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Along the Line,
British Transport Commission, 1959, pp32 with copies of six plates in a pocket
inside the rear cover. The map from the rear pocket is missing.
Pb. VG-. A publicity booklet
about railway modernisation. £3.50
Allen, Barry Railway Poems, Finial Publishing, 1999, pp48 with illustrations by the author, Alan Vernon & G. S. Cooper. Signed by the author. Pb. VG+. Two post-its in the text with minor corrections. A collection of the author's poems. £3.95
Allen C J Royal Trains, IA, pp40. Pb. Fair. Slight foxing on some pages. An undated illustrated booklet from the early fifties. £2.95
Allen, Cecil J The Steel Highway: Railway Planning & Making, Longmans, Green & Co., 1928, pp132 with 4 colour and many b/w plates. Inscription. Hb. Good+/Poor. Foxing to the page edges, dw torn & incomplete. £5.95
Allen, Cecil J The Steel Highway: Trains & Their Control, Longmans, Green & Co., 1928, pp144 with 4 colour and many b/w plates. Inscription. Hb. Fair/Poor. Binding sound, foxing to the page edges, wear to the covers at the top of the rear spine edge, dw torn & incomplete. £4.95
Anthony
C R and Rogers B Rail Freight
– Today, OPC, 1989, pp120. Large
Format Hb. Fine / Fine. Sectorised freight operations in the North East during the
late 80s. Well-illustrated throughout. £6.95
Atterbury, Paul Discovering
Britain's Lost Railways, AA Publishing, 2000, pp160.
Large Format Hb. Fine / Very Good. "Sets
out in search of some of the most interesting of [Britain's] closed lines,
retracing their routes, exploring their relics, and looking back with nostalgia
to the days when the railway was an essential part of country life."
£4.95
Atterbury, Paul Along Lost Lines: Discovering the glorious heritage of yesterday's railways, D&C, 2008, pp256. Glazed boards with dw. VG+/Fine. Tiny flaw to the glazed boards at the foot of the spine. Lavishly illustrated throughout. £5.95
Awdry,
Christopher Awdry's Steam
Railways, Boxtree, 1990, pp160. Large
landscape format Hb. Very Good+ /
Fine. "A glorious celebration
of steam on ten British preserved railways."
Well-illustrated throughout in colour.
£4.95
Awdry, Christopher
Encyclopaedia of British Railway Companies, Guild/PSL, 1990,
pp288. "Largish" format Hb. Fine
/ Fine. Details of the over 1000
different railway companies that built Britain's railways.
£8.50
Barman, Christian Early British Railways, King Penguin, 1950, pp56. Hb. VG-/VG-. Wear to the bottom edges of the covers. The sixteen coloured reproductions of old prints and drawings are of particular interest. £2.95
Bartholomew, Ed and Blakemore, Michael Railways in Focus: Photographs from the National Railway Museum, Atlantic, 1998, pp208. Large Format Hb. Very Good+ / Very Good+. Superficial wear to the dw near the base of the spine and at the bottom front corner. A lavishly produced book with sections on: Railways and Photography, At the Lineside, Stations & Structures, Handling the Traffic, and The Daily Round. £9.50
Bell, R History of British Railways during the War 1939-1945, Railway Gazette, 1946, pp291. Foreword by Sir William Wood, President of the LMS. No dw. Hb. Fair. Loss of colour on the spine, browning to the pages, old security tag inside rear cover. Robert Bell wrote this history of the railway war effort at the invitation of the four mainline companies and the LPTB. £22.50
Body, Geoffrey The Railway Era: Life and Lines in the Great Age of
Railways, SLP, 1991, pp157 with 100 illustrations.
Hb. Fine / Fine.
"A vivid portrait of the Great Age of Railways, its history and
operation, its achievements and its atmosphere."
£3.95
Bonavia, Michael The Four Great Railways, D&C, 1980, pp223 with pp16 of illustrations. Hb. VG/VG. Presentation plate to a school library inside the front cover, and a brown glue stain from a now-absent pastedown inside the rear cover. Bottom corners of the covers bumped. Perhaps the best single-volume history of the period between the grouping in 1923 and nationalisation. £5.95
British
Railways Board Instructions for
Handling and Conveyance of Dangerous Goods by Rail and Road, 222 Marylebone
Road, 1966, pp63 plus pp38 Instructions Relating to the Conveyance of
Radioactive Materials including Instructions for Dealing with Fires and
Accidents. BR22206.
In red covers with black lettering and bound with a metal clip.
Name of owner on front cover. Pb.
