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Talbot E LNWR Miscellany [Vol.1], OPC, 1978, 218 plates. Large Format Hb. VG/VG-. Slight wear to the top edge of the dw. An excellent photographic collection covering all aspects of the LNWR. £9.50
Talbot E LNWR Miscellany: Vol.2, OPC, 1980, 227 plates. Large Format Hb. VG/VG. An excellent follow-up to Talbot's first LNWR album. £12.50
Talbot, Edward; Millard, Philip; Dow, George; and Davis, Peter LNWR Liveries, HMRS, 1985, pp184 and colour frontis. Very Large Format Hb. VG/Poor. As is often the case with this book, the top edge of the dw is very worn, possibly because the dw was originally larger than the book. A definitive work, covering all aspects of the LNWR. A final chapter is devoted to the North London Railway. £12.50
Talbot, Edward The LNWR Recalled, OPC, 1987, pp191. Large Format Hb. Very Good+ / Very Good+. Writings and observations on the London and North Western Railway compiled by an acknowledged expert on the company. £9.50
Talbot, Edward A Pictorial Tribute to Crewe Works in the Age of Steam, OPC, 1987, 213 plates. Large Format Hb. Fine/VG+. A high-quality album with many pre-grouping pictures. £8.50
'Taliesin' Festiniog Railway Locomotives, AB Publishing, 1988, pp52. Large Format Pb. Very Good. An illustrated locomotive history, including the famous double-ended Fairlies. 'Taliesin' consisted of Rodney Weaver, Paul Ingham, Paul Rees and Peter Johnson. £3.95
Tasker W W Railways in the Sirhowy Valley, Oakwood, 2nd enlarged edition 1992, pp128. Locomotion Papers No.113. Pb. VG. Remains of an old price sticker on the rear cover. The history of a LNWR line in the Welsh Valleys. £6.95
Tatlow,
Joseph Fifty Years of
Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland, Railway Gazette,
First edition 1920, pp223. Hb.
Very Good - / Poor. The
corners of the covers are slightly bumped, also slight wear at the top
& bottom of the spine and foxing to the page edges. The badly torn
dw has been repaired internally and has some loss. Tatlow joined the
Midland Railway as a junior clerk in 1867, moved to the G&SWR in
Glasgow in 1875, became General Manager of the Belfast & County Down
at the early age of 34 and finally became General Manager of the Midland
Great Western Railway of Ireland. £16.50
Tatlow, Peter A Pictorial Record of LNER Wagons, OPC, 1978, pp180. Large Format Hb. VG/VG. Slight wear & browning to the dw edges. Includes pre-grouping wagons acquired by the LNER. £16.50
Tatlow, Peter A History of Highland Locomotives,
OPC, 1st edition
1979, pp120. Based on Allchin's
1947 book. Large Format Hb. VG/VG. Tiny
tears in the dw at the head of the spine. With details and illustrations of
every class of Highland Railway engines. £7.50
Tatlow, Peter Historic
Carriage Drawings Vol.3 Non-Passenger Coaching Stock, Pendragon, 1998,
pp128. Series editor David
Jenkinson. Large Format.
Glazed Boards. Very Good. 4mm
scale drawings, illustrations and background details for a wide range of pre and
post-grouping vehicles. £14.50
Taylor,
Joe The West Clare: An Irish
Railway Pictorial, Midland Publishing, 2002, pp64.
Large Format Pb. Fine.
£8.50
Taylor, M Minter The Davington Light Railway, Oakwood, 1968, pp19 plus pp6 of plates. Locomotion Papers No.40. Pb. VG- with some superficial wear to the covers. The history of a short-lived narrow gauge line in Kent built to serve World War I munitions factories. £3.95
Taylor,
Maxwell Railways as a
Career, Batsford, 1959, pp128 plus pp8 of plates.
Hb. VG+/VG-.
Two small tears in the dw and slight loss to the lower back edge.
"Sets out to portray life and work on the railways, the
methods of recruitment and the paths of advancement.”
£4.95
Taylor, Patrick
The West Clare Railway,
Plateway, 1994,
pp224. Large Format Hb. VG+/VG+.
