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GRESLEY'S B17S
Written by Peter Tuffrey.
Stock no. 1327017
Published by Great Northern Books. 1st 2021. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Green boards with silver title to spine. B/w and colour photos throughout. ISBN: 9781912101269. Minimal rubbing to spine and corners. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is very slightly creased at edges.

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PEPPERCORN'S PACIFICS
Written by Peter Tuffrey; Mark Allatt.
Stock no. 1327016
Published by Great Northern Books. 1st 2017. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

B/w and colour pictures of 50 of Peppercorn's A1 locomotives and 15 of his A2 locomotives. Large format. Green boards, gilt title to spine. ISBN: 9781912101702. SIGNED by the author to a bookplate which is stuck to the front free-endpaper. Dustwrapper is just a tiny bit edge creased.

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PEPPERCORN HIS LIFE AND LOCOMOTIVES
Written by Tim Hillier-Graves.
Stock no. 1326985
Published by Pen & Sword Transport. 1st 2021. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The first detailed biography of Peppercorn, a vicar's son from Herefordshire and the last LNER Chief Mechanical Engineer. Large format. Black boards, silver title to spine. 259 pages. Colour and b/w photos throughout. ISBN: 9781526729859. Minimal rubbing to spine and corners of book and dustwrapper.

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BRITAIN'S RAIL ROUTES PAST AND PRESENT: THE EAST COAST MAIN LINE
Written by Geoffrey Body. Illustrated by Brian Morrison.
Stock no. 1326972
Published by Silver Link Publishing. 1st 1995. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

King's Cross to Newcastle: the route of the 'Silver Jubilee'. Large format. Blue boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos throughout. ISBN: 1857940520. Slight bumping to spine. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is creased at edges.

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LNER 4-6-0 LOCOMOTIVES: THEIR DESIGN, OPERATION AND PERFORMANCE
Written by David Maidment.
Stock no. 1326963
Published by Pen & Sword Transport. 1st 2021. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Covers the design, construction, operation and performance of all 4-6-0 locomotives that ran on the London and North Eastern Railway between 1923 and 1947 and the LNER designed engines that ran on BR's Eastern Region until the end of BR steam in 1968. Oblong format. Green cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w and colour photos. ISBN: 9781526772541. Spine slightly bumped else a fine copy. Spine of dustwrapper is slightly creased at top and tail.

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LNER BRANCH LINES
Written by Christopher J. Gammell.
Stock no. 1326962
Published by Oxford Publishing Co. 1st 1993. Slightly better than very good condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Large format. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0860935094. Some light scratches to covers. Contents fine.

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NORTH-EASTERN BRANCH LINES PAST AND PRESENT
Written by Ken Hoole.
Stock no. 1326956
Published by Oxford Publishing Co. 1st 1984. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0860931897. Minimal rubbing to cover edges else a fine copy in price-cut wrapper.

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A HISTORY OF THE LNER: 1. THE EARLY YEARS, 1923-33
Written by Michael R. Bonavia.
Stock no. 1326940
Published by Studio Editions. 1990. Fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Square format. Black boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos. A few light foxspots to verso of dustwrapper, dustwrapper spine is sunned.

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BRITISH RAILWAYS PAST AND PRESENT No. 25 EAST YORKSHIRE
Written by Roger Hill; Carey Vessey.
Stock no. 1326937
Published by Past and Present Publishing Ltd.. 1st 1995. Very good condition.

Pictorial card wraps. Colour and b/w photos. ISBN: 1858950791. Covers edge rubbed, spine faded. Contents fine.

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LNER CARRIAGES
Written by Michael Harris.
Stock no. 1827449
Published by Atlantic Transport Publishers. 1st 1994. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Compared to the author's previous Gresley's Coaches, LNER Carriages is greatly expanded, in order to include archive material unavailable when the original title was prepared. Large format. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0906899478. Minor rubbing to lower board edges. Half-title and title page creased and slightly grubby. Else contents fine. Blue pictorial dustwrapper is lightly creased at top edges, slightly browned and slightly scuffed.

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A HISTORY OF THE LNER: III. THE LAST YEARS, 1939-48
Written by Michael R. Bonavia.
Stock no. 1827446
Published by Studio Editions; George Allen & Unwin. 1st thus 1990. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Steam Past series. Black boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos. A lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is faded to spine (orange to tan - normal for this series).

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A HISTORY OF THE LNER II. THE AGE OF THE STREAMLINERS, 1934-39
Written by Michael R. Bonavia.
Stock no. 1827444
Published by Studio Editions; George Allen & Unwin. 1st thus 1990. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Steam Past series. The story of the short but exciting period between 1934 and the outbreak of war in 1939 when the LNER fought off the effects of the Great Depression. Black boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos. A lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is faded to spine (from orange to light tan - normal for this series).

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