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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
£3.20

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
£3.20

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
£3.20

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
£3.20

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
£3.20

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
£3.20

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
£3.20

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
£3.20

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

The Engine Driver's Manual How to Prepare, Fire and Drive a Steam Locomotive. Topping, Brian, Oxford Publishing Co., 2002. Reprint. ISBN: 0860935396. 192 pages. 630g. Pictorial laminated boards. FINE with slight browning to page edges. Fully illustrated with nearly 300 b/w photographs and line drawings.
£12.00
£3.20

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
£3.20

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
£3.20

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
£3.20

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
£3.20

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
£3.20

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
£3.20

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
£3.20

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
£3.20

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
£3.20

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
£3.20

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
£3.20

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
£3.20

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.
£7.50
£3.20

Farewell to Steam - Isle of Wight. Wells. Matthew, Rochester Press , 1985. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0946379149. 96 pages. 610g. Pictorial laminated boards FINE. Illustrated with b/w photographs throughout. A pictorial history of the lines on this unique Isle.
£6.50
£3.20

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
£3.20

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
£3.20

Festiniog Railway - A View from the Past. Peter Johnson, Ian Allan LTD, 1997. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0711025126. 112 pages. 480g. Pictorial laminated Boards Near MINT. A pictorial history of this now famous welsh narrow guage railway, concentrating on the pre-preservation railway era, illustrated with photographs dating from around 1870 to 1946.
£6.00
£3.20

The Festiniog Railway 1836 - 1966, 130 Years in Pictures.. , Festiniog Railway Co, 1966. 1st Edition. ISBN: . 24 pages. 75g. Stapled soft card covers a little age darkened, with the contents tight and clean. Very Good. Illustrated with period photographs, just before the starting of the deviation route.
£3.00
£2.50

The Festiniog Railway from 1950. Andrew Wilson, Tempus Publishing , 2002. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0752423975. 128 pages, 305g. Soft card covers with crease to rear top corner, Near FINE. Fully ilustrated with b/w photographs.
£3.50
£3.20

Fifties Steam Collection: Scottish Region v. 1. E. H. Sawford, Allan T. Condie Publications, 1991. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0907742971. 48 pages, 220g. Stapled soft card covers Near MINT. Illustrated with b/w photographs.
£7.50
£3.20

Fifties Steam Remembered. Sawford. Eric., Sutton Publishing, 2003. 1st Edition. ISBN: 075093154X. 146 pages. 660g. Black cloth boards Near MINT in a Near FINE d/w with repaired tear to top of spine. A pictorial history, fully illustrated with b/w photographs.
£6.00
£3.20

Fifty Years with Scottish Steam. Dunbar A.G. & Glen I.A, Bradford Barton, No Date, 1982. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0851534279. 112 pages, 175g. Soft card covers a little rubbed to edges, Very Good. Illustrated with b/w photographs.
£4.00
£3.20

The Final Link : A Pictorial History of the Great Western & Great Central Joint Line, the Last Main Line Steam Railway to Be Built in England and Its Effect upon the Chilterns and South Midlands. Edwards, Dennis; Pigram, Ron, Bloomsbury, 1988. Reprint. ISBN: 1870630017. 144 pages. 780g. Green cloth boards Near MINT in a Near MINT d/w. Illustrated with b/w photographs throughout, with route map to end-papers.
£8.00
£3.20

Fire & steam a new history of the railways in Britain. Christian Wolmar, Atlantic Books, 2007. Reprint. ISBN: 9781843546290. 364 pages, 780g. Blue cloth boards FINE in a FINE d/w. Illustrated with colour and b/w photographs and drawings. Examines the social and economical importance of the railways, and how it helped to for the Britain of today.
£6.00
£3.20

Firing days at Saltley. Essery, Terry., D.bradford Barton, 1981. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0851533752. 174 pages, 280g. Soft card covers with previous owners name & date to rear top corner of front cover, o/w FINE. Illustrated with b/w photographs. Covers the authors 9 years working for BR at the Saltley motive power depot in Birmingham.
£4.00
£3.20

Firing Days: Reminiscences of a Great Western Fireman. Harold GASSON, Oxford Publishing Co, 1973. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0902888250. 112 pages, 275g. soft card covers a little worn and marked, but contents tight ands clean, Very Good. Illustrated with b/w photographs.
£3.00
£3.20

First Steps in Railway Modelling. Freezer, C. J., Midland Publishing, 2000. Reprint. ISBN: 1857800664. 64 pages. 300g. Pictorial card covers FINE. A book designed to help the new railway modeller start on their first layout. Covers base boards, track, control options and scenery. Fully illustrated with b/w photographs & drawings.
£8.00
£3.20

First Stop Mainenhead. Wells, Matthew, Published by the author, 1973. 1st Edition. ISBN: . 40 pages, 105g. Stapled soft card covers FINE. Illustrated with b/'w photographs. A book looking at the history of this once important treminus, that was host to the Great Western Railway as well as the Wycombe Railways line to Oxford and Aylesbury.
£4.00
£2.50

FLYING SCOTSMAN ON TOUR - AUSTRALIA. Dudley, John, Chapmans Publishing Ltd, 1990. 1st Edition. ISBN: 1855925044. Not paginated. 650g. Pictorial laminated Boards Near MINT in FINE d/w with light crease to top and bottom edge. Illustrated with colour photographs throughout. Includes the Flying Scotsman's record breaking tour from Parkes in New South Wales to Broken Hill at an average speed of 44.8 mph for the 422 miles journey,
£5.00
£3.20

Fodor's railways of the world (Fodor's modern guides). Robert C. Fisher, D. Mckay Co, 1977. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0679001875. 374 pages, 785g. Soft card covers rubbed and crease to spine and corners, with light foxing to page block edges, Very Good. Illustrated with b/w drawings. Rail lines in 101 Countries on the Six Continents, with map.
£4.50
£3.20

Footplate Cameraman. J R Carter, Heathfield Railway Publications, 2009. Reprint. ISBN: 1906974047. 128 pages, 790g. Pictorial laminated boards FINE in a Very Good d/w with small repaired tear to top edge. Illustrated with b/w photographs.
£4.00
£3.20

Footplate Days - More Reminiscences of a Great Western Fireman. Harold Gasson, Oxford Publishing Co., 1978. Reprint. ISBN: 090288851X. 120 pages 270g. Soft card covers a little marked and rubbed to extremities, but tight and clean internally. Very Good. Illustrated with b/w photographs.
£3.50
£3.20

Footplate Days on the Southern. Norman, H., Bradford Barton, 1983. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0851534511. 112 pages, 175g. soft card covers a sunned to spine and surround, Very Good with the contents tight and clean. Illustrated with b/w photographs. The autobiography of the author who spent his career as a railwayman.
£3.00
£3.20

Footplate Over The Mendips. Smith. Peter., Oxford Publishing Company, 1978. 1st Edition. ISBN: 086093022X. 138 pages. 300gm. Pictorial soft covers Very Good. Sequal to the 'Mendips Engineman' by the same author. Illustrated with b/w photographs.
£5.00
£3.20

A Footplateman Remembers the Southern. Rowe, Jim., Oxford Publishing Co., 1985. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0860933407. 128 pages, 255g. Soft card covers with lean to slightly sunned spine, Very Good. Illustrated with b/w photographs.
£3.00
£3.20
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