VG. £5.95
British Railways in Peace and War, British Railway Press Office, 1944, pp72. Published on behalf of the GWR, LMS, LNER & SR. Pb. VG-. Covers a little grubby, staples rusty. An illustrated account of Britain's railways in the fifth year of the war. £3.95
British Railways Past and Present Colour Special: First Selection, Past & Present, 1994, pp96. Pb. Very Good. Superficial rubbing to the covers. Over 120 colour photos from Devon & Cornwall, Kent & East Sussex, Oxfordshire, East Anglia, Yorkshire, and SE Scotland. Includes a useful index of all the locations featured in the first 20 volumes of the Past & Present series. £4.95
Brooks J A Railway Ghosts, Jarrold, 1987, pp144. Pb. Very Good. Sixteen stories of the supernatural from the golden age of steam in Britain. £2.95
Brooks J A
Supernatural Steam, Jarrold, 1992, pp128. Pb. VG.
Twelve strange stories with a flavour of the supernatural.
£2.95
Brown, Murray A
Day in the Life of British Rail, Guild/D&C, 1989, pp192.
Large Format Hb. Fine / Very Good+. The
rich diversity of BR in the late 80s is vividly portrayed in words and pictures
in this portrait of a single summer Friday.
£5.95
Bucknall, Rixon Our Railway History, privately published, revised 2nd edition 1945, pp148 plus 122 illustrations. The map from the rear pocket is absent. Hb. Very Good / Fair. Dw internally repaired at the head & base of the spine. The story of the sixteen major railways that existed in Britain before the Grouping in 1923. £4.95
Burton, Anthony The Railway Builders, John Murray, 1992, pp210. Hb. Fine/VG+. "Concentrates on the people responsible for designing and actually building the railways, from the financiers, engineers and contractors to the gangers and navies." £8.50
Burton, Anthony Walking the Line: Enjoying Disused Railways & Tramways in Britain, Blandford Press, 1985, pp192. Hb. VG+/VG. Includes detailed descriptions of 21 lines with route maps. £4.95
Casserley H C Railways Between the Wars, D&C, 1971, pp127. Colour frontis. Hb. VG+/VG. A mainly pictorial overview of the rapidly changing railway scene in the 1920s and 30s. £5.95
Clark, Incledon Thomas the Privatised Tank Engine, Midland Publishing, 1994, pp64. Illustrations by Nick Clark. Foreword by Ian Hislop. Pb. Fine. "As first steamed up in Private Eye." Private Eye's view of railway privatisation. £2.95
Coiley, John
Rocket to Eurostar: The National Railway Museum in Camera,
Atlantic, 1996, 209 plates. Large Format Hb. VG+/VG.
A photographic record of the National Railway Museum's wide range of
activities. £4.95
Conditions of Service: Conciliation Staff of British Railways, National Union of Railwaymen, July 1975, pp307. Updated from the previous edition of June 1968. Foreword by Sid Weighell. Small format Pb. Fair. Superficial wear to covers and a vertical crease to the rear cover; contents VG. £6.95
Cossons, Neil; Patmore, Allan; and Shorland-Ball, Rob
Perspectives on Railway History and Interpretation: Essays to
celebrate the work of Dr John Coiley at the National Railway Museum, York,
National Railway Museum, 1992, pp166. Produced
as a tribute to John Coiley on his retirement as head of the NRM.
Large Format Hb. Fine / Very
Good+. Essays on Aspects of
Railway History, The National Railway Collection and Museum
Interpretation. £7.50
Course, Edwin Railways Then and Now - The Changing Railway Scene in Britain, Batsford, First Edition 1979, pp168. Hb. Spine of dw sunned. VG+/VG+. Examines the changing railway scene at over 100 locations all over Britain, illustrated with pairs of before and after photographs. £3.95
Creer, Stanley BR
Diary 1948-1957, IA, 1986, pp112. Glazed
Boards. Very Good.
An illustrated review of the first ten years of nationalisation.
£5.95
Dakers,
Caroline British Railway
Journeys, English Tourist Board, 1986, pp528. Glazed Boards. VG with superficial wear to the glazed boards.
An informative guide for the following routes: Kings Cross to Edinburgh;
Euston to Birmingham, Liverpool & Manchester; Paddington to Bristol, Cardiff
& Penzance; Waterloo to Southampton; Victoria to Brighton & Dover.
£3.95
Davies, Hunter A
Walk Along the Tracks, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1982, pp196 plus pp8 of
illustrations. Hb.
VG+/VG+. Walks along ten
disused lines in different parts of the country: Three Bridges to East Grinstead,
London & Leicester (Great Central line), York, the Deeside Line, the Cockermouth Keswick & Penrith, the Wirral Way, the
Wye Valley, the Banbury & Cheltenham Direct Railway, the Somerset &
Dorset, and the Ally Pally Railway. £3.95
Earnshaw, Alan and Jenkinson, David The Last Years of the Big Four, Atlantic, 1997, pp208. Large Format Hb. Very Good+ / Very Good. A comprehensive illustrated history of the last ten years of the GWR, LMS, LNER & SR, including the six years of WW2. £8.50
Ellis, C Hamilton The Trains We Loved, Allen & Unwin, 1st edition 1947, pp196 plus 8 coloured reproductions of Hamilton Ellis paintings. Bookplate. Hb. VG-/Poor. With slight loss of colour along the edges of the covers, wear to the corners, and foxing to the page edges. The dw is badly torn and incomplete, with the rear flap detached. A railway classic. £4.95
Ellis, C Hamilton British Trains of Yesteryear: A pictorial recollection of the pre-1923 railway scene, Locomotive Publishing Co, First Edition 1960, pp132. Hb. VG/VG-. Dw worn at the top and bottom of the spine and along the top edge. 288 photographs with historical and descriptive annotations. £4.95
Ellis,
C Hamilton Steam Railways,
BCA/ Eyre Methuen, 1975, 150 plates. Hb.
