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THE ISLE OF WIGHT RAILWAYS FROM 1923 ONWARDS (OL140)
Written by R.J. Maycock; R. Silsbury.
Stock no. 1829141
Published by The Oakwood Press. 1st thus 2006. Slightly better than very good condition.

Oakwood Library of Railway History 140. Green pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos and drawings. 296 pages including index. ISBN: 9780853617402. A very nice copy.

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BY RAIL TO VICTORY: THE STORY OF THE LNER IN WARTIME
Written by Norman Crump.
Stock no. 1829140
Published by London & North Eastern Railway. 1st 1947. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

the war story of the London and North Eastern Railway and of the men and women who kept it running. White cloth boards with blue titles. B/w photos. xii and 196 pages including index. Folding map to rear. Foxing to boards, browning to spine. Contents are clean. Dustwrapper is torn and messily repaired with now yellowed tape to verso, browned and grubby, a few small chips.

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A CENTURY OF LOCOMOTIVE BUILDING BY ROBERT STEPHENSON & CO. 1823-1923
Written by J.G.H. Warren.
Stock no. 1829136
Published by Andrew Reid & Company Limited. 1st 1923. Almost very good condition.

Centenary book. Large format. Green cloth boards, gilt titles and embossed vignette to front. B/w diagrams and illustrations. 461 pages including index. Spine & corners lightly rubbed & worn. Text block browned. Foxing mainly go endpapers and prelims. Else contents clean.

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AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF THE EAST SUFFOLK RAILWAY
Written by John Brodribb.
Stock no. 1829135
Published by Oxford Publishing Co. 1st 2003. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A definitive account of the railway between Ipswich and Yarmouth/Lowestoft. Large format. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour pictorial endpapers. B/w photos. 256 pages. ISBN: 0860935728. A lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly creased across top edge.

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STEAM POWER OF THE NEW YORK CENTRAL SYSTEM VOLUME I: MODERN POWER 1915-1955
Written by Alvin F. Staufer.
Stock no. 1829134
Published by Alvin F. Staufer. 1st 1961. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Staufer Railroad books. A collection of the finest photographs available that do justly represent the steam motive power of the New York Central and its affiliate lines. Large format. Black boards, silver title to spine and vignette to front. B/w photos. 223 pages. Light rubbing to top & tail of spine. Light browning to text block else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is foxed to verso, edge-rubbed, lightly browned to rear panel.

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THE ISLE OF MAN RAILWAY VOLUME II
Written by James I.C. Boyd.
Stock no. 1829131
Published by The Oakwood Press. 1st thus 1994. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The British Narrow Gauge Railway series, No. 2B. An outline history of The Isle of Man Railway including The Manx Northern Railway and The Foxdale Railway (1905-1994). Volume II of a three volume edition. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 256 pages including index. ISBN: 0853614695. Pencil erasure mark to top corner of front endpaper else contents clean. Blue pictorial dustwrapper is faded to top edge and spine and a little scuffed.

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THE ISLE OF MAN RAILWAY VOLUME I
Written by James I.C. Boyd.
Stock no. 1829130
Published by The Oakwood Press. 1st thus 1993. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Volume 1 of three volume edition. An outline history of the Isle of man Railway including The Manx Northern railway and The Foxdale Railway (pre-1873 to 1904). The British Narrow Gauge Railway No. 2A. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 262 pages including index. ISBN: 085361444x. Top of spine lightly creased. Pencil erasure mark to top corner of front endpaper else contents clean. Green pictorial dustwrapper is lightly creased and scuffed.

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FIFTY YEARS OF RAILWAY TRADE UNIONISM
Written by G.W. Alcock.
Stock no. 1829129
Published by Co-Operative Printing Sociaty Limited. 1st 1922. Very good condition.

Blue cloth, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. xvi and 631 pages including index. Boards lightly rubbed to top & tail of spine and edges. Minor mark to rear board. Text block and endpapers browned. Mark to centre of prelims. Contents clean.

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THE BRECON FOREST TRAMROADS: THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF AN EARLY RAILWAY SYSTEM
Written by Stephen Hughes.
Stock no. 1829128
Published by The Royal Commission on Ancient and Historical Monuments in Wales. 1st 1990. Very good condition.

Did iron railway bridges exist before George Stephenson? This book shows that such bridges were built in South Wales thirty years before the construction of Stephenson's Gaunless Viaduct on the Stockton and Darlington Railway and explains where to see these bridges today. Pictorial card wraps. B/w photos. 367 pages including index. ISBN: 1871184053. Corners of covers lightly rubbed, covers lightly scuffed. Contents clean.

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WITH HINDSIGHT
Written by Charles Mortimer.
Stock no. 1829126
Published by Richard Netherwood Limited. 1st 1991. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A lifetime in harmony with cars, bikes and motor sport. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 143 pages. ISBN: 1872955045. Light rubbing to top & tail of spine. Contents clean. Blue pictorial dustwrapper is lightly worn at top of spine and is scuffed.

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THE MIDLAND RAILWAY: ITS RISE AND PROGRESS
Written by Frederick S. Williams. Illustrated by T. Sulman; E.M. Wimperis; Frederick S. Williams; et al..
Stock no. 1829117
Published by Bemrose & Co.. 3rd 1877. Almost very good condition.

Third Edition. A Narrative of Modern Enterprise. Red cloth boards with gilt title to spine and vignettes to spine & boards. B/w engravings. xvi & 681 pages including index plus reviews to rear. Boards darkened, worn at corners and top & tail of spine, top & tail of spine fraying. Text block and endpapers browned. Front joint starting to crack. A few age related marks to contents but generally clean.

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NOTTINGHAM TO MANSFIELD: THE MIDLAND & GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY ROUTES TO TODAY (MIDLAND MAIN LINES)
Written by Vic Mitchell; Keith Smith.
Stock no. 1829114
Published by Middleton Press. 1st 2021. Nearly fine condition.

Midland Main Lines series. Pictorial glazed boards. B/w photos and track plans. Unpaginated. ISBN: 9781910356524. A lovely copy.

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