THE BOOK OF THE B17 4-6-0S
Written by Peter J. Coster.
Stock no. 1327313
Published by Irwell Press. 1st 2021. Nearly fine condition.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos. ISBN: 9781911262312. Minimal rubbing to corners.

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THE BOOK OF THE A3 PACIFICS
Written by .
Stock no. 1327312
Published by Irwell Press. 1st 2003. Nearly fine condition.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos. ISBN: 1903266394. Minimal rubbing to spine and corners else fine.

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HALFWAY TO HEAVEN: THE STORY OF ONE OF THE MOST REMARKABLE RAILWAYS IN THE WORLD
Written by Terry Martin.
Stock no. 1827705
Published by Railromances. 1st 2000. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The Darjeeling Himalayan Railway 1879-2000. In a land of extremes, the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway captures the imagination of all who take the train that works its way from the cauterising heat of the plains into the shadow of Kanchenjunga, the third highest mountain on Earth. No proper survey was made prior to the laying of the track, which followed a road originally designed for animals to haul carts to Darjeeling, and nobody was surprised when the train fell off the rails five times on opening day! Cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Limited to 2,000 copies. B/w & some colour photos, folding sketches of plans. ISBN: 1900622033. This is copy 1535 of 2000. A lovely copy.

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THE ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF EAST COAST JOINT STOCK
Written by Ken Hoole.
Stock no. 1827704
Published by Oxford Publishing Co. 1st 1993. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The passenger carriages used on the East Coast Route (London-Edinburgh). Large format. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and sketches of carriages. ISBN: 0860934306. A lovely copy.

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SOUTH EASTERN AND CHATHAM RAILWAYS: A MARRIAGE OF CONVENIENCE
Written by Adrian Gray.
Stock no. 1827701
Published by Middleton Press. 1st 1998. Very good condition.

Two feuding Kent railway companies are united in an uneasy marriage. The story of a railway company and the people who ran it at a pivotal point in British railway history. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos and illustrations. ISBN: 1901706087. Spine faded. Boards a little scuffed. Contents clean.

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RAILWAY CLEARING HOUSE ATLAS OF ENGLAND & WALES 1904
No author listed.
Stock no. 1827700
Published by Ian Allan. 1st 2001. Nearly fine condition.

This atlas is a direct facsimile of the 1904 original - and any errors present are therefore reproduced as such. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour maps. ISBN: 0711027781. A nice, clean copy.

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AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF N.E.R. LOCOMOTIVES
Written by Ken Hoole.
Stock no. 1827699
Published by Haynes Publishing Group. 1st 1988. Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Green cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos and drawings. 254 pages. ISBN: 0860933237. Couple of minor knocks to both lower horizontal board edges. Lower corner of rear board has been mis-bound so that it appears folded over (not bad). Gift inscription and name in ink to front endpaper. Else contents fine. Green pictorial dustwrapper is very lightly scuffed.

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THE LEEK & MANIFOLD VALLEY LIGHT RAILWAY
Written by Robert Gratton.
Stock no. 1827695
Published by Rcl Publications. 1st 2005. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The railway ran for just over eight miles through one of the most beautiful valleys in Staffordshire. Large format. Colour & b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0953876373. Boards clean and bright. Minor foxing to top edge of text block, half-title page and last page. Else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly faded to spine and has some foxing to verso (not visible to front).

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THE ASHOVER LIGHT RAILWAY
Written by Robert Gratton; Stuart R. Band.
Stock no. 1827694
Published by Wild Swan Publications. 1st 1989. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A comprehensive account of this idyllic Derbyshire narrow gauge railway, a two foot gauge line just over seven miles long, which used to run from Clay Cross to the nearby village of Ashover. Large format. B/w photos. ISBN: 090686772X. Base of spine has shelf wear. Boards a little dusty. Minor foxing to top edge of text block and half-title page. Else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is slightly faded to spine and lightly scuffed to rear panel.

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DHOWS TO DELTAS
Written by Renato 'Sonny' Levi; Erroll Bruce; et al.
Stock no. 1327293
Published by Nautical Publishing Company. 1st 1971. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Written by on e of the most stimulating personalities in high speed boat design, this book is part autobiography, partly an intriguing account of the author's design experience, and finally a section dealing iwith the theoretical and practical considerations underlying the design of fast craft, leading to imaginative thinking about speed and the future. Large format. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w diagrams and photos. ISBN: 0245599568. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Light scratch mark to front cover. Pale page edge browning else contents clean. Dustwrapper is worn to spine and corners and slightly browned to spine.

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THE ARCTIC WHALERS
Written by Basil Lubbock.
Stock no. 1827692
Published by Brown, Son & Ferguson Ltd.. 1978. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth, gilt titles. B/w photos. 483 pages. The amazing life of the whale hunters. ISBN: 085174107x. Top & tail of spine and corners of boards lightly rubbed. Coffee (?) stain to top edge of text block (not awful). Some pencil annotation to margins (a line highlighting a paragraph), Rear pastedown map has pencil writing in margins. Else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper has a couplle of small edge-chips and is grubby, rear panel is creased, small tear to top edge.

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THE COLONIAL CLIPPERS
Written by Basil Lubbock.
Stock no. 1827691
Published by Brown, Son & Ferguson Ltd.. 1975. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

TNew Edition. The Emigrant Ships, The Wool Clippers, The Iron Clippers and The New Zealand Trade. Blue cloth, gilt titles. B/w illustrations and plans. 384 pages includes index. Boards clean and bright. Text block just slightly browned & grubby. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is grubby and has a few closed edge-tears (no loss).

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