WREXHAM & SHROPSHIRE: OPEN ACCESS - THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY
Written by Richard Harper.
Stock no. 1829072
Published by Adlestrop Press. 1st 2014. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

This is the extraordinary story of the service between Wrexham, Shropshire and London (Marylebone) that ran between 2008 and 2011, told by the people that ran it, and the people that promoted it. Large format. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour maps to endpapers. Colour photos throughout. 256 pages. ISBN: 9780957145610. SIGNED with personal dedication by author, Richard Harper, and Adrian Shooter (fellow railway transport author) on verso of front endpaper. Ink from signatures imprinted on title page. Else Contents clean. Light rubbing to base of spine. Pictorial dustwrapper is faded at edges.

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LIVERPOOL & MANCHESTER 2: CHESHIRE LINES
Written by Bob Pixton.
Stock no. 1829071
Published by Kestrel Railway Books. 1st 2007. Slightly better than very good condition.

Large format. Cardwraps. B/w photos. 126 pages. ISBN: 9781905505036. Pale browning to page edges else contents clean.

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STEAM'S LAMENT: BRITISH RAILWAYS STANDARD TANKS
Written by Kevin Derrick.
Stock no. 1829070
Published by Strathwood Ltd. 1st 2018. Slightly better than very good condition.

A photographic album depicting the demise of the British Railway's steam era with coverage of many classes of steam locomotives within the series. This volumes includes all three of the British Railways tank locomotive designs, seen on a variety of duties and locations from 1951 until 1967 during their service years. Limited to 1000 copies. Large oblong format. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos. 128 pages. ISBN: 9781905276875. Rear cover scuffed. Contents clean.

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THE PATRIOTS: A PICTORIAL RECORD VOLUME ONE 45500-45525
Written by Peter Sikes.
Stock no. 1829069
Published by The LMS-Patriot Company Ltd.. 1st 2018. Slightly better than very good condition.

The first 26 locomotives of the class, 45500-45525. Oblong pictorial cardwraps. B/w & colour photos. 123 pages. ISBN: 9781999581800. A lovely copy, no significant faults.

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LIVERPOOL & MANCHESTER 3: LANCASHIRE & YORKSHIRE LINES
Written by Bob Pixton.
Stock no. 1829068
Published by Kestrel Railway Books. 1st 2008. Very good condition.

Large format. Cardwraps. B/w photos. 142 pages. ISBN: 9781905505074. Small bump with tear to base of spine (minor). Covers a little scuffed. Text block slightly grubby. Contents clean.

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THE LONG REACH: MANCHESTER & SALFORD'S CROSS-BOUNDARY BUS SERVICES 1961-2015
Written by Martin Arthur.
Stock no. 1829067
Published by The Museum Of Transport. 1st 2015. Slightly better than very good condition.

Often Corporation bus services served simply their own towns and cities. It was not uncommon for services to end at a boundary, even when the logical traffic objective was a little way beyond. Manchester amd Salford's muncipal bus operations observed no such niceties. They galloped on in cavalier fashion, ignoring boundaries and providing useful links with surrounding towns. Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour & b/w photos. 128 pages. ISBN: 9780946022021. A very nice copy.

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THE WEST CLARE RAILWAY
Written by Patrick Taylor.
Stock no. 1829066
Published by Plateway Press. 1st 1994. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The West Clare Railway was one of a network of 3ft gauge lines which mushroomed across rural Ireland in the wake of the 1883 Tramways Act. This is a definitive history of the Railway, giving its entire story from the first parliamentary proposals of 1845, to the controversial closure in 1961. Large format. Olive green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 224 pages. ISBN: 187198016X. Narrow band of fading to lower edges of boards. Contents clean. Pictorial green dustwrapper is also faded along the lower edge, lightly scuffed and has old price-label to rear panel.

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THE VENTNOR WEST BRANCH
Written by Peter Paye.
Stock no. 1829064
Published by Wild Swan Publications. 1st 1992. Slightly better than very good condition.

Isle of Wight railway of old. Large format. Green pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. 124 pages. ISBN: 187410302X. Rear cover lightly scuffed, spine is lightly creased. Contents clean.

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THE SOUTHER WAY SPECIAL ISSUE NO 1: 10201-3 ON THE SOUTHERN
Written by Kevin Robertson.
Stock no. 1829063
Published by Kevin Robertson; Noodle Books. 1st 2007. Very good condition.

Promoted by the Southern Railway in 1946 as part of their 'Modernisation Plan', the three main line diesel-electric locomotives did not appear until the days of British Railways. Always the 'odd ones out', their success came as a bit of a surprise although there were likewise times of failure. A comprehensive and detailed account of 10201-3. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos and a few colour. 104 pages. ISBN: 9780955411083. Covers lightly scuffed, narrow band of fading to lower front edge. Corners of covers lightly rubbed. Contents clean.

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ARMSTRONG WHITWORTH: A PIONEER OF WORLD DIESEL TRACTION
Written by Brian Webb.
Stock no. 1829061
Published by Lightmoor Press; The Railway Correspondence And Travel Society. 1st 2010. Very good condition.

Armstrong Whitworth's involvement in the development of diesel traction on the banks of the River Tyne from the beginning of the 20th century until 1937 when the company ceased production of diesel railway motive power. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos. 184 pages. ISBN: 9781899889457. Slight lean to spine. Lower front board corner bumped. Boards a little grubby and a little scuffed. Contents clean.

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LIVERPOOL TRANSPORT VOLUME 5 - 1957-1986
Written by J.B. Horne; T.B. Maund.
Stock no. 1829055
Published by Transport Publishing Co. Ltd.. 1st 1991. Slightly better than very good condition.

Trams and buses. A brief look back to the beginning of the city's tramway system, and then from the closure of the tramways in 1957 until deregulation of buses in 1986 chronicles the fate of the Transport Department. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos. 252 pages. ISBN: 0863171621. Some light scuffing to boards. Text block and page edges lightly browned. Else contents clean.

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PARIS IS WELL WORTH A BUS: PARIS VAUT BIEN AU AUTOBUS
Written by Robert E. Jowitt. Illustrated by Patricia Jowitt; Robert E. Jowitt.
Stock no. 1829054
Published by Jersey Artists. 1st 1970. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Scenes of Paris life which have now disappeared forever. Large format. B/w photos. Text in English and French. Buses In Paris. ISBN: 090184506X. A few minor marks to lower edge of boards. Light browning to endpapers and text block. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is edge-worn with a few chips, larger chip to lower boards, a few small splash marks.

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