SHEFFIELD RAILWAYANA AUCTIONS:

 POSTAL AUCTION: SEPTEMBER 2005

 

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501     ROSLING-BENNETT A: “Historic Locomotives and Moving Accidents by Steam and Rail.”  Hardback, 15pp plus 10 plates, pub. by Cassell & Co in 1906.  £10

502     CLARK DK: Vols 1-4 of “The Steam Engine – Treatise on Steam Engines and Boilers.”  1400pp in total, pub. by Blackie & Sons in 1890.  (4)  £30

503     RAILWAY MAGAZINE.  Bound volume of Volume 1 July – December 1987 in publishers green cloth bindings.  A little damp stained.  £10

504     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 rubbed.  Some restoration.  (2)  £30

505     WIENER L: “L’Égypte et ses Chemins de Fer.”  Card covers, 665pp pub. by the International Congress of Railways in 1932.  Spine heavily taped.  Edition No. 621 of 2000.  £50

506     STEEL WL: “The History of the London & North Western Railway.”  Hardback, 502pp pub. by Railway & Travel Monthly in 1914.  £15

507     BIRD GF: “The Locomotives of the Great Northern Railway 1842-1902.”  203pp pub. by LPC in 1903.  Annotations on rear end page.  £10

508     HARDBACK BOOK with dustjacket: ” The Locomotives of the South African Railways” by Bernard Zurnamer.  138pp probably pub. by the author c.1970.  £15

509     HARDBACK BOOK with worn dustjacket: “Richard Trevithick – The Engineer & The Man” by Dickinson & Titley, 290pp pub. by Cambridge University Press in 1934.  £20

510     HARDBACK BOOK: “The History of Bradshaw” by G Royde Smith, 76pp pub. by Blacklock & Co. in 1939.  £10

511     McGOWAN GRADON W: “Furness Railway – Its Rise and Development.”  109pp, pub. by the author in 1946.  £10

512     CHAKRA N: “Terence Cuneo – The Railway Painter of The Century.”  Hardback with dustjacket, 160pp pub. by New Cavendish Books in 1990.  £20

513     PHILLIPSON EA: “Steam Locomotive Design: Data and Formulae.”  Hardback with faded spine, 444pp pub. by LPC in 1936.  £10

514     PRATT EA: “War Record of the GWR.”  Card covers, 52pp, pub. by Selwyn and Blount in 1922.  Covers a little worn and laminated on inside.  £10

515     HARDBACK BOOK: “Baldwin Locomotives 1937-43.”  Bound volume of various issues (an incomplete run) of the in-house magazine of the Baldwin Locomotive Works.  Approx 500pp, bound without covers.  £20

516     COUNTRY LIFE published hardback book: “Old Euston.”  70pp account of the beginning of the L&BR and Euston station.  Pub. 1938.  A little foxing.  £5

517     SEKON GA: “A History of The Great Western Railway.”  Re-bound hardback covers, 373pp pub. by Digby, Long & Co. in 1895.  £5

518     GWR MAGAZINE bound volume for January – December 1937.  588pp in official binding.  Spine worn.  £10

519     GWR hardback book: “Towns, Villages, Outlying Works, Etc., Served by the GWR.”  896pp dated 1938.  Covers worn and with tape repairs.  £10

520     HARDBACK BOOK: “Car and Locomotive Cyclopedia.”  600+pp pub. by Simmons-Boardman in 1974.  £10

521     FOUR BOUND VOLUMES of the Railway Gazette publication “Diesel Railway Traction” dated 1951, 1952, 1954 and 1955.  Each in red clothbound hardback covers (spine wear on one).  £15

522     OFFICIAL BR PUBLICATION: “Livery Handbook – Locomotives.”  Large folder with 30pp illustrations of the various business sectors’ designs dated January 1990.  £5

523     HARDBACK BOOK: “The Wheelwright’s Shop” by George Stuart (George Bourne), 236pp pub. by Cambridge University Press in 1923.  £20

