust
wrapper.
Great
Western
steam
around
Leamington.
£4.95 ----------------------------------------------------- Trails of Steam Walker,
Colin
Trails
of Steam
Vol.5:
Trails
from
Shrewsbury,
Oxford
Publishing
Company,
1978,
pp60.
Large
landscape
format Hb.
VG
in a VG
dust
wrapper.
Photographs
of Great
Western
and London
Midland
steam in
and around
Shrewsbury.
£4.95 Walker,
Colin
Trails
of Steam
Vol.7:
Trails
along the
West
Border,
Oxford
Publishing
Company,
1980,
pp60.
Large
landscape
format Hb.
VG
in a VG
dust
wrapper
with
slight
wear to
the top
edge of
the dust
wrapper.
Photographs
of Great
Western
and London
Midland
steam on
the
North-to-West
line from
Newport
through
Shrewsbury
to
Chester.
£4.95 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Walker,
Colin Happy
Return: The Rail 150 Steam Cavalcade,
Pendyke,
1976,
pp144.
Glazed
Boards. VG.
Colin
Walker is
justly
famous for
his
photographic
trilogy
depicting
the last
days of
the Great
Central.
Here he
provides a
photographic
record of
the steam
cavalcade
at Shildon
in August
1975 to
celebrate
the 150th
anniversary
of the
Stockton
and
Darlington. £2.95 Walker, Colin Great Central Twilight: Memories of a lost main line to London, Pendyke, 1st edition 1986, 180 illustrations. Large Format Hb. Very Good in a Very Good dust wrapper. Minor wear to the plastic coating of the dust wrapper near the front bottom corner. A tribute to the last days of the Great Central's London extension. £28.50 Walker,
Colin
Eastern
Region
Steam
Twilight
Part One:
South of
Grantham,
Pendyke
Publications,
1990, 204
plates.
Small
inscription,
the number
“659.”
Large
Format.
Hard
Cover. VG+
in a VG
dust
wrapper.
Superb
album, as
always
from Colin
Walker.
£16.50 Walker,
Colin
Eastern
Region
Steam
Twilight
Part Two:
North of
Grantham,
Pendyke
Publications,
1991, 171
plates.
Small
inscription,
the number
"688."
Large
Format Hb.
Very
Good+ in a
Very Good
dust
wrapper.
Superb
album, as
always
from Colin
Walker.
£24.50 Walker,
Colin
London
Midland
Steam
Twilight:
Midland
Lines and
the
Somerset
and Dorset
Part 1,
Pendyke
Publications,
1995,
pp180.
Signed
by the
author.
Large
Format Hb.
Fine
in a Fine
dust
wrapper.
High-quality
atmospheric
shots from
Colin
Walker's
camera.
£16.50 Walker,
Stephen Great Northern Branch
Lines in Lincolnshire, KMS Books, 1984, pp40.
Pb. Fair+.
Some wear to the covers. A
pictorial survey. £4.95 Walker,
Stephen
The
New Line
Kirkstead
- Little
Steeping
including
Lincoln to
Skegness,
KMS
Books,
1985,
pp48.
Inscription.
Pb.
VG.
An
illustrated
history of
the Great
Northern
Railway's
direct
route to
Skegness.
£4.95 Walker,
Thomas A
The
Severn
Tunnel:
Its
Construction
and
Difficulties
1872-1887,
Kingsmead
Reprints,
1969,
pp240.
A
reprint of
the 1891
edition. Hard
Cover.
Very
Good+ in a
Very Good
dust
wrapper.
Describes
the
construction
of the GWR
railway
tunnel
under the
Severn
estuary.
Thomas
Walker was
in charge
of the
project
from 1877
until its
completion.
£18.50 Waller,
Peter
Celebration
of Steam:
West
Riding,
IA, 1994,
pp128.
Card
Covers.
Very
Good+.
An
area by
area
photographic
survey.
£3.95 Waller,
Peter
From
the
Footplate:
Eurostar A
Driver's
Eye View
of the
Channel
Tunnel,
IA, 1998,
pp112.
Pb.
VG.
An
illustrated
account of
Eurostar
services
through
the
Channel
Tunnel.
£4.95 Waller, Peter Working Steam: LNER 2-6-0s, IA, 2004, pp80. Landscape format. Glazed Boards. Fine. An all-colour pictorial tribute to Gresley, Thompson & Peppercorn 2-6-0s. £4.95 Wallis
E
Great
Western
Infrastructure
1922-1934:
Stations,
Signalling,
Trackwork,
Noodle
Books,
2014,
pp120.
Card
Covers.
Very
Good.
Photographs
from the
E. Wallis
Collection.
£8.50 Walsh
B D J
The
Stour
Valley
Railway,
Stour
Valley
Railway
Preservation
Society,
1st
edition
1971,
pp26.
Card
Covers.
Very
Good.
The
first
edition of
Walsh's
illustrated
line
history.
£2.95 Walsh
B D J
The
Stour
Valley
Railway,
EARM
Publications,
3rd
edition
2008,
pp68.
A
revised,
updated
and
expanded
edition.
Card
Covers.
Very Good.
An
illustrated
line
history.
£3.95 Walters,
David British Railway Bridges, IA, 1963, pp72 with numerous
illustrations. "Smallish" format Pb.
Near VG with slight wear to the covers.
A historical survey followed by details of twenty seven major bridges and
viaducts. £5.95 Walton,
Peter
Diesels
Over the
Settle to
Carlisle
Route,
OPC, 1982.
With
over two
hundred
high-quality
plates.
Large
Format.
Hard
Cover.
Very
Good+ in a
Very Good
dust
wrapper.
The
spine of
the dust
wrapper is
sunned and
there is a
1.5 inch
internally
repaired
tear at
the head
of the
spine.
£4.95 Wardale
D
The
Red Devil
and other
tales from
the age of
steam,
author,
2002,
pp522 plus
76 colour
illustrations.
Hard
Cover.
Very
Good in a
Fair dust
wrapper.
Superficial
wrinkling
&
creasing
to the
dust
wrapper,
particularly
down the
spine and
also wear
to the two
rear
corners. A
study of
the
author's
development
work on
steam
locomotives
on the
South
African
Railways,
in
particular
on the Red
Devil
project.
Later
steam
locomotive
developments
in America
and China
are also
considered.
£32.50 Warn
C R
Rural
Branch
Lines in
Northumberland,
Frank
Graham,
2nd
edition
1978, pp56
with
illustrations
and some
excellent
maps.
Rails
Across
Northumberland
Pt.3.
Card
Covers.
Near
VG.
£3.95 Warn
C R
Railways
of the
Northumberland
Coalfield, Frank
Graham,
1976, pp60
with
illustrations
& some
excellent
maps.
Rails
Across
Northumberland
Pt.4.
Pb.
Generally
VG, but
with a
three-inch
crease
across the
top rear
corner of
the
covers.
£4.95 Warren, Alan Rescued from Barry, D&C, 1983, pp175. Hb. VG+ in a VG dust wrapper. The dust wrapper spine is slightly sunned. Describes and illustrates every one of the locomotives rescued from Barry. £5.95 Warren,
Alan
Barry
Scrapyard:
The
Preservation
Miracle,
D&C,
1988,
pp288.
"Largish"
format.
Hard
Cover.
Very
Good in a
Very Good-
dust
wrapper.
The dust wrapper has been internally repaired at the head of the spine, otherwise VG/VG.
The
first part
tells the
Barry
rescue
story,
while the
second
part
describes
and
illustrates
every one
of the
over 200
locos
rescued
from
Barry.
Illustrated
in both
colour and
black
&
white.
£4.95 Warren
J G H
A
Century of
Locomotive
Building
by Robert
Stephenson
& Co
1823-1923,
D&C,
1970,
pp461 with
a new
introduction
by
Professor
W. A.
Tuplin.
First
published
by Andrew
Reid &
Co. in
1923.
There
is a
bookplate
from the
previous
owner
inside the
front
cover.
"Largish"
format Hb.
VG+
in a VG
dust
wrapper.
A
detailed
account of
the early
development
of the
steam
locomotives;
the first
37 years
down to
1860 take
over 400
of the 461
pages.
