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BUILDING THE RAILWAYS OF THE RAJ 1850-1900.
Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1997. 8vo., pp. xix,254, paperback, b/w illustrations, maps, tables and graphs; lightly sunned and creased to spine, otherwise very good.
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ELECTRIC RAILWAYS 1880-1990.
The IEE History of Technology Series 31.
Stevenage: The Institution of Electrical Engineers, 2003. 8vo.,pp. xxi,452, pictorial hardcover, b/w illustrations; light rubbing to head of spine, a very good, clean copy. No dust-jacket.
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RAILWAY MACHINERY: A TREATISE ON THE MECHANICAL ENGINEERING OF RAILWAYS.
Embracing the Principles and Construction of Rolling and Fixed Plant; Illustrated by a Series of Plates on a Large Scale, and Numerous Engravings on wood. Volume Second - Plates.
Glasgow: Blackie and Son, 1855. Volume II only, folio, pp.iv,(numbered plates), half calf, five raised bands, gilt-lettered label, claret cloth boards, marbled edges, comprises 60 engraved plates, double-page, and a further 10 engraved diagrams; engraved heraldic bookplate to front paste-down endpaper, some foxing and occasional toning to plates throughout, light crease to lower corner of title, extremities rubbed, with light water-staining and superficial rubbing to cloth, a very good copy.
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PEAKLAND AIR CRASHES.
The South.
Ashbourne: Landmark Publishing, 2005. Large 8vo., pp.192, paperback, b/w illustrations; very slight shelfwear, internally fine, a very good copy indeed.
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VISIONS AFAR: THE JOURNAL OF RW CARR 1905-2005.
The Life and Times of a Yorkshire Railwayman as Told Through his Writings and Journals.
Sherburn-in-Elmet: Write Books, 2007. 4to., pp.xiv,205, paperback, colour illustrations; vertical crease to inner margin of front wrapper, a very good, fresh copy.
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North Eastern Railway Branch Lines: NORTH YORKSHIRE & CLEVELAND RAILWAY.
North Eastern Railway Association, 2015. 4to.,pp. 96, b/w and colour illustrations, b/w maps, colour frontispiece; sunned to spine and margins, otherwise very good.
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MEN, MINES & MINERALS OF THE NORTH PENNINES.
The Friends of Killhope, 1992. 4to.,pp. iv,94, paperback, b/w illustrations and maps; a very good copy.
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NOTES ON THE GEOLOGY OF THE HULL, BARNSLEY AND WEST RIDING JUNCTION RAILWAY AND DOCK.
Hull: Privately printed by M.C. Peck and Son, 1886. 8vo., pp.60, bevelled brown cloth, gilt, t.e.g., frontispiece with tissue-guard, folding colour geological sketch map, b/w figures; toning to frontispiece recto, with ‘E4/5’ handwritten to frontispiece recto, rubbing to extremities, with light wear to head and foot of spine, a couple of marks to front board, otherwise very good.
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A HISTORY OF THE NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY ARCHITECTURE. Three Volumes.
Voume I: The Pioneers. Volume II: A Mature Art. Volume III: Bell and Beyond.
North Eastern Railway Association, 2001. Three volumes, the set, 4to.,pp. 184; 200; 256, pictorial hardcovers, b/w and colour illstrations, b/w figures, pictorial endpapers; sunned to spines, lettering visible, a very good, internally clean set. No dust-jackets.
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THE HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT OF RAILWAY SIGNALLING IN THE BRITISH ISLES, Volume III: FREIGHT MARSHALLING YARD OPERATION, CONTROL AND SIGNALLING.
York: Friends of the National Railway Museum. 4to., pp.218, blue hardcover, gilt, b/w illustrations; fine, in very good+ unclipped dust-jacket.
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THE FORTH BRIDGE.
Reprinted from ‘Engineering’, February 28, 1890.