524     SMILES S: “James Nasmyth – Engineer – An Autobiography.”  450pp pub. by John Murray in 1891.  £20

525     TWO VOLUME WORK: “Modern Power Generators” edited by James Weir French.  400+pp with many diagrams in hardback clothbound covers with title and design stamped on the front.  Pub. by Gresham Publishing in 1908.  (2)  £20

526     NUR official souvenir of the AGM at Crewe in July 1923.  Hardback with title in gold on front, 62pp plus plates.  £5

527     BR (E) library bound copy of the Act for Making of a Railway Near the River Tees to be Called The Great North of England Railway, 112pp dated 1836, bound in 1968.  £10

528     GCR ledger type book: “Engineer’s and Solicitor’s Report on Private Bills in Parliament – Session 1906.”  Leather-bound, hardback covers containing 100+pp of bills, many with maps.  Some spine damage.  £30

529     M&GN RAILWAYS JOINT COMMITTEE Goods Rates Book Volume 2.  Part leather bound, hardback book with title in gold on spine, 242pp showing rates from Whitwell & Reepham dated 1925, some amendments added.  £10

530     RAPHAEL TUCK & CO. booklet: “Our Trains.”  Colour pictorial card covers and 16pp of full colour illustrations by Frank Mason.  Circa 1930s.  £10

531     PEACOCK THOMAS B: “Great Western Suburban Services.”  Hardback version, 51pp plus fold-out diagram.  Pub. by the author in 1948.  Signed by Chas E Lee.  Some fading to cover.  £10

532     HARDBACK BOOK: “London and North Western Locomotives” by Cotterell & Wilkinson.  130pp in clothbound covers, pub. by The Holland Co. in 1899.  £50

533     PAPERBACK BOOKLET: “The South Eastern Railway” by ‘The Author of British Railways.’ 32pp pub. by Cassell in 1895.  Some foxing.  £10

534     EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY 1888 reprint of the Proceedings of the First AGM of the ECR held in September 1836.  43pp, staining on front.  £12

535     COOK’S HANDBOOK TO LONDON dated 1894.  Decorated clothbound covers, 118pp plus one fold-out map (one missing).  Bindings loose.  £5

536     BRADSHAW’S ILLUSTRATED HANDBOOK TO ITALY.  Hardback with title in gold on front, 295pp plus adverts.  Dated 1879.  £10

537     BRADSHAW’S RAILWAY MANUAL SHAREHOLDER’S GUIDE AND DIRECTORY dated 1887.  598pp in red leather hardback covers, slightly rubbed.  £10

538     BRADSHAW’S RAILWAY MANUAL SHAREHOLDER’S GUIDE AND DIRECTORY dated 1870.  480pp plus appendix and loose map in hardback covers with title in gold on front.  Covers rubbed.  £10

539     BRADSHAW’S RAILWAY MANUAL SHAREHOLDER’S GUIDE AND DIRECTORY dated 1880.  626pp plus loose map in hardback covers with title in gold on front.  £10

540     NEWCASTLE & CARLISLE RAILWAY.  Five engravings by JW Carmichael showing views of the line, each 9½” x 7” laid on card.  £10

541     L&YR clothbound, hardback booklet: “Regulation of High-Density Passenger Traffic.”  31pp plus fold-out map, c.1921.  £20

542     CHESHIRE LINES COMMITTEE Appendix to the WTT.  Cloth covers, 118pp dated November 1935.  VGC.  £10

543     HMSO published “Railway Returns for England and Wales, Scotland and Ireland for The Year 1894.”  Foolscap size, blue paperback covers, 92pp of financial information.  £25

544     MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT published “Returns of the Railway Companies of Great Britain for 1935.”  Foolscap size, card covers, 136pp of financial information.  Pencil annotation on some pages.  £10

545     MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT published “Returns of the Railway Companies of Great Britain for 1937.”  Foolscap size, card covers, 142pp of financial information.  Pencil annotation on some pages.  £10

