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The Glasgow And South Western Railway. Ref: S6715  

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Stephenson Locomotive Society, 1950.
Octavo, 60 pages + 24 pages of mainly photo plates, colour frontispiece, card covers, near fine. **Masses of information in this small publication: history, chronology, class-by-class locomotive survey, chapters on rolling stock, docks and steamers and more.
Price: £10.00
 

Pre-Grouping Railway Junction Diagrams 1914. Ref: S7769  

[Railway Clearing House]
Ian Allan, undated (c1980).
Landscape octavo, 158 pages of coloured maps plus a 7-page place-name index. Laminated boards, cloth spine, VG. **A nicely done reprint faithful to the original, except each leaf printed both sides instead of single sided. The RCH is nowhere acknowledged, or even referred to.
Price: £20.00
 

Rails In The Isle Of Wight. Ref: S6713  

Allen, P C & MacLeod, A B.
Allen & Unwin, 1967, 1st edition.
Quarto, 68 pages + 56 pages of b/w plates (127 photos), 2 colour plates, map, jacket, VG+. **A broad picture of the railways of the Island during the 105 years of steam operation which ended in 1966. A B MacLeod was in charge of the Island railways between 1928 - 1934.
Price: £20.00
 

The Railways Of The Isle Of Wight. Ref: S6140  

Allen, P C.
LPC, 1928.
Octavo, 84 pages, photo plates, locomotive list, original blue cloth, sepia plate mounted on front, some light foxing on most pages, G+. **The first book of significance to be written on the subject. Fairly scarce.
Price: £50.00
 

A Pictorial Record Of LMS Architecture. Ref: S7701  

Anderson, V R & Fox, G K.
1981, OPC.
Large quarto, about 300 unnumbered pages, 689 photo illustrations, 94 line drawings, jacket, VG+. **Mostly the buildings of the pre-grouping constituents, though the LMS made a solid contribution in the way of replacement stations, bridges, locomotive depots. This selection ranges from major stations to the humblest of the lesser structures.
Price: £35.00
 

Steam In Scotland. Ref: S3211  

Anderson, W J V & Cross, D (eds).
Roundhouse/Ian Allan, 1968, 1972.
2 volumes, landscape folio, 160 + 114 pages albums, coloured frontispieces, maps, jackets, some wear to corners otherwise VG. **Volume 1 is of ex-LMS lines, volume 2 of ex-LNER. The photographs are mostly by the editors, nicely captioned .
Price: £65.00
 

+ The County Down. The Belfast & County Down Railway at work during its last forty years. Ref: S8169  

Arnold, R M.
Irish Steam Scene, 1981.
Medium octavo, 142 pages, well illustrated, linson card covers, square back, fine copy. **This is subtitled Volume 1 though we do not believe we have seen volume 2.
Price: £14.00
 

The Railways Of Ireland Past And Present. Dublin. Ref: S6447  

Baker, M H C.
Past & Present Publishing, 1997.
Quarto, 127 pages album, map, jacket, near fine. **Before and after photos around Dublin.
Price: £17.00
 

An Introduction To Railway Architecture. Ref: S8036  

Barman, Christian.
Art & Technics, 1950.
Octavo, 104pp of which 40pp is text, rest photos. Jacket torn, neatly repaired and protected with clear film, some spotting to prelims, else a very good copy of a scarce work. The first book to tackle the subject in a unified way. Loosely inserted are ms notes on architecture and a short illustrated article from the PWI Journal 1966 on the same.
Price: £18.00
 

B&CDR Report Of The Directors And Financial Accounts And Statistical Returns for the year ending 31st of December, 1926. Ref: S5900  

Belfast and County Down Railway.
Belfast, 1927.
Folio, folded thrice, legal style, with title etc printed in column form to appear on outside fold, 20 pages stapled, paper covers, some wear and external discolouration, generally VG. **Includes full page system map.
Price: £12.00
 

B&CDR Report Of The Directors And Financial Accounts And Statistical Returns for the year ending 31st of December, 1934. Ref: S6537  

