Out of print railway books - Britain and Ireland

(Reference #S5564)
Price:£35.00

Jackson, A A.
Capital, 1999: second edition, revised and enlarged.
Large octavo, 464 pages, illustrated with photos and maps, jacket, near fine. ** Starting at the London & Greenwich Railway and working clockwise around London the author deals with the history of forty-eight lines around the capital. As always, A A Jackson's account is very readable.

London's Metropolitan Railway.

(Reference #S5305)
Price:£34.00

Jackson, A A.
D&C, 1986.
Large octavo, 416 pages, illustrated with photos, some maps and diagrams, jacket, near fine. **Authoritative standard history of the company and its line. The author comments: "It is interesting that the Metropolitan Railway was to develop into quasi-main line company on its own account, with an urban underground system as an appendage at its inner end. Initially this was far from anyone's mind."

The Woodstock Branch.

(Reference #S5174)
Price:£12.00

Jenkins, S C.
Wild Swan, 1987.
Quarto, 96 pages + 8 pages of appendices and drawings, map, station diagram, photo illustrations, card covers, fine. **A very detailed history and description of the line to Blenheim Palace, built by the Duke of Marlborough in 1888 and run by the Great Western Railway until 1964.

The Railways Of Macclesfield and the line to Bollington, Poynton & Marple (Rose Hill). Scenes From The Past: 27.

(Reference #S5506)
Price:£14.00

Jeuda, B.
Foxline, 1995.
Large quarto, 86 pages, 8-page historical introduction followed by photo section, map, card covers, VG+. **Of particular interest is the fine double page view of Hibel Road station with its sheds and sidings spread out in all their glory, every item of interest is numbered and identified in the photo key.

The Railway Builders. Lives and works of the Victorian railway contractors.

(Reference #S3488)
Price:£14.00

Joby, R S.
D&C, 1983.
Octavo, 200 pages, photo illustrations. Jacket, fine copy.

Railways In And Around The Manchester Suburbs. A selective pictorial review. Scenes From The Past: 8.

(Reference #S5469)
Price:£14.00

Johnson, E M.
Foxline, 1989.
Large quarto, 250 photos, at about 2 per page, also maps, card covers, slightly faded, VG.

The Origins Of The LMS In South Wales.

(Reference #S4147)
Price:£20.00

Jones & Dunstone.
Gomer, 1999.
Large octavo, 257 pages, map endpapers, photo illustrations (some colour), some wear to top edge of jacket, otherwise a near fine copy. **The LNWR's and the Midland's struggles to cut in on the mineral wealth of south Wales "an enterprise which proved difficult to achieve and troublesome to operate".

Steam On The North Wales Coast. Routes, services and motive power in the last years of steam.

(Reference #S5181)
Price:£18.00

Jones, M.
OPC, 1996.
Quarto, 191 pages, well illustrated with photos, depot diagrams, time table extracts, route map, jacket, fine. **A good read and interesting pictures.

The Isle Of Man Railway. Scenes From The Past: 17 Part 1.

(Reference #S4876)
Price:£10.00

Jones, N.
Foxline, nd, c1992.
Quarto, 64 page album (some colour) with a considerable introductory text, card covers, near fine.

Jowett's Railway Atlas Of Great Britain And Ireland. From pre-grouping to the present day.

(Reference #S5496)
Price:£48.00

Jowett, A.
PSL, 1989.
Folio, xix + 352 pages giving 149 hand drawn, hand lettered maps. Jacket, near fine copy of the original publisher's edition`. **This astonishing work is innocent of any typesetting except on the jacket. Drawn and lettered entirely by hand (even the ISBN number) and based on the RCH maps, it covers the country's railways in enormous detail showing all stations (these are indexed) and coloured to show company ownership. Sheds, works, junctions, sidings, and tunnels etc are also shown. Scale is mostly 4 or 5 miles/inch (northern Scotland is at 7.5 m/inch), but with enlargements of 2 miles/inch where needed; really complex junctions are treated as larger scale insets on these.

Roads, Rails & Ferries Of Liverpool 1900 - 1950.

(Reference #S3708)
Price:£16.00

Joyce.
Ian Allan, 1983.
Quarto, 144 pages, many photo illustrations, map endpapers, a little wear to top edge of jacket, otherwise a fine copy.

Steam On The Cambrian.

(Reference #S3449)
Price:£16.00

Kennedy, R.
Ian Allan, 1990.
Large quarto, 144 pages, photo album with introductory text, map, jacket, near fine.

Mid-Wales Railway.

(Reference #S4007)
Price:£8.00

Kidner.
Oakwood, 1990.
Octavo, 128 pages, maps, photos, card covers, near fine. OL79.

Railways Around Grimsby, Cleethorpes, Immingham & North-East Lincolnshire.

(Reference #S5306)
Price:£12.00

King, P K & Hewins, D R.
Foxline, 1988.
Quarto, 44 pages + 42-page photo section, maps, track diagrams, card covers, near fine. **Scenes From The Past series: 5.

