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FINAL FLIGHTS - Dramatic wartime incidents revealed by aviation archeology.

McLachlan, Ian (foreword Len Deighton), · 1989

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

Patrick Stephens / Thorsens Group, England, ND (copyright 1989), 1st edn., 256pp, numerous in text half tone photo ills. and some in line, dark blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, photo montage dustwrapper, a detailed account of the circumstances leading to aircraft losses ...

THE STORY OF CORNWALL'S RAILWAYS.

Fairclough, A., · 1970

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Tor Mark Press, Truro, ND (copyright 1970), 1st edn., paperback, 48pp, half tone and line ills. in text, stapled paper wrapper, the story of the many small mainly industrial railways that were built in Cornwall and the later Great Western mainline railway, a little rubbed at ...

NORFOLK AT WAR.

Storey, Neil R., · 1998

£7.20 (€8.63 | $9.51 | ¥1,519)

Budding Books / Sutton Publishing, Stroud, 1998, reprint, trade paperback, 116pp [ii] ads., numerous captioned half tone photo ills., photo pictorial wrappers, in the Britain in Old Photographs series, a brief text intro and over 200 photographs of the county's military past,...

EASTERN SURVEY.

Denton, Brian, · 1986

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Line One, Cheltenham, ND (copyright 1986), 1st edn., large paperback, 48pp, frontis and many half tone photo ills., map in line, large paperback 8 x 8 inches, col'd pictorial wrappers, a pictorial survey of the locomotives and rolling stock in use on the pre-1966 Eastern Regi...

RAILWAY GHOSTS.

Brooks, J. A., · 1985

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Jarrolds, Norwich, ND (copyright 1985), reprint, trade paperback, 144pp, many in text half tone and line ills., col'd pictorial wrappers, sixteen stories of the supernatural from the golden age of steam in Britain, fine,

RAILWAY GHOSTS.

Brooks, J. A., · 1985

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Jarrolds, Norwich, ND (copyright 1985), 1st edn., trade paperback, 144pp, many in text half tone and line ills., col'd pictorial wrappers, sixteen stories of the supernatural from the golden age of steam in Britain, paper tanned, very good plus,

THE LATER YEARS OF METROPOLITAN STEAM.

Casserley, H. C., · 1970

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

D. Bradford Barton, Truro, ND (circa late 1970's), 1st edn., large paperback, 96pp, frontis and many half tone photo ills., large format 8 x 8 inches, half tone pictorial wrappers, a brief account of the Metropolitan Railway, Metropolitan District and the Brill branch, from 1...

THE CHANGING WESTERN SCENE 1948-1984.

Baker, Michael, · 1984

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Ian Allan, London, 1984, 1st edn., 112pp, numerous in text half tone photo ills., dark green cloth lettered in gilt at spine, col'd photo pictorial dustwrapper, an account of the changes to the service and rolling stock of the Great Western Railway since 1948 when it was nati...

STEAM ON SHED.

Stretton, John, · 1984

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Blandford Press, Polle, 1984, 1st edn., unpaginated [160pp], containing 240 photo plates many in colour, large format 10.5 x 8 inches, dark blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, col'd photo pictorial dustwrapper, the product of some offical visits (and some unofficial!) to st...

BRITISH RAILWAYS STEAMING ON THE EAST COAST MAIN LINE.

Hands, Peter and Richards, Colin, · 1986

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Defiant Publications, Solihull, ND (copyright 1986), 1st edn., 96pp, 180 half tone photo ills., oversize 12 x 8.5 inches, laminated half tone pictorial boards, selected from a number of contributors to produce a record of steam locomotives in use in the 1950's and 1960's on t...

LNER 150 - The London and North Eastern Railway - A century and a half of progress.

Whitehouse, Patrick and Thomas, David St. John, · 1989

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

David and Charles, Newton Abbot, ND (copyright 1989), 1st edn., 208pp, numerous in text half tone and coloured photo ills., oversize 11 x 9 inches, grey cloth lettered in gilt at spine, coloured pictorial dustwrapper, an history of the railway system that under the 1923 'grou...

THE PLEASURES OF RAILWAYS - A Journey by Train through the Delectable Country of Enthusiasm for Railways.

Hollingsworth, Brian, · 1983

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Allen Lane / Penguin, London, 1983, 1st edn., 154pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., a few line ills. in text, green cloth lettered in gilt at spine, col'd photo pictorial dustwrapper, written by a fromer engineer with Great Western and British Rail, a book celebrating the joys o...

LMS STEAM PORTRAIT.

Stephenson, Brian, · 1985

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Ian Allan, London, 1985, 1st edn., 128pp, photo pictorial double title, numerous in text half tone photo ills., untitled red cloth, col'd photo montage dustwrapper, the best illustrations from his earlier titles (LMS Abum numbers 2 and 3) together with new material, a brief t...

LURE OF STEAM.

Treacy, Eric, · 1985

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Ian Allan, London, 1985, reprint, 208pp, frontis and numerous in text half tone photo ills., oversize format 11 x 9 inches, black cloth lettered in gilt at spine, col'd photo pictorial dustwrapper, a re-issue of the popular title as a tribute to one of the outsanding railway ...

BRITISH LOCOMOTIVES OF THE 20TH CENTURY - Volume 2 1930-1960.

Nock, O. S., · 1984

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Patrick Stephens, Cambridge, 1984, 1st edn., 256pp, pictorial endpapers, numerous in text half tone photo ills., line drawings, sectional views, etc., large format 9.5 x 8 inches, black cloth lettered in gilt at spine and upper board, col'd photo pictorial dustwrapper, a hist...

BRITISH LOCOMOTIVES OF THE 20TH CENTURY - Volume 1 1900-1930.

Nock, O. S., · 1983

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Patrick Stephens, Cambridge, 1983, 1st edn., 257pp, pictorial endpapers, numerous in text half tone photo ills., line drawings, sectional views, etc., large format 9.5 x 8 inches, black cloth lettered in gilt at spine and upper board, col'd photo pictorial dustwrapper, a hist...

THE COMING OF WAR IN 1939.

Medlicott, W. N., · 1969

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Routledge and Kegan Paul for The Historical Association, London, 1969, reprint, paperback, 31pp, [i] ads., stapled light grey paper wrapper lettered and decorated in red and blue, by the Stevenson Professor of International History, University of London, an examination of the...

THE COMING OF WAR IN 1939.

Medlicott, W. N., · 1963

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Routledge and Kegan Paul for The Historical Association, London, 1963, 1st edn., paperback, 31pp, stapled light grey paper wrapper lettered and decorated in red and blue, by the Stevenson Professor of International History, University of London, an examination of the politica...

THE GREATEST PEOPLE IN THE WORLD and other stories.

[Bates, H. E.] Flying Officer "X", · 1942

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Jonathan Cape for The British Publishers Guild, London, 1942, paperback, 79pp, #16, side stapled binding covered with card wrappers with flaps, in red and white and lettered in black, nine short stories concerning the men of Bomber Command, lightly rubbed at extrems. with tin...

JUST SO STORIES - For Little Children.

Kipling, Rudyard, · 1971

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Papermacs / Macmillan, London, 1971, paperback, 159pp, in text ills. by author, pictorial wrappers by Mike Charlton, a little rubbed at tips, sl. diag. crease lower cnr. lower wrapper, edges tanned, very good,