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Belfast and County Down Railway.
Belfast, 1933.
Folio, folded thrice, legal style, with title etc printed in column form to appear on outside fold, 20 pages stapled, paper covers, some wear and external discolouration, generally VG. **Includes covering (printed) notice, loosely inserted.
Price: £12.00

The Cliffe Hill Mineral Railway. Ref: S7050  

Billington, M H.
Plateway, 1997, 2nd (revised) edition.
Octavo, x + 77 pages, maps, photo illustrations, locomotive drawings, lists, card covers, fine. **History of the two foot gauge railway connecting the Cliffe Hill granite quarries near Markfield in Leiceicestershire with the MR.
Price: £12.00
 

Brunel's Bristol Temple Meads. A study of design and construction of the original railway station at Bristol Temple Meads, 1835-1965. Ref: S8037  

Binding, J.
OPC, 2001.
Large, 160 pages, illustrated with drawings, plans, photos and contemporary material, jacket, near fine.
Price: £16.00
 

Irish Railway Album. Ref: S7665  

Boocock, C P.
Ian Allan, 1968.
Quarto, 128 pages, map, jacket, VG. **CIE and the various Northern Ireland railways, broad and narrow gauge, plus a few pages on the unusual Guinness brewery railways.
Price: £16.00
 

Over Shap To Carlisle. The Lancaster and Carlisle Railway in the 20th century. Ref: S7146  

Bowtell, H D.
Ian Allan, 1983.
Small quarto, 144 pages, many photo illustrations, maps, diagrams, jacket spine faded, otherwise near fine. **Detailed history from the 1890s to the 1980s covering the route, structures, signalling and running of the west coast main line between Preston and Carlisle.
Price: £15.00
 

British Railways In Peace And War. Ref: S8040  

British Railways Press Office.
British Railways Press Office, 1944.
Quarto, 72 pages, many photo illustrations, white card covers slightly spotted on back, otherwise VG+, a very nice copy. **Produced for the GWR, LMS, LNER, SR and LTPB, as a follow-up to Facts About British Railways In Wartime. "This booklet is designed to give the public a brief account of the work of the British railways in the fifth year of the war". It also marked the 21st birthday of the four railway companies. Information about war effort, equipment, management, air services etc. Photos of bomb damage repaired, fuel, munitions and troop trains, railwaywomen etc. Final chapter on post war service : "the railways ... hope also to put in train as quickly as possible new developments".
Price: £8.00
 

The Railways Of Fife. Ref: S7934  

Bruce, W S.
1980 Melven Press.
Octavo, 247 pages + 28 pages of photo plates, map endpapers, other maps and track diagrams in text, jacket, near fine. **A study of railway development in Fife and the adjoining counties of Perth, Kinross and Clackmannan.
Price: £18.00
 

Caley To The Coast, or Rothesay by Wemyss Bay. Ref: S8101  

Clark, A J C.
Oakwood, 2001
Octavo, 320 pages, illustrated with photos, sketches by the author and maps; chronology, bibliography; jacket. **Glasgow to Wemyss Bay railway, and the connecting steamer services. OL119.
Price: £20.00
 

Scenes From The Midland & Great Northern Joint Railway. Ref: S8029  

Clark, R H.
Moorland, 1978.
Quarto, 112 page photo album, 161 illustrations + locomotive diagrams, laminated boards, VG.
Price: £14.00
 

Railways Of The West Midlands. A chronology 1808-1954. Ref: S6533  

Clinker, C R.
Stephenson Locomotive Society, 1954.
Octavo, 64 pages + 16 pages of photo plates, large sketch map loosely inserted, card covers, near fine. ** "A reasonably complete and detailed record of historical events on all railways (except private industrial systems) within the defined area".
Price: £10.00
 

Steam Nostalgia Around Northampton. Ref: S6445  

Coleman, R & Rajczonek, J.
Wharton of Wellingborough, 1999, 2nd edition.
Landscape quarto photo album: 172 pictures, pages not numbered, jacket, near fine. **Classic picture collection.
Price: £20.00
 

