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Nabarro,
Gerald Severn Valley
Steam, Routledge & Keegan Paul, 1971, pp107 plus 64 pages of
illustrations. Hb.
Very Good / Very Good. A
history of the Severn Valley line, with a brief look at early
preservation days in the final two chapters.
£4.95
Neale, Don Railways in the Garden, Peco, 1978, pp72. Pb. Very Good. £3.95
Neve, Eric East Coast from Kings Cross, IA, 1983, pp112. Hb. Fine/VG. An illustrated history of the East Coast main line, from the creation of the LNER in 1923 until the end of steam. £5.95
Nicholas D and Montgomery S Profile of the Westerns, OPC, 1987, 163 plates. Large Format. Glazed boards with dw. Fine/Fine. £5.95
Nicholas,
John The North Devon Line:
The Exeter to Barnstaple Railway from inception to the present day, OPC,
1992, pp192. Large format Hb.
Very Good+ / Very Good+. A
comprehensive illustrated history. £15.50
Nicholson,
Christopher P and Barnes, Peter Railways
in the Peak District, Dalesman, 1st Edition 1971, pp96.
Pb. Very Good.
Slight wear to the covers. The Midland, London North Western,
& Great Central Lines in the Peak District are all considered.
£2.95
Nicholson, Christopher P
Branch
Lines in the Peak District, Dalesman, 1977, pp80. Landscape
Format Pb. VG.
A pictorial survey with sections on: Midland Branches, London & North
Western, Cromford & High Peak, and The Narrow Gauge.
£4.95
Nicholson, Christopher P Main Lines in the Peak District: A Pictorial History, Dalesman, 1977, pp80. Pb. VG. With sections on: Woodhead, The Hope Valley, and Railway through the Dales. £5.95
Nicholson, Pete Diesel
Locomotives in Preservation No.1 Standard Gauge Industrial Locomotives,
author, 1980, pp32. Includes a
handwritten letter from the author to the Tenterden Terrier asking for a review.
Pb. Some creasing on the rear cover, else VG.
Includes a Stock List of all preserved diesel locomotives in the British
Isles. £1.95
Nixon LA Steam Around Britain in the Seventies, Bradford Barton, 1977, pp96. Hb. Very Good+ / Very Good+. "Speckled" orange hb cover. £3.95
Nixon
L A The Art of Railway
Photography: A pictorial manual of photo-technique, Bradford Barton, 1980,
pp96. Pb.
VG. Practical tips and
advice on how to improve your photographic techniques.
£3.95
Nixon, Les Classic
Steam Collection, Silver Link, 1991, pp128. Large Format Hb. Fine
/ Fine. The second volume in the series by one of Britain's foremost railway
photographers. £4.95
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 Scottish Railways, Nelson, 1st edition 1950, pp214 & 14 colour plates. Hb. VG/Good+. Dw internally re-enforced at the head & base of the spine. A comprehensive general account of the railways of Scotland. £6.95
Nock O S The Great Western Railway: An Appreciation, Heffer, 1952, pp185 plus pp32 of illustrations. No dw. Hb. Fair. Some wear and loss of colour to the covers, contents VG. Ossie Nock's tribute to the Great Western at nationalisation. £4.95
Nock O S Locomotives of the North Eastern Railway, IA, 1954, pp200. Date inscription. Hb. No dw. VG-. Some stains on the covers & foxing to the page edges. A history of North Eastern locomotives from the formation of the North Eastern Railway in 1854 to the Grouping. £4.95
Nock O S Steam Locomotive: A Retrospect of the Work of Eight Great Locomotive Engineers, British Railways Board, 1955, pp40. Pb. VG-. Covers a bit grubby. An illustrated booklet with sections on Robert Stephenson, John Ramsbottom, Edward Fletcher, Patrick Stirling, Samuel Waite Johnson, Dugald Drummond, G J Churchward and H N Gresley. £1.95
Nock O S The Railway Engineers, Batsford, 1955, pp256 with 65 illustrations. Hb. VG/VG-. Dw worn at the top of the spine. The story of the engineers who built our railways and designed the early locomotives. £5.95
Nock O S British Railways in Action, Nelson, 1956, pp228, coloured frontis & 48 b/w plates. Hb. VG/Poor. Inscription under the dw flap. Slight foxing to the pager edges, repaired dw with some loss. An early Nock title on steam locomotive performance. £6.95
Nock O S British Railways in Action, Nelson, 1956, pp228, coloured frontis & 48 b/w plates. Hb. No dw. VG-. Some foxing to the endpapers & the preliminary pages. An early Nock title on locomotive performance. £4.95
