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Garratt Locomotives of the World .
Durrant A.E., Book Club Assiciates, 1982. Book Club. ISBN: . 207 pages. 1.22kg. Blue cloth boards FINE in a Very Good d/w with small repaired tear to top of spine and scar to rear top edge. Illustrated with b/w and some colour photographs plus line drawings. A completely revised and enlarged edition of the book first published in 1969 as 'The Garratt Locomotive'.
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Glasgow: Locomotive Builder to the World.
Murdoch Nelson, Polygon, 1987. 1st Thus. ISBN: 0948275464. 44 pages, 245g. Soft card covers FINE. Illustrated with b/w photographs.
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Glory Days - Gresley A4s, The LNER's Streamlined Pacific Locomotives..
G.W. Morrison, Ian Allan Ltd, 2001. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0711027250. 111pp. 530g. Pictorial laminated boards. MINT. Oblong format. Illustrated with colour and b/w photographs. Examines the 35 locomtives of this calss, designed fore the LNER mainlines.
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The Golden Age of Steam: Locomotives of the Great Western and Somerset & Dorset Joint Railways.
McNaught R. S. & David Milton, Western Daily Press, 1970. 1st Edition. ISBN: . 36 pages. 95g. 12mo. Stapled Soft cardcovers FINE. Illustrated with b/w photographs.
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The Golden Age of the Steam Locomotive With over 250 Classic Illustrations..
J. G. Pangborn, Dover Publications, 2003. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0486428249. 176 pages, 620g. Card covers rubbed and creased to tips of corners, Very good with the contents tight and clean. Over 250 illustrations showcase the practical, the curious, and the often grotesque locomotives and cars that existed from 1765 to 1893, among them, the John Hancock, Londoner, Mud Digger, Old Ironsides, Robert Fulton, Tom Thumb, and York, as well as passenger and freight cars, seats, vestibules, and other elements. A comprehensive, profusely illustrated record.
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Great British Locomotives : The National Railway Museum in Action.
Blakemore, Michael; Mosley, David, Ian Allan LTD, 1997. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0711024006. 80 pages 400g. Oblong format Pictorial laminated boards FINE. A pictorial study of the collection of locomotives held by the National Railway Museum, including a comprehensive list at rear of book.
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great eastern locomotives Past and Present 1862 - 1945, Victory Edition - A Brief Descriptive Illustrated Souvenir of Types and L.N.E.R. Rebuilds .
, E. V. Aldrich, 1945. Victory Edition. ISBN: . 112 pages, 265g. Blue cloth boards marked and rubbed to edges, internally with a little foxing to end-papers, Very Good with the contents tight and clean. Illustrated with b/w photographs.
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Great Northern 4-4-2 Atlantics - Classic Locomotives Series..
Nock, O. S., Patrick Stephens Limited, 1984. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0850596831. 136 pages, 485g, Green cloth boards with light bump to rear bottom corner only, FINE in a Near FINE d/w. Illustrated with b/w photographs and line drawings. Describes the design, development and service record of this class of locomotive.
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Great Preserved Locomotives - Talyllyn Railway - No1 Talyllyn & No. 2 Dolgoch.
Peter & Rodney Weaver Johnson, Ian Allan, 1987. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0711017115. 48 pages, 200g. Stapled soft card covers with light crease to bottom front corner, Near FINE. A4 size. Illustrated with b/w photographs.
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Great Western Engines, Names, Numbers, Types & Classes. (1940 to Preservation).
Whitehurst Brian, Oxford Publishing Co., 1979. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0902888218. 168 pages, 270g. (8TO) Soft card covers with sun bleached spine, Very Good with the contents tight and clean. Illustrated with b/w photographs and drawings.
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Great Western Horse Power.
Russell, Janet K.L., Oxford Publishing Co., 1995. 1st Edition. ISBN: 086093425X. 224 pages, 1.2kg. Green cloth boards FINE in a Very Good d/w with crease to top rear edge. Illustrated with b/w photographsand scaled line drawings. The use and care of horses, their vehicles and equipment are fully described and illustrated with a selection of period photographs and line drawings.
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Great Western Pictorial: No. 3: The Tony Sterndale Collection.
Sterndale, Sue., Wild Swan Publications Ltd, 2006. 1st Edition. ISBN: 9781905184118. 102 pages, 660g. Maroon cloth boards MINT in a MINT d/w. Illustrated with b/w photographs.
