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THE VETERAN SCENE
Written by Bruce Main-Smith.
Stock no. 1828455
Published by Bruce Main-Smith & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1976. Slightly better than very good condition.

By definition, a veteran (or pioneer) motorcycle, tricycle or threewheeler was made prior to 1915. This book gives a taste of the flavour of the veteran scene. Pictorial cardwraps, staple binding. B/w photos. 64 pages. A lovely copy.

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DIDCOT TO SWINDON (WESTERN MAIN LINES)
Written by Vic Mitchell; Keith Smith.
Stock no. 1828450
Published by Middleton Press. 1st 2002. Nearly fine condition.

Western Main Lines series. Including the Faringdon and Highworth Branches. Blue & green glazed boards. B/w photos. ISBN: 1901706842. Boards bright. Old price-label to rear board. Printing imprint to title page. Else contents clean.

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CLASSIC SCOTTISH PADDLE STEAMERS
Written by Alan J.S. Paterson.
Stock no. 1328143
Published by David & Charles. 1st 1982. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A celebration of the high noon of the Scottish paddle steamer. Green boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0715383353. Spine bumped, tiny dent to edge of front cover. Some light foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is faded to edges and spine and has a small tear to top corner of front panel.

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AEC: WORLD TRUCKS No. 10
Written by Pat Kennett.
Stock no. 1828405
Published by Patrick Stephens. 1st 1980. Slightly better than very good condition.

World Trucks No. 10. The story of the AEC Company and its trucks and buses. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos. ISBN: 0850593980. Old publisher's price label to rear board. Else a lovely copy.

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BOLTON - ENGINEMAN (SCENES FROM THE PAST: 31)
Written by Jim Markland.
Stock no. 1828402
Published by Foxline. 1st 1997. Slightly better than very good condition.

Footplate reflections of shed life & journeys from the Lancashire town. Large format. Card wraps. B/w photos. 112 pages. ISBN: 1870119495. Very light, uneven fading to rear cover and spine. Name & date in ink to top of verso of front cover. Contents clean.

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THE 'BUXTON LINE' PART ONE: STOCKPORT TO WHALEY BRIDGE (SCENES FROM THE PAST: 50)
Written by Gregory K. Fox; J.W. Sutherland.
Stock no. 1828401
Published by Foxline. 1st 2006. Slightly better than very good condition.

Stockport; Davenport and Hazel Grove to Disley; New Mills (Newtown) and Whaley Bridge. Large format. Pale tan pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos and track plans. ISBN: 1870119851. Spine lightly faded. Covers lightly scuffed. Name & date in ink to top edge of verso of front cover. Else, contents clean.

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BRITISH RAILWAYS MARK 1 COACHES
Written by Keith Parkin.
Stock no. 1828399
Published by Pendragon Books; Atlantic Publishers. 1st thus 1991. Slightly better than very good condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

An enlarged and expanded version of a work first published in 1982 by the Historical Model Railway Society. Large format. Red boards, gilt title to spine. Colour and b/w photos. 235 pages including index. ISBN: 0906899494. Name & date in ink to front pastedown else a lovely, clean copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is very lightly scuffed.

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A PICTORIAL RECORD OF L.M.S. ARCHITECTURE
Written by Roy Anderson; Gregory Fox.
Stock no. 1828398
Published by Oxford Publishing Co. 1st 1981. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A comprehensive selection of illustrations of buildings, structures and other associated fixtures the LMS Railway had in its charge between the 1923 grouping and nationalisation in 1948. Grey cloth boards, red title to spine. Large format. B/w photos and illustrations. ISBN: 0860930831. Top & tail of spine lightly shelf-worn. Neat gift inscription in ink to front endpaper. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-creased and has a few minor marks.

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AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF L.M.S. COACHES 1923-1957
Written by Bob Essery; David Jenkinson.
Stock no. 1828397
Published by Oxford Publishing Co. 1st thus 1977. Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Large format. B/w photos. Enlarged and revised edition, based upon a book first published by Ian Allan Ltd in 1969. viii and 218 pages. ISBN: 0902888838. Top & tail of spine lightly rubbed. Neat gift inscription to front endpaper. Minor surface paper damage to half-title gutter edge. Contents otherwise clean. Pictorial dustwrapper very slightly faded to spine and lightly scuffed.

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ROTHERHAM & DISTRICT TRANSPORT VOLUME ONE
Written by Charles C. Hall.
Stock no. 1828387
Published by Rotherwood Press. 1st 1996. Very good condition.

From the Stage Coach period to 1914. Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. Text in burgundy with two-tone photos also in burgundy. ISBN: 0903666898. Lower rear corner creased, covers faded at vertical edges. Covers a little scuffed, text block slightly grubby. Contents clean.

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AIRCRAFT OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE WARPLANE 1939-45
Written by Philip Jarrett.
Stock no. 1327981
Published by Putnam. 1st 1997. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Putnam's History of Aircraft series. A combined study of an outstanding era in the evolution of the flying machine. B/w photos. Large format. Blue boards, silver title to spine. ISBN: 0851778755. Spine slightly bumped. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed.

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A PICTORIAL A TO Z OF VINTAGE AND CLASSIC MODEL AIRPLANE ENGINES
Written by Mike Clanford.
Stock no. 1327960
Published by Clan Enterprises. 1st 1987. Very good condition.

Large format. Card wraps. B/w photos. 213 pages. ISBN: 0951252402. Slight wear to spine and corners. Top page corner tips slightly creased.

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