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THE WHITBY, REDCAR AND MIDDLESBROUGH UNION RAILWAY
Written by Ken Hoole.
Stock no. 1828705
Published by Hendon Publishing Co. Ltd.. 1986. Very good condition.

The WRMU railway was a small company with a line only 16.5 miles long, promoted privately to give Whitby an outlet to the north along the coast. Large oblong format. Pictorial cardwraps. Staple binding. B/w photos throughout. ISBN: 0860670651. Second impression. Covers a little creased and rubbed at corners. Very faint dampstain to top gutter edge corners of covers (only visible from inside). Staples starting to rust. Contents a little creased but clean.

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BRITISH RAILWAYS MARK 1 COACHES
Written by Keith Parkin.
Stock no. 1828684
Published by Pendragon Books; Atlantic Publishers. 1st 1991. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

An enlarged and expanded version of a work first published in 1982 by the Historical Model Railway Society. Large format. Red boards, gilt title to spine. Colour and b/w photos. 235 pages including index. ISBN: 0906899494. A nice copy. Brown pictorial dustwrapper is faded to spine and lightly scuffed.

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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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THE HORNBY GAUGE 0 SYSTEM (THE HORNBY COMPANION SERIES)
Written by Chris Graebe; Julie Graebe.
Stock no. 1828663
Published by New Cavendish Books. 1st thus 1994. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Completely revised edition including over 200 additional colour pictures and 104 pages. The story of this most famous and successful British make, the Hornby 0-gauge Train, from the first constructional train sets of 1920 right through to the final 0-Gauge production in the 1960s. Large oblong format. The Hornby Companion series. Colour photos. 440 pages including index. ISBN: 1872727522. Board corners lightly bumped. Minor mark to title page. Text block very slightly grubby. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is faded to spine and a little scuffed.

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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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THE WD AUSTERITY 2-8-0 THE BR RECORD
Written by John Hooper.
Stock no. 1828634
Published by Book Law Publications. 1st 2010. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A record of the WD Austerity 2-8-0s adopted by BR to show just how enduring the class became. Large format. Cream glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos. iv and 300 pages. ISBN: 9781907094590. A lovely copy. Matching cream pictorial dustwrapper has the remains of a label to front panel, and is faded to spine.

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LOCOMOTIVES OF THE LNWR SOUTHERN DIVISION (LOCOMOTIVES OF THE LMSR)
Written by Harry Jack.
Stock no. 1828633
Published by The Railway Correspondence And Travel Society. 1st 2001. Slightly better than very good condition.

London and Birmingham Railway, London and North Western Railway and Wolverhampton Locomotive Works. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w diagrams and photos. 300 pages. ISBN: 0901115894. Corners of boards lightly rubbed and bumped. Boards lightly scuffed. Contents clean.

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TRI-ANG RAILWAYS: THE STORY OF ROVEX VOLUME 1 1950-1965
Written by Pat Hammond.
Stock no. 1828631
Published by New Cavendish Books. 1st 1993. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The first of two volumes on the product history of Rovex. Large oblong format. Colour and b/w photos. 432 pages including index. ISBN: 0904568571. Spine & corners of boards lightly rubbed. Boards clean. Text block slightly grubby to base. Minor yellow pencil mark to page 4 else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is faded to spine and a little grubby to rear panel.

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THE SECRET RAILWAY
Written by Elisabeth Beresford. Illustrated by James Hunt.
Stock no. 1328347
Published by Methuen Children's Books Ltd.. 1st 1973. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

When Barny and Sue discover Marsh End, an old and disused railway station, they set about bringing it back to life again. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. 141 numbered pages. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0416755704. Spine and corners bumped. Light foxing, mainly at page edges. Dustwrapper is lightly faded/browned with a few small chips in the laminate at top edges.

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LNER WAGONS: AN ILLUSTRATED OVERVIEW
Written by Peter Tatlow.
Stock no. 1828533
Published by Pendragon Partnership. 1st 1998. Slightly better than very good condition.

This survey examines a broad and balanced selection of wagons built by the LNER between 1923 and 1947, together with a sampling of the goods vehicles it took over from its constituents in 1923. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos and diagrams. ISBN: 1899816054. Boards lightly scuffed. Neat gift inscription in ink to front endpaper. Contents otherwise clean.

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CANADIAN RAILWAYS IN PICTURES
Written by Robert F. Legget.
Stock no. 1828521
Published by Douglas, David & Charles. 1st 1977. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Few countries int eh world have a history of railroading to match Canada's for daring, imagination and engineering achievement. A collection of photographs showing how bridges, tunnels and water crossings link overland track, how rail services the cities as it once contributed to their growth, how Canadians - pioneers in snowplough equipment - have dealt with the merciless winter conditions. Grey cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos. 96 pages. ISBN: 0889140529. Light fading to lower edge of boards. Minor foxing to text block and a few minor spots to endpapers. Else contents clean. Blue pictorial dustwrapper is scuffed.

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GLASGOW CENTRAL CENTRAL TO GLASGOW
Written by Dugald Cameron.
Stock no. 1828512
Published by Strathwood Ltd. 2nd 2009. Slightly better than very good condition.

An affectionate tribute in the form of facts, recollections, images and miscellanea from some admirers of Glasgow Central, upon the 100th anniversary of the exansion of the station. Large format. Card wraps. Second enlarged edition. B/w and colour photos. ISBN: 9781905276363. Light rubbing to corners. Light crease to top corner of front endpaper. Contents clean.

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