VG/VG-. A fascinating
pictorial survey from the earliest days of steam.
£3.95
Faviell, Brigadier John
The Railway Journeys of my Childhood, Pan Books, 1983, pp112.
Landscape format Hb. As published
with no dw and an attractive illustrated cover in VG+ condition.
Descriptions of the author's Edwardian railway journeys, illustrated by
his own watercolours. £4.95
Ferneyhough, Frank The History of Railways in Britain, Osprey, 1975, pp288. Hb. VG+/VG. A broad-based history with an emphasis on people and personalities, written by a life-long railwayman. £3.95
Forsythe H G The Railway Vanishes: An Appreciation of a Lost Era, Silver Link, 1993, pp128. Large Format Hb. Fine / Fine. High-quality photographs from the 1955-65 period. £6.95
Forsythe
H G The Railway Vanishes: An
Appreciation of a Lost Era, Silver Link, 1993, pp128.
Large Format Pb. VG.
High quality photographs from the 1955-65 period.
£3.95
Foxwell E and Farrer T C Express Trains English & Foreign being a statistical account of all the express trains of the world with railway maps of Great Britain and Europe, IA, 1964, pp184. Classics of Railway Literature Series. First published by Smith, Elder & Co in 1889. Hb. VG/VG-. Book VG with slight wear at the top & bottom of the spine. Dw VG- with slight wear to the dw edges. A comprehensive survey of the fastest trains throughout the world in 1888. £4.95
Freeman, Michael Railways and the Victorian Imagination, Yale University Press, 1999, p264. Large format Hb. Fine/VG+. "A new cultural history of the railway age in Britain." Well-illustrated throughout. £16.50
From
the Air: Britain's Railways Then and Now, IA, 2001, pp248.
Large format Hb. Fine/Fine. The
third volume of aerial shots based on the Aerofilms' archives.
£10.50
Fryer,
Charles British Pullman Trains,
SLP, 1999, pp224. Hb. Very Good /
Very Good. A tribute to all
Britain's steam, diesel and electric Pullman services.
£14.50
Future of the Railway Heritage: Report of a conference
organized by the RSA-Cubitt Trust Panel held at the Royal Society of Arts on
23rd October 1984, Royal Society of Arts, 1985, pp109. A review copy. Pb.
VG+. Includes illustrated
case studies of Bristol Temple Meads, Manchester Central, Nottingham London Road
Low Level, and Denmark Hill. £5.95
Gammell C J
The Branch Line Age: The Minor Railways of the British Isles in
Memoriam and Retrospect, Bracken, 1988, pp96.
First published by Moorland in 1976.
Hb. Fine/Fine. Examines
branch lines in all five regions and also in the Isle of Man and Ireland. £3.95
Garnett A F Steel Wheels: The Evolution of the Railways and how they excited Engineers, Architects, Artists and Writers, Cannwood Press, 2005, pp266. Hb. Fine / Fine. "A celebration of the railways and of their enduring effect on our collective imagination." £4.95
Goode C T Railway Rambles with a Box Camera 2: Sites and Stations, author, 1989, pp58. Pb. VG. Remains of an old price sticker on the cover. Inscription plus brief notes inside the cover plus crosses & ticks at some of the captions. Perhaps the most interesting booklet in this series since it focuses on the railway infrastructure. £3.95
Glover, John BR
Diary 1958-1967, IA, 1987, pp128. Glazed
Boards. VG. A history of the decade that witnessed the end of steam and
the introduction of the first generation diesels.
£5.95
Glover, John National
Railways: A Guide to the Privatised Railways, IA, 1996, pp128.
Pb. Fine. A useful insight
into how our railways were privatised. £3.95
Gough,
John British Rail at Work:
InterCity, IA, 1988, pp128. Large
Format Hb. Very Good+ / Very Good. Dw
internally re-enforced at the head of the spine, and a one inch tear to the rear
bottom edge of the dw internally repaired.
A detailed examination of the nationwide InterCity network before it was
fragmented by privatisation. £6.95
Hadfield,
Charles Atmospheric Railways: A
Victorian Venture in Silent Speed, D&C, 1967, pp240 and pp24 of
illustrations. Hb.
