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LSWR Locomotives The Early Engines 1838-53 and the Beattie Classes. D.L. Bradley, Wild Swan, 1989. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0906867819. 264 pages. 1.3Kg. Black cloth boards Near MINT in a Near FINE d/w with crease to top edge only. Illustrated with b/w photographs and scale drawings. Deals with locomotives of 'Locke', 'Gooch' & 'Joseph & William Beattie'.
£26.00
£3.50

Mackenzie's Magic Steam - As Seen Through a Glass Darkly. Mackenzie, Iain, Danny Howell Books, 1990. 1st Edition. ISBN: 1872818005. 88 pages. 370g. Pictorial card coves a little edge rubbed, Very Good with the contents tight and clean. Illustrated with 100 b/w photographs taken from magic lantern slides.
£7.00
£3.45

Mainline Steam - Steam Locomotive Operators Association Handbook.. , Ian Allan Ltd, 1982. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0711012350. 60 pages + 4 pages of adverts. 180g. Stapled card covers FINE. Illustrated with b/w photographs and gradient charts.
£4.00
£2.50

Mallard 75 - Celebrating Britain's Greatest Steam Moment - All Six Surviving A4s Reunited in York.. Robin Jones, Mortons Media Group, 2013. 1st Edition. ISBN: 9781909128156. 130 pages, 490g. Glossy magazine A4 stile book a little creased and rubbed, Very Good. Fully illustrated with colour photographs throughout. Covers a unique moment in A4 history.
£3.00
£3.45

Maunsell Locomotives - A Pictorial History. Haresnape, Brian, Ian Allan Ltd, 1983. Reprint. ISBN: 0711007438. 128 pages. 520g. Green cloth boards FINE in a FINE d/w with slightly sunned spine. Fully illustrated with b/w photographs and line drawings, including a list of locomotive names and numbers.
£5.00
£[[POSTAGE2.00]]

The Maunsell Moguls (Locomotion Papers No. 99). Rowledge, Peter, The Oakwood Press, 1976. 1st Edition. ISBN: . 64 pages, 135g. Stapled soft card covers a little faded and rubbed to spine, with previous owners signature and date to top of title page, Very Good with the contents o/w tight and clean. Illustrated with b/w photographs and line drawings.
£5.00
£3.45

Maunsell S15's The. Peter Cooper, Kingfisher Railway Productions, . 1st Edition. ISBN: 0946184089. 48 pages, 135g. Soft card covers a little rubbed and lightly creased to top corners, Very Good with the contents clean and tight.Illustrated with b/w photographs and line drawings.
£4.00
£2.50

Maunsell's Nelsons. D.W. Winkworth, Allen & Unwin, 1980. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0043850790. 123 pages, 500g. Black cloth boards FINE in a FINE. Illustrated with b/w photographs.
£4.00
£3.45

Modern Locomotive Classes. Reed, brian, The Locomotive Publishing Co. , . 1st Edition. ISBN: . 64 pages, 230g. Not dated but c1950. Soft card covers with small tear to base of spine, Near FINE. Illustrated with b/w photographs and scaled line drawings of each locomotive covered.
£7.00
£3.45

A Monarch at Work - The Story of No. 6024 King Edward I on the Main Line since 1990. Watson, Tim (Compiler). , Ian Allan LTD / The 6024 Preservation Society , 2006. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0711032572. 176 pages. 1.07Kg. Green cloth boards Near MINT in a FINE d/w. Illustrated in colour and some b/w. Published to raise funds for the continued preservation of this locomotive. HEAVY BOOK!
£6.00
£3.45

Motive Power Pocket Book - British Rail Pocket Book No.1 - Spring 1993 Edition. Fox, Peter & Bolsover, Richard, Platform 5, 1993. 2nd Edition. ISBN: 1872524451. 92 pages, 80g. Stapled soft card covers rubbed to corners, Near FINE. Illustrated with colour photographs.
£3.00
£1.95

Motive Power Recognition 1 - Locomotives.. Haydock, David. (Editor), Ian Allan LTD, 1984. Reprint. ISBN: 0711013659. 128 pages. 200g. Soft card covers a little rubbed, FINE with slightly sunned spine and contents tight and clean. Illustrated with b/w photographs and line drawings. A book that covers the Diesels, Electro-Diesels and Electrics operating on the BR network at the time.
£4.00
£3.45

Motive Power Recognition 2 - EMUs.. Haydock, David. (Editor), Ian Allan LTD, 1982. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0711011656. 144 pages. 200g. Soft card covers a litle marked, Near FINE with the contents tight and clean. Illustrated with b/w photographs and line drawings. A book that covers the many differnet types of EMUs operating on the BR network at the time.
£4.00
£3.45