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Great Western Railway Locomotive Allocations for 1921.
Ian Harrison, Wild Swan, 1984. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0906867215. 32 pages, 165g. Stapled soft card covers FINE. Illustrated with b/w photographs with fleet lists.
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Great Western Saints and Sinners.
Tuplin, W. A., George Allen & Unwin, 1971. 1st Edition. ISBN: 004385057X. 200 pages, 475g. Green cloth boards Very Good with old sellotape shadow to corners of free-end papers, in a Very Good d/w. Illustrated with d/w photographs and drawings.
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Great Western Swindon.
Tim Bryan, Tempus, 2003. Reprint. ISBN: 075240153X. 128 pages, 300g. Soft card covers with light bump to top corner, FINE. Illustrated with period b/w photographs.
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Great Western Swindon: Hub of the Brunel Empire.
Robin JONES, Mortons Media Group for W. H. Smith, 2007. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0955286883. 128 pages, 555g. Magazine style card covers FINE. Illustrated with period b/w and colout photographs throughout, with track plan of the extensive works and todays remains.
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Green Diesel Days.
Derek Huntriss, Ian Allan Ltd, 2005. 1st Edition. ISBN: 9780711030664. 96 pages. 690g. Pictorial laminated Boards Near MINT. Illustrated with colour photographs. For the benifit of railway modellers, the author has, where possible, portrayed the earliest liveries of each type.
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A Gresley Anthology.
Geoffrey Hughes, Wild Swan Publications, 1994. 1st Edition. ISBN: 1874103194. 102 pages, 415g. Soft card covers, FINE. Illustrated with b/w photographs.
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The Gresley Influence.
Geoffrey Hughes, Ian Allan Publishing, 1983. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0711012725. 160 pages. 480g. Black cloth boards FINE in a FINE d/w. Illustrated with b/w photographs and scaled line drawings. An account of Sir Nigel Gresley's contribution to the development of the steam locomotive.
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The Gresley Legacy - A Celebration of Innovation. (Steam Classic Guide).
Martin Smith, Argus Books, 1992. 1st Edition. ISBN: 1854860798. 142 pages, 385g. Soft card covers FINE. Illustrated with b/w photographs. Part of a series which concentrates on the design, manufacture and production histories of famous locomotives, this book deals with the work of Sir Nigel Gresley. It records his life story and work, including the record-breaking A4 Pacific locomotives.
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Gresley Locomotives : A Pictorial History.
Haresnape, Brian, Ian Allan Ltd, 1993. Reprint. ISBN: 0711008922. 176 pages. 680g. Green cloth boards Near MINT in a Near MINT d/w. Illustrated with photographs and scaled line drawings.
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Gresley Pacifics [ Super Profile Series ]..
Tufnell. R.M., Haynes Publishing, 1985. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0854294295. 56 pages. 450g. Pictorial laminated boards. FINE. Illustrated with b/w photographs and line drawings, plus 8pp. in colour.
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Gresley Pacifics - Omnibus Edition combining parts 1 & 2. .
Nock, O. S., David & Charles, 1982. 1st Thus. ISBN: 0715383205. 284 pages. 1.05Kg. Blue cloth borads FINE in a Very Good d/w with crease to edges of sunned spine. Illustrated with b/w photographs and scaled line drawings. A detailed locomotive monograph from David & Charles, of one of the most famous steam locomotive types.
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GWR 4-6-0s in Colour.
Penney, D. E. , Ian Allan Ltd, 1997. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0711025525. 80 pages. 450g. Oblong format pictorial laminated boards FINE. Fully illustrated in colour through-out.
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GWR Engines - Names, Numbers, Types & Classes.
W.G Chapman (Introduction), Great Western Railway, 1938. 1st Edition. ISBN: . 112 pages. 190g. Soft card covers with a few old selotape tape marks to inside covers, Very Good with contents tight and clean. Illustrated with b/w photographs and scaled drawings.
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GWR Sheds in Camera.
Roger Griffiths, Oxford Publishing Co., 1988. Reprint. ISBN: 0860933857. Not paginated, 805g. Green cloth boards FINE in a Near FINE d/w with repaired tear to top of spine. Illustrated with b/w photographs.
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The GWR Stars, Castles & Kings Part 2 1930-65..