Very Good+ / Very Good. Red
spine of dw sunned. Slight wear to
the dw at the head of the spine. A
comprehensive history of the atmospheric propulsion system that was used on the
Kingstown & Dalkey, The Croydon Lines and by Brunel on the South Devon
Railway. £16.50
Hall-Patch, Tony The
Great British Railway: A Living History, D&C, 1992, pp192.
Hb. VG+/VG+. An informative guide to the history of railways in Britain,
well-illustrated in b/w and colour. £4.95
Harris, Michael; Ford,
Roger; and Perren, Brian
InterCity 21 Years of Progress, Ian Allan,
1987, pp40. Large Format Pb. Very Good+. In
co-operation with British Railways Board. Inscription.
A well-illustrated celebration of inter-city services.
£1.95
Harris, Michael British Main Line Services in the Age of Steam: 1900-1968,
OPC, 1996, pp224. Hb.
Very Good+ / Very Good+. Lower
corners of the covers slightly bumped. A
study of the development of scheduled passenger services.
£5.95
Heap, Christine and van Riemsdijk, John The Pre-Grouping Railways: Part 1, HMSO, 1972, pp75 with 7 colour and 35 b/w illustrations. Pb. VG-. Slight rubbing & wear to the edges of the covers. Examines the development and characteristics of the North Eastern, Great Northern, London & North Western, Great Western and Midland Railways. £2.95
Henshaw, David The Great Railway Conspiracy: The Fall and Rise of Britain's Railways since the 1950s, Leading Edge, 1st Edition 1994, pp256. Pb. VG. Inscription. "Lifting the lid on the deals that ditched the trains." A highly critical review of post-war railway policy. £5.95
Herbert W B (Barry)
Phantoms of the Railways, D&C, 1988, pp287.
Hb. Very Good+ / Very Good+.
A volume of railway ghost stories. £3.95
Herring, Peter Yesterday's
Railways: Recollections of an Age of Steam, D&C, 2002, pp288. Large
Format. Glazed boards with dw.
Fine / Very Good+. Chapters on: Monopoly to Merger, The Golden Age,
Stations & Signals, Rural Railways, Going Away by Train,
Commuting by Train, Famous Locomotives, Delivering the Goods,
Railways at War, The Post-War Era, Railways for Fun, and Out
of Steam. £5.95
Herring, Peter Yesterday's Railways: Recollections of an Age of Steam, D&C, 2006, pp288. Large Format Pb. VG+. With chapters on: Monopoly to Merger, The Golden Age, Stations & Signals, Rural Railways, Going Away by Train, Commuting by Train, Famous Locomotives, Delivering the Goods, Railways at War, The Post-War Era, Railways for Fun, and Out of Steam. £3.95
Holmes, David Station
Master's Reflections Images of Railway Life 1954-64, SLP, 2001, p176.
Large Format Hb. Fine / Fine. A
superb selection of the author's photographs, set in the framework of his
railway career. £7.50
Hudson, Kenneth Working
to Rule: Railway Workshop Rules: a study of industrial discipline,
Adams and Dart, 1970, pp115. Hb.
No dw. Generally VG, but
with the spine of cover faded and a hexagonal outline of an old price sticker on
the back cover. £3.50
Hylton,
Stuart The Grand Experiment: The
Birth of the Railway Age, IA, 2007, pp208 plus pp80 of illustrations.
Hb. Fine / Fine.
A major study into the start of the railway age.
£8.50
Jackson, G Gibbard
The Railways of Great Britain: The Story of their Rise and Progress,
RTS, 2nd revised edition 1935, pp272 with a colour frontis and pp32 of
illustrations. First published in
1923. Inscription. Hb.
No dw. Very Good.
The blank front endpaper is missing, foxing to the page edges and
preliminary pages. Sections on the
Great Western, LMS, LNER, Southern and Other Railways.
£5.95
James, Leslie The
Law of the Railway, Barry Rose, 1980, pp479.
"Largish" format Hb. Very
Good / Very Good. Red dw sunned
particularly on the spine. A
comprehensive manual on the legal principles of railway operation, clearly
presented and citing only those precedents that are necessary to make the basic
principles coherent. £24.50
Jenkinson,
David (editor) The National
Railway Collection, Collins, 1988, pp206 with 300 illustrations, 100 in
colour. "Largish" format
Hb. Fine/VG+. Celebrates the history of railways through the various
exhibits in the National Railway Museum in York.
£5.95
Jenkinson, David Bedside
Back Track: Aspects of Britain's Railway History, Atlantic, 1993, pp144.
Large Format Hb. Very Good+
/ Very Good+. An anthology of 26
articles in the same style as the well-known Backtrack magazine. £6.95
Joby R S The Railwaymen, D&C, 1984, p166. Hb. VG+/VG+. Describes the variety of tasks involved in running a railway, how the men lived & worked, the disciplines governed by safety & the rule book, and how the mystique of railways pervaded what was always a very close knit community. £5.95
Johnston, Howard The
Comprehensive Guide to Britain's Railways, EMAP, 4th edition 2001, pp98.