The Northamptonshire Series: Steam Nostalgia Around Northampton, Steaming Into Northamptonshire, Railway Images Around Northamptonshire. Ref: S3464  

Coleman, R & Rajczonek, J.
Northamptonshire Libraries, 1987, 1988; Wharton of Wellingborough, 1992. All first editions.
Landscape quarto, photo albums respectively 172, 260, 283 pictures, pages not numbered. Uniform binding, real cloth with an image from the book in gilt on the upper boards. Uniform jackets, as new. All three volumes signed by both authors. Joe Rajczonek is a superlative photographic craftsman, coaxing the best out of every negative; Richard Coleman does the picture research and writes informative captions; while Woolnoughs of Irthlingborough have done their usual high quality print job. A tremendous local effort. Sold as a set only.
Price: £65.00
 

The Forgotten Stations Of Greater London. Ref: S6904  

Connor, J E & Halford, B L.
Connor & Butler, 1991.
140 pages, photos, nine maps covering the area, card covers, fine. ** "A gazetteer of disused and renamed passenger stations within the area covered by the Greater London boroughs". Gives opening and closing dates and a brief history of each station.
Price: £8.00
 

Rails Around Belfast. Ref: S6962  

Crockhart, A & Patience, J.
Midland Publishing, 2004.
Quarto, 80 page album, card covers, fine. **One of the collectable Irish Railway Pictorial series - high quality paper and production.
Price: £12.00
 

Liverpool & Manchester Railway Operations 1831-1845. Ref: S8100  

Donaghy, T J.
David & Charles, 1972.
Octavo, 212 pages, illustrations, appendices, single sheet of manuscript notes pasted to rear endpaper, jacket, VG+ **Includes a neat, brief handwritten list of queries and corrections by Geoffrey Webb.
Price: £20.00
 

The London & North Western Railway. Ref: S6534  

Dorman, C C.
Priory Press, 1975.
Small quarto, 128 pages, largely pictorial, jacket, VG. **Over 200 illustrations, mostly of locomotives, arranged chronologically, with introductory text to each chapter.
Price: £15.00
 

The Central Wales Line. An illustrated history of the Shrewsbury to Swansea railway. Ref: S7623  

Doughty, A.
OPC, 1997.
Folio, 192 pages, illlustrated with photos, station track plans, maps, jacket, fine copy.
Price: £24.00
 

Railway Heraldry and other insignia. Ref: S7152  

Dow, G.
D&C, 1973.
Octavo, 269 pages, including 24 colour plates, other black & white photos throughout, slight browning on endpapers, jacket, faded on spine, generally VG. **Essential reference.
Price: £28.00
 

The Newbury Railway. Ref: S8024  

Down, C G and Warrington, A J.
Industrial Railway Society 1979 (Special Number of the Industrial Railway Record No.82
Small quarto, 48 pages, illustrations and maps, thin card covers, VG+. **Mells Road to Vobster, Somerset. Very scarce.
Price: £18.00
 

The North British Railway. Ref: S8162  

Ellis, C Hamilton.
Ian Allan, 1955.
Octavo, 232 pages, coloured frontispiece, photos, locomotive lists, jacket worn, but book VG+. **Classic company history.
Price: £18.00
 

Liverpool Road Station, Manchester. An historical and architectural survey. Ref: S8033  

Fitzgerald, R S.
1980, Manchester Univ Press / RCHM.
Large quarto, 64 pages with many illustrations, drawings, plans, card covers, VG+. **Terminus of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway and the oldest surviving purpose-built railway station in the country, if not the world. This nicely produced work combines a history of the site and buildings together with the results of an archaeological examination under the aegis of the Royal Commission on Historical Monuments.
Price: £8.00
 

Swinton And Knottingly Railway. Ref: S7859  

Franks, D L.
Dalesman, 1979.
Small octavo, 70 pages, map, photo illustrations, card covers, VG. **History of a Midland / NER joint line originating in the 1870s and still an important part of the national network.
Price: £9.00
 

