Gallery - pictures of some of our books
Here is a mini-section to display some of the more attractive-looking books in our stock. The section is relatively new, not all the pictures do justice to the originals, I am on a learning curve here. Note that the pop-up windows can be re-sized to fit odd-shaped or oversized images.
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A Century Of Progress. A centenary brochure of Derby Carriage and Wagon Works.
Ref: S6162G
Radford, J B.
BR, 1974.
Octavo, 56 pages, many photos, site plan, signed by author, pictorial card covers (Cuneo painting on front), VG+. **A very nice publicity booklet.
Price:
£12.00
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![The ABC Of British Locomotives Part 3 [London Midland Region] 1948.](abc%20LM%201948%2010pc.jpg "The ABC Of British Locomotives Part 3 [London Midland Region] 1948.")
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The ABC Of British Locomotives Part 3 [London Midland Region] 1948.
Ref: S2835G
Allan, Ian.
IA, 1948.
Small format, 68 pages, cover red, yellow, 46100 in target. Clean bright copy with a few light pencil underlinings. Correct to 31st August.
Price:
£15.00
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![The ABC Of British Railways Locomotives Part 2 [Southern Region] 1949.](SR%20abc%205pc.jpg "The ABC Of British Railways Locomotives Part 2 [Southern Region] 1949.")
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The ABC Of British Railways Locomotives Part 2 [Southern Region] 1949.
Ref: S4561G
Allan, Ian.
IA, 1949.
Small format, 56 pages, 1949, correct to 31/10/48, green, yellow, black cover, 30861 and 10000 in target, very fine.
Price:
£22.00
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Along The Route Of The Blue Train.
Ref: G11
London - Paris - Mediterranean Coast.
Anderson, Alan.
Brockhampton Press, nd.
Landscape format, approx 6" x 3", 63 pages, card covers, photo and line illustrations, strip route maps, ex library with stamp and marks but otherwise near fine. **Illustrated booklet for children, describing interesting features of the route. At least one illustration (mostly photos) per opening. Most of the descriptions relate to the railway - trains, stations, signalling etc and the series benefits somewhat from not being restricted to the "from either side" format.
Price:
£10.00
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Belfast And Northern Counties Railway Time And Fare Tables September 1892.
Ref: S4843G
Ireland: Belfast & Northern Counties Railway.
Medium format, 68 pages, folding coloured map, blue decorative paper covers with steamer, railway &c in picturesque landscapes. Spine taped, a bright copy disbound from a composite volume.
Price:
£80.00
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The GWR Engine Book. Names, numbers, types and classes.
Ref: S2282G
Great Western Railway.
GWR, 1932.
Small octavo, 72 pages, card covers, photo illustrations (mainly works photos, with main dimensions added), loco lists. VG+. **Nice copy of this GW publicity item.
Price:
£14.00
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Holiday Haunts 1947.
Ref: S8064G
Great Western Railway.
Large octavo, 656 pages, folding GWR system map in pocket, details of each holiday resort, sepia photos of beauty spots, etc, hotel and boarding house advertising. Pictorial card covers with bathing belle, VG+.
Price:
£25.00
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Hydraulic Power.
Ref: S6627G
McNeil, I.
Longmans, 1972.
Octavo, 197 pages + 12 pages of plates, bibliography and extensive list of sources, jacket, near fine. **From the Longmans' Industrial Archaeology series: the development of the theory of hydraulic power in the seventeenth century, its remarkable growth in the nineteenth and the many ingenious uses for it are scientifically documented in this highly readable work.
Price:
£24.00
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Locomotives. W G Bagnall Ltd, Castle Engine Works, Stafford.
Ref: S4310G
W G Bagnalls Ltd.
Undated but probably c1955.
Locomotive catalogue. Quarto, 56 pages, well illustrated and with four large folding engineering drawings of an 0-6-0 tank engine. Pictorial card covers and spiral binding. A little wear to covers, but contents VG. **Almost all steam, including some fireless designs, but also one 08 type diesel shunter.
Price:
£48.00
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Official Guide. Summer Tours In Scotland: Glasgow To The Highlands.
Ref: S2862G
David MacBrayne Ltd.
1883.
Small octavo, 112 pages + folding map and 16 plates, handsome gilt stamped boards, with paddle steamer, previous owner's initials bold on endpaper, part of title page missing, with loss of first two lines of index on reverse, otherwise a near fine copy. ** Handsome Victorian publicity, factual details of sailings, boats etc, and enticing descriptions of tours available. Note that the cover is brown, not blue. Mysteriously the camera re-coloured it. My attempt to edit it back to brown was not successful.
Price:
£80.00
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Rambles In Shakespeare Land And The Cotswolds.
Ref: S2974G
Page, H E.
GWR, 1938, 2nd edition.
Small octavo, 119 pages with general and walk maps, drawings by Mayo, card covers showing cottages in a hilly landscape, VG.
Price:
£14.00
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The Spas And Health Resorts Of Central Wales And Neighbourhood.
Ref: S4904G
Gallichan, W M.
LMS, c1925.
Small octavo, 64 page guide book, folding map, photos, lovely colour card cover, VG+.
Price:
£25.00
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Swindon Carriage & Wagon Works.
Ref: S2866G
British Railways Western Region.
1957.
Octavo, 36 pages, many photo illustrations: interior views with machinery in operation, rolling stock etc, good plan of works, card covers, near fine. **Souvenir guide to the works, nice period item.
Price:
£8.00
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Victories Of The Engineer.
Ref: S8070G
Williams, Archibald.
Nelson, 5th edition undated (circa 1925)
Crown octavo, 428 pages, coloured frontispiece, many illustrations and diagrams, pictorial cloth binding, near fine copy. **Includes railways, train ferries, ship building, bridges, dams, canals, aqueducts, harbours, tunnels, mining and hydro electric power. Illustration on front board is of a North British train on the Forth Bridge.
Price:
£16.00
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