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The Glasgow Subway.. Thompson, David & Sinclair, David. , Scottish Tramway Museum Society, 1964. 1st Edition. ISBN: . 80 pages, 160g. Stapled card covers FINE with previous owners stamp to reverse of front cover. Illustrated with b/w photographs and route map.
£4.00
£2.50

Glory Days - Western Region Steam around London. McCormack, Kevin, Ian Allan LTD, 1998. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0711026114. 95 pages. 490g. Pictorial laminated board with slightly sunned spine, FINE. Oblong format. Illustrated with colour and b/w photographs. Records the days when the GWR's 'Kings' & 'Castles' shared the rails with 'Standards' and pannier tanks.
£7.00
£3.45

The Golden Years of British Steam Trains - LMS London Midland and Scottish. . Garratt, Colin, Milepost Publishing, 1995. 1st Edition. ISBN: 1900193256. Not paginated. 535g. Pictorial laminated Boards FINE with a few light scratches to rear board. Illustrated with b/w photographs by the Rev Arthur Mace, whos photographic career ranged from the 1920's to the early 1980's.
£7.00
£3.45

The Golden Years of British Steam Trains - LNER. Colin Garratt, Milepost Publishing, 1995. Reprint. ISBN: 1900193302. 47 pages. 550g. Pictorial laminated Boards FINE. Illustrated with the b/w photographs of A. W. V. Mace.
£5.00
£3.45

The Golden Years of British Steam Trains - SR, Southern Railway. . Colin Garratt, Milepost Publishing, 1995. 1st Edition. ISBN: 1900193353. 47 pages. 550g. Pictorial laminated Boards Near MINT. Illustrated with the b/w photographs of A. W. V. Mace.
£6.00
£3.45

The Gotthard Railway, Volume 1: 1871 - 1909.. Malcolm Hardy-Randall, Published by the author, 2012. 1st Thus. ISBN: 9780957320604. 290 pages, 1.38kg. Pictorial laminated boards still in publishers clear plastic unopened. A brand new copy of this very rare title that is illustrated with b/w and a few colour photographs, many detailed scaled line drawings of the locomotives, rolling stock and buildings, including many colour track plans and maps. As a labour of love, this book is exceptional. As a historical document, it is invaluable and deserves a place on the bookshelves of every student of railways.
£18.00
£3.45

Grand Central - Gateway to a Million Lives. Maxinne Rhea. Leighton, W. W. Norton & Company, 1999. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0393047652. 230 pages, 1.3kg. Red cloth boards Near MINT in a Near MINT d/w. Illustrated history of the design, building and ultimately the restoration if this iconic landmark,
£10.00
£3.50

The Great Central - Then and Now.. Hawkins, Mac, Book Club Associates / David & Charles, 1992. Book Club. ISBN: . 224pp. 1.2Kg. Green cloth boards Near MINT in a Near FINE d/w with a few small nicks to front eadge. Illustrated with b/w photographs, route map and track plans. Maps and historical notes and photographs comparing same sites over 25 years.
£8.00
£3.45

Great Central - Volume Three - Fay Sets the Pace - 1900 - 1922. George Dow, Ian Allan Ltd, 1985. Reprint. ISBN: 0711002630. 439 pages, 950g. Green cloth boards with age toning to page edges, Very Good in a Very Good d/w with slightly sunned spine. Illustrated with b/w photographs, drawings, with colour frontis, route map and fold-out tipped in to rear. Owing to the weight, extra shipping will be required.
£20.00
£3.45

The Great Central from the Footplate. Robert, and Stratford, Frank Robotham, Ian Allan LTD, 1988. 1st Edition. ISBN: 071101759X. 112 pages. 780g. Red cloth boards with the front paste-down slightly miss-aligned (no effect to book or content), FINE in a FINE d/w. Illustrated with over 170 b/w photographs, many previously unpublished, plus line drawings. A photographic recollection of this well constructed route, some of which is now being reopened by enthusiasts. Visit http://www.gcrailway.co.uk to arrange your visit.
£7.00
£3.45

The Great Central in LNER Days 2. David & Russell, Owen Jackson, Ian Allan, 1986. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0711016127. 128 pages. 520g. Black cloth boards with browning to page block edges, and top part of d/w. Very Good in a Very Good d/w. Illustrated with b/w photographs, drawings and route map. The second in the series of detailed studies deling with the locomotives and traffic history of the LNER Great Central section between the wars.
£4.00
£3.45