Nock O S Steam Locomotive: The Unfinished Story of Steam Locomotives and Steam Locomotive Men on the Railways of Great Britain, Allen & Unwin, 1st edition 1957, pp236 plus pp32 of illustrations. Hb. VG-/VG-. Slight wear to the edges of the covers and along the top edge of the dw. £5.95
Nock O S The Great Northern Railway, IA, 1958, pp192 with colour frontis. Hb. VG/VG. Minor wear to the dw at the head of the spine. A readable one-volume company history. £8.50
Nock O S and Eric Treacy Main Lines across the Border, Nelson, 1st edition 1960, pp155 plus 62 plates. Hb. VG/Poor. Some loss to the dw. In this first edition all the photographs are by Eric Treacy, whereas in the later Ian Allan edition new photographs by Derek Cross were substituted. As well as the East Coast and West Coast main lines, the authors also consider the Settle and Carlisle line and its Scottish connections, the Waverley route and the Glasgow and South Western line through Dumfries. £4.95
Nock O S The South Eastern and Chatham Railway, IA, 1961, pp198, colour frontis plus pp32 of plates. Hb. VG/Fair. Wear to the dw at the head & base of the spine with slight loss. A readable history of a neglected company. £10.50
Nock O
S The South Eastern and Chatham
Railway, IA, 1961, pp198 plus pp32 of plates. Colour frontis.
Hb. No dw.
VG with slight wear to the covers at the top and bottom of the spine.
A readable history of a neglected company.
£4.95
Nock O S The Caledonian Railway, IA, 1961, pp190 with a colour frontis. Hb. VG/VG. A highly readable history with an emphasis on locomotive matters. £12.50
Nock O S The Caledonian Railway, IA, 1961, pp190 with a colour frontis. Hb. VG-/Poor. Foxing to the covers, dw badly worn with loss at the bottom of the spine. A highly readable history with an emphasis on locomotive matters. £5.95
Nock O S The Great Western Railway in the 19th Century, IA, 1962, pp200. Hb. VG/VG. Slight wear to the dw at the head of the spine. A history of the broad gauge and the early days of the Great Western; The Great Western Railway in the 20th Century, IA, 1964, pp212, colour frontis, and pp32 of illustrations. Hb. VG/VG-. Wear along the top edge of the dw & colours faded. The second volume of a best-selling two-volume history. Both volumes together: £16.50
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 The Midland Compounds, D&C, 1964, pp160. Colour frontis. Locomotive Monograph Series. Hb. VG/Fair. Wear to the dw edges. £12.50
Nock O S The London and South Western Railway, IA, 1965, pp165 with colour frontis and folding map in rear. Inscription. Hb. Very Good / Very Good. A very readable history of the London and South Western Railway. £12.50
Nock O S The Highland Railway, IA, 1965, pp174 and colour frontis. Hb. VG+/VG+. A highly readable history with an emphasis on locomotive matters. £8.50
Nock O S The LNWR Precursor Family: The Precursors, Experiments, Georges, Princes of the London North Western Railway, D&C, 1966, pp160 with colour frontis. Locomotive Monograph Series. Hb. VG/VG- with some wear to the dw edges. £12.50
Nock O S Britain's New Railway: Electrification of the London-Midland main lines from Euston to Birmingham, Stoke-on-Trent, Crewe, Liverpool and Manchester, IA, 1966, pp224, colour frontis plus pp48 of illustrations. Inscription. Hb. VG+/VG. Slight foxing to the front endpapers and the page edges. A very comprehensive description of the electrification of the West Coast Main Line. £12.50
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 British Steam Locomotives at
Work, A&U, 1967, pp276 plus pp48 of illustrations. Hb. VG/VG-. Slight
wear to the dw edges. A personal
survey of locomotive working from the 1930s into the 1960s. £5.95
Nock O S The Caledonian Dunalastairs and associated classes, D&C, 1968, pp159. Locomotive Monograph Series. Hb. VG/Fair. Foxing to the preliminary title page, wear to the dw edges with slight loss at the head & base of the spine. A study of the Caledonian 4-4-0 classes. £12.50
Nock
O S The GWR Stars, Castles &
Kings Part 1: 1906-1930, D&C, 1969, pp160.
