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$15.00
xxqdp214145

The Little Wonder: The Story of the Festiniog Railway


WINTON, JOHN

Octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: The Festiniog Railway Company / Michael Joseph 1975

KEYWORDS: railways history rail transport Festiniog railway trains narrow gauge

$45.00
1y92aa/6

The Railways of the South Maitland Coalfields


EARDLEY, GIFFORD H

Super 8vo, pp. 162; illus. light card covers; photos, illus.; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to covers; light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; light tanning & soiling to prelims & terminals).

PUBLISHER: Australian Railway Historical Society 1969

KEYWORDS: Gifford H Eardley railways South Maitland coalfields trains train history

$40.00
1y92aa/7

Dam Builders' Railways: From Durham's Dales to the Border and linked branch lines of the N.E.R. and N.B.R.


BOWTELL, HAROLD D

Super 8vo, pp., 143; maroon heavy card boards, spine letteredin gilt; illus. tp, photos, illus.; VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to boards; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; sl soiling to pg edges; sl soiling to eps, prelims & terminals); in d/w, VG+ (light scuffing & soiling; sl bruising & creasing to edges & extrems).

PUBLISHER: Plateway Press 1994

KEYWORDS: Harold D Bowtell dam builders building railway steam train trains England English railways history

$75.00
1y92aa/11

The Chronicles of Boulton's Siding


BENNETT, ALFRED ROSLING; MARSHALL, JOHN (introd)

8vo, pp. 276; brown heavy card board, red label to spine lettered in gilt; frontis., photos, illus.; VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to boards; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; light soiling to eps, prelims & terminals); in d/w, VG (light scuffing & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems; moderate tanning).

PUBLISHER: David & Charles Reprints 1971

KEYWORDS: Alfred Rosling Bennett train trains locomotive history railways railway I W Boulton

$100.00
1g34a/1

New Zealand Government Railways: Appendix to the Working Time-Tables


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Medium 8vo, pp. xv + 106 + [2] + 63; red buckram board, front board lettered in gilt; illus.; VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling to boards; moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; moderate to heavy contemporary annotations; numerous by-laws inserts pasted in; light to moderate tannning & foxing throughout).

PUBLISHER: John Mackay, Government Printer 1908

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Government railways railway train trains time-table time table 20th century

$75.00
1g34a/6

The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 1, May 1928 to Vol. 3, No. 12, April 1929


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12 issues bound as one. Medium 8vo; tan cl boards, spine lettered in gilt; speckled pg edges, photos, illus.; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to boards; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; light to moderate tanning & soiling to eps, prelims & terminals; light tanning & soiling throughout).

PUBLISHER: The New Zealand Government Railways Department 1928-9

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Railways Magazine railway train trains 20th century history journal periodical

$75.00
1g34a/7

The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 1, April 1927 to Vol. 2, No. 12, April 1928


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12 issues bound as one. Medium 8vo; tan cl boards, spine lettered in gilt; speckled pg edges, photos, illus.; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to boards; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; light tanning & soiling to eps, prelims & terminals; light tanning & soiling throughout).

PUBLISHER: The New Zealand Government Railways Department 1927-8

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Railways Magazine railway train trains 20th century history journal periodical

$35.00
xxsar214668

The Festiniog Railway: Volume II 1890-1962


BOYD, JAMES I C & LLOYD, J M (Drawings) & TUSTIN, R E (Drawings)

THIS VOL ONLY, octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: The Oakwood Press 1962

KEYWORDS: transport history trains rail Festiniog railway railways

$20.00
xxsar214672

A Hundred Years of Railway Weighalls


WEIGHELL, SIDNEY

Octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Robson Books 1984

KEYWORDS: trains rail transport history railways weighalls family Sidney Weighall

$15.00
xxsbd214682

Railway History in Illawarra


SINGLETON, C C

Octavo stapled light card cover (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Illawara Historical Society 1970

KEYWORDS: Australia Australian history transport trains rail railways Illawara NSW New South Wales

