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THE PATRIOTS: A PICTORIAL RECORD VOLUME ONE 45500-45525
Written by Peter Sikes.
Stock no. 1829069
Published by The LMS-Patriot Company Ltd.. 1st 2018. Slightly better than very good condition.

The first 26 locomotives of the class, 45500-45525. Oblong pictorial cardwraps. B/w & colour photos. 123 pages. ISBN: 9781999581800. A lovely copy, no significant faults.

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LMS ENGINE SHEDS THEIR HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT VOLUME ONE: THE LONDON & NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY
Written by Chris Hawkins; George Reeve.
Stock no. 1828784
Published by Wild Swan Publications. 1987. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The history and development of the company and the extensive modernization programme of the 1930s. Large format. Red boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and track diagrams. v and 250 pages. ISBN: 0906867029. Reprint. Text block lightly browned and a little grubby. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is browned, rubbed at corners and faded to spine.

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AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF L.M.S. COACHES 1923-1957
Written by Bob Essery; David Jenkinson.
Stock no. 1828742
Published by Oxford Publishing Co. 1st 1977. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. B/w photos. Enlarged and revised edition, based upon a book first published by Ian Allan Ltd in 1969. viii and 218 pages. ISBN: 0902888838. Top & tail of spine lightly shelf worn. Bump to lower front spine edge of front board and corresponding area on dustwrapper has surface paper loss (0.5cm - tiny). Tape marks and grubby marks to endpapers. Text block lightly browned. Contents are clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is faded to green on spine and front spine edge.

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L.M.S.R. LOCOMOTIVES TO SCALE
Written by Ian Beattie.
Stock no. 1828738
Published by D. Bradford Barton. 1st 1981. Almost very good condition.

Yellow boards. Oblong format. B/w photos and line drawings. 61 pages plus publisher's list to rear. ISBN: 085153399X. Boards dirty and stained. Top of spine bumped. Spine & corners lightly rubbed. Top gutter edge of contents lightly creased due to bump to spine (affects margin only). A few grubby marks to contents.

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AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF L.M.S. WAGONS VOLUME ONE
Written by R.J. Essery.
Stock no. 1828711
Published by Oxford Publishing Co. 1st 1981. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Mustard yellow cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos & diagrams. 179 pages. ISBN: 0860931277. A lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is a little scuffed and is faded to spine.

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OFF NORTHAMPTON SHED: THE REMINISCENCES OF AN LMS FIREMAN
Written by Derek Mutton.
Stock no. 1828661
Published by Wild Swan Publications. 1st 2006. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The author was a cleaner at Northampton shed in September 1943 at the age of 15, where he remained throughout his foot-plate career. Wonderfully observed, often humorous and extremely well written, this captivating account evokes much of the atmosphere of the run-down railway in post-war Britain. Large format. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and trackplans. 185 pages. ISBN: 1905184204. Text block and page edges lightly browned. White pictorial dustwrapper is lightly browned and lightly edge-creased.

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A PICTORIAL RECORD OF L.M.S. ARCHITECTURE
Written by Roy Anderson; Gregory Fox.
Stock no. 1828398
Published by Oxford Publishing Co. 1st 1981. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A comprehensive selection of illustrations of buildings, structures and other associated fixtures the LMS Railway had in its charge between the 1923 grouping and nationalisation in 1948. Grey cloth boards, red title to spine. Large format. B/w photos and illustrations. ISBN: 0860930831. Top & tail of spine lightly shelf-worn. Neat gift inscription in ink to front endpaper. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-creased and has a few minor marks.

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AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF L.M.S. COACHES 1923-1957
Written by Bob Essery; David Jenkinson.
Stock no. 1828397
Published by Oxford Publishing Co. 1st thus 1977. Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Large format. B/w photos. Enlarged and revised edition, based upon a book first published by Ian Allan Ltd in 1969. viii and 218 pages. ISBN: 0902888838. Top & tail of spine lightly rubbed. Neat gift inscription to front endpaper. Minor surface paper damage to half-title gutter edge. Contents otherwise clean. Pictorial dustwrapper very slightly faded to spine and lightly scuffed.

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MIDLAND ENGINEMAN
Written by Horace Mann; F.G. Cockman.
Stock no. 1827970
1st 1981. Very good condition.

The story of a man, Horace Mann, who loved steam locomotives and devoted his life to cleaning, firing and driving them. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. 40 pages. ISBN: 0950787205. Covers are scuffed, creased at spine edge and lightly rubbed to corners. Contents clean.

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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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AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF L.M.S. WAGONS VOLUME ONE
Written by R.J. Essery.
Stock no. 1826069
Published by Oxford Publishing Co. 1st 1981. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Mustard yellow cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos & diagrams. 179 pages. ISBN: 0860931277. Lower corners of boards bumped. A few grubby marks to boards. Else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly creased at corners, lightly edge-rubbed and lightly faded to spine.

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THE ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF LMS STANDARD COACHING STOCK I
Written by David Jenkinson; Bob Essery.
Stock no. 1825050
Published by Haynes Publishing Group. 1st 1991. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Volume I: General Introduction and Non-Passenger Vehicles. Large format. Red boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and diagrams. ISBN: 0860934500. Light wear to board corners. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly faded to spine and lightly scuffed to rear panel.

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