NOCK. O. S. , David & Charles, 1970. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0715347438. 160pp. 750g. Maroon cloth boards with some sporadic foxing, Very Good in a Very Good d/w. Illustrated with b/w photographs and line drawings. One of the publishers series of Locomotive Monographs and a standard work on the subject.
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Handbook for Railway Steam Locomotive Enginemen.
British Transport Commission, British Transport Commission, 1957. 1st Edition. ISBN: . 196 pages, 425g. Black cloth boards Worn and rubbed, GOOD only with previous owners name and date to to for free end-paper, o/w the contents are bright and clean. Illustrated with b/w and coloured drawings especially compiled to help cleaners and enginemen to service and run sream locomotives.
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The Handbook of Steam Motive Power Depots - Volume 2 - Central England, East Anglia & Wales..
Smith, Paul., Platform 5 Publishing, 1989. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0906579953. 112 pages. 475g. Soft card covers FINE with light virtical crease to rear cover. Illustrated with b/w photographs, route maps and track plans.
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The Handbook of Steam Motive Power Depots - Volume 4 - Northern England and Scotland Plus Index..
Smith, Paul., Platform 5 Publishing, 1990. 1st Edition. ISBN: 1872524141. 128 pages, 470g. Soft card covers FINE with minor bump to top corner, SIGNED by author to title page. Illustrated with b/w photographs, route maps and track plans. Looks at the concentration of railways in the North of England, and the motive power depots that served them.
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The Handbook of Steam Motive Power Depots Volume 1 - Southern England.
Smith, Paul., Platform 5 Publishing, 1989. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0906579996. 96 pages, 420g. Soft card covers Near MINT. SIGNED dedication 'To Roger from Paul' on corner reverse of title page. Illustrated with b/w photographs, route maps and track plans. Looks at the concentration of railways in the South of England, and the motive power depots that served them.
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The Handbook of Steam Motive Power Depots Volume 3 - North Midlands, Lanchashire & Yorkshire..
Smith, Paul., Platform 5 Publishing, 1990. 1st Edition. ISBN: 1872524052. 112 pages, 470g. Soft card covers Near MINT. SIGNED by author to title page. Illustrated with b/w photographs, route maps and track plans. Looks at the concentration of railways in the North of England, and the motive power depots that served them.
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Heavy Freight Locomotives of Britain.
Griffiths, Denis, Patrick Stephens Limited, 1993. 1st Edition. ISBN: 1852603992. 192 pages. 710g. Blue cloth boards with bump to bottom corners, Near FINE in Very Good d/w. Illustrated with b/w photographs and line drawings.
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The Heyday of Nine Elms and Its Locomotives.
Boocock, Colin., Ian Allan LTD, 1992. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0711020671. 80 pages. 450g. Pictorial laminated boards with sunned spine, FINE. Illustrated with colour and b/w photographs. A pictorial history of this famous locomotive depot up until its closure in 1967.
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The Heyday of Stewarts Lane and its Locomotives.
R.C Riley, Ian Allan Ltd, 2001. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0711027919. 80 pages. 450g. Pictorial laminated boards. FINE. Illustrated in colour. A pictorial history, and one of the popular ` The Heyday of -- ' series.
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The Heyday of Swindon and Its Locomotives.
Riley, R. C., Ian Allan LTD, 2001. Reprint. ISBN: 0711024820. 64 pages. 450g. Oblong format pictorial laminated boards, FINE with very slightly sunned spine. A fascinating pictorial record of this famous locomotive works, including pictures showing the impact of the mass withdrawal of steam engines.
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The Heyday of Tyseley and Its Locomotives.
Michael Whitehouse, Ian Allan Publishing, 2003. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0711029261. 80 pages. 450g. Pictorial laminated boards with slight squew to boards. Near FINE. Illustrated with colour and b/w photographs. A pictorial history of the Tyseley locomotive depot from its construction in 1908 onward.
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High-speed Trains for the 21st Century: Voyager, Pendolino, Meridian and Pioneer Fleets.
Colin Marsden, Ian Allan Publishing, 2009. 1st Edition. ISBN: 9780711033931. 80 pages, 445g. Pictorial laminated boards Near MINT. Illustrated with colour photograpgs.
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Highland Railway Locomotives Book 1 - Early Days to the Lochs.
