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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
Hagan, Duncan Indian
Summer of Steam, IA, 1980, pp80. Bookplate
from previous owner. Hb. Half-inch
repaired tear in the dw neatly repaired internally else F/VG+.
A high-quality album, all from the author's camera.
£3.95
Haigh A Railways in West
Yorkshire, Dalesman Books, 1st edition 1974, pp96.
Pb. VG-.
A two-inch crease across the top front corner of the covers.
An illustrated history of the railways in West Yorkshire.
£2.95
Hale, Michael and Williams, Ned
By Rail to Halesowen: A history of the GWR branch from Dudley to
Halesowen via Old Hill, and the Halesowen Railway to Northfield, Mike Hale
with Uralia Press, 1974, pp92 including pp20 of illustrations.
"Largish" format Pb. VG.
£12.50
Hall,
Laurence Insight into
Steam, Author, 1994, pp30 with 34 figs.
Large Format Pb. VG.
Some small stains on the rear cover.
An illustrated explanation of how a steam locomotive functions.
£4.95
Hall, Peter Departmental
Coaching Stock DB 97XXXX Series, Lineside, 1982, pp52.
Pb. Very Good. Reproduced from typescript.
The author has attempted to provide "an authoritative and
comprehensive publication on the DB97XXXX departmental coaching fleet."
£2.95
Hall, Stanley Danger Signals: An Investigation into Modern Railway Accidents, BCA/IA, 1987, pp128. Large format Hb. F/F. Stanley Hall's best-selling illustrated study into why train accidents still occur on a modern railway. £4.95
Hall, Stanley Danger on the Line, IA, 1989, pp128. Large Format Hb. Fine/VG. Focuses on the causes of accidents in the BR era. Complements the author's earlier work, Danger Signals. £5.95
Hall, Stanley Railway Detectives: 150 Years of the Railway Inspectorate, IA, 1990, pp146 plus pp30 of illustrations. Hb. Fine/VG+. A much-needed history of the role of the railway inspectorate in investigating railway accidents. £6.95
Hall, Stanley Railway
Disasters: Cause and Effect, PRC, 1992, pp256. Combines the author's two earlier books Danger Signals
and Danger on the Line in a single volume.
Large Format. Glazed boards
with a dw. Fine/VG+.
An investigation into modern railway accidents.
£7.50
Hall, Stanley Rail Centres: Manchester, IA, 1st edition 1995, pp192. Hb. Fine/Fine. A well-illustrated history of the railways in and around Manchester. £7.50
Hall, Stanley The
History & Development of Railway Signalling in the British Isles Vol.1:
Broad Survey, NRM, 2000, p230. Large
Format Hb. Fine/VG+.
The first volume in a major series.
£16.50
Hall, Victor Industrial Steam Locomotives, Bracken Books, 1st edition 1988, pp96. Hb. Fine/Fine. A collection of industrial steam locomotives photographed by the author in the 1960s. £3.95
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
Hamilton J A B Trains to Nowhere: British Steam Train Accidents 1906-1960, A&U, 1981, pp96. Steam Past Series. Second edition revised by Malcolm Gerard. Hb. Fine / Fine with superficial wear to the bottom edge of the dw. Each of the seventeen chapters is devoted to a major accident, or small group of related accidents. £4.95
Hammond, Pat Triang Hornby: The Story of Rovex Vol.2 1965-1971, New Cavendish, 1st edition 1998, pp519. Large landscape format Hb. Fine/Fine. The second volume of a lavishly produced tribute. £24.50
Hammond,
Pat Ramsay's British Model
Trains Catalogue, Swapmeet Publications, 2nd edition 2000, pp272.
Pb. VG.
Slight creasing to the lower corner of the front cover.
A complete collector's price guide to the 0, 00, N, T, TT, and HO locos
and rolling stock made by some 25 manufacturers.
£4.95
Hammond,
Pat Ramsay's British
Model Trains Catalogue, Swapmeet Publications, 3rd edition 2002,
pp336. Pb.
Very Good+. A
complete collector's price guide to the 0, 00, N, T, TT, and HO locos
and rolling stock made by some 25 manufacturers.
£4.95
Handford, Peter Sounds
of Railways and their Recording, D&C, 1980, pp151 including an appendix
listing over 45 of Peter Hanford's records.
Hb. VG/VG-.
Half-inch tear in the dw, and red spine faded.
The story behind Peter Hanford's many recordings of steam engines.
£3.95
Hands,
Peter and Richards, Colin British
Railways Steaming through the 50s: Vol.4, Defiant Publications, 1988, pp96.
Large Format. Glazed Boards. VG+. £5.95
Hands,
Peter and Richards, Colin British
Railways Steaming through the 50s: Vol.5, Defiant Publications, 1989, pp96.
Large Format. Glazed Boards. Top corners very slightly bumped else VG+.
£5.95
Hands,
Peter and Richards, Colin British
Railways Steaming through the 60s: Vol.3, Defiant Publications, 1985, pp96.
Large Format. Glazed Boards. Very
Good+. £5.95
Hands,
Peter and Richards, Colin British
Railways Steaming through the 60s: Vol.4, Defiant Publications, 1985, pp96.
