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Signalman's Twilight. Vaughan, Adrian. , Amberley Publishing , 2011. Revised. ISBN: 9781445602578. 187 pages, 510g. Soft card covers Very Good. SIGNED dedication by the author. Illustrated with b/w photographs.
£15.00
£3.75

Silhouettes of the Big Four. Blenkinsop, R. J., Oxford Publishing Co., 1980. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0902888781. Not paginated. 630g. Black cloth boards Near FINE with the contents tight and clean, in a Very Good sun darkened d/w. Illustrated with 94 b/w photographs taken by the author.
£5.00
£3.75

Slam Doors on the Southern. Welch, Michael R., Capital Transport Publishing, 2005. 1st Edition. ISBN: 1854142968. 112 pages, 790g. Pictorial laminated Boards Near MINT. Illustrated with colour photographs throughout.
£10.00
£3.75

Snow Hill to Cheltenham - Including the Gloucester Warwickshire Railway [ British Railways Past and Present Series ]. Siviter, Roger, Past & Present Publishing Ltd., 1997. 1st Edition. ISBN: 1858951313. 112 pages. 300g. Soft covers. MINT. A nostalgic trip along the former GWR route from Birmingham to the West Country. Fully illustrated with b/w photographs.
£5.00
£3.75

Snowdon Mountain Railway (Pocket Guide) 1964.. Ransome-Wqallis, P., Ian Allan LTD, 1964. 1st Edition. ISBN: . 48 pages, 65g. Stapled soft card covers FINE. Illustrated with b/w photographs, drawings and gradient profiles to insides of covers.
£3.50
£2.75

Snowdon Mountain Railway, Llanberis. Norman Jones, Foxline Publishing, 1997. 1st Edition. ISBN: 1870119509. 64 pages, 440g. Pictorial laminated boards Near MINT. Illustrated with b/w and colour photographs. Some wonderful photography that will remind you of a trip or let you look farward to a visit of this British track and pinion railway.
£4.50
£3.75

Solent Nostalgia - Memories are made of these - Wings, Wheels and Wakes. . Davies, Ken, Regional Publications, 2000. 1st Edition. ISBN: . 80 pages, 165g. Card covers FINE. Illustrated with period b/w photographs showing the various forms of public transport from days gone by.
£3.00
£2.75

The Somerset & Dorset Commemorated - A legendary railway recreated 40 years after closure. - Booklet Only. . Arlett, Mike, Transport Video Publishing, 2006. 1st Edition. ISBN: . 20 pages, 110g. Stapled soft card covers (A4) FINE. Illustrated with colour photographs throughout, printed to be in conjunction with the DVD of a similar name, NO DVD with this item.
£4.00
£[[POSTAGE8.00]]

The Somerset & Dorset Railway - The Oakwood Library of Railway History No.6. Barrie, D S & Clinker, C R , The Oakwood Press, 1948. 1st Edition. ISBN: . 74 pages, 185g. Blue cloth boards FINE in a POOR Only d/w with loss to top of spine and bottome edge, now in clear removable wrap. Illustrated with b/w photographs and gradient diagrams.
£6.00
£3.75

Somerset & Dorset Steam Finale. Michael S Welch, Runpast Publishing, 2001. 1st Edition. ISBN: 1870754522. 72 pages, 245g. Soft card covers with a few creases to covers, Near Very Good with the contents tight and clean. Illustrated with colour photographs throughout.
£3.50
£3.75

The Somerset & Dorset Then and Now. Hawkins, Mac, Grange Books , 1999. Reprint. ISBN: 184013321X. 224 pages. 1.05kg. Black cloth boards FINE, in a FINE d/w. Route maps to end-papers. Fully illustrated with over 190 pairs of then and now photographs in colour and b/w.
£6.00
£3.75

Somerset & Dorset, An Engish Cross Count. Rail. Ivo Peters, Oxford Publishing Co., 1988. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0902888331. 128 pages, 750g. Blue cloth boards Near FINE in a Very Good d/w with repaired tear and rubbing to top of spine. Illustrated with b/w photographs.
£6.00
£3.75

The Somerset and Dorset Files: No. 2 A Railway Bylines Special.. Martin Smith, Irwell Press, 2008. 1st Edition. ISBN: 1903266882. 56 pages, 240g. stapled soft card covers Near MINT. Illustrated with b/w photographs and track plans.
£12.00
£3.75

