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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
Nash
S C Southern Region Steam Album
1948-1967, IA, 1974, pp111. Hb.
VG+/VG. Small internally
repaired tear at the head of the spine. An
album from the camera of S. C. Nash, a prolific and expert recorder of the
Southern scene during the last 20 years of steam.
£5.95
Neale, Don Railways in the Garden, Peco, 1978, pp72. Pb. Very Good. £3.95
Newham
A T The Cork & Muskerry
Light Railway, Oakwood, 2nd edition 1992, pp88.
Revised and extended by Stanley C. Jenkins. Locomotion Papers No.39.
Pb. VG.
£12.50
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. £18.50
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, 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 BR Colour Album, Janes, 1983, pp96. Landscape format. Glazed Boards. Very Good. A further all-colour album featuring a wide variety of diesel traction blending with the landscape. £5.95
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 The Premier Line: The Story of London and North Western Locomotives, IA, 1952, pp240 plus colour frontis and three other colour plates. Hb. VG/Poor. The dw is incomplete at the top & bottom of the spine and at the top corners. Traces the history of LNWR locomotives from the early days to the grouping. £8.50
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 Historical Steam Locomotives,
A&C Black, 1959, pp162 with colour frontis and 67 b/w plates.
Inscription plus an address sticker inside the cover.
Hb. VG/VG.
Examines historic pre-grouping locomotive designs under the following
headings: Early Days in the North; Robert Stephenson, Hackworth & Bury; The
Columbine & Cornwall; 2-4-0s of the Decorated Period; The North Western
Jumbos; Four Famous 4-2-2 Singles; William Stroudley; The Classic 4-4-0; The
Highland Jones Goods; The Great Northern Atlantics; Tank Engine Prodigies; The
Midland Compounds; The Great Western Cities and Churchward's Masterpiece.
£6.95
Nock O S The London and North Western Railway, IA, 1960, pp232 with colour frontis. Bookplate. Hb. VG/VG-. Superficial wear mark across the front cover underneath the author. A one-volume history of the company. £12.50
Nock
O S Scottish Railways, IA,
revised edition 1961, pp230 with 14 colour plates.
Hb. Very Good / Fair.
The dw is worn at the top and bottom of the spine and at the corners. A
comprehensive general account of the railways of Scotland.
£6.95
Nock
O S The Caledonian Railway,
IA, 1st Edition 1961, pp190 with a colour frontis. Hb. Very Good / Very Good.
Slight wear to the dw at the head and base of the spine.
A readable history with an emphasis on locomotive matters.
£12.50
Nock O S Fifty Years of Railway Signalling; In Celebration of the Golden Jubilee of the Institution of Railway Signal Engineers 1912-1962, IRSE/IA, 1962, pp222 with a colour frontis & pp32 of illustrations. Hb. VG-/Fair. Slight wear to the edges of the covers; wear to the dw at the head & base of the spine with slight loss and also wear at the corners. As a professional signalling engineer and a past president of the IRSE, Ossie Nock was ideally placed to produce this history. £14.50
Nock O S
William Stanier: An Engineering Biography, IA, 1964, pp180 plus
pp32 of plates. Inscription. Hb.
VG/Fair. Wear to the dw
edges plus most of the rear dw flap is missing.
£10.50
Nock O S The
Pocket Encyclopaedia of British Steam Locomotives, Blandford, 1st Edition
1964, pp192. Small format Hb.
VG/VG. Slight foxing to the
preliminary pages and slight wear to the dw edges.
Almost 200 coloured plates by Clifford and Wendy Meadway with text by
Ossie Nock. £2.95
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. Very Good / Very Good. Some wear to the edges of the covers; internally repaired nick in the dw at the head of the spine. A highly readable history with an emphasis on locomotive matters. £10.50
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 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 LNER Steam, D&C, 1969, pp292 with colour frontis. Hb. Very Good / Fair. Book VG with foxing to the page edges. The dw is badly worn around the edges with two 3/4 inch tears to the rear edges. A comprehensive history from grouping until the end of steam. £4.95
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. Very Good+ / Very Good+. A definitive 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 150 Years of Main
Line Railways, D&C, 1980, pp191.
Hb. Very Good /
Good+ with small internally repaired tears in the dw. The 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 The
GWR Stars, Castles & Kings Omnibus edition combining parts 1 & 2,
D&C, 1981, pp304. David
& Charles Locomotive Monographs. Hb.
VG+/VG+. A comprehensive
study. £6.95
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
Nock
O S The Gresley Pacifics,
Omnibus edition combining parts 1 & 2, Guild /D&C, 1982, pp284. Locomotive
Monograph Series. Hb. Very Good
/ Very Good+. Spine of dw slightly
faded. A definitive study,
originally published as two separate volumes.
£8.50
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 On
Steam: British Standard Gauge Railways Rescued from Extinction, Granada,
1982, pp165. Hb. VG+/VG+. A
highly readable account of steam preservation.
£4.95
Nock O S A History of the LMS 1. The First Years 1923-30, A&U, 1983, pp94 and 60 illustrations. Steam Past Series. Hb. Very Good+ / Very Good+. Spine of the dw slightly sunned. 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, pp94 and 60 illustrations. Steam Past Series. Hb. Fine / Very Good+. Spine of the dw slightly sunned. 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, Studio Editions/A&U, 1990, pp94 and 60 illustrations. Steam Past Series. Hb. Fine / Fine. Small mark underneath the dw on the rear cover. The third volume of a three-volume history. £4.95
Nock O S Locomotive Practice and Performance Vol.1 The Age of Steam 1959-68, PSL, 1989, pp320. Vol.2 was never published. Hb. Fine / Very Good. Small internally repaired tear to the bottom edge of the dw. Highlights from the author’s celebrated Railway Magazine articles. £7.50
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 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 British
Locomotives of the 20th Century: Vol. 1 1900–1930, BCA/PSL, 1988, pp257.
Hb. VG+/VG+; British Locomotives of the 20th Century: Vol. 2
1930 –1960, BCA/PSL, 1988, pp256. Hb.
VG+/VG+; British Locomotives of
the 20th Century: Vol. 3 1960 - the present day, BCA/PSL, 1988, pp257.
Hb. VG+/VG+.
A comprehensive history of steam, diesel and electric traction in the 20th
century. £14.50 for all three
volumes.
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 definitive history of British
locomotive development since 1900.
£5.95
Nock O S The
Locomotives of Sir Nigel Gresley, PSL, 2nd edition 1991, pp208 with numerous
illustrations. One of Nock's
earliest books first published in 1945. Foreword
by O. V. Bulleid, then Chief Mechanical Engineer of the Southern Railway.
Hb. Very Good+ / Very Good.
A comprehensive review of Nigel Gresley's work.
£6.95
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
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