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BRITISH GOODS WAGONS FROM 1887 TO THE PRESENT DAY
Written by R.J. Essery; D.P. Rowland; W.O. Steel.
Stock no. 1829157
Published by David & Charles. 1st 1970. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The evolution of the British goods wagon from the introduction of the first RCH regulations in 1887 until the present day. Brown boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 144 pages including index. ISBN: 071534739X. Boards clean. Light browning to text block and endpapers. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed, and a little grubby to rear panel.

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TOMLINSON'S NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY: ITS RISE AND DEVELOPMENT
Written by K. Hoole.
Stock no. 1829156
Published by David & Charles. 1st thus 1967. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

New edition with introduction by Hoole. 31st July 1854 - 31st December 1922. Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. xx and 820 pages including index. Top of spine lightly worn. Text block browned. Contents clean. Price-cut dustwrapper is edge-rubbed & worn, rear panel is grubby, damp staining to verso (not visible to front). Musty odour present.

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BOTANICAL LATIN: HISTORY, GRAMMAR, SYNTAX, TERMINOLOGY AND VOCABULARY
Written by William T. Stearn.
Stock no. 1828962
Published by David & Charles. 1978. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Second Edition. An invaluable source of information for every taxonomic botanist and keen gardener. Brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine. A few b/w illustrations. xiv and 566 pages including index. ISBN: 0715356453. Second Impression. Top & tail of spine lightly shelf-worn. Lower edge of boards lightly rubbed. Text block slightly grubby. Contents clean. Green custwrapper is lightly edge-worn and very slightly faded to spine.

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RAILWAY JUNCTION DIAGRAMS 1915
No author listed.
Stock no. 1828726
Published by David & Charles. 1st thus 1969. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Oblong format. Beige cloth with gilt title to spine. Numerous diagrams throughout. A reprint of the Railway Clearing House Official Railway Junction Diagrams. ISBN: 0715343475. Endpapers and text block browned. Contents clean. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is lightly browned, rubbed to corners and top & tail of spine, worn & creased at lower edge of rear panel.

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ST KILDA AND OTHER HEBRIDEAN OUTLIERS
Written by Francis Thompson.
Stock no. 1328424
Published by David & Charles. 1st 1970. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A thorough and attractive study of a group of islands of exceptional scenic beauty. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. Islands Series. ISBN: 071534885X. Spine and corners bumped, tiny split to base of spine. Light page edge browning. Small foxspot to front free-endpaper. Dustwrapper is slightly edge rubbed.

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TOMLINSON'S NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY: ITS RISE AND DEVELOPMENT
Written by K. Hoole.
Stock no. 1828480
Published by David & Charles. 3rd 1987. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Third edition of this classic railway book with introduction by Hoole. Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. xx and 820 pages including index. ISBN: 0715390023. Top & tail of spine lightly shelf-worn. Text block slightly grubby. Contents clean. Red dustwrapper is faded to spine and a little grubby.

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CLASSIC SCOTTISH PADDLE STEAMERS
Written by Alan J.S. Paterson.
Stock no. 1328143
Published by David & Charles. 1st 1982. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A celebration of the high noon of the Scottish paddle steamer. Green boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0715383353. Spine bumped, tiny dent to edge of front cover. Some light foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is faded to edges and spine and has a small tear to top corner of front panel.

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MARINE ENGINES AND BOATING MECHANICS
Written by Dermot Wright.
Stock no. 1327929
Published by David & Charles. 1977. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Blue boards, gilt title to spine. Written specifically for the amateur and with the help of many clear diagrams and photographs deals with every aspect of the inboard marine propulsion unit. ISBN: 0715359886. Second impression. Spine bumped. A few light foxspots to textblock. Dustwrapper is edge creased.

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THE SEVERN VALLEY RAILWAY
Written by John Marshall.
Stock no. 1327928
Published by David St John Thomas; David & Charles. 1st 1989. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 223 pages. ISBN: 0946537453. Spine slightly bumped. White marks at top and tail of spine edges of covers. Dustwrapper is faded and creased at spine.

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THE BULLNOSE AND FLATNOSE MORRIS
Written by Lytton P. Jarman; Robin I. Barraclough.
Stock no. 1827992
Published by David & Charles. 2nd 1976. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Second edition. This book documents the development of the Morris Cowley and its more luxuriant variant, the Oxford, called Bullnose because of the rounded radiator and also the redesign for the 1927 season to a rectangular shaped radiator giving the nickname Flatnose. B/w photos. 277 pages including index. ISBN: 0715366653. Text block browned and foxed. Contents clean. Blue pictorial dustwrapper has faded to white at top half of spine edge of front panel and spine. Uneven fading to rear panel.

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THE ART OF PAMELA KAY
Written by Michael Spender. Illustrated by Pamela Kay.
Stock no. 1327170
Published by David & Charles. 1st 1993. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Including a biographical background to the artist and an informed commentary on the paintings. Oblong format. Grey boards, gilt title to spine. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0715300326. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is lightly foxed on verso and is faded to edge of rear panel.

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LNER 150
Written by Patrick B. Whitehouse; David St John Thomas.
Stock no. 1327109
Published by David & Charles. 1st 1989. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The London and North-Eastern Railway a century and a half of progress. Large format. Grey boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0715393324. Minimal rubbing to cover edges. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is slightly edge creased.

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