A definitive illustrated history. £18.50
Taylor, Sheila The Moving Metropolis: A History of London's Transport since 1800, Lawrence King, 2002, pp400. In association with London's Transport Museum. Introductions by Oliver Green. Pb. Very Good. A largely pictorial history, mainly in colour. £8.50
Taylor, Stuart Journey by Excursion Train from East Lancashire Part One: Colne, Nelson, Burnley, Accrington & Blackburn, Foxline, 2007, pp128. Scenes from the Past: 26: Part One. Large Format Pb. VG+. A pictorial journey from Colne to Blackburn. £12.50
Taylor, Stuart Journey by Excursion Train from East Lancashire Part Four: Return from Blackpool (Central) via the Coast Line: St Annes, Ansdell and Fairhaven, Lytham, Foxline, 2007, pp144. Scenes from the Past: 26: Part Four. Large Format Pb. VG+. £12.50
Thomas, Cliff The Narrow Gauge in Britain and Ireland, Atlantic, 2002, pp192. Large Format Hb. Fine/VG. Provides comprehensive coverage of the present-day narrow gauge scene in Britain and Ireland. £7.50
Thomas, David St John and Rocksborough-Smith, Simon Summer Saturdays in the West, D&C, 1st edition 1973, pp173. Hb. Fine/VG. A unique study of Western Region holiday operations to the West Country on Saturday 27 July 1957, set in the context of GW summer services. £5.95
Thomas,
David St Thomas The Great Way
West : The History and Romance of the Great Western's Route to the West,
D&C, 1975, pp96. The first
edition with higher quality printing. Hb. VG/VG.
Slight wear to the dw at the top of the spine.
A personal photographic tribute to the Great Western from David St John
Thomas, the 'David' of David and Charles. £4.95
Thomas, David St John A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain Vol.1: The West Country, D&C, 5th revised edition 1981, pp286 with 68 plates, & a folding map in the rear. Hb. VG/VG. Slight wear to the dw edges at the head & base of the spine. The fifth and substantially revised edition of the first volume of a definitive series. £7.50
Thomas,
David St John A Regional
History of the Railways of Great Britain Vol.1: The West Country,
Phoenix, First Edition 1960, pp212 with a folding map in the rear.
Hb. VG/VG- with
slight wear along the edge of the dw.
A first edition of the book that launched the monumental History
of Railways Series, later published by David & Charles.
£6.95
Thomas, David St John West Country Railway History, A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain Vol.1: The West Country, D&C, 4th revised edition 1973, pp274 with 56 illustrations & a folding map in the rear. Pb. VG. Covers protected by a clear adhesive covering. Presentation plate to a school library inside the front cover, and a brown glue stain from a now-loose pastedown inside the rear cover. The 4th edition of the first volume of a definitive series £3.95
Thomas,
David St John The Great
Way West : The History and Romance of the Great Western's Route to the
West, D&C, 1985, pp96. Pb.
VG. A personal
photographic tribute to the Great Western from David St John Thomas, the
'David' of David and Charles. £3.95
Thomas
D S The Country Railway,
David St John Thomas, 1991, pp160.
First published by David and Charles in 1976.
Pb. Very Good
with tiny wear marks on the cover.
“Lovingly portrays the branch and cross-county railway in all
its nostalgic, technical and commercial aspects.”
