Sheffield Railwayana Postal Auction Catalogue

June 2007

VENUE DETAILS AND TERMS

 

VIEWING DATE: SATURDAY 16th JUNE FROM 07:30 – 13:30

 

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

 

POSTAL AUCTION LOTS 501 -1400 CLOSE: MONDAY 25th JUNE AT 12:00

 

POSTAL AND TELEPHONE AUCTION LOTS 1401-1526 CLOSE: MONDAY 25th JUNE AT 20:00

 

TELEPHONE FOR LOTS 501 - 1400: 01234 325341  FAX: 01234 325341

 

TELEPHONE FOR LOTS 1401 - 1526: 01234 391459

 

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TERMS: “NOT TO EXCEED CHEQUE” MUST ACCOMPANY BIDS.  ALLOW FOR POST & PACKING.  NO BUYERS PREMIUM.

 

CONTACT FOR ALL LOTS: CHRIS DICKERSON, SRA POSTAL AUCTIONS, 4 THE GLEBE, CLAPHAM, BEDFORD MK41 6GA.

 

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SPECIAL NOTICE

This will be the final auction to be held at Myers Grove School.  From Saturday 15th September the venue for all our auctions will be:

The Gateway Centre

Derbyshire County Cricket Club

Off Nottingham Road

DERBY DE21 6AF

All items shown in the September Postal and Telephone Auction will be on view at the new venue.

A map with full directions will accompany our September catalogue and be available on our website.

 

 

PLEASE NOTE: ALL LOTS IN THIS AUCTION CARRY A RESERVE WHICH IS SHOWN IN ITALICS AT THE END OF EACH LOT ENTRY.

 

501       RARE LIMITED AUTOGRAPH edition PRESENTATION COPY of "The Great Western Collection" by the Guild of Railway Artists as published by Blandford in 1985. Green, leather bound hardback covers with title in gold on spine. Contains 100+ colour plates each SIGNED by the artist. Contained within a specially constructed wooden box with the title on an attached metal plaque on the front. Limited edition production of only 25 of which this is number 11. A rare opportunity to obtain this edition and a must for all serious collectors of railway art.  £100

502       WIENER L: “Articulated Locomotives.”  Hardback, 628pp published by Constable in 1930.  £15 

503       BEAVAN A: “Tube, Train, Tram & Car.”  Hardback, 291pp, pub. by Routledge in 1903.  £15

504       MACTURK GG: “A History of the Hull Railways.”  Hardback, 164pp pub. in Hull in 1879. Spine taped.  £15

505       POWNALL JF: “The Scottish Railway Network.”  Hardback with dust jacket, 72pp plus fold-out map.  Published by Cotterell & Co. in 1946.  £10

506.      FRANCIS J: “History of The English Railway” volumes 1 and 2.  Hardback, each 300+pp, published by Longman in 1851. Spine rubbed otherwise good. Ex Railway Club library.  (2) £20      

507       BOURNE JC: “The Great Western Railway” published 1846. 76pp large size hardback book containing lithographed drawings of the railway.  A rare original publication unfortunately in rather poor condition with loose and detached pages plus very worn covers. May benefit from rebinding.  £100

508       LPC published book: “Locomotives.”  Card covers containing over 100 B&W plates.  Circa 1920s.  Small tears to edges of cover.  £10

509       HARDBACK BOOK: “Stokers and Pokers: Or, The LNWR.”  224pp pub. by John Murray in 1861.  £10         

510       CHURTON E: “The Railroad Book of England.”  Hardback, 590pp pub. by the author in 1851.  Rebound into modern hardback covers.  £10

511       McGOWAN GRADON W: “A History of The Cockermouth Keswick & Penrith Railway.”  36pp in card covers, published by the author in 1948.  £10

512       McGOWAN GRADON W: “The Track of the Ironmasters – A History of the Cleator & Workington Junction Railway”.  Card covers, 70pp, published by the author in 1952.  £10

513       WHITEHEAD & SIMPSON: “The Story of The Colne Valley.”  Hardback, no dust jacket, 83pp, published by Francis Ridgway Ltd in 1951.  £10           

514       DIONYSIUS LARDNER: “The Steam Engine Explained and Illustrated”. Hardback, leather bound covers, 535pp, 7th edition published by Taylor and Walton in 1840.  £15

515       CLARKE D.K: “Tramways – Their Construction and Working - volume 1.”  Hardback, 434pp pub. by Crosby Lockwood & Co in 1878.  £15

