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Dorset Railway Stations On Old Picture Postcards (Yesterday's Dorset Series No.1). Andrew Swift, Reflections Of A Bygone Age, 2005. 1st Edition. ISBN: 1900138921. 36 pages, 95g. Stapled soft card covers FINE. Illustrated with b/w photographs.
£4.00
£2.50

Dorset Railways. John Horace Lucking, Dovecote Press, 1982. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0946159025. 54 pages. 240g. Pictorial laminated boards. FINE with slight lean to spine. Illustrated with b/w photographs and map. One of the `Discovering Dorset' series.
£6.00
£3.45

Dorset Railways (Sutton's Photographic History of Railways). Ted Gosling; Michael Clement, Alan Sutton Publishing,, 1999. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0750920017. 128 pages, 380g. Soft card covers FINE. Illustrated with b/w photographs. A pictorial history of the railways of Dorset in the days of steam including daily life on the branch lines.
£4.00
£3.45

DORSET RAILWAYS REMEMBERED. Leslie Oppitz, Countryside Books, 1989. 1st Edition. ISBN: 1853060429. 112 pages, 535g. Pictorial laminated boards FINE in a FINE d/w. Illustrated with b/w photographs and route map.
£2.50
£3.45

Dorset Steam (Steam Scenes Form the Fifites and sixties). Michael S. Welch, Capital Transport Publishing, 2004. 1st Edition. ISBN: 1854142798. 72 pages, 255g. Soft card covers FINE. Illustrated with colour photographs throughout.
£5.00
£3.45

Double-Headed : More Tales from the Footplate. Maggs, Colin G., Sutton Publishing, 2002. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0750928158. 138 pages, 650g. Black cloth boards FINE in a FINE d/w. Illustrated with b/w photographs that show the recollections of two railwaymen who worked on the railways between the 1920's and 1950's. .
£9.00
£3.45

Down the Line to Brighton. Muriel V Searle, Baton Transport, 1986. 1st Edition. ISBN: 9780859362399. 160 pages, 680g. Brown cloth boards FINE in a FINE slightly sun darkened d/w. Illustrated with b/w photographs with route map to end-papers. A detailed historical survey of this route.
£4.00
£3.45

Down the Line to Dover. Muriel V Searle, Midas Books, 1984. Revised. ISBN: 085936206X. 164 pages, 620g. Green cloth boards FINE in a Near FINE d/w with slightly sunned spine. Illustrated with b/w photographs with route map to end-papers. A detailed historical survey of this route.
£4.00
£3.45

Early railway prints - From the collection of Mr and Mrs M.G. Powell. Michael Darby, H.m.s.o, 1979. Reprint. ISBN: 0112903215. 72 pages, 195g. Soft card covers a little rubbed, Very Good with the contents clean and tight. Illustrated with reproductions of the early railway prints.
£2.50
£3.45

Early Railway Prints: A Social History Of The Railways From 1825 To 1850. Gareth Rees, Phaidon, 1980. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0714820393. 128 pages. 830g. Oblong format blue cloth boards FINE in a Very Good d/w with small nick to bottom rear edge. Illustrated in colour and b/w drawings.
£5.00
£3.45

The Early Years of Western Region Steam. Whitehouse, P. B., Wild Swan Publications, 1983. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0906867134. 92 pages, 630g. Red cloth boards FINE in a Near FINE d/w slightly rubbed & darkened to top edge. Illustrated with the b/w photographs of P.M. Alexander, mainly taken between 1948 and 1952.
£6.00
£3.45

East Anglian Rails in the 1980's. Michael J Collins, Ian Allan LTD, 1983. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0711013101. 112 pages, 530g. Black cloth boards Very Good in a Very Good d/w. Illustrated with b/w photographs.
£3.50
£3.45

East Lancashire Railway in Colour. Morrison, Gavin, Ian Allan LTD, 1996. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0711024669. 80 pages. 450g. Oblong format. Pictorial laminated Boards, FINE. Illustrated with full colour photographs, & gradient profile. A history of the preservation of this line that closed in 1965.
£5.00
£3.45

The Eastern and North Eastern, Then and Now. Morrison, Gavin , Ian Allan Ltd, 1997. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0711025290. 256 pages. 1.35Kg. Green cloth boards MINT in a FINE d/w with light crease to top edge. Illustrated with b/w photographs, this is a pictorial history of the last 40 odd years of the L.N.E.R.
£20.00
£3.50