546     HMSO published “Summary of Accidents and Casualties.”  Blue covers, 108pp covering the 3 months ending December 1914.  £10

547     SIEMENS folder of information and photos re- the New Frankfurt Main Station Signalbox.  30+pp issued to commemorate the handover in 1959.  VGC.  £10

548     LYNTON & LYNMOUTH CLIFF RAILWAY (LYNMOUTH & LYNTON LIFT CO.): “Bye-Laws, Conditions and Regulations.”  Card covers, 8pp, dated October 1934.  £10

549     BRB (E LM AND W REGIONS) foolscap size document: “Heads of Information in Connection With the Proposal to Withdraw Passenger Services Between Oxford – Bletchley – Bedford – Cambridge.”  50+ pages and maps plus two amendments, dated April 1964. £25

550     BR DOCUMENT: “Report of the Light Weight Trains Committee.”  Card covers, 111 typescript pages, dated March 1952.  Details the potential areas for introduction of DMU trains.  £10

551     BR (W) folder of diagrams of ex-GWR standard locomotive firebrick arches as at April 1945.  28 diagrams in card folder, dated 1959.  £10

552     QUANTITY of original loco diagrams.  Various types and companies.  Worth sorting.  (Qty)  £10

553     FIVE FOLDERS of correspondence between various railway companies (mostly GWR) also dock authorities in the Bristol area.  Many topics covered, circa 1900-1950.  (5)  £25

554     BR (S) folder of correspondence regarding the allocation of locomotives in the region dated 1954-1957.  £10

555     ACCIDENT REPORTS: Browney SB 1946; Cannon Street 1961; Longfield 1963; Sittingbourne 1966; Berkhamstead 1973; Stewarton 1974; Glasgow Central 1974; Hither Green 1976; Bridgwater 1974; Carstairs 1975; Bricklayers Arms 1975; Bethnal Green 1973; Dorchester West 1974; Dingwall 1973; Ferriby 1976; Southerham Junc. 1976; York 1975; Watford Junction 1975.  (18)  £25

556     ACCIDENT REPORTS: Paddock Wood 1969; Waterloo 1961; Redbridge 1960; Pollok-shields 1974; Bexley 1970; Bletchley 1974; Hitchin 1974; Oxford 1975; Bridge Street Glasgow 1975; Lunan Bay 1975; Cropredy 1974; Whitehaven 1973; Pontypool Road 1974; Chester 1972; Moorgate 1975; Finsbury Park 1976; Luton 1976.  (17)  £25

557     LMSR.  Approx. 115 Loco Boiler Tube Plate diagrams, mostly foolscap size.  (Qty)  £30

558     FOOLSCAP NOTE BOOK of “Analysis of Banbury Engines 1964-65.”  200+ handwritten pages of notes showing the allocated engine workings.  Worn and rear cover detached.  £10

559     BOOK OF HANDWRITTEN NOTES: “Banbury MPD Loco Drivers Log Book – October 1957 to July 1958.”  100+ pages duly completed with train details.  Well used.  £10

560     GWR Public Notice: “Closing of Roberts Rd. Entrance” at Acocks Green Station.  14” x 10” dated 1915.  Fragile with a fold tear.  £5

561     ISLE OF MAN.  Three items relating to the Isle of Man: MER hanging card timetable (1960); IofM Railway and Road Services Handy Guide and Map (1939); Guide Book: “95 Gems of Manx Scenery (c.1920s).  (3)  £5

562     SOUVENIR PAPER NAPKIN from the Reception Held by the Chairman and Directors of the GNofSR, 1st March 1898.  Red printing, some foxing.  £28

563     NER (Southern Division).  Two “Programme of Special Trains & Other Arrangements” Nos 8 and 9 covering the period 22nd-28th February and 1st-7th March 1913.  Each 27pp.  (2)  £5

 

564     FESTINIOG RAILWAY hanging card advert showing colour illustrations of the line, c.1930s.  Plus two FR Duty Sheets dated 1904 and a timetable leaflet from 1970.  (4)  £10

