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Lake, Chas S Locomotives of 1906, Percival Marshall, pp40. Landscape format. Paper covered illustrated boards. VG-. Slight rubbing to the bottom edge of the covers and slight loss of colour, but generally in remarkably good condition for a one hundred-year old book. An illustrated review of developments of locomotive practice in 1906. £32.50
Lambert,
Anthony East Midlands
Branch Line Album, IA, 1978, pp124.
Hb. Very Good+ /
Very Good. A line-by-line
pictorial survey. £5.95
Lambert,
Anthony West Midlands
Branch Line Album, IA, 1982, pp112.
Hb. Very Good+ /
Very Good+. Branch lines
around Birmingham in the steam age.
£5.95
Lambert A P and Woods J C Continent, Coalfield and Conservation: The biographical history of the British Army Austerity 0-6-0 saddle tank, Industrial Railway Society, 1991, pp83. Pb. VG. An illustrated booklet with detailed historical notes for each locomotive. £8.50
Lamming, Clive Hornby:
Les Trains Francais en "O" et "HO", LR
Presse, 2006, pp286. Large Format. Glazed
Boards. Fine.
A comprehensive history, lavishly illustrated throughout. In French.
£24.50
Larkin, David Working Wagons: A Pictorial Review of Freight Stock on the BR System: Vol.3 1980-1984, Santona, 2001, pp96. Pb. VG. Creasing across the bottom rear corner of the covers. An illustrated survey with a section devoted to each wagon type. £10.50
Law R J The
Steam Engine: A brief history of the reciprocating engine, HMSO, 1968, pp32.
A Science Museum Booklet. Pb.
Very Good+. An illustrated
booklet with sections on Thomas Savery & the First Steam Pump, Newcomen's
Atmospheric Engine, Watt's Invention of the Separate Condenser, The
Rotative Engine, High Pressure Steam, The Cornish Pumping Engine,
The Compound Engine, The Corliss Engine, High Speed Steam
Engines, The Uniflow Engine, Progress on Fuel Economy, and The
Development of Land Boilers. £2.50
Lawton E R and Sackett M W
The Bicester Military Railway and the Army's Central Railway Workshops,
OPC, 1992, pp160. Large Format Hb.
Very Good+ / Very Good+. A
comprehensive history of a relatively unknown system with nearly 50 miles of
track. £12.50
Lee,
Charles E The
Metropolitan District Railway, Oakwood, First Edition 1956, pp51.
Oakwood Library of Railway History No.12. Pb.
Very Good. A history
of the second underground railway in London, and its long feud with The
Metropolitan Railway - the first underground railway.
£3.95
Lee, Charles E Sixty Years of the Bakerloo, London Transport, 1966, pp24 plus pp12 of illustrations. Pb. VG. A history of the Bakerloo Line. £3.50
Lee, Charles E Sixty Years of the Piccadilly, London Transport, 1966, pp25 plus pp13 of illustrations. Pb. VG. A history of the Piccadilly Line. £3.50
Lee, Charles E Sixty
Years of the Northern, London Transport, 2nd Impression 1968, pp28 plus pp12
of illustrations. Pb.
VG. A history of the first
sixty years of Northern Line. £3.50
Lee, Charles E The
Welsh Highland Railway, Welsh Highland Light Railway and D&C, 1970, pp48
with pp16 of plates and a folding drawing of a Double-Bogie Fairlie Locomotive
in the rear. First published in Narrow Gauge Railways in North Wales in
1945. Pb.
Good+ with superficial wear to covers.
A history of the line. £2.95
Leigh,
Chris GWR Country Stations:2,
IA, 1st Edition 1984, pp112. Hb.
VG+/VG. This second volume
focuses more on the many detailed features of Great Western stations in the
steam age. £5.95
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
Leleux, Robin A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain Vol. 9: The East Midlands, D&C, 1st edition 1976, pp240 with 31 plates, 3 illustrations in the text, 11 maps, and a folding map in the rear. Hb. VG+/VG. £16.50
Leleux S A The
Leighton Buzzard Light Railway and Associated Quarry Lines, Oakwood, 1969,
pp124 plus pp12 of illustrations. Pb.
Very Good. £8.50
Leslie R H Steam
on the Waverley Route, Bradford Barton, pp96.
No date. Inscription.
Hb. VG/VG-. Slight wear to
the covers at the head & base of the spine, and to the dw at the head of the
spine. £4.95
Leslie R H London Midland Steam Around Carlisle, Bradford Barton, 1975, pp96. Hb. VG+/VG. Red "speckled" hb cover. Pictorial album. £5.95
Levett
D A and Andrews H I A
Survey of Adhesion on the Dainton and Rattray Bank - Western Region,
British Railways Research Department, 1965.
Three typed pages and 9 large fold-out figures.
Large Format Pb. Fair.
