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I TRIED TO RUN A RAILWAY
Written by Gerard Fiennes.
Stock no. 1327402
Published by Head Of Zeus. 1st PB 2018. Slightly better than very good condition.

With a foreword by Christian Wolmar and Nicholas Faith. Apollo paperback edition. 214 pages. ISBN: 9781786691286. Small mark to lower edge of textblock.

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SPITFIRES OVER SCOTLAND: 'FIRST BLOOD TO THE AUXILIARIES'
Written by Bill Simpson.
Stock no. 1327399
Published by G C Books Ltd. 1st 2010. Very good condition.

The Life of Squadron Leader Patrick Gifford DFC, and the shooting down of the first German aircraft in British airspace during the Second World War. Blue pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 9781872350448. Bump to top of spine. Slight wear to corners. Contents fine.

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THOMAS BRASSEY: RAILWAY BUILDER
Written by Charles Walker.
Stock no. 1327396
Published by Frederick Muller Limited. 1st 1969. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A modern look at a Victorian giant. Brown boards, gilt title to spine. 183 pages. B/w photos. ISBN: 0584103050. Spine and corners bumped. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed with a patch of surface paper damage to rear panel.

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THE MAN WHO DISOBEYED: SIR HORACE SMITH-DORRIEN AND HIS ENEMIES
Written by A.J. Smithers.
Stock no. 1327369
Published by Leo Cooper. 1st 1970. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The earlier highlights of Smith-Dorrien's career. Orange boards, gilt title to spine. 303 pages. B/w photos. ISBN: 0850520304. Spine and corners bumped. Textblock is slightly foxed. Contents clean. White dustwrapper is edge rubbed, sunned to spine and rear edges with remains of a label to rear panel.

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FROM STEAM TO STONE VOLUME TWO: ONWARDS INTO MANAGEMENT
Written by David Butcher.
Stock no. 1327337
Published by The Oakwood Press. 1st 2004. Nearly fine condition.

Oakwood Reminiscences series RS13. A BR life - Engine Cleaner to Stone Projects Manager. Pictorial card wraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 0853616248. Slight rubbing to corners.

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FROM STEAM TO STONE VOLUME ONE: THE FOOTPLATE YEARS
Written by David Butcher.
Stock no. 1327336
Published by The Oakwood Press. 1st 2004. Nearly fine condition.

A BR life - Engine Cleaner to Stone Projects Manager. Oakwood Reminiscences series RS12. Pictorial card wraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 085361623X. Minimal rubbing to corners.

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SIR NIGEL GRESLEY THE ENGINEER AND HIS FAMILY
Written by Geoffrey Hughes.
Stock no. 1327335
Published by The Oakwood Press. 2004. Slightly better than very good condition.

Oakwood Library of Railway History OL118. Green cardwraps. 216 pages. B/w photos. ISBN: 0853615799. Minimal rubbing to corners. A couple of very small black marks to lower edge of textblock.

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STEAMING THROUGH THE WAR YEARS REMINISCENCES THE EX-GER LINES IN LONDON
Written by Reg Robertson.
Stock no. 1327332
Published by The Oakwood Press. 1st 1996. Slightly better than very good condition.

Oakwood Reminiscences Series RS3. Card wraps. B/w photos. 152 Pages. ISBN: 0853614725. Slight rubbing to corners.

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ROUND THE HORN BEFORE THE MAST
Written by Basil Lubbock.
Stock no. 1827680
Published by Brown, Son & Ferguson Ltd.. 1st thus 1986. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Reprint of the John Murray edition. A personal record of a journey around Cape Horn in 1899. Blue cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0851745067. Light vertical creasing to spine (through reading use). Else contents clean. White dustwrapper is edge-creased, lightly browned to spine, small closed tears (no loss).

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MANET BY HIMSELF
Written by Juliet Wilson-Bareau. Illustrated by Edouard Manet.
Stock no. 1327173
Published by MacDonald. 1st 1991. Slightly better than very good condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Large format. Black cloth, silver title to spine. Colour illustrations. Correspondence & Conversation, Paintings, Pastels, Prints & Drawings. ISBN: 0356191613. Spine and corners slightly rubbed. Contents fine. Wrapper is slightly creased at top edges.

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THE ART OF PAMELA KAY
Written by Michael Spender. Illustrated by Pamela Kay.
Stock no. 1327170
Published by David & Charles. 1st 1993. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Including a biographical background to the artist and an informed commentary on the paintings. Oblong format. Grey boards, gilt title to spine. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0715300326. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is lightly foxed on verso and is faded to edge of rear panel.

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MERLIN'S MAN
Written by Lansdale Humphreys.
Stock no. 1327157
Published by P.M. Heaton Publishing. 1st 1995. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Love, War and Adventure in the Life of a Welsh Seafarer (Richard Humphreys). Green boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 187200606X. Spine slightly bumped. Contents fine. Dustwrapper has a light mark (label residue?) to front panel and is very slightly edge creased.

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