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VIEWING DATE: SATURDAY 9th DECEMBER 2006 FROM 07:30 – 13:30

 

ON VIEW AT: MYERS GROVE SCHOOL WOOD LANE STANNINGTON SHEFFIELD S6 5HG

 

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501    TWO VOLUME SET: “VAPEUR EN BELGIQUE” by Phil Dambly. Laminated hardback boards, 243 & 351pp, published in Belgium in 1989 and 1994.  (2)  £20

502    HARDBACK BOOK: “ASPETTI DELL’OTTOCENTO FERROVIARIO ITALIANO”. 50+pp mostly plates showing views including early railways. Undated. Small amount of damp staining affecting on corner.    £10       

503    HARDBACK BOOK “Ein Jahrhundert Schweizer Bahnen”. 529pp commemorating 100 years of Swiss railways 1847 – 1947.     £10

504    COTTERELL S. & WILKINSON G.H: “LNWR Locomotives.”  130pp pub. by The Holland Company in 1899.  Covers worn with faded spine.     £20    

505    TREDGOLD T: “A Practical Treatise on Rail-Roads and Carriages Showing The Principles of Estimating Their Strength, Proportions, etc.”  2nd edition dated 1835.  184pp plus plates. Covers a little worn but good for age.     £40  

506    MACLEAN JS: “The Locomotives of the North Eastern Railway.”  Hardback, clothbound covers with title and illustration on front cover in gold.  142pp pub. by R Robinson & Co. c.1906.     £10

507    VOLUME FOUR of the magazine “LOCOMOTIVES & RAILWAYS” dated January – June 1903. Bound into green, clothbound, hardback covers with title on spine. VGC.     £10 

508    W.J.MACQUORN RANKINE “A Manual of the Steam Engine and other Prime Movers”. Hardback, 603pp, 12th edition published by Griffin & Co in 1888. Spine a little faded.     £10

509    J.F.LAYSON “Robert Stephenson and the Extension of the Railway System”. Hardback, 128pp, published by Tyne Publishing circa 1888. Bindings loose and a little worn.     £10

510    DODSON & BELCHER: “Scenery of The Whitby & Pickering Railway.”  Hardback, 115pp pub. by Longman in 1836.  Good condition for age.     £30

511    HARDBACK BOOK “Views on the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway” by John Blackmore. Approx 100pp of text and engravings. Published by Currie and Bowman in 1836. Covers partially separated from contents.     £20

512    W.DAVIS HASKOLL “The Assistant Engineers Railway Guide in Boring”. Hardback, 136pp plus diagrams and adverts, published by  John Williams in 1846.     £10    

513    CHURTON E: “The Railroad Book of England.”  Hardback, 590pp pub. by the author in 1851.  Very poor condition, will need rebinding.     £5  

514    MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT BOUND MINUTES OF MEETINGS of the “Railway Pool Committee”. Foolscap sized, 200+pp report into objections regarding the pooling of certain receipts. Hardback, clothbound covers with title in gold on spine. Dated 1932.  Ex Institute of Transport Library.    £10    

515    DENDY MARSHALL D.F: “A History of Railway Locomotives Down to The End of Year 1831.”  Hardback with worn dust jacket, 271pp pub. by LPC in 1953. A little staining to bottom edge of covers.     £10    

516    HARDBACK BOOK: “Locomotive Valve Gears and Valve Setting.”  159pp pub. by LPC in 1924.     £5 

517    Two bound volumes of LNER MAGAZINES dated 1928 and 1929. Official blue bindings although spines badly faded. (2)  £10  

518    BOUND VOLUME of the Union of South African report of the Railway and Harbour Affairs Commission 1934. Foolscap sized, 104pp, hardback, clothbound covers with title in gold on spine. Ex Institute of Transport Library.    £10

519    BOUND VOLUME of the Crown Agents report on the Railway Systems of Kenya, Uganda and Tanganyika. Foolscap sized, 232pp, hardback, clothbound covers with title in gold on spine. Dated 1921. Ex Institute of Transport Library.    £10

520    BOUND VOLUME of the report of the Tanganyika Railway Commission 1930. Foolscap sized, 224pp plus map in rear pocket, hardback, clothbound covers with title in gold on spine. Ex Institute of Transport Library.    £10  

