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The Hayling Railway (Oakwood Library of Railway History No. 49).
Paye, Peter, The Oakwood Press, 2013. 2nd Revised Edition. ISBN: 0853617309. 160 pages, 340g. Soft card covers FINE. Fully illustrated with b/w photographs, scaled line drawings and track plans.
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£12.00
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The Heart of the Great Western.
Vaughan, Adrian, Silver Link Publishing LTD, 1994. 1st Edition. ISBN: 1857940261. 224 pages. 1.2Kg. Tan cloth boards FINE in a Near FINE lightly edge-rubbed d/w. The author, who is a GWR historian, here details the 'heart' of the GWR system, geographically the areas to and from Oxford, Didcot, Wantage and Pangbourne, also the Wallinford, Abingdon and other branch lines off the main route. With over 220 photographs, and more than 30 signalling diagrams and track layouts, the text also gives an insight into the way the people on the line dealt with working for the Great Western Railway. HEAVY BOOK!
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Hereford and Worcester Railways Remembered.
Oppitz, Leslie., Countryside Books, 1990. 1st Edition. ISBN: 1853060968. 112 pages. 510g. Pictorial laminated Boards MINT in a Near MINT d/w. illustrated with b/w photographs and route map. Explaines the history of the lost railway lines of this area, the reason for their construction and closure.
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£8.00
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The Heyday of Steam Around Manchester.
Tom Heavyside, Ian Allan LTD, 1995. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0711023298. 80 pages. 450g. Oblong format. Pictorial laminated boards,FINE. Illustrated, with the majority in colour. A pictorial history, and one of the popular ` The Heyday of -- ' series.
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£5.50
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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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£7.00
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The Heyday of the DMU.
Alan C. Butcher, Ian Allan Publishing Ltd, 1994. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0711023190. 80 pages, 435g. Pictorial laminated boards As NEW. Illustrtaed with colour photographs.
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£11.00
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The Heyday of the Welsh Narrow Gauge.
Peter Johnson, Ian Allan LTD, 1997. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0711025118. 80 pages. 450g. Oblong format pictorial laminated boards FINE. Illustrated with colour photographs throughout.
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The High Peak & Tissington Railways: A Pictorial Guide .
Nic Broomhead , The Peak Park Joint Planning Board, 1980. 1st Edition. ISBN: . 42 pages, 75g. Stapled soft card covers (12mo) a little marked and rubbed, with the contents tight and clean, Very Good. Illustrated with route amp and period b/w photographs.
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£1.50
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Highland Miscellany.
Peter Tatlow, Oxford Publishing Co., 1985. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0860933091. Not paginated. 720g. Green cloth boards. FINE in FINE d/w. A Pictorial record of the Scottish Highland Railway's activities in the public eye and behind the scenes. Fully illustrated with b/w photographs.
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The Highland Railway.
Nock, O. S., Ian Allan LTD, 1973. . ISBN: 0711004099. 177 pages. 350g. Pictorial soft covers, rubbed to edges, and slight browning to page edges o/w Very Good. illustrated with 32 pages of photographs. This book marks the centenary of the amalgamation of the Inverness and Perth Junction Railway with the Aberdeen Junction Railway, which came to be known as "The Highland Railway".
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The Highland Railway - The History of the Railways of the Scottish Highlands Volume 2.
Vallance, H. A, House Of Lochar, 1996. 5th extended Edtion . ISBN: 1899863079. 222 pages. 550g. Soft card covers a little edge rubbed, Near FINE. Illustrated with colour and b/w photographs, track plans and gradient profile. This is the 5th extended edition which includes the changes and controversies of the 1990's with new material by C .R. Clinker.
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£9.00
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Highland Railway Album 2.
Anthony J Lambert, Ian Allan Ltd, 1978. 1st Edition. ISBN: 9780711008779. 128 pages. 550g. Maroon cloth boards with light foxing to pre-lims, Very Good with Ian Allan Library stamp to front paste-down, in a Very Good sun darkened d/w. Illustrated with b/w photographs and a colour painting, with route map to end-papers.
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HISTORIC RAILWAY DISASTERS - 4th Edition.
Nock, O S, Book Club Associates / Ian Allen, 1987. Book Club. ISBN: . 270 pages. 710g. Black cloth boards. Near MINT in FINE d/w with a small repaired tear to bottom front edge. A new edition of this classic work revised and brought up-to-date by Basil Cooper. Illustrated with b/w photographs, maps and line drawings.
