THE LEEK & MANIFOLD VALLEY LIGHT RAILWAY
Written by Robert Gratton.
Stock no. 1827695
Published by Rcl Publications. 1st 2005. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The railway ran for just over eight miles through one of the most beautiful valleys in Staffordshire. Large format. Colour & b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0953876373. Boards clean and bright. Minor foxing to top edge of text block, half-title page and last page. Else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly faded to spine and has some foxing to verso (not visible to front).

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THE ASHOVER LIGHT RAILWAY
Written by Robert Gratton; Stuart R. Band.
Stock no. 1827694
Published by Wild Swan Publications. 1st 1989. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A comprehensive account of this idyllic Derbyshire narrow gauge railway, a two foot gauge line just over seven miles long, which used to run from Clay Cross to the nearby village of Ashover. Large format. B/w photos. ISBN: 090686772X. Base of spine has shelf wear. Boards a little dusty. Minor foxing to top edge of text block and half-title page. Else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is slightly faded to spine and lightly scuffed to rear panel.

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DHOWS TO DELTAS
Written by Renato 'Sonny' Levi; Erroll Bruce; et al.
Stock no. 1327293
Published by Nautical Publishing Company. 1st 1971. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Written by on e of the most stimulating personalities in high speed boat design, this book is part autobiography, partly an intriguing account of the author's design experience, and finally a section dealing iwith the theoretical and practical considerations underlying the design of fast craft, leading to imaginative thinking about speed and the future. Large format. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w diagrams and photos. ISBN: 0245599568. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Light scratch mark to front cover. Pale page edge browning else contents clean. Dustwrapper is worn to spine and corners and slightly browned to spine.

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THE ARCTIC WHALERS
Written by Basil Lubbock.
Stock no. 1827692
Published by Brown, Son & Ferguson Ltd.. 1978. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth, gilt titles. B/w photos. 483 pages. The amazing life of the whale hunters. ISBN: 085174107x. Top & tail of spine and corners of boards lightly rubbed. Coffee (?) stain to top edge of text block (not awful). Some pencil annotation to margins (a line highlighting a paragraph), Rear pastedown map has pencil writing in margins. Else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper has a couplle of small edge-chips and is grubby, rear panel is creased, small tear to top edge.

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THE COLONIAL CLIPPERS
Written by Basil Lubbock.
Stock no. 1827691
Published by Brown, Son & Ferguson Ltd.. 1975. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

TNew Edition. The Emigrant Ships, The Wool Clippers, The Iron Clippers and The New Zealand Trade. Blue cloth, gilt titles. B/w illustrations and plans. 384 pages includes index. Boards clean and bright. Text block just slightly browned & grubby. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is grubby and has a few closed edge-tears (no loss).

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HISTORY OF BRITISH AVIATION 1908-1914
Written by R. Dallas Brett.
Stock no. 1827687
Published by John Hamilton Ltd.. 1st 1933. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

'Although there have been many publications dealing with various incidents of early aviation and individual experiences of early aviators, Mr Dallas Brett is the first author to review the whole tangled mass of data and to present a comprehensive picture of the whole exicitng early years of aviation. In this book is given a coherent story of Great Britain's part in the conquest of the air by the human race.' Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine, blind title to front. B/w photos. xxiv and 388 pages including index. Top corners of boards bumped. Lower corners lightly worn. Horizontal edges of boards lightly faded. Endpapers & text block browned. Contents clean. Scarce dustwrapper is grubby and marked, Closed tear (no loss) to top front panel.

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THE SWISS RAILWAY SAGA: 150 YEARS OF SWISS TRAINS
Written by Hans Peter Treichler; et al.
Stock no. 1827686
Published by As Verlag & Buchkonzept Ag. 1st thus 1996. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The official book for the 150 years jubilee of Swiss railways, a cultural history of rail traffic in Switzerland. Large format. Red cloth boards. Gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w photos and illustrations. ISBN: 3905111160. A lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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NORTH EASTERN RECORD VOLUME 1
Written by Colin Foster; John Addyman; Neil Mackay; Ken Hoole; et al.
Stock no. 1827685
Published by Historical Model Railway Society. 1st 1988. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Large format. A survey of the appearance of the North Eastern Railway and Hull & Barnsley Railway. 31st July 1854 - 31st December 1922. Green cloth boards, gilt titles. B/w and colour photos. B/w diagrams. ISBN: 0902835130. Very light rubbing to lower board edges. Very pale browning to endpapers. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is lightly faded to spine, lightly creased at top of spine, lightly scuffed to rear panel.

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MCLAREN - THE CARS
Written by William Taylor.
Stock no. 1327285
Published by Coterie Press Limited. Circa 2011. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Large oblong format. Black boards. ISBN: 9781902351353. Still in original shrinkwrap.

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ROUND THE HORN BEFORE THE MAST
Written by Basil Lubbock.
Stock no. 1827680
Published by Brown, Son & Ferguson Ltd.. 1st thus 1986. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Reprint of the John Murray edition. A personal record of a journey around Cape Horn in 1899. Blue cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0851745067. Light vertical creasing to spine (through reading use). Else contents clean. White dustwrapper is edge-creased, lightly browned to spine, small closed tears (no loss).

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M.G. ROAD CARS VOLUME ONE - FOUR CYLINDER O.H.C. 1929-1936
Written by Malcolm Green; et al.
Stock no. 1327283
Published by Magna Press. 1st 1994. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The history of the OHC Midget produced between 1929 and 1936, regarded by many as the 'golden age' of the marque, as well as many photographs and drawings to help restorers. Brown boards, gilt title to spine. B/w diagrams and photos. 159 pages. ISBN: 095194231X. Spine and corners bumped, a few tiny dents to cover edges. Some page corner tips lightly creased else contents fine. Dustwrapper is slightly faded to spine and a little edge creased.

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PETER DENNY'S BUCKINGHAM BRANCH LINES PART ONE 1945-1967
Written by Peter Denny.
Stock no. 1327280
Published by Wild Swan Publications. 1st 1993. Very good condition.

Large format. Card wraps. B/w photos. The author's experience of nearly 50 years of railway modelling. ISBN: 1874103143. Covers slightly browned and marked. Barcode label stuck to rear cover. Front joint cracked.

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