£32.50 Waszak, Peter Rail Centres: Peterborough, IA, 1st edition 1984, p128. The original Ian Allan edition. Hb. VG in a VG dust wrapper. Slight browning of the page edges. An illustrated history of the railways in and around Peterborough. £6.95 Waterer, Graham Southern Electrics: A View From the Past, IA, 1999, pp96. Glazed Boards. Very Good+. A history of the Southern Electric system up until 1962. £5.95 Waters,
Laurence Rail Centres: Oxford,
IA, 1986, pp128.
The
original
Ian Allan
edition.
Hb. VG
in a VG
dust
wrapper. An
illustrated history of the railways in and around Oxford.
£5.95 Waters,
Laurence
Oxfordshire
Railways
in Old
Photographs,
Alan
Sutton,
1989,
pp160.
Pb.
VG.
With
sections
on: The
Main
Lines, The
LNWR at
Oxford and
The Branch
Lines.
£2.95 Waters,
Laurence
Rail
Centres:
Reading,
IA, 1st
edition
1990,
pp128.
The
original
Ian Allan
edition.
Hard
Cover. Very
Good+ in a
Very Good
dust
wrapper.
A
well-illustrated
history of
the
railways
in and
around
Reading.
£5.95 Waters,
Laurence Steam in Action:
'Castles', IA, 1991, pp80. Large
Format. Glazed Boards.
Very Good.
A
largely pictorial
tribute
with no
fewer than seven appendices
providing
further
details of the class.
£3.95 Waters,
Laurence
More
Last Days
of Steam
in
Oxfordshire,
Alan
Sutton,
1992,
pp152.
Hard
Cover.
Fine
in a Very
Good dust
wrapper.
A
pictorial
tribute to
the final
years of
steam in
Oxfordshire.
£3.95 Waters,
Laurence
London:
The Great
Western
Lines,
IA,
1993,
pp160.
Britain's
Rail Super
Centres
Series.
Large
Format.
Hard
Cover.
Very
Good+ in a
Very Good
dust
wrapper.
A
comprehensive
history of
the Great
Western
lines into
Paddington.
£5.95 Waters, Laurence GWR
Then & Now,
BCA/IA, 1st edition 1994, pp256. Large
Format Hb. The original hardback edition with a dust wrapper.
Fine
in a Fine
dust
wrapper.
Sharply contrasting then and now photographs with the following sections: Thames and Chiltern; Somerset and Avon; The Southwest; The Midlands, Cotswolds and Border Counties; and
Wales.
£3.95 Waters,
Laurence Around the Great
Western Railway Then & Now, IA, 2002, pp256.
The original Ian Allen edition. Large Format Hb. Fine
in a Very
Good+ dust
wrapper. A second volume of then and
now shots on former Great Western lines. £7.50 Waters, Laurence Around
the Great Western Railway Then & Now, HRP, 2009, pp256.
First published by Ian Allan in 2002.
Large Format.
Glazed boards with
a dust
wrapper.
VG+
in a VG
dust
wrapper.
A second volume of then and now shots on the former Great Western.
£4.95 Waters,
Laurence
The
Power of
the
Counties,
OPC, 2006,
pp112.
Power
Series.
Large
Format.
Hard
Cover.
Very
Good+ in a
Very Good
dust
wrapper.
A
tribute
the
Hawksworth's
Great
Western
4-6-0s.
£7.50 Watson, Hugh W The
Deltic Years: From Prototype to Preservation, PSL, 1989, pp192.
Illustrated in black & white with some
colour.
"Largish" format Hb. Very
Good in
a Very
Good dust
wrapper
with
slight wear to
the top corners.
A "lively, personal and non-technical
account."
£9.50 Watson, James Stamps and Railways, Faber and Faber, 1960, pp142 plus 16 plates. Hb. VG+ in a VG- dust wrapper. Superficial wear at the top of the dust wrapper spine. Aimed at the thematic stamp collector. £2.95 Watts
A J
Private
Owner
Wagons
from the
Ince
Waggon
&
Ironworks
Co.,
Historical
Model
Railway
Society,
1998,
pp190.
Large
Format.
Glazed
Boards.
VG-.
The
top back
corner of
the spine
is
slightly
bumped,
some loss
of colour
down the
spine.
A
comprehensive
illustrated
history of
the Ince
Waggon
Works.
A
substantial
part of
the book
(p47-p176)
provides
details of
the wagons
produced
by Ince
illustrated
with
photographs
from the
photographic
archive of
the
company.
£14.50 Way,
R Barnard Meet the Locomotive:
The Intricacies of the Steam Locomotive Introduced in Simple Language to Those
Who Want to Know, Transportation Press, 1st edition, pp49.
Pb. Near VG.
No date but around 1947. The
first edition of a book later published by Ian Allan.
£3.95 Way, R Barnard and Wardale, Reginald W British Passenger Locomotives, Wells Gardner, Darton & Co., 1948, pp128. A Quick Spotter Book. Pb. Fair+ with wear to the spine and corners. "134" written inside a small circle of the cover. Photographs and brief details of the principal passenger classes of the Big Four immediately after nationalisation. According to the back cover, BR passenger stock was originally going to be painted "dark purple and cream!" £1.95 Waywell,
Robin
Industrial
Locomotives
of
Buckinghamshire,
Bedfordshire
&
Northamptonshire,
IRS
(Industrial
Railway
Society),
2001,
pp464 with
96
illustrations.
Series
editor: R.
K.
Hateley.
Glazed
Boards.
Very
Good+. Some
very
slight
loss of
colour on
the spine.
A
meticulously
compiled
record.
£22.50 Waywell,
Robin and
Jux, Frank
Industrial
Railways
&
Locomotives
of Essex,
Industrial
Railway
Society,
2011,
pp372 plus
159
illustrations.
Includes
Amendment
List No.1.
Glazed
Boards.
Very
Good+.
A
meticulously
compiled
record.
£18.50 Waywell,
Robin
Industrial
Railways
&
Locomotives
of Kent,
Industrial
Railway
Society,
2016,
pp458 with
149
illustrations.
Glazed
Boards.
Very
Good+.
A
meticulously
compiled
record.
£28.50 Webb,
Ben
Locomotive
Engineers
of the GWR,
IA, 1946,
pp31.
"Smallish"
format.
Card
Covers.
Fair+.
Some
wear to
the edges
of the
covers.
An
illustrated
booklet
with the
illustrations
provided
by the
Great
Western
Railway
itself.
£3.95 Webb,
Ben Locomotive Engineers of the
LNER, IA, 1946, pp76. "Smallish"
format. Very Good.
Provides details about the men who design or have designed the
locomotives of the LNER. Note that
some Locomotive Engineers of the major constituent companies are therefore also
considered. £3.95 Webb,
Brian and
Gordon,
David A
Lord
Carlisle's
Railways,
RCTS,
1978,
pp120 plus
92
illustrations.
Card
Covers.
Very
Good.
A
carefully
researched
history of
Lord
Carlisle's
Railways,
also known
as the
Brampton
Railway
and as The
Brampton
and
Hartleyburn
Railway.
£9.50 Webb,
Brian
The
Deltic
Locomotives
of British
Rail,
D&C,
1983,
pp96.
Locomotive
Studies
Series.
Hard
Cover.
Fine
in a VG+
dust
wrapper.
The
spine of
the dust
wrapper is
faded.
A
definitive
study of
the
Deltics
(Class55)
and Baby
Deltics
(Class23).
£4.95 Webster H C British Railway Rolling Stock, OUP, 1942, pp159. Landscape format. Hb. VG/Poor. Slight rubbing to the covers. Although substantially complete, the dw has been extensively repaired internally. Illustrations & descriptions of contemporary locomotives, coaches & wagons. £4.95 Webster,
Harry
Railway
Motive
Power,
Hutchinson's
Scientific
&
Technical
Publications,
1952,
pp311 with
57 line
drawings
and 50
illustrations.
Foreword
by Lt-Col
Harold
Rudgard,
former
Chief
Officer of
Motive
power,
British
Railways.
Hb.
VG
in a Fair
dust
wrapper.
Wear and
tears to
the edges
of the
dust
wrapper
with some
slight
loss,
price
clipped.
An
excellent
explanation
of how a
steam
engine
actually
works.
The
final part
is devoted
to
electric
and diesel
traction.
£5.95 Webster
N W
Joseph
Locke:
Railway
Revolutionary, Allen
&
Unwin,
1970,
pp218.
Hb.