The Railways Of Hull. Ref: S6854  

Goode, C T.
Published by the author, 1992.
Octavo, 104 pages, photos, card covers, VG.
Price: £8.00
 

Ratty. A history of the Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway. Ref: S6493  

Gradon, W McG.
Plateway, 1997: 2nd, revised, edition.
Small quarto, 49 pages, well illustrated with photos; some station layouts, loco list, card covers, fine. **The classic history of 1947 brought up to date.
Price: £9.00
 

Rail Centres: Manchester. Ref: S7279  

Hall, S.
Ian Allan, 1995.
Small quarto, 192 pages, maps, photo illustrations, track diagrams, jacket, fine copy. **One of Ian Allan's popular Rail Centres series.
Price: £18.00
 

The Wensleydale Railway. Ref: S4578  

Hallas.
Leading Edge, 1991.
Small square quarto, 96 pages, photo illustrations, maps, card covers, fine.
Price: £7.00
 

LSWR West Country Lines Then And Now. Ref: S7343  

Hawkins, M.
David & Charles, 1993.
Large quarto, 224 page album, with old and recent photo pairs, some colour, track plans and informative commentary, jacket, fine.
Price: £20.00
 

The Eastern Union Railway 1846 to 1862. Ref: S7811  

Hilton, H F.
LNER, 1946.
Octavo, 44 pages + 2 folding pages (gradient diagrams and loco list), photo and line illustrations, map, card covers, VG. **LNER commemorative booklet.
Price: £10.00
 

The Newport Docks & Railway Company. Ref: S6706  

Hutton, J.
Silver Link, 1996.
Large quarto, 128 pages, copiously illustrated: photos, maps, some narrative text, card covers, VG+. **A portrait of the Alexandra (Newport & South Wales) Docks & Railway, and the Pontypridd, Caerphilly & Newport Railway. Title page stamped "slightly damaged in transit...", which, aside from a small ink mark on the lower edge, is its only defect.
Price: £18.00
 

+ The Railway Dictionary. An A-Z of railway terminology. Ref: S8170  

Jackson, Alan A.
Sutton Publishing 2000.
Large octavo, 368 pages, diagrams, no photos, jacket, fine copy. **Third and most comprehensive edition.
Price: £18.00
 

The Isle Of Man Railway. Scenes From The Past: 17 Part 1. Ref: S7573  

Jones, N.
Foxline, nd, c1992.
Quarto, 64 page album (some colour) with a considerable introductory text, card covers, near fine.
Price: £12.00
 

Sir Herbert Walker's Southern Railway. Ref: S8108  

Klapper, C F.
Ian Allan, 1973.
Large octavo, 295 pages + 28 pages photo plates, bears the signature of J B Snell (one time general manager of the Romney Hythe & Dymchurch Railway), jacket, VG+. **A perceptive biography with many interesting sidelights on the development of the SR system.
Price: £17.00
 

Miniature Railways Past & Present. Ref: S5459  

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.
Price: £15.00
 

The Welsh Highland Railway. Ref: S4536  

Lee, C E.
WHRSoc & D&C, 1962.
Octavo, 48 pages including 16 pages of photo plates, maps, drawings, folding locomotive drawing, card covers, bright copy.
Price: £6.00
 

+ The Fascination Of Railways. Ref: S8159  

Lloyd, Roger.
George Allen & Unwin, 1951.
Octavo, 160 pages, photo plates and a colour frontispiece by Hamilton Ellis, jacket, a near fine copy. **Everyone's favourite bedside book.
Price: £18.00
 

The Great Western At Weymouth. A railway and shipping history. Ref: S8103  

Lucking, J H.
David & Charles 1971
Octavo, 253 pages, photo and line illustrations, jacket, fine copy.
Price: £17.00
 

The Louth, Mablethorpe And Willoughby Loop. Ref: S6855  

Ludlam, A J.
Oakwood, 1987.
Octavo, 64 pages + photo plates, maps, card covers, VG. LP162.
Price: £9.00
 

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