David & Charles Locomotive Monographs.
Custom bound in light brown covers with the title rendered in gold on the
spine with a black background. Hb.
VG+; The GWR Stars, Castles & Kings Part 2: 1906-1930,
D&C, 1970, pp160. David
& Charles Locomotive Monographs. Hb.
VG+. Custom
bound in light brown covers with the title rendered in gold on the spine with a
black background. An opportunity to
acquire highly unusual custom bound copies of Nock's study of Great Western
four-cylinder express locomotives. £16.50
Nock
O S Southern Steam, D&C,
2nd Impression 1972, pp199. Hb.
Top corner of three pages creased else F/VG+.
One of four volumes devoted to steam on the Big Four during the grouping
era. £6.95
Nock O S Engine 6000 The Saga of King George V, D&C, 1972, pp108 with pp16 of illustrations. Hb. VG/VG. The story of the first King Class locomotive from its visit to the US for the centenary of the Baltimore & Ohio Railway to its eventual preservation. £4.95
Nock
O S The GWR Stars, Castles &
Kings Part 2: 1930-1965, D&C, 1973, pp160.
David & Charles Locomotive Monographs.
Hb. Very Good+ / Very Good.
The second volume of a classic study of Great Western 4-cylinder express
passenger locomotives. £5.95
Nock O S 60 Years of West Coast Express Running, IA, 1976, pp264 plus 48 plates. Hb. VG/VG. Spine of dw sunned, slight foxing to the page edges, back page of the dw has a one inch tear at the bottom edge. A comprehensive assessment of locomotive performance on the Euston to Glasgow line, from the last years of the London North Western and Caledonian railways until the advent of the Electric Scots in 1974. £5.95
Nock
O S The Last Years of British
Railways Steam: Reflections, ten years after, D&C, 2nd impression, 1978,
pp143. Hb. VG+/VG+. An excellent history of the development of steam traction
under British Railways from nationalisation until the end of steam.
£5.95
Nock O S Two Miles A Minute, BCA/PSL, 1980, pp201. Hb. VG/VG. The story behind the conception and operation of the HSTs and the ill-fated Advanced Passenger Train. £4.50
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 LNWR: Pre-Grouping Railway
Scene No.3, IA, 1980, pp96. Hb.
Fine / Very Good+. Some sellotape from an old dw covering remains on the reverse
(hidden) side of the dw. The final
pre-grouping album based on the Rixon Bucknall photographic collection.
£5.95
Nock O S Irish Steam: A Twenty-Year Survey, 1920-1939, D&C, 1982, pp207 including pp16 of illustrations. Hb. Fine/VG+. Covers the broad gauge and many of the narrow gauge lines. £8.50
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
Nock O S The GWR Stars, Castles & Kings Omnibus edition combining parts 1 & 2, D&C, 1981, pp304. David & Charles Locomotive Monographs. Hb. VG/VG. A major study. £6.95
Nock O S and Cross, Derek Main Lines across the Border, IA, 2nd revised edition 1982, pp222. Hb. VG+/VG. As well as the East Coast and West Coast main lines, the author also examines the Settle and Carlisle line and its Scottish connections, the Waverley route and the Glasgow and South Western line through Dumfries. Retains the original period text from the 1960 edition with new pictures by Derek Cross substituted for those of Eric Tracey. £6.95
Nock O S The Gresley Pacifics, Omnibus edition combining parts 1 & 2, D&C, 1982, pp284. Locomotive Monograph Series. Hb. Fine/VG. Spine of dw slightly faded. A major study, originally published as two separate volumes. £7.50
Nock
O S The British Steam Railway
Locomotive: 1925 – 1965, IA, 3rd impression 1983, pp276 with 415 figs.
