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EASTERN REGION STEAM TWILIGHT PART TWO: NORTH OF GRANTHAM
Written by Colin Walker.
Stock no. 1828708
Published by Pendyke Publications. 1st 1991. Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0904318141. Top & tail of spine and lower corners bumped. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-creased.

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EASTERN REGION STEAM TWILIGHT PART ONE: SOUTH OF GRANTHAM
Written by Colin Walker.
Stock no. 1828707
Published by Pendyke Publications. 1st 1990. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0904318133. A lovely copy.

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LNER STANDARD GRESLEY CARRIAGES
Written by Michael Harris.
Stock no. 1828706
Published by Mallard Books. 1st 1998. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

This book is primarily concerned with the new designs of Gresley teak-bodies carriages that were introduced between 1923 and 1931, but built in quantity until the early part of World War 2 and forming the vast majority of LNER-built carriages. Large format. Light brown boards with dark brown/red title to spine. B/w photos and diagrams. 192 pages. ISBN: 0953289605. Text block lightly browned else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is very lightly scuffed.

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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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AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF SOUTHERN COACHES
Written by Mike King. Illustrated by Mike King.
Stock no. 1828704
Published by Oxford Publishing Co. 1st 2003. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Encompassing the full range of passenger and non-passenger carriage stock produced for the Southern Railway. Large format. Green boards, gilt title to spine. Over 200 mono photographs plus detailed scale drawings of coaching stock. 224 pages. ISBN: 0860935701. Lower edge of boards lightly rubbed. A few minor marks to endpapers. Contents clean. Green pictorial dustwrapper is faded to spine, edge-creased with a few closed tears, a little scuffed.

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LOCOMOTIVES OF THE LNWR SOUTHERN DIVISION (LOCOMOTIVES OF THE LMSR)
Written by Harry Jack.
Stock no. 1828703
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. Black glazed pictorial boards are lightly scuffed, lightly faded to spine. Contents fine.

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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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GREAT WESTERN WAGON PLANS
Written by J.H. Russell.
Stock no. 1828662
Published by Oxford Publishing. 1st 1976. Very good condition.

Taken from official plans and scale drawings. Large format. Card wraps. Title to front cover differs slightly: 'Great Western Wagons Plan Book'. Covers are portrait style, contents printed in landscape format. B/w plans. 137 pages. ISBN: 0902888676. Spine & covers faded & browned. Text block browned. Contents clean.

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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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