VG
in a Fair
dust
wrapper.
Wear
to the
edges of
the dust
wrapper,
with two
small
internally-repaired
tears to
the top
edge.
An
excellent
modern
biography
of the
engineer
of the
Grand
Junction,
the London
&
Southampton
and the
LNWR main
line over
Shap.
£4.95 Webster
N W
Britain's
First
Trunk Line,
Adams
&
Dart,
1972,
pp196 with
the gold
crest of
the Grand
Junction
on the
front
cover.
Hb.
VG
in a VG
dust
wrapper.
The
lettering
on the
dust
wrapper
spine has
faded.
An
excellent
history of
the Grand
Junction
Railway -
the first
railway to
link
Birmingham
with
Liverpool
and
Manchester
- until it
became
part of
the LNWR.
£5.95 Webster,
Neil and
Fox, Peter
Motive
Power
Pocket
Book
Spring
1983: The
Complete
Guide to
all
BR-Operated
Locomotives,
Platform
5, 1983,
pp80 with
pp16 of
colour
illustrations.
No
underlining.
Small
format Pb.
Very
Good.
£1.95 Weekes
G
BR
Standard
Britannia
Pacifics:
A study of
British
Railways
standard
Class 7P
express
passenger
locomotive,
Bradford
Barton,
1975,
pp96.
Small
inscription,
the number
"782."
Hb.
Very
Good in a
Fair dust
wrapper.
Slight
wear to
the dust
wrapper
edges,
particularly
at the
head of
the spine.
Also two
small
internally
repaired
tears to
the dust
wrapper
edges.
A
Bradford
Barton
original
with a
black
&
white
"speckled"
cover.
£3.95 Weighell, Sid A Hundred Years of Railway Weighells: Three Generations of a Railway Family, Robson Books, 1984, pp240 plus pp24 of illustrations. Hb. Fine in a Fine dust wrapper. Sid Weighell was an outspoken and often controversial General Secretary of the NUR from 1975-82. £3.95 Weight R A H Great Northern Locomotives 1847-1947, author, 1st edition 1947, pp78 plus pp25 plates. Pb. Fair. Covers a bit grubby and worn with wear at the head & base of the spine and at the corners. A history of GN locomotives, illustrated with line drawings from Bird's classic Locomotives of the Great Northern Railway, published in 1903. £3.95 Weight
R A H
The
Great
Northern
Railway,
IA,
1952,
pp32.
Railways
Before the
Grouping
No.2.
Card
Covers.
Very
Good.
Slight
wear to
the edges
of the
covers.
An
illustrated
booklet.
£2.95 Weir, Tom The Mallaig Line: An illustrated history and guide, Famedram, pp28. No date. Pb. VG. £0.95 Welbourn, Nigel Lost Lines: London, IA, 1998, pp128. Lost Lines Series. Pb. Fine. A pictorial survey of London lines which have either disappeared or been superseded by later developments. These include the ex-Great Western branch to Staines, the ex-London & North Western branch from Harrow to Stanmore, the closed terminus at King William Street and many more. £2.95 Welbourn,
Nigel
Lost
Lines:
British
Narrow
Gauge,
IA, 2000,
pp128.
Pb.
Fine.
Retraces
some
thirty of
the narrow
gauge
railways
that once
operated
in the
British
Isles.
£5.95 Welbourn,
Nigel
Lost
Lines: LMR,
IA, 2003,
pp128.
Pb.
Fine.
Examines
a
selection
of lines
and
stations
in the
London
Midland
Region
that have
closed.
£4.95 Welbourn,
Nigel
Lost
Lines:
Western,
IA, 2004,
pp128.
Card
Covers.
Very
Good.
Largely
pictorial.
There is a
one-inch
crease
across the
top rear
corner of
the
covers.
Examines
a
selection
of lines
and
stations
in the
Western
Region
that have
closed.
£3.95 Welbourn,
Nigel
Lost
Lines:
North
Eastern,
IA, 2005,
pp128.
Card
Covers.
Very
Good.
Largely
pictorial.
Examines
a
selection
of lines
and
stations
in the
North-Eastern
Region
that have
closed.
£4.95 Welch, Michael S Steam over the Roof of England, Runpast, 1990, 229 illustrations. Large Format Hb. Fine in a VG dust wrapper. The dust wrapper is sunned down the spine. A pictorial tribute to the Settle and Carlisle line in the steam era. £7.50 Welch,
Michael S Memories of Steam from Glasgow to Aberdeen, Runpast,
1993, 197 illustrations. Large
Format Hb. The harder-to-obtain
hardback edition. VG+/VG.
A pictorial tribute to the Caledonian Railway's route from Glasgow to
Aberdeen, a route that witnessed the swan song for the A4 pacifics when a new
accelerated A4-operated service was introduced as late as 1962.
£12.50 Welch,
Michael S
Branch
Lines to
Horsted
Keynes:
Then and
Now,
Runpast,
1995, 203
plates.
Large
Format Hb.
VG+
in a VG+
dust
wrapper.
Contrasts
classic
views of
the branch
lines to
Horsted
Keynes
taken in
the days
of steam
with
pictures
of the
same
scenes
today.
£7.50 Welch,
Michael
Last
Breaths of
Steam,
Runpast,
1998,
pp76.
Glazed
Boards.
Landscape
Format.
Very
Good+.
An
all-colour
landscape
format
album
published
to
commemorate
the 30th
anniversary
of the end
of BR
Steam.
£3.95 Welch, Michael S Settle & Carlisle Steam Finale, Runpast, 1999, pp80. Landscape format. Glazed Boards. VG. Covers slightly bumped at the base of the spine and at the top corners. An all-colour album. £3.95 Welch,
Michael S
Great
Western
Branch
Lines 1 -
The South
West,
Runpast,
2002,
pp72.
Card
Covers.
Very
Good.
A
line-by-line
pictorial
survey,
all in
colour.
£4.95 Welch,
Michael S
Great
Western
Branch
Lines 2 -
Rural
Wales,
Runpast,
2003,
pp72.
Card
Covers.
Very
Good.
A
line-by-line
pictorial
survey,
all in
colour.
£4.95 Welch,
Michael
Lancashire
Steam
Finale,
Runpast,
2004,
pp72.
Card
Covers.
Very
Good.
Small
inscription,
the number
"985",
inside the
front
cover.
An
all-colour
album
depicting
the final
years of
steam in
Lancashire.
£2.95 Welch, Michael Southern Branch Lines, Capital Transport, 2008, pp120. "Largish" format. Glazed Boards. VG+. An all-colour pictorial survey. £7.50 Welch,
Michael
Somerset
&
Dorset
Sunset,
Capital,
2008,
pp112.
Glazed
Boards.
Fine.
A
pictorial
tribute,
in colour
throughout.
£7.50 Welch,
Michael
Somerset
Steam:
Scenes
from the
Fifties
and
Sixties,
Capitol
Transport,
2008,
pp80.
Card
Covers.
Very
Good+.
An
all-colour
pictorial
survey
that
examines
each line
in
Somerset
in turn.
£3.95 Welch,
Michael
Western
Steam in
Devon and
Cornwall,
Capital
Transport,
2009,
pp130.
"Largish"
format.
Glazed
Boards.
Very
Good+.
An
all-colour
pictorial
tribute.
£9.50 Wells
J
An
Illustrated
History of
Rochdale's
Railways,
Irwell
Press,
1993,
pp80.
Small
inscription,
the number
"517."
Large
Format.
Card
Covers.
Very
Good+.
£7.50 Wells
J A
The
Railways
of
Northumberland
and
Newcastle
Upon Tyne
1828 –
1998,
Powdene,
1998,
pp226 with
62
illustrations
in the
text.
Pb.
VG.
Traces
the
history of
the
nineteenth
passenger-carrying
railway
companies
in the
county
culminating
in the
state
owned
British
Railways
from 1948.
£5.95 Wells
J and
Bentley E
F
East
Lancashire
Lines:
Bury to
Heywood
&
Rawtenstall,
Foxline,
2000,
pp112.
Scenes
from the
Past:33.
Small
inscription,
the number
"870."
Large
Format.
Card
Covers.
Fair.
Some
creasing
to the
front
cover,
contents
VG.
£5.95 Wells
J A
A
Guide to
Researching
Railways,
Powdene,
2003,
pp250.