£2.95
Thomas, David St John and Whitehouse, Patrick The Great Days of the GWR, BCA/David St John Thomas, 1991, pp224. Large Format Hb. Fine/Fine. A nostalgic look at the GWR, well-illustrated in colour & b/w. A follow-up to The Great Western Railway 150 Glorious Years from the same team. £7.50
Thomas, David St John and Whitehouse, Patrick The Trains We Loved, BCA/D&C, 1994, pp192 and 32 paintings by Philip Hawkins. Inscription under the dw flap. Large Format Hb. Fine / Fine. The final book of steam nostalgia from the Thomas-Whitehouse team. £6.95
Thomas, David St John and Whitehouse, Patrick The Trains We Loved, BCA/D&C, 2002, pp192 with 32 colour paintings by Philip Hawkins. Large Format Pb. VG. The final book of steam nostalgia from the Thomas-Whitehouse team. £3.95
Thomas, John British Railways Steamers of the Clyde, IA, 1948, pp48. Pb. VG-. Slight crease in the bottom corner of the cover. An illustrated overview of the Clyde fleet inherited by British Railways at nationalisation with a fleet list. £3.95
Thomas, John The West Highland Railway, D&C, 1st edition 1965, pp172 with colour frontis. Railway History Series. Hb. VG/Fair. Dw worn at the top of the spine and internally re-enforced along the top & bottom edges with brown tape. Spine of dw faded and grubby. A history of the line to Fort William and Mallaig. £6.95
Thomas, John Scottish Railway History in Pictures, D&C, 1967, pp112 with a colour frontis. Railway Picture History Series. Signed by the author. Hb. VG/Poor. Slight loss to the dw at the head & base of the spine. £3.95
Thomas, John The North British Atlantics, D&C, 1972, pp188 with a colour frontis. Hb. VG/VG. Red spine of dw sunned. Some foxing to the pages. The fascinating story of the North British atlantics, based on extensive research and told by the doyen of Scottish railway writers. £10.50
Thomas, John and Turnock, David A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain Vol. 15: North of Scotland, David St John Thomas, 1st edition 1989, pp336 with 44 plates, & a folding map in the rear. Brief inscription.. Hb. VG/VG. Some minor staining to the edges of the pages. £10.50
Thomas, John The Skye Railway: The History of the Railways of the Scottish Highlands Vol.5, David St Thomas and D&C, 2nd revised & extended edition 1990, pp181. Updated by John Farrington. Standard Railway History Series. Hb. Fine/VG. Slight wear to the top edges & corners of the dw. A history of the Highland Railway branch from Dingwall to Kyle of Lochalsh. £8.50
Thomas R H G London's
First Railway: The London & Greenwich, Batsford, 1st edition 1972, pp270
plus pp16 of illustrations. Hb.
VG+/VG-. A presentation plate to
school library inside the front cover, and a brown glue stain from a now-absent
pastedown inside the rear cover. Wear to the dw, and internally repaired tears
to the dw at the head of the spine. A
well-researched history of this early line that was carried on a brick viaduct
throughout. £6.95
Thompson,
Alan and Groundwater, Ken British
Railways Past and Present No.11 North Yorkshire (Part I): York and Selby, the
Dales, and Skipton to Garsdale, Past & Present Publishing, 1992, pp128.
Pb. Very Good. Featuring
over 50 locations including York, Northallerton, Selby, Harrogate, Skipton,
Ribblehead and Garsdale. £4.95
Thompson, Alan and Groundwater, Ken British Railways Past and Present No.14: Cleveland and North Yorkshire (part 2), Past & Present Publishing, 1999, pp144. Pb. VG. Over 200 photographs from over 70 locations including Stockton on Tees, Middlesborough, Northallerton, Whitby, Pickering, Malton and Scarborough. £4.95
Thorley W G F A Breath of Steam: Vol.1, IA, 1975, pp199 plus 69 illustrations. Hb. VG/VG. Vol.2 never appeared. The autobiography of an LMS shed apprentice from the late 20s until the early 40s. £5.95
Tiedtke,
Markus Das Große Handbuch der
Modelleisenbahn, GeraMond Verlag, 2002, pp143. Very Large Format Hb. VG/VG.
Illustrated in colour throughout. In
German. £8.50
Tilling
W G The Locomotives of the
Southern Railway (Central Section), author, 1935, pp34 with 7 illustrations
& a foldout table in the rear. VG.
P. H. Edwards nameplate inside the front cover.
Pb. Slight wear to the covers at the head of the spine.
A survey of the surviving Brighton Line engines.
£8.50
Timpson, John Little
Trains of Britain, Harper Collins, 1992, pp192, illustrated throughout in
colour. Photographs by Alain Le
Garsmeur and additional text by Chris Awdry.