Large Format. Glazed Boards. VG. £5.95
Hands, Peter and Richards, Colin British Railways Steaming through the 60s: Vol.5, Defiant Publications, 1985, pp96. Large Format. Glazed Boards. Very Good. £5.95
Hands, Peter and Richards, Colin British Railways Steaming through the 60s: Vol.6, Defiant Publications, 1985, pp96. Large Format. Glazed Boards. Very Good. £5.95
Hands, Peter and Richards, Colin British Railways Steaming through the 60s: Vol.7, Defiant Publications, 1985, pp96. Large Format. Glazed Boards. VG. Spine slightly sunned. £5.95
Hands, Peter and Richards, Colin British Railways Steaming through the 60s: Vol.8, Defiant Publications, 1985, pp96. Large Format. Glazed Boards. Very Good. Spine sunned. £5.95
Hands,
Peter and Richards, Colin British
Railways Steaming through the 60s: Vol.10, Defiant Publications, 1988, pp96.
Large Format. Glazed Boards. VG.
Spine slightly sunned. £5.95
Hands, Peter and Richards, Colin British Railways Steaming through the 60s: Vol.11, Defiant Publications, 1990, pp94. Large Format. Glazed Boards. Very Good+. £5.95
Hands,
Peter and Richards, Colin British
Railways Steaming on the Western Region: Vol.3, Defiant Publications,
1989, pp96. Large Format. Glazed
Boards. VG.
£5.95
Hands, Peter
British Railways Steaming through the
Midlands: Vol.1, Defiant Publications, 1994, pp94.
Signed by the author. Large
Format. Glazed Boards. VG.
£5.95
Hands, Peter British Railways Steaming from A-Z: A 'Valediction', Defiant Publications, 1998, pp94. Large Format. Glazed Boards. VG. In this final volume of the series, Peter Hands presents a selection of photographs contributed by the readers of his earlier publications. £5.95
Harding,
Peter A The Bembridge Branch,
author, 1988, pp32. Pb.
VG+. An illustrated history
of the Bembridge branch on the Isle of Wight.
£4.95
Hardy, Clive Derbyshire Railways, Sutton Publishing, 1998, pp128. Sutton's Photographic History of Railways. Pb. VG+. £4.95
Hardy R H N Beeching: Champion of the Railway?, IA, 1989, pp126 plus pp66 of illustrations. A review copy. Hb. VG/VG+. Richard Hardy attempts to provide a balanced account of the Beeching era. £8.50
Haresnape, Brian Fowler Locomotives: A Pictorial History, IA, 1st edition 1972, pp128. The original Ian Allan edition. Hb. VG+/VG-. Spine slightly sunned, slight wear to the dw at the head of the spine. A class-by-class survey. £5.95
Haresnape,
Brian Maunsell Locomotives: A
Pictorial History, IA, 1977, pp128. Hb.
VG+/VG-. Dw internally repaired at
the head of the spine. A
class-by-class survey of Maunsell's designs, including his two designs for the
Great Southern & Western Railway of Ireland. £4.95
Haresnape, Brian Ivatt
& Riddles Locomotives: A Pictorial History, IA, 1978, pp112.
Hb. Very Good+ / Very Good. Red
spine of the dw faded. A
class-by-class survey of the designs of H. G. Ivatt, the last CME of the LMS,
and of Robin Riddles. The original Ian Allan edition.
£5.95
Haresnape, Brian British Rail Fleet Survey: 1 Early Prototype and Pilot Scheme Diesel Electrics, IA, 1981, pp80. Large Format Pb. VG. The first volume of a comprehensive illustrated survey. £6.95
Haresnape, Brian British Rail Fleet Survey: 2 Western Region Diesel Hydraulics, IA, 1982, pp80. Large Format Pb. VG. Slight "browning” to the covers. A comprehensive illustrated survey. £8.50
Haresnape, Brian British Rail Fleet Survey: 3 Production Diesel-Electrics Types 4 & 5, IA, 1st edition 1982, pp78. Large Format Pb. VG. A comprehensive illustrated survey. £6.95
Haresnape, Brian British Rail Fleet Survey: 3 Production Diesel-Electrics Types 4 & 5, IA, 2nd edition 1984, pp80. Large Format Pb. VG+. A comprehensive illustrated survey. £6.95
Haresnape, Brian British Rail Fleet Survey: 4 Production Diesel-Electrics Types 1-3, IA, 1983, pp80. Large Format Pb. VG. A comprehensive illustrated survey. £6.95
Haresnape, Brian British Rail Fleet Survey: 5 High Speed Trains, IA, 1983, pp80. Large Format Pb. VG. A comprehensive illustrated survey. £7.50
Haresnape, Brian British Rail Fleet Survey: 6 Electric Locomotives, IA, 1983, pp80. Large Format Pb. VG. A comprehensive illustrated survey. £8.50
Haresnape, Brian British Rail Fleet Survey: 7 Diesel Shunters, IA, 1984, pp80. Large Format Hb. VG. Some creasing across the top front corner of the cover. A comprehensive illustrated survey. £7.50
Haresnape, B Railway Liveries - Great Western Railway 1923-1947, IA, 1984, pp56. Pb. VG. A one-inch crease at the bottom corner of the rear cover. A useful reference work for the post-grouping period. £2.95
