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$22.50
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Sources for the Study of Greek Religion


RICE, DAVID G. & STAMBAUGH, JOHN E.

softcover octavo (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 cost

PUBLISHER: Scholars Press 1979

KEYWORDS: specials greek religion david rice john stambaugh history scholarship

$12.50
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Southern Railway


HARESNAPE, BRIAN

saddle-stapled paperback octavo (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 cost

PUBLISHER: Ian Allan Ltd. 1983

KEYWORDS: specials history trains railway brian haresnape

$16.50
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Railway History in Pictures: The Chilterns and Cotswolds


DAVIES, R. & GRANT, M.D.

hardback super octavo with 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 cost

PUBLISHER: David & Charles 1977

KEYWORDS: specials chilterns cotswolds history trains railways davies grant

$20.00
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Locomotion - A World Survery of Railway Traction


NOCK, O.S.

hardback rectangle super octavo with 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 cost

PUBLISHER: RKP 1975

KEYWORDS: specials trains railways travel transport o.s. nock locomotives history

$16.50
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Railway History in Pictures - Ireland Volume 1


MCCUTCHEON, ALAN

this vol. only, hardback super octavo with 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 cost

PUBLISHER: David & Charles 1969

KEYWORDS: specials alan mccutcheon railway history trains travel transport

$70.00
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Whishaw's Railways of Great Britain & Ireland 1842


A Reprint with a new Introduction by CR Clinker

WHISHAW, FRANCIS

Imperial octavo, maroon boards with gilt lettering to spine, xxvii + 500pp + 19 plates, folding map & chart at rear, VG+ (slight damp-spotting to front & rear boards, owner's name in pencil to fep, foxing to page edges) in VG d/w (6cm sellotape-repaired closed tear to upper spine, creasing to upper spine, bruising to edges)

PUBLISHER: David & Charles Reprints1969

KEYWORDS: Francis Whishaw CR Clinker Great Britain Ireland railways trains steam engines locomotives history technical specifications

$35.00
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The Engineer: Northern Echo Railway Centenary Supplement 1825 - 1925 under the title The British Steam Railway Locomotive from 1825 to 1942


1975 Commemorative Facsimile Edition

MARSH, RICHARD

Folio, illus light card covers with red tape spine, illus eps, 82pp, illus, fine, in fine d/w

PUBLISHER: Evans Brothers/North of England Newspapers of Darlington 1974

KEYWORDS: Richard Nash history railways trains Northern Echo Stockton Darlington line steam engines locomotives stations architecture buildings centenary supplement

$50.00
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Station to Station


PARISSIEN, STEVEN

Square quarto, black cloth boards with red lettering to spine & front board, illus eps, frontispiece, illus title page verso, 240pp, illus, fine, in nr fine d/w (soiling spots to interior)

PUBLISHER: Phaidon Press 1997

KEYWORDS: Steven Parissien railways train stations architecture buildings history social political context 150 years photographs drawings plans travel journeys

$22.50
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Round the World on the Narrow Gauge


WHITEHOUSE, P. B. & ALLEN, P. C.

Quarto, beige/green cloth boards wth silver lettering to spine, frontispiece, 159pp, illus, VG+ (owner's name in pencil to fep, foxing to prelims) in VG+ d/w (rubbing to boards, foxing to interior)

PUBLISHER: Ian Allan 1966

KEYWORDS: PB Whitehouse PC Allen railways trains narrow gauge steam engines locomotives history travel rail journeys Europe North America Central South America Caribbean Africa Near East India South-east Asia Pacific

$65.00
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Tomlinson's North Eastern Railway: Its Rise and Development


New edition with introduction by K. Hoole

TOMLINSON, WILLIAM WEAVER

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

$25.00
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The Rise of the Midland Railway 1844-1874


BARNES, E.G.

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

$24.50
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The Chester & Holyhead Railway Volume I: The Main Line up to 1880


BAUGHAN, PETER E.

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

$24.50
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Surveying the Canadian Pacific: Memoir of a Railroad Pioneer


with a foreword by William Kittredge

RYLATT, R.M.

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

$10.00
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Machiavelli


SKINNER, QUENTIN

paperback (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 cost

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1985

KEYWORDS: specials machiavelli quentin skinner politics history philosophy morals

$15.00
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Concepts of Modern Art


STANGOS, NIKOS (ed.)

paperback octavo (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 cost

PUBLISHER: Thames and Hudson 1988

KEYWORDS: specials art history criticism essays nikos stangos purism futurism fauvism expressionism cubism orphism vorticism constructivism pop minimal conceptual

$225.00
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The Canadian Northern Railway: Pioneer Road of the Northern Prairies, 1895-1918


REGEHR, T. D.

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

$42.50
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The History of the Great Northern Railway


With additional chapters by H.V. Borley and C. Hamilton Ellis

GRINLING, CHARLES H.

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

$47.50
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Coghlan's The Iron Road Book: London to Birmingham, Manchester and Liverpool Railway Companion


COGHLAN, FRANCIS

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

$23.50
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Railway Station Architecture


LLOYD, DAVID & INSALL, DONALD

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

$35.00
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The Railways of Wharfedale


BAUGHAN, PETER E.

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

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