Large landscape format Hb. Fine
/ Very Good. With chapters on: The
Welshpool & Llanfair, The Ravenglass & Eskdale, The Wells &
Walsingham Light Railway, The Snowdon Mountain Railway, The Romney Hythe &
Dymchurch Railway, The Ffestiniog Railway, The Sittingbourne & Kemsley Light
Railway, The Isle of Man Steam Railway, The Leighton Buzzard Railway, and The
Talyllyn Railway. £3.95
Tolson J M The St Helens Railway Its Rivals and Successors, Oakwood, 1983, pp98 plus pp12 of illustrations. Oakwood Library No.64. Pb. VG. £4.95
Tomlinson, William Weaver Tomlinson's North Eastern Railway: Its Rise and Development, Andrew Reid & Co., 1st edition 1914, pp820 plus 40 plates. Bound in grey cloth with gold lettering to the front cover and spine. The original covers have been carefully restored by Philip Winskill of York Bookbinding. Bookplate inside covers. Hb. No dw. VG. Foxing to the endpapers and page edges. Long regarded as the standard reference work on the North Eastern Railway. The book concentrates on the early period up to 1870; the remaining years are dealt with in a mere 100 pages. £95.00
Toms, George Brush Diesel & Electric Locomotive Works List, Industrial Railway Society, 1999, pp49 plus pp20 of plates. Pb. Fine. A list of all Brush built diesel and electric locos for both UK and overseas use, based on the original leather bound Brush Locomotive Register. Includes a section on Brush Works plates. £4.95
Tonks, Eric The Ironstone Quarries of the Midlands History, Operation and Railways Part II: The Oxfordshire Field, Runpast, 1st edition 1988, pp252. Hb. Fine/VG. The original hardback edition. Dw spine sunned. Includes all quarries in Oxfordshire, the two in Warwickshire and a small group in the southern tip of Northamptonshire. £18.50
Tonks, Eric The Ironstone Quarries of the Midlands History, Operation and Railways Part III: The Northampton Area, Runpast, 1st edition 1989, pp235. Hb. VG/VG. The original hardback edition. £18.50
Tonks, Eric The Ironstone Quarries of the Midlands History, Operation and Railways Part VI: The Corby Area, Runpast, 1st edition 1992, pp320. Hb. VG+/VG+. The original hardback edition. £18.50
Tonks, Eric The Ironstone Quarries of the Midlands History, Operation and Railways Part VII: Rutland, Runpast, 1st edition 1989, pp168. Hb. Fine/VG+. The original hardback edition. Spine of dw sunned. £16.50
Tonks, Eric The Ironstone Quarries of the Midlands History, Operation and Railways Part VIII: South Lincolnshire, Runpast, 1st edition 1991, pp256. Hb. Fine/VG+. The original hardback edition. £18.50
Townend P N East Coast Pacifics at Work, IA, 1982, pp192. At Work Series. Large Format Hb. VG+/VG. Slight wear to the dw at the head of the spine. An illustrated history of the Gresley, Thompson and Peppercorn pacifics. £6.95
Townend P N The LNER Pacifics, Atlantic, 1985, pp36. Colour of Steam Vol.4. Pb. Fine. £1.95
Townend P N Top Shed: A Pictorial History of Kings Cross Locomotive Depot, IA, 2nd edition 1989, pp160. Hb. VG/VG-. Several small tears to the dw edges. A well-illustrated history with a significant amount of text. £6.95
Townley C H A, Appleton C A, Smith F D, and Peden J A The Industrial Railways of Bolton, Bury and Manchester Coalfield Part 1 Bolton and Bury, Runpast, 1994, pp206. Hb. Fine/Fine. Traces the development of the private railway systems in Bolton, Bury, Radcliffe, Clifton and Kearsley. £24.50
Townley C H A, Smith F D and Peden J A The Industrial Railways of the Wigan Coalfield Part One: West and South of Wigan, Runpast, 1991, pp271 with 100 illustrations & 27 maps. Hb. VG/VG. Slight wear to the bottom edge of the covers, repaired tear to the rear top corner of the dw. Contents: Development of the Canal & Railway System, Orrell & Norley Hall, Pemberton, Winstanley & Worsley Mesnes, Ince Collieries, Pearson & Knowles Ince Collieries, Amberswood & Stangeways Hall, Platt Bridge Bamfurlong & Mains, Low Hall Maypole & Wigan Junction, Edge Green Brynn & Garswood, Skelmersdale & Bickerstaffe, and Rainford Upholland & Orrell. A comprehensive meticulously researched study. £20.50
Townroe
S C My Best Railway Photographs
No. 6 SR & GWR, IA, 1948, pp32. ABC
Locomotive Series. Small format
Pb. Very Good.
