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G.W.R. LOCOMOTIVES TO SCALE
Written by Ian Beattie.
Stock no. 1829019
Published by D. Bradford Barton. 1st 1981. Very good condition.

Green boards. Oblong format. B/w photos and line drawings. ISBN: 0851534007. Top & tail of spine and corners lightly rubbed. Old price label to rear board. Light scuffing to boards. Contetns clean.

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THE BANBURY & CHELTENHAM RAILWAY VOLUME ONE
Written by William Hemmings.
Stock no. 1829009
Published by Wild Swan Publications. 1st 2004. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

This first volume details the history of the line up to 1939. Large format. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 197 pages. ISBN: 1874103887. Lower corners of boards lightly bumped. Contents clean. White pictorial dustwrapper is very slightly edge-creased.

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AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF THE WALLINGFORD BRANCH
Written by Paul Karau; Chris Turner.
Stock no. 1828779
Published by Wild Swan Publications. 1st 1982. Very good condition.

The Wallingford branch was the first stage of an 1861 scheme that would have linked the GWR main line with the Wycombe Extension Railway, then under construction. However, the full scheme failed to materialize. Today the line remains dormant and disconnected from the main line, while a newly formed preservation society struggles to secure its future. Blue pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos and diagrams. 68 page staple binding. ISBN: 090686710X. Covers browned but clean. Contents clean.

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GREAT WESTERN COACHES APPENDIX: VOLUME TWO STANDARD PASSENGER STOCK
Written by J.H. Russell.
Stock no. 1828676
Published by Oxford Publishing Co. 1st 1984. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Specific Duty Coaches and the Brown Vehicles. Large format. Portrait format, contents in landscape format. Brown boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and diagrams. 279 pages. ISBN: 0860931544. Light rubbing to top & tail of spine. Text block lightly browned. Biro to gutter edge of front endpaper (C4) else contents clean. Brown pictorial dustwrapper is scuffed and edge-rubbed.

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GREAT WESTERN WAGON PLANS
Written by J.H. Russell.
Stock no. 1828662
Published by Oxford Publishing. 1st 1976. Very good condition.

Taken from official plans and scale drawings. Large format. Card wraps. Title to front cover differs slightly: 'Great Western Wagons Plan Book'. Covers are portrait style, contents printed in landscape format. B/w plans. 137 pages. ISBN: 0902888676. Spine & covers faded & browned. Text block browned. Contents clean.

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SIGNALMAN'S TWILIGHT
Written by Adrian Vaughan.
Stock no. 1828469
Published by Amberley Publishing. 2011. Slightly better than very good condition.

Revised Edition. The author's life as a signalman at Challow Station in rural Berkshire. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 9781445602578. Front cover corners lightly rubbed. Contents clean. A lovely copy.

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DIDCOT TO SWINDON (WESTERN MAIN LINES)
Written by Vic Mitchell; Keith Smith.
Stock no. 1828450
Published by Middleton Press. 1st 2002. Nearly fine condition.

Western Main Lines series. Including the Faringdon and Highworth Branches. Blue & green glazed boards. B/w photos. ISBN: 1901706842. Boards bright. Old price-label to rear board. Printing imprint to title page. Else contents clean.

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GREAT WESTERN COACHES APPENDIX: VOLUME TWO STANDARD PASSENGER STOCK
Written by J.H. Russell.
Stock no. 1828392
Published by Oxford Publishing Co. 1st 1984. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Specific Duty Coaches and the Brown Vehicles. Large format. Portrait format, contents in landscape format. Brown boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and diagrams. 279 pages. ISBN: 0860931544. Light shelf-wear to top & tail of spine. Neat name & date in ink to front pastedown. Else a lovely, clean copy. Brown pictorial dustwrapper is lightly rubbed at corners, laminate peeling back to top of spine (minor at present), light scuffing, lightly faded to spine.

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THE BANBURY AND CHELTENHAM RAILWAY 1887-1962
Written by J.H. Russell.
Stock no. 1327797
Published by Oxford Publishing. 1st 1977. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Brown boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0902888455. Light scratch mark to rear cover. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is lightly browned.

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THE BIG FOUR REMEMBERED
Written by J.S. Whiteley; G.W. Morrison.
Stock no. 1327105
Published by Haynes; Oxford Publishing. 1st thus 1989. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

LMS, GWR, London North Eastern and Southern Region Railways. Large format. Green boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0860934632. Spine and corners bumped. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is just a little edge rubbed/creased.

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SUMMER SATURDAYS IN THE WEST
Written by David St John Thomas; Simon Rocksborough Smith. Illustrated by Peter Gray; Kenneth Leech.
Stock no. 1326935
Published by David & Charles. 1st 1973. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A remarkable and unusual railway book. Brown boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0715359126. Spine slightly bumped and rubbed. Pale foxing and page edge browning else contents clean. Dustwrapper is slightly edge creased and browned on verso.

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FROM CHESTER TO HOLYHEAD: THE BRANCH LINES
Written by Bill Rear.
Stock no. 1827170
Published by Oxford Publishing Co. 1st 2003. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The Chester & Holyhead Railway was one fo the first and most important railway lines to be constructed in Britain, providing an essential link between London and Holyhead. Large format. Red boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0860935698. A very nice copy. Pictorial dustwrapper has a few minor spots.

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