J.R.H. Cormack; J.L. Stevenson, Railway Correspondence & Travel Society, 1988. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0901115649. 161 pages, 610g. Pictorial laminataed boards FINE. Illustrated with b/w photographs and drawings.
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An historical survey of Great Western engine sheds, 1947.
E. T Lyons, Oxford Publishing Co., 1978. 2nd Edition. ISBN: 0902888161. 294 pages, 1.45kg. Brown cloth boards Very Good in a Very Good sun darkened d/w. Illustrated with b/w photographsa nd track plans of the sheds covered.
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A History of Highland Locomotives .
Tatlow, Peter., Oxford Publishing Co., 1989. Reprint. ISBN: 0860930483. 120 pages, 780g. Gray cloth boards FINE in a Very Good d/w with repaired tears to top of spine. Illustrated with 155 b/w photographs and 45 line drawings. A new revised and enlarged edition of the book by MCV Allchin publisged in 1947.
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A History of Highland Locomotives ..
Allchin, M. C. V., Railway Hobbies Ltd, 1947. 1st Edition. ISBN: . 72 pages, 165g. Stiff card covers a litle rubbed to edges, Near FINE. Illustrated with b/w photographs and scaled line drawings of the locomotives covered. Ideal for the modeller and historian.
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The Illustrated Encyclopedia of North of American Locomotives : A Historical Directory of America's Greatest Locomotives from 1830 to the Present Day..
Peter Hollingsworth, Salamander Books Ltd., 1984. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0861011481. 208 pages. 1.18Kg. Black cloth boards FINE in a Very Good d/w. Over 150 historic locomotives described and illustrated, with over 75 full colour loco profiles included in 208 pages of colour plus b/w photographs.
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The Illustrated Encyclopedia of the World's Passenger Locomotives.
Brian Hollingsworth, Tiger Books International, 1989. 1st Edition. ISBN: 1855010305. 208 pages, 1.03kg. Orange cloth boards FINE in a Near FINE price-clipped d/w. Fully illustrated with colour and b/w photographs and drawings.
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An Illustrated History of Eastleigh Locomotive Works.
Boocock, Colin & Stanton Peter, Ian Allan LTD, 2006. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0860936058. 128 pages. 780g. Black cloth boards FINE in a FINE d/w. Illustrated in colour and b/w photographs. A comprehensive pictorial account of nearly 100 years of engineering excellence, opening in 1909 to its closure in 2006.
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An Illustrated History of Hull & Barnsley Railway Locomotives: Volume 1 - The Locomotive Classes..
M.A. Barker, Booklaw Publications, 1997. 1st Edition. ISBN: 1899624090. 184 pages. 1.0 Kg. Black cloth boards Near MINT in a FINE d/w. Fully illustrated with b/w photographs.
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An Illustrated History of L.M.S.Locomotives Volume 4: Absorbed Pre-group Classes, Midland Division..
Bob & Jenkinson, David Essery, Silver Link Publishing, 1987. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0947971165. 224 pages, 1.05kg. Black cloth boards Near MINT in a FINE d/w. Illustrated with b/w photographs. Volume Four in the series published with the modeller and historian in mind.
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An Illustrated History of LMS Locomotives Volume One - General Review and Locomotive Liveries..
R. J. Essery; David Jenkinson, Oxford Publishing Co., 1981. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0860930874. 238 pages, 1.27kg. Brick red cloth boards FINE in a Near Very Good d/w with repaired tears to top and toe of spine. Illustrated with b/w photographs. Volume One in the series published with the modeller and historian in mind.
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An Illustrated History of LSWR Railway Locomotives - The Drummond Classes..
Bradley, D.L., Wild Swan Publications Ltd, 1986. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0906867428. 234 pages. 1.17kg. Black cloth boards, FINE in a FINE d/w. Illustrated with b/w photographs and scale drawings. Deals with locomotives of 'Dugald Drummond'.
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An Illustrated History of LSWR Railway Locomotives - The Urie Classes. Including Those Modified and Built By R.E.L. Maunsell.
Bradley, D.L., Wild Swan Publications Ltd., 1987. 1st Edition. ISBN: 090686755X. 156 pages. 930g. Black cloth boards FINE in a FINE d/w. Illustrated with b/w photographs and scale drawings. Deals with locomotives of 'Robert Urie' who in 1912 following the death of Drummond, succeeded him as engineer of the LSWR.
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