The report is crudely produced by today's standards, but was
typical of the time. It
recommends that sections of the line on Dainton and Rattray banks should
be treated experimentally with a 1% solution of ethyl capryllate to
improve adhesion. The
proposed distribution points are marked in the figures. This is the
personal copy of Dr Andrews, one of the authors.
£12.50
Levy,
Allen A Century of Model
Trains, New Cavendish, 4th impression 1986, pp208.
Very Large Landscape Format.
Hb. Fine / Very
Good. A remarkable
collection of over 500 illustrations, 187 in colour, illustrating the
development of model railway manufacturing.
£18.50
Leyland, Eric Loco Driver, Edmund Ward, 1957, pp94 with 4 plates and
12 diagrams. Hb. VG/Fair. An
informative period piece aimed at youngsters who aspire to be engine drivers.
£3.95
Liddle
L H Steam Finale: A
Review of Present-Day Steam traction on Irish Railways, Irish
Railway Record Society, 1964, pp64 plus pp8 of illustrations. Also
a three page supplement. Pb.
VG. The last days of
steam on former Great Northern (Ireland) and N. C. C. lines.
£8.50
Lidster, J Robin Scarborough Railway Station: From Steam Age to Diesel Era, Hendon Publishing, 1995, pp44. Large Landscape Format Pb. VG. Slight creasing to the covers. A pictorial tribute. £4.95
Lissenden, Rodney South Eastern Steam, IA, 1989, pp64.
Steam Portfolios 7. Glazed
Boards. Very Good. An all-colour
landscape-format album depicting steam operations on the former south-east area
of the Southern region in British Rail days.
£4.95
Lloyd, David The Modeller Book of Narrow Gauge, Peco, 1986, pp72. Pb. VG-. Some superficial wear to the covers. Brings together some of the best of contemporary narrow gauge modelling through a series of specially commissioned articles. £2.95
Lloyd, David Modelling the Irish Narrow Gauge,
Peco, 1989,
pp44. Large Format Pb. VG-. Slight wear to the covers.
A series of well-illustrated articles.
£4.95
Lloyd, John and Brown, Murray Preserved Railway Carriages, SLP, 1992, pp256. Pb. VG. Superficial wear to the bottom corner of the front cover. The complete stock-book of all known standard gauge carriages and passenger-rated vans preserved in Great Britain and Ireland. £4.95
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.
VG/VG-. Dw internally
repaired at head of spine. A
classic tribute to the passing age of steam.
£3.95
Lombardelli C P Braintree
and its Railways in Pictures, Author, 1982, pp32. Pb. VG.
Faint crease across the top corners.
A photographic record of Braintree's railways over the years.
£4.95
Long P J and Awdry W V The Birmingham and Gloucester Railway, Alan Sutton, 1987, pp305. Hb. Fine/Fine. A comprehensive history of the Midland Railway's line from Birmingham to Gloucester. £9.50
Longhurst,
Roly Electric
Locomotives on the West Coast Main Line, BB, 1979, pp32.
With additional material by Michael Oakley.
Published jointly with the Diesel & Electric Group. Pb.
Very Good+. An
illustrated history of classes 81 to 87.
£2.95
Lowery, Dave Model Railways: A Complete Guide to the Hobby,
Argus, 1992,
pp144. Large Format Hb. VG+/VG. One-inch
closed tear at the head of the spine. An
ideal practical book for those wishing to construct their first serious layout.
£4.95
Lowery, Dave Advanced Model Railroads: A Practical Manual for Designing and Constructing your Dream Layout, New Burlington Books, 1993, pp96. Large Format Hb. Fine / Fine. With chapters on Planning a Layout, Solid Foundations - Bases, Adding Color (sic), Scenic Details, Water Features, Constructing Plastic Kits, Constructing Metal Kits, Painting and Weathering, Building a Locomotive, and Constructing Buildings. £4.95
Lumsdon, Les and Speakman, Colin
Great
Walks from Welsh Railways, Sigma Leisure, 1989, pp160. Pb.
VG. A series of walks in
Wales, all starting and finishing at stations both main line and narrow gauge. A
detailed map is included for each walk. £3.95
Lyons
E T An Historical Survey
of Great Western Engine Sheds 1947, OPC, 1985, pp284.
Published with the cooperation of the Great Western Society.
Large landscape format Hb. Fine
/ Fine. Inscription under
the dw flap. A
comprehensive illustrated survey of Great Western locomotive depots on
the eve of nationalisation. £12.50
Lyons E and Mountford E An Historical Survey of Great Western Engine Sheds: 1837-1947 (including amalgamated companies), OPC, 1986, pp216. Inscription under the flap of the dw. Large landscape format Hb. Fine / Very Good+. A comprehensive study of all the Great Western sheds that were replaced or closed before nationalisation. £10.50
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