$20.00
xxsbd214684

The Wissington Railway: A Fenland Enterprise


DARSLEY, ROGER

Octavo softcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: The Industrial Railway Society 1984

KEYWORDS: rail railways transport history Wissington locomotives trains

$55.00
ak5/12/15

Romance of the Rail: Through the Heart of New Zealand


COWAN, JAMES

Octavo, illus stapled light card covers, 65pp, illus, VG (light creasing to edges, moderate tanning to covers, sm gouge to rear cover, moderate rusting to staples, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, minor tearing at front gutter to staples, prev. owner's name in ink to title page, author's signature tipped in to verso of intro page, light foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: W A G Skinner, Govt Printer 1928

KEYWORDS: New Zealand transport history rail railways trains James Cowan

$13.50
xxhvd216142

Along the Line in New Zealand (Railway Series No 591)


N/A

Oblong octavo stapled softcover (VG): all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Traction Publications 1972

KEYWORDS: New Zealand transport history trains rail railways steam locomotives

$15.00
xxhvd216143

New Zealand Railways 1982: An Illustrated Review of New Zealand Railways Transport Operations


McGAVIN, T A

Octavo stapled softcover (VG): all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: The New Zealand Railway and Locomotive Society Inc 1982

KEYWORDS: New Zealand transport history trains rail railways steam locomotives

$60.00
2g44/7

World Railways 1963-64 (Eighth Edition)


SAMPSON, HENRY (Ed & Compiked by)

Sm folio, maroon buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind stamp lettering to front board, printed eps, 76pp ads + ix + 462pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, sl soilnig to boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, light soilng to eps) in d/w VG- (heavy creasing & chipping/tearing to edges- some minor loss, moderate soiling to spine, light to moderate general soiling)

PUBLISHER: Sampson Low's World Railways Ltd 1963

KEYWORDS: transport rail railways global international routes operation equipment trains 60s sixties

$45.00
2g47/27

Jodhpur Railway


BHANDARI, R R & RAO, M A (Fore)

Imperial octavo, illus heavy boards, white & black lettering to spine, viii + 60pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to spine, jacket neatly glued to boards at pastedowns, sl tanning & soiling to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (jacket neatly glued to pastedowns of boards, light creasing & chipping to edges, sl chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Northern Railway 1982

KEYWORDS: India Indian transport rail railways rains Jodhpur railway steam locomotives

$25.00
xx44pol218477

David Angus: The Life and Adventures of a Victorian Railway Engineer


MAIR, CRAIG

Super octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Strong Oak Press 1989

KEYWORDS: transport history Victorian era trains rail railways engineers David Angus

$100.00
2w1/15

The Chronicles of Pendre Sidings: A Personal Account of the First Railway Preservation Society in the World: The Talyllyn Railway Preservation Society 1950-2000


BATE, JOHN L H

INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, quarto, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 264pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing to edges, light fading to spine, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: RailRomances N/D (c.2001)

KEYWORDS: signed John L H Bate transport history trains rail railways Talyllyn RAilway Preservation Society locomotives steam

$40.00
2w9/43

Preserved Locomotives of British Railways (Twentieth Edition)


PRITCHARD, ROBERT & BEARDSLEY, IAN

Octavo, illus light card wrappers, white lettering to spine, printed inside covers, 176pp, illus, Near FINE (sl creasing to cover edges)

PUBLISHER: Platform 5 Publishing 2022

KEYWORDS: transport rail railways trains locomotives steam British Great Britain diesel electric

$60.00
2w7/9

Steaming to the Sunrise: A History of Railways in the Gisborne Region


WOOD, CHRIS

Quarto, illus light card wrappers, white lettering to spine, printed inside covers, 104pp, illus/photos, VG (light to moderate fading to spine, light chafing & soiling to covers, light creasing to spine & cover edges, light tanning to covers)

PUBLISHER: IPL Books / Te Rau Herald Print 1996

KEYWORDS: New Zealand transport history trains rail railways Gisborne steam locomotives

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