The Eastern Before Beeching. Brodribb, John, Ian Allan Publishing Ltd, 1994. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0711022402. 128 pages. 760g. Blue cloth boards. FINE in FINE d/w. Fully illustrated with b/w photographs and route plans. Blue cloth boards. Near MINT in FINE d/w. A history of the London & North-Eastern Railway before nationalisation and Lord Beeching.
£6.00
£3.45

Eastern Electric. Glover, John., Ian Allan Publishing, 2003. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0711029342. 160 pages. 1.0Kg. Blue cloth boards MINT in a Near MINT d/w. Illustrated with b/w photographs and line drawings plus route maps. Provides a detailed and complete account of the history of electric traction in Eastern England.
£10.00
£3.50

The Eastern Since 1948. G Freeman Allen, Ian Allan, 1981. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0711011060. 144 pages. 860g. Blue cloth boards FINE in a Very Good repaired d/w in clear removable wrap. Illustrated with b/w photographs, and route map to end-papers. The second of a series of in-depth studies of the post-nationalisation railways.
£5.00
£3.45

Eastern Steam in Colour. Hugh Ballantyne, Janes Publishing Company Limited, 1986. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0710603622. 96 pages, 465g. Pictorial laminated boards FINE. Illustrated with colour photographs throughout.
£5.50
£3.45

Eastern Steam in Retrospect. Sawford, Eric, Sutton Publishing Ltd, 2004. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0750934999. 130 pages, 625g. Black cloth boards Near MINT in a Near MINT d/w. Illustrated with b/w photographs. A look at the fascinating variety of motive power that could be seen in the region during the 1950s & 60s.
£9.00
£3.45

Eastleigh - Steam Centre of the South Western. Eagles, Barry J., Waterfront Publications, 2002. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0946184933. 80 pages. 450g. Oblong format Pictorial laminated Boards. MINT. A pictorial history of this famous railway works, illustrated in colour through-out.
£6.00
£3.45

Eastleigh 100: Celebrating a Centenary. Fred Kerr, Railway Herald, 2009. 1st Edition. ISBN: 9780956258113. 56 pages. 270g. Pictorial card covers FINE. signed dedication by the author to top of title page. Illustrated with colour and b/w photographs.
£6.00
£3.45

Echoes of the Great Central. John M. C Healy, Oxford Publishing Co., 1987. 1st Edition. ISBN: 086093411X. 208 pages, 960g. Red cloth boards with small stain mark page edges, As NEW in an As NEW d/w. Illustrated with b/w photographs.
£8.00
£3.45

Edwardian Postcards of Road and Rail Transport. Brewster, D. E., The Oakwood Press, 1982. First edition. ISBN: 0853612900. 24 pages. 75g. Stapled soft card covers lightly edge-rubbed and slight sunning to spine. Very Good. The Edwardian Era is generally regarded as "The golden age" of picture postcards.
£2.00
£2.50

Eisenbahn-Journal, I/88, Sonderausgabe - Rh?tische Bahn (I) (Special Edition). C. Asmus, F?rstenfeldbruck. Hermann Merker Verlag, 1988. 1st Edition. ISBN: . 100 pages, 390g. Large magazine format stapled card covers Near FINE. Illustrated with colour and b/w photographs and route maps. Text in German. Part 1 of the history of this railway.
£8.00
£3.45

Eisenbahn-Journal, I/88, Sonderausgabe - Rh?tische Bahn (II) (Special Edition). C. Asmus, F?rstenfeldbruck. Hermann Merker Verlag, 1988. 1st Edition. ISBN: . 112 pages, 475g. Large magazine format card covers FINE. Illustrated with colour and b/w photographs and route maps. Text in German. Part 2 of the history of this railway.
£10.00
£3.45

Eisenbahn-Journal, I/88, Sonderausgabe - Rh?tische Bahn (III) (Special Edition). C. Asmus, F?rstenfeldbruck. Hermann Merker Verlag, 1988. 1st Edition. ISBN: . 112 pages, 475g. Large magazine format card covers FINE. Illustrated with colour and b/w photographs and route maps. Text in German. Part 3 of the history of this railway, including a gradient profile.
£10.00
£3.45

the Elan Valley Railway : Railways of the Birmingham Corporation Waterworks. Judge, Colin., The Oakwood Press, 1987. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0853613532. 232 pages, 550g. Green cloth boards FINE in a FINE d/w. Illustrated with b/w photographs, line drawings, maps and track plans. Oakwood library of railway history OL71.
£11.00
£3.45