Haresnape, Brian Ivatt & Riddles Locomotives: A Pictorial History, Booklaw, 1997, pp112. First published by Ian Allan. Hb. Fine/VG+. A class-by-class survey of the designs of H. G. Ivatt, the last CME of the LMS, and of Robin Riddles. £5.95
Haresnape, Brian Stanier Locomotives: A Pictorial History, IA, 1981, pp128. New revised & enlarged edition including preserved locos & the LMS diesels. Hb. VG+/VG. A class-by-class survey of the locomotives developed by Sir William Stanier for the LMS. £4.95
Haresnape, Brian and Rowledge, Peter Drummond Locomotives: A Pictorial History, IA/Book Law, 1982, pp128. Reprinted by Book Law. Hb. VG+/VG+. A class-by-class examination of the designs of Dugald and
Peter
Drummond for the North British, Caledonian, L&SW, Highland and G&SW
Railways. £5.95
Haresnape, Brian Railway Liveries - London Midland & Scottish Railway, IA, 1983, pp56. Pb. VG-. Slight wear to the spine of the covers. A useful reference. £2.95
Haresnape, Brian Railway Liveries - London & North Eastern Railway, IA, 1984, pp56 with pp4 of colour. Pb. Very Good. A useful reference work. £2.95
Haresnape,
Brian Stroudley Locomotives: A
Pictorial History, IA, 1985, pp128. Hb.
VG/VG. Bottom corners of the
covers bumped. A class-by-class
illustrated survey. £5.95
Haresnape, Brian Pullman Travelling in Style: The story of George Mortimer Pullman's classic American invention and how it came to Britain, IA /Malaga, 1987, pp192. Large format Hb. VG+/VG. An illustrated history of British Pullman services. £32.50
Haresnape, Brian Gresley Locomotives: A Pictorial History, IA, 1993, pp176. Hb. VG+/VG+. Dw spine slightly sunned. A comprehensive class-by-class study. £5.95
Harman, Fred W The Locomotives built by Manning Wardle & Company Vol.1 Narrow Gauge, Century Locoprints, pp104. Designed by Donald Binns. Large Format Pb. VG. A comprehensive illustrated study of the company's narrow gauge output. Much of the output was for export and each country is examined in turn. £16.50
Harris
K N Model Boilers and
Boilermaking, Model & Allied Publications, 1971, pp185, 108 figs and 27
plates. First published in 1967.
Hb. VG+/VG-.
Several small tears to the dw. A
comprehensive practical guide. £12.50
Harris Michael Preserved Railway Coaches, IA, 1976, pp208. Small Format Hb. VG/VG-. Two top corners of the dw worn. A comprehensive illustrated survey of all preserved coaches, with a brief technical & operational history of each vehicle. £3.95
Harris, Michael (Editor) This is York: Major Rail Centre, IA, 1980, pp56. Large Format Pb. VG. A collection of illustrated articles about the railways in and around York. £2.95
Harris, Michael Great
Western Coaches from 1890, D&C, 3rd edition 1985, pp160, 154 photographs
& 25 line drawings. Large
Format Hb. VG+/VG+.
A standard history. £13.50
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
Harris, Michael Decades of Steam 1920-1969, IA, 1999, pp176. Hb. Fine / Very Good+. Small internally repaired tear in the dw at the foot of the spine else F/VG+. A well-illustrated review of the last five decades of steam. £5.95
Harrison, Derek Birmingham
Snow Hill: A First Class Return, Peter Watts, 1986, pp110. Landscape format.
Glazed Boards. Very Good.
Small wear mark on the covers near the head of the spine.
A pictorial tribute to the main Great Western station in Birmingham.
£7.50
Hart,
Brian The Elham Valley Line
1887-1947, Wild Swan, 1984, pp104. Large
Format Hb. Fine/VG+. A
comprehensive illustrated history of the South Eastern Railway branch from
Folkestone to Canterbury. £32.50
Hart, Brian The Hundred of Hoo Railway, Wild Swan, 1989, pp82. Large format Pb. Fine. A comprehensive well-illustrated history of the South Eastern railway branch to Port Victoria on the Isle of Grain in Kent. £12.50
Harvey D W A Manual of Steam Locomotive Restoration and Preservation, D&C, 1980, pp96. Glazed Boards. VG. Some foxing to the title page & page edges, spine slightly sunned. Full of practical information on the inner workings of the steam engine. £8.50
Hatcher, William J The Harton Electric Railway, Oakwood, 1994, pp136 plus pp56 of illustrations. Oakwood Library No.91. Hb. Fine/VG+. The story of the electrification of the Harton Coal Company's complex network in South Shields, which was the largest industrial railway electrification in Britain. £10.50
Hawkins,
Chris and Reeve, George An
Historical Survey of Southern Sheds, OPC, 1st edition 1978,
pp156. Large Format Hb.