£2.95
Townroe
S C The Arthurs, Nelsons
and Schools of the Southern, IA, 1973, pp103 plus pp40 of plates.
Hb. Fine / Very
Good. Spine of dw slightly
sunned. A more detailed
version of the author's two pamphlets: Book of the Schools Class
(1947), and King Arthurs and Lord Nelsons of the Southern Railway
(1949). £6.95
Townroe
S C 'Arthurs,' 'Nelsons' &
'Schools' At Work, IA, 1986, pp144. Large
Format Hb. VG/VG.
Dw internally reinforced at the base of the spine.
An illustrated history of three major Southern Railway classes.
£6.95
Treacy, Eric My Best Railway Photographs No. 1 LMS, IA, 1946, pp32. ABC Locomotive Series. Small landscape format Pb. Fair with wear to the edges of the covers and several small tears. The first publication from a young Canon Eric Treacy. £1.95
Treacy, Eric Lure of Steam, IA, 1980, pp208. Large format Hb. Fine/VG+. Eric Treacy's first major album, originally published in 1966. £5.95
Treacy, Eric Spell of Steam, IA, 1982, pp208. First published in 1973. Large Format Hb. Fine/VG+. A classic steam album from the 1970s. £5.95
Treacy, Eric Lure of Steam, IA, 1980, pp208. Large format Hb. Fine/VG+. Eric Treacy's first major album, originally published in 1966. £5.95
Treacy, Eric The Best of Eric Treacy, BCA/Thomas & Lochar, 1994, pp192. Editor: David St John Thomas. Large Landscape format Hb. Fine/VG+. A superb collection of Eric Treacy's photographs. £5.95
Trevena, Nigel Steam
Exposure: Photography on Britain's Preserved Railways, Atlantic, 1979, 142
photographs. Signed by the author.
Large landscape format Pb. Very
Good. High quality photographs from
the early years of the preserved lines. £2.95
Trevena, Arthur Trains in Trouble Vol.1: Railway Accidents in Pictures, Atlantic, 1982, pp48. Pb. VG+. "Over sixty accidents are described and illustrated with some 80 photographs." £1.95
Trevena, Arthur Trains in Trouble Vol.2: Railway Accidents in Pictures, Atlantic, 1981, pp48. Pb. VG. Slight ceasing to the covers. Further unusual pictures of accidents, drawn primarily from two private collections. £1.95
Trevena N Great Western Main Lines, Atlantic, 1984, pp36. Colour of Steam Vol.1. Pb. VG. £1.95
Truman, Peter and Hunt David Midland Railway Portrait, Platform 5 & Foxline, 1989, 245 plates. Large Format Hb. Fine/VG. A series of largely pictorial essays on specific aspects of the Midland Railway. £8.50
Tuplin W A North Western Steam, A&U, 1963, pp251 with 58 figs. Hb. VG/Fair. Blank rear endpaper stained, wear & small tears to the dw edges. An excellent appraisal of LNWR Steam. £10.50
Tuplin W A Great Western Steam, A&U, 1965, pp194. Hb. VG/Fair. Foxing to the page edges & preliminary pages. Professor Tuplin's first book on Great Western steam and one of the best one-volume appraisals of Great Western practice. £5.95
Tuplin W A North Eastern Steam, Allen & Unwin, 1970, pp215. Inscription. Hb. VG+/VG. Foxing to the edges of the pages, and wear to the dw edges. An authoritative study of the steam engines of the North Eastern Railway. £7.50
Tuplin W A Great Northern Steam, Allen & Unwin, 1971, pp208 including pp32 of illustrations. Hb. VG/VG-. Two small nicks in the dw & spine sunned. A critical study of the steam engines of the Great Northern Railway. £7.50
Tuplin W A Midland Steam, D&C, 1973, pp260 and pp16 of illustrations. Hb. VG+/VG- with minor wear to the dw edges. Professor Tuplin's appraisal of the steam engines of the Midland Railway. £7.50
Tuplin W A Great Central Steam, A&U, 2nd impression 1982, pp234 plus pp16 plates. Hb. VG+/VG. Corner clipped from the blank front page. Professor Tuplin's critical assessment of Great Central steam. £7.50
Turner, John Howard The London, Brighton & South Coast Railway Vol. 1: Origins & Formation, Batsford, 1977, pp287. Hb. Very Good+ / Very Good+. The early history of the Brighton line. £12.50
Turner,
John Howard The London, Brighton & South Coast Railway Vol. 1: Origins
& Formation, Batsford, 1977, pp287.
