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A4 PACIFIC LOCOMOTIVES
Written by Peter Tuffrey.
Stock no. 1326987
Published by Ian Allan Publishing. 1st 2016. Nearly fine condition.

A glorious history of the design, construction and service of Gresley's A4 Pacifics, some of the most beautiful locomotives ever to grace Britain's railways. Large format. Matt pictorial boards. 144 pages. Colour and b/w photos throughout. ISBN: 9780711083479. Minimal rubbing to spine and corners.

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BRITISH RAILWAYS STANDARD PACIFICS
Written by Peter Tuffrey.
Stock no. 1326986
Published by Great Northern Books. 1st 2018. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Red boards, gilt title to spine. Colour and b/w photos. 189 numbered pages. ISBN: 9781912101764. Corners bumped. Some very slight creasing/rubbing to corners of wrapper.

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PEPPERCORN HIS LIFE AND LOCOMOTIVES
Written by Tim Hillier-Graves.
Stock no. 1326985
Published by Pen & Sword Transport. 1st 2021. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The first detailed biography of Peppercorn, a vicar's son from Herefordshire and the last LNER Chief Mechanical Engineer. Large format. Black boards, silver title to spine. 259 pages. Colour and b/w photos throughout. ISBN: 9781526729859. Minimal rubbing to spine and corners of book and dustwrapper.

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LOCOMOTIVE MANAGEMENT CLEANING DRIVING MAINTENANCE
Written by Jas. T. Hodgson; Charles S. Lake.
Stock no. 1827474
Published by The St. Margaret's Technical Press Limited. 9th 1948. Very good condition.

Ninth Edition. Green cloth with gilt titles and vignette. B/w photos and diagrams. xi and 512 pages plus 16 pages adverts to rear. Covers a little worn, light fraying to spine edges. Title to spine is fading through rubbing. Foxing to text block and endpapers. Front joint cracked and also title page and first page of preface (on verso of title) is detached. Else contents clean. Musty odour present.

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DIESEL RETROSPECTIVE CLASS 31
Written by John Vaughan.
Stock no. 1326975
Published by Ian Allan Publishing. 1st 2009. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Essential reading for all those interested in the history of this locomotive type. Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w & colour photos. ISBN: 9780711032859.

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BRITISH RAILWAYS LOCOMOTIVES 1948
Written by Chris Banks.
Stock no. 1326973
Published by Haynes Publishing Group; Oxford Publishing Co. 1st 1990. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Blue boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos. A Complete listing of all locomotives more than 20,000. ISBN: 0860934667. Minimal bumping to spine. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is slightly rubbed and creased at edges.

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BRITAIN'S RAIL ROUTES PAST AND PRESENT: THE EAST COAST MAIN LINE
Written by Geoffrey Body. Illustrated by Brian Morrison.
Stock no. 1326972
Published by Silver Link Publishing. 1st 1995. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

King's Cross to Newcastle: the route of the 'Silver Jubilee'. Large format. Blue boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos throughout. ISBN: 1857940520. Slight bumping to spine. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is creased at edges.

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LNER 4-6-0 LOCOMOTIVES: THEIR DESIGN, OPERATION AND PERFORMANCE
Written by David Maidment.
Stock no. 1326963
Published by Pen & Sword Transport. 1st 2021. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Covers the design, construction, operation and performance of all 4-6-0 locomotives that ran on the London and North Eastern Railway between 1923 and 1947 and the LNER designed engines that ran on BR's Eastern Region until the end of BR steam in 1968. Oblong format. Green cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w and colour photos. ISBN: 9781526772541. Spine slightly bumped else a fine copy. Spine of dustwrapper is slightly creased at top and tail.

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TWILIGHT OF SCOTTISH STEAM
Written by David Hucknall.
Stock no. 1326960
Published by Oxford Publishing Co. 1st 1988. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Green boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0860933911. Corners bumped. A few light foxspots else contents fine. Dustwrapper is just a little nicked at corners.

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SCOTTISH STEAM ALBUM
Written by Brian Morrison.
Stock no. 1326958
Published by Oxford Publishing Co. 1st 1978. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

At least one example of every type of steam locomotive to be seen only in Scotland during the decade of the 1950s. Large format. Pale blue boards. B/w photos. ISBN: 0860930211. Pale browning to cover edges. Contents fine. Price-cut wrapper is lightly edge creased with a small tear to the laminate at lower edge of front panel.

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CAPITAL STEAM
Written by Hugh Ramsey.
Stock no. 1326957
Published by Oxford Publishing Co. 1st 1989. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Large format. Red boards, silver title to spine. B/w and colour photos. ISBN: 0860934128. Spine very slightly bumped. Dustwrapper just a tiny bit edge rubbed.

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LOST LINES: SCOTLAND
Written by Nigel Welbourn.
Stock no. 1326948
Published by Ian Allan Publishing. 2009. Fine condition.

A cross-section of closed lines of regional interest and wider historical and geographical associations. Pictorial card wraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 9780711022768. Old price label to rear cover else a fine copy.

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