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MAINLY SCOTTISH STEAM
Written by Thomas Middlemass.
Stock no. 1819651
Published by David & Charles. 1st 1973. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Informative and pleasantly nostalgic. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 071536328X. SIGNED (Best Wishes) by the author to free front endpaper. Lower corners of boards and front vertical edge bumped. Endpapers browned. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is heavily faded to spine.

JANE'S ALL THE WORLD'S AIRCRAFT 1919
Written by C.G. Grey.
Stock no. 2133248
Published by David & Charles. 1st thus 1969. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Facsimile of the 1919 edition. Large oblong format. B/w photos. ISBN: 0715346474. Some spotting to covers. Name in ink to front endpaper. First few pages (prelims) have vertical creasing to pages. Foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper is price-cut with chipping and loss of laminate; a few small tears and nicks of loss.

RAILWAY STATIONS OF THE NORTH EAST
Written by K. Hoole.
Stock no. 2133115
Published by David & Charles. 1st 1985. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A survey of the railway stations in the North Est, their layouts and architecture, train services, operation, and unique characteristics, from the earliest stations of the pioneer lines to the modern designs of the Tyne & Wear Metro. Includes a gazetter listing all NER stations and their equipment with opening (and where appropriate closing) dates. Grey cloth with gilt title to spine. B/w diagrams and photos. ISBN: 0715385275. Wrapper spine is faded.

A REGIONAL HISTORY OF THE RAILWAYS OF GREAT BRITAIN VOLUME 7 THE WEST MIDLANDS
Written by Rex Christiansen.
Stock no. 2133114
Published by David St John Thomas; David & Charles. 1983. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

2nd and substantially-revised edition reflecting almost a decade of railway change in the West Midlands. Black boards, gilt title to spine. 32 b/w plates, 12 illustrations in text, 7 maps and folding map. 305 pages including index. ISBN: 0946537003. Wrapper spine is faded, with small chip of loss to top.

THE SKYE RAILWAY
Written by John Thomas.
Stock no. 2133113
Published by David St John Thomas; David & Charles. 1990. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The History of the Railways of the Scottish Highlands Vol 5. Revised and Extended edition. Black boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w photos. ISBN: 0946537488. Wrapper is edge-creased and faded to spine.

THE HIGHLAND RAILWAY
Written by H.A. Vallance.
Stock no. 2133111
Published by David & Charles. 3rd 1969. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Revised and extended edition. Purple boards, gilt title to spine. Colour frontis. B/w photos. 182 pages. Some fading to spine. Page edge browning. Wrapper is creased with some chipping to edges.

FLY-DRESSING II
Written by David J. Collyer.
Stock no. 2133078
Published by David & Charles. 1983. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A further collection of entirely different flies. Red boards, gilt title to spine. Colour plates and b/w text illustrations. 248 pages. ISBN: 0715381458. Second impression. Bumping and a bit of fading to spine. Wrapper spine is faded.

BRITISH STEAM SINCE 1900
Written by W.A. Tuplin.
Stock no. 2133035
Published by David & Charles. 1st 1969. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

B/w photos. ISBN: 0715343262. Page edge browning. Wrapper is edge-creased with a few chips and nicks, damp mark to rear panel, which also seeps through to rear cover.

THE MAN WHO LOVES GIANTS
Written by David Shepherd. Illustrated by David Shepherd.
Stock no. 2132145
Published by David & Charles. 1975. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

An artist among elephants and engines. David Shepherd's Autobiography. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations, colour plates. 164 pages. ISBN: 0715370529. Browning to cover edges. Page edge browning.

ASSAULT ON GERMANY THE BATTLE FOR GEILENKIRCHEN
Written by Ken Ford.
Stock no. 2129683
Published by David & Charles. 1st 1989. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

B/w photos. ISBN: 0715392085. Wrapper is faded to spine, with a few brown spots.

BICYCLING A HISTORY
Written by Frederick Alderson.
Stock no. 1817063
Published by David & Charles. 1st 1972. Very good condition.

The stages of bicycling history with the sharp perception of a social historian. Yellow pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos and illustrations. 214 pages including index. ISBN: 0715356119. Spine faded and slightly cocked through use. Text block a little grubby. Contents clean.

EARLY CHILDREN'S BOOKS A COLLECTOR'S GUIDE
Written by Eric Quayle.
Stock no. 2125802
Published by David & Charles; Barnes & Noble Books. 1st 1983. Slightly better than very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

An important reference work covering over 400 years of children's literature. Profusely illustrated with b/w photos. Green cloth with gilt titles top spine. 256 pages. ISBN: 0715383078. Bumping to base of spine. Wrapper is faded to spine and a couple of edges.