Eleven Minutes Late: A Train Journey to the Soul of Britain. Matthew Engel, Pan Macmillan, 2009. First paperback edition. ISBN: 9780230744066. 324 pages, 360g. Soft covers with slight lean to creased spine, Very Good. For Matthew Engel the railway system is the ultimate expression of Britishness. It represents all the nation's ingenuity, incompetence, nostalgia, corruption, humor, capacity for suffering, etc . To uncover its mysteries, Engel has traveled the system from Penzance to Thurso, exploring its history and talking to people from politicians to platform staff.
£3.00
£3.45

The Ely & St. Ives Railway (Locomotion Papers No.136). P. Paye, The Oakwood Press, 1982. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0853612722. 36 pages, 80g. Stapled soft card covers with bump to bottom corner, Very Good with the contents tight and clean. Illustrated with b/w photographs and drawings plus some track plans.
£5.00
£2.50

Encyclopaedia of British Railway Companies. Christopher Awdry, Patrick Stephens Ltd, 1990. 1st Edition. ISBN: 1852600497. 288 pages, 1.12kg. Maroon cloth boards FINE in a FINE d/w with slightly sunned spine. Illustrated with b/w photographs. A definitive guide to the history of British Railway companies.
£6.50
£3.45

The Encyclopaedia of Narrow Gauge Railways of Great Britain and Ireland. middlemass, Thomas, Book Club Assiciates, 1991. Book Club. ISBN: . 272 pages, 1.04kg. Black cloth boards FINE in a FINE d/w. Illustrated with b/w photographs and location maps.
£5.00
£3.50

ERIC TREACY. John Stuart Peart-Binns, Ian Allan LTD, 1980. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0711010390. 272 pages. 710g. Maroon cloth boards FINE in a Near FINE d/w. Illustrated with b/w photographs. A biography of the late Bishop of Wakefield, became better known as the famous railway photographer.
£6.00
£3.45

Eric Treacy's L.M.S.. David; Whitehouse, Patrick Jenkinson, Book Club Assiciates, 1988. Book Club. ISBN: 9780860933816. 192 pages, 935g. Red cloth boards FINE in a Very Good d/w with small repaired tear to top edge. Illustrated with the classic photograpgs of Eric Treacy.
£3.00
£3.45

The Eskdale Railway : A Pictorial Study of 'La'al Ratty'. Van Zeller, Peter, The Dalesman Publishing Company, 1985. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0852068409. 48 pages. 135g. Oblong format stapled card covers with minor edgewear and light spotting to title page o/w Near FINE. Illustrated with b/w photographs. Covering the period just before official opening in 1874 to the present, this is a pictorial history of the line.
£3.50
£1.95

Essex and East Hertfordshire: No. 42 (British Railways Past & Present). Paul Shannon, Past & Present Publishing Ltd, 2004. 1st Edition. ISBN: 1858951933. 128 pages, 375g. Soft card covers FINE. Illustrated with b/w photographs throughout.
£8.00
£3.45

European Handbook No. 7 - Irish Railways, Locomotives & Coaching Stock.. Fox, Peter & Pritchard, Robert , Platform 5. 2008, 2008. 2nd Edition. ISBN: 1902336585. 80 pages, 170g. Soft card covers with light crease to top front corner, FINE. Illustrated with colour photographs.
£6.50
£3.45

European Handbook No.1 - Benelux Railways - Locomotives & Coaching Stock 4th Edition. . , Platform 5, 2000. 4th Edition. ISBN: 1092336087. 176 pages, 345g. Soft card covers MINT. Illustraetd with colour and b/w photographs.
£6.00
£3.45

European Railway Atlas - British Isles - second Revised Edition Including Traction Review.. Ball, M G, Ian Allan LTD, 1996. 2nd Edition. ISBN: 0711024073. 55 pages of maps plus index. 290g. Pictorial soft card covers Near MINT. Illustrated with full page maps which detail passenger and freight lines, electrified and non-electrified lines, and open stations, tunnels and preserved railways. New for this edition the London Underground, The West Midlands & The Nottingham, Croydon, Sheffield, & Manchester Metros.
£14.00
£3.45