Additional
photography
by Ken
Morton and
Ian S.
Carr.
Pb.
VG+.
Aimed
at those
who are
interested
in
railways,
but who
wish to
widen the
scope of
their
railway
activities.
£3.95 Wells,
Jeffrey
The
Oldham
Loop Part
1:
Manchester
Victoria
to Shaw
&
Crompton
via
Hollinwood,
Oldham and
Royton
Junction,
Foxline,
pp120.
No
date.
Scenes
from the
Past:42
(Part 1). Large
Format.
Card
Covers.
Very
Good.
£10.50 Wells,
Jeffrey An Illustrated
Historical Survey of
the Railways in and around Bury, Book Law / Railbus, pp128.
No date. First published by
Challenger in 1995. Large Format.
Glazed Boards.
Very Good+.
A series of illustrated essays.
£4.95 Wells,
Jeffrey An Illustrated
Historical Survey of the Railways in and around Bury, Challenger,
1995, pp128.
The
original
Challenger
edition.
Large Format Pb. VG+.
A series of
well-illustrated essays. £3.95 Wells,
Jeffrey
Miles
Platting
to Diggle
(via
Ashton),
Book
Law /
Railbus,
2006,
pp96.
First
published
by
Challenger
in 1996.
Large
format Pb.
VG.
An
illustrated
history of
the
Lancashire
&
Yorkshire
railway
branch
from Miles
Platting
to
Stalybridge
and the
LNWR line
from
Stalybridge
to Diggle.
£5.95 Wells,
Mathew First Stop Maidenhead,
Serawood House, 2nd revised edition 1982. Pb.
VG. An illustrated booklet.
Maidenhead was once the terminus of two important railway companies, the
Great Western railway and the Wycombe Railway.
It was the Great Western's first terminus westward, and the starting
point for the Wycombe Railway's line to Oxford and Aylesbury.
£3.95 Wells, Mathew Farewell to Steam Isle of Wight, Rochester Press, 1985, pp96. Large Format. Glazed Boards. Very Good. Largely pictorial with pairs of then and now shots at many of the stations. £6.95 Wells
P H
BR
Steam
Portrait,
Janes,
1987,
pp64.
Steam
Portfolios
4.
There
is an old
price
sticker on
the front
cover.
Glazed
Boards.
Very
Good.
An
all-colour
album from
the
author's
camera
with
pictures
from Shap
to
Weymouth
and from
North
Wales to
Cambridge,
although
around
half of
the
pictures
come from
the East
Midlands
where the
author
lived.
£3.95 Western,
Robert
The
Eden
Valley
Railway,
Oakwood,
1997,
pp112.
Locomotion
Papers
No.201.
Card
Covers.
Very
Good with
slight
rubbing to
the
covers.
An
illustrated
history of
the North
Eastern
Railway's
Eden
Valley
line in
Cumbria.
£5.95 Weston,
Brian and Orchard, Robin Locomotive
Library, Percival Marshall, 1962, pp60.
Small landscape format. Pb.
Very Good. A
collection of photographs taken by Brian Western for the Model
Engineer. Captions by
Robin Orchard. £0.95 Weston, David For the Love of Steam, D&C, 2002, pp120, signed by the author on the title page. The full inscription reads, "For Ivor Best Wishes David Weston." Large landscape format Pb. Fine. Colour reproductions of no fewer than 50 of Weston's paintings with supporting text. £4.95 Weston,
David For the Love of Steam,
D&C, 2002, pp120. Large
landscape format Pb. VG.
Colour reproductions of no fewer than fifty of David Weston's paintings
with supporting text. £4.95 Weston,
Philip
The
Weston
Collection,
Wyvern,
1983,
pp64.
Pb.
VG.
Photographs
taken by
the
author's
farther in
the
immediate
post-war
period
with
sections
on:
Southern
Summer,
Rugby
Round-up,
Great
Central
Lineside,
Heart of
England,
Western in
Warwickshire,
North
Eastern
around
Leeds,
Hill &
Dale, and
Tail
Lights.
£2.95 Westwood, John Railways at War, Osprey, 1980, pp224. Hb. VG+ in a VG dust wrapper. NRM (National Railway Museum) reference library stamp inside the cover. No other stamps. An account of the role played by railways in modern warfare. £4.95 Wethersett
E R Great Railway Photographers,
Milepost, 1996, pp48. Presented by
Colin Garratt. Large Format Hb.
Fine/Fine. A selection of
photographs from the Wethersett collection.
The original glass plate negatives are held in the National Railway
Museum. £2.95 Wheeler, Geoffrey Fired By Steam, John Murray, 1st edition 1987, pp89. Large landscape format Hb. VG/Near VG. Slight wear to the dust wrapper at the top of the spine and at the top front corner. Post-war Great Western reminiscences, notable for the 24 full-colour locomotive portraits. £5.95 Whetmath
C F D
The
Bodmin and
Wadebridge,
Town and
Country
Press, 3rd
edition
1972,
pp64.
Card
Covers.
Very
Good.
An
illustrated
history of
this
London
&
South
Western
Railway
outpost in
the West
Country.
£4.95 Whitaker,
Alan and
Rapacz,
Jan
Bradford
Railways
in Colour
Vol.1: The
Midland
Lines,
Willowherb
Publishing,
2017,
pp112.
Landscape
format.
Glazed
Boards.
Very
Good+.
An
all-colour
album
focusing
on the
former
Midland
Railway
network
out of
Forster
Square,
including
the
Airedale
line to
Shipley,
Apperley
Bridge and
Keighley
and the
Wharfedale
route to
Ilkley.
£12.50 Whitaker,
Alan and
Rapacz,
Jan
Bradford
Railways
in Colour
Vol.2: The
Lancashire
&
Yorkshire
and Great
Northern
Lines,
Willowherb
Publishing,
2018
pp128.
Landscape
format.
Glazed
Boards.
Very
Good+.
Price
sticker on
the rear
cover.
An
all-colour
album
looking at
the lines
of the
Lancashire
&
Yorkshire
Railway
and the
Great
Northern
Railway
which
radiated
from
Bradford
Exchange
station.
£12.50 White, Christopher Talyllyn Railway Extension, Talyllyn Railway Preservation Society, 1978, pp40. "Largish" format Pb. Very Good. There is an old price sticker on the cover. "A pictorial tribute to all those who worked on the Extension." Also a 4-page card programme for the Ceremonial Opening of the Extension from Abergynolwyn to Nant Gwernol on May 22nd, 1976. £1.95 White,
Christopher Forty Years of the
Talyllyn, AB Publishing, 1991, pp48. Large
Format Pb. VG except for some
creasing at the base of the spine. A
personal view in pictures and words of the first forty years of the Talyllyn
Preservation Society. £4.95 White
H P
Forgotten
Railways
South-East
England,
D&C,
1st
edition
1976,
pp192
including
pp16 of
illustrations.
Forgotten
Railways
Series
(Vol.6.).
The
folding
map at the
rear is
missing.
Hb.
VG+
in a VG
dust
wrapper.
Perhaps
a
misleading
title
since
Professor
White
focuses on
the old
Southern
Railway
Central
and
Eastern
Divisions.
£5.95 White H P Forgotten Railways South-East England, D&C, 1st edition 1976, pp192 including pp16 of illustrations plus a folding map in rear. Forgotten Railways Series (Vol.6.). Hb. VG in a VG dust wrapper. Presentation plate to a school library inside the front cover. A pastedown inside the rear cover indicates that the book was never issued. Perhaps a misleading title since Professor White focuses on the old Southern Railway Central and Eastern Divisions. £4.95 White
H P
Forgotten
Railways,
Guild/D.
S. Thomas,
1986,
pp240.
Hb.
Fine
in a VG
dust
wrapper.
The
introductory
volume to
the Forgotten
Railways
Series.
The
story of
how
Britain
abandoned
two thirds
of her
railways,
a process
that
culminated
in the
notorious
Beeching
closures
of the
60s.
£4.95 White,
Stephen
Lakeland
Steam: A
Celebration
of the
Cockermouth,
Keswick
and
Penrith
Railway
(1861 -
1972),
Carel
Press,
1985,
pp40.
Landscape
format.
Card
Covers.
Very
Good.
The
lower
front
corner of
the covers
is
slightly
turned up.
An
illustrated
history.
