RAILWAY MANUAL No. 4001
No author listed.
Stock no. 1829231
Published by British Timken Limited. 1st 1950. Very good condition.

Timken equipped railway locomotives and how to attach & apply them. Limp boards, red cloth with gilt title to front. Pictorial endpapers, colour illustrations showing locomotives with Timken attachments. B/w photos. Folding plates to rear. 118 pages plus folding plates. Boards a little grubby from use. Contents clean. All folding plates present, some creased at vertical margin.

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LOCOMOTIVE MANAGEMENT: CLEANING DRIVING MAINTENANCE
Written by Jas. T. Hodgson; John Williams; Charles S. Lake.
Stock no. 1829150
Published by The St. Margaret's Technical Press Limited. 7th 1939. Very good condition.

7th edition. Revised by Lake. Green cloth with gilt titles and vignette. B/w photos and illustrations. xi and 492 pages including index. 16 pages of publisher's adverts to rear. Spine faded. Text block and endpapers browned. A few light marks to contents but generally clean.

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THE EVOLUTION OF THE STEAM LOCOMOTIVE (1803 TO 1898)
Written by G.A. Sekon.
Stock no. 1829146
Published by The Railway Publishing Co. Ltd.. 1st 1899. Very good condition.

Blue cloth boards with gilt titles, bevelled edge boards. Text block marbled blue pattern. B/w photos and illustrations. 327 pages including index. Top & tail of spine and corners lightly bumped and rubbed. Boards a little scuffed. Front hinge between frontispiece and title page pulled. Name in ink to top of title page. Contents clean.

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A CENTURY OF LOCOMOTIVE BUILDING BY ROBERT STEPHENSON & CO. 1823-1923
Written by J.G.H. Warren.
Stock no. 1829136
Published by Andrew Reid & Company Limited. 1st 1923. Almost very good condition.

Centenary book. Large format. Green cloth boards, gilt titles and embossed vignette to front. B/w diagrams and illustrations. 461 pages including index. Spine & corners lightly rubbed & worn. Text block browned. Foxing mainly go endpapers and prelims. Else contents clean.

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MATTHEW MURRAY PIONEER ENGINEER: RECORDS FROM 1765 TO 1826
Written by E. Kilburn Scott.
Stock no. 1829124
Published by Edwin Jowett. 1st 1928. Very good condition.

Edited by Scott. Matthew Murray was an English steam engine and machine tool manufacturer. Brown cardwraps. B/w plates. 132 pages including subscribers list to rear. Top of spine worn and slightly frayed. Tiny piece of lower corner of rear cover torn off. Text block browned. Page 11/12 vertical margin is lightly creased and lightly torn with no loss. Contents otherwise clean.

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BASHERS, GADGETS AND MOURNERS: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF THE LNWR COAL TANKS
Written by Peter W. Skellon.
Stock no. 1828995
Published by The Bahamas Locomotive Society. 1st 2011. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A simple locomotive that was cheap to build and easy to maintain, capable of hard work. Large format. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations and photos. 256 pages including index. Subscribers to the Webb Coal Tank Engine Preservation Fund listed. ISBN: 9780956929204. Text block and margins lightly browned. Tiny mark to lower edge of page 64 and 65. Otherwise contents clean. Includes Audio CD in pocket to front pastedown (unknown if it is working). Black pictorial dustwrapper is lgithly scuffed with heavier score mark to rear panel.

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BLERIOT IN BRITAIN 1899 TO 1927
Written by Ray Sanger.
Stock no. 1828814
Published by Air-Britain (historians) Ltd.. 1st 2008. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

From Headlamps to Airliners. Bleriot's endeavours to set up his companies in Britain, attempts by others to copy his designs, and the exploits of very brave airmen using his aircraft before the War to compete and promote public interest in aviation. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. 192 pages. B/w photos and a few colour. ISBN: 9780851303994. Lower rear corner of boards lightly bumped else a lovely copy. Matching pictorial dustwrapper is very slightly faded to spine and very slightly scuffed.

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J.A.P. THE END OF AN ERA
Written by Jeff Clew.
Stock no. 1828733
Published by Haynes Publishing Group. 1st 1988. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The Second Volume in Jeff Clew's series about the history of Britain's most successful specialist motor cycle engine manufacturer: J.A. Prestwich & Co. Ltd. Red boards with silver title to spine. B/w photos. 252 pages including index. ISBN: 0854296115. A lovely copy. Blue pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-creased and lightly scuffed to rear panel.

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RESISTANCE, PROPULSION AND STEERING OF SHIPS: A MANUAL FOR DESIGNING HULL FORMS, PROPELLERS AND RUDDERS
Written by W.P.A. Van Lammeren; L Troost; J.G. Koning.
Stock no. 1828538
Published by The Technical Publishing Company H. Stam-Haarlem. 1st 1948. Almost very good condition.

Ships and Marine Engines series Volume II. Large format. Blue cloth boards. Gilt titles. B/w diagrams and charts. 366 pages including index plus publisher colour advert to rear. Corners of boards a little rubbed & worn. Boards a little scuffed. Either side of top of spine fraying. Name in ink to front endpaper. Rear joint cracked. Endpapers & text block browned. Contents clean.

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PRACTICAL SHIPBUILDING A: A MANUAL FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF SEA-GOING MERCHANT SHIPS AND WAR-SHIPS
Written by G. De Rooij.
Stock no. 1828537
Published by N.V. De Technische Uitgeverij H. Stam-Haarlem. 1st 1953. Very good condition.

Ships and Marine Engines series Volume III A. Large format. Blue cloth boards, gilt titles. B/w scale drawings/diagrams throughout, many folding diagrams to rear. Boards scuffed and lightly worn, lower corners bumped. Text block browned. Minor lower corner crease to first couple of sections. Some folding plates strengthened on the plain side of the fold with strong tape. Contents are clean.

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BASHERS, GADGETS AND MOURNERS: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF THE LNWR COAL TANKS
Written by Peter W. Skellon.
Stock no. 1828481
Published by The Bahamas Locomotive Society. 1st 2011. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A simple locomotive that was cheap to build and easy to maintain, capable of hard work. Large format. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations and photos. 256 pages including index. Subscribers to the Webb Coal Tank Engine Preservation Fund listed. ISBN: 9780956929204. Includes audio CD in pocket to front pastedown. Top & tail of spine shelf worn. Else a lovely copy. Dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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FARM AND WORKSHOP WELDING
Written by Andrew Pearce.
Stock no. 1327972
Published by Old Pond Publishing. 2013. Very good condition.

First published in 1992 as Farm Welding. Glazed pictorial boards. 160 pages. Colour and b/w photos throughout. ISBN: 9781905523306. Spine slightly bumped and rubbed. Evidence of removal of a small label to top front corner. Contents fine.

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