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From Devon to Dorset: the Story of the Lyme Regis Branch (A Railway Bylines Centenary Special).
Reeve, George & Smith Martin., Irwell Press, 2003. 1st Edition. ISBN: 1903266378. 60 pages. 280g. Pictorial stapled card covers FINE. Illustrated with b/w photographs, routemaps and track plans. A history of this now long closed branch line, which the enthusiasts in the area are still hoping to re-open.
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From the Footplate - Devonian - Bradford to Paignton.
Stephen Austin, Ian Allan Publishing Ltd, 1994. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0711022291. 112 pages, 330g. Soft covers Near MINT. Illustrated with colour & b/w photographs, line drawings and track plans. A journey of some 300 from Bradford to Paignton, detailing the people involved, the preperation and the journey.
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From the Footplate - Reminisences of the Last Days of Steam..
Nock, O. S., Guild Publishing , 1984. Book Club. ISBN: . 189 pages. 800g. Tan and black colour cloth boards with crease to top front corner, Near FINE in a Near FINE d/w. Illustrated with colour and b/w photographs. The author describes a trip he made on the West Cosst main line in 1963.
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Furka-Oberalp: From the Rhone to the Rhine (railways of the mountains) - Furka-Oberalp: Von der Rhone zum Rhein (Bahnen der Berge) (German Edition).
Hans Schweers, Schweers + Wall, 1982. 1st Edition. ISBN: 3921679257. 160 pages, 875g. Red cloth boards with a little spotting to pre-lims, so Very Good in a POOR Only spotted, torn and repaired d/w in clear removable wrap. Fully illustrated with b/w and colour photographs, station track plans and line drawings of the motive power used, including route map paste-downs. Text is in German.
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George Stephenson. A Biographical Study of the Father of Railways..
Davies, Humter., Book Club Assiciates/Weidenfield and Nicolson, 1975. Book Club. ISBN: . 337 pages, 590g. Green cloth boards Near FINE in a Very Good repaired d/w now in clear removable wrap. Illustrated with d/w drawings. Written on the occasion of the 150th Anniversary ot the opening of the World's First Public Railway, the Stockton and Darlington 1825 - 1975 - including and Account of Railway Mania and a consideration of Stephensonia today.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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,
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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'.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Great Western Steam in Shakespeare Country.
Pixton, Bob, Kestrel Books, 2009. 1st Edition. ISBN: 9781905505135. 134 pages, 555g. Soft card covers FINE. Illustratd with b/w photographs and gradient profiles.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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