Very Good / Very Good. Spine
of dw sunned. £12.50
Hawkins, Chris and Reeve, George LMS Engine Sheds, Their History and Development Vol.1: The L&NWR, Wild Swan, 1981, pp256. Large Format Hb. VG/VG. Dw internally repaired at the base of the spine. Some 75 sites are dealt with using a variety of photographs and track plans together with a detailed text. £32.50
Hawkins,
Chris and Reeve, George LMS
Engine Sheds, Their History and Development Vol.2: The Midland Railway, Wild
Swan, 1981, pp258. Large Format Hb.
VG/VG. A detailed account of
each of the ex-MR depots still operating in 1947 with brief notes on sites
closed before nationalisation. £18.50
Hawkins, Chris and Reeve, George LMS Engine Sheds, Their History and Development Vol.4: The Smaller English Constituents, Wild Swan, 1984, pp184. Large Format Hb. VG+/VG. Dw internally repaired at the head of the spine. The sheds of The Furness, The London Tilbury & Southend, The North Staffordshire, The Stratford Upon Avon & Midland Junction, and The Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway. Comprehensive coverage with photographs and track plans together with a detailed text. £22.50
Hawkins C, Hooper J and Reeve G British Railways Engine Sheds 3: London Midland Matters, Irwell Press, 1989, pp90. Large Format Hb. Fine/Fine. A well-illustrated study of LMS engine shed development both before and immediately after the war. £8.50
Hawkins,
Mac The Somerset and Dorset Then
and Now, BCA/PSL, 1986, pp272. Hb.
VG+/VG. A comprehensive sequence of
then and now shots in b/w and colour. £5.95
Hawkins, Mac The
Somerset and Dorset Then and Now, D&C, 1995, pp224. Large Format Hb. Fine/Fine.
First published by Patrick Stephens in 1986.
A comprehensive sequence of then and now shots in b/w and colour.
This revised edition includes much new archive material, and virtually
all of the "now" pictures were re-taken. £5.95
Hawkins, Mac The Great Central Then and Now, D&C/BCA, 1992, pp224 with a 16-page colour section. Large format Hb. Fine/VG. Then and now photographs from the Great Central's main line from Sheffield Victoria to Marylebone. Detailed maps are used to pinpoint the location of each picture. £5.95
Hawkins, Mac LSWR West Country Lines Then and Now, D&C, 1st
Edition 1993, pp224. Large Format Hb. Fine
/ Fine. Contemporary photographs
alongside identical scenes in former years on the LSWR lines west of Salisbury.
£5.95
Hawkins, Mac Ivo Peters' Classic Steam, D&C, 1st edition 1996, pp128. The original David & Charles edition. Large Format Hb. VG/VG. Rubbing to the front vertical edge of the covers. A selection of Ivo Peter's photographs from lines all over the UK. £5.95
Hawkins, Philip D Tracks
on Canvas: The Railway Paintings of Philip D Hawkins, OPC, 2006, pp96.
The very large format 12.75 inch by 11.5 inch edition.
Glazed boards with dw. Fine
/ Very Good+. Featuring over 50
full-colour plates of the author's paintings.
£14.50
Hawkins,
Philip D Tracks on
Canvas: The Railway Paintings of Philip D Hawkins, OPC, First
Edition 1998. Very Large
Format Hb. VG/VG-.
Covers very slightly bumped at the top and bottom of the spine;
dw curled along the edges and some wear at the head & base of the
spine and at the corners. Featuring
over 50 full-colour plates of the author's paintings.
£10.50
Hay, Peter Pre-Grouping
Trains on British Railways: The LNER Companies, OPC, 1st edition
1984, 191 plates. Large Format Hb.
VG+/VG+. Tiny tear to the dw
at the head of the spine. £5.95
Hay, Peter Steaming
Through West Sussex, Middleton, 1987. Glazed
Boards. Very Good+ 121
illustrations following the usual Middleton format. £4.95
Hay, Peter Steaming
through the Isle of Wight, Middleton, 1988, 120 plates.
Glazed Boards. Very Good+. A
line-by-line survey following the usual Middleton format.
£6.95
Hay, Peter Steaming Through West Hants including the Bournemouth Area, Middleton, 1989. Glazed Boards. VG. 120 illustrations following the usual Middleton format. £4.95
Hayden, Bob and Drury, George HO Trackside Structures You Can Build, Kalmbach, 1994, pp120 with numerous illustrations and figures. Large Format Pb. VG. Focuses on Stations, Interlocking Towers (Signal Boxes), and Engine Servicing Facilities. £4.95
Hayes R H and Rutter J G Rosedale Mines and Railway, Scarborough Archaeological Society, 1996, pp32 with 27 plates and 6 track plans. Pb. VG. Slight creasing to the covers. An illustrated history of the ironstone mines that flourished briefly in the 19th century in Rosedale Valley in the North Yorkshire Moors and also of the railways that served them. £3.95
Healy, John Great Central Memories: London (Marylebone), Rugby, Leicester, Nottingham, Sheffield (Victoria), Baton Transport, 1987, pp176. Large Format Hb. VG+/VG+. A pictorial study of the Great Central Railway's London extension. £5.95
Healy, John The Great Central Rail Tour, Silver Star and Unicorn
Books, 1988, pp92 with numerous illustrations.
