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$15.00
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150 Years of Main Line Railways


NOCK, O. S.

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

$17.50
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Iron Wheels & Broken Men: The Railroad Barons and the Plunder of the West


O'CONNOR, RICHARD

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

$28.50
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The London Brighton and South Coast Railway: I. Origins and Formation


TURNER, JOHN HOWARD

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

$24.50
2f40/6

Liverpool Street Station


WALTERS, SIR ROGER (Ed)

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

$34.50
2f40/8

Last Steam Locomotives of Western Germany


STEPHENSON, BRIAN

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

$25.00
2f40/9

The Australian Book of Trains


MARTIN, J. H. & MARTIN, W. D.

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

$26.50
2f37/40

The Birth and Death of a Highland Railway


KENNEDY, DUNCAN

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

$27.50
2f37/42

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

MACKICHAN, N. D.

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

$22.50
2f37/43

The Railways of Pembrokeshire


MORRIS, JOHN

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

$25.00
2f39/9

NCC Saga


being a story of the LMS (Northern Counties Committee) where the enginement were the heroes and the villain the diesel engine

ARNOLD, R M

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

$35.00
2f39/10

Williams's Midland Railway: Its Rise and Progress; A Narrative of Modern Enterprise


WILLIAMS, FREDERICK S.

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

$25.00
2f39/29

Railroads of America: History of the Canadian National Railways


STEVENS, G. R.

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

$25.00
2f39/30

A History of the Canadian Pacific Railway


with a foreword by Peter George

INNIS, HAROLD A.

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

$35.00
2f39/31

Railway Histories of the World: Hungarian Railways


KALLA-BISHOP, P. M.

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

$27.50
2f40/13

Little Railways of the World


SHAW, FREDERIC

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

$26.50
2f40/17

Transport Museums in Britain and Western Europe


SIMMONS, JACK

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

$22.50
2f40/24

The Railways of Southern England: Secondary and Branch Lines


COURSE, EDWIN

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

$23.50
2f40/25

London's First Railway: The London & Greenwich


THOMAS, RONALD H. G.

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

$32.50
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Railways Through the Mountains of Europe


SCHNEIDER, ASCANIO

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

$36.50
2f40/33

Railway Heraldry and other Insignia


DOW, GEORGE

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

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