Motive Power Recognition 3 - DMUs.. Haydock, David. (Editor), Ian Allan LTD, 1984. Reprint. ISBN: 0711013659. 128 pages. 200g. Soft card covers rubbed and marked, Very Good with slightly sunned spine and contents tight and clean. Illustrated with b/w photographs and line drawings. A book that covers the many differnet types of DMUs operating on the BR network at the time.
£4.00
£3.45

Motive Power Recognition 4 - London Transport Railways. Haydock, David. (Editor), Ian Allan LTD, 1985. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0711014604. 112 pages. 200g. Soft card covers a little rubbed, and a 'Ian Allan Ltd Soiled' stamp to title page, but no other visible defects, so FINE with slightly sunned spine. Illustrated with b/w photographs and route maps. A book that covers the diffenent types of rolling stock operating on the London Underground at the time of going to press.
£4.00
£3.45

Motive Power Recognition: Benelux No. 7. David Haydock, Ian Allan Ltd, 1988. 1st Edition. ISBN: 9780711017955. 128 pages, 175g. Soft card covers with light crease to top corner, Very Good. Illustrated with b/w photographs, maps and drawings.
£4.00
£3.45

Motive Power Review - Second Year of Issue.. Morrison, Brian (Editor), Ian Allan Ltd, 1990. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0711019304. 80 pages, 565g. Pictorial laminated boards FINE. Illustrated with colour and b/w photographs. Reviews the years ups and downs in our railways motive power during 1989.
£4.00
£[[POSTAGE7.00]]

Named Locomotives of British Rail - Diesel and Electric. Oakley, Michael (Compiler), Bradford Barton, 1980. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0851533868 . 40 pages, 160g. Stapled soft card covers a little creased Very Good with the contents tight and clean. Illustrated with b/w photographs.
£3.00
£2.50

Nigel Gresley - Locomotive Engineer. Brown, F.A.S., Ian Allan LTD, 1962. Reprint. ISBN: . 215 pages. 670g. Blue cloth boards with some edge wear and darkening to edges of fold-outs. FINE in a Very Good edge-rubbed d/w in clear removable wrap. Illustrated with b/w photographs with 2 fold-out line drawings. A biography of this famous railway engineer.
£12.00
£3.45

North Staffordshire Locomotives - An Illustrated History. . Kenneth Hopkins, Trent Valley Publications, 1986. Reprint. ISBN: 0948131144. 96 pages, 435g. Soft card covers with scar to rear few pages, hence price. Very Good. Illustrated with period b/w photographs and some scaled line drawings. A must for the modeller/historian.
£5.00
£3.45

?BB - Dampflokomotiven, (Normalspur, mit Schlepptender). ESA 1. Stockklausner, Johann, Verlag Josef Otto Slezak, 1978. 1st Edition. ISBN: 390013443X. 32 pages, 50g. Stapled soft card covers (small 16mo booklet), FINE. Illustrated with b/w photographs, Text in German.
£3.00
£1.95

?BB - TEnderlokomotiven, (Normalspur). ESA 2. Stockklausner, Johann, Verlag Josef Otto Slezak, 1978. 1st Edition. ISBN: 3900134448. 32 pages, 50g. Stapled soft card covers (small 16mo booklet), FINE. Illustrated with b/w photographs, Text in German.
£3.00
£1.95

?BB Triebwagen. (Normalspur). ESA 5. Stockklausner, Johann, Verlag Josef Otto Slezak, 1978. 1st Edition. ISBN: 3900134472. 32 pages, 50g. Stapled soft card covers (small 16mo booklet), FIN E. Illustrated with b/w photographs, Text in German.
£3.00
£1.95

?BB-Diesellokomotiven (Normalspur). ESA 4. Stockklausner, Johann, Verlag Josef Otto Slezak, 1978. 1st Edition. ISBN: 3900134464. 32 pages, 50g. Stapled soft card covers (small 16mo booklet), FIN E. Illustrated with b/w photographs, Text in German.
£3.00
£1.95

?BB-Elektrolokomotiven : (Normalspur). ESA 3. Stockklausner, Johann, Verlag Josef Otto Slezak, 1978. 1st Edition. ISBN: 3900134456. 32 pages, 50g. Stapled soft card covers (small 16mo booklet), with bump and scar to page edges, Very Good. Illustrated with b/w photographs, Text in German.
£3.00
£1.95

Obb/Austrian Federal Railways 2nd Edition . Garvin, Brian; Fox, Peter, Platform 5 Publishing, 1989. 2nd Edition. ISBN: 0906579872. 96 pages. 230g. Soft card covers sun faded to top edges, Near FINE. Illustrated with colour and b/w photographs and route maps. The Complete Guide to All OBB & Austrian Independent Railways' Locomotives and Railcars.
£4.00
£2.50