Turnchapel Branch. (Including the Cattewater Goods Branch).

(Reference #S1049)
Price:£10.00

Kingdom.
OPC, 1982.
Octavo, 152 pages, many photos, some line illustrations and maps. Card covers. VG.

Railways. Volume 13 January - December 1952.

(Reference #S4879)
Price:£30.00

Lake, G H (editor).
Railway World Ltd.
Quarto, 288 pages, photo illustrations, bound in publisher's tan cloth, VG.

The Railways Of Tottenham. A detailed description and historical survey of their development.

(Reference #S3289)
Price:£20.00

Lake, G H.
Greenlake, 1945.
Small quarto, 91 pages, photo plates, loose map, jacket, near fine. ** A charming little period piece. One of the first studies of a small locality, a type of railway book that has since proliferated vastly. The Railways Of Tottenham has never been very common.

Miniature Railways Past & Present.

(Reference #S5459)
Price:£15.00

Lambert, A.
David & Charles, 1982.
Octavo, 96 pages, interesting album with lengthy informative captions and a three page introduction. Glazed boards. VG/F. **Good basic reference.

Early Railways In Surrey.

(Reference #S5171)
Price:£16.00

Lee, C E.
Excerpt from the Transactions of the Newcomen Society, 1940.
Quarto, 40 pages, 5 plates, text diagrams, light card covers, slightly faded at edges, otherwise fine. Quite scarce. **Expands the subject of the author's 1930 paper "The World's First Public Railway"; this is a history of the Surrey Iron Railway and its extension the Croydon, Merstham and Godstone Iron Railway.

A Regional History Of The Railways Of Great Britain. Volume 9 The East Midlands.

(Reference #S5241)
Price:£24.00

Leleux, R.
David & Charles, 1976 (first edition).
Octavo, 268 pages + folding map inside back cover, photo illustrations, jacket. Fine. **Volume in the highly regarded D&C series, black jacket.

Locomotive Magazine Special Series 1-6.

(Reference #S5475)
Price:£48.00

Locomotive Publishing Co.
LPC 1898-1900.
Winter and Summer pictorial extra numbers bound in one volume and comprising
British Expresses
The World's Famous Railway Trains
The British Express Locomotive During The Victorian Era
Locomotives Of 1900
Locomotives At Work
Cars Of 1900
Quarto, about 100 pages, mainly b/w but the frontispiece is a large folding colour plate of NER 2010 and several other colour plates. Fine blue silk binding, ornate silver lettering and mounted coloured plate. One of the best copies we have seen. ** How nicely the frontispiece would do for this year's calendar! 2010 is pulling the royal train and is suitably decorated. All the titles are self-explanatory except Cars of 1900 which hints that the vehicles depicted are not all British carriages; the section includes several exhibits at the Paris Exhibition, including some goods wagons; there are drawings as well as photos.

The East Lincolnshire Railway.

(Reference #S5427)
Price:£18.00

Ludlam, A J.
Oakwood, 1991.
Octavo, 160 pages, photos, map, track plans, hard back with jacket, VG. OL82. **Detailed history of the line between Boston and Grimsby.

Northumberland Central Railway.

(Reference #S4067)
Price:£12.00

Mackichan.
Published by the author, 1998.
Octavo, 184 pages, maps, line drawings, diagrams, card covers, near fine.

North British Album.

(Reference #S5038)
Price:£12.00

Maclean, A A.
Ian Allan, 1975.
Small quarto, 144 page album, coloured frontispiece, jacket, near fine. **Well organised to give a pictorial history of the company and has an eight-page introductory article.

The Calne Branch.

(Reference #S5347)
Price:£14.00

Maggs, Colin.
Wild Swan, 1990.
Quarto, 112 pages, lavishly illustrated - photos, maps, track diagrams etc. Card covers, near fine.

Derby Railway Technical Centre.

(Reference #S4829)
Price:£8.00

Marsden, C J (ed).
Ian Allan, 1989.
Large quarto, 56 pages, profusely illustrated, card covers, VG+. **A Modern Railways Special. Highly informative for so relatively modest a production, covering a multitude of aspects of the Technical Centre. Includes the Old Dalby and Mickleover test tracks.

Kendal And Windermere Railway.

(Reference #S4069)
Price:£5.00

Mellentin.
Dalesman, 1980.
Octavo, 72 pages, photos, map, station diagrams, foredge stained, some wear to cover, card covers, sound, G+.

Rails To Prosperity. The Barry & after, 1884 to 1984.

(Reference #S3879)
Price:£8.00

Miller, B J.
Regional, 1984.
Small quarto, 96 page album, map, card covers, fine

South Wales Branch Lines.