Large Format Pb. Very Good.
A fully updated directory of today's passenger and freight railways.
£2.95
Jones,
Edgar The Penguin Guide to the
Railways of Britain, Allen Lane, 1981, pp377 plus pp32 of illustrations.
Hb. Very Good / Very Good.
A comprehensive historical survey of the entire mainline network.
Each region is considered in turn. £3.95
Jones, Gareth Lovett Railway Walks: Exploring Disused Railways, D&C/BCA, 1980, pp285. Hb. VG/VG-. Dw internally repaired at the head of the spine. Examines the following lines: The Bridport Railway; The Somerset & Dorset Railway; The Midland & South Western Junction Railway; The Muswell Hill Railway; The Wells & Fakenham Railway; The Colchester, Stour Valley, Sudbury & Halstead Railway; The Rugby & Stamford Railway; The Kingswinford Branch; The Cleobury Mortimer & Ditton Priors Light Railway; The Severn Valley Railway; The Cromford & High Peak Railway; The Parkgate, Chester & Birkenhead Railway; The Malton & Driffield Railway; The Eston Branch & the Castle Eden Branch; The South Durham & Lancashire Union Railway; The Border Counties Railway; The Bala & Festiniog Railway; The Dolgellau Branch, and The Brecon & Merthyr Tydfil Junction Railway. £4.95
Jones, Kenneth Westcott
Rail Tales of the Unexpected, David St John Thomas, 1992, pp176.
Hb. VG+/VG+.
Some 57 unusual or unexpected incidents on British rails.
£3.95
Kennedy, Ludovic A Book of Railway Journeys, Collins, 1980, pp356. Hb. VG/VG. Inscription. A well-chosen anthology; ideal bed time reading. £4.95
Kennedy, Rex Ian Allan's 50 Years of Railways 1942-1992, BCA/IA, 1992, pp256. Large Format Hb. Very Good+ / Very Good. A largely pictorial review of the changing railway scene from 1942 to 1992, published to commemorate fifty years of Ian Allan publishing. £10.50
Kingston,
Patrick Royal Trains,
D&C/BCA, 1985, pp192 with additional material by Geoffrey Kichenside.
Large Format Hb. Very Good+ / Very Good+.
Describes in detail the many saloons and complete trains built for the
Royal family. A lavish study,
illustrated in both colour and b/w. £6.95
Kington, Miles Steaming
through Britain, Unwin Hyman, 1990, pp190.
Large Format Hb. Fine / Very Good. An
excellent introduction to the preserved railway scene, aimed at the
non-specialist reader, well-illustrated in b/w and colour.
£4.95
Knight, Steven A Comprehensive Guide to Britain's New Railway, EMAP Apex, 1997, pp90. Large Format Pb. Very Good. A comprehensive guide to Britain's railways at the completion of rail privatisation with a map, illustrations and brief details of each franchise. £1.95
Kumar, Amba Stately
Progress: Royal Train Travel since 1940, NRM, 1997, pp72.
Pb. Fine A well-illustrated
history of the royal train. £3.95
Leigh,
Chris Aerofilms Book of
Britain's Railways from the Air [Vol.1], IA, First Edition 1987, pp160.
The original Ian Allan edition. Large
format Hb. Fine / Fine. A
fascinating collection of historical aerial photographs from the Aerofilms
library. £9.50
Lloyd, Roger The Fascination of Railways, Allen & Unwin, 1951,
pp160 with colour frontis and 21 b/w plates.
Bookplate from previous owner. Hb.
No dw. VG.
Top corner of the covers slightly bumped. A classic series of essays on the post-war railway scene
immediately after nationalisation. £4.95
Lloyd, Roger Farewell to Steam, A&U, 1956, pp128. Hb. No dw. VG. A classic tribute to the passing age of steam. £3.95
May,
Trevor The Victorian Railway
Worker, Shire Publications, 2003, pp32.
Pb. VG+.
An illustrated booklet. £1.95
Mills W 4ft 8½ and All That: A Sort of Railway History, IA, 1st edition 1964, pp68. Hb. VG/Fair. The plastic dw coating is separating from the dw. Also wear along the top edge of the dw. Railway literature's answer to "1066 and All That." £3.95
Morgan, Bryan Transport
Preserved, British Railways Board, 1964, pp40. Pb. Very Good.
"A look at the Museum of British Transport as it appeared in
1963." £0.95
Morgan, Bryan Railway Relics, IA, 1969, pp128 plus pp40 of illustrations. Hb. VG/VG. Foxing to the page edges, dw spine sunned. In three parts, dealing with the tramway age, the railway scene, and rolling stock. £4.95
Morrison,
Gavin Vintage Railtours:
Railway Correspondence and Travel Society, A pictorial record 1954-69, SLP,
1993, pp192. Large format Hb.
Very Good+ / Very Good. A
nostalgic record of early RCTS steam tours.