565     FOLD-OUT MAP and information brochure: “Proposed Kearney Tube Between North and South Shields.”  Shows the route of the proposed line and connections with existing railways, buses, trolleybuses, etc.  Circa 1939.  £10

566     GNR (I).  Approx. 34 “Arrangements for Excursions, Permanent Way Work, Etc.” dated 1955-57.  Rusty staples to most.  (Qty)  £10 

567     END OF COLLECTION selection of items including SR “Over The Points” January 1939; BR “Rambles in Epping Forest,” Llandudno Guide, BR timetable leaflets, etc.  (Qty)  £10

568     LSWR, SR AND BR (S).  Approx. 30 Agreements covering various locations.  (Qty)  £10

569     QUANTITY OF ITEMS including photos, mostly relating to European railways c.1900s-1930s.  A few postal covers also included.  (Qty)  £10

570     LEEK & MANIFOLD VALLEY LIGHT RAILWAY CO. Share Prospectus dated 1904 and Company Directors Report and Accounts dated 1911.  Plus a few non-related paperwork items.  (Qty)  £10

571     SMALL COLLECTION of BR  and foreign paper tickets, plus 10 NER Cash Receipts and a luggage label for the SMZ Harwich – Hook of Holland service.  £5

572     BR (S) Notes of a Meeting at Bath, 13th December 1950 re- Somerset & Dorset Line Engine Workings on Saturdays in Summer.  8 typescript foolscap size pages discussing the previous summer’s problems.  Heavy foxing.  £5

573     GWR Supplementary Notice No. 241 re- Arrangements to be made in connection with the Arrival of the SS Mauretania at Fishguard Harbour, December 6th 1909.  3pp.  £10

574     ATCHISON TOPEKA AND SANTA FE RAILWAYS.  Two Annual Reports dated 1946 and 1947, both with coloured pictorial covers, 50pp.  £10

575     GNR hanging card: “Route of Merchandise Traffic Between Stations on the GNR and Stations on the GER.”  10” x 13”, dated July 1883.  Very worn.  £10

576     NORFOLK & SUFFOLK JOINT RAILWAY.  13” x 8½” poster: “New Arrangements – Mundesley Branch” detailing reduced opening times at some stations on the line.  Dated April 1922.  £10

577     GWR.  Six 11¼” x 17¼” “Situations Vacant, Examinations for Junior Male Clerkships and Examinations for Girl and Women Clerkships” posters as issued by the Central Staff Office, Paddington for general “Wages Grade” vacancies.  Dated early 1930s.  Rather fragile with edge flaking.  (6)  £20

578     GWR.  A lot similar to 577 (above).  (6)  £20

579     GWR.  A lot similar to 577 (above).  (6)  £20

580     GWR.  A lot similar to 577 (above).  (6)  £20

581     CHILDREN’S BOARD GAME: “Rail Race Round Britain” manufactured by Spear’s.  Counters, cards and board all contained in original box in good condition.  £15

 

Lots 582-615: SHARE CERTIFICATES AND EARLY RAILWAY PAPERWORK

 

582     LONDON & BRIGHTON RAILWAY ‘Brighton & Chichester and Brighton, Lewes & Hastings Railways’ Share Certificate for one £50 share dated 1845.  Ornate scrolled title, embossed seal, neat cancellation stamp.  Fragile.  £30

583     ST HELENS AND RUNCORN GAP RAILWAY Share Certificate memorandum for one share and entries of five installments dating from 1830.  Ornate title, not cancelled, unusual format.  £20

584     WARE HADHAM & BUNTINGFORD RAILWAY Share Certificate for five £10 shares dated 1859.  Ornate title, embossed seal, neat overstamp “I certify the within shares have been paid in full.”  Reasonable condition, slight foxing.  £25

585     BRISTOL & NORTH SOMERSET RAILWAY Share Certificate for one £20 share dated 1863.  Embossed seal, not cancelled.  £25

