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$25.00
xxebc43144

Midland Main Lines: Birmingham to Wolverhampton via Tipton Including the Harborne Branch


MITCHELL, VIC & SMITH, KEITH

first edition, hardback quarto (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: middleton press

KEYWORDS: specials vic mitchell keith smith trains railways travel history stations transport britain england

$25.00
xxebc43145

Southern Main Lies: Bromley South to Rochester including Gravesend West Branch


MITCHELL, VIC & SMITH, KEITH

first edition, hardback quarto (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: middleton press

KEYWORDS: specials vic mitchell keith smith trains railways travel history stations transport britain england

$25.00
xxebc43146

Country Railway Routes: Westbury to Bath


MITCHELL, VIC & SMITH, KEITH

first edition, hardback quarto (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: middleton press

KEYWORDS: specials vic mitchell keith smith trains railways travel history stations transport britain england

$47.50
1h13a/47

Norfolk & Western and Virginian Railways in Color


REID, H

Quarto, illus heavy card boards with yellow lettering to spine, iv + 100pp, illus, nr fine (v small soil spot to fep

PUBLISHER: TLC Publishing 1994

KEYWORDS: H Reid railways trains photographs railroad USA steam engines America history

$17.50
xxefe44552

Impressions of Steam


Photography by Robert Berlzer, Robert Carlisle, Ken Macleay, Ted Payne, Arthur Wills

MCCARTHY, SHANE

Oblong imperial 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 cost.

PUBLISHER: Angus & Robertson 1975

KEYWORDS: specials Shane McCarthy railways steam trains locomotives New Zealand Australia photographs history steam engines transport

$24.50
xxcra47128

Steam Trains of the World


GARRATT, COLIN

Oblong quarto hardcover (VG+) in VG+ 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: Exeter Books 1987

KEYWORDS: specials Colin Garratt steam trains steam engines railways photographs worldwide trains railway building disasters pioneering technical information transport

$32.50
2f16/2

The Railway Route Book: A Traveller's Guide to the Major and Minor Lines of the Railway Network of Britain


PICK, CHRISTOPHER

Oblong imperial octavo, green boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus title page, 208pp, illius, nr fine (v slight bruising to lower spine) in VG+ d/w (v slight bruising to edges, rubbing to rear)

PUBLISHER: Willow Books Collins 1986

KEYWORDS: Christopher Pick trains railways route guide Britain transport history railway lines

$17.50
xxeif49304

A Study in Trade-Cycle History: Economic Fluctuations in Great Britain 1833-42


MATTHEWS, R. C. O

Super octavo, hardcover (VG+) in VG- 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 cost.

PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1954

KEYWORDS: specials RCO Matthews Great Britain British UK economic history industry finance banking railways cotton

$90.00
2f22/17

The Becks of Hartwood


KEEN, J. NELSON

Scarce, octavo, light blue light card stapled wrapper with blue lettering to front board, 44pp + 4 blank pages, illus, VG (tanning & rubbing to boards, bruising to lower front board corner, owner's name stamp to top page 1)

PUBLISHER: Nelson Keen (?) 1973

KEYWORDS: scarce Joseph Beck Hartwood Wairio Southland New Zealand family history biography C ounty Down Northern Ireland Brague Farm 1690 gold railways farming

$180.00
2f32/12

Odyssey on Three Continents 1925 - 1952


by C.H. Gledhill, NZR Steam Locomotive Engineer

GLEDHILL, C.H.

undated, rare, small quarto, illus light card covers with plastic cover to front, photocopied pages, 335pp, illus, VG (light wear and creasing to covers, light soiling to rear cover, ink owner's details to prelims)

PUBLISHER: Gary Scott N.D

KEYWORDS: c.h. gledhill gary scott norm cristoffersen new zealand history autobiography railways trains nzr steam locomotive engineer

$35.00
2f37/27

A History of the Great North of Scotland Railway


Second Edition

BARCLAY-HARVEY, MALCOLM

Octavo, maroon cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, vi + map + 231pp, illus, VG+ (bookshop stamp & owner's name in pencil to fep, v slight foxing to page edges) in VG d/w (3cm closed tear to lower spine, price clipped, light soiling, tear damage to interior)