£7.50
Morrison, Gavin Britain's Railways 1948-1998: A Personal View of 50 Years of Change, IA, 1999, pp256. Large Format Hb. Very Good / Very Good. A fascinating photographic record of one man's view of the changing scene during the fifty years of Nationalisation. £8.50
Nock O S
The Railways of Britain: Past and Present, Batsford, 1st Edition
1947, pp120, a colour frontis and 117 plates.
Hb. Very Good / Fair.
The protected dw is worn at the top and bottom of the spine, with some
tearing. A first edition of one of
Nock's earliest books. £4.95
Nock O S British Railways in Transition, Nelson, 1963, pp193. Hb. VG/Fair. Torn internally-repaired dw. A survey of British Railways at a time of rapid change. £4.95
Nock O S Single
Line Railways: A Handbook of Management, Engineering & Operation,
D&C, 1966, pp358 with 56 illustrations.
Inscription. Hb.
VG+/VG+. Prepared by a panel
of experts under the editorship of O. S. Nock under the general supervision of
the United Kingdom Railway Advisory Service for the Economic Commission for Asia
and the Far East. £8.50
Nock O S 150 Years of Main Line Railways, D&C, 1980, pp191. Hb. VG/VG. Dw spine slightly sunned. A history of Britain's railways from the Liverpool and Manchester Railway to Inter-City. £4.95
Nock O S Railway Archaeology, BCA/PSL, 1981, pp192. Hb. VG+/VG+. "Describes the evolution of Britain's railway network by studying the surviving monuments and relics." £4.95
Ottley, George A
Bibliography of British Railway History, HMSO, 2nd edition 1983, pp683.
Preface by Professor Jack Simmons. Hb.
Fine / Fine. The first
volume of Ottley's comprehensive bibliography.
With almost 8000 entries it provides details of every rail and tram books
published before 1963. £14.50
Pearce, Shaun Focus
on Freight: Eastern Region Since 1960, IA, 1995, pp128.
Pb. Very Good+.
A largely photographic survey that examines each freight sector in turn. £4.95
Pollins,
Harold Britain's Railways: An
Industrial History, D&C, 1971, pp223.
Industrial Histories of Britain Series. Hb. Very Good /
Very Good. Slight wear to the dw
edges. A study of railways
collectively as a major industry. Four
main themes are examined: sources & patterns of investment; operating
practices; management & organisation; and labour relations.
£6.95
Pratt,
Edwin A A History of Inland
Transport & Communication (1912), D&C, 1970, pp532. First published by Kegan Paul Trench Truber & Co. in
1912. Hb. Very Good / Very Good -.
Slight rubbing to the dw with some wear immediately under the title.
Name & address stamped inside the cover.
A major history of the evolution and development of roads, navigable
rivers, canals, railways, street tramways, buses, cycles and the private motor
car. £10.50
Quayle
H I and Jenkins S C Branch Lines
Into the Eighties, D&C, 1980, pp96.
Glazed Boards. VG. An
illustrated survey of the branch lines that survived the Beeching axe.
£3.95
Quinn, Tom Railways' Strangest Journeys: Curious and Colourful Journeys from over 150 years of rail travel, Robson Books, 2004, pp329. Pb. VG. Some vertical creasing to the spine of the covers. Tales from Britain, Europe, India and America. £3.95
Railpower Commemorative Issue, Railway Industry Association/IA, 1973, pp56. Large Format Pb. VG with slight wear to the spine of the covers. An illustrated booklet published to commemorate the centenary of the Railway Industry Association. The first 100 years' of progress are recorded as well as the extent and diversity of the industry and its products in the centenary year. £2.95
The Railway Observer Vol.81 No.983 Jan 2011, RCTS. VG+. One issue only. £0.95
Railway
Walks: Over 25 Delightful Rambles around Great Britain, Marshall Cavendish, 1995, pp96.
Large Format. Glazed boards with dw. Fine
/ Fine. Each of the walks includes
easy-to-follow directions and Ordinance Survey map with the route marked. £4.95
Ransom
P J G Railways Revived,
Faber & Faber, 1973, pp183, 16 plates and 6 maps.
Foreword by L T C Rolt. Hb.