Large Format Hb. VG/VG.
Book bumped at the base of spine, dw has a half inch internally repaired
tear at the top of the spine & a tiny triangular piece missing at the base
of the spine. Outlines the story of the Great Central route to London, and
compares past and present aspects of the line.
£5.95
Healy, John The
Last Days of Steam in Buckinghamshire, Alan Sutton, 1989, pp136.
Hb. Fine / Very Good+. Small
internally repaired tear in the rear dw fold.
A pictorial survey. £4.95
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
Heavyside G T Steam in the Coalfields, D&C, 1977, pp96. Glazed Boards. VG. A fascinating record of the last days of NCB steam at collieries throughout Britain. £5.95
Heavyside, Tom Tribute to the Deltics, D&C, 1982, pp48. VG+ in pictorial glazed boards. Tom Heavyside's pictorial tribute to a much-loved class. £4.95
Heavyside, Tom Steam Renaissance: The Decline and Rise of Steam Locomotives in Britain, D&C, 1984, pp128 with numerous illustrations. Large Format Hb. Very Good+ / Very Good. The continuing saga of the steam engine through the 70s and 80s. £5.95
Heavyside, Tom The Heyday of Steam around Manchester, IA, 1995, pp80. Glazed Boards. Fine. An all-colour landscape-format album. £6.95
Heavyside, Tom Lancashire's Last Days of Steam, Stenlake, 2004, pp48. Landscape format. Pb. Fine. Pictorial with fairly extensive captions. £3.95
Heiron,
George and Treacy, Eric Steam's
Indian Summer, A&U, 1983, 145 plates.
Steam Past Series. Hb.
F/VG. A selection of 147
photographs from two famous photographers.
£3.95
Hendry, R Preston and Hendry, R Powell The Steam Age in Colour, BCA/Blandford, 1986, pp129.
Large Format Hb. Fine / Fine. A
portfolio of 120 coloured plates from the 1930s onwards.
£6.95
Hendry, R Preston and Hendry, R
Powell Paddington to the Mersey,
OPC, 1992, pp144. Large Format Hb.
Fine/VG+. A pictorial tribute to the Great Western's forgotten route
from London through Birmingham Snow Hill to Birkenhead. £6.95
Hendry, Robert Rails
in the Isle of Man: A Colour Celebration, Midland Publishing, 1993, pp96.
Large Format. Glazed Boards. Very Good. When purchased a number of the pages tended to
stick together; superficial damage resulted near the edge of some of the pages
when they were separated. An all-colour album with chapters on: The Isle of
Man Railway, Horses Cables and Steam in Douglas, The Manx Electric
Railway, Groudle Glen and Other Lines. £5.95
Hendry,
Robert Rails in the Isle of
Wight: A Colour Celebration, Midland Publishing, 1997, pp96.
Large Format. Glazed Boards. VG+.
An all-colour album with pictures ranging from the Southern Railway
period through the BR decades to the present day.
£12.50
Henley,
Alex Names & Nameplates of
British Steam Locomotives: 1. LMS & Constituents, Heyday, 1984, pp80.
Pb. VG. Includes
both named engines built by the LMS, and named locomotives acquired at The
Grouping. £3.95
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
Henton J F London Midland Steam in the East Midlands, Bradford Barton, 1975, pp96. Hb. VG/VG. Red dw spine slightly sunned. Red "speckled" cover. £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 Classic British
Steam Locomotives, Abbeydale Press, 2002, pp192 with numerous
illustrations, mainly colour. Large
Format. Glazed boards with
dw. Fine / Fine.
After a brief introduction, a two-page spread is devoted to each
class of locomotive. £4.95
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
Hibbs,
D Railway Nostalgia around
Warwickshire, W. D. Wharton, 1993, 292 plates. Signed by the author. Large
Format Hb. Fine/VG+.
A superb photographic tribute, dealing with each part of the county in
turn. £14.50
Hick, Frank L That Was My Railway: From ploughman's kid to railway boss, SLP, 1991, pp160 plus pp12 of illustrations. Hb. VG/VG. Slight creasing to the dw spine. Frank Hick joined the North Eastern Railway in 1922, served the LNER throughout its existence, and retired as Operation Chief of the North Eastern Region in 1969. £5.95
Higginson, Mark The Midland Counties Railway 1839 - 1989: A Pictorial Survey, Midland Railway Trust, 1989, pp60. Pb. Fine. A survey of the Midland Counties line from Derby and Nottingham to Rugby. £5.95
Higginson, Mark The Friargate Line: Derby and the Great Northern Railway, Golden Pingle Publishing, 1st edition 1989, pp160. Large format Hb. VG+/VG+. A detailed illustrated history of the Great Northern Railway's line through Derby. £36.50
Highet, Campbell The Wirral Railway, Oakwood, 1961, pp39 plus pp8 of illustrations. Oakwood Library No.17. Pb. Fair. About a half-inch is missing from the covers at the head of the spine. £4.95
Hill, Peter BR Railfreight .. off the beaten track Vol.1 Merseyside, Greater Manchester, Lancashire & Cheshire, Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Yorkshire & Humberside, Freightline Publications, 1991, pp48. Pb. VG. Slight wear to the covers. A photographic journey from the camera of Peter Hill. £2.95
Hillier J R London Midland Steam in the Peak District, Bradford
Barton, 1974, pp96. Hb. Fine / Very
Good+. Red speckled cover.
