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TRAMS IN EAST LONDON: A PICTORIAL SOUVENIR
Written by D.W. Willoughby; E.R. Oakley.
Stock no. 1827422
Published by D.W. Willoughby E.R. Oakley. 1st 1979. Very good condition.

Fourth volume in the series. Pictorial cardwraps. Staple-bound booklet. 44 pages. B/w photos. Folding Tram & Trolleybus map to rear dated October 1934. ISBN: 0903479125. Contents clean. Folding map present but detached from rear cover with some surface paper lifting to inside of rear cover.

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TRAMS IN WEST LONDON: A PICTORIAL SOUVENIR
Written by D.W. Willoughby; E.R. Oakley.
Stock no. 1827419
Published by D.W. Willoughby E.R. Oakley. 1st 1978. Very good condition.

Third volume in the series of picture stories of the London tramways. Green pictorial paperwraps, staple-bound booklet. B/w photos throughout. Fold-out map of West London Tramways to rear. ISBN: 0903479109. Covers lightly browned. Contents clean. Fold-out map to rear is loose but included.

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THE EAST SUFFOLK RAILWAY
Written by John M. Cooper.
Stock no. 1827398
Published by The Oakwood Press. 1st 1982. Very good condition.

Locomotion Papers No. 139. Blue cardwraps. B/w photos and track diagrams. ISBN: 0853612854. Covers lightly rubbed. Contents clean.

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MEMORIES OF THE SOUTHWOLD RAILWAY
Written by A. Barrett Jenkins.
Stock no. 1827397
Published by L. & S. Rexon Of Southwold. 8th 1987. Slightly better than very good condition.

Eighth edition. Small format. White card wraps. 33 pages. B/w photos. Covers lightly scuffed and marked. Contents clean.

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THE QUINTINSHILL CONSPIRACY
Written by Jack Richards; Adrian Searle.
Stock no. 1827394
Published by Pen & Sword Transport. 1st 2013. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The shocking true story behind Britain's worst rail disaster, a horrific crash in 1915 involving five trains in which 230 died and 246 were injured. Black boards, red title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 9781781590997. Board corners lightly bumped. Contents are clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is clean.

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THE LONDON TROLLEYBUS VOLUME 2 1946-1962
Written by Ken Blacker.
Stock no. 1827385
Published by Capital Transport. 1st 2004. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

This is the scarce second volume of this two volume set and deals with the story of the London trolleybus from its peak in the early post-war years until final withdrawal in May 1962. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos throughout. ISBN: 1854142852. A very nice copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed to rear panel.

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AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF LONDON BUSES
Written by Kevin Lane.
Stock no. 1827375
Published by Ian Allan Publishing. 1st 1997. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A definitive record of the development of the London bus from the early 1930s up to the 1990s. Large format. Red cloth, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0711025169. A few minor marks to boards. Text block lightly browned. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-creased, slightly faded to spine, a little scuffed to rear panel, foxing to verso (not visible to front).

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LONDON BUSES AND THE SECOND WORLD WAR
Written by Ken Glazier.
Stock no. 1827373
Published by Capital Transport. 1st 1986. Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The period between the outbreak of the Second World War and the end of the following decade was one of the most eventful and lacerating times in the affairs of London's passenger road services. This book covers the events of the period up to 1950, when the back had been broken of the task of vehicle renewal and London Transport had recovered sufficiently to re-start the tram replacement programme. Large format. Pictorial glazed boards. B/w photos. ISBN: 0904711773. Pale foxing to endpapers. Else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-creased and lightly faded to spine, a little browned.

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THE LONDON TROLLEYBUS VOLUME 1 1931-1945
Written by Ken Blacker.
Stock no. 1827371
Published by Capital Transport. 1st 2002. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Trolleybuses first came to London in a small way, being introduced in south west London in 1931 by London United Tramways. Following on from this, in five years between 1935 and 1940 London Transport built up a massive and complex trolleybus network in its replacement of trams. When the Second World War brough development to a halt, London Transport had an operational fleet of 1,671 trolleybuses - by far the largest fleet in the world. Large format. Pictorial glazed boards. B/w photos throughout. ISBN: 1854142607. Pale staining to half-title page arising from glossy paper pages (relatively minor). Else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is faded to spine.

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BRITISH RAILWAYS PAST AND PRESENT LONDON
Written by Brian Morrison; Ken Brunt.
Stock no. 1827363
Published by Silver Link Publishing. 1st thus 1992. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Originally published as No 7 North East, East and South East London and No 13 North West, West and South West London. This is the combined volume. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos throughout. ISBN: 0947971998. Spine cocked. Light bumping to lower board edges. Contents clean. Price-cut yellow pictorial dustwrapper is faded to spine, small closed tear to top of spine front edge, light scuffing.

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THE DAY OF THE HOLIDAY EXPRESS
Written by Richard Woodley.
Stock no. 1827358
Published by Ian Allan Publishing. 1st 1996. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Western Region Services on 9 July 1960. A unique exploration of Britain's railway history. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos throughout. ISBN: 0711023948. Shelf-wear to base of spine. Text block lightly browned. Contents clean. Blue pictorial dustwrapper is a little edge-creased and lightly scuffed.

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LONDON TRANSPORT SINCE 1933
Written by Michael H.C. Baker.
Stock no. 1827334
Published by Ian Allan Publishing. 1st thus 2000. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The story of the changing face of the major branches of London's public transport system - bus, tram, trolleybus and Underground. It is a record of the types, the liveries, the contractions and expansions that typified this system during a vital period in its history. First published as a two volume history, this is the combined edition to bring the story up to the end of the century. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos throughout. ISBN: 0711027021. Slight shelf wear to base of spine. Tiny mark to gutter on front endpapers. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge creased.

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