PUBLISHER: The Locomotive Publishing Co Ltd 1949

KEYWORDS: Sir Malcolm Barclay-Harvey trains railways railroad Great North Scotland history steam engines rail network rolling stock

$28.50
2f37/23

PSL Field Guide: Railways of the Western Region


BODY, GEOFFREY

Super octavo, black cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, illus title page, 280pp, illus, nr fine (one small spot to front page edges) in VG+ d/w (slight bruising to spine extrems, slight staining to lower internal edge)

PUBLISHER: Patrick Stevens 1983

KEYWORDS: Geoffrey Body railways trains transport UK Britain western region stations rail network depots yards junctions

$32.50
2f37/26

High Iron: A Book of Trains


BEEBE, LUCIUS

Quarto, red cloth boards with black lettering to spine, frontispiece, xiii + 226pp, illus in b&w, VG+ (v light tanning/foxing to front & rear eps, owner's name in pencil to fep) in VG+ d/w (slight tanning internally)

PUBLISHER: Bonanza Books (reprint undated)

KEYWORDS: Lucius Beebe pictorial history trains railways steam engines transport locomotives USA American railroad

$26.50
2f37/47

Encyclopaedia of British Railway Companies


Foreword by Rev W. Awdry

AWDRY, CHRISTOPHER

Quarto, maroon boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, 288pp, illus, fine, in fine d/w

PUBLISHER: Patrick Stephens Ltd 1990

KEYWORDS: Christopher Awdry British railways transport history railway companies BR GWR LMS LNER SR encyclopaedia reference

$32.50
2f37/53

The Overland Limited


BEEBE, LUCIUS

quarto, bright orange cloth boards with black writing to spine & front board, illus eps, illus half-title & title page, 157pp, illus, nr fine (owner's name in pencil to fep) in nr fine d/w (slight rubbing to lower edges)

PUBLISHER: Hollwell-North Books 1963

KEYWORDS: Lucius Beebe railways railroads trains USA American Chicago-San Francisco The West history Overland rail

$40.00
2f38/17

When the Railroad Leaves Town; American Communities in the age of Rail Line Abandonment


foreword by Senator Dick Durbin

SCHWIETERMAN, JOSEPH P.

quarto, fawn heavy card boards with red lettering to spine, xxv + 350pp, illus, near fine in VG+ d/w (light wear and rubbing)

PUBLISHER: Truman State University Press 2001

KEYWORDS: railways railroad rail line abandonment american history united states of america joseph p. schwieterman senator dick durbin

$22.00
2f38/26

Railways in the North Eastern Landscape


HOOLE, K.

super octavo, green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, viii + 70pp, illus, VG+ (v light wear and soiling) in VG d/w (light wear and fading, scratch to rear)

PUBLISHER: Branch Line 1978

KEYWORDS: railways trains north east k. hoole britain

$30.00
2f38/34

Railroads Triumphant: The Growth, Rejection, and Rebirth of a Vital American Force


MARTIN, ALBRO

octavo, tan heavy card boards with cloth to spine, red lettering to spine, xiv + 428pp, illus, near fine in VG d/w (light wear and rubbing)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1992

KEYWORDS: railways trains railroads american history united states albro martin

$35.00
2f38/40

The Highland Railway


NOCK, O.S.

first edition, octavo, green cloth boards with silver lettering to spine, frontispiece, viii + 177pp, illus, VG (wear to extremities, light soiling to boards, ink owner's details to fep, tape stains to eps, v occasional foxing) in VG d/w (light wear, in protective plastic wrapper)

PUBLISHER: Ian Allan 1965

KEYWORDS: railways o.s. nock highland trains

$27.50
2f38/43

Steam Railways in Retrospect


NOCK, O.S.

first edition, octavo red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xix + 268pp, illus, VG (light wear, light foxing to eps and page edges) in VG d/w (light wear and fading)

PUBLISHER: Adam & Charles Black 1966

KEYWORDS: railways steam engines o.s. nock

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