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Order Code Author Title & Details Price
ANU
The Steam Past Series

ANU001

Highet, C.

SCOTTISH LOCOMOTIVE HISTORY
A&U, 1970 pp. 240, with col frontis & 37 illus on 32 plates. Foreword by R.C. Bond.

NOT IN
STOCK

ANU002

Dorman, C.C.

CARLISLE (Citadel) Railway Scene
A&U, 1972 pp. 143, with 118 illus, inc frontis, list of signal boxes, 3 maps & a chronology.
A pictorial history of the station, host to seven pre-grouping railways, and after 1922, to the LMSR & LNER.

£9.00

ANU003

Allen, P.C. &
Macleod, A.B.

RAILS IN THE ISLE of WIGHT
A&U, 1967 pp. 68, with col frontis, 1 col plate & 130+ monochrome illus on 30 plates, map & 6 gradient profiles. (d/w damaged with some loss/fep missing else vg)

SOLD

ANU003B

Allen, P.C. &
Macleod, A.B.

RAILS IN THE ISLE of WIGHT
A&U/D&C, 1986 (2nd edn) pp. 128. 127 photos, map, gradient profiles. (vg/vg)

£9.00

ANU004

Simmons, J.

St. PANCRAS STATION
A&U, 1968 pp. 120, with 51 illus on 24 plates, 359 notes & (pp. 114-5), 'Passenger traffic and working expenses, 1872-1922', a table of annual figures in 5 columns.
A detailed study of the conception, building and subsequent career of the station as a great London railway terminus and its significance as an established feature of London's architectural heritage. (ex-lib else vg)

£15.00

ANU005

Poultney, E.C.

BRITISH EXPRESS LOCOMOTIVE DEVELOPMENT 1896-1948
A&U, 1952 pp. 175, with 82 illus.
pp. 19-28, The railway races to Aberdeen of 1895.

£10.00

ANU006

Glover,

BRITISH LOCOMOTIVE DESIGN 1825-1960
A&U, 1967 pp. 113 (d/w torn)

£10.00

ANU007

Tuplin, W.A.

NORTH WESTERN STEAM
A&U, 1963 pp. 251, with frontis, 58 illus (inc 42 on 16 plates) & 4 tables.

NOT IN
STOCK

ANU008

Tuplin, W.A.

NORTH EASTERN STEAM
A&U, 1970 pp. 215, with 51 illus on frontis & 14 plates, & 6 tables.

£10.00

ANU009

Tuplin, W.A.

GREAT CENTRAL STEAM
A&U, 1967, pp. 234 (vg/vg)

£12.00

ANU010

Tuplin, W.A.

GREAT WESTERN STEAM
A&U, 1982 (2nd edn/3rd Imp) pp. xiv, 194, with frontis, 44 illus on 16 plates, & in text, 5 drawings & 6 detailed tables.
A review of Great Western locomotive history and performance, including records of some journeys. (vg/vg).

£10.00

ANU011

Tuplin, W.A.

GREAT WESTERN SAINTS AND SINNERS
A&U, 1983 (2nd Imp) pp. 200, with 46 illus on 15 plates (inc frontis), 19 line drawings & 3 detailed tables in text. (vg/vg)
An appraisal of some mechanical features of GWR locomotive design & performance, including some 'un-saintly features not too rare to justify mention'. The author offers an alternative to the 'smooth, lush adoration' so common in books about locomotives.

£9.00

ANU012

Tuplin, W.A.

GREAT WESTERN POWER
A&U, 1975 pp. 215, with frontis, 39 illus on 14 plates & in text, 22 diagrams, graphs & gradient profiles, & 9 tables. (pict cc, vg)

£7.50

ANU013

Rogers, Col. H.C.B.

G.J. CHURCHWARD A Locomotive Biography
A&U, 1975 pp. 216, with 59 illus on 16 plates, 11 diagrams & 325 notes.

NOT IN
STOCK

ANU014

Day-Lewis, S.

BULLEID Last Giant of Steam
A&U, 1982 (2nd Rev edn/2nd Imp) pp. 303, & 70 illus on 34 plates.

£12.50

ANU015

Winkworth, D.W.