Pacifics on the South Western. K. Robertson; Tony Molyneaux, Ian Allan LTD, 2006. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0711031290. 80 pages, 445g. Pictorial laminated boards FINE . Illustrated with period colour photographs through, ideal for the modeller.
£8.00
£3.45

Peckett & Sons Ltd : An Album of Official Photographs. Smith Andrew (Compiler), Industrial Railway Society, 2014. 1st Edition. ISBN: 9781901556773. 108 pages, 625g. Green cloth borads FINE in a FINE d/w. Illustrated with b/w photograghs being from the Official Views of the company. Ideal for the modeller.
£26.00
£3.45

Pictorial Record of British Railways Standard Steam Locomotives. E Talbot, Opc Railprint, 1982. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0860931587. Not paginated, 930g. Black cloth boards with a few small marks to top of title page only, FINE in a Very Good d/w with repaired tear to top of spine, now in clear removable wrap. Illustarted with 241 b/w photographs and scaled line drawings.
£8.00
£3.45

A Pictorial Record of Great Western Engines Volume One Gooch, Armstrong & Dean.. Russell. J. H., Book Club Assiciates, 1986. Book Club. ISBN: . 188 pages. 1.16Kg. Green cloth boards FINE in a Very Good d/w with small repaired tears to base of spine, in clear removable wrap. Fully illustrated with b/w photographs and scale line drawings. This standard reference work is invaluable to modellers and enthusiasts alike. Volume ONE contains over 500 b/w photographs and drawings, INCLUDING the Broad gauge engines. Please also see our Volume TWO for sale.
£12.00
£3.50

A Pictorial Record of Great Western Engines Volume Two - Churchward, Collett & Hawksworth Locomotives.. Russell. J. H., Book Club Assiciates, 1986. Book Club. ISBN: . 244 pages. 1.4Kg. Green cloth boards FINE in a FINE d/w in clear removable wrap. Fully illustrated with b/w photographs and scale line drawings. This standard reference work is invaluable to modellers and enthusiasts alike. Volume TWO contains over 600 b/w photographs and drawings. Please also see our Volume ONE for sale.
£10.00
£3.50

A Pictorial Record of Southern Locomotives. J.H Russell, Book Club / Haynes Foulis & Oxford Publishing Company, 1991. Book Club. ISBN: 0860934438. 384 pages, 1.71kg. Green cloth boards FINE in a Near FINE d/w. Fully illustrated with b/w photographs and scaled line drawings. A must for the modeller and historian.
£15.00
£6.60

Pictorial Tribute to Crewe Works In The Age of Steam. Edward Talbot, Oxford Publishing Co., 1987. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0860933954. Not paginated, 750g. Brown cloth boards FINE in a FINE d/w. Illustrated with 213 b/w photographs. Portays some of the many achievements of the Works and the personnel who worked within.
£12.00
£3.45

Portrait of the Terriers. Kardas, Handel, Ian Allan Limited, 1999. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0711026521. 128 pages. 530g. Pictorial laminated Boards MINT. Illustrated with b/w photographs, this book provides a detailed account of this type of locomotive from its origins in the 1870's through to the working survivers in preservation today.
£10.00
£3.45

Portraits of 'Kings' - Portraits of Every Western Region 'King' Class Locomotive in single and double chimney form, with footplate comments. . Bryan; Leech, Kenneth H Holden, Moorland Pub. Co, 1990. Reprint. ISBN: 0903485931. 96 pages, 485g. Pictorial laminated boards FINE. No d/w. Illustrated with b/w photographs and drawings, ideal for the modeller.
£5.00
£3.45

Portraits of "castles": Portraits of every Western Region "castle" class locomotive, with footplate comments. Bryan Holden, Moorland, 1981. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0903485893. 128 pages. 540g. Green cloth boards Near FINE in a Very Good sun darkened d/w with tiny repaired tear to top edge and sunned spine. Illustrated with b/w photographs. A complete photographic record of the entire Castle class locomotives, from the date of their appearence in 1923.
£4.50
£3.45

Portraits of "Western" 4-6-0s: Saints, Stars, Castles, Kings, Halls, Granges, Manors, Counties : photographs from the Kenneth H. Leech collection. Bryan Holden, Moorland, 1981. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0861900758. 128 pages. 540g. Green cloth boards Near FINE in a Very Good d/w with sun bleeched spine. Illustrated with b/w photographs. A complete photographic record of the entire Castle class locomotives, from the date of their appearence in 1923.
£4.00
£3.45

