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Vallance
H A The Highland Railway,
Stockwell, First Edition 1938, pp224, pp31 of plates and fold-out map at
the front. Inscription.
Hb. No dw.
VG-. Some wear to
the covers and foxing to the page edges.
A first edition of the definitive history of the Highland
Railway. £16.50
Vallance H A The Highland Railway The History of the Railways of the Scottish Highlands - Vol.2, David St John Thomas, 4th edition 1985, pp210 including 8 coloured plates. Additional material by C.R. Clinker and A. J. Lambert. Pb. VG+. A paperback version of the 4th edition of a standard history of the Highland Railway. £4.95
Vallance H A The Great North of Scotland Railway, D&C, 1st edition 1965, pp192, colour frontis plus 58 illustrations. Hb. Fine / Very Good. A first edition of a standard history of the GNoS. £10.50
Vallance
H A (Ed) The Railway
Enthusiast's Bedside Book, Batsford, 1966, pp264.
Hb. VG/VG-.
Spine faded. A delightful pot-pourri from seventeen different
contributors. £4.95
Vanns,
Michael A Signalling in the Age
of Steam, IA, 1995, pp112. Small
format Pb. Very Good+. Traces the development of traditional semaphore
signalling from the 1830s until the 1960s.
£3.95
Vanns,
Michael A An Illustrated History
of Great Northern Railway Signalling, OPC, 2000, pp128.
Large format Hb. Very Good+ / Very Good+.
The dw is protected by clear foil which has been fixed to the inside of
the covers by short strips of sellotape. A
detailed examination of Great Northern signalling from 1848 until the 1923
Grouping. £12.50
Vanns, Michael A Rail Centres: Nottingham, Booklaw, 2004, pp128. Glazed boards with dw. Fine / Very Good. A comprehensive well-illustrated history of the Nottingham area. £6.95
Vanns, Michael A Severn Valley Railway: A view from the past, IA, 2006, pp96. Glazed Boards. Very Good. An illustrated history of the line until its closure by BR in 1963. £5.95
Vaughan, Adrian Great Western Portrait: 1913-1921, OPC, 1971, pp59. Landscape format Hb. F/F. A collection of pre-grouping Great Western photographs taken by Bill Kenning. £6.95
Vaughan,
Adrian The Kenning
Collection, OPC, 1972, pp59. Landscape
format Hb. No dw.
VG in an attractive green cover with gold lettering.
A selection of pre-grouping photographs taken by Bill Kenning -
mainly GWR, LBSC, SECR and M&GNJt.
£2.95
Vaughan, Adrian Grub, Water and Relief: Tales of the Great Western 1835-1892, Alan Sutton, 1987, pp178 plus pp16 of illustrations. Pb. VG. Stories of the GWR in the 19th century. £4.95
Vaughan, Adrian Obstruction Danger: Significant British Railway Accidents 1890-1986, PSL, 1989, pp256. Hb. VG+/VG+. Adrian Vaughan, himself a former signalman, examines the circumstances of over 30 railway accidents where safety equipment and procedures were neglected or abused. £7.50
Vaughan,
Adrian The Heart of the
Great Western, SLP, 1995, pp224.
Large Format Hb. VG+/VG+.
Faint scoring marks on the dw else VG+/VG+.
Chronicles the many activities and complexities of the GWR and
its staff in the Oxford and Didcot area, geographically the
"heart" of the system. £8.50
Vaughan, John The Power of the 50s, OPC, 1979, 239 plates. Power Series. Large Format Hb. VG/VG with superficial wear to the top edge of the dw. £6.95
Vaughan
J A M Modern Branch Line Album,
IA, 1980, pp128. Hb.
Fine / Fine. Branch lines in the diesel age.
£4.95
Vaughan, John Double-Headed Diesels Nationwide, OPC, 1980, 242 plates. Large Format Hb. VG/VG. £6.95
Vaughan, John Sunset of British Steam, OPC, 1981, 253 plates. Large Format Hb. Fine / Very Good. A high-quality album with 250 pictures from all BR regions. £5.95
Vaughan, John This
is Paddington, IA, 1982, pp56. Large
Format Pb. VG.
A series of illustrated articles. £2.95
Vaughan, John Class 50s at Work, IA, 1986, pp128. Technical contributions from Michael Hunt. Large Format Hb. A one-inch scratch on the dw else F/F. An illustrated history of the Class 50s in the At Work Series. £7.50
Vaughan, John An Illustrated History of West Country China Clay Trains, OPC, 1st Edition 1987, pp112. Large Format Hb. VG+/VG+. A pioneering study of the carriage of china clay by rail illustrated with over 200 illustrations. £8.50
Vincent,
Mike British Railway
Steam in Colour, BCA/Argus, 1992, pp159. Large Format Hb.
Fine / Very Good+. Recollections
of chasing steam during the 60s with chapters on Main Line - London, The
Sunny South, Broad Swathe of Midlands & Shires, The Borders, The
Lowlands of Scotland, Farther North & Farther North, Back down the
East Coast, and Great Central & London Extension.
£5.95
Vines, Andres Diesels in the Highlands, IA, 2006, pp80. Glazed Boards. VG+. “Damaged slightly in transit” stamp inside the cover. The only "damage" that I was able to find is a very tiny indentation to the rear top edge of the cover which I would normally not even have mentioned. £5.95
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