Great Central Memories. John Healy, Bloomsbury Books, 1988. Reprint. ISBN: 9781870630320. 176 pages, 970g. Black cloth boards, MINT in a Near MINT d/w. A pictorial history of the railway that ran between Marylebone and Shefield, part of which is now being preserved.
£8.00
£3.45

Great Central memories - London (Marylebone), Rugby, Leicester, Nottingham & Sheffield (Victoria).. Healy, John M C, Baton Transport, 1987. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0859361934. 176 pages. 970g. Black cloth boards, FINE in a FINE d/w in clear protective sleeve. A pictorial history of the railway that ran between Marylebone and Sheffield, part of which is now being preserved.
£8.50
£3.45

The Great Central Railway Tour.. Healy, John M. C., Silver Star Books, 1988. 1st Edition. ISBN: 1852410051. 92 pages. 660g. Blue cloth boards FINE in a FINE d/w. Illustrated with b/w photographs, route maps and track plans. Outlines the story of the Great Central London route, comparing aspects of the line past and present.
£5.00
£3.45

Great Central Volume One: The Progenitors, 1813-63 . Dow, George., Ian Allan LTD, 1985. Reprint. ISBN: 071101468X. 302 pages, 810g. Green cloth boards FINE in a FINE price-clipped d/w a little faded to spine. Illustrated with b/w photographs and drawings.
£24.00
£3.45

The Great Days of the Country Railway. David St. John and WHITEHOUSE, Patrick Bruce THOMAS, David & Charles, 1990. Reprint. ISBN: 0715387758. 208 pages. 1.15Kg. Brown cloth boards Near FINE in a Very Good d/w with light foxing to return flaps and slightly sunned spine. Illustrated with b/w and some colour photographs.
£4.50
£3.50

The Great Days of the Express Train. Thomas. David St John, & Patric Whitehouse. , Book Club Associates, 1990. . ISBN: . 208 pages. 1.2Kg. 4to. Pictorial laminated boards, FINE in Near FINE d/w with crease to top edge. Illustrated with b/w photographs and some in colour. Recapturing the great days of the express passenger services.
£4.50
£3.50

The Great Days of the Great Western Railway. David St.John Thomas; Patrick Whitehouse, Book Club Assiciates, 1991. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0946537631. 224 pages, 1.23kg. Green cloth boards FINE in a FINE d/w. Illustrated with b/w photographs and some colour drawings. Includes large fold-out map to rear.
£6.00
£3.50

The Great Days of the Southern Railway. Whitehouse. Patrick and St John Thomas. David,, BCA / David St John Thomas, 1992. Book Club. ISBN: . 208 pages. 1.12 Kg. Green cloth boards. Near MINT in a Near MINT d/w. Illustrated with colour and b/w photographs. A pictorial history of the Southern Railway in the years 1923 to 1947.
£6.00
£3.50

Great Little Railways of Cornwall. London, Peter., Tor Mark, 2012. 1st Edition. ISBN: 9780850254303. 48 pages, 115g. Stapled soft card covers MINT. Illustrated with colour photographs. Includes histories on five branch and 4 steam railways, how to find them, facilities and attractions.
£3.00
£1.95

The Great Northern Railway. Nock, O. S., Ian Allan LTD, 1974. . ISBN: 0711004943. 192 pages. 350g. Pictorial card covers FINE. Of all the old railway companies, none had the most exciting career in its early days than the Great Northern.
£4.00
£3.45

The Great Northern Railway Volume II - Expansion & Competition. Wrottesley, Arthur John Francis, B. T. Batsford, 1979. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0713415924. 200 pages, 445g. Brown cloth boardswith previous owners name to front paste-down, Near FINE in a Near FINE d/w. Illustrated with b/w photographs, route maps.
£7.00
£3.45

Great Railway Eras No.2 - Festiniog in the Fifties.. Mitchell, Vic & Garraway, Alan, Middleton Press, 1996. 1st Edition. ISBN: 1873793685. 96 pages. 400g. Pictorial laminated Boards FINE with light scratch to rear board. Illustrated with 120 b/w photographs plus track plans. Written by the author were founder memebers of the Festiniog Railway Society.
£8.00
£3.45

Great Railway Journeys of the World An Encyclopedia of the World's Best Locomotive Journeys. Max Wade-Matthews, Lorenz Books, 1998. 1st Edition. ISBN: 1859676928. 256 pages, 1.63kg. Pictorial laminated boards FINE in a FINE d/w. Illustrated with in colour throughout.
£8.00
£6.60