Includes a
reprint of
A
Tribute to
the
CK&PR
by Graham
Sutton.
£3.95 Whitehead, Alan The Midland in the 1930s, IA, 1982, pp112. Hb. Fine in a VG+ dust wrapper. An album covering the lines of the former Midland Railway in LMS days. £4.95 Whitehead D Worth a Second Glance Vol.2: A Pictorial Record of the Worth Valley Railway, Keighley & Worth Valley Preservation Society, 1981, pp116 with pp4 of colour. "Largish" format Pb. Very Good. An album of photographs from the 1970s. £1.95 Whitehouse,
John and
Dowling,
Geoff
British
Railways
Past and
Present
No.5 The
West
Midlands,
SLP, 1987,
pp104.
Pb.
VG-
with
slight
wear to
the edges
of the
covers.
Over
95
locations
including
Birmingham,
Wolverhampton,
Coventry,
Rugby,
Leamington,
Bromsgrove,
Worcester.
£3.95 Whitehouse, Patrick Festiniog Railway Revival, IA, 1963, pp84 with a colour frontis & a fold-out map in rear. Hb. VG-/Fair. Four small dents to the bottom edges of the covers, small tears & some associated loss to the dw edges. A classic illustrated history of the Festiniog. £7.50 Whitehouse
P B
On
the Narrow
Gauge,
Nelson,
1964,
pp146 plus
64plates.
Inscription.
Hb.
VG
in a Fair+
dust
wrapper.
The
dust
wrapper is
worn along
the edges.
The
rise and
fall of
the narrow
gauge in
the
British
Isles
including
Ireland.
The
final
section
looks at a
selection
of
continental
narrow
gauge
lines.
£4.95 Whitehouse,
Patrick
Railway
Anthology,
IA,
1965,
pp223 with
a colour
frontis.
Hb.
VG
in a VG-
dust
wrapper.
Slight
wear along
the top
edge of
the dust
wrapper.
An
anthology
of
articles
from Ian
Allan
periodicals
with
sections
entitled
History
and Conjecture,
On the
Footplate,
On the
Narrow
Gauge,
Travel by
Train,
Salute to
the Steam
Engine,
Some
Branch
Lines, The
Railways
go to War,
and
Railwayana.
£3.95 Whitehouse,
Patrick
Welsh
Narrow
Gauge
Album,
IA, 1969,
pp88.
Hard
Cover.
Very
Good in a
Very Good-
dust
wrapper.
Slight
wear to
the dust
wrapper
edges.
A
pictorial
tribute to
the Vale
of
Rheidol,
the
Welshpool
&
Llanfair,
the
Festiniog,
the
Talyllyn
and the
Snowdon
Mountain
Railway.
£4.95 Whitehouse
P B
Steam
on the
Shed,
IA,
1969,
pp192.
Small
inscription,
the number
"179."
Large
Format Hb.
VG+
in a VG
dust
wrapper.
Forty
years of
shed
scenes -
on the
standard
and narrow
gauge -
captured
by Patrick
Whitehouse's
camera.
£6.95 Whitehouse
P B (Editor) The Last Parade: An
Authorised tribute to British Steam Preservation, New Cavendish, 1977,
pp192. No.1348 of a limited edition
of 3000 copies. Very Large
Landscape Format Hb. A Very Good
copy in a Fair slip case. There is
a circular depression, about half a centimetre in diameter, in the rear cover,
while the corners and edges of the slip case are rubbed.
A lavishly produced tribute to the cavalcade of steam locomotives at
Shildon in 1975, organised to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Stockton
and Darlington. Even at the time it was clear that this was going to be the
“Last Great Parade” of steam locomotives. £16.50 Whitehouse P B, Snell J B and Hollingsworth J B Steam for Pleasure, Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1978, pp240 including numerous illustrations and maps. "Largish" format Hb. Very Good+ / Very Good with slight browning along the top of the dw. A comprehensive introduction to preserved steam lines in Britain, Europe, North America and the rest of the world. £4.95 Whitehouse, Patrick Preserved Steam in Britain, A&U, 1979, pp168. Steam Past Series. Hb. F/VG. Internally repaired nick in the dw. An illustrated survey of all the major preserved lines and steam centres. £2.95 Whitehouse
P B LMS, Atlantic, 1983, pp48.
Branch Line Memories Vol.2. Pb.
VG+. A photographic tribute
to the branch lines of the LMS. £1.95 Whitehouse
P B
The
Early
Years of
Western
Region
Steam: An
Album of
P. M.
Alexander's
Photographs,
Wild Swan,
1983,
pp92.
Large
Format.
Hard
Cover.
Very
Good in a
Very Good
dust
wrapper.
The
illustrations
are mainly
concentrated
between
1948 and
1952.
£5.95 Whitehouse
P B
The
LMS in the
West
Midlands,
OPC,
1984, 262
plates.
Small
inscription,
the number
"475."
Large
Format.
Hard
Cover.
Very
Good+ in a
Very Good
dust
wrapper.
The
top
corners of
the covers
are
slightly
bumped.
An
excellent
pictorial
survey of
the
1923-1948
period.
£4.95 Whitehouse
P B
The
Great
Western in
the West
Midlands,
OPC, 1984,
218
illustrations.
Large
Format.
Hard
Cover.
Very
Good+ in a
Very Good
dust
wrapper.
Slight
loss of
colour on
the dust
wrapper.
The Great
Western
around
Birmingham
before
nationalisation.
£5.95 Whitehouse
P B Classic Steam, Bison,
1984, pp192. Inscription.
Large format Hb. Fine
in a Fine
dust
wrapper. A
well-illustrated survey of the final years of steam in Britain, North America,
Germany, France and other European countries.
£3.95 Whitehouse
P B and
Snell J B
Narrow
Gauge
Railways
of the
British
Isles,
D&C/BCA,
1984,
pp160 and
140
illustrations.
Large
Format.
Hard
Cover.
Very
Good in a
Very Good
dust
wrapper.
The
spine of
the dust
wrapper is
sunned.
A
comprehensive
survey of
the narrow
gauge
lines in
England,
Wales,
Scotland,
Ireland
and the
Isle of
Man.
£4.95 Whitehouse P B and Snell J B Narrow Gauge Railways of the British Isles, Bracken Books, 1989, pp160 with 140 illustrations. First published by David & Charles in 1984. Large Format Hb. VG+/VG. A comprehensive survey of the narrow gauge lines in England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland & the Isle of Man. £4.95 Whitehouse, Patrick and Thomas, David St John The Great Western Railway: 150 Glorious Years, D&C/BCA, 1984, pp206. Large Format Hb. VG in a VG dust wrapper. A superbly produced book, a fitting tribute to the GWR on its 150th anniversary. £3.95 Whitehouse, Patrick and Thomas, David St John The Great Western Railway: 150 Glorious Years, D&C, 2002, pp206. Large Format Pb. VG+. The paperback edition of this best-selling tribute to the Great Western. £1.95 Whitehouse
P B
Great
Western
Branch and
Main,
Atlantic,
1985,
pp36.
Colour
of Steam
Series
Vol.3.
Inscription.
Card
Covers.
Very
Good.
Some
loss of
colour
down the
spine.
£0.95 Whitehouse,
Patrick
and
Powell,
John
Treacy's
Routes
North,
D&C/BCA,
1985,
pp192.
Published
by Book
Club
Associates
by
arrangement
with David
&
Charles.
Large
Format.
Hard
Cover.
Very
Good in a
Very Good
dust
wrapper.
A
superb
collection
of Eric
Treacy's
photographs
from the
West
Coast,
Midland
and East
Coast
routes.
£3.95 Whitehouse,
Patrick
and
Thomas,
David St
John
LNER
150: The
London and
North
Eastern
Railway A
century
and a half
of
progress,
D&C,
1st
edition
1989,
pp208.
Small
inscription,
the number
"643."
Large
Format.
Hard
Cover.
Fine
in a Very
Good+ dust
wrapper.
A
superbly
produced
nostalgic
look at
the LNER
from 1923
until
1948.
£3.95 Whitehouse,
Patrick
and
Thomas,
David St
John
LNER
150: The
London and
North
Eastern
Railway A
century
and a half
of
progress,
D&C,
2002,
pp208.
Large
Format Pb.
VG+.
A
superbly
produced
nostalgic
look at
the LNER
from 1923
until
1948.
