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501 HARDBACK BOOK: “Electric Railway Engineering” by Parshall &
Hobart. 475pp plus fold-out diagrams,
pub. by Constable & Co in 1907. One
detached page. £20
502 ELECTRIC RAILWAYS AND TRAMWAYS – THEIR CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION
by Philip Dawson. Hardback, part
leather bound covers, 677pp plus adverts, pub. by “Engineering” in 1897. Wear to front cover. £20
503 HARDBACK BOOK: “The Law of Tramways & Light Railways in Great
Britain” by G.S. Robertson. 708pp pub.
by Stevens and Sons in 1903. Covers
worn. £15
504 CASSELL’S MAGAZINE 1899 ‘ELECTRIC
RAILWAY NUMBER.’ Hardback, 300+pp
including adverts. A little fading to
spine. £10
505 HARDBACK BOOK: “Les Tramways Parisiens” by Jean Robert. 243pp plus appendix, pub. in France in
1959. Text in French. Ink annotations in appendix. £10
506 HARDBACK BOOK: “Jubilee of the Glasgow Tramways 1872-1922.” 107pp plus plates. Title and coat-of-arms in gold on front. Good condition. £15
507 SOUTH AFRICAN RAILWAYS published hardback book: “Natal Province –
Descriptive Guide and Official Handbook.”
574pp plus adverts and map in rear pocket. Pub. 1911. Covers
worn. £10
508 TRAMWAY WORLD PUBLISHED HARDBACK BOOK: “Tramway Track Construction
and Maintenance” by R. Bickerstaffe Holt.
249pp plus adverts, pub. 1915.
Spine and part of covers faded. £20
509 LIONEL WEINER: “Passenger Tickets.” Hardback, 200+pp pub. by The Railway Gazette circa late
1940s. Small ring stain on slightly
rubbed cover. £10
510 TORONTO TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION official publication: “Wheels of
Progress” detailing the development of the company. Hardback, 128pp pub. 1953.
£10
511 BRITISH REINFORCED CONCRETE ENGINEERING CO. LTD. published hardback
book: “BRC Roads – A Photographic Record of the Use of Reinforced Concrete in
Modern Road Construction.” 167pp pub.
circa 1920s. Bindings a little
loose. £10
512 SOUTH INDIAN RAILWAYS illustrated guide. Hardback with decorative covers, 234pp plus plates and map in
front pocket, pub. in 1926. VGC. £15
513 HARDBACK BOOK: “Orient Line Guide” by W.J. Loftie. 438pp pub. by
Sampson Low in 1890. Covers poor. £10
514 HARDBACK BOOK: “The Law of Tramways and Light Railways” by Seward
Brice. 487pp plus adverts, pub. by
Stevens and Haynes in 1898. Worn and
with detached pages. £10
515 DAVID MACBRAYNE PUBLISHED GUIDE BOOK: “Summer Tours in Scotland by
David Macbrayne’s Royal Mail Steamers Columba, Iona, etc.” Hardback with illustrate covers, 104pp plus
tourist programme, dated 1899. £10
516 COLBURN Z: two volume work
"Locomotive Engineering and the Mechanism of Railways". Large sized,
volume 1 (text) 320pp, volume 2 (plates). Published by Collins and Sons in
1871. Rebound into modern but slightly faded hardback covers. (2) £30
517 HARDBACK BOOK: “Railroadiana.”
Guide to areas in the vicinity of the London & Birmingham Railway,
pub. by Simpkin Marshall in 1838.
216pp, no map, replaced front cover and rear end pages. £10
518 ALFLOC LIMITED PUBLICATION: “Locomotive Feed Water.” Hardback, 101pp pub. circa late 1940s. £5
519 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
520 HARDBACK BOOK: “Analysis of Railways”
by Francis Whishaw. 296pp pub. by John
Weale in 1837. Some foxing, spine worn
and faded. £75
521 WHISHAW’S “Railways of Great Britain
and Ireland.” Hardback, 500pp plus
plates, pub. by Simpkin Marshall & Co. in 1840. Rebound some time ago, maintaining the original covers. Damp staining to plates. Bindings very loose. £20
522 HARDBACK BOOK with dustjacket "The North Staffordshire Railway" by
"Manifold". 182pp published locally by Henstock in 1952. Faults to
dustjacket, book good condition. £20
523 GWR
ledger type volume: "Miscellaneous Subjects." Contains 300+ pages of
handwritten notes on various items connected with the railway. Circa 1890's -
1910's. £10
524 COLBURN Z:
two volume work "Locomotive Engineering and the Mechanism of
Railways". Large sized, volume 1 (text) 320pp, volume 2 (plates).
Published by Collins and Sons in 1871. Some foxing, small section removed from
blank end page of both volumes. £30
525 SUPPLEMENT NO. 1 to “Railway Buttons,
Badges & Uniforms” by David J. Froggatt.
127 typescript pages, comb binding, pub. 1989. £15
526 HARDBACK BOOK with dust jacket: “A
Pictorial Record of LMS Signals” by L.G. Warburton. 58pp pub. by OPC in 1972.
Dust jacket a little worn, but not faded. £30
527 HARDBACK BOOK with dust jacket: “Each A
Glimpse” by Colin Gifford, pub. by Ian Allan in 1970. A little wear to edges of dust jacket but OK. £40
528 CLARKE S: “Clitheroe in its Railway
Days.” Hardback, 312pp pub. by J.