Fine / Fine. Early days on the preserved lines with chapters on The
Talyllyn, The Festiniog, The Welshpool & Llanfair, The Bluebell, The
Middleton, The Worth Valley, The Ravenglass & Eskdale, The Isle of Man, The
Severn Valley, The Dart Valley, and The Lochty Private Railway. £3.95
Ransom P J The Archaeology of Railways, World's Work, 1981, pp304. Large Format Hb. VG/VG. Two small tears to the bottom edge of the dw. Describes and illustrates the immense number of relics of the steam age still to be found on the present network, in museums, on preserved lines and on lines long closed. The illustrations, many in colour, are particularly well-chosen. £8.50
Ransom P J The Archaeology of Railways, World's Work, 1981, pp304. Large Format Pb. VG. Some vertical creasing to the spine. Describes and illustrates the immense number of relics of the steam age still to be found on the present network, in museums, on preserved lines, and on lines long closed. The illustrations, many in colour, are particularly well-chosen. £4.95
Ransom P J G The Archaeology of the Transport Revolution 1750-1850, BCA/World's Work, 1984, p208. Large Format Hb. VG/VG. An illustrated study with chapters on: One Transport Revolution or Two; Road, River and Sea down to 1800; Canals & Tramroads; Steam Carriages, Boats & Locomotives: the First Pioneers; Roads & Coaching: the Heyday; Steam Boats & Locomotives in Commercial Use; Trunk Railways, Late Canals & Transatlantic Steamers; The Transport Revolution Completed. £5.95
Rhodes, Michael and Shannon, Paul Freight Only Vol.2: Southern and Central England, SLP, 1988, pp160. Pb. Very Good. A well-illustrated guide to BR freight operations in 1988, listing all freight workings in the Western Region, the Southern Region, the Eastern and Anglia Region, and the London Midland Region. £4.95
Rolt L T C Look at Railways, Panther, Revised edition 1969, pp94. Illustrated by John Young. Pb. VG- with slight wear to dw edges & slight browning to the page edges. Introductory. £2.50
Rule Book, British Railway Board, 1972. In multiple sections, bound in a red plastic ring binder. To operate from 1st October 1972. BR87109. Good+. The page edges are a little grubby. £4.95
Searle, Muriel V Lost Lines: An anthology of Britain's lost railways, New Cavendish, 1982, pp208. Large Format Hb. Fine/VG. Examines 24 closed lines throughout the country; well-illustrated throughout. £4.95
Shannon, Paul Railway Freight Operations, IA, 1999, pp96. Small Format Pb. VG+. An illustrated booklet examining freight operations shortly after privatisation. £2.95
Shenton,
Roger Changing Tracks: The
Photographs of a Midlands Railwayman 1946-1994, Midland Publishing Limited,
1995, pp176. Large format Hb.
Fine / Very Good. Spine of the dw slightly faded.
Records how the very essence of the railway changed in the decades after
nationalisation. £6.95
Simmons, Jack The Railways of Britain: An Historical Introduction, Macmillan, 1968, pp276 plus 25 illustrations. Hb. VG/VG-. The 2nd edition of Professor Simmon's widely acclaimed history. Dw internally repaired at the head of the spine. £4.95
Simmons, Jack (Editor) Rail 150: The Stockton & Darlington Railway and What Followed, Eyre Methuen, 1975, pp198 with 4 colour plates & 78 illustrations. Contributions by Ken Hoole, Jack Simmons, Michael Bonavia and Ian Waller. Pb. VG. Four distinguished writers place railways in their social and historical context. £3.95
Simmons, Jack The Victorian Railway, Thames & Hudson, 1991, pp416 with 60 illustrations. Hb. VG+/VG. A wide-ranging study examining the impact of railways on the Victorian era. £12.50
Somerville, Christopher
Walking Old Railways, D&C, 1980, pp144.
Inscription on the flyleaf, now "scribbled” over.
Glazed Boards. Very Good. Describes
nine major railway walks undertaken by the author along the length of the
Somerset & Dorset, the Lyme Regis Branch, the Potteries loop line, the Mid
Wales line etc. £4.95
Spence, Jeoffry Victorian and Edwardian Railway Travel From Old Photographs, Batsford, 1982, pp120 with 147 photographs. Hb. Fine/Fine. An unusual collection of early railway photographs with informative captions. £4.95
Spence, Jeoffry Victorian
and Edwardian Railways from Old Photographs, Batsford, 1985, pp128 with 155
illustrations. Hb.
Fine/VG. An interesting
collection of early photographs. £4.95
Stretton, John Closely Observed Trains: A Nostalgic Look Back at a Decade of Change on Britain's Railways, SLP, 1994, pp160. Large Format Hb. Fine/VG. Spine of the dw very slightly sunned. A photographic chronicle of the dramatic changes in Britain's rail network during the 1980s. £6.95
Taylor,
Maxwell Railways as a Career,
Batsford, 1959, pp128 plus pp8 of plates. Hb.
VG+/VG-. Two small tears in
the dw and slight loss to the lower back edge.
"Sets out to portray life and work on the railways, the methods of
recruitment and the paths of advancement.”
£4.95
Thomas
D S The Country Railway,
David St John Thomas, 1991, pp160. First
published by David and Charles in 1976. Pb.
Very Good with tiny wear marks on the cover.
“Lovingly portrays the branch and cross-county railway in all its
nostalgic, technical and commercial aspects.”