A pictorial album. £5.95
Hine,
Stewart Model Railways,
Haynes, 1977, pp86. Pb.
Very Good+. A useful
introduction to the hobby. £2.50
Hitches, Mike Warwickshire Railways,
Sutton
Publishing, 1997, pp128. Sutton's
Photographic History of Railways. Pb.
VG. A photographic record
with sections on the London & Birmingham, the Trent Valley Railway, LNWR
branches, the Great Western Main Line, and the North Warwickshire Railway.
£4.95
Hitches, Mike Cheshire Railways in Old Photographs, Sutton Publishing, 1997, pp160. Pb. Creasing to the top rear corner of the covers else VG. Sections on Crewe, LNWR routes, Chester, Lines to the Wirral, Cheshire lines, and North Staffordshire Railway. £3.95
Hobbs, Roy On Great Western Lines, IA, 2000, pp80. Large Format. Glazed Boards. VG+. "Slightly damaged in transit" stamp inside covers. Faint vertical graze on the lower two thirds of the front cover. An all-colour album. £4.95
Hobbs, Roy Working Steam: Collett & Hawksworth Halls, IA, 2002, pp80. Glazed Boards. VG+. An all-colour landscape-format album. £5.95
Hobson,
A Wyn The Last Years of
the Class 40s, IA, 1985, pp80.
Pb. Very Good.
A short class history followed by a pictorial tribute.
£3.95
Hobson, A Wynn The
'Peaks' - Second Series Rail 14 Portfolio, IA, 1991, pp64.
Glazed Boards. Fine. An all-colour
landscape format album. £6.95
Hodgson
J T and Williams, John Locomotive
Management Cleaning Driving Maintenance: Section 1, Peter Kay, pp80
and 143 figs. Revised by
Charles S. Lake. No date.
First published in 1928, this is a reprint of the 7th edition of
1939. Large Format Pb.
Very Good+. £6.95
Holcroft H An Outline of Great Western Locomotive Practice 1837-1947, Locomotive Publishing Company, 1957, pp168, a coloured frontis, pp32 of plates & 53 figs. Forward by Sir William Stanier. Hb. VG/Fair. Wear & small tears to the dw edges. A classic study by an engineer who spent his early career at Swindon before joining Maunsell's design team at Ashford. £8.50
Holcroft H Locomotive Adventure: Fifty Years with Steam, IA, 1962, pp216, pp33 of plates, and two folding section plans of locomotives in the rear. VG-/Fair. Slight spotting to the covers, plastic coating coming away from the dw, several small tears to the dw edges. The first volume of Harry Holcroft's memoirs covering his apprenticeship at Stafford Road, Wolverhampton, his years with Churchward at Swindon, and his subsequent move to Ashford to work with Maunsell on the SE&CR and later the Southern Railway. £14.50
Holden B and Leech K Portraits of 'Kings', Moorland, 1979, pp98. Glazed Boards. Fine. Illustrations of every Western Region 'King' Class locomotive in single & double chimney form, with footplate comments from Ken Leech. Leech, who lived to be over a hundred, was a sprightly 87 year-old when this book was published. £3.95
Holden B and Leech K Portraits of 'Kings', Moorland, 1979, pp98. Glazed Boards. Fine. Illustrations of every Western Region 'King' Class locomotive in single & double chimney form, with footplate comments from Ken Leech. Leech, who lived to be over a hundred, was a sprightly 87 year-old when this book was published. £3.95
Holden,
Bryan and Leech, Kenneth Portraits
of 'Castles', Moorland, 1981, pp128. Hb.
Fine / Very Good+. Pictures
of every single Castle class locomotive, with footplate comments.