The
paperback
edition.
£2.95 From BR to Beeching Whitehouse,
Patrick
and
Jenkinson,
David
From
BR to
Beeching
Vol.1: The
Routes of
the Stars,
Castles
and Kings,
Atlantic,
1990,
pp60.
Card
Covers.
Very
Good.
A
pictorial
tribute
with
sections
on: The
West of
England
Main Line,
The South
Wales Main
Line,
Paddington
to
Chester,
Hereford -
Worcester
- Oxford,
West to
North,
Bristol to
Birmingham.
and
Swindon to
Gloucester.
£0.95 Whitehouse,
Patrick
and
Jenkinson,
David
From
BR to
Beeching
Vol.2:
Four
Coupled
Twilight
Part 1,
Atlantic,
1990,
pp60.
Pb.
VG.
A
pictorial
tribute
with
sections
on each
loco
class.
£1.95 Whitehouse,
Patrick
and
Jenkinson,
David
From
BR to
Beeching
Vol.3: The
Routes of
the
Thompson
and
Peppercorn
Pacifics,
Atlantic,
1990,
pp60.
Card
Covers.
Very
Good. VG
with some
superficial
creasing
of the
plastic
coating on
the rear
cover. A
pictorial
tribute.
£1.95 Whitehouse,
Patrick
&
Jenkinson,
David
From
BR to
Beeching
Vol.4:
Four
Coupled
Twilight
Part 2,
Atlantic,
1990,
pp60.
Pb.
VG.
Slight
creasing
to the
covers.
A
pictorial
tribute
with
sections
on each
loco
class.
£1.95 ----------------------------------------------------------------- Whitehouse
P B and
Thomas,
David St
John
LMS
150 The
London
Midland
&
Scottish
Railway: A
century
and a half
of
progress,
D&C,
1991,
pp208.
Large
Format Hb.
Fine
in a VG
dust
wrapper.
A
superbly
produced
nostalgic
look at
the LMS.
£3.95 Whitehouse, Patrick and Thomas, David St John A Passion For Steam, D&C, 1992, pp192. Inscription. Large Format Hb. Fine in a Very Good+ dust wrapper. The well-known Whitehouse/Thomas team turns its attention to steam engines throughout the world. "A combination of technical, nostalgic and imaginative writing and a splendid selection of photographs celebrating the pulsating joy of this unique form of power." £3.95 Whitehouse,
Patrick and Thomas, David St John A
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Large Format
Pb.
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form of power." £2.95 Whitehurst,
Brian
Great
Western
Engines,
Names,
Numbers,
Types and
Classes
(1940 to
Preservation),
OPC, 1973,
pp168
including
pp16 of
illustrations.
Pb.
VG.
Loss
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covers.
Includes
an
appendix
with pp44
of engine
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£4.95 Whiteley J S and Morrison G W Steam in the West Riding, D&C, 1975, pp70. Hb. Fine in a VG+ dust wrapper. A high-quality album from a well-known photographic team. £3.95 Whiteley
J S and
Morrison G
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The
Power of
the
Deltics,
OPC, 1st
edition
1977, 189
illustrations.
Power
Series.
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Format Hb.
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wrapper.
Wear
to the
dust
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£5.95 Whiteley J S and Morrison G W The LMS Remembered, OPC, 1979, 271 illustrations. Large Format. Hard Cover. Very Good in a Very Good dust wrapper. In spite of an inscription inside the front cover reading "Sale damaged," I was unable to find any damage to the book or the dust wrapper. Loss of colour down the spine of the dust wrapper. A high-quality album. £4.95 Whiteley J S and Morrison G W The LNER Remembered, OPC, 1979, 267 illustrations. Large Format Hb. Fine in a Fine dust wrapper. A high-quality large format album. £4.95 Whiteley
J S and
Morrison G
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The
Southern
Remembered,
OPC, 1980,
270
plates.
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Good
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Good
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A
high-quality
OPC
album.
£5.95 Whiteley
J S and
Morrison G
W
Profile
of the
Deltics,
OPC, 1980,
152
illustrations.
Profile
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VG
with
slight
rubbing to
the
corners of
the glazed
boards.
£6.95 Whiteley
J S and
Morrison G
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The
Power of
the BR
Standard
Pacifics,
OPC,
1980, 220
illustrations.
Power
Series.
Small
inscription,
the number
"779."
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Format Hb.
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£5.95 Whiteley
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Profile
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OPC,
1981, 175
plates.
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A
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£7.50 Whiteley
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The
Power of
the A1s,
A2s and
A3s, OPC,
1982, 256
plates.
Power
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A
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record of
all the
non-streamlined
Pacifics
operated
by the
LNER.
£7.50 Whiteley
J S and Morrison G W Profile of
the Peaks, OPC, 1983, 150 plates. Profile
Series. Large Format.
Glazed Boards. VG+. £9.50 Whiteley
J S
Diesels
on the
Regions:
Eastern
Region,
OPC, 1984,
198
illustrations.
Large
Format Hb.
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with a
half-inch
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repaired
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the front
dust
wrapper
fold, and
slight
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colour
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spine.
A
pictorial
album.
£6.95 Whiteley
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Morrison G
W
Profile
of the A4s,
OPC, 1985,
216
plates.
Profile
Series.
Large
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VG.
£6.95 Whiteley J S and Morrison G W The Great Western Remembered, OPC, 1985, 326 illustrations. Large Format Hb. VG in a VG dust wrapper. A high-quality large format album. £4.95 Whiteley,
John and
Morrison,
Gavin
British
Railways
Past and
Present
No.2:
South and
West
Yorkshire,
SLP,
1st
edition
1986,
pp84.
Card
Covers.
Very
Good.
Over
170
photographs
from over
70
locations
including
Leeds,
Bradford,
Huddersfield,
Wakefield,
Barnsley,
Doncaster
and
Sheffield.
£4.95 Whiteley
J and
Morrison G
The
Power of
the Black
Fives,
OPC, 1988,
pp144.
Power
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Hard
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Good+ in a
Very Good+
dust
wrapper.
The
top front
corner of
the covers
are
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bumped.
£7.50 Whiteley J S and Morrison G W 50 Years of Preserved Steam on the Main Line, Guild/OPC, 1989, pp174. Large Format Hb. Fine in a Fine dust wrapper. A large and varied photographic collection in both black & white and colour. £3.95 Whiteley
J S and
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The
Power of
the
Jubilees,
OPC,
1st
edition
1992,
pp112.
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Good
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Good
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£8.50 Whiteley
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The
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than four earlier books - The LMS Remembered, The LNER Remembered,
The SR Remembered and The GWR Remembered - in a single volume.
Reprinted by PRC in a matt format. £6.95 Whiteley
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The
Power of
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Patriots,
OPC, 1997,
pp128.
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£16.50 Whittle,
G
The
Newcastle
and
Carlisle
Railway,
D&C,
1979,
pp208.
Hard
Cover.
Very
Good in a
Very Good
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wrapper.
A
very
readable
modern
history.
£8.50 Wignall C J Complete British Railways Maps and Gazetteer 1830-1981, OPC, 1st edition 1983, pp172. Large Format Hb. VG in a VG dust wrapper. Locates all lines and stations built since the opening of the Stockton and Darlington in 1825. Slight foxing to the page edges. The red spine of the dust wrapper is faded, and there is slight wear to the dust wrapper at the head of the spine. £10.50 Wild,
Alan
Centenary
of a
'Century':
A review
of the
record-breaking
run by
Great
Western
Railway
No.3440
City of
Truro, 9th
May 1904,
author,
2nd
edition
2004,
pp27.
Card
Covers.
Very
Good.
£4.95 Wild,
Jack and
Chapman,
Stephen
Halifax
and the
Calder
Valley,
Bellcode,
1998,
pp112.
Railway
Memories
No.11.
Small
inscription,
the number
"807",
inside the
front
cover.
Card
Covers.
VG+.
A
photographic
survey.
£7.50 Wilkinson,
Alan
Stanier
'8F' No.
8233,
IA, 1984,
pp48.
Great
Preserved
Locomotives
1.
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Format.
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Covers.
Very
Good.
An
illustrated
booklet
tracing
the career
of
preserved
8F No.
8233 from
construction,
through
service on
the LMS,
in Persia
during the
war and
finally on
British
Rail.