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Historic Railway Disasters..
Nock. O. S. , Ian Allan LTD, 1966. 1st Edition. ISBN: . 206 pages. 700g. Red cloth boards FINE in a Good d/w with a 4cm repaired tear to top rear edge of spine, in clear removable wrap. Illustrated with b/w photographs and line drawings. The 1st edition of this popular work.
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An Historical Survey of Selected Great Western Stations Volume Two - Layouts and Illustrations.
Clark, R. H., Oxford Publishing Co., 1979. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0860930157. 204 pages, 1.1kg. Brown cloth boards with remains of previous owners ex-libris plate to front end-paper, Very Good in a Very Good d/w. Illustrated with b/w photogrqphs, track plans and route maps. This second volume includes a futher 101 stations spread across the GWR system, described and illustrated along with track plans.
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An Historical Survey of Southern Sheds.
Chris and REEVE, George HAWKINS, Oxford Publishing Co., 1979. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0860930203. 156 pages. 1kg. Green cloth boards, FINE in a Good only sunned d/w with small tear to top of spine. Illustrated with b/w photographs and track plans. Includes Southern Railway Endine Sheds in 1947 and those closed prior to this date, with appendices giving coaling stages, water tanks, turn tables etc.
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History of British Railway Carriages, 1900-53.
David Jenkinson, Pendragon Partnership, 1996. 1st Edition. ISBN: 1899816038. 552 pages, 1.47kg. Red cloth boards FINE in a Near FINE d/w with small repaired tear in clear removable wrap. This is the combined volume illustrated with b/w photographs and scaled line drawings. Ideal for modeller or historian.
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The History of Milton Keynes and District Volume 2 - From 1800 to 1950..
Sir Frank Markham, White Crescent Press Limited, 1986. Reprint. ISBN: 0900804300. 330 pages, 555g. Soft card covers creased, edge worn and rubbed, GOOD Only with the contents tight and clean. Illustrated with b/w photographs and maps.
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History of the Chiltern Line.
Healy, John M C, Greenwich Editions, 1996. Reprint. ISBN: 0862880815. 112 pages. 760g. Pictorial laminated boards. FINE in a FINE d/w in clear removable wrap. Fully illustrated with b/w photographs. A history of the development of the relevant railways in Middlesex, Buckinghamshire & Oxfordshire, up until the 1960's.
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History of the Great Western Railway - Volume 1 1833 - 1863..
MacDermot, E.T , Ian Allan LTD, 1972. Second impression. ISBN: 0711004110. 490 pages, 1.08kg. Green cloth boards FINE in a Very Good slightly edge-rubbed d/w. Illustrated with b/w photographs and line drawings. This Volume One concentrates one the formative years of this famous company.
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£12.00
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A History of the LMS - 1: The First Years 1923 - 1930.
Nock. O.S., Studio Editions, 1990. Second edition. ISBN: . 94 pages. 430g. 8vo. One of the `Steam Past' series, being the first volume of a set of three of a pictorial history of the line, fully illustrated with b/w photographs. Black cloth boards. Near MINT in a FINE d/w
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A History of the LMS - 2: The Record-Breaking Thirties 1931-39.
Nock. O.S., Studio Editions, 1990. Reprint. ISBN: . 96 pages. 430g. 8vo. One of the `Steam Past' series, being the second volume of a set of three of a pictorial history of the line, fully illustrated with b/w photographs. Black cloth boards. Near MINT in a FINE d/w
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A History Of The LNER - 3 Volumes .
Bonavia, Michael R., George Allen & Unwin, 1982. 1st Edition. ISBN: . 90 + 107 + 103 pages respect. 1.3kg. Black cloth boards FINE in Near FINE d/ws. Illustrated with b/w photographs. Volume 1 - The First Years, 1923-33. Volume Two - The Age of the Streamkiners, 1934-39. Volume 3 - The Last Years, 1939-48.
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History of the Railways of the Scottish Highlands Volume 2 - The Highland Railway .
H. A Vallance, David & Charles, 1985. 4th Extended Edition. ISBN: 0946537240. 210 pages, 435g. Soft card covers FINE. Illustrated with b/w and colour photographs, track plans and maps. An extended edition of this volume with extra details, including opening and closing dates of individual signal boxes.
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The History of the Railways of the Scottish Highlands Volume 3 - The Great North of Scotland Railway..