£4.95
Holden, Bryan and Leech, Kenneth Portraits of 'Western' 4-6-0s, Moorland, 1983, pp128. Hb. VG+/VG. Spine of dw sunned. Photographs of Saints, Stars, Castles, Kings, Halls, Granges, Manors and Counties from the Ken Leech collection. £3.95
Holland, Julian The Lost Joy of Railways: Remembering the Golden Age of Trainspotting, D&C, 2009, pp256. Large Format. Glazed boards with dw. VG/VG. A well-illustrated celebration of the 50s and 60s. £5.95
Hollingsworth,
Brian Great Western Adventure,
D&C, 1981, pp174. Glazed
Boards. Top of the spine bumped
else VG+. The story of Great
Western preservation at Didcot, The Dart Valley, Tyseley, Bulmers, The Severn
Valley, The West Somerset and elsewhere. £4.95
Hollingsworth, Brian Festiniog Adventure: The Festiniog Railway's Deviation Project, D&C, 1981, pp192. Hb. Fine/VG+. The story of the successful struggle to reconstruct the Festiniog railway, even though an Electricity Generating Board hydroelectric scheme had flooded the original track bed. £6.95
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
Holt, Geoffrey O A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain Vol. 10: The North West, D&C, 1st edition 1978, pp256 with 32 plates, 11 maps, and a folding map in the rear. Hb. VG/VG-. Slight wear to the dw at the head & base of the spine, and at the front rear corner. £12.50
Hoole, Ken North Eastern Railway Buses, Lorries & Autocars, Nidd Valley Narrow Gauge Railways, 1969, pp79 plus pp20 of illustrations. Pb. VG- with superficial wear to the covers. £4.95
Hoole, Ken Stockton and Darlington Railway: Anniversary Celebrations of the World's First Public Railway, Dalesman, 1974, pp96. Pb. Fair. Rubbing to the covers , flyleaf clipped, and "1030" written on the flyleaf. A brief history of the Stockton & Darlington, followed by details of the 1875 Jubilee and 1925 Centenary celebrations. £2.95
Hoole,
Ken The Railways of York,
Dalesman, 1976, pp95 including pp24 of illustrations. Pb. Very Good. An
illustrated history. £3.95
Hoole, Ken North Eastern Branch Lines Since 1925, IA, 1978, pp128. Hb. Fine/Fine. Brief details of each branch, followed by a carefully chosen selection of photographs. £7.50
Hoole, Ken The 4-4-0 Classes of the North Eastern Railway, IA, 1979, pp112. Hb. VG+/VG. A detailed history of twelve North-Eastern classes, illustrated with over 130 photographs. £8.50
Hoole, Ken Trains in Trouble Vol. 3: Railway Accidents in Pictures, Atlantic, 1982, pp48. Pb. VG. Spine faded; faint crease to cover. £1.95
Hoole, Ken Railways of East Durham: A Pictorial History,
Dalesman, 1985,
pp71. Landscape Format Pb. VG.
Tiny wear mark on the front cover. Sections
on The Old Main Line, The Clarence Railway, Stockton & Hartlepool Railway,
The Industrial Scene, and Locomotive Sheds.
£4.95
Hoole, Ken The Electric Locomotives of the North Eastern Railway, Oakwood, 1988, pp40 plus pp24 of illustrations. Locomotion Papers No.167. Pb. VG. Includes detailed drawings of both proposed and actual designs. £10.50
Hoole,
Ken Locomotive Stock of the
North Eastern Railway as at 31st December 1920, North Eastern Railway
Association, 1998, pp72. Pb. VG+.
£6.95
Hoole, Ken Rail
Centres No.2: York, Booklaw Publications, 2004, pp128.
Glazed boards with dw. Very
Good+ / Very Good+. A comprehensive
history of railways in the York area. £6.95
Hooper, John An Illustrated Historical Survey of a Great Provincial Station: Manchester London Road, Challenger, 1995, pp64. Large Format Pb. VG. Covers sunned down the spine. London Road was rebuilt in the 1960s and renamed Piccadilly. £8.50
Hornby, Frank London
Suburban: An illustrated history of the capital's commuter lines since 1948,
SLP, 1st Edition 1995, pp192. Large
Format Hb. Fine / Fine.
A comprehensive photographic survey of the post-war changes on London's
suburban lines. £9.50
Hornby,
Frank London Commuter Lines, A
History of the Capital's Suburban Railways in the BR Era, 1948-95 Vol.1: Main
Lines North of the Thames, Silver Link, 1999, pp144 with numerous
illustrations. Pb.
Very Good. £4.95
Household, Humphrey With the LNER in the Twenties, AS, 1985, pp180. Hb. VG+/VG. The author's experiences as a traffic apprentice with the LNER, illustrated with the photographs that he took at the time. £4.95
Household, Humphrey Narrow Gauge Railways: Wales and the Western Front, PRC, 1996, pp156. First published by Alan Sutton in 1988. Glazed boards with dw. VG/VG-. Slight rubbing to the glazed boards, three-inch grazing mark near the top right hand corner of the dw. An evocative book, examining narrow gauge lines visited by the author in the 1920s, with chapters on the Festiniog, the Talyllyn, the Corris, the Glynn Valley and the Ashover Light plus a chapter on the extensive narrow gauge lines built to support the western front in WWI. £3.95
Howson,
Henry The Rapid Transit Railways
of the World, Allen & Unwin, 1971, pp183 plus 40 illustrations.
Hb. VG/VG.
A comprehensive survey of the world's metro systems.
£5.95
Howson H F London's Underground, IA, 6th edition 1986, pp160. Hb. Fine / Very Good+. The standard history of the London underground. £5.95
Hucknall, David On
Shed: A Portrait of the Steam Locomotive Depot, BCA/SLP, 1993, pp160.
Classic Steam Series. Large
Format Hb. Fine / Fine. A
high quality album, dealing with different aspects of shed life.
£6.95
Hucknall, David The
Steam Locomotive Shed: An Illustrated Tribute, SLP, 1998, pp128.
Pb. Very Good.
