Books - "railways"
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150 Years of Main Line Railways
Octavo hardcover (fine) in nr fine d/w; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Davids & Charles 1980
KEYWORDS: specials OS Nock railways trains transport Britain history inter-city Liverpool-Manchester passenger train services
Iron Wheels & Broken Men: The Railroad Barons and the Plunder of the West
Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: GP Putnam's Sons: 1973
KEYWORDS: specials Richard O'Connor railways transport history America American railroad finance Wall Street tycoons wild west farming settlers immigrants
The London Brighton and South Coast Railway: I. Origins and Formation
this volume only, octavo, yellow cloth boards with gilt lettering and rule to spine, xv + 287pp, illus, VG+ (light wear, v light foxing to page edges) in VG+ d/w (v light wear and soiling)
PUBLISHER: B.T. Batsford 1977
KEYWORDS: railways john howard turner london brighton south coast railway history trains england britain
Liverpool Street Station
First editoin, quarto, illus light card covers, frontispiece, 88pp, illus, fine
PUBLISHER: Academy Editions 1978
KEYWORDS: first edition Liverpool Street Station London England railways history stations Victorian Edwardian architecture train terminal
Last Steam Locomotives of Western Germany
Quarto, red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus title page, 112pp, illus, nr fine (owner's name in pencil to fep) in nr fine d/w (slight tanning to interior)
PUBLISHER: Ian Allan 1978
KEYWORDS: Brian Stephenson history railways rail trains steam engines locomotives Western Germany
The Australian Book of Trains
Imperial octavo, red cloth boards with blind stamped train and gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus eps, frontispiece, illus title page, 248pp, illus, VG (bruising to spine extrems, rubbing to board edges, owner's name in pencil to fep verso, tanning to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Angus & Robertson 1947
KEYWORDS: JH Martin WD Martin Australian railways history trains locomotives steam engines transport
The Birth and Death of a Highland Railway
First edition, octavo, pink boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece map, x + 171pp, illus, VG+ (owner's name in pencil to fep, foxing to eps & page edges) in VG d/w (foxing to flaps, tanning to interior esp upper edges)
PUBLISHER: John Murray 1971
KEYWORDS: first edition Duncan Kennedy railways trains Britain Ballachulish line Scotland engineering railway history walking gangers navvies Highlands
The Northumberland Central Railway: Its Concept and Context
With notes on the Central, North, & South Northumberland Railways, and Scotswood & Scots Gap Railway, and Killingworth & Scots Gap Railways
Octavo, blue & white light card covers, printed eps, frontispiece, 184pp + 3pp adverts, illus, fine
PUBLISHER: ND Mackichan 1998
KEYWORDS: ND Mackichan railways trains Northumberland Scotswood Scots Gap Killingworth history network transport
The Railways of Pembrokeshire
Octavo, illus green light card covers with black lettering, frontispiece map, 256pp, illus, VG+ (small stain to lower front card, slight rubbing to card edges)
PUBLISHER: HG Walters Ltd 1981
KEYWORDS: John Morris Pembrokeshire railways transport trains history shipping services Fishguard Harbour transport
NCC Saga
being a story of the LMS (Northern Counties Committee) where the enginement were the heroes and the villain the diesel engine
first edition, octavo, maroon cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 231pp, illus, near fine in VG+ d/w (v light wear)
PUBLISHER: David & Charles 1973
KEYWORDS: r.m. arnold ncc railways northern counties committee history trains
Williams's Midland Railway: Its Rise and Progress; A Narrative of Modern Enterprise
octavo, maroon cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, xxi + 510pp, illus, VG+ (light wear, foxing to page edges) in VG d/w (light wear and rubbing, fading to spine)
PUBLISHER: David & Charles 1968
KEYWORDS: frederick s. williams midland railways modern enterprise history trains
Railroads of America: History of the Canadian National Railways
