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

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

134. A Complete Run Of Locomotives Quarterly 1976-2006
New In The Market.
A complete bound run of 29 annual volumes (116 individual issues) of this superb USA steam locomotive photo review. Large landscape format, mostly 72 pages per issue, each containing three or four main themes. Many whole-page pictures, locomotive portraits, moving trains, minimal text. Each issue has a fine colour painting on the cover and all these have been retained within the hard cloth binding. Bound as 17 books by DJ Bookbinders, the first three and the last as single volumes, the rest as doubles. gilt titles on spines, a very fine set throughout. Extremely unusual to find a full set in the UK, the first we have handled in 36 years of trading . Price: £1100

90. Midland Record 1-18
A fine set of issues 1-18 bound in 4 volumes. Published twice a year by Wild Swan and edited by noted MR expert Bob Essery. Standard A4 format, about 64 pages per issue lavishly illustrated. Laminated card covers which have been retained in this set. Professionally bound in flame-red cloth by Mike Sullivan. Further volumes can be bound in similar style if the buyer so wishes. Midland Record is coming along nicely and now forms a vast repository of information concerning all aspects of the Midland Railway. From the library of the late Ron Hoskins. Price: £185

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

75. Railway Bylines 1996-2006
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. It's 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
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

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