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	ALLEN, CECIL J., BRITISH PACIFIC LOCOMOTIVES. Ian Allan, London, 1962, 1st edn., 240pp, half tone frontis, 48pp half tone plates, in text tables, purple cloth lettered in silver, pictorial dustwrapper, a detailed review of British Pacific locomotive history, a little shaken, rubbed at extrems., spine ends sunned, 3/4 inch nick in cloth top lower joint, dustwrapper: well rubbed, chipped at spine ends, internally repaired, good plus in a good dustwrapper, GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11.25 US$ 16.66 \| JP¥ 1482] Book number: 23104 Click here to order or inquire at A Book for all Reasons.
	ALLEN, G. FREEMAN, BRITISH RAILWAYS - TODAY AND TOMORROW. Ian Allan, London, 1960, 2nd edn., 196pp, col'd frontis, 48pp half tone plates, in text tables and diagrams, yellow cloth lettered in black, pictorial dustwrapper, a contemporary survey of the modernised British Railways as a whole, a little bumped at cnrs., dustwrapper: lightly rubbed and creased at extrems., some sl. surface loss, very good in a very good dustwrapper, GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11.25 US$ 16.66 \| JP¥ 1482] Book number: 23093 Click here to order or inquire at A Book for all Reasons.
	ALLEN, CECIL J. (FOREWORD BY H. C. JOHNSON), THE GREAT EASTERN RAILWAY. Ian Allan, London, 1961, 3rd edn., [x], 242pp, 32pp half tone photo ills., folding map, dark blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, photo pictorial dustwrapper, an updated edition tracing the history and development of the Great Eastern Railway, with an appendix of the chronology of opening, acquisition and amalgamation, lightly rubbed at tips, faint foxing top edge, dustwrapper: well rubbed at extrems., several large chips and edge tears, very good in a poor dustwrapper, GBP 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 US$ 19.99 \| JP¥ 1778] Book number: 26592 Click here to order or inquire at A Book for all Reasons.
	ANON., THE MORRIS MINOR (SERIES "MM") OPERATION MANUAL. Morris Motors, Cowley Oxford, ND, 7th edn., paperback, 78pp, half tone illustration and in text line drawings and diagrams, folding Lubrication Chart, side stapled card wrappers about 9 x 6 inches, the original handbook as issued with every Morris Minor 'MM' (but also sold separately at 2/6), with general technical data and illustrated routine operating, service and maintenance instructions for the owner, etc., rubbed at extrems., cnrs. inclined to curl, staples a little rusty, overall light soiling, light staining to first and last pages, good, GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.33 \| JP¥ 741] Book number: 35270 Click here to order or inquire at A Book for all Reasons.
	AWDRY, REV. W. AND COOK, CHRIS (EDS.), A GUIDE TO THE STEAM RAILWAYS OF BRITAIN. Book Club Assoc., London, 1979, club edn., 240pp, maps at eips, half tone frontis, 8pp col'd plates, numerous in text maps and half tone ills., navy blue cloth gilt, pictorial dustwrapper, a guide/gazetteer of where to see preserved steam railways in action, sl. shelf rubbing lower edges, dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at tips, very good plus in a very good plus dustwrapper, GBP 7.00 [Appr.: EURO 8 US$ 11.66 \| JP¥ 1037] Book number: 23101 Click here to order or inquire at A Book for all Reasons.
	BAKER, MICHAEL, THE CHANGING WESTERN SCENE 1948-1984. 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 nationalised and became part of British Rail, dustwrapper lightly rubbed at tips, fine in a very good plus dustwrapper, GBP 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 US$ 10 \| JP¥ 889] Book number: 28651 Click here to order or inquire at A Book for all Reasons.
	BEILBY, ALEC, HEROES ALL! - The Story of the RNLI. Patrick Stephens, Yeovil, 1994, 3rd imp., 225pp incl. 8pp col'd ills and numerous in text half tone ills., maps at endpapers, dark blue cloth lettered in gilt at spsine, col'd photo pictorial dustwrapper, a history of the Royal National Lifeboat Instititution, the volunteer rescue service that operates around the coast of Great Britain and Ireland to aid those in distress at sea, in all weathers, with details of many of the stations, their boats and major incidents attended, slightly cocked, dustwrapper; price clipped, very lightly rubbed at tips, very good plus in a very good plus dustwrapper, GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11.25 US$ 16.66 \| JP¥ 1482] Book number: 32043 Click here to order or inquire at A Book for all Reasons.
	BENHAM, HERVEY, THE SALVAGERS. Essex County Newspapers, Colchester, 1980, 1st edn., xii, 212pp, 12pp half tone ills, line ills. in text, maps at endpapers, (invalid ISBN), brown cloth lettered in gilt at spine, pictorial dustwrapper, an account of the pre-lifeboat days when ships and crews which foundered on the sandbanks off the Essex and Suffolk coasts were in the hands of the salvagers, risking their lives one day to rescue the crew and the next to strip and pillage the ship of everything they could lay their hands on, with a chronology of notable events and wrecks from 1671 to 1910, lightly rubbed at tips, tiny bump fore-edge upper board and light impressed marks lower board, dustwrapper: price clipped, a little rubbed at spine ends and tips, sunning to spine and upper panel, very good in a very good dustwrapper, GBP 14.00 [Appr.: EURO 15.75 US$ 23.32 \| JP¥ 2075] Book number: 32925 Click here to order or inquire at A Book for all Reasons.