586     SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE RAILWAY Share Certificate for one £12 share dated 1846.  Title with coat of arms top centre, green paper, red attached seal, not cancelled.  £20

587     LEICESTER & BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY Share Script Certificate for five £20 shares deposit paid.  Dated 1846 in pen on back.  Not cancelled, some foxing.  £16

588     GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY Share Certificate for £13 of Debenture Stock dated 1867.  Ornate scrolled title, not cancelled.  £18

589     GREENOCK RAILWAY GUARANTEED COMPANY Share Certificate for £50 of consolidated stock dated 1851.  Ornate scrolled title, embossed seal depicting old loco, not cancelled.  £25

590     EAST LANCASHIRE RAILWAY Share Certificate for a quarter share dated 1847.  Ornate scrolled title and side embellishment, embossed seal, blue printing, not cancelled.  £25

591     WATERFORD WEXFORD WICKLOW & DUBLIN RAILWAY Share Certificate for a £20 share dated 1847.  Ornate scrolled title with coat of arms top centre, attached green seal embossed with coat of arms, not cancelled.  VGC.  £25

592     SHREWSBURY & BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY Share Certificate for one Class “B” £9/12/3d share dated 1846.  Ornate scrolled title, blue attached seal, not cancelled.  £25

593     SHROPSHIRE UNION RAILWAY & CANAL Share Certificate for a £20 share dated 1846.  Ornate scrolled title, embossed seal, not cancelled.  £25

594     EDINBURGH & BATHGATE RAILWAY Share Certificate for a £20 share dated 1860.  Ornate scrolled title, printed in blue, attached green seal, not cancelled.  £25

595     LIVERPOOL MANCHESTER AND NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE JUNCTION RAILWAY Share Certificate for one £20 share dated 1846.  Ornate scrolled title, engraving of coat of arms top centre, red embossed seal, not cancelled.  £25

596     AYLESBURY & BUCKINGHAM RAILWAY Share Certificate for one £25 preference share 1867, ornate scrolled title, mauve underprint, embossed seal, not cancelled.  £10

597     SOUTHERN RAILWAY.  A collection of ten Stock Certificates of different denominations and colours dated 1925-1947 all overstamped “cancelled” plus four Dividend Warrants with cheques attached.  (14)  £15

598     LONDON NEWBURY AND BATH DIRECT RAILWAY in conjunction with Kennet and Avon Canal.  Share allotment document for 138 shares of £15 requesting deposit of £207 dated 1845, postally used.  £10

599     LIVERPOOL OVERHEAD RAILWAY Share Certificate for five £10 shares dated 1896 ornate scrolled title, printed in red with red underprint, embossed seal and engraving of train on viaduct top centre.  Neat punch cancellations.  £18

600     STOCKTON & DARLINGTON RAILWAY.  Early paperwork dated June 1842.  Timetable, Advertisement, Passenger Information on a broadsheet for a fast coach called “The Ocean” from Stockton to Redcar.  Printed on pink paper with engravings of an old locomotive and a stagecoach.  Laid down on fine backing material.  An early survivor.  £50

601     BISHOP AUCKLAND & WEARDALE RAILWAY broadsheet giving train information and time dated April 1842.  Laid down on backing sheet.  £25

602     STOCKTON & DARLINGTON RAILWAY large format unissued Bond dated 18XX printed in red on vellum giving detailed financial conditions.  £25

603     SWINDON MARLBOROUGH & ANDOVER RAILWAY.  A collection of documents dating from 1875 concerning the railway, including the Opening Ceremony, Turning the First Sod, land documents, abandonment notice and newspaper broadsheets.  (9)  £30

604     BRECON & MERTHYR TYDFIL RAILWAY Four Acts of Parliament concerning involvements with connecting lines dated 1864-1868.  Disbound.  £12

605     STOCKTON & DARLINGTON RAILWAY (Including South Durham, Eden Valley and Frosterley Lines) Capital Account, January 1963.  Single page list of expenditure and receipts.  £10