Great Railway Maps of the World. Mark Ovenden, Particular Books, 2011. 1st UK Edition. ISBN: 9781846143915. 138 pages, 1.0kg. Black cloth boards FINEwith previous owners name and date to top corner of front paste-down covered by d/w. FINE in a FINE d/w. Illustrated mostly in colour.
£12.00
£3.50

Great Victorian Railway Journeys - How Modern Britain was Built by Victorian Steam Power.. Karen Farrington, Collins, 2012. 1st Edition. ISBN: 9780007457069. 256 pages, 1.03kg. Brown cloth oards MINT in a FINE d/w. Illustrated with colour & b/w photographs.
£3.00
£3.45

Great Western Coaches from 1890. Michael Harris, DavId & Charles, 1985. 3rd Revised and Enlarged Edition. ISBN: 0715380508. 160 pages. 965g. Brown cloth boards FINE in a Near FINE d/w a little sun darkened along top edge. Illustrated with b/w photographs and scaled line drawings. This is the 3rd revised and enlarged edition of the book first published in 1966 with a larger page size to allow better use of the illustrations.
£14.00
£3.45

Great Western Pictorial. Jefferson, G. J., Railway Pictorial Publications, 1977. 1st Edition. ISBN: . 44 pages, 150g. Stapled soft card covers a little marked and edge rubbed, Very Good with the contents tight and clean. Illustrated with b/w photographs showing Typical Scenes of Great Western Railway Steam Locomotives in Action Before and after Nationalisation
£3.00
£1.95

GREAT WESTERN PORTRAIT 1913-1921. Adrian Vaughan, Oxford Publishing Co., 1971. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0902888021. 60 pages, 370g. Brown cloth boards with gilt lettering, FINE in a Very Good d/w with a little laminate loss to top of sunned spine. Illustrated with period b/w photographs.
£3.50
£3.45

Great Western Power. Tuplin, W. A., George Allen & Unwin, 1975. 1st Edition. ISBN: 004385060X. 215 pages, 455g. Green cloth boards with old sellotape shadow to corners of free-end papers, Very Good in a Very Good d/w. Illustrated with b/w photographs.
£4.00
£3.45

Great Western progress, 1835-1935. Anon, David And Charles, 1972. Reprint. ISBN: 0715356682. 180 pages plus map. 430g. Black cloth boards FINE in a FINE d/w. Illustrated with b/w photographs and engravings plus map. This book is a reprint from the Great Western Railway Centenary Number of the `Times'.
£6.00
£3.45

The Great Western Railway - Shire Library No.595. Tim Bryan, Shire Publications, 2010. 1st Edition. ISBN: 9780747807889. 64 pages, 150g. Soft card covers Near MINT. Illustrated with b/w photographs and colour drawings.
£3.00
£3.45

The Great Western Railway in East Cornwall. Bennett, Alan., Runpast Publishing, 1990. 1st Edition. ISBN: 1870754115. 79 pages. 370g. Pictorial card covers FINE. Illustrated with b/w photographs and track plans.
£6.00
£3.45

Great Western Railway in Mid-Cornwall. Bennett, Alan, Runpast Publishing, 1992. 1st Edition. ISBN: 1870754212. 96 pages, 420g. Soft card covers FIN E. Illustrated with b/w photographs, map and track plans.
£4.00
£3.45

The Great Western Railway in West Cornwall. Bennett, Alan, Runpast Publishing, 1990. Reprint. ISBN: 1870754123. 80 pages. 370g. Pictorial soft covers, FINE. Illustrated with b/w photographs. drawings, Track plans and maps.
£5.00
£3.45

Great Western Railway Magazine - Centenary Number September 1935. , Avon-anglia Publications, 1983. Reproduction. ISBN: 0905466675. Approx 150 pages, 345g. Soft card covers with a few marks and small bump to bottom edge, Very Good. Facsimile reprint of the original publication 'GWR Magazine (Centenary Number) September 1935. Illustrated with b/w photographs and drawings of origianl adverts etc.
£3.50
£2.50

The Great Western Railway Routes Statutes and Opening Dates and other particulars. Gale, P. R. (Editor)., Avon-anglia Publications, 1986. Facsimile. ISBN: 0905466772. 142 pages, 230g. Soft card covers Near MINT. Not Illustrated. A record of the routes, statutes, opening dates and other particulars of the lines of the Great Western Railway. Originally prepared in 1926, here reprinted without map in 1986.
£6.00
£3.45

Great Western Railway: A History. Andrew Roden, Aurum Press, 2010. Reprint. ISBN: 9781845135805. 306 pages, 660g. Green cloth boards MINT in a MINT d/w. Illustrated with b/w photographs.
£7.00
£3.45

