Books - "railways"
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Tomlinson's North Eastern Railway: Its Rise and Development
New edition with introduction by K. Hoole
imperial octavo, black cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, xx + 820pp, illus, VG (light wear, light tanning to eps, pencil owner's name to fep, light foxing to page edges) in VG d/w (light wear and soiling, small closed tear to rear lower edge)
PUBLISHER: David & Charles 1967
KEYWORDS: william weaver tomlinson k. hool north eastern railway history railways trains transport
Rails to Nowhere: The History of the Nelson Railway
SIGNED BY AUTHOR, first edition imperial octavo, green cloth boards, frontispiece, 344pp, illus, VG+ (v light wear, v light foxing to eps and page edges) in VG+ d/w (v light wear and rubbing)
PUBLISHER: Nikau Press 1991
KEYWORDS: new zealand history railways trains transport nelson railway lois voller
Scotland from a Railway Carriage
octavo, illus light card covers, illus eps, 176pp, illus, near fine
PUBLISHER: Rail Guides Europe
KEYWORDS: scotland railways trains transport mervyn jones
The Rise of the Midland Railway 1844-1874
octavo, red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, 319pp, illus, VG+ (v light wear, v light foxing to eps and page edges, pencil owner's name to fep) in VG+ d/w (light wear and soiling, price-clipped)
PUBLISHER: George Allen & Unwin 1966
KEYWORDS: e.g. barnes railways trains transport history midland railway
The Chester & Holyhead Railway Volume I: The Main Line up to 1880
this volume only, brown cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 325pp, illus, VG+ (light wear, light foxing to page edges, pencil owner's name to fep) in VG d/w (light wear and rubbing, closed tear to front upper spine)
PUBLISHER: David & Charles 1972
KEYWORDS: railways trains transport peter e. baughan chester and holyhead railway history
Surveying the Canadian Pacific: Memoir of a Railroad Pioneer
with a foreword by William Kittredge
octavo, illus light card covers, xxvi + 246pp, illus, near fine
PUBLISHER: University of Utah Press 1991
KEYWORDS: r.m. rylatt biography memoir railways trains transport railroad pioneer canadian history surveying
The Canadian Northern Railway: Pioneer Road of the Northern Prairies, 1895-1918
First edition, super octavo, grey buckram boards with black lettering to spine, illus title page, xv + 543pp, illus, VG+ (damp-staining to boards) in VG+ d/w (tanning & foxing to interior, light soiling to spine, tanning to lower edges)
PUBLISHER: Macmillan of Canada 1976
KEYWORDS: first edition TD Regehr Canada Canadian Northern Railway history prairies railways trains railroads transport William Mackenzie Donald Mann politics policy
The History of the Great Northern Railway
With additional chapters by H.V. Borley and C. Hamilton Ellis
Super octavo, red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xviii + 490pp, illus, VG+ (owner's name in pencil to fep, slight damp-staining to prelims, ding/bruise to lower corner of last 200 pages, bruise/creasing to rear board lower corner) in VG+ d/w (rubbing & wear to spine, bruising to lower edges, creasing & sellotape repair to rear lower corner, foxing to interior)
PUBLISHER: George Allen & Unwin 1966
KEYWORDS: Charles H Grinling Britian railways transport trains history Herbert Nigel Gresley London to Northern England EASt Coast route to Tyneside Edinburgh Dundee Aberdeen locomotives Doncaster Plant Edmund Denison
Coghlan's The Iron Road Book: London to Birmingham, Manchester and Liverpool Railway Companion
Facsimile reprint, duodecimo, orange cloth boards with gilt lettering in black panel to front board, frontispiece map, 180pp, folding chart of distances & fares, nr fine (slight tanning to fep) in VG d/w (4cm closed tear to front upper corner)
PUBLISHER: E&W Books / Robert Hale facsimile reprint 1970
KEYWORDS: Francis Coghlan facsimile reprint British railway history trains railways timetables routes tracks equipment travel hints bridges embankments maps
Railway Station Architecture
Super octavo, black cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, ii + 60pp, illus, VG+ (owner's name in pencil to fep, v light spotting to front board) in VG+ d/w (slight soiling to interior)
PUBLISHER: David & Charles 1978
KEYWORDS: David Lloyd Donald Insall Railways trains transport stations buildings architecture social history
The Railways of Wharfedale
Octavo, brown cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 272pp, illus, VG+ (owner's name in pencil to fep, foxing to page edges & eps) in VG+ d/w (tanning to interior, esp internal edges, slight soiling to rear)