606     DUMFRIES AND CASTLE-DOUGLAS RAILWAY 4pp Share Prospectus dated 1853, including form of application.  £15

607     LONDON OXFORD CHELTENHAM GLOUCESTER TEWKESBURY AND HEREFORD RAILWAY (Direct Line) large size, 3pp Share Prospectus, not dated but c.1845.  £15

608     GREAT NORTH & SOUTH WALES AND WORCESTER RAILWAY Share Prospectus dated 1845, 4pp plus application form and separate coloured map of line.  £15

609     EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY three skit notices dated 1856 criticising directors of the ECR and profusely humorously illustrated.  Very unusual.  Fragile.  (3)  £20

610     GLASGOW & CAIRN RYAN JUNCTION RAILWAY Prospectus.  4pp printed on blue paper, dated 1870.  Some fading along edges.  £10

611     AYR & MAYBOLE JUNCTION RAILWAY Prospectus.  4pp printed on blue paper, dated 1853.  £10

612     CLYDE ARDRISHAIG AND CRINAN RAILWAY 2pp document: “Statistics of Fish Caught on the West Coast of Scotland in 1885.”  £10

613     SOUTH WALES & NORTHAMPTONSHIRE JUNCTION RAILWAY Share Script Certificate for one £10 share deposit paid.  Revenue stamp indicates the year 1853.  Ornate scrolled title, printed on pink paper, small format, not cancelled.  £10

614     POTTERIES, SHREWSBURY AND NORTH WALES RAILWAY COMPANY Directors Report and Statement of Accounts, 4pp dated June 1866.  £10

615     CLOGHER VALLEY RAILWAY COMPANY Directors Report and Statement of Accounts dated September 1928.  Large size, 18pp plus map.  Disbound causing detached pages.  £5

 

Lots 616-633: RAILWAY LOCOMOTIVE MANUFACTURERS PUBLICATIONS

 

616     SCHNEIDER & CO. brochure for the new SNCF 241-P class locomotive built by the company.  Comb binding, illustrated card covers, 12pp c.1948.  Text in French and English.  £10

617     BEYER GARRATT.  The Russian edition of the brochure for articulated locomotives.  Illustrated card covers showing photo of loco R-01.  27pp dated 1932.  Text in Russian.  £10

618     BEYER-PEACOCK brochure of locomotives.  Landscape format, illustrated card covers showing loco at speed, 64pp guide to locos built by the company, dated 1946.  £10

619     BEYER GARRATT.  The French version of the brochure “Locomotives Articulees.”  Illustrated card covers, 82pp detailing locos built for various companies, c.1930s.  Text in French.  £10

620     SOUTH AFRICAN GOVERNMENT RAILWAYS illustrated catalogue of details of 4-8-2 type engine class 15E built by Robert Stephenson & Co.  Part leather bound hardback covers with title in gold on front.  42pp plus 42 pages of drawings, dated 1935.  £15

621     FOLDER of 8 official 6½” x 9” B&W photos of Cockerill (Belgium) built locos.  Contained in official covers.  Dated 1950.  £10

622     SKODA Catalogue of Steam Locomotives.  100+pp fully illustrated in illustrated card covers.  Comb binding, c.1950s, text in English.  £20

623     HUNSLET ENGINE CO. catalogue.  Card folder containing 21 information sheets with details and photos of locos manufactured by the company.  Dated 1936.  £10

624     ROBERT STEPHENSON & HAWTHORNS LTD. booklet of company products.  Illustrated card covers, 22pp c.1930s.  £10

625     ANDREW BARCLAY SONS & CO. LTD. 8pp brochure of side and well tank locos.  Illustrated, undated.  £10

626     BEYER-PEACOCK publication: “The Products of Gorton Foundry.”  24pp fully illustrated guide to the company products.  Circa 1930.  Replacement, plain covers.  £10

627     NORTH BRITISH LOCOMOTIVE CO. souvenir booklet issued to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the company 1903-1953.  Unusually this is the hardback version, 116pp, fully illustrated.  VGC.  £10