Great Western Reflections. T.H. Terry, Opc Railprint, 1984. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0860933326. 96 pages, 195g. Soft card covers a little marked, Very Good. Illustrated with b/w photographs. The author's experiences of a career with the GWR.
£3.00
£3.45

Great Western Scene: A Collection of Photographs of the G.W.R., 1920 Onwards. Maurice Earley, Oxford Publishing Co., 1971. Reprint. ISBN: 0902888005. 58 pages, 340g. Green cloth boards Very Good in a Near Very Good repaired d/w with sun bleached spine. Illustrated with b/w photographs.
£3.00
£3.45

Great Western Steam at it's Zenith. Stephenson, Brian , Ian Allan Ltd, 1985. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0711014884. 80 pages. 300g. Stapled card covers FINE. Illustrated with b/w photographs.
£4.00
£3.45

Gresley's Coaches : Coaches Built for GNR, ECJS and LNER 1905-53. Harris, Michael , David & Charles, 1973. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0715359355. 160 pages. 645g. Black cloth boards with slight age toning to page edges, Very Good in a Very Good edge-rubbed d/w with small repaired tear to top of spine, with age browning to top edge. Illustrated with b/w photographs, scaled line drawings and track plan. Fully illustrated with details of all coaches built for the GNR, ECJS at Doncaster and for the LNER.
£12.00
£3.45

Growing up on the railway in the South West. Grace HORSEMAN, Ark Publications, 1998. 1st Edition. ISBN: 1873029055. 160 pages. 300g. Soft card covers FINE. Illustrated with b/w photographs. Thirty contributions from people who descibe their personal experiences either as former employees or as passengers in by-gone days.
£5.50
£3.45

The Guinness Railway Fact Book. John Marshall, Guinness Publishing, 1994. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0851127649. 192 pages, 360g. soft card covers Near MINT. Illustrated with b/w photographs. All the railway systems of the World are covered, includes summeries of railway history, biographical details of leading engineers and pioneers, a detailed listing of over 100 metro and rapid transit systems, and features on the World's longest railway tunnels and bridges.
£2.50
£3.45

GWR - The Badminton Line - A Portrait of a Railway. Kevin; Robertson & Abbott, David , Sutton Publishing, 1989. 1st Edition. ISBN: 9780862994594. 233 pages. 840g. Brown cloth boards.FINE in a FINE d/w. A history of the construction of the new main line to South Wales. Fully illustrated with contemporary photographs , plans, layouts and costings.
£7.00
£3.45

GWR Branch Lines. Gammell, C.J., Haynes Publishing, 1995. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0860935213. 192 pages, 980g. Green cloth boards with previous owners ex-libris plate to front paste down, Near FINE in a Near FINE d/w. Illustrated with b/w photographs & route maps. The author describes each line complete with opening and closing dates for passenger and goods traffic.
£7.00
£3.50

GWR Country Stations . Leigh. Chris., Ian Allan LTD, 1984. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0711011087. 112 pages. 480g. Maroon cloth boards Very Good in a Very Good slightly sunned d/w. Illustrated with b/w photographs and line drawings. Written very much with the modeller in mind, this book covers many line side features, including signal boxes, halts, station signs and nameboards, with many examples from the smaller rural lines.
£4.00
£3.45

GWR Country Stations - 2. Leigh. Chris., Ian Allan LTD, 1984. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0711014388. 112 pages. 480g. Maroon cloth boards Near MINT in a FINE d/w. Illustrated with b/w photographs and line drawings. Written very much with the modeller in mind, this book covers many line side features, including signal boxes, halts, station signs and nameboards, with many examples from the smaller rural lines.
£10.00
£3.45

GWR Goods Wagons - A Historical Survey. Atkins, A.G, Beard, W, & Tourret, R., Tourret Publishing, 1998. Fully Revised Edition. ISBN: 0905878078. 530 pages, 2.4kg. Black cloth boards with occasional small scars to page edges only, page 524/525 with 2 inch scar to page fore-edges only. so Very Good in a Very Good d/w. Illustrated with b/w photographs, scaled line drawings etc ideal for the modeller. The edition has been published in one single large volume, with fully revised and augmented material. Scarce.
£75.00
£6.60

The GWR Handbook 1923-1947. David Wragg, Sutton Publishing Ltd, 2006. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0750942177. 236 pages, 960g. Black cloth boards Near MINT in a Near MINT d/w. Illustrated with b/w photographs.
£14.00
£3.45
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