A 2nd edition of Classic Steam on Shed, published in 1993. £3.95
Hudson, Bill Private Owner Wagons Vol.1, OPC, 1st edition 1976, pp118. Bookplate inside the covers from the previous owner. Large Format Pb. VG- Superficial rubbing to the spine of the covers. Photographs and livery details of over 100 private owner wagons. £12.50
Hudson, Bill Through Limestone Hills: The Peak Line - Ambergate to Chinley, OPC, 1990, pp224. Large Format Hb. Fine/VG+. Bill Hudson's superb study of the Midland Railway route to Manchester via Rowsley and Peak Forest. £16.50
Hudson, David The
Lynton and Barnstaple Railway: An Anthology, Oakwood, 1995, pp80.
Drawings by Eric Leslie. Series
X55. Pb. Fine.
£4.95
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
Hughes, Christopher
The Great Railway Quiz, D&C, 1984, pp132. Glazed Boards.
VG. A compilation of railway
quiz questions to test your railway knowledge.
Answers are provided! £2.95
Hughes, Geoffrey The
Gresley Influence, IA, 1983, pp160. Hb.
VG/VG.
Minor flaw to the top edge of the covers.
An appraisal of Nigel Gresley's contribution to steam locomotive design.
£5.95
Hughes, Geoffrey The Gresley Influence, IA, 1983, pp160. No dw. Hb. VG. An appraisal of Nigel Gresley's contribution to steam locomotive design. £3.95
Hughes, Geoffrey LNER, IA, 1996, pp160. Large Format Hb. Fine/Fine. An excellent one-volume history of the LNER, from its formation in 1923 until nationalisation in 1948. £6.95
Hughes, Geoffrey LNER 4-6-0s at Work, Book Law, 1997, pp128. First published by Ian Allan in 1988. At Work Series. Large Format Hb. VG+/VG. A comprehensive study of North Eastern, Great Central, Great Eastern, Gresley, and Thompson 4-6-0s. £7.50
Hughes, Geoffrey Flying Scotsman: The People's Engine, Friends of the National Railway Museum, 2005, pp64. Famous British Locomotives Series. Large Format Pb. Fine. A well-illustrated history from conception to preservation. £2.95
Hucknall,
David Twilight of Scottish Steam,
OPC, 1989, pp120. Large Format Hb.
VG/VG. Nick in the dw at the
head of the spine. A class-by-class survey of the last steam engines in
Scotland. £5.95
Hunt,
David; Essery, Bob; and James, Fred Midland
Engines No.2 - The Class 3 Belpaire Goods Engines, Wild Swan, 2000, pp64.
Large Format Pb. VG.
A carefully researched study with numerous drawings & illustrations.
£7.50
Hunt,
David; Essery, Bob; and James, Fred Midland
Engines No.3 - The Class 2 Superheated 4-4-0s, Wild Swan, 2000, pp56.
Large Format Pb. VG+.
A carefully researched study with numerous drawings & illustrations.
£7.50
Hunt,
David; Essery, Bob; and James, Fred Midland
Engines No.4 - The '700' Class Double-Frame, Wild Swan, 2002, pp102.
Large Format Pb. VG. Some superficial creasing to the covers. A carefully researched study with numerous drawings &
illustrations. £8.50
Hunt,
David; Essery, Bob; and James, Fred Midland
Engines No.5 - The Johnson ‘2441’ Class Goods Tank Engines, Wild Swan,
2002, pp78. Large Format Pb.
VG. Some very slight creasing to the covers.
A carefully researched study with numerous drawings & illustrations.
£8.50
Hunt, John Moors Line Steam: A pictorial record of 25 years on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway, North Yorkshire Moors Railway, 1999, pp62. Glazed Boards. Landscape Format. VG+. An all-colour landscape-format album. £4.95
Hunter D L G The Highland Railway in Retrospect, Moorfoot, 1988, pp80. Pb. VG. Highlights some of the unusual features of the Highland Railway and its operations. £7.50
Huntley, John Railways in the Cinema,
IA, 1969, pp168.
Hb. VG/VG-.
Slight browning to the page edges, dw internally repaired at the head
& base of the spine. A survey of the many hundreds of films that are about
or have contained scenes of railways. £7.50
Huntley, John Railways
on the Screen, IA, 1993, pp206. Hb.
VG+/VG-. Internally repaired
tear, unusually in the middle of the front page of the dw.
A comprehensive listing of videos and films which are about or have
contained scenes of railways. An
updated and expanded edition of the author's Railways in the Cinema.
£6.95
Huntriss, Derek Steam Works: BR Locomotives and Workshops in the Age of Steam, IA/BCA, 1994, pp111. Large format Hb. Fine/Fine. Recalls the many railway workshops of the 50s and 60s, illustrated with a superb collection of colour photographs of locomotives either within the works or recently overhauled. £5.95
Huntriss, Derek and Gray, Peter W Diesel-Hydraulics in the West Country, IA, 2000, pp80. Glazed Boards. VG. An all-colour album. £8.50
Hurst, Geoffrey The Midland Railway around Nottinghamshire Vol.1, Milepost, 1987, pp80. Pb. VG. A publisher's addendum has been pasted inside the front cover. An illustrated history covering the former Midland lines in West Nottinghamshire from Nottingham to Worksop and across the border to Bennerley, Pye Bridge, Westhouses and Barrow Hill. £6.95
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
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