£2.95
Thomas, David St John and Whitehouse, Patrick The Trains We Loved, BCA/D&C, 1994, pp192 and 32 paintings by Philip Hawkins. Inscription under the dw flap. Large Format Hb. Fine / Fine. The final book of steam nostalgia from the Thomas-Whitehouse team. £6.95
Thomas, David St John and Whitehouse, Patrick The Trains We Loved, BCA/D&C, 2002, pp192 with 32 colour paintings by Philip Hawkins. Large Format Pb. VG. The final book of steam nostalgia from the Thomas-Whitehouse team. £3.95
Turnock, David Railways in the British Isles: Landscape, Land Use and Society, Adams & Black, 1982, pp259, 44 illustrations & 21 maps. Hb. Very Good / Very Good. A major study divided into three sections. The first deals with the growth of the railway system; the second covers the role of the railways in the evolution of towns and in the growth of industry, agriculture, and tourism; and the third section examines the major reappraisal of railways that has taken place over the last 50 years. £6.95
Vallance H A (Ed) The Railway Enthusiast's Bedside Book, Batsford, 1966, pp264 and 43 illustrations. Hb. VG/Fair. Spine sunned, dw internally repaired at the head of the spine. A delightful pot pourri from seventeen different contributors. £4.95
Vaughan, Adrian Railwaymen Politics & Money: The Great Age of Railways in Britain, John Murray, 1997, pp407 plus 20 illustrations. Hb. VG+/VG+. "Britain's railways in their heyday: men & machines, the lure of money, the chaos of competition and striking precedents for today's privatisation." £8.50
Veale E W P Railway Scrapbook, Railway Publications, 1962, pp160. Hb. VG/Fair. A readable book covering a diverse range of topics from the gauge wars to continental sea routes, and featuring railway personalities from Stephenson to Gresley and from Samuel Smiles to Henry Smith. £3.95
Vinter,
Jeff Railway Walks: GWR & SR,
Alan Sutton, 1990, pp164 plus 6 coloured plates. Pb. VG.
A detailed description of ten walks along former railway lines in the
south of England. £4.95
Westwood, John Railways at War, Osprey, 1980, pp224. Hb. VG+/VG. NRM reference library stamp inside the cover. No other stamps. An account of the role played by railways in modern warfare. £5.95
White H P Forgotten
Railways, Guild/D. S. Thomas, 1986, pp240.
The introductory volume to the Forgotten Railways Series. Hb. Fine / Fine.
The story of how Britain abandoned two thirds of her railways, a process
that culminated in the notorious Beeching closures of the 60s.
£5.95
Whitehouse,
Patrick Railway Anthology,
IA, 1965, pp223 and a colour frontis. Hb.
Very Good / Very Good -.
Some foxing to the page edges. Dw
internally re-enforced at the head of the spine. An anthology of articles from
Ian Allan periodicals with sections entitled History & Conjecture, On the
Footplate, On the Narrow Gauge, Travel by Train, Salute to the Steam Engine,
Some Branch Lines, The Railways go to War, and Railwayana.
£5.95
Whitehouse, Patrick and Powell, John Treacy's British Rail, Guild/D&C, 1990, pp192. Large Format Hb. Fine/Fine. A lavish, large-format production that provides a fitting setting for two hundred and fifty of Eric Treacy's best photographs. With sections on The Interchange Trials of 1948, The Transition Years, British Rail's Standard Locomotives, Named Trains, The Alternatives to Steam, The Fruits of Modernisation, and The Deltics. £5.95
Williams,
Alan Not the Age of the Train,
IA, 1983, pp64. Pb.
VG+. Modern Railways’
columnist Alan Williams comments on the British Rail scene in his usual
forthright style. £2.95
Williams, Frederick S
Our Iron Roads: Their History, Construction & Social Influences,
Ingram, Cooke and Co., 1852, pp390. Hb.
Fair. Two bookplates inside
the front cover. Bound in purple
cloth with gold lettering, although the original colours have faded over the
years. The binding is still sound with wear to the covers at the head of the
spine, and at the top front corner. The internal pages are generally clean with
all the illustrations present. A first edition of a well-known text that remained in print
for most of the Victorian era. £42.50
Wolmar, Christian Broken Rails: How Privatisation Wrecked Britain's Railways, Aurum Press, First Edition 2001, pp278. Pb. Very Good. A well-known railway journalist examines the impact of privatisation on the railway system. £4.95
Wolmar, Christian The Great British Railway Disaster, IA, 1996, pp144. Pb. Very Good. A collection of short articles about the difficulties experienced by rail passengers as a result of privatisation. Based on the author's 'Mad' railway column in The Independent on Sunday. £4.95
Work: The Building of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link,
Merrill, 2008, pp224. Very Large
format Hb. Fine. No dw as published. An
impressive record of the construction of Britain's first high speed rail link,
illustrated in colour throughout. £16.50
Working Manual for Rail Staff, British Rail, 1969, pp72. BR3005/3. In black plastic covers with yellow lettering. Pb. Very Good. Manual for the handling and conveyance of dangerous goods. £4.95
Your Personal Safety or Prevention of Accidents: Operating and Motive Power, British Transport Commission, 1954, pp24. Small format Pb. VG. An illustrated safety booklet. £2.95