(Reference #S4962)
Price:£15.00

Morgan, H.
Ian Allan, 1984.
Small quarto, 128 pages, photos, maps, hard back, jacket, near fine. **A pictorial history recounting the "happier days when railways were new and dynamic - days of excitement as rival companies fought for the best routes to lucrative markets." Formation, locomotives, rolling stock, and eventual amalgamation at the Grouping.

Pembroke And Tenby Railway.

(Reference #S4308)
Price:£6.00

Morris.
Laidlaw-Burgess, 1976.
Octavo, 48 pages, map, photos, card covers, VG.

Taff Vale Lines To Penarth.

(Reference #S4419)
Price:£8.00

Mountford & Spinks.
Oakwood, 1993.
Octavo, 127 pages + large folding plan of Penarth harbour, maps, track plans in text, many photo illustrations, card covers, small area of wear to front cover, otherwise VG+. **LP185, includes Ely tidal harbour and railway, Penarth harbour dock and railway, Penarth extension railway, Cardiff, Penarth and Cadoxton-juxta-Barry junction railway.

North London Railway: A Pictorial Record.

(Reference #S5461)
Price:£14.00

National Railway Museum.
HMSO, 1979.
Landscape 4to, xix page introduction + about 50 pages large photos at one per page, double page system map, short bibliography. Glazed boards, VG+. **Spaciously produced showcase for some very interesting photos from the NRM collection.

LNWR. Pre-grouping railway scene No 3.

(Reference #S4059)
Price:£14.00

Nock, O S.
Ian Allan, 1980.
Quarto, 96 pages, mainly pictorial, jacket, VG+. **Survey of the LNWR locomotive stock.

The Caledonian Railway.

(Reference #S5167)
Price:£18.00

Nock, O S.
Ian Allan, 1961.
Octavo, 190 pages + photo plates and coloured frontispiece, system map, sketch maps, track diagrams, drawings, jacket worn, cloth a little marked, generally a good, sound copy. **Discursive, readable history, strong on the locomotve side, as usual with Nock.

The Exe Valley Railway Including the Tiverton Branch. The anatomy of a west country branch line.

(Reference #S5214)
Price:£20.00

Owen, J.
Kingfisher, 1985.
Large quarto, 192 pages, many photo illustrations, track plans, diagrams, jacket, near fine.

The Life And Times Of The Great Eastern Railway.

(Reference #S5500)
Price:£16.00

Paar, H & Gray, A.
Castlemead, 1991.
Landscape quarto, 128 pages, 41 photo illustrations and 42 line drawings, maps, jacket, as new. **The personalities connected with the GER - the directors, management, staff and passengers: "enthusiasm, incompetence, board room struggles and chicanery, tragic accidents and other incidents in its history." Based on detailed research in the contemporary press.

Rails In The Valleys.

(Reference #S5292)
Price:£20.00

Page, J.
David & Charles, 1989.
Large quarto, 192 pages, double-page map, photo illustrations, jacket, near fine. **South Wales was uniquely rich in competing railways; they were responsible for the shape of the towns around them but very little has been written about their social effects or their methods of operation. This careful study covers all aspects, from the all-important coal trade to the operation of excursion trains, taking in locomotives, rural branch lines, docks and much else.

The Lough Swilly Railway.

(Reference #S5285)
Price:£28.00

Patterson, E M.
David & Charles, 1964.
Octavo, 189 pages + coloured frontispiece & 24 pages of photo plates, drawings, plans of 22 of the stations, map, bibliography, jacket, VG+. ** A history of the narrow gauge railways of north west Ireland - part 2 (part 1 was the history of the County Donegal Railways.).

The Belfast & County Down Railway.

(Reference #S5166)
Price:£10.00

Patterson.
Oakwood, 1958, first edition.
Octavo, 51 pages, photos, maps, lists of locomotives and stations, fold-in card covers, a bright copy, fine.

Somewhere Along The Line. Fifty years love of trains.

(Reference #S5291)
Price:£26.00

Peters, I.
OPC, 1976.
Folio album, 480 photos on maybe 200 pages, jacket, near fine copy. **What a collection! From Peter's earliest efforts at Mortehoe in 1925 to an early HST in 1975 this magnificent series of photographs portrays a whole-hearted enthusiasm which embraced main lines, branch lines, industrial and narrow gauge and European railways (including pre-war photos on the Harz narrow gauge).

The Jubilee Line Extension.

(Reference #S5188)
Price:£22.00

Powell, K.
Laurence King, 2000.
Quarto, 207 pages, 187 colour photo illustrations and architectural drawings, jacket, fine. **A grand architectural survey of the new stations which includes some details of construction, tunnelling etc.

A Pictorial Record Of Southern Signals.

(Reference #S2957)
Price:£22.00

Pryer, G .
OPC, 1977.
Large quarto, 200 pages, illustrated with photos of signals, equipment, boxes etc, scale drawings of signals, gantries, signal boxes, diagrams of equipment etc, jacket, VG+.

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Time Tables: BR
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