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8vo., First Edition, with illustrated title-spread, numerous photographs throughout and pictorial endpapers; terracotta cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Ottley 18446.
Ex-library book with the usual stamps, stickers, etc. Binding is solid and text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. This volume brings the story of design for British Railways from 1914 up to 1969. It includes the aftermath of two world wars, the Railway Grouping of 1923 and the nationalization of 1948. Heavily illustrated with color and b&w plates, chapters include Steam's finest years, Steam coaching stock, Railcars and electrics, Architecture in the doldrums, Ulitilarian steam design, Alternatives to steam, Post-war Carriages, Changeover from steam, Comfort for the passenger, New railway architecture, Graphic miscellany, 1923 - 1969, with posters, flyers, ads, insignia, crests etc. Book is from the reference dept. of a library and has been well cared for.
Roy. 4to., Third Edition, with numerous photographs in the text; original laminated photographic boards, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly age-soiled with two closed tears. First published in 1945 and reissued in 1991. Ottley 3077 (recording the second edition)
8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs and diagrams throughout; terracotta cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs in the text; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
Book in mint unread condition. 48pp.
No inscriptions or marks. No creasing to covers or to spine. A lovely clean crisp very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, slight fading to spine and no bumping to corners. 128pp. Features of the year, including a report on Beeching - 20 years on.
189p., illus. Hardcover Very good condition good
76 pages. Features: Boeing photo ad features experimental military equipment powered by gas turbines; Korea Controversy; Ike's Patronage Problems; Senator Styles Bridges says "Atomize Foe if we Must"; High feelings in High Court on Dixie School Segregation; Investigations - Red Front Funds; Korean War coverage; Color ad for General Tires; Nice two-page color ad for National Steel; Fairbanks-Morse color ad highlights New Orleans; Riots and Riches in North Africa - many troubles beset France; Indo-China setback; White defiance in South Africa; Photo of Sweden's Greta Hoffstrom who now appears on that country's money; Nice one-page two-color Hilton Hotels ad features proclamation of Christmas; Illustrations of Moscow fashions; Nice illustrated two-color ad for Continental Motors Corporation features heavy equipment at work; Fantastic color-photo-illustrated centerfold ad for Lockheed features their new Super Constellation - awesome cabin photos!; Canada/CBC's TV "Iron Curtain" is finally pierced by private broadcasters; Artists with Brush and Talent Paint Americana for Americans - Norman Rockwell, Al Parker, Joe De Mers, Harold Von Schmidt, Floyd Cavis; Nice two-page color ad for General Motors (GM) trucks, locomotives and other heavy equipment; Nice two-color one-page ad for the Mallory UHF converter (radio); Basketball article; Fred Haney photo; Brief obituaries for Comdr. Charles H. Lightoller and Capt. Charles G. Duffy; Howard Hughes back in charge of RKO; Henry Hazlitt writes on the collapse of controls; Asiatic Fever; Gamma Globulin Bank; Champion spark plug ad features photo of Indianapolis 500 winner Louis Meyer; Hyster forklift ad on last page; and more. Covers heavily-worn and loose but present. Above-average external soiling. Minor tape repair to spine. A worthy vintage copy. Book
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A lovely clean crisp very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 128pp. This volume covers the immediate post-Beeching years of British Railways and the next nine years of working. An equal balance between textual articles and photographs.
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 126pp. Sutton's Photographic History of Railways.
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with very numerous photographs and illustrations throughout, and printed endpapers; terracotta cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. With the separately printed 'Notes' leaf loosely inserted.
Signed by author, without inscription, upon title page. Stated 1987 first printing/Golden Jubilee Edition. 104 pages. Bibliography. Profusely illustrated with colour photography on glossy stock. Oblong 9.5" x 12". "Traces the rise and decline of the famous streamliners, the restoration of No. 4449 and the high points in her new career as one of America's most celebrated steam locomotives: the American Freedom Train, Sacramento Railfair Excursion, World's Fair Daylight and Gold Coast Flyer - all are remembered in words and pictures." - from dust jacket. Faint beige shadow where address label removed from front free endpaper, otherwise book clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Binding sound. Average wear to dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. A quality copy of this wonderful Daylight memento. Book
No marks or inscriptions. Very faint creasing adjacent to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, tiny trace of label removal and no bumping to corners. 48pp. Mainly pictorial study plus some text of early Nottingham rail transport plus electric trams (part 2).
200p., illus. Hardcover Very good condition good
4to., Second Edition, with a frontispiece, title-vignette, and numerous photographs (many full-page) in the text; cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. First published in 1979. Ottley, 12310.
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, traces of handling and no bumping to corners. 100pp. A photographic study on the way of life in the 19th and early 20th century of the industrial and rural communities served by the North Staffordshire Railway, known as 'the Knotty'.
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with some sunning. 149pp. This book covers the whole range of Great Central, North Eastern and Great Eastern 4-6-0s as well as the classes built by the LNER after 1923. Welll illustrated including locomotive diagrams.
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, trace of foxing to top of page edges and minor bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or creased with tiny piece missing from upper rear corner and slight sunning. 208pp. This book covers the range of pacifics built for the West Coast route, including the most powerful class of locomotives ever found in the UK. Includes some designs which never saw the light of day. Welll illustrated including locomotive diagrams.
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, minor traces of storage and no bumping to corners. 130pp. Beginning with a lengthy article on his father Marc, this study of Isambard Kingdom Brunel (who was cast in the same mould), gives a very well illustrated account of his life, his achievements - rail, ship, engineering, tunnels, bridges and more.
8vo., First Edition; with plates; pictorial wrappers, a near fine copy.
138 pages. "Includes over 250 large choice builders photographs covering early units: SW, NW, TR, BL, GP, SD and the Aerotrain." - from front cover. Train sticker atop title page, otherwise unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy. Book
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean crisp very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. No dust jacket. 127pp. This book traces the history of narrow gauge and miniature railways, past and present, in text and photographs. It includes other countries including Southern and East Africa and Switzerland.
Previous owner's name and address untidily written inside front cover. Marks to a few pages including some underlining. Clean covers with rubbing to corners and spine. Price clipped title page. 64pp.
8vo., First Edition, with photographs and maps; original pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy. Ottley, 12256.