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Oxford: Oxford Publishing Company, 1985. Some creasing to edges of unclipped dustwrapper, minor bumping to spine ends of brown boards, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. Contains illustrations of the stations and digrams of the track layouts of stations serving the Midland Railway in Gloucestershire fromGloucester south to Bath. A heavy book, packaged weight… Read more about this item

Oxford: Oxford Publishing Company, 1979. Minor creasing to edges of unclipped dustwrapper, slight bumping to spine ends of blue boards, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. Contains illustraions of the buildings and diagrams ot the track layouts at stations serving the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway which ran from Bath south to Bournemouth between 1862 and… Read more about this item

London: The Railway Convalescent Homes, 1954. No dustwrapper, minor wear to spine ends of green boards, but otherwise a good clean tight copy, with gilt titles on spine and front board still bright, of this slim hard-cover book. Deals with the first fifty years of the Railway Convalescent Homes, which were intended for sick and injured railwaymen (and later… Read more about this item

Oxford: Oxford Publishing Company, 1979. Minor creasing to edges of unclipped dustwrapper, also a small tear to top edge of front panel of same. Minor bumping to spine ends of brown boards, but otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. Looks at the engine sheds and track layouts of stations on the Great Western Railway… Read more about this item

Newton Abbot: Ark Publications (Railways), 2004. Creasing to the top corner of the first few pages, but otherwise a good clean tight copy, with no creasing to the spine or covers, of this soft-cover book. Deals with the railway line running between Newton Abbot and Moretonhampstead in Devon which operated from 1866, originally under the Moretonhampstead and South… Read more about this item

Oxford: Oxford Publishing Company, 1985. Minor creasing to edges of unclipped dustwrapper, slight bumping to spine ends of brown boards, but otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. The fourth in the publishers series on stations of the Great Western Railway, this one covering some of the largest (Birmingham Snow Hill, Exeter St Davids) to the… Read more about this item

Brora, Sutherland: Adam Gordon, 2008. A very good clean tight copy, with no creasing to the spine or covers, of this soft-cover book. Deals with the tramway buisness of the British Westinghouse Company and its successor Metropolitan Vickers. 108pp, b&w illustration throughout.. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Brora, Sutherland: Adam Gordon, 2003. Minor scuffing to outer corners of cover, otherwise a good clean tight copy, with no creasing to the spine, of this large-format soft-cover book. A collection of (mostly) colour pictures of Trams in Aberdeen and Dundee from the 1950s. Trams stopped running in Aberdeen in 1958, in Dundee in 1956. Also includes… Read more about this item

London: The Railway Gazette, 1921. Some tear to the edges of unclipped dustwrapper, minor bumping to spine ends and corners of purple boards, slight fading at top end of spine where dustwrapper is torn, but gilt titles on spine and front board all still bright. A previous owner's name and date (1947) inside front board, but otherwise a good… Read more about this item

Newton Abbot: David & Charles, 1970. Very slight creasing to the edges of unclipped dustwrapper, some yellow marking (NOT from tobacco) to the white panels of same, minor bumping to spine ends of blue boards, some yellowing to the edges of the b&w plates, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. Part of the publisher's… Read more about this item

Poole, Dorset: Oxford Publishing Company, 1986. Minor creasing to edges of unclipped dustwrapper, slight bumping to spine ends of green boards, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. The author's reminiscences of his time as office-boy, then apprentice in the Fitting, Turning and Locomotive Erecting shops at the Swindon works between 1944 and 1951, so in… Read more about this item

London: Ian Allan Ltd, 1985. Some slight fading to spine of unclipped dustwrapper, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. Deals with the (British) Travelling Post Office trains, on which mail was sorted and carried. At the time the book was published the service was still running but it ceased in 2004. 104pp,… Read more about this item

London: George Allen & Unwin, 1974. Minor creasing to edges of unclipped dustwrapper, some yellowing to the pages, but otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. Deals with the Merchant Navy class steam locomotives designed by Oliver Bulleid for Southern Railways in the 1940s and which were in service (with modifications) with British Railways until the… Read more about this item

Brighton: Autopress Ltd, 1973. Ninth edition, fully revised from 1973. Black boards with plastic cover wipe-clean covers have some old black oil-marks, also to the edges of some of the pages, but this is to be expected with this kind of book. A workshop manual for the Mini 1 and 2 (1959-69), the Mini Traveller 1 &… Read more about this item

London: Stanley Paul, 1962. Some creasing to the edges of price-clipped dustwrapper, particularly to the bottom edge, minor bumping to spine ends of black boards, original owner's gift message inside front board, otherwise a good tight copy of this slim hard-cover book. A collection of pieces by the author (a non-driver) on motoring-related topics. 126pp, numerous b&w cartoon… Read more about this item

London: British Transport Commission, 1953. Some fading to the front cover, foxing inside the covers, otherwise a good tight copy of this booklet dealing with the Royal trains used in Britain from the 1840s to the early 20th century. 32pp, 12 b&w illustrations.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.