Somerset and Dorset in Colour (The Norman Lockett collection). Mike; Lockett, David Arlett, Opc Railprint, 1991. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0860935019. 140 pages, 865g. Blue cloth boards FINE in a FINE d/w. Illustrated in colour throughout. This book has beenn published to mark the 25th anniversary of the closure of the Somerset and Dorset (S&D) railway. It looks at the period from 1958 to closure in 1966 and features every locomotive class used during this time, including S&D 7F 2-8-0s and 9F 2-10-0 Evening Star. Goods trains, summer excursions, enthusiasts' specials and regular passenger trains are all described.
£10.00
£3.75

The Somerset and Dorset in the 'fifties - Part 2 :- 1955 - 1959.. Ivo Peters, Oxford Pub. Co, 1984. Reprint. ISBN: 9780860931034. Not paginated. 800g. Maroon cloth boards. FINE in a FINE d/w. Illustrated with 260 b/w photographs, plus gradient profile & route map to end-papers.. This is the second volume of this series that describes the last days of steam on the S&D.
£8.00
£3.75

The Somerset and Dorset in the 'sixties - Parts 3 & 4 in a Combined Volume.. Ivo Peters, Haynes Publishing, 1990. 1st Thus. ISBN: 086093490X. Not paginated. 1.22Kg. Black cloth boards. Near MINT in a Near FINE d/w with repaired tear and scar to top front edge of spine, in clear removable wrap. This is a new omnibus edition of two of the late Ivo Peters photographic portraits of the S&D, illustrated with b/w photographs throughout.
£10.00
£3.75

The Somerset and Dorset in the Fifties Volume One 1950-1954. Peters, Ivo, Oxford Publishing Co., 1980. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0860931013. Not paginated. 740g. Blue cloth boards. Very Good in a Very Good d/w with slightly sunnrd spine. Illustrated with 231 b/w photographs. This is the first volume of this series that describes the last days of steam on the S&D.
£5.00
£3.75

The Somerset and Dorset in the Sixties - Volume 3 1960-1962.. Peters, Ivo, Oxford Publishing Co., 1984. Reprint. ISBN: 0860931609. Not paginated. 830g. Black cloth boards. FINE in a FINE d/w. Illustrated with the late Ivo Peters photographic portraits of the S&D plus gradient profiles and route map to end-papers.
£6.50
£3.75

Somerset and Dorset in the Sixties Volume 4 - 1963-1966. Ivo Peters, Oxford Publishing Co., 1983. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0860931617. Not paginated, 710g. Black cloth boards with very slight age toning to page edges, Near FINE in a Near FINE d/w. Illustrated with b/w photographs. gradient profiles and route map.
£6.00
£3.75

Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway - A View from the Past.. Austin, Stephen, Ian Allan Ltd, 1999. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0711026920. 112 pages. 480g. Pictorial laminated boards FINE. Illustrated with b/w photographs and route map. an examination of this popular railway, now closed fr over 30 years.
£7.00
£3.75

Somerset Railways. Gosling, Ted; Clement, Mike, Sutton Publishing, 2000. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0750923911. 128 pages. 550g. Pictorial laminated Boards FINE. SIGNED neat dedication by Mike Clement to free end-paper. A pictorial history illustrated in b/w photographs.
£6.00
£3.75

Somerset Railways. Madge, Robin, The Dovecote Press, 1984. 1st Edition. ISBN: 094615922X. 154 pages, 510g. Soft card covers a little creased to top corners, Very Good with the contents tight and clean. Illustrated with b/w photographs, drawings and route map.
£4.00
£3.75

Somerset Steam - Scenes from the Fifties and Sixties.. Michael Welch, Capital Transport Publishing, 2008. 1st Edition. ISBN: 1854143182. 84 pages, 305g. Soft card covers FINE. Illustrated with colour photographs throughout.
£4.00
£3.75

Somewhere Along the Line - 50 Years love of Trains. Peters, Ivo, Oxford Publishing Co. / Haynes, 1988. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0902888803. Not paginated. 970g. Black cloth boards with gift inscription to end-paper, Near FINE in a Near FINE d/w. Illustrated with 480 b/w photographs taken by the author. Tells the story of the authors life long love of the railways.
£5.00
£3.75

South Coast Railway - Worthing to Chichester via Littlehampton & Bognor.. Victor Mitchell; Keith Smith, Middleton Press, 1983. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0906520061. Not paginated, 390g. Pictorial laminated boards with light foxing to title page only, and with slightly sunned spine, Near FINE. Illustrated with the usual b/w photographs, maps and track plans.
£6.00
£3.75