European Railway Atlas - France, Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg. Ball, M G, Ian Allan LTD, 1994. Revised. ISBN: 071102328X. 82 pages of maps plus index to passenger stations. 420g. Pictorial soft card covers with minimal edge-wear FINE. Illustrated with full page maps which detail passenger and freight lines plus narrow gauge routes, preservation sites and open & closed stations. Incorporates the Channel tunnel, LGV Nord-Europe & LGV Rhone-Alpes. A hard to find title.
£20.00
£3.45

European Railway Atlas: Denmark, Germany, Austria and Switzerland - 2nd Edition.. M.G. Ball, Ian Allan Ltd, 1998. 2nd Edition. ISBN: 0711025509 . 101 full page maps plus gazetteer. 500g. Soft card covers with previous owners name and date to reverse top corner of front cover. FINE. An updated edition to take in the re-establishment of many old links between Germany and the former states of the Cold War.
£10.00
£3.45

Eurotunnel Magazine - Inauguration of the Channel Tunnel - Programme of Celebration with Supplement - 1994.. Dedeyan, Jean-Marie (Editor), Eurotunnel, 1994. 1st Edition. ISBN: . 224 pages plus 24 page bilingual supplement with programme of celebrations. 750g. Soft card covers both Very Good condition. Illustrated with many photographs and drawings.
£15.00
£3.45

Evocative Steam. n/a, Bounty Books , 2010. Reprint. ISBN: 9780753720103. 128 pages, 660g. Pictorial laminated boards As New in an As New d/w. Illustrated with colour photographs.
£3.00
£3.45

Exciting railway journeys of the world . Kenneth Westcott Jones, Alvin Redman, 1967. 1st Edition. ISBN: . 192 pages, 415g. Black cloth boards with slight age toning to hinge of paste-downs, FINE, in a Very Good bright and complete d/w with small repaired tears to top of spine & edge. Illustrated with b/w photographs.
£4.50
£3.45

Exploring the Stockton & Darlington Railway. Semmens, Peter William Brett, Graham, 1975. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0859830063. 72 pages. 115g. Stapled soft card covers a little rubbed and creased to edges, Very Good, but contents and staples tight and clean. Illustrated with b/w photographs, Ariel pictures, maps and plans, this is a walk along the original route of this famous railway line, explaining the many things of interest to see along the way.
£6.50
£1.95

Famous Railway Engines of the World. , Percival Marshall & Co., . 1st Edition. ISBN: . Not Dated, 32 pages, 40g. Small (16mo) stapled paper covers FINe. Illustrated with b/w photographs showing 17 World Famous Locomotives.
£3.00
£2.50

Famous Railway Photographers - P. Ransome-Wallis. P.Ransome- Wallis, David & Charles PLC, 1973. 1st Edition. ISBN: 071536233X. 96 pages, 340g. Green cloth boards FINE in a Very Good d/w with browning to top edge and slightly sunned spine. Illustrated with b/w photographs.
£5.00
£3.45

Fareham to Salisbury (Country Railway Routes).. Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith, Middleton Press, 1989. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0906520673. 96 pages. 400g. Pictorial laminated Boards with slight lean to spine and previous owners name and date to free end-paper. FINE. Illustrated with b/w photographs throughout. A detailed look at this small section of line.
£9.00
£3.45

Farewell to Steam - Isle of Wight. Wells. Matthew, Rochester Press , 1985. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0946379149. 96 pages. 610g. Pictorial laminated boards Near FINE. Illustrated with b/w photographs throughout. A pictorial history of the lines on this unique Isle.
£5.00
£3.45

The Fawley Branch - The Story of the Totton, Hythe & Fawley Light Railway (Locomotion Papers No.221). J.R. Fairman, The Oakwood Press, 2002. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0853615845. 128 pages, 285g. Soft card covers with light crease to rear bottom corner, Near FINE. Illustrated with b/w photographs, drawings and track plans.
£8.00
£3.45

Festiniog in Colour - Ffestiniog Mewn Lliw.. Peter Johnson, Ian Allan Publishing Ltd, 1995. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0711023557. 64 pages, 355g. Oblong format pictorial laminated boards FINE. Illustrated with colour photographs.
£4.00
£3.45
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