The Power of Royal Scots (Power series). Jenkinson, David, Oxford Publishing Co., 1986. Reprint. ISBN: 0860931757. Not paginated. 750g. Black cloth boards FINE in a FINE d/w. Illustrated with b/w photographs. The history of the this standard class of 4-6-0 tender locomotive being classed 6P ' Royal Scots ' .
£5.00
£3.45

The Power of the 9Fs.. Morrison, Brian., Oxford Publishing Company, 2001. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0860935582. 112 pages, 730g. Black cloth boards. FINE in a FINE d/w. A pictorial history of the 9F 2-10-0s locomotive, illustrated with some 250 b/w photographs.
£18.00
£3.45

The Power of the 40s (Power Series). Whiteley, J. S.; Morrison, G. W. (Compilers), Oxford Publishing Co., 2004. Reprint. ISBN: 0860930335. Not Paginated, 755g. Black cloth boards FINE in a FINE slightly edge creased d/w. Illustrated 232 b/w photographs plus some colour. The class 40 is regarded as the first successful British main line Diesels.
£8.00
£3.45

The Power of the 50s. John Vaughan, Oxford Publishing Co., 1986. Reprint. ISBN: 0860930602. Not paginated 750g. Black cloth boards. FINE in FINE d/w. Illustrated with b/w photographs. One of the `Power' series of in depth looks at particular classes of railway locomotives.
£9.00
£3.45

The Power of the 60s. Gavin Morrison, Opc Railprint, 2007. 1st Edition. ISBN: 9780860936091. 112 pages, 720g. Black cloth boards MINT in a FINE d/w. Illustrated with colour and b/w photographs.
£8.00
£3.45

The Power of the A1's, A2's and A3's (Power series). J. S.; Morrison, G. W Whiteley, Opc Railprint, 1982. 1st Edition. ISBN: 80860931331. Not paginated. 760g. Green cloth boards FINE in a Near FINE d/w with slight rubbing to top corners. Illustrated with 256 b/w photographs. Shows the development of the non-streamlined Pacific designs from their introduction, through the years after nationalisation.
£8.00
£3.45

The Power of the A2s (Power Series). Morrison, Gavin., Oxford Publishing Company, 2004. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0860935884. 112 pages. 700g. Black cloth boards FINE in a FINE d/w. Illustrated with b/w photographs. The author examins the 'P2' 2-8-2s, then portrays each member of the 'A2' class, recording each individual locomotives development throughout its operational career.
£7.00
£3.45

The Power of the Arthurs, Nelsons and Schools (Power Series). Whiteley, J. S.; Morrison, G. W., Oxford Publishing Co., 1984. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0860932273. Not paginated. 750g. Olive cloth boards Near MINT in a FINE d/w. Illustrated with b/w photographs. A photographic record of these well loved locomotives.
£10.00
£3.45

The Power of the B-1's (Power Series). Peter Swinger, Oxford Publishing Co., 1994. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0860934454. 112 pages, 665g. Black cloth boards with PAGES BOUND OUT OF SEQUENCE, so the half/title pages are half way through the book, o/w Near MINT in a Near MINT d/w. Illustrated with b/w photographs.
£4.50
£3.45

The Power of the B17s and B2s. Swinger, Peter, Oxford Publishing Co., 2004. Reprint. ISBN: 0860933962. Not paginated. 765g. Black cloth boards with slight dent to top edge of front board, Near MINT in a Near MINT d/w. Illustrated with 196 b/w photographs. A photographic history of these locomotive types. Unfortunately, there are no preserved examples of these famous machines, the last being scrapped in January and September 1960.
£8.00
£3.45

The Power of the Black Fives. . G.W. Morrison J.S. Whiteley, Haynes Publishing, 1988. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0860932389. 144 pages. 800g. Black cloth boards with small mark to free end-paper, Very Good in a Very Good edge rubbed d/w. A pictorial history of this famous class of steam locomotives. Illustrated with b/w photographs.
£4.00
£3.45

Power of the Bulleid Light Pacifics. Gavin Morrison, Ian Allan Publishing, 2008. 1st Edition. ISBN: 9780860936213. 128 pages, 795g. Black cloth boards with previous owners signature & date to top of free end-paper, FINE in a FINE d/w. Fully illustrated with b/w photographs.
£18.00
£3.45

The Power of The Bulleid Pacifics. Stanley & Morrison, Brian Creer, Oxford Publishing Co., 2001. Reprint. ISBN: 0860930823. Not paginated. 785g. Green cloth boards Near MINT in a Near MINT d/w. Illustrated with 245 b/w photographs. Covers the Bulleid Pacific Locomotives, tracing the history of both the 'Merchant Navy' class and the 'Light Pacific' classes.
£8.00
£3.45
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