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129. Buses Illustrated (later 'Buses') 1967-1971
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A good long run of this highly regarded monthly magazine from vol 17 to vol 51 inclusive, bound as 33 books. Format varies from medium octavo for the early volumes to large quarto for the later volumes, the latter running to about 700 pages per year. Current and historical articles, countless photo illus, colour in later years, extensive notes and news, letter, bus preservation. Uniformly bound in dark green cloth with title on spine. Clean and complete throughout. Price: £495

66. The Journal Of Transport History 1953-1966.
A full set of the First Series. Seven volumes quarto (approx 9" x 7"), about 260pp per volume, bound as four books, with index to each volume. Very fine set. Edited by the eminent transport historians Prof Jack Simmons and Michael Robbins, JTH raised the whole tone of transport history writing at a time when books and magazines were heavily locomotive-fixated. Contains well written and readable articles to a high standard of academic rigour. High print and paper quality too. Price: £200.

100. The Locomotive Magazine 1896-1959.
A full 65-volume run of this magnificent reference work of locomotive history. Published monthly by the Locomotive Publishing Co from January 1896 to November 1959, except for 1903 when it appeared weekly. Format is approximately A4 and most volumes contain between 250 and 450 pages. Contents are a mixture of historical articles, current reportage on new locomotive classes both British and foreign, and the recording of new techniques and developments in locomotive engineering. With countless photo illustrations, technical drawings, general arrangement drawings (often on large folding plates, colour plates, sepia collotype plates, and numerous extra items, supplements, souvenirs and the like. The binding is modern cloth up to 1930 and original publisher's silk cloth thereafter.
This set was originally the property of Charles Simpson, the last editor of The Locomotive, and might have been the 'official' editorial reference set. After closure Simpson sold the set to George Barlow, long term senior driver and operations manager of the Romney Hythe & Dymchurch Railway, from whose estate it was recently purchased. Price: £3500

120. Modern Railways 1965-1999
A good long run from Volume 21 (start of the large format series) to volume 56. Format is A4 to 1991 and slightly larger thereafter. Page count about 700 pages in the early volumes to 900+ later. Contents are about three-quarter UK with some overseas in most issues. Modern Railways provides the best continuous chronicle of the post-steam era with feature articles, interviews, technical material, policy and politics, news and reviews, letters, high quality photography mainly b/w but extensive use of colour latterly. All the best Ian Allan contributors: Freeman Allen, Roger Ford, CJ, Peter Winding, Fiennes, Gifford, James Abbott, etc. Binding is the standard mid-blue up to 1981, royal blue thereafter. A very good set. Price: £650

121. Modern Railways 1974-2007
A good long run from Volume 31 to volume 62, thirty-four volumes in all. Format is A4 to 1991 and slightly larger thereafter. Page count about 700 pages in the early volumes to 950+ later. Contents are about three-quarter UK with some overseas in most issues. Modern Railways provides the best continuous chronicle of the post-steam era with feature articles, interviews, technical material, policy and politics, news and reviews, letters, high quality photography mainly b/w but extensive use of colour latterly. All the best Ian Allan contributors: Freeman Allen, Roger Ford, CJ, Peter Winding, Fiennes, Gifford, James Abbott, etc. Binding is the standard mid-blue with silver lettering throughout. A near fine set. Price: £650

38. Modern Tramway 1966-1982.
Bound run of volumes 29-45 inclusive. Published monthly by the LRTL. Medium octavo, about 450pp per volume, well illustrated with photographs and diagrams. Original covers have been retained. Bound in the official Fowler style in sequence in red, blue and green. Bright externally, clean and tight within. Price: £200

116. The Railway & Travel Monthly 1910-1922
A fine and rare complete 25-volume run of Railway & Travel Monthly uniformly bound in the publisher's dark blue cloth. Half-yearly volumes (eight months in Vol 1) from May 1910 to December 1922. Large 8vo format with colour and monochrome plates, lavish text illus. On average there are about 500 pages per volume. Subject matter is about 75% railways, the rest being shipping with occasional articles on motoring and early aviation. Plus notes and news, letters, questions and answers. Index/title page at the front of each volume.
Railway & Travel Monthly was set up as a rival to the established Railway Magazine with a slightly different slant. It was more lavishly produced with colour in the text as well as the usual frontispiece plates. The First World War caused a reduction in colour and paper quality but there was still plenty of interest to be found. After the war RTM lost out in the battle for circulation and the shareholding was bought by the owners of the Railway Magazine. RTM and RM were merged from January 1923 under the Railway Magazine banner. Complete sets of Railway & Travel monthly are very difficult to obtain these days and this is the first good set we have been able to offer for several years. Price: £2200

107. Railway World 1939-1990.
Volumes 1-51 bound in yearly volumes. Format is mainly 4to, last few years A4, except for 1959 when the magazine appeared as a 'pocket size' publication. The early wartime volumes are about 250 pages, rising to 300-400 pages in the 1950s and 1960s. Later volumes run up to 750 pages. On good quality paper throughout. Mainly historical articles, well illustrated, some colour in the later volumes. Mainly British subject matter. Uniformly bound in tan cloth by Chew Valley Bookbinders. All the original covers appear to have been retained. A choice run at an attractive price: £995

142. Railway World 1965-1991
New In The Market
A substantial run of volumes 26-52 (27 books) of this much-missed historical monthly magazine. Quarto and large quarto format, about 600-700 pages per volume. Detailed articles on most aspects of British railway history, profusely illustrated in b/w (some colour in later years), diagrams, letters, notes and new. Bound in the publisher's standard tan cloth with gilt or silver titling on the spines. In excellent condition throughout.

Price: £495

136. Trains Illustrated / Modern Railways 1946-1964
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An exceptionally fine and complete run of Trains Illustrated 1946-1961 together with the first three volumes of Modern Railways 1962-1964 in the TI format. Crown 8vo, medium 8vo and large 8vo. Volumes 1-20 bound as 16 books. Numbered issues dated irregularly up to November 1949, published monthly from February 1950 Page count varies from 430 pages in 1951 to over 750 pages by 1964. Contains historical and contemporary articles, plentiful high quality photographs from the best practitioners of the art, diagrams, maps and occasional colour plates. Almost all the original covers have been bound in. Uniformly bound in medium blue cloth and silver titles, done by DJ Bookbinders. A superb set of this much-loved periodical. SOLD

137. Trains Illustrated 1946-1961
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An exceptionally fine and complete run of Trains Illustrated 1946-1961. Crown 8vo, medium 8vo and large 8vo. Volumes 1-14 bound as 13 books. Numbered issues dated irregularly up to November 1949, published monthly from February 1950 Page count varies from 430 pages in 1951 to over 750 pages by 1961. Contains historical and contemporary articles, plentiful high quality photographs from the best practitioners of the art, diagrams, maps and occasional colour plates. Some original covers and indexes have been bound in. P. First two volumes bound in medium blue cloth and silver titles, rest in original Ian Allan type blue cloth. A very fine set of this much-loved periodical from the library of the late Peter Stead. Price: £660.

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