£1.95 Wilkinson,
Alan
Stanier
'8Fs' at
Work,
IA,
1986,
pp144.
At
Work
Series.
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The top
front
corner of
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An
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history of
Sir
William
Stanier's
powerful
2-8-0
freight
engines.
No
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852 of
these
Stanier
8Fs were
built
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part of
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£6.95 Williams,
Alan and
Percival,
David
Steam
Locomotives,
IA, 1964,
pp64.
Veteran
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Vintage
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Very
Good.
Illustrations
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details of
sixty
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classes.
£1.95 Williams,
Alan and
Percival,
David
BR
Steam
Locomotives
from
Nationalisation
to
Modernisation
Part 1:
Ex-GWR
locomotives
1-9799,
also
ex-War
Department
and BR
Standard
locomotives
70000-92250,
IA, 1967,
pp80 plus
pp32 of
illustrations.
Hard
Cover.
Very
Good in a
Very Good
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wrapper.
There
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wrapper at
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The
first
volume of
a
four-volume
series
listing
all BR
owned
steam
engines by
class.
£5.95 Williams,
Alan and
Percival,
David
BR
Steam
Locomotives
from
Nationalisation
to
Modernisation
Part 2:
Southern
Region,
IA, 1967,
pp64 plus
pp32 of
illustration.
Inscription.
Hb.
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owned
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class.
£3.95 Williams,
Alan and
Percival,
David
British
Railways
Locomotives
&
Other
Motive
Power,
IA, 1975,
pp252.
abc
Combined
Volume.
No
underlining.
Small
format.
Glazed
Boards.
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£4.95 Williams, Alan Southern Electric Album, IA, 1977, pp92. Hb. VG/VG. Traces the development of the Southern Electric from its origins in 1909. £5.95 Williams,
Alan BR Diesel Locomotive Album,
IA, 1979, pp91. Page 91 forms the
inner part of the rear cover - as published.
Hb.
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A pictorial
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£3.95 Williams, Alan BR Standard Steam Album, IA, 1980, pp89. Hb. VG/VG. A tribute to the standard designs developed by Riddles after nationalisation. £5.95 Williams,
Alan Not the Age of the Train,
IA, 1983, pp64. Pb.
VG+. Modern Railways’
columnist Alan Williams comments on the British Rail scene in his usual
forthright style. £1.95 Williams,
Alfred
Life
in a
Railway
Factory,
D&C,
1969,
pp315 with
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introduction
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Clark.
First
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Hard
Cover.
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Good in a
Very Good-
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dust
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small tear
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A
unique
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of Swindon
works
before the
first
world war,
based on
Williams'
experience
as a steam
hammer
operator.
£5.95 Williams,
Archibald
Brunel
and After:
The
Romance of
the Great
Western
Railway,
Patrick
Stephens,
1972,
pp205 with
78
illustrations
and a
folding
map in the
rear.
First
published
in 1925 by
the Great
Western
Railway.
Hard
Cover.
Very
Good in a
Very Good
dust
wrapper. A
history of
the Great
Western
Railway
until
1924.
£7.50 Williams
C L
Great
Western
Steam in
Wales and
The Border
Counties,
Bradford
Barton,
1974,
pp96.
Hard
Cover.
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Very Good-
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A
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A
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£4.95 Williams
C L
More
Great
Western
Steam In
Wales and
The Border
Counties,
Bradford
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1975,
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Near VG
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A
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£3.95 Williams
C L
Great
Western
Steam
Through
The
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Bradford
Barton,
1975,
pp96.
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A
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£5.95 Williams D C Severn Valley Railway Album, Severn Valley Railway Company, 1974, pp140. Landscape Format. Very Good in a Very Good dust wrapper. Slight loss of colour to the edges of the dust wrapper. A substantial landscape format album of Severn Valley Railway locomotives and trains. £3.95 Williams D C Severn Valley Railway Album, Severn Valley Railway Company, 1974, pp140. Landscape Format Pb. Very Good+. A substantial album of Severn Valley Railway locomotives and trains. £2.95 Williams D C Main Line Steam, Jarrold, 1983, pp32 & 48 colour illustrations. Jarrold Railway Series 6. Pb. VG with some creasing to the lower corner. Focuses on preserved main line steam. £0.95 Williams, David C Last Years of Steam: London Midland Region, IA, 2008, pp96. Large Format Pb. VG+. The author's photographs taken during the last 12 years of steam. £4.95 Williams, Frederick S
Our Iron Roads: Their History, Construction & Social Influences,
Ingram, Cooke and Co., 1852, pp390. Hb.
Fair. Two bookplates inside
the front cover. Bound in purple
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years. The binding is still sound with wear to the covers at the head of the
spine, and at the top front corner. The internal pages are generally clean with
all the illustrations present.
A first edition of a well-known text that remained in print
for most of the Victorian era. £24.50 Williams, Geoffrey Stars of Steam: Classic Locomotives and their Engineers, Atlantic, 2000, pp144. Large Format Hb. VG in a VG dust wrapper. Examines the contributions of eighteen engineering giants from the steam age: Daniel Gooch, G. J. Churchward, Charles Collett, S. W. Johnson, David Jones, John McIntosh, F. W. Webb, William Stanier, James Holden, T. W. Worsdell & Wilson Worsdell, Patrick Stirling, H. N. Gresley, William Stroudley, Dugald Drummond, R. E. L. Maunsell, O. V. S. Bulleid, and R. A. Riddles. £5.95 Williams,
Glyn
From
Dean to
Churchward:
Photographs
by Robert
Brookman
Vol.1,
Edward
Talbot,
2008,
pp80.
Large
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Covers.
Very
Good.
A
selection
of the
Great
Western
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of Robert
Brookman,
which were
taken
between
1899 and
1922.
£4.95 Williams,
Herbert
Railways
in Wales,
Christopher
Davies,
1981,
pp213 with
over 100
illustrations.
Hard
Cover.
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A
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history of
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£4.95 Williams,
J Ned
By
Rail to
Wombourn:
A History
of the GWR
Line from
Oxley
Junction
to
Kingswinford
Junction,
Uralia
Press, 1st
edition
1969, pp52
with pp11
of
illustrations.
Card
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covers
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An
illustrated
history of
the line.
£7.50 Williams, Ned Black Country Railways, Alan Sutton, 1995, pp128. Britain in Old Photographs. Large Format Pb. VG. Some lines in the map on page 4 have been "hatched" in ink. Pictorial album with sections on: Historical Outline, Ex-GWR Main Lines, Ex-LNWR Main Lines, Byways, On the Shed, Railways in the Service of Industry, and The Workers. £2.95 Williams,
Ken and
Reynolds,
Dermot
The
Kingsbridge
Branch
(The
Primrose
Line),
OPC,
1977,
pp248.
Pb.
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of the
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An
illustrated
history of
the Great
Western
branch to
Kingsbridge.
£6.95 Williams,
Michael
On
the Slow
Train:
Twelve
Great
British
Journeys,
Preface
Publishing,
2010,
pp202.
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The
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twelve
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Britain.
£3.95 Williams,
Michael On the Slow Train:
Twelve Great British Journeys, Arrow Books, 2010,
pp202. Pb. VG.
The author describes twelve leisurely rail journeys in 21st century
Britain. £2.95 Williams,
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On
the Slow
Train
Again:
Twelve
Great
British
Journeys,
Preface
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2011,
pp218.
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The
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2010.
£3.95 Williams, Ned Black Country Railways, Alan Sutton, 1995, pp128. Britain in Old Photographs. Large Format Pb. VG. Some lines in the map on page 4 have been "hatched" in ink. Pictorial album with sections on: Historical Outline, Ex-GWR Main Lines, Ex-LNWR Main Lines, Byways, On the Shed, Railways in the Service of Industry, and The Workers. £2.95 Williams,
Peter and
Joy, David
North
Yorkshire
Moors
Railway: A
Pictorial
Survey,
Dalesman,
1977,
pp80.
Landscape
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A
pictorial
survey of
the line,
both
before and
after
preservation.
£1.95 Wilson, David How
Steam Locomotives Work, Argus, 1993, pp89 plus pp16 of colour illustrations
and numerous photographs & diagrams. Pb.
VG- with some wear to the covers. A
clear explanation in everyday language. £2.95 Wilson J P The Development of Nottingham's Railways, Nottingham
Civic Society, 1989, pp32. Pb.
