Books - "railways"
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Steam Engines at Bressingham; The Story of a Live Steam Museum
SIGNED softcover octavo (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.
PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1976
KEYWORDS: alan bloom signed transport railways steam engines bressingham specials
Tales of Old Railwaymen
Ex library, imperial octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: David & Charles 1998
KEYWORDS: specials Tom Quinn transport railways anecdotes steam engines trains drivers firemen signalmen guards history memoirs
Two Centuries of Railway Signalling
Quarto, grey boards with gilt lettering to spine, 248pp, illus, fine, in d/w, fine
PUBLISHER: Oxford Publishing 1998
KEYWORDS: Geoffrey Kichenside Alan Williams transport trains railways signalling signals history sempahore signal block system electric telegraph signal boxes photographic record
An A-Z of Railways: A Nostalgic Tour of Britain's Railways
Oblong imperial octavo, red cloth boards with silver lettering to spine, green eps, illus double-spread title page, 176pp, illus, fine, in d/w, fine
PUBLISHER: David & Charles Books 2010
KEYWORDS: Paul Atterbury transport British rail railways Britain pictorial photographic history memorabilia trains steam engines stations tickets postcards ephemera livery turntables bridges
Line Clear Ahead
75 Years of Ups and Downs
super octavo hardback in (nr fine) in dw (nr fine); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, omplete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Patrick Stephens 1982
KEYWORDS: specials O.S. Nock railways travel history trains transport
The Golden Era of Fiat Railcars in New Zealand
Oblong octavo, illus red light card covers with silver lettering to front cover, printed eps, unpaginated, illus, VG+ (reading crease to front cover)
PUBLISHER: IPL Books 1989
KEYWORDS: Geoffrey B Churchman New Zealand transport history railways rail motorcars railcars Fiat pictorial photographic history
Hellifield and the Railway
super octavo softback (VG+) ;all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Castleberg Publication 1991
KEYWORDS: specials W R Mitchell Peter Fox Railways Hellifield trains transport history
The Last Days of the 'Deltics'
Softcover super octavo (VG+) staple bound ; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Ian Allen Ltd 1986
KEYWORDS: specials Craig W. Fellows Paul E. Gash train transport history British Railways
Across the Footplate Years
occasional light adhesion, hardback super octavo (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Ian Allan 1986
KEYWORDS: specials john drayton history transport trains railways britain locomotives rail steam
North British Steam Locomotives built 1857-1956 for Railways Oversease
Squre imperial octavo, blue/black mottled cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, illus title page, 112pp, illus, VG+ (owner's name in ink to front pastedown) in d/w, VG+ (price clipped)
PUBLISHER: D Bradford Barton (date?)
KEYWORDS: John H Court railways trains steam engines North British Locomotive Company Britain locomotives engineering railway history
Hyde Railway Accident June 4, 1943
Quarto, light card covers with black lettering to front cover & black taped spine, 24pp, illus, VG
PUBLISHER: Otago Railway and Locomotive Society
KEYWORDS: JA Dangerfield New Zealand Otago Hyde railways transport trains steam engine accident disaster history
Mediterranean Island Railways
Railway Histories of the World
Ex-library Hardcover super octavo (VG-) in d/w (G) ; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.
PUBLISHER: David & Charles (Publishers) Limited 1970
KEYWORDS: ex-library specials P.M. Kalla-Bishop transport trains locomotives Mediterranean Island railways history
The Settle to Carlisle
A Tribute
Hardcover quarto (VG+) in d/w (VG) ; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.
PUBLISHER: Bloomsbury Books 1988
KEYWORDS: specials Roger Siviter transport railways train locomotives history Carlisle
New Zealand Prototypes: Volumes 1 & 2
Plans originally appeared in The NZ Model Railway Journal 1948-1960 & in New Zealand Railway Observer 1946-1947
Two-volume set, quarto, beige light card covers with cloth spine, cyclostyled typed foolscap pages, unpaginated, illus, VG (light staining to covers, tanning)
PUBLISHER: New Zealand Model Railway Association 1962
KEYWORDS: Ian TG Johnstone New Zealand model railways scale drawings plans trains locomotives steam engines rolling stock goods vans wagons
Steam in Europe
Quarto, brown cloth boards with silver lettering to spine, frontispiece, 198pp, illus, VG+ (slight staining to boards edges, soiling to eps, bookseller's stamp to fep) in d/w, VG- (damage & staining from black tape to plastic cover, foxing internally)
PUBLISHER: Ian Allan Ltd 1966
KEYWORDS: PB Whitehouse Europe railways transport steam engines locomotioves trains photographic pictorial history Ireland Britain Denmark Norway Sweden Finland Poland Russia Turkey Greece Bulgaria Yugoslovia Rumania Czechoslovakia Austria Italy Switzerland Germany
British Steam Railways
First edition, signed & dated by author, super octavo, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xii + 326pp, illus with 8 colour plates & 94 photographs, VG+ (browning to eps, bookseller's stamp to fep, foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, bruising & staining to edges)
PUBLISHER: Adam & Charles Black 1961
KEYWORDS: first edition OS Nock Britain British railways trains transport steam engines locomotives enineering carriages stations architecture signals history
As Directed by Train Control
Signed, oblong quarto, illus glossy heavy card boards with yellow lettering to spine & front board, 145pp, illus + printed map to rear eps, VG+
PUBLISHER: Ken & Denise Cousins (year?)
KEYWORDS: Ken Denise Cousins New Zealand transport railways trains steam engines locomotives routes photographic pictorial history passengers freight
Trains at Work in New Zealand
Re-bound in cloth boards with original paper illus covers included, octavo, red cloth boards with gilt lettering to front board, frontispiece, 240pp, illus, nr fine
PUBLISHER: Railway Preservation & Museum 1973
KEYWORDS: GT Radcliffe JA Murphy New Zealand transport trains railways locomotives steam engines photographic pictorial history
The Aspinall Era
Super octavo, dark brown cloth boards with silver lettering to spine, iii + 270pp, illus, VG- (staining to boards, sellotape residue to boards, bookseller's label to front pastedown, two owners' inscriptions in ink to fep, tanning to fep) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, heavy foxing & tanning internally, sellotape residue stains internally)
PUBLISHER: Ian Allan 1967
KEYWORDS: HAV Bulleid Sir John Aspinall Lancashire & Yorkshire Great Southern & Western transport railways trains engineering history
The Springburn Story: The History of the Scottish Railway Metropolis
Octavo, orange cloth boards with black lettering to spine, frontispiece, 260pp + 2pp adverts, illus, VG (foxing) in d/w, VG (price clipped, fading)
PUBLISHER: David & Charles / Dawlish Macdonald 1964
KEYWORDS: John Thomas Springburn Scotland Scottish railways trains locomotives engineering history Caledonian and North British steam locomotive builders