Hb. VG+/VG.
A presentation plate to a school library inside the front cover,
pastedown and barcode inside the rear cover - the book was never issued.
The early history of the Brighton line.
£10.50
Turner,
John Howard The London, Brighton
& South Coast Railway Vol. 3: Completion & Maturity, Batsford, 1979,
pp283 and folding map in the rear. Hb.
VG+/VG. A presentation plate
to a school library inside the front cover, and brown glue stain from a
now-absent pastedown inside the rear cover. Covers the period from 1870 until
1922. £10.50
Turner, Keith The Leek & Manifold Light Railway, D&C, 1980. Unpaged. Glazed Boards. VG. A well-illustrated history. £8.50
Turner, Keith and Susan The Shropshire & Montgomeryshire Light Railway, D&C, 1982, pp48. Glazed Boards. VG-. Slight rubbing to the edges of the covers. A detailed history of this minor line, once a part of the Colonel Stephen's empire. £5.95
Turner, Keith The Way to the Stars: The Story of the Snowdon Mountain Railway, Gwasg Carreg Gwalch, 2005, pp96. Pb. VG+. An illustrated history. £5.95
Turnock, David Railways in the British Isles: Landscape, Land Use and Society, Adams & Black, 1982, pp259, 44 illustrations & 21 maps. Hb. Very Good / Very Good. A major study divided into three sections. The first deals with the growth of the railway system; the second covers the role of the railways in the evolution of towns and in the growth of industry, agriculture, and tourism; and the third section examines the major reappraisal of railways that has taken place over the last 50 years. £6.95
Twells H N LMS Miscellany Vol. 2: A Pictorial Record of the Company's Activities in the Public Eye and Behind the Scenes, OPC, 1984, 243 plates. Large Format Hb. Fine/VG. Spine of dw slightly sunned, some foxing to the front endpapers, slight rubbing to the dw folds. The second volume of Harold Twells' pictorial study of the LMS. £8.50
Twells H N LMS Miscellany Vol. 3: A Pictorial Record of the Company's Activities in the Public Eye and Behind the Scenes, OPC, 1986, 265 plates. Large Format Hb. VG+/VG. Spine of dw sunned. The final volume of Harold Twells' pictorial study of the LMS. £8.50
Twells H N and Bourne T W A Pictorial Record of LMS Road Vehicles, OPC, 1983, 313 plates. Large Format Hb. Fine / Very Good. Slight wear to the dw corners. £10.50
Twells
H N An Illustrated History of
The London, Midland & Scottish Railway, Fitzhouse, 1991, pp120.
Glazed Boards. Fine. Matt
printing. A carefully chosen
collection of pre-war photographs. £3.50
Twells
H N The Railways in and around
Burton upon Trent, Challenger, 1997, pp96.
Large Format Pb. Very Good+.
A well-illustrated study. £7.50
Tyler, Keith; Bond, John; and Wilkinson, Alan Stanier 8F 2-8-0: A Study of the Stanier LMSR Class 8F Locomotive, Bradford Barton, 1978, pp96. Produced by the Stanier 8F Locomotive Society. Hb. VG/VG. Red dw spine slightly faded. Black "speckled" cover. £4.95
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