First published in 1966 as a sequel to The British Steam Railway
Locomotive: From 1825 to 1925 by E L Ahrons.
Large Format Hb. VG+/VG. A
comprehensive history of the last 40 years of British Steam.
£10.50
Nock O S British Locomotives of the 20th Century: Vol. 1 1900 –1930, PSL, 1st edition 1983, pp257. Hb. VG+/VG+. Signed by the author. The first volume of Ossie Nock's history of British locomotive development since 1900. £6.95
Nock O S
British Locomotives of the 20th Century: Vol. 1 1900 –1930, BCA/PSL,
1983, pp257.
Hb. Fine/Fine.
The first volume of Ossie Nock's three-part history of British locomotive
development since 1900. £5.95
Nock
O S British Locomotives of the
20th Century: Vol. 2 1930 –1960, BCA/PSL, 1988, pp256. Hb. VG+/VG+.
The second volume of Ossie Nock's three-part history.
£5.95
Nock O S British Locomotives of the 20th Century: Vol. 3 1960 - the present day, BCA/PSL, 1985, pp257. Hb. VG/VG. The final volume of Ossie Nock's history, devoted almost exclusively to diesel and electric developments, including the HST. £5.95
Nock O S Great Northern 4-4-2 'Atlantics', PSL, 1984, pp136. Hb. VG/VG. A detailed assessment of Ivatt's express passenger designs. £6.95
Nock
O S Tales of the Great
Western: Informal recollections of a near-lifetime's association with
the line, D&C, 1984, pp176.
Hb. Fine / Fine.
Stories of Great Western life from broad gauge days to the final
years under Hawksworth. £6.95
Nock O S A History of the LMS 1. The First Years 1923-30, A&U, 1984, pp94 with 60 illustrations. Steam Past Series. Hb. Fine/VG. The first volume of a three-volume history. £4.95
Nock O S A History of the LMS 2. The Record Breaking Thirties 1931-39, A&U, 1984, pp96 with 60 illustrations. Steam Past Series. Hb. VG/VG. Bottom corners of the covers slightly bumped, tiny nicks to the dw at the base of the spine. The second volume of a three-volume history. £4.95
Nock O S A History of the LMS 3. The War Years and Nationalisation, 1939-48, A&U, 1984, pp95 with 60 illustrations. Steam Past Series. Hb. Fine/VG+. The last volume of a three-volume history. £4.95
Nock O S Great Locomotives of the Southern Railway, BCA/PSL, 1987, pp216. Hb. VG+/ VG+. Nock's final word on Southern Steam. £8.50
Nock O S Great Locomotives of the LNER, PSL, 1988, pp231 plus pp16 of colour illustrations. Hb. VG+/VG. Nock's final assessment of LNER steam. £8.50
Nock O S Locomotive Practice and Performance Vol.1 The Age of Steam 1959-68, PSL, 1989, pp320. Vol.2 was never published. Hb. VG+/VG. Tiny depression to the top edge of the covers. Highlights from the celebrated Railway Magazine articles. £7.50
Nock
O S The Settle and Carlisle
Railway: A personal story of Britain's most spectacular main line,
PSL, 1992, pp225. Hb. Fine/VG+.
A comprehensive illustrated history.
£8.50
Norman, Barry Landscape Modelling, Wild Swan, 1986, pp66. Large Format Pb. VG. Slight wear to the corners of the covers. £10.50
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