BULLEID'S PACIFICS
A&U, 1982 (2nd Imp) pp. 264, with 32 illus on 16 plates, 97 performance tables, 3 appendices (tables of of locomotive data) & a bibliography (19 sources). (vg/vg)

£8.00

ANU016

Brown, F.A.S.

GREAT NORTHERN LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERS
Volume One: 1846-1881

A&U, 1966 pp. 252, with frontis & 14 plates, 20 line drawings in text & 2 detailed tables. (vg/vg)
See also: FROM STIRLING TO GRESLEY 1882-1922 [Volume Two]

£10.00

ANU017

Rogers, Col. H.C.B.

the last steam locomotive engineer: R.A. RIDDLES, CBE
A&U, 1970 pp. 215, with frontis & 59 illus on 30 plates & a bibliography (55 sources). (vg/vg)

SOLD

ANU018

Nock, O.S.

STEAM LOCOMOTIVE
[The Unfinished Story of Steam Locomotives and Steam Locomotive Men on the Railways of Great Britain]

A&U, 1957 pp. 233, with 106 illus on 32 plates. (vg/vg)

£9.00

ANU019

Hamilton Ellis, C.

BRITISH RAILWAY HISTORY
[An outline from the accession of William IV to the nationalisation of railways]

Vol. 1: 1830-1876; A&U, 1954 pp. 443, with 45 illus on 25 plates.
Vol. 2: 1877-1947; A&U, 1959 pp. 416, with 25 illus on 14 plates & a map.
(BOTH vols vg/- d/w absent)

£17.50
(2 vols

ANU019a

Hamilton Ellis, C.

BRITISH RAILWAY HISTORY
[An outline from the accession of William IV to the nationalisation of railways]

Vol. 1: 1830-1876; A&U, 1956 (Rprnt) pp. 443, with 45 illus on 25 plates.
(vg/- d/w absent)

£9.50

ANU019b

Hamilton Ellis, C.

BRITISH RAILWAY HISTORY
[An outline from the accession of William IV to the nationalisation of railways]

Vol. 2: 1877-1947; A&U, 1960 (2nd Imp) pp. 416, with 25 illus on 14 plates & a map. (vg/vg)

£12.50

ANU020

Hamilton Ellis, C.

FOUR MAIN LINES
A&U, 1950 pp. 225, with 78 illus on 32 plates (8 col). (vg/vg)
The story of the evolution of the LMS, LNER, GWR and L&SWR.

£7.50

ANU021

Ellis, C.H.

SOME CLASSIC LOCOMOTIVES
A&U, 1949 pp. X, 173, with 80 illus (8 col.) on plates. (torn d/w)

£9.00
SALE PRICE

ANU022A

Hamilton Ellis, C.

THE TRAINS WE LOVED
A&U, 1955 (2nd Imp) pp. 196, with 69 illus on 40 plates (8 col). (vg/vg)

£8.00

ANU022B

Hamilton Ellis, C.

THE TRAINS WE LOVED
A&U, 1971 (Reset edn) pp. 110, with 40 illus (8 full-page col) on 24 plates, & 2 appendices.
Reset in smaller format but with text unabridged. ALL different illus to prev. edn. (paperback)

£2.50

ANU023

Hamilton Ellis, C.

THE BEAUTY OF OLD TRAINS
A&U, 1952 pp. 147, with 60 illus on 32 plates (8 col). (ex-lib else vg)

£9.00

ANU024

Hamilton, J.A.B.

BRITISH RAILWAY ACCIDENTS OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
A&U, 1967 pp. 180, with 32 illus on 16 plates.
27 accidents from 1905 to 1962.
See also: Trains to Nowhere & Rails to Disaster

NOT IN
STOCK

ANU025

Hamilton, J.A.B.

BRITAIN'S GREATEST RAIL DISASTER The Quintinshill Blaze of 1915
A&U, 1969 pp. 96, with 19 illus on 8 plates, 3 plans & a diagram.
Sometimes referred to as the 'Gretna accident'

£10.00

ANU026

Simmons, J.

TRANSPORT MUSEUMS
[in Britain and Western Europe]

A&U, 1970 pp. 300, with 133 illus on 64 plates. (ex-lib/usual stamps)
A companion guide to 34 museums of public transport by road and rail.

£3.50
SALE PRICE


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