My Books
This is a selection of books from my personal collection which I have decided to sell. I have more which I have not listed yet, including some scarce Wild Swan titles, so please contact me if you are looking for anything but it's not on this list - I may have it, and I may be persuaded to part with it. ££££ :)
Beck, K. and Harris, Nigel.: GWR Reflections. Peterborough:
Silver Link, 1994. 144 pp. 1994 re-print. A collection of photos from the
Hulton Picture Library. Fine in good, spine-faded d/w. Stock ref 315. £10.00
Cassell, Michael.: Long Lease!. London: Pencorp Books, 1992.
(Approx.) 200 pp. Story of Slough Estates. Fine in good d/w. Stock ref 5941.
£6.00
Chapman, Colin.: The Cowbridge Railway. Poole: OPC, 1984.
127 pp. History of this South Wales branch. Fine in nr. fine d/w. Stock ref
5326. £14.00
Earnshaw, Alan. (Editor).: Steam for Scrap. The Complete Story.
Penryn: Atlantic Transport Publishers, 1992. 168 pp. Laminated card covers.
Square format. Vg. Stock ref 4303. £12.00
Esau, Mike.: Spirit of the Great Western. Oxford:OPC, 1980.
Picture album. 204 b/ w plates. Fine in good d/w. Stock ref 14. £10.00
Freeman Allen, G.: The Western Since 1948. London: Ian Allan,1979.
160 pp. Western Region after nationalisation. Good in good d/w. Stock ref
5946. £8.00
Gammell, Chris.: Around the Branch Lines. No.2. Great Western.
Poole: OPC, 1988. 157 b/w plates. 1988 re-print. Views of Great Western Branch
Lines. Nr. fine in good d/w. Stock ref 5949. £6.00
Glover, John.: London's Underground. London: Ian Allan, 1996.
160 pp. 8th edition of this comprehensive history. Fine in good d/w. Rubber
stamp to foreword page stating book was damaged in transit although there
is no obvious damage. Stock ref 5967. £10.00
Hale, Michael and Miller, Tony.: Steam in South Wales. Series Index.
Huntingdon: The Wider View, 1999. 20 pp. Laminated card covers. Nr.
fine. Price includes UK P & P. Stock ref 5348. £5.50
Hale, Michael.: 'Twixt London and Bristol. Poole: OPC, 1985.
209 b/w plates showing scenes along the G.W. main line, albeit in B.R. days.
Light crease to front pastedown. Vg in good d/w. Stock ref 1520. £10.00
Handley, Chris.: Radstock Coal & Steam. Volume 2: Buildings, Locomotives
and Workings. Bath: Millstream, 1992. 160 pp. Fine in good d/w. Stock
ref 5325. £22.00
Hawkins, Mac.: The Somerset and Dorset. Then and Now. London:
Guild Publishing, 1986. 272 pp. Comparative views at various S. & D. locations.
Updated version of 1985 edition. Good in good d/w. Stock ref 5940. £10.00
Hosegood, J.G.: Great Western Railway Travelling Post Offices. Upper
Bucklebury: Wild Swan, 1983. 76 pp. Card covers. History of GW TPOs. Covers
lightly scuffed and browned around edges. Pages v. lightly yellowed around
edges. Extremely scarce. Stock ref 5944. £25.00
Judge, C.W.: Thro' The Lens. A Pictorial Tribute to the Work of the
Official GWR Photographer. Poole:Railprint, 1985. 242 b/ w plates.