H.A. Vallance, David & Charles, 1989. Revised and Enlarged Edition. ISBN: 0946537429. 218 pages, 510g. Black cloth boards FINE in a Very Good d/w with repaired tear to top rear corner. Illustrated with b/w photographs, route map and drawings. A new edition revised and extended by the 'Great North of Scotland Railway Association'
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A History of the Southern Railway : Compiled from Various Sources.
Marshall, Dendy C. F., The Southern Railway Company, 1936. 1st Edition. ISBN: . 708 pages, 2.27kg. Green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine and crest imbossed to cover, boards a little rubbed and marked, internally minor foxing to prelims only, Very Good. Illustrated with b/w photographs, drawings and two fold-out plans.
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HMRS Livery Register No.3 - LSWR & Southern..
Tavender L, Historical Model Railway Society, 1970. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0902835009. 76 pages, 235g. Stapled soft card covers Near MINT. Illustrated with b/w photographs and line drawings.
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Home and Distant: Forty Years of Railway Life (The Nostalgia Collection).
Grant, Brian, Silver Link Publishing LTD, 1998. 1st Edition. ISBN: 1857941063. 144 pages, 365g. Card covers creased and rubbed with bump to top corner of pageblock, Near Very Good with the contents tight and clean. Illustrated with b/w photographs and drawings.
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How They Built the Settle-Carlisle Railway.
W. R. Mitchell, Published by the author, 2005. Reprint. ISBN: 1871064031. 48 pages, 140g. Stapled soft card covers Near MINT. Illustrated with b/w photographs, drawings and maps.
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How to Choose Your Ticket and Save Money.
???, British Railways, 1983. . ISBN: . 19 pages, 40g. Stapled soft card covers, FINE. Illustrated with colour photograpgs. A guide to how to buy train tickets issued by Britisg Rail to help passengers in the South West region. A peice of history.
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A Hundred Years of Railway Weighells - Three generations of a railway family.
Weighell, Sidney, Robson Books, 1984. First edition. ISBN: 0860512630. 240 pages. 530g. Light blue cloth boards with a light bump to top edge o/w FINE in a lightly edge worn Price-clipped Very Good d/w. Illustrated with b/w photographs. The author not only tells the story of a close-knit family, for whom Chapel, the Labour Party and the Union all played parts, but also a social history of British railways at the time.
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Ian Allan's 50 Years of Railways 1942-1992.
Rex Kennedy, Ian Allan Publishing Ltd / Book Club Edition, 1992. Book Club. ISBN: . 256 pages. 1.35Kg. Green cloth boards FINE in a Very Good d/w. Illustrated with b/w photographs.
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THE ILLUSTRATED GUIDE TO THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY 1852..
George Measom, Berkshire County Library/Countryside Books, 1983. 1st Edition. ISBN: 090539223X. 64 pages, 130g. Soft card covers a little curled, but contents tight and clean, Very good. A reproduction of the origianl 1852 guide.
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£2.50
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An Illustrated Guide to the Isle Of Wight Steam Railway Centre .
, The Isle of Wight Railway Company Ltd, 1973 . 2nd Edition. ISBN: . 40 pages. 100g. Stapled soft card covers FINE. Illustrated with b/w photographs. A early guide to this now established railway centre. See http://www.iwsteamrailway.co.uk .
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The Illustrated Guide To The South Eastern Railway 1853.
Meason. George, Countryside Books, 1987. facsimile. ISBN: 1853060003. 104 pages. 300g. Pictorial laminated boards. Near MINT. No d/w as issued. A facsimile of the edition first published in 1853, including original illustrations.
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An Illustrated Historical Survey of the Railways in and Around Bury.
Wells. Jeffrey, Challenger / Book Law - Railbus Publications., 1995. 1st Edition. ISBN: 1899624295. 128 pages. 780g. Pictorial laminated boards slightly faded to spine, FINE. Fully illustrated with b/w photographs and route map.
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An illustrated history of British Railways Revenue Wagons, Volume 1..
n/a, Oxford Publishing, 1985. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0860932036. 192 pages, 1.05kg. Brown cloth boards FINE in a Very Good d/w with wear to top and toe of spine, in clear removable wrap. Illustrated with high quality b/w photographs along with scaled line drawings, showing the various wagon types with pictures of the important details.