521    HARDBACK BOOK: “Rides on Railways Leading to The Lake & Mountain Districts of Cumberland, Etc.” by Samuel Sidney.  254pp pub. by Orr & Co. in 1851.  Fold-out map torn, front cover nearly detached.     £15       

522    JAMES ADAMSON "Sketches of our Information as to Rail-Roads - An Account of the Stockton and Darlington Railway". 60pp published in Newcastle in 1826. Rebound into part leather bound hardback covers.     £50

523    THOMAS B. PEACOCK "Musing on Railways". Hardback, 50+pp, pub. by the author 1948.  £30

524    WILLIAM HEMINGWAY MILLS "Railway Construction". Hardback, 365pp published by Longmans in 1898.      £30

525    DAVID & CHARLES REPRINT of the two volume work "A Treatise on the Steam Engine" by John Farey. Hardback with dust jackets, totalling over 1000pp. Published 1971.  (2)  £30

526    SMILES S: “The Life of George Stephenson”. 356pp published by John Murray in 1862. Rebound into modern, part leather bound hardback covers.     £5

527    TWO VOLUME SET of “Locomotive Engineering and The Mechanism of Railways” by Zerah Colburn: Vol 1 (text) 320pp; Vol 2 (plates).  Each large sized hardbacks published by William Collins in 1871.  Covers poor especially volume 2.   (2)  £30      

528    TWO VOLUME SET “Railway Machinery: A Treatise on The Mechanical Engineering of Railways Etc.” by Daniel Kinnear Clark. Vol. 1 (the text) and vol. 2 (plates) in large sized, part leather bound covers. Published by Blackie & Son in 1855.  Covers very worn with some spine loss.  (2)  £50

529    QUANTITY of notes and circulars relating to the opening and construction of the EAST INDIAN RAILWAY in the 1890s. Handwritten and printed notes contained in three contemporary folders. Substantial archive.  (3)  £20  

530    BENNETT A.R: “The Chronicles of Boulton's Siding.”  Hardback, 272pp pub. by LPC in 1927.  Covers faded, especially spine.     £10

531    THE RAILWAY ENGINEER published hardback book: “Reorganisation of Crewe Locomotive Works – LMS.”  118pp plus diagrams, dated 1929.  £10

532    WARREN JGH: “A Century of Locomotive Building by Robert Stephenson & Co. 1823-1923.”  Hardback, rebound into modern covers.  461pp pub. by Andrew Reid & Co. in 1923.     £10   

533    GASQUOINE CP: “The Story of The Cambrian.”  157pp hardback, published by Woodhall, Minsall, Thomas & Co. in 1922.     £10

534    SCRAPBOOK type hardback book containing photos and cuttings related to LNWR carriages and wagons.     £5 

535    BOUND VOLUME of TRAINS ILLUSTRATED MAGAZINE Volume 1. Hardback, part leather bound covers. Good condition.     £10

536    GWR large ledger type volume “Record of Private Sidings”. Part leather bound hardback covers, 629 pages listing sidings and companies using them. Dates start around 1900, many amendments and alterations.     £10     

537    RCH OFFICIAL HANDBOOK OF STATIONS 1920 reprint of 1912 edition.  Hardback covers with title in gold on front and spine.  Bindings restored.  680pp.     £15 

538    SMALL TYPESCRIPT BOOKLET “Centenary of Crewe Locomotive Works 1843-1943”. Card covers, 24 pages plus 2 plates. No indication as to publisher or author.     £5      

539    CARD COVERED BOOKLET: “War Record of The LNWR” by Edwin A Pratt.  Worn yapp edged card covers, 72pp pub. by Selwyn & Blount in 1922.     £5    

540    NORTH BRITISH STATION HOTEL souvenir book: “Old & New Edinburgh.”  Maroon hardback, clothbound covers with coat-of-arms and title in black and gold on front.  90pp plus adverts and fold-out map.  Produced for the opening of the hotel in October 1902.  £20

541    PORT OF LONDON AUTHORITY official handbook “The Port of London”. Laminated hardback covers, 167pp plus fold-out map. Circa 1950s. Slight staining to cover.     £10

542    RAILWAY YEAR BOOK 1929.  Hardback, 372pp plus adverts, good condition.     £5     

543    CASSELL’S "Official Guide to the LNWR". Illustrated card covers, 380pp p