Books - "history"
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Concepts of Modern Art
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
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 Northern Counties Railway: Volume 1 1845-1903; Volume 2 1903-1972
Two-volume set, octavo, green boards with gilt lettering to spine, vol 1 - frontispiece, 294pp, illus, vol 2 - 248pp, illus, both vols VG+ (owner's name in pencil to fep, slight foxing to page edges) in VG+ d/w (fading to spine)
PUBLISHER: David & Charles 1973 & 1974
KEYWORDS: JRL Currie Ireland Irish Northern Counties railways trains transport steam engines locomotives history Midland Railway Edward John Cotton Bowman Malcolm
The Rail Road Book of England 1851: All Routes from London
With a Brief Sketch of the Lines of Scotland & Wales
Super octavo, black cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece + folding map + 318pp, illus, nr fine (owner's name in pencil to fep) in fine d/w
PUBLISHER: Sidgwick & Jackson 1973 (reprint of original 1851)
KEYWORDS: E Churton trains railways transport travel tourism history cities towns mileage
The Railway Empire
Super octavo, blue cloth boards with silver lettering to spine, viii + 264pp, fine, in fine d/w
PUBLISHER: John Murray 1994
KEYWORDS: Anthony Burton history railways trains steam engines locomotives transport engineering economic imperialism Brunel Robert Stephenson Canada Britain France Joseph Locke jungles George Pauling Africa
The Railway Navvies: A History of the Men who made the Railways
Octavo, navy cloth boards with silver lettering to spine, frontispiece, 224pp, illus, VG+ (owner's name in pencil to fep, tanning to eps) in nr fine d/w (price clipped)
PUBLISHER: Hutchinson & Co 1965
KEYWORDS: Terry Coleman railways trains transport steam engines locomotives construction navvies history
The Romance of the Canadian Pacific Railway
Octavo, light blue cloth wrappers with gilt lettering to spine & front cover, frontispiece, 263pp, illus, VG+ (v slight fading to covers, owner's name & date in pencil to fep, slight foxing to eps & page edges)
PUBLISHER: Ryerson Press 1924
KEYWORDS: RG Macbeth Canadian Pacific Railway history trains steam engines locomotives tracks engineering construction
Essays in Steam
An Anthology of Articles from the Journal of the Stephenson Locomotive Society
Super octavo, mottled tan coth boards with black lettering to spine, viii + 216pp, illus, VG+ (owner's name in pencil to fep, v slight tanning to eps) in VG+ dW (tanning and foxing to interior)
PUBLISHER: Ian Allan 1970
KEYWORDS: John F Clay Stephenson Locomotive Society articles essays steam engines locomotives history Grouping period LMS Compounds David Smith 5267 GCR Thompson & Peppercorn Pacifics Peppercorn A1sd Duchesses A4s Castles Norman Harvey D1 E1