Modern Journals

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Modern Journals

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84. Archive 1994-2003
Issues 1-40 bound in seven volumes. Issued quarterly, 64 pages in each issue with numerous illus, maps and diagrams. The original laminated covers have been retained within the bindings. Bound in flame-red cloth by Mike Sullivan. Archive was the first commercially successful industrial archaeology magazine to be published in Great Britain. It has the happy knack of combining research and scholarship with popular appeal. From the library of the late Ron Hoskins. Price: £200

85. Archive 1994-2003
Issues 1-40 bound in four substantial volumes. Issued quarterly, 64 pages in each issue with numerous illus, maps and diagrams. Bound in royal blue cloth by D J Bookbinders. The binding can be repeated for further volumes if the buyer wishes. Archive was the first commercially successful industrial archaeology magazine to be published in Great Britain. It has the happy knack of combining research and scholarship with popular appeal. From the library of the late Paul Burchell. Price: £200

70. Archive 1994-2007
An unbroken run of issues 1-54 Standard A4 format, 64 pages per issue, plenty of illustrations and no advertising. Laminated card cover, square back. Archive is the only British magazine on industrial history that has a national circulation. Well-researched articles and high standard of presentation. Most issues have at least one article of railway interest. Condition 'as new' throughout. Current new price is £6 per copy. Price: for this set: £195

87. Back Track 1987-2004
Volumes 1-18 bound as 14 books. Published originally by Atlantic, more recently by Pendragon. First issues are quarterly, then bi-monthly. Monthly publication from vol 9 to the present. Standard A4 format, about 700 pages per volume. Contains thoughtful and often provoking historical articles and extensive use of colour illustrations. The original colour covers have been retained. Bound in dark green cloth by DJ Bookbinders, which can be repeated for further volumes in the series if the buyer so wishes.
Back Track was the first of the 'new wave' railway periodicals from the smaller publishing houses which were more concerned with historical accuracy and production values than mass circulation. Still going strong today under Michael Blakemore's editorship. Price: £450

25. British Railway Journal 1983-2004.
Volumes 1-8 containing issues 1-73, a complete set of the first series. ** Standard A4 format, approximately 300-450pp per volume, with numerous illustrations and diagrams. BRJ was introduced by the recently formed Wild Swan publishing concern to provide an outlet for 'serious' railway writing and research of the kind that was no longer accepted by the mass market railway periodicals. In this endeavour it succeeeded admirably and its pages contain a large amount of information not readily obtainable elsewhere. Like all Wild Swan publications the production standards are extremely high, particularly in the way that fine detail has been coaxed out of ancient and faded prints. BRJ was originally published quarterly but after a few years gradually fell behind schedule and eventually the issues ceased to be dated. This set is bound in royal blue cloth with gilt titles and spine striping by DJ Bookbinders, the binding pattern being repeatable if the buyer wishes. An index has been added to each volume. Price: £400
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**NB. After a break of four years BRJ has recommenced publication from #74. Copies of this issue - and its successor we hope - are available new from the shop and by post.

83. British Railway Journal 1-65 + Extra Numbers
Bound volumes 1-7 containing issues 1-65 together with the five GWR, LMS and GER special issues bound together in an eighth volume. Standard A4 format, approximately 300 to 450 pages per volume with numerous illustrations and diagrams. Bound in dark blue cloth by Mike Sullivan. BRJ was started by the then newly founded Wild Swan Publications to provide an outlet for 'serious' railway writing and research of the kind that was no longer catered for by the mass market railway periodicals. Production standards are high. From the library of the late Ron Hoskins. Price: £325

123. Great Western Railway Journal 1991-2007
New In The Market
Volumes 1-8 complete from the first issue. Also includes the scarce special intoductory issue of 1991 and the Special Cornish issue of 1992. A4 format, about 480+ pages per volume. The premier magazine for recording GWR history with long feature articles, shorter contributions, fine illustrations in b/w and colour, maps and plans, letters, notes and news. Very well produced as with all Wild Swan Publications. Newly bound by D J Bookbinders in dark green cloth with gilt titles. The binding is repeatable for subsequent volumes. Price: £400

125. Locomotives International 1989-2008
New In The Market
An unbound run of issues 1-80. A4 format, 32-36 pages per issue, good articles on worldwide locomotive history and technical development, concentrating on the less-well covered parts of the World. Feature articles, scale drawings, photo illus, some colour. Fine condition, from the collection of the railway author J M Tolson. Virtually a complete run - the latest issue is, I think, number 81 or 82. Price: £280

