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ITALIAN STATE RAILWAYS STEAM LOCOMOTIVES
Written by P.M. Kalla-Bishop.
Stock no. 1825300
Published by Tourrett Publishing. 1st 1986. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Together with Low Voltage Direct Current and Three-Phase Motive Power. All the steam and early electric locomotives of a great railway system, in a volume that includes particulars of some 10,000 motive power units. Large format. Matt pictorial boards. B/w photos and diagrams. ISBN: 0905878035. Spine & corners lightly bumped & rubbed. Minor browning to text block. Else contents clean. Black pictorial dustwrapper has previous seller's price label to front flap, title to spine lightly faded, scuffing present to front and back.

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THE HEJAZ RAILWAY
Written by James Nicholson.
Stock no. 1825207
Published by Stacey International. Circa 2012. Almost very good condition.

Second Edition. Large format. Brown boards, gilt titles. Colour and b/w photos throughout. For the better part of a century, the Hejaz Railway has been known for Lawrence of Arabia's celebrated desert campaign, fighting alongside the Bedouin in the Arab Revolt during the First World War. ISBN: 9781900988810. 4th reprint of the 2012 second edition. Nasty knock to lower edge of boards, spine & corners lightly rubbed. Contents clean. Pictoria dustwrapper is scuffed and slightly edge-creased.

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EARLY RAILWAYS: A SELECTION OF PAPERS FROM THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL EARLY RAILWAYS CONFERENCE
Written by Andy Guy; Jim Rees.
Stock no. 1825205
Published by The Newcomen Society. 1st 2001. Very good condition.

Twenty two important and previously unpublished papers examining aspects of the railway, from 600 BC to 1840 AD. Glazed pictorial boards. 360 pages. B/w diagrams, photos and illustrations. ISBN: 090468508X. Spine slightly cocked, corners lightly knocked, rear board scuffed. Boards are a little bowed. Tiny nick to front edge of spine. Contents clean with some crinkling to pages, slight musty odour.

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THE HISTORY OF THE GOTTHARD RAILWAY
Written by M. Hardy-Randall.
Stock no. 1825181
Published by John Cocking Swiss Book Service. 1st 1997. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Follow the history of the Gotthard area of Switzerland from the birth of Bishop Godehardus in 961 AD to the present day. The Mule co-operatives, battles, roads and mail communication systems are all covered, culminating in a detailed study of the survey, construction and running of the main arterial rail route through Switzerland. Large format. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and drawings. ISBN: 0953184102. Top & tail of spine lightly shelf worn. Boards a little scuffed. Contents clean. Blue pictorial dustwrapper is edge-creased and lightly scuffed.

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WOMEN AND THE RAILWAY, 1850-1915
Written by Anna Despotopoulou.
Stock no. 1324948
Published by Edinburgh University Press. 1st 2015. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Edinburgh Critical Studies in Victorian Culture series. Grey boards, gilt title to spine. 202 pages. ISBN: 9780748676941. Spine and corners bumped. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed/creased.

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EARLY RAILWAYS: A SELECTION OF PAPERS FROM THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL EARLY RAILWAYS CONFERENCE
Written by Andy Guy; Jim Rees.
Stock no. 1324938
Published by The Newcomen Society. 1st 2001. Very good condition.

Twenty two important and previously unpublished papers examining aspects of the railway, from 600 BC to 1840 AD. Glazed pictorial boards. 360 pages. B/w diagrams, photos and illustrations. ISBN: 090468508X. Spine and corners bumped. Lower page corner tips of first 20 pages slightly creased. Top edge of textblock slightly dusty else contents fine.

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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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A PASSION FOR STEAM
Written by Marc Horovitz.
Stock no. 1825047
Published by Atlantic Publishers. 1st 2008. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Small scale steam locomotives and how they work. Large format. Blue boards, silver title to spine. Colour photos and diagrams. ISBN: 9781902827186. Corners very lightly rubbed. Tiny closed tear to top of half-title page. Rear endpaper creased on the diagonal to top corner, imprinting a light diagonal mark across top of index page. Otherwise contents fine. Blue pictorial dustwrapper is worn at top & tail of spine and a little scuffed to rear panel.

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TRAINS, CULTURE AND MOBILITY: RIDING THE RAILS
Written by Benjamin Fraser; Steven Spalding.
Stock no. 1324737
Published by Lexington Books. 1st 2012. Very good condition.

Essays highlighting the complexity of the modern experience of train mobility and its salient relation to a number of cultural discourses. Glazed boards. 309 pages. ISBN: 9780739167496. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Slight rubbing to corners. Small dent to lower edges of textblock.

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A PICTORIAL RECORD OF LNER WAGONS
Written by Peter Tatlow.
Stock no. 1824497
Published by Oxford Publishing Co. 1st 1976. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. B/w scale diagrams. ISBN: 0902888927. Light browning to edge of boards and text block. Else contents clean. Picorial dustwrapper is lightly browned and scuffed to rear panel.

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PRIVATE-OWNER WAGONS (SPECIALIST BOOKLETS No.11)
Written by Peter Matthews.
Stock no. 1824454
Published by Model And Allied Publications. 1st 1973. Nearly fine condition.

MAP Technical Publication. Brown cardwraps. B/w photos and sketches. 48 pages. ISBN: 0852423438. A very nice copy.

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ABOUT RAILWAYS
Written by Herbert Simon; William Fenton.
Stock no. 1323611
Published by Penguin Books Ltd. 1st 1957. Very good condition.

Puffin Picture Book No. 113. Pictorial paperwraps. Covers lightly edge rubbed. Crease to top corner of rear cover and a few top page corner tips also creased. Light foxing to textblock.

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