Laminated boards. V. small tear to edge of ffep. Good. Stock ref 5954. £8.00
Karau, Paul and Turner, Chris.: The Marlow Branch. Didoct:
Wild Swan, undated. 216 pp. Superb branch line history. Page edges very slightly
yellowed, o/w fine in slightly faded d/w. Stock ref 5988. £18.00
Kelley, Philip.J: Road Vehicles of the Great Western Railway. Oxford:
OPC, 1973. 128 pp.207 b/w plates .Fine in good, price-clipped d/w. Stock ref
5318. £26.00
Kingdom, A.R.: The Great Western at the Turn of the Century. Oxford:
OPC, 1976. 112 pp. Landscape format. Superb photo album. Good in good price-clipped,
spine faded d/w. Stock ref 1575. £8.00
Kingdom, A.R.: The Yealmpton Branch. Oxford: OPC, 1974. 136
pp. Linson covers. Page edges slightly yellowed. Spine faded. Good. Stock
ref 5958. £7.00
Krause, Ian.: Great Western Branch Line Album. London: Ian
Allan, 1969. 112 pp. Classic Great Western pictorial album. Previous owner's
insc. to ffep. Good in good, price-clipped d/w. Stock ref 5315. £4.00
Madge, Robin.: Somerset Railways. Wimborne: Dovecote Press,
1984. 159 pp. Laminated card covers. Good. Stock ref 5939. £7.00
Maggs, Colin G.: The Clevedon Branch. Didcot: Wild Swan,
1987. 68 pp. Card covers. Excellent study of this long gone Somerset branch
line. Unfortunately there is a crease to the front cover running from top
to bottom which is apparent through the whole book, gradually diminishing
toward the rear. No loss. Good. Stock ref 5964. £22.00
Norris, John, Beale, Gerry and Lewis, John.: Edwardian Enterprise.
Didcot: Wild Swan, 1987. 202 pp. Excellent Wild Swan history covering
the first decade of the 20th century. Fine in good d/w. Stock ref 5962. £15.00
Riley, R.C.: Great Western Album No.2. London: Ian Allan,
1974. 112 pp. 3rd impression. Good in worn d/w. Stock ref 5316. £4.00
Robertson, Kevin and Abbott, David.: The Marlborough Branch. Pinner:
Irwell, 1990. 90 pp. Excellent history of the former G.W.R. branch line. Fine
in good, lightly spine-faded d/w. Stock ref 5970. £12.00
Russell, J.H.: Great Western Miscellany. Volume 1. Oxford:
OPC, 1978. 178 b/w plates. Collection of official views. Previous owner's
address label to ffep. Fine in worn d/w. Stock ref 1549. £12.00
Russell, J.H.: The Banbury and Cheltenham Railway 1887 - 1962.
Oxford: OPC, 1984. 140 pp. 1984 re-print. Vg. in good, price-clipped d/w.
Stock ref 5948. £10.00
Smiles, Samuel.: The Lives of George and Robert Stephenson.
London: The Folio Society, 1975. 304 pp. Facsimile re-print of an earlier
work. Fine in Vg. slip-case. Stock ref 5330. £10.00
Smith, Martin.: The Railways of Bristol & Somerset. London:
Ian Allan, 1992. 112 pp. Short histories of the railways around Bristol and
Somerset. Fine in good d/w. Stock ref 5961. £10.00
Various.: Archive Magazine. Witney: Lightmoor Press, 1994.
Various issues available between 1 and 22. Please ring for specific issues.
1 - 20 £4.00 each, 20+ £5.00
each except issues 9, 11, and 13, which are £10
each. Stock ref 5936. From £4.00
Various.: Railway Archive No.2. Lydney: Lightmoor Press,
2002. 96 pp. Laminated card covers. Nr. fine. Stock ref 5310. £6.00
Vaughan, Adrian.: A History of the Faringdon Branch and Uffington
Station. Oxford: OPC, 1979. 184 pp. with many b/w plates and track
plans. Linson covers. Small chip to edge of front cover. Covers lightly worn.
Good. Stock ref 5942. £10.00
Westinghouse Brake Co. Ltd.: The Westinghouse Automatic Brake. Instruction
Book. London: Westinghouse, 1912. 47 pp. Linson covers. Small instructional
booklet describing the operation of the Westinghouse brake. Front end-paper
stamped "With the Compliments of the Westinghouse Brake Co. Limited".
Text block loosened in covers. Front pastedown slightly lifted. Good. Stock
ref 5345. £8.00