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100 Years of Steam Trains, Caxton Publishing Company, pp240. Landscape format. Glazed boards with dw. Fine / Fine. A colour illustration and brief technical details of 100 of the world's great steam engines. £3.95
Allen, G Freeman Railways of the 20th Century, BCA, 1983, pp256.
Large Format Hb. Fine / Very Good. One
of the best general introductions to the railways of the world.
Coloured and b/w illustrations throughout.
£4.95
Allen,
G Freeman Railways Past, Present
& Future, Black Cat, 1987, pp304. Large
Format Hb. VG+/VG+.
A comprehensive history of the world's railways, well-illustrated
throughout in both colour & b/w. £4.95
Avery, Derek 20th-Century Steam, Wordsworth Editions, 1994, pp96.
Glazed Boards. Fine. The
development of the steam engine in Europe, the United States, South America,
India and Africa in the 20th century. Colour
illustrations throughout. £1.95
Avery, Derek Modern Locomotives, Wordsworth Editions, 1994, pp96.
Glazed Boards. Fine. A worldwide survey of diesel and electric motive power
combined with an illustrated story of the development of today's powerful and
efficient locomotives. £1.95
De Teran, Lisa St Aubin Off the Rails: Memoirs of a Train Addict, Bloomsbury, 1989, pp193. Hb. VG/VG. Autobiographical material with a constant theme of rail travel in England, Russia, the Continent, Argentina and North America. £3.95
Ferneyhough, Frank Steam Trains down the Line, Tyndall, 1975, pp48. Hb. VG/VG. The story of the steam locomotive in Britain, Europe & America. £2.95
Frayn, Michael; Kennedy, Ludovic; Kington, Miles; Palin, Michael; Robson, Eric; Thompson, Brian; and Wood, Michael Great Railway Journeys of the World, Sphere Books, 1982, pp192. Pb. VG. Each contributor describes one of the world's great rail journeys. £2.95
Garratt, Colin Railway Photographer: A portfolio of his finest work and a world-wide testament to the steam locomotive, New English, 1982, pp146. Signed by the author. Hb. F/ VG+. An all-colour album featuring the last working steam engines worldwide. £3.95
Garratt,
Colin Veterans in Steam,
Blandford, 1983, pp160. Large
format Hb. Very Good+ / Very Good.
Illustrated in colour throughout. A
journey through seven countries, beginning in Britain then via Eastern Germany,
Austria, Yugoslavia and Greece to Turkey and Syria.
£3.95
Garratt,
Colin Steam Trains, Kola,
1984, pp64. Large Format.
Fine in Glazed Boards. Evocative
pictures of steam locomotives from around the world, all in colour.
£2.95
Garratt,
Colin World of Steam: Working
Steam Locomotives of the World, Peerage Books, 1988, pp150.
Large format Hb. Fine / Fine. Superb
coloured shots of the last working steam engines in far-flung corners of the
world. £4.95
Garratt,
Colin Steam Trains: A World
Portrait, Colour Library Books, 1989, pp240.
Signed by the author. Very
Large Format. Glazed boards with
dw. F/VG+.
A superb collection of coloured photographs from Europe, India, China,
Africa, the Middle East, and South America.
£5.95
Garratt,
Colin Legends of Steam,
Weidenfeld & Nicholson, 1998, pp255. Large
format Hb. Fine / Very Good+. A
lavishly produced tribute to the age of steam, with coloured illustrations from
all five continents and text by Colin Garratt.
£5.95
Garratt, Colin History
of Trains, Hamlyn, 1998, pp192. Large
Format Hb. Very Good / Very Good.
"A comprehensive history of the world of rail travel, from
Stephenson's Locomotion No.1 to the Japanese Lightning Train."
£4.95
Garratt, Colin Locomotives
of the World,
Anness
Publishing, 2000, pp128. Pb. VG. "A
superb globe-trotting guide to locomotives - from the 1950s to the present
day." Illustrated in colour
throughout. £1.95
Garratt,
Colin Legends of Steam,
Weidenfeld & Nicholson, pp254. No date.
Large Format Pb. Very Good. A
lavishly produced tribute to the age of steam, with coloured illustrations from
all five continents and text by Colin Garratt.
£3.95
Gordon
S Trains: An Illustrated History
of Locomotive Development, Cathay Books, 1976, pp192 with 250 illustrations
in colour and b/w. Large Format Hb.
Very Good / Very Good. Focuses on developments in Britain, the USA and
Australasia. £4.95
Hornsey, Pat Trains of the World, New English Library, 1979, pp128. Editorial consultants: Brian Hollingsworth and Geoffrey Kichenside. Large format. VG/VG. An introduction to the world’s railways with coloured shots – mainly steam - from no fewer than thirty five countries. £5.95
Hunt,
John and Krause, Ian On and Off
the Beaten Track, New English Library, 1976, 144 b/w photographs.
Large Landscape Format Hb. No
dw. Tiny indentation to the front
cover else VG+. The declining years of steam in Britain, Spain, Turkey and
South Africa. Atmospheric shots in the Colin Gifford tradition.
£3.95
Johnson, Lou World Steam since 1980, W. H. Smith / Silver Link, 1989, pp120. Illustrated with over 150 coloured photographs. Large Format Hb. Fine / Fine. Surviving steam in China, India, South-East Asia, The Middle East, Europe, Africa and the Americas. £4.95
Strickland, Keith Steam Railways Around the World, Wrenns Park, 1998, pp149. Hb. VG/VG. Dw internally re-enforced at the head & base of the spine. Post 1974 pictures of steam around the world with sections on England, France, Germany, Turkey, India and Nepal, Pakistan, China, South America, North America and Zimbabwe. £3.95
Whitehouse P B, Snell J B and Hollingsworth J B Steam for Pleasure, Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1978, pp240 including numerous illustrations and maps. "Largish" format Hb. Very Good+ / Very Good with slight browning along the top of the dw. A comprehensive introduction to preserved steam lines in Britain, Europe, North America and the rest of the world. £3.95
Whitehouse
P B Classic Steam, Bison,
1984, pp192. Inscription.
Large format Hb. Fine / Fine. A
well-illustrated survey of the final years of steam in Britain, North America,
Germany, France and other European countries.
£4.95
Whitehouse, Patrick The Story of the Train, Hamlyn, 1984, pp128. Large Format Hb. Fine / Fine. Patrick Whitehouse's tribute to the railways of the world, well-illustrated in colour. £4.95
Whitehouse, Patrick Steam Railways of the World, Chancellor Press, 1992, pp256. First published by Hamlyn in 1988. Large format. VG+/VG. With sections on: Yesterday's Steam, Steam Today, The Tourist Lines, New Life on the Main Lines, and Tomorrow's Steam. Well-illustrated throughout, mainly colour with some b/w. £4.95
Whitehouse,
Patrick and Thomas, David St John A
Passion For Steam, D&C, 2002, ppp192. Large Format Pb.
VG+. The well-known
Whitehouse/Thomas team turns its attention to steam engines throughout the
world. "A combination of technical, nostalgic and imaginative writing and a
splendid selection of photographs celebrating the pulsating joy of this unique
form of power." £3.95
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