Super octavo, black cloth boards with blind lettering to front & gilt lettering in blue & yellow panels to spine, illus title page, xii + 538pp, illus, VG+ (light dampstaining to front & rear boards, v slight rubbing to lower spine extrem, bump to front board lower corner, foxing to page edges) in VG d/w (some fading & soiling bruising to upper edges)
PUBLISHER: Macmillan Company 1973
KEYWORDS: GR Stevens railways Canada trains steam engines locomotives history railroads
A History of the Canadian Pacific Railway
with a foreword by Peter George
Super octavo, orange cloth boards with black lettering to spine, xxii + 365pp, nr fine (v slight foxing to front page edges, owner's name in pencil to fep) in VG d/w (light bruising to edges & corners, fading to spine fold)
PUBLISHER: University of Toronto Press 1971
KEYWORDS: Harold A Innis railways Canada trains steam engines locomotives history railroads
Railway Histories of the World: Hungarian Railways
First edition, octavo, light-blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, 198pp, illus, VG+ (light tanning to board edges, slight foxing to page edges) in VG+ d/w (browning to edges & to internal spine, slight spotting to spine)
PUBLISHER: David & Charles 1973
KEYWORDS: PM Kalla-Bishop railways Hungary trains steam engines locomotives history railroads Transylvania Czechoslovakia Jugoslavia Croatia Voivodina Ruthenia first edition Hungarian State rail
Little Railways of the World
Super octavo, yellow cloth boards with black lettering to spine & front board and black train motif to front board, illus eps, illus title page, ix + map + 261pp, illus, nr fine (owner's name in pencil to verso front ep) in VG+ d/w (soil mark to interior of spine)
PUBLISHER: Howell North Berkely Calif 1958
KEYWORDS: Frederic Shaw railways transport trains locomotives steam engines history small tiny railroads
Transport Museums in Britain and Western Europe
Octavo, dark pink boards gilt lettering to spine, 300pp, illus, nr fine (own'er name in pencil to fep) in nr fine d/w (slight fading to internal edges)
PUBLISHER: George Allen & Unwin 1970
KEYWORDS: Jack Simmons history transport museums collections railways steam engines aircraft aviation roads motorcars waterways sea trams paddle steamers
The Railways of Southern England: Secondary and Branch Lines
First edition, black cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine vii + 289pp, illus, VG+ (owner's name in pencil to fep, light foxing to page edges) in VG+ d/w (internal browning esp. to upper edges, price clipped, bruising to upper spine edge & upper rear edge, rubbing to rear)
PUBLISHER: BT Batsford 1974
KEYWORDS: first edition Edwin Course trains railways transport Southern England secondary branch lines history routes tracks stations
London's First Railway: The London & Greenwich
Octavo, red boards with gilt lettering to spine, 270pp, illus, VG+ (fading to board upper edges, foxing to page edges, owner's name in pencil to fep, slight foxing to rear eps)
PUBLISHER: BT Batsford 1972
KEYWORDS: RHG Thomas London railways trains history London Bridge to Greenwich
Railways Through the Mountains of Europe
First edition, super octavo, black cloth boards with silver lettering to spine, xxvi + 373pp, illus, VG+ (owner's name in pencil to fep, slight discoloration spots to boards, brown spot to front pastedown) in VG+ d/w (price clipped, slight bruising to upper edges, stain to interior of spine)
PUBLISHER: Ian Allan 1967
KEYWORDS: Ascanio Schneider Europe railways mountains trains rail journeys engineering Mont Cenis Gotthard Lotschberg Brenner tranposrt technical tunnels bridges construction
Railway Heraldry and other Insignia
First edition, super octavo, purple boards with gilt lettering to spine, 269pp, illus, VG+ (owner's name in pencil to fep, 2cm stain to upper spine/front board fold, v light tanning to eps) in VG+ d/w (bruising to lower front edge, foxing & tanning to interior, 2cm worn patch to rear upper corner)
PUBLISHER: David & Charles 1973
KEYWORDS: George Dow railways heraldry insignia trains locomotives armorial devices ornamentation uniforms reference history first edition