Very Good. An illustrated
history of railways in and around Nottingham.
Nottingham was served by the Midland, Great Northern and Great Central
Railways. £2.95 Wilson,
Roger
Burdett
Go
Great
Western: A
History of
Great
Western
Publicity,
D&C,
2nd
extended
edition
1987,
pp208 with
check
lists of
Great
Western
sale
publications,
jig-saw
puzzles
and
official
postcards.
Revised
by Colin
Judge.
Glazed
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Good+.
The
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reference
on Great
Western
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£3.95 Winkworth
D W
Bulleid's
Pacifics,
A&U,
4th
impression
1982,
pp264 plus
32
illustrations.
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A
comprehensive
study of
the
performance
of the
Bulleid
Pacifics.
£3.95 Winkworth
D W
Southern
Titled
Trains,
D&C,
1988,
pp224.
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Slight
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spine
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A
well-illustrated
account of
the titled
trains of
the SR,
its
predecessors
and the
Southern
region of
BR.
£5.95 Wolmar, Christian The Great British Railway Disaster, IA, 1996, pp144. Pb. Very Good. A collection of short articles about the difficulties experienced by rail passengers as a result of privatisation. Based on the author's 'Mad' railway column in The Independent on Sunday. £2.95 Wolmar, Christian Fire & Steam: A New History of the Railways in Britain, Atlantic Books, 2007, pp364 plus 3 maps and 43 illustrations. Signed by the author. Hb. VG in a VG dust wrapper. A much-needed readable and up-to-date history of Britain's railways. £4.95 Wolmar,
Christian Fire & Steam: How
the Railways Transformed Britain, Atlantic Books, 2008, pp364 plus 3 maps
& 43 illustrations.
Pb.
VG. Some vertical creasing
to the spine. "Wolmar's aim - modestly presented, splendidly achieved - is
to trace in an overarching narrative the development of the railways from the
first days of steam to the arrival of the high-speed link into St Pancras."
£3.95 Wolmar, Christian Blood, Iron & Gold: How the Railways Transformed the World, Atlantic, 2010, pp373. Pb. Near VG with some vertical creasing to the spine of the covers. Examines the huge impact of railways as they spread rapidly across the world, stimulating both economic growth & social change on an unprecedented scale. £3.95 Wolmar,
Christian Engines of War: How
Wars Were Won & Lost on the Railways, Atlantic Books, 2010, pp310 with 9
maps & 48 illustrations. Hb.
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played a part, including the Crimean War, the American Civil War, the Boer War,
both World Wars, the Korean War and the Cold War.
£5.95 Wood,
Roger
British
Rail
Passenger
Trains,
Capital
Transport,
1993,
pp128 with
100 colour
illustrations.
Pb.
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wear to
the top
rear edge
of the
covers.
A
survey of
locomotives
and
rolling
stock in
present-day
(1993) use
on British
Rail
services
with
details of
the routes
on which
each class
runs,
along with
fleet
sizes,
specifications
and
allocations.
£3.95 Woodley,
Richard
The
Day of the
Holiday
Express:
Western
Region
Services
on 9 July
1960,
IA,
1996,
pp184.
Hard
Cover.
Very
Good in a
Very Good
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wrapper.
Well-illustrated
throughout.
Recalls
what
Western
Region
rail
services
were like
on one
summer's
Saturday
in July
1960, and
how the
railway
coped with
the
holiday
traffic on
one of the
busiest
days of
the year.
£5.95 Woods,
Susan Jane and Tuffrey, Peter Doncaster
Plant Works, Bond Publications, 1987, pp96.
Large Format Pb. VG
with very
slight wear at the corners of the covers. An
illustrated history. £8.50 Worth,
Martin Sweat and Inspiration:
Pioneers of the Industrial Age, Sutton, 1999, pp204. Hb.
Fine
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19th century: Robert Stevenson who built lighthouses, Richard Trevithick, Thomas
Telford, John Rennie, George Stephenson and Marc Brunel, their sons Robert
Stephenson and Isambard Kingdom Brunel and finally Joseph Locke.
£3.95 Wragg,
David The Southern Railway
Handbook 1923-1947, AS, 1st edition 2003, pp236.
Hb. VG+
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An
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locomotives, named expresses, rolling stock, depots and major termini, as well
as the extensive ventures in shipping & ports, buses and air services.
£5.95 Wragg, David The Southern Railway Handbook 1923-1947, Haynes, 2nd edition 2011, pp236. Hb. VG+/VG+. An important history of the Southern Railway with details of the locomotives, named expresses, rolling stock, depots and major termini, as well as the extensive ventures in shipping & ports, buses and air services. £7.50 Wragg,
David
The
GWR
Handbook
1923-1947,
Sutton
Publishing,
1st
edition
2006,
pp236.
Hard
Cover.
Fine
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Good dust
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A
major
study of
the Great
Western
Railway
and its
wide
ranging
operations
in the
Grouping
era.
£9.50 Wragg,
David
A
Historical
Dictionary
of
Railways
in the
British
Isles,
Wharncliffe
Books,
2009,
pp288.
Hb.
Fine
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dust
wrapper.
A
comprehensive
reference
to the old
railway
companies
and their
heritage,
with brief
histories
of the
companies
and
biographies
of the men
who
created
the
network.
£5.95 Wragg, David LMS Handbook: The London Midland & Scottish Railway 1923-1947, Haynes, 2nd edition 2010, pp256. Hb. VG+/Fine. A major one-volume history of the LMS, the largest of the Big Four companies. £8.50 Wren,
Wilfred J
The
Tanat
Valley
Light
Railway,
Oakwood,
1979, pp80
including
pp8 of
illustrations.
Oakwood
Library of
Railway
History
no.48.
Card
Covers.
Very
Good.
There
is an old
price
sticker on
the front
cover.
A
history of
the
Cambrian
Railways'
branch
along the
Tanat
Valley.
£8.50 Wright,
Alan
The
North
Sunderland
Railway,
Oakwood,
1st
edition
1967, pp48
plus pp6
of
illustrations.
Locomotion
Papers
No.36.
Card
Covers.
Very
Good.
There
is an old
price
sticker on
the front
cover.
An
independent
light
railway
branch
from the
North
Eastern
Railway at
Chathill
via North
Sunderland
to
Seahouses.
£6.95 Wright, Andrew The Swanage Branch, IA, 1987, pp56. Large Format Pb. VG+. An illustrated history of the line. The final three pages deal with the partial re-opening of the branch as a preserved railway. £3.50 Wright, Andrew The Swanage Branch Then and Now, IA, 1992, pp128. Large Format Hb. VG in a VG dust wrapper. The railwaymen who worked the branch 'then' in Southern & BR days, and the volunteers who are rebuilding the branch 'now' relate their experiences of the Swanage branch in fifteen separate chapters. £5.95 Wright,
Ian Nameplates on Display,
Pennine Publications, 1986, pp176 with over 300 illustrations.
Signed by the author. Hb.
VG+/VG. Half-inch internally
repaired tear in the rear page of the dust wrapper. The author has managed to locate no fewer than 850 plates
which are on public display in more than 280 locations. £12.50 Wright, Ian L Branch Line Memories Vol.4: LNER, Atlantic, 1986, pp48. Pb. VG. A photographic tribute to the branch lines of the LNER. £2.95 Wright,
Neil R
The
Railways
of Boston:
Their
Origins
and
Development,
Richard
Kay, 1st
edition
1971,
pp55.
History
of Boston
Series
No.4.
Inscription.
Pb.
VG- with
some
superficial
wear to
the
covers.
An
illustrated
booklet.
£4.95 Wrottesley A J The Great Northern Railway Vol. 1: Origins and Development, Batsford, 1979, pp256 plus 36 illustrations. Hb. VG in a VG dust wrapper. The spine of the dust wrapper has slightly faded. Presentation plate to a school library inside the front cover, brown glue stains from removed pastedown and bar code tag inside the rear cover. The first volume of the only comprehensive modern history of the Great Northern. The first volume of the only comprehensive modern history of the Great Northern. £9.50 Wrottesley A J The Midland & Great Northern Joint Railway, D&C, 2nd edition 1981, pp221 with pp16 of illustrations. Railway History Series. Hb. VG in a VG dust wrapper. A standard history of the line. £10.50 Railway
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