74. Modellers' Back Track 1991-1994
A complete run of this short-lived but attractive magazine. Standard A4 format, bi-monthly publication, 54 pages per issue with plenty of photo illus in colour and black and white. Four years in all, bound in two substantial volumes. Dark red cloth with gilt titling on the spines. All the original covers have been preserved within the binding.
The strapline of Modellers' Back Track was "Moving Models Closer To The Prototype." Its aim was not to compete with the conventional modelling magazines but to provide information on detail and liveries so that more realistic models could be constructed. We think that it succeeded brilliantly, but there were insufficient subscribers and after four years MB was merged with the parent Back Track magazine on a revised monthly publication schedule. Not now an easy series to obtain. SOLD

58. Model Railway Journal 1985-2004
Volumes 1-20 comprising issues 1-155 together with the elusive preview issue '0.'Produced 8 times a year by Wild Swan Publications. Standard A4 format, about 300 pages a year (slightly fewer for the early volumes), profusely illustrated with photographs, drawings and diagrams. All the original covers have been retained and the annual indexes added. The set is bound two years per volume in dark green cloth by DJ Bookbinders. The binding style is repeatable for subsequent volumes if the buyer so wishes.
Many would regard MRJ as the best English language modelling magazine ever published.. The emphasis is upon fine scale modelling and pushing the boundaries of technique and realism.. Many of the results are breathtaking. Price: £600

119. Motive Power Monthly 1986-1991
New In The Market
A complete 6-volume run of this attractive modern-traction magazine from the Ian Allan stable. Large A4 format, colour and b/w illus throughout. Articles, new and photo features, listings of motive power. Contents almost entirely British. The reason for its closure had nothing to do with lack of quality, more the smallness of the market at that time for modern traction publications . Professionally bound in orange cloth by DJ Bookbinders, a very good set. Price: £150

75. Railway Bylines 1996-2007
A very fine run of Volumes 1-11. Standard A4 format, bi-monthly for the first two years, nine issues in 3rd year, then monthly from commencement of Volume 4. About 52 pages per issue with photos, maps and other illustrations. Bound in 11 volumes (vol 1 and 2 as a double), red cloth by DJ, gilt titles on spines, all original covers retained.
Railway Bylines has gained an enthusiastic following from those who prefer the byways and backwaters of railway history to the conventional main line stuff.. Its all here: obscure branch lines, run down industrial systems, odd forms of propulsion that never quite made it into mass production, nooks, corners, huts and bothies. Price for this set: £440

69. Railway Bylines Summer Annual 1-6
A complete set of this shortlived series published every summer as an offshoot of the monthly Railway Bylines Magazine. Oversize A4 format, 96pp, plenty of illustrations. Contents similar to the main magazine: railway byways of Great Britain, branch lines, industrial railways, nooks and corners, eccentric survivors from the past. Laminated board covers, all volumes in 'as new' condition. Price: £85

68. Railway Bylines Winter Annual 1-6
A complete set of this short-lived series published every Christmas as an offshoot of the monthly Railway Bylines Magazine. Oversize A4 format, 96 pages per volume. Contents similar to the main magazine: railway byways of Great Britain, branch lines, industrial railways, nooks and corners, eccentric survivors from the past. Plenty of illustrations. Laminated board covers, all volumes in 'as new' condition. Price: £85

118. Steam Days 1986-1999
New In The Market
Issues 1-124 inclusive, originally published quarterly, then monthly from 1991. Format is A4 for the first three volumes, then slightly over A4. Page count runs up to 750-800 pages per year. Contents are wholly British and entirely historical, mainly of the period 1930 to 1968. With numerous colour and b/w illus. Originally intended as a "Trains Illustrated" revival for those of a certain age, Steam Days developed a vigorous life of its own under the editorship of Rex Kennedy, and is now one of the most attractive steam-era magazines on the market. Bound in ten volumes in mid-green cloth by DJ Bookbinders, which can re repeated for further volumes. Price: £300

33. Steam Railway 1979-1991.
Volumes 1-13 of this popular monthly magazine, neatly bound in mid-ginger cloth. Standard A4 format, about 700pp per volume apart from the first two volumes, well illustrated in colour and b/w. Contents concentrate on railway preservation and current main line steam running. Mainly British, some foreign. Was £250, reduced to clear at: £150

102. Today's Railways 1994-2006
New In The Market
A bound run of issues 1-132 of this smart and informative magazine produced by Platform 5 Publications. Issued bi-monthly for the first two years, then monthly to the present. A4 format, mostly 700 pages per volume, profusely illustrated mainly in colour. Major articles are also accompanied by good maps. In the early years the subject matter was mixed British and Continental and is now exclusively the latter (British coverage is handled in the sister magazine Todays Railways UK). Professionally bound by Mike Sullivan in eleven volumes, dark red cloth. SOLD

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