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An Illustrated History of British Railways' Workshops - Locomotive, Carriage, and Wagon Building and Maintenance, from 1825 to the Present Day.
Edgar, Larkin, Oxford Publishing Company, 2006. Reprint. ISBN: 0860935035. 184 pages. 1.07Kg. Pictorial laminated boards MINT in a FINE d/w with small scar to top front edge. Fully illustrated with b/w photographs. Includes the plans of all the major locomotive works which have never before been published.
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The Illustrated History of British Steam Railways - The Legacy of The Steam Locomotive. .
Ross, David., Parragon, 2010. Reprint. ISBN: 9781445405346. 320 pages, 1.42kg. Pictorial laminated boards Near MINT. Fully illustrated with colour and b/w photograohs, maps and drawings. Detailed specification tables of all the most important locomotives, including profiles of famous railway engineers and groud-breaking companies.
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The Illustrated History of British Steam Railways..
Ross, David., Parragon, 2006. 1st Edition. ISBN: 1405482907. 320 pages. 1.66kg. Pictorial laminated Boards MINT in a FINE d/w. Illustrated with colour and b/w photographs and drawings. A celebration of all that steam railways have achived from Trevithick's engine of 1804, to the roll steam railways played in WWI & WWII. .
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An Illustrated History of Edinburgh's Railways..
Smith, W. A. C. and Anderson, Paul., Irwell Press, 1995. 1st Edition. ISBN: 1871608597. 112 pages. 420g. soft card covers Near MINT. A pictorial history fully illustrated with b/w photographs and route plans.
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An Illustrated History of Midland Wagons - Volume Two.
Essery, R. J., Oxford Publishing Co., 1980. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0860930408. 169 pages. 860g. Black cloth boards, FINE in a FINE d/w. Illustrated with b/w photographs and scaled line drawings. This is the 2nd volume in the series, from the founder of the LMS society, which continues the detailed survey of all the varieties of open wagons constructed for various traffic, together with covered goods wagons and vans.
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An Illustrated History of Signalling.
Vanns, Michael A., Ian Allan Publishing Ltd, 1997. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0711025517. 144 page. 900g. Maroon cloth boards. FINE in a Near FINE d/w. Illustrated with b/w photographs and line drawings. A detailed examination of the development of railway signalling from its origins in the 1830's through to the present day.
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An Illustrated History of the Didcot, Newbury, and Southampton Railway.
Karau, Paul; Robertson, Kevin;Parsons, Mike, Wild Swan Publications Ltd., 1984. Reprint. ISBN: 0906867045. viii + 224 pages, 1.1kg. Red cloth boards with slight age toning to end-papers, FINE in a Very Good d/w a little sun darkened and creased to top edge. Illustrated with b/w photographs, route map. trackplans and scaled line drawings. A detailed history of the railway established in 1873 to provide a link with the Midlands and the North, with the port of Southampton.
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An Illustrated History of the Kent and East Sussex Railway.
John Scott-Morgan, Oxford Publishing Company, 2007. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0860936082. 112 pages. 780g. Black cloth boards with bump to bottom front corners, so Near FINE in a Near FINE d/w. Illustrated with b/w photographs, track plans and scaled line drawings. A detailed examination of this line before its preservation in recent times.
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An Illustrated History of the Lewes and East Grinstead Railway.
Klaus Marx, Oxford Publishing Co., 2000. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0860935477. 256 pages. 1.3Kg. Red cloth boards Near MINT in a FINE d/w with slightly sunned spine. Fully illustrated with b/s photographs and track plans.
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£20.00
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An Illustrated History of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway.
Twells, H. N., Fitzhouse Books, 1991. Reprint. ISBN: 0713444339. 120 pages, 495g. Pictorial laminated boards FINE. Illustrated with b/w photographs.
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Illustrated Rail Route to the West of England - As Seen from the Train Window..
Philip Holland, Hart & Allen, 1978. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0906395003. 32 pages, 90g. Stapled soft card covers rubbed to corners, Very Good. Illustrated with b/w photographs, maps and drawings.
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IMAGES OF STEAM.
Fenman, Ian Allan, 1968. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0711000565. 192 pages, 985g. Black cloth boards, Very Good in a Very Good d/w. Illustrated wuth b/w photographs.
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Immingham and the Great Central Legacy (Images of England series).
Brian Mummery, Tempus, 1999. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0752417142. 128 pages, 300g. Soft card covers FINE. Illustrated with period b/w photographs.
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