South Coast Railways - Brighton To Worthing. Mitchell. Vic & Keith Smith, Middleton Press, 1983. First edition. ISBN: 0906520037. 96 pages. 400g. Pictorial laminated boards. FINE. Illustrated in black and white photographs and line drawings, this book covers 150 years of this interesting south coast main line.
£4.50
£3.75

South Coast Railways - Chichester to Portsmouth . Victor Mitchell; Keith Smith, Middleton Press, 1984. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0906520142. 96 pages. 390g. Pictorial laminated boards Near FINE with slightly sunned spine and light bump to top corner. Fully illustrated with b/w photograph maps, track plans and line drawing.
£4.50
£3.75

South Coast Railways - Southampton to Bournemouth. Victor Mitchell; Keith Smith, Middleton Press, 1998. Reprint. ISBN: 0906520428. 96 pages. 390g. Pictorial laminated boards MINT. A pictorial history of the railway line including the Fawley and Lymington branches. Illustrated with b/w photographs.
£5.00
£3.75

The South Eastern Railway and the SE & CR (The Oakwood Library of Railway History No.53). Kidner, R. W., The Oakwood Press, 1953. 1st Edition. ISBN: . 52 pages, 140g. Stiff card covers with green cloth spine, a little marked and rubbed, Very Good. Illustrated with b/w photographs and route map.
£5.00
£2.75

SOUTH FOR SUNSHINE Southern Railway Publicity and Posters, 1923 to 1947.. Hillman, Tony & Cole, Beverley., Capital Transport Publishing, 1999. 1st Edition. ISBN: 1854142135. 64 pages, 255g. Soft card covers a little rubbed , Very Good with the contents tight and clean. Illustrated with colour reproductions of the varios art work showing many desirable destinations on the Southern Railway.
£3.00
£3.75

South West Trains. Balmforth, John, Ian Allan LTD, 2011. 1st Edition. ISBN: 9780711034075. 96 pages, 670g. Pictorial laminated boards with bump to top corners, FINE. Fully illustrated with colout photographs throughout. Ideal for the modeller.
£4.00
£3.75

The South Western Railway - Its Mechanical History And Background 1838-1922.. Ellis. Hamilton., Allen and Unwin, 1962. Second impression. ISBN: . 256 pages, 520g. Brown cloth boards FINE in a Near FINE d/w with sunned spine. Illustrated with colour frontispiece drawing by the author, b/w plates and fold-out map.
£5.00
£3.75

Southampton's Railways. Moody, Bert, Waterfront Publications, 1992. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0946184631. 144 pages, 810g. Brown cloth boards. Near MINT in FINE d/w. The story of Southamptons railway , covering all the stations and railway installations within the boundary of Swaythling to the north, Scoling to the East and Redbridge to the West. Fully illustrated with b/w photographs. Now becoming a difficult to find title.
£7.00
£3.75

Southern Album. Ransome-Wallis, P., Ian Allan Ltd, 1968. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0711000050. 128 pages. 605g. Green cloth boards FINE in a Near FINE d/w with small repaired tear to top of spine. Illustrated with b/w photographs mostly taken by the author. A pictorial record.
£7.00
£3.75

Southern Branch Lines. C.J Gammell, Oxford Publishing Co., 1997. 1st Edition. ISBN: 086093537X. 192 pages. 910gm. Illustrated with b/w photographs. Green cloth boards FINE in FINE d/w. The origins of every line are described, and the fate of each is given with emphasis on what remains to be seen today.
£5.50
£3.75

Southern Branch Lines. C.J. Gammell, G.R.Q Publications, 1986. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0946863024. 96 pages, 560g. Green cloth boards faded to spine and edges, Very Good with the contents tight and clean, in a Very Good d/w rubbed to top and toe of sunned spine and area, in clear removable wrap. Illustrated with b/w photographs showing a selection of Southern branch lines, some now lost forever.
£5.00
£3.75

Southern Branch Lines 1955 - 1965. Christopher John Gammell, Oxford Publishing Co., 1976. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0902888765. Not paginated 645g. Green cloth boards FINE in a FINE d/w. Illustrated with 166 b/w photographs and route maps covering many of the now closed branch lines of the Southern Region.
£6.50
£3.75

Southern Coaches in Colour.. Welch, Michael. (Compiler), Noodle Books, 2010. 1st Edition. ISBN: 9781906419455. 80 pages, 350g. Soft card covers Near MINT. Illustrated with colour photographs throughout. Ideal for the modelmaker or historian.
£7.00
£3.75