628     HUNSLET ENGINE CO. brochure: “Hunslet in History 1864-1961.”  15pp fully illustrated guide to the history and activities of the company.  £5

629     DIESEL LOCO OPERATING MANUAL for class 44 locos D1-D10 (44001-44010).  Illustrated covers, 72pp pub. by Sulzer Bros, 2nd edition dated 1960.  Used.  £10

630     RANSOMES SIMS & JEFFERIES LTD of Ipswich instruction booklet for the “Ransomes Dauntless Tractor Cultivators.”  7pp fully illustrated, dated 1949.  £10

631     NORTH BRITISH LOCOMOTIVE CO. Instruction Manual for 225hp 0-4-0 diesel shunters in the D2745-D2780 range.  50+pp in card covers, c.1960.  £10

632     WESTINGHOUSE booklet: “Automatic Brake Described and Illustrated.”  Hardback, 3rd edition, 22pp plus plates, dated 1881.  Covers creased.  £5

633     CAPROTTI VALVE GEARS LTD. handbook for shed and running staff: “The Caprotti Valve Gear for Locomotives.”  Hardback, 80pp with illustrations of locos equipped, c.1930s.  £10

 

Lots 634-682: MAPS PLANS AND DIAGRAMS

(dmf = dissected, mounted and folded)

 

634     AIREY’S RAILWAY MAP of London & It’s Suburbs.  Early, undated example.  Dmf into hardback covers with title in gold on front.  Spine replaced.  £10

635     AIREY’S RAILWAY MAP of Cumberland & Westmorland Districts dated 1885.  Dmf into soft covers with label on front.  Fold repairs.  £10

636     AIREY’S RAILWAY MAP of Stafford & District dated 1885.  Dmf into soft covers with label on front.  Fold repairs.  £10

637     RAILWAY CLEARING HOUSE MAP of Yorkshire District South Sheet dated 1923.  Dmf into hardback covers with title in gold on front.  £30

638     RAILWAY CLEARING HOUSE MAP of Yorkshire District North Sheet dated 1921.  Dmf into hardback covers with title in gold on front.  £30

639     RAILWAY CLEARING HOUSE MAP of Ireland dated 1897.  Dmf into hardback covers with title in gold on front.  £20

640     RAILWAY CLEARING HOUSE MAP of Lancashire & District 1901.  Dmf into hardback covers with title in gold on front.  Tape repairs to reverse of map.  Spine damage.  £10

641     RAILWAY CLEARING HOUSE MAP of Ireland dated 1906.  Dmf into hardback covers with title in gold on front.  Covers worn.  £10

642     RAILWAY CLEARING HOUSE MAP of Edinburgh & Glasgow dated 1920.  Dmf into hardback covers with title in gold on front.  Replacement spine, generally worn.  £10

643     RAILWAY CLEARING HOUSE MAP of Yorkshire District North sheet dated 1908.  Dmf into hardback covers with title in gold on front.  Replacement spine.  £10

644     RAILWAY CLEARING HOUSE MAP of Yorkshire & District dated 1901.  Dmf into hardback covers with title in gold on front.  Replacement spine, some annotation on map.  £10

645     RAILWAY CLEARING HOUSE MAP of Yorkshire & District dated 1914.  Dmf into hardback covers with title in gold on front.  Some renovation and generally worn.  £10

646     RAILWAY CLEARING HOUSE MAP of Durham & Northumberland dated 1910.  Dmf into hardback covers with title in gold on front.  Replacement covers.  £10

647     RAILWAY CLEARING HOUSE MAP of London and It’s Environs dated 1902.  Dmf into hardback covers with title in gold on front.  Re-backed and restored.  £10

648     RAILWAY CLEARING HOUSE MAP of Scotland dated 1916.  Dmf into hardback covers with title in gold on front.  £10

649     RAILWAY CLEARING HOUSE MAP of London and It’s Environs dated 1899.  Linen map folding into soft covers with title in gold on front.  £10

