Stamford Shop

On-Line Bookshop

We don't want to leave you but we think we ought to go.

Robert started this business from a back bedroom in our Chiswick flat in 1974 and it has kept us harmlessly occupied now for fifty years. That seems enough, our joints are rusting and striding about carrying huge boxes of books no longer appeals. Reluctantly we shall be pulling down the shutters for the last time at the end of August. Do come and say good bye and take the opportunity to view our sale stock

Retirement Sale - All Stock Must Go!
Thousands of good clean railway books, British and foreign, booklets, time tables, bound periodicals.
Sale prices for shop callers only:
Old and recent : 50% off marked prices
New : 30% off cover prices
Plus many special bargains.
Please note that we continue to be open to casual callers on Tuesdays only. If Tuesdays don't suit you phone or e-mail for an appointment.

Robert Humm & Co specialises in rare and out-of-print books about railways, other transport and industrial history. We also stock a wide selection of new books on railways.
For over a quarter of a century our shop was in the former station master's house at Stamford railway station but with the end of our lease there we moved to 59 Scotgate, Stamford PE9 2YQ in 2016.

Our Scotgate shop is convenient for the town centre, parking, the A1 Great North Road and the railway - Stamford station, with an hourly service on the cross-country Birmingham to East Anglia railway, is ten minutes walk. Stamford itself is a handsome town with fine architecture, excellent shopping and restaurants - it is well worth a day out in its own right.

We offer a mail order service and welcome enquiries by phone, post or e-mail. Our knowledgeable and helpful staff are always happy to help.This is not primarily an on-line business, however most of our new books and a little selection of our second-hand stock are listed on this site; most of the listings can be ordered on-line.
So far as the new books go, we have stopped re-stocking and much that is listed is no longer available from us. I'm working on bringing the listing up-to-date : when out-of-stock books have been weeded out the New Books sections will reward a browse because there is quite a lot there which is now out of print, still at publishers' original prices.

Best Selling Items

The Track Of The Coronation Scot. A running commentary on the journey from London to Glasgow by the west coast route. £12.00 London Midland & Scottish Railway. LMS, nd c1938. Booklet, similar in shape to triple-fold A4 leaflet, but taller, 32 pages, illustrated with diagrammatic maps of the line, blue art deco card covers (6220 at speed), staples slightly rusty, part of menu inscribed inside front cover in an unsteady hand (done in the train?) otherwise VG+. **Number 3 in the LMS Book Of The Train series. Two pages extolling the new locomotives and carriages are followed by a milage table and a two-page introduction. The remainder of the book is a series of diagrammatic maps of the route from Euston to Glasgow Central showing bridges, junctions, rivers, towns and other sights of interest on either side. There is a full map of the route on the centre spread. find out more		BR Working Time Table Southern Region Passenger London West Division Section A Summer 1948. £17.00 British Railways. Medium format, 212 pages, staples rusting, slight wear to edges, generally near fine. **Main lines, 31.5.1948 ufn. find out more		+ BR Passenger Time Tables London Midland Region Winter 1960-61. £20.00 British Railways. Medium format, 580 pages, map, VG+. **12.9.60 - 11.6.61 find out more

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