London: Offices of ‘Engineering’. Folio, pp.71,unpaginated plates, claret cloth, gilt, 19 b/w plates, most of which are double-page, 156 in-text figures; toning to endpapers, paper-cracking along inner hinges, extremities rubbed, with dampstaining to lower margins of boards, partial sunning and scuffs to rear board, internally very good, and overall a good working copy.
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CENTENARY OF THE OPENING OF THE BELFAST AND BALLYMENA RAILWAY.
The Railway Executive Northern Counties Committee, 1948. Small 8vo.,pp. 71, pamphlet, b/w illustrations and figures, b/w fold-out illustration; rubbing along stapled spine, small ink annotation crossed out to upper margin of front wrapper, foxing to wrappers verso and lightly to margins, a good copy.
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IRELAND’S ROYAL CANAL 1789-1992.
Dublin: The Lilliput Press, 1992. First edition 8vo.,pp. vii,216, hardcover, gilt, b/w illustrations, pictorial endpapers; a near-fine copy, in a very good unclipped pictorial dust-jacket.
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THE CANALS OF THE SOUTH OF IRELAND.
Newton Abbot: David & Charles, 1966. First edition, 8vo., pp.260, blue hardcover, gilt; fine, in vg unclipped dust-jacket.
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CONSIDERATIONS ON RAILWAYS, PROVING THEIR UTILITY, WITH EXPLANATORY REMARKS, DEMONSTRATING GREAT ADVANTAGE TO THE AGRICULTURAL, COMMERCIAL AND MANUFACTURING INTERESTS, FROM THE PROJECTED LINE BETWEEN HULL AND SELBY.
Hull: Printed by George Lee, Rockingham Office, Bowlalley Lane, 1835. 12mo., pp.15, pamphlet in lilac paper wrappers; light surface soil and slight wear to wrappers, a good+ copy of this scarce treatise.
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COLOURED VIEWS ON THE LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER RAILWAY.
Oldham: Hugh Broadbent, 1976. Deluxe limited edition of 250 copies, folio, pp.xviii,8,(viii)adverts, publisher’s full red pictorial leather binding, gilt, a.e.g., 16 colour plates including 3 folding plates, b/w thumbnails; a fine copy, in red cloth slipcase, which has light marking to one side, and some rubbing to extremities, otherwise vg.
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THE PRINCIPLES OF MINING ADAPTED TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE SOUTH KENSINGTON SYLLABUS.
Sunderland: Privately published, and printed by Henry Mitchell, 1889. 8vo., pp.505,36 (Index), half claret morocco, gilt, brown cloth boards, b/w plates; ink ownership autograph to front free endpaper, light foxing to endpapers, edges and prelims, loss to lower corner of rear free endpaper, light marking to cloth, rubbing to extremities, internally clean, overall a very good copy.
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CANALS, BARGES AND PEOPLE.
London: Art and Technics, 1950. First edition, 8vo., pp.96, quarter red cloth, gilt, decorative paper-covered boards, endpaper maps, top edges red, colour frontispiece and plates (black and white with colour accents), b/w vignettes; foxing to fore-edges, a slight mustiness, else very good indeed, in unclipped pictorial dust-jacket, which has light loss from chipping to extremities, and foxing to pale paper, else very good, now in a protective cover.
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MORTON AND CO.’S OFFICIAL ILLUSTRATED RAILWAY GUIDES.
Metropolitan; London, Brighton and South Coast; Great Eastern; Great Northern; Midland; London and North Western; Great Western; London and South Western; London Chatham and Dover; South Eastern.
8vo., pp.328, brown cloth, gilt, b/w engraved illustrations; foxing to endpapers and adjacent leaves, o/w very occasional foxing throughout, cloth broken along lower external joint, wear to extremities, light marking to cloth, contents very good, a good copy overall.
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BY RAIL TO MILDENHALL: The Story of the Cambridge to Mildenhall Railway.
Bury St. Edmonds, Mildenhall Museum Publications. 8vo.,pp. iv,36, paperback, b/w illustrations; ownership autograph to title page, sunned and creased to extremities, light creasing to margins of leaves, a good copy.
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