650     RAILWAY CLEARING HOUSE MAP of Yorkshire District South sheet dated 1907.  Linen map folding into soft covers with title in gold on front.  £10

651     RAILWAY CLEARING HOUSE MAP of Scotland dated 1941.  Dmf into card covers with title on front.  £10

652     RAILWAY CLEARING HOUSE MAP of England & Wales dated 1940.  Dmf into card covers with title on front.  £10

653     MACAULAY’S STATION MAP of The Railways in Great Britain.  RCH style map c.1860s.  Dmf into replacement hardback covers.  Map worn.  £10

654     MAP OF THE GNR.  RCH type system map, dmf into hardback covers with title in gold on front.  General Manager’s copy, c.1890s.  £15

655     LONDON GEOGRAPHICAL SUPPLY CO. Map of The Railway Systems of England & Wales also showing Canals.  RCH type map, dmf into red clothbound covers.  Undated but showing pre-Grouping companies.  Covers very worn, map OK.  £5

656     CHEFFIN’S MAP of “London and Its Environs.”  1”:1 mile dmf into hardback covers, dated December 1847.  £10

657     JOHNSTON’S RAILWAY MAP of Britain.  Part coloured map, dmf, folding into red clothbound covers with title in gold on front.  Circa 1860s.  Covers poor, map OK.  £20

658     BLACK’S ROAD AND RAIL Travelling Map of Scotland.  Coloured map, dmf into hardback, clothbound covers with title in gold on front.  Circa 1890s.  £10

659     BETTS’S “New Railway and Commercial Map of England & Wales." Map part coloured to show railways and counties, dmf, dated 1846.  Somewhat worn, fold tears and a little damp staining on reverse.  £10

660     DISTRICT RAILWAY Map of London, 1st edition, linen bound map in decorative hardback covers.  Dated 1902.  Good condition for age.  £15

661     CORNISH BROTHERS LTD.  Four very old OS maps, each highly detailed 6”:1 mile showing rural areas of North Wales, some featuring the Chester & Holyhead Railway.  Undated.  Each dmf into card covers with label on front.  £5

662     BACON’S MAP of the Manchester Ship Canal.  Coloured paper map with fold tears, folding into red clothbound covers, scale 1”:1 mile, undated.  £5

663     C SMITH & SONS: “Tape Indicator Map of London.”  Linen-bound map, 74pp index, tape for measuring mileage, all contained in red, clothbound hardback covers with title on front.  Circa 1910s.  Fold tears.  Fragile.  £5

664     GEOGRAPHERS’ “Authentic Map of London.”  Paper map in paperback covers with Underground map on rear.  Circa 1940s.  Small fold tear.  £5

665     GER General Managers Office Map of Temple Mills.  Highly detailed 25”:1 mile map, dmf, one section detached.  Undated.  £10

666     GCR Book of Gradient Sheets.  Leather bound hardback covers containing four large size clothbound sheets showing gradient diagrams mostly Yorkshire and Lincolnshire areas.  Would have originally hard more sheets.  Undated.  £20

667     RCH JUNCTION DIAGRAMS.  1928 edition in official spring binder.  Contains over 100 diagrams also running powers and working arrangements section.  £20

668     RCH JUNCTION DIAGRAMS.  A folder of loose diagrams of varying dates for pages 36-70.  £10

669     RCH JUNCTION DIAGRAMS.  A folder of loose diagrams of varying dates.  £10

670     LMS Rates & Tax Dept. Plans.  Each highly detailed showing Tunstall, Hanley (2 examples) Longport (3 examples), Hixon, Congleton.  (8)  £10

671     BR (M).  Approx 46 track diagrams covering ex-Midland Railway lines in the Manchester and Liverpool areas dated in the 1970s.  (Qty)  £10

672     PONTELAND LIGHT RAILWAY.  Large volume of Plans and Sections for the Parliamentary Session 1899.  Leather bound covers with title in gold on front.  37 pages of diagrams plus appropriate OS maps.  Covers and spine rubbed, contents good.  £50