Southern Country Staions: 1 - London & South Western Railway . Antell, Robert, Ian Allan LTD, 1984. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0711014205. 128 pages. 500g. Brown cloth boards FINE in a Near FINE d/w sunned to lower spine and front edge. Illustrated with b/w photographs and scaled line drawings. Many line drawings of station buildings and photographic details that will help the historian and modeller alike.
£7.00
£3.75

Southern Country Stations. John, Minnis, Ian Allan Ltd, 1985. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0711015007. 112 pages. 460g. Green cloth boards with small, previous owners neat signature on front endpaper o/w FINE in like d/w. A photographic record and history of the development of the stations of this line. Fully illustrated with b/w photographs, many previously unpublished, plus line drawings. .
£8.00
£3.75

Southern Electric. John Glover, Ian Allan, 2001. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0711028079. 160 pages, 970g. Green cloth boards Near MINT in a Near FINE d/w rubbed to top of spine. Illustrated with b/w photographs and drawings. A detailed history of the Electric network created by the Southern Railway and still in use today.
£10.00
£3.75

Southern Electric Album. Alan Williams, Ian Allan LTD, 1977. 1st Edition. ISBN: 071100806X. 92 pages, 415g. Green cloth boards a little faded to top edge, Very good in a Very good d/w with worn top corners. Illustrated with period b/w photographs.
£4.00
£3.75

A Southern Electric Album. Michael S. Welch, Capital Transport Publishing, 2003. 1st Edition. ISBN: 1854142704. 96 pages. 680g. Pictorial laminated boards. FINE. A pictorial history of the Southern Railway illustrated in colour throughout, and featuring nearly all of the electric rolling stock in use, from the mid 1950's to the mid 1970's.
£10.00
£3.75

The Southern Electric Story - Southern Railway Reflections (The Southern Railway Collection). Michael Baker, Silver Link Publishing Ltd, 1994. Reprint. ISBN: 0947971858. 128 pages. 770g. Green cloth boards FINE in FINE price-clipped d/w in clear protective sleeve. The author's personal celebration of the first 60 years of the world's largest main-line electric railway. Fully illustrated with b/w photographs.
£6.50
£3.75

Southern England Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain Volume 2 - Southern England. . H. P. White, David & Charles, 1982. 4th Edition. ISBN: 0715383655. 232pp. 590g. Black cloth boards FINE in a Near FINE d/w. with slightly sunned spine. IIlustrated with 46 b/w photographs plus drawings in the text, and maps including fold-out tipped in on rear paste-down.
£9.00
£3.75

Southern England Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain Volume 3 - Greater London. . H. P. White, David & Charles, 1987. 3rd Revised Edition. ISBN: 0946537399. 237 pages. 535g. Black cloth boards FINE a FINE d/w with slightly sunned spine. The third revised edition of the first book in a pioneer series, published in 1960. Illustrated with b/w plates, line drawings and maps, including one folding.
£14.00
£3.75

The Southern Era: A Collection Of Photographs Of Locomotives (Limited Edition). Judge, Colin, Oxford Publishing Co., 1972. Limited edition. ISBN: . 96 pages, 325g. Green cloth boards with gilt lettering, slightly sun darkened to spine, Very Good with a little age toning to page edges. Limited to 1000 copies, of which this is No.982, being signed by the author. Illustrated with b/w photographs.
£5.00
£3.75

Southern Express Rail Tour Extra!. Shepherd, David (Forward), Merchant Navy Locomotive Preservation Society Ltd., 1974. 1st Edition. ISBN: . 20 pages, 45g. Stapled paper covers Very Good. Illustrated with b/w photographs. A description of the M.N.I.P.S. Southern Region Steam Railtour 27/4/74. From London Waterlook to Basingstoke & Rrturn, also Basingstoke to Westbury & return. Train comprised of 10 coaches, 352 tons gross. Log compiled by J. M. D. Bateman.
£3.00
£2.10

Southern Holiday Lines in North Cornwall and West Devon. Alan Bennett, Runpast, 1995. 1st Edition. ISBN: 9781870754354. 80 pages, 355g Soft card covers Near MINT. Illustrated with b/w photographs and route map. detailing the interest of the Sothern Railway in this part of the country normally the preserve of the GWR.
£10.00
£3.75

The Southern in Hampshire and Dorset. Gough, Terry, Oxford Pub Co, 1984. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0860932893. 96 pages. 640g. Green cloth boards Very Good in a Very Good d/w that has a laminate production fault. (see picture). Many large b/w photographs covering the former Southern Railway lines in Hampshire and Dorset, depicting main and minor lines.
£5.00
£3.75
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