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THE MOUSE AND HIS MASTER: THE LIFE AND WORK OF TERENCE CUNEO
Written by Terence Cuneo. Illustrated by Terence Cuneo.
Stock no. 1827732
Published by New Cavendish Books. 1st 1977. Very good condition.

Terence Cuneo's life story and a cross-section of his life's work. Cuneo was an artist of many subjects including steam trains, military, industrial. Large oblong format. Cream textured cloth, gilt titles. Colour & b/w photos and illustrations. Top edge deep green. ISBN: 0904568083. Cream coloured boards a little grubby, remains of labels to rear. Contents are clean. Contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly worn and a little grubby.

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TONY MARSH, THE GREAT ALL-ROUNDER IN AND OUT OF MOTORSPORT
Written by Tony Marsh.
Stock no. 1327418
Published by Parley Books. 1st 2007. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Former six-times British Hill Climb Champion and racing driver, the story up until 2001. Green boards, gilt title to spine. 269 pages. Colour photos. ISBN: 9780955482601. SIGNED by Marsh to title-page. Spine very slightly bumped. Contents lightly browned but clean. Dustwrapper is slightly edge rubbed and faded at edges.

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BILL HOOLE: ENGINEMAN EXTRAORDINARY
Written by Peter W.B. Semmens.
Stock no. 1327406
Published by Ian Allan. 1st 1966. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Bill Hoole's railway career, spanning almost 60 years to the days when he joined the Midland Railway as a Dock Messenger in Liverpool. Red cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Pale page edge browning. Dustwrapper is creased at top edges and has a scratch mark to rear panel.

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I TRIED TO RUN A RAILWAY
Written by Gerard Fiennes.
Stock no. 1327402
Published by Head Of Zeus. 1st PB 2018. Slightly better than very good condition.

With a foreword by Christian Wolmar and Nicholas Faith. Apollo paperback edition. 214 pages. ISBN: 9781786691286. Small mark to lower edge of textblock.

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SPITFIRES OVER SCOTLAND: 'FIRST BLOOD TO THE AUXILIARIES'
Written by Bill Simpson.
Stock no. 1327399
Published by G C Books Ltd. 1st 2010. Very good condition.

The Life of Squadron Leader Patrick Gifford DFC, and the shooting down of the first German aircraft in British airspace during the Second World War. Blue pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 9781872350448. Bump to top of spine. Slight wear to corners. Contents fine.

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THOMAS BRASSEY: RAILWAY BUILDER
Written by Charles Walker.
Stock no. 1327396
Published by Frederick Muller Limited. 1st 1969. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A modern look at a Victorian giant. Brown boards, gilt title to spine. 183 pages. B/w photos. ISBN: 0584103050. Spine and corners bumped. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed with a patch of surface paper damage to rear panel.

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THE MAN WHO DISOBEYED: SIR HORACE SMITH-DORRIEN AND HIS ENEMIES
Written by A.J. Smithers.
Stock no. 1327369
Published by Leo Cooper. 1st 1970. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The earlier highlights of Smith-Dorrien's career. Orange boards, gilt title to spine. 303 pages. B/w photos. ISBN: 0850520304. Spine and corners bumped. Textblock is slightly foxed. Contents clean. White dustwrapper is edge rubbed, sunned to spine and rear edges with remains of a label to rear panel.

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FROM STEAM TO STONE VOLUME TWO: ONWARDS INTO MANAGEMENT
Written by David Butcher.
Stock no. 1327337
Published by The Oakwood Press. 1st 2004. Nearly fine condition.

Oakwood Reminiscences series RS13. A BR life - Engine Cleaner to Stone Projects Manager. Pictorial card wraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 0853616248. Slight rubbing to corners.

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FROM STEAM TO STONE VOLUME ONE: THE FOOTPLATE YEARS
Written by David Butcher.
Stock no. 1327336
Published by The Oakwood Press. 1st 2004. Nearly fine condition.

A BR life - Engine Cleaner to Stone Projects Manager. Oakwood Reminiscences series RS12. Pictorial card wraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 085361623X. Minimal rubbing to corners.

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SIR NIGEL GRESLEY THE ENGINEER AND HIS FAMILY
Written by Geoffrey Hughes.
Stock no. 1327335
Published by The Oakwood Press. 2004. Slightly better than very good condition.

Oakwood Library of Railway History OL118. Green cardwraps. 216 pages. B/w photos. ISBN: 0853615799. Minimal rubbing to corners. A couple of very small black marks to lower edge of textblock.

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STEAMING THROUGH THE WAR YEARS REMINISCENCES THE EX-GER LINES IN LONDON
Written by Reg Robertson.
Stock no. 1327332
Published by The Oakwood Press. 1st 1996. Slightly better than very good condition.

Oakwood Reminiscences Series RS3. Card wraps. B/w photos. 152 Pages. ISBN: 0853614725. Slight rubbing to corners.

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ROUND THE HORN BEFORE THE MAST
Written by Basil Lubbock.
Stock no. 1827680
Published by Brown, Son & Ferguson Ltd.. 1st thus 1986. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Reprint of the John Murray edition. A personal record of a journey around Cape Horn in 1899. Blue cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0851745067. Light vertical creasing to spine (through reading use). Else contents clean. White dustwrapper is edge-creased, lightly browned to spine, small closed tears (no loss).

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