PUBLISHER: David & Charles 1969
KEYWORDS: Peter E Baughan railways trains steam engines locomotives transport engineering rolling stock history Leeds Wharfedale Otley & Ilkley Midland North Eastern Skipton Yeadon Grassington throu-coach
The Callander & Oban Railway
Octavo, Orange cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 200pp, illus, VG+ (owner's name in pencil to fep, heavy foxing to page edges, tanning to title page) in VG+ d/w (soiling to rear, tanning to internal spine & internal edges)
PUBLISHER: David & Charles 1966
KEYWORDS: railways trains steam engines locomotives transport engineering rolling stock history John Thomas Callander Oban Scotland John Anderson Glenmutchkin
The Highland Railway
Octavo, maroon cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 182pp, illus, VG+ (owner's name in pencil to fep, tanning & foxing to prelims, heavy foxing to page edges & to last few pages) in VG d/w (slight soiling & fading, price clipped, browning to interior)
PUBLISHER: David & Charles 1963
KEYWORDS: railways trains steam engines locomotives transport engineering rolling stock history HA Vallance Scotland Highland Inverness Perth steamships snow WWI
The Great North of Scotland Railway
Octavo, maroon cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 192pp, illus, VG+ (owner's name in pencil to fep, slight staining to front & rear board upper edges, foxing to eps & page edges) in VG d/w (price clipped, rubbing to spine extrems & edges, soiling to front & rear, tanning to interior,
PUBLISHER: David & Charles 1965
KEYWORDS: railways trains steam engines locomotives transport engineering rolling stock history HA Vallance Scotland Great North first third class Ballater Aberdeen LNER
The Aberford Railway and the History of the Garforth Collieries
Octavo, green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 184pp, illus, VG+ (owner's name in pencil to fep, foxing to page edges) in VG+ d/w (tanning to interior, soiling to flap edges)
PUBLISHER: David & Charles 1971
KEYWORDS: Graham S Hudson railways trains transport coal mining collieries Garforth West Riding Aberford fly line locomotives history John Smeaton Yorkshire horse power High Flyer
Behind the Steam
Super octavo, black cloth boards with gilt lettering in blue rectangle to spine, 222pp, illus, fine, in nr fine d/w (slight tanning to interior)
PUBLISHER: Hutchinson & Co 1973
KEYWORDS: Bill Morgan Bette Meyrick railways steam engines transport GWR Neyland William Morgan autobiography history
The Ballymena Lines: A History of the Narrow-Gauge Railways of North East Ireland - Part Two
Octavo, dark brown cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 200pp, illus, VG+ (owner's name in pencil to fep, foxing to page edges) in VG d/w (bruising & creasing to upper edges, foxing & tanning to interior, soiling to flap edges)
PUBLISHER: David & Charles 1968
KEYWORDS: Edward M Patterson railways trains steam engines locomotives Ireland Irish narrow gauge railway history Ballymena Glenariff Parkmore Retreat Larne Harbour
The Railway Mania and its Aftermath 1845 - 1852
Introduction to revised edition by C. R. Clinker
Super octavo, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, xxii + 526pp, VG+ (stain to front board upper left corner, owner's name in pencil to fep) in VG+ d/w (foxing to spine, fading to edges)
PUBLISHER: David & Charles 1968
KEYWORDS: Henry Grote Lewin railways trains railway history government transport policy traffic services speeds fares accidents telegraphs
The Archaeology of Railways
Square imperial octavo, black cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, 304pp, illus, VG+ (owner's name in pencil to fep, very slight spotting to boards) in VG+ d/w (bruising/creasing to lower spine/lower front board fold)
PUBLISHER: World's Work Ltd 1981
KEYWORDS: PJG Ranson railways transport trains steam engines locomotives branch lines stopping trains rolling stock signalling stations engineering works horsedrawn waggonways tramroads history bridges viaducts tunnels stations architecture
The Victorian Railway and How it Evolved
Super octavo, black cloth boards with silver lettering to spine, iv + 276pp, illus, VG+ (dings to rear board upper edge, light tanning to page edges) in VG+ d/w (price clipped, slight soiling)
PUBLISHER: William Heinemann Ltd 1999
KEYWORDS: PJG Ransom Victorian railways transport trains steam engines locomotives 1830-1860s Brunel David Joy General Pasley government policy telegraph