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DIESELS IN NORTH & MID WALES
Written by John Hillmer; Paul Shannon.
Stock no. 1826989
Published by Oxford Publishing. 1st 1990. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Diesel locomotives and multiple units at work. Green cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos throughout. ISBN: 0860934276. Green pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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FLYING SCOTSMAN LNER CLASS A1/A3 PACIFIC No. 4472, 1923 ONWARDS (OWNER'S WORKSHOP MANUAL)
Written by Philip Atkins.
Stock no. 1826811
Published by Haynes Publishing. 2017. Nearly fine condition.

An insight into maintaining, operating and restoring the legendary steam locomotive. Large format. Black glazed pictorial boards. Colour & b/w photos and diagrams. ISBN: 9781844257065. Reprint. Boards lightly scuffed, contents clean.

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BRITISH RAILWAYS STEAM LOCOMOTIVE ALLOCATIONS
Written by Hugh Longworth.
Stock no. 1826334
Published by Oxford Publishing Co. 1st 2011. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

A comprehensive companion to Hugh Longworth's British Railways Steam Locomotives 1948-1968, this title provides a class-by-class/locomotive-by-locomotive allocation record of all steam locomotives that were in service on 1 January 1948, or built between that date and 1966. Large format. Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 528 pages. ISBN: 9780860936428. Top & tail of spine lightly shelf-worn. Tiny pin-holes to front pastedown (do not pierce the board and not immediately obvious). Contents fine. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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MEMOIRS OF THE SIRHOWY BRANCH 1868 - 1960
Written by W.W. Tasker.
Stock no. 1325580
Published by Treowen Press. 1st 1994. Very good condition.

Including Staff and Locomotive Records. Card wraps. B/w photos and diagrams. ISBN: 0952480301. Spine slightly faded, some very slight creasing to lower corner of front cover. Contents fine.

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OXFORD TO CAMBRIDGE RAILWAY VOLUME ONE: OXFORD TO BLETCHLEY
Written by Bill Simpson.
Stock no. 1825665
Published by Oxford Publishing Co. 1st 1981. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and track plans. Folding diagram of scale plans of stations. ISBN: 086093120X. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed. Contents are clean.

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ITALIAN STATE RAILWAYS STEAM LOCOMOTIVES
Written by P.M. Kalla-Bishop.
Stock no. 1825332
Published by Tourrett Publishing. 1st 1986. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Together with Low Voltage Direct Current and Three-Phase Motive Power. All the steam and early electric locomotives of a great railway system, in a volume that includes particulars of some 10,000 motive power units. Large format. Matt pictorial boards. B/w photos and diagrams. ISBN: 0905878035. Top & tail of psine and corners lightly rubbed. Bump to middle of front top board edge. Contents clean. Black pictorial dustwrapper is rubbed at corners, edge-creased and has a large closed tear (no loss) to top of front panel at spine edge, rear panel is scuffed.

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ITALIAN STATE RAILWAYS STEAM LOCOMOTIVES
Written by P.M. Kalla-Bishop.
Stock no. 1825300
Published by Tourrett Publishing. 1st 1986. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Together with Low Voltage Direct Current and Three-Phase Motive Power. All the steam and early electric locomotives of a great railway system, in a volume that includes particulars of some 10,000 motive power units. Large format. Matt pictorial boards. B/w photos and diagrams. ISBN: 0905878035. Spine & corners lightly bumped & rubbed. Minor browning to text block. Else contents clean. Black pictorial dustwrapper has previous seller's price label to front flap, title to spine lightly faded, scuffing present to front and back.

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A PASSION FOR STEAM
Written by Marc Horovitz.
Stock no. 1825047
Published by Atlantic Publishers. 1st 2008. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Small scale steam locomotives and how they work. Large format. Blue boards, silver title to spine. Colour photos and diagrams. ISBN: 9781902827186. Corners very lightly rubbed. Tiny closed tear to top of half-title page. Rear endpaper creased on the diagonal to top corner, imprinting a light diagonal mark across top of index page. Otherwise contents fine. Blue pictorial dustwrapper is worn at top & tail of spine and a little scuffed to rear panel.

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BIG BLOWS UNION PACIFIC'S SUPER TURBINES
Written by Harold Keekley.
Stock no. 1324747
Published by George R. Cockle And Associates. 1st 1975. Very good condition.

Great Railroading Series. Large format yellow cardwraps. B/w photos of the locomotives throughout. 64 pages. Limited to 4000 numbered copies. ISBN: 0916160025. This is copy no. 2622. Laminate to corners of covers is lifting. Pale page edge browning.

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A REGIONAL HISTORY OF THE RAILWAYS OF GREAT BRITAIN: VOLUME I THE WEST COUNTRY
Written by David St John Thomas.
Stock no. 1824075
Published by David & Charles. 6th 1988. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

6th Edition, completely reset. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. Includes fold-out plan to rear. ISBN: 0946537178. SIGNED by the author (no dedication) to title page. Light corner crease to lower corner of front endpaper. Minor foxing to text block. Map to rear present and initials in biro to rear pastedown (hidden by rear flap of dustwrapper). Pictorial dustwrapperis lightly edge-creased and lightly scuffed to rear panel.

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STEAMING THROUGH THE WAR YEARS REMINISCENCES THE EX-GER LINES IN LONDON
Written by Reg Robertson.
Stock no. 2140807
Published by The Oakwood Press. 1996. Very good condition.

Oakwood Reminiscences Series RS3. Card wraps. B/w photos. 152 Pages. ISBN: 0853614725. Couple of marks to title page.

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THE SOUTHERN RAILWAY
Written by R.W. Kidner.
Stock no. 2140805
Published by The Oakwood Press. 1st 1958. Very good condition.

Card wraps. The Oakwood Library of Railway History. B/w photos. Some grubby marks and light browning to covers. Foxing and a few brown marks to outer page edges.

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