516       STEEL W.L: “The History of The London & North Western Railway.”  Hardback, 502pp pub. by the Railway & Travel Monthly in 1914.  Covers rubbed and worn.  £10

517       BOURNE J. "A Catechism of the Steam engine". Hardback, 558pp 4th edition published by Longman in 1856.   £15

518       HARDBACK BOOK: “The Steam Engine, Steam Navigation, Roads and Railways” by Dionysius Lardner.  422pp 8th edition published by Taylor, Walton and Maberly in 1851. Restoration to original leather bound covers.  £15

519       FELLOWS RB: “History of The Canterbury and  Whitstable Railway”. Hardback, 94pp published by Jennings in 1930.  £15   

520       DENDY MARSHALL D.F: “A History of The Southern Railway.”  Hardback, 708pp published by the SR in 1936. One torn map.  £15

521       CONROY JC: “A History of Railways in Ireland.”  Hardback, 386pp, green clothbound covers, published by Longmans in 1928. Ex Railway Gazette library.  £15           

522       TOMLINSON WW: “The North Eastern Railway – Its Rise and Development.”  Hardback, 820pp published by Andrew Reid and Longmans in 1914.  £20

523       BOAG G.L. "The Railways of Spain". Hardback, 129pp published by The Railway Gazette in 1923. Some foxing. (1)  £10

524       BOUND VOLUME of LPC published booklets: “British Expresses 1898, World’s Famous Railway Trains 1899, The British Express Locomotive, Our Empire’s Trains 1902, Cars of 1900, British Express Locomotives for Heavy and Fast Traffic, Locomotives of All Nations.”  Over 100pp in hardback covers with colour plate on front. Small loss to plate otherwise good.                     £10

525       BOUND VOLUME of "The Tramway and Railway World" volume 9, January to December 1900. 625pp in hardback, part leather bound covers. Some wear to edges of cover, otherwise OK £20        

526       FIVE BOUND VOLUMES of "The Railway Club Journal". Volumes from 1903-04, 1905-06, 1907, 1909, 1911. Each approx 100+pp in non-uniform hardback covers.  (5)  £20

527       THREE BOUND VOLUMES of the Great Eastern Railway magazine dated 1917-1918 each in blue clothbound covers. Spines faded.  (3)  £10

528       HARDBACK BOOK: “The Railways in India" by Shiv Narayan. 128pp published in India in 1940. Complete with torn dust jacket.  £10

529       ASSAM RAILWAYS AND TRADING COMPANY LTD published hardback book "The Story of the Assam Railways And Trading Company 1881 - 1951". 64pp illustrated history of the company published 1951.   £10

530       HARDBACK BOOK: “Narratives of two Excursions to the Ports of England, Scotland and Ireland in 1816, 1817 and 1818 together with a description of the Breakwater at Plymouth and also of the Caledonian Canal" by Charles Dupin. 96pp plus fold out map, published in London circa 1820. Rebound into modern covers.  £10

531       HARDBACK BOOK: “The road and Route Guide of the Royal Irish Constabulary" by George Dagg. 344pp published in Dublin in 1893. No map.  £10

532       HARDBACK BOOK: “The Ordnance Survey" by Col. T.P.White. Hardback covers, 174pp published by Blackwood in 1886. Bindings a little loose.  £10           

533       BARRY RAILWAY COMPANY publication “History of the Barry Railway Company 1884-1921”. Hardback, leather bound covers with title and coat of arms in gold on front, 130pp plus fold-out map, published in 1923. A little wear to edge of spine.  £30

534       PHILLIPSON E.A: “The Steam Locomotive in Traffic”. Hardback with faded spine, 252pp published by LPC in 1949.  £10

535       HELPS A: “Life and Labors of Mr. Brassey.”  Hardback, 386pp, American edition published by Roberts Brothers in 1874. Covers worn, spine very faded.  £10

536       BIRD G.F: “The Locomotives of the Great Northern Railway.”  Hardback, 203pp, pub. by LPC in 1903. Small area of wear at top of spine.  £10

537       AMEDEE GUILLEMIN: "Les Chemins de Fer". Hardback, clothbound covers, 564pp, published in France in 1869. Some foxing.  £10

538       AHRONS E.L: “The Development of British Locomotive Design.”  Hardback, 229pp plus diagrams, published by LPC in 1914.  Spine faded. Ring stain