Robinson in 1900. Edges of spine
rubbed. £30
529 BENNETT A.R: “The Chronicles of
Boulton’s Siding.” Hardback, 272pp pub.
by LPC in 1927. Covers worn. Paul Edwards Library label on inside front
cover. £15
530 SMILES S: “James Nasmyth Engineer – An
Autobiography.” Hardback, 456pp pub. by
John Murray in 1883. Condition OK for
age. £15
531 PEACOCK T.B: “PLA Railways.” Hardback with dust jacket, 117pp pub. by LPC
in 1952. Foxing to dust jacket. £20
532 LPC published hardback book: “Kitsons
of Leeds” by Edwin Kitson Clark. 185pp
pub. c.1938. Some foxing. £10
533 HARDBACK BOOK with dust jacket: "Railway Buttons, Badges & Uniforms" by
D.J. Froggatt. 208pp published by Malaga Books in 1986. £20
534 HARDBACK BOOK: "Liliputbahnen" by Walter Strauss. 312pp German publication
from 1938. Illustrated account of miniature railways at various places in
Europe. Text in German. £20
535 HARDBACK BOOK: "London to Cambridge by Train 1845-1938" by R.B. Fellows.
32pp plus plates, published in Cambridge in 1939. Limited to 140 copies.
VGC. £10
536 HARDBACK BOOK: "History of the Baldwin Locomotive Works 1831-1920". 167pp
probably published by the company circa 1921.
Front title page missing. £10
537 HARDBACK BOOK: "A Practical Treatise on Rail-Roads and Carriages" by Thomas
Tredgold. 184pp second edition published by Nichols and Son in 1835. Partially
rebound. £40
538 DRAKE’S “Road Book of the Grand
Junction Railway.” Hardback with title
in gold on front, 146pp plus fold-out maps, 2nd edition dated
September 1838. Tape repairs to some
pages and maps. £20
539 CHATTAWAY E.D: "Rudimentary Treatise on Railways". Clothbound card covers,
133pp, published by Virtue Brothers in 1855. Library label on inside front
cover. £15
540 SMALL COLLECTION OF EARLY CHILDREN’S BOOKS
including two “rag” type: “Puffers” and “The Railway Rag Book” published by
Dean’s Rag Book Co., plus “All about The Railway Engine” pub. by Valentines
(worn) and three pub. by Tucks: “Train Book”, “Train and Engines” and “Off by
Express.” (6) £20
541 1893 EDITION OF OLIVER AND AIREY RAILWAY
CLEARING HOUSE “Handbook of Railway Stations.” 400+pp in faded, clothbound, hardback covers. £20
542 MEASOM'S
"Illustrated Guide to the Great Northern Railway". Hardback, 200pp
plus 187pp adverts. Dated 1857. Covers worn but original. £10
543 HARDBACK BOOK:
"High Speed Steam Engines" by W. Norris and B. Morgan. 206pp
published by King & Son in 1902. £10
544 THREE VOLUME PAPERBACK booklet "Repairing of Locomotives" by E.L.
Ahrons. 281pp published by LPC in 1922.
Faded covers. £15
545 HARDBACK
BOOK: "Mountain Moor and Loch" illustrated by 'Pen and Pencil' on
the route of the West Highland Railway. 179pp published by Causton and Sons in
1895. £10
546 HARDBACK BOOK:
"The Story of the Cambrian" by C.P. Gasquoine. 157pp published by
Woodall in 1922. £10
547 TUCK'S
"Railway Shareholder's Manual". 412pp in replacement hardback covers.
Eighth edition dated 1847. £10
548 BRADSHAW'S
RAILWAY MANUAL Shareholder's Guide and Directory dated 1879. 631pp in
leather bound hardback covers with title in gold on front. One map
detached. £15
549 BRADSHAW'S
RAILWAY MANUAL Shareholder's Guide and Directory dated 1880. 627pp in
leather bound hardback covers with title in gold on front. £15
550 BRADSHAW'S RAILWAY MANUAL
Shareholder's Guide and Directory dated 1895. 631pp in clothbound hardback
covers with title in gold on front. One map detached. £12
551 CASSELL'S
"Official Guide to the Midland Railway". Yellow paperback covers,
416pp plus maps, dated 1903. Covers poor.
£20
552 PAPERBACK BOOKLET
"The Khyber Railway" issued to commemorate the opening of the railway
in Nov 1925. 18pp illustrated guide, covers faded. £10
553 CHILDREN'S NEWSPAPER BOOK
of poster stamps of the Southern Railway. Paperback, 12pp containing cigarette
card sized colour illustrations of company posters. Issued 1935. Complete set.
Rusty staples to book. £10
554 INTERNATIONAL UNION OF RAILWAYS. Brochure for the 1958 Universal and
International Exhibition in Brussels.
80pp fully illustrated glossy publication. Text in English.
VGC. £5
555 POTTERIES ELECTRIC TRACTION COMPANY
book of forms listing section boxes.
Approx 50 pages, many duly completed.
£10
556 THREE BOOKLETS: LNER Guide Book “East
Anglia”; BR (NE) “The North Eastern Railway” and a souvenir brochure to
commemorate the Centenary of the Death of Timothy Hackworth in 1950. All worn.
£5
557