	BONAVIA, MICHAEL R., A HISTORY OF THE LNER - l. THE EARLY YEARS, 1923-33. Studio Editions / George Allen and Unwin, London, 1990, reprint, xii, 90pp, half tone photo ills. throughout, black cloth lettered in gilt at spine, half tone photo pictorial dustwrapper, the first volume of the history of the LNER trilogy, impressed mark final blanks and small snag to final pastedown, dustwrapper: a little sunned at spine, very good in a very good dustwrapper, GBP 3.50 [Appr.: EURO 4 US$ 5.83 \| JP¥ 519] Book number: 38732 Click here to order or inquire at A Book for all Reasons.
	BONAVIA, MICHAEL R., A HISTORY OF THE LNER - ll. THE AGE OF THE STREAMLINERS, 1934-39. Studio Editions / George Allen and Unwin, London, 1990, reprint, 107pp, half tone photo ills. throughout, black cloth lettered in gilt at spine, half tone photo pictorial dustwrapper, the second volume of the history of the LNER trilogy, lightly rubbed at tips, dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at tips, a little sunned at spine, very good plus in a very good plus dustwrapper, GBP 4.00 [Appr.: EURO 4.5 US$ 6.66 \| JP¥ 593] Book number: 38733 Click here to order or inquire at A Book for all Reasons.
	BONAVIA, MICHAEL R., A HISTORY OF THE LNER: lll. THE LAST YEARS, 1939-48. Book Club Associated, London, 1985, club edn., 103pp, half tone photo ills. throughout, black cloth lettered in gilt at spine, half tone photo pictorial dustwrapper, the third volume of the history of the LNER trilogy, lightly rubbed at tips, dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at tips, very good plus in a very good plus dustwrapper, GBP 4.00 [Appr.: EURO 4.5 US$ 6.66 \| JP¥ 593] Book number: 38734 Click here to order or inquire at A Book for all Reasons.
	BROOKS, J. A., RAILWAY GHOSTS. 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 sl. tanned, very good plus, GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.33 \| JP¥ 741] Book number: 28662 Click here to order or inquire at A Book for all Reasons.
	BROOKS, J. A., RAILWAY GHOSTS. 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, GBP 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 US$ 10 \| JP¥ 889] Book number: 28663 Click here to order or inquire at A Book for all Reasons.
	CARTER, ERNEST F., UNUSUAL LOCOMOTIVES. Frederick Muller, London, 1960, 1st edn., 20pp half tone plates, in text line drawings, blue cloth gilt, top edge col'd, pictorial dustwrapper, some famous engine designs, successful and unsuccessful and some for special purposes, bump lower cnr. lower bd., lightly rubbed at tips, one gathering uncoloured as trimming of top edge did not reach it, page number error in illustration list, dustwrapper: rubbed at extrems., sl. loss spine ends, internally repaired, very good in a very good dustwrapper, GBP 14.00 [Appr.: EURO 15.75 US$ 23.32 \| JP¥ 2075] Book number: 23092 Click here to order or inquire at A Book for all Reasons.
	CASSERLEY, H. C., THE LATER YEARS OF METROPOLITAN STEAM. 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 1925 until closure in 1971, with many captioned photographs of locomotives, stations and rolling stock, fine, GBP 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 US$ 10 \| JP¥ 889] Book number: 28661 Click here to order or inquire at A Book for all Reasons.
	CASSERLEY, H. C., STEAM LOCOMOTIVES OF BRITISH RAILWAYS. Hamlyn, London, 1978, 3rd edn., 3rd imp., 484pp, numerous half tone photo ills., navy blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, coloured photo pictorial dustwrapper, a comprehensive account of the final era of the steam locomotive in Great Britain, from Nationalisation in January 1948 to August 1968, an illustrated record of all the locomotives acquired from the four constituent groups and all those built subsequently up to March, 1960, upper edge lightly marked, dustwrapper: price clipped, lightly rubbed and creased at extrems., very good in a very good dustwrapper, GBP 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 US$ 10 \| JP¥ 889] Book number: 38678 Click here to order or inquire at A Book for all Reasons.
	CLAY, JOHN F. (AND J. CLIFFE), THE STANIER BLACK FIVES. Ian Allan, London, 1974, 2nd imp., 96pp, 24pp half tone plates, in text tables, black cloth lettered in silver, pictorial dustwrapper, the story of the most versatile class in locomotive history, lightly bumped lower cnrs., dustwrapper: a little rubbed at extrems., very good in a very good dustwrapper, GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11.25 US$ 16.66 \| JP¥ 1482] Book number: 23084 Click here to order or inquire at A Book for all Reasons.
	COOKE, STENSON, THIS MOTORING - Being the Romantic Story of the Automobile Association,. Automobile Association, London, ND, 268pp, ii pp ads., frontis port., yellow cloth covered boards, lettered in black at spine and upper board, an account of the birth and early days of the Automobile Association, lightly bumped tail of spine, ink signature front free endpaper, no dustwrapper, very good, GBP 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 US$ 10 \| JP¥ 889] Book number: 11831 Click here to order or inquire at A Book for all Reasons.
	CRUMP, THOMAS, A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE AGE OF STEAM - The Power That Drove The Industrial Revolution. Robinson, London, 2007, 1st edn., trade paperback original, xiv, 370pp, 8 in text maps, pictorial montage upper wrapper, a history of the development and use of Thomas Newcomen's invention of the steam engine, which from 1710 and for the next 200 years revolutionised industry, made fortunes for individuals and nations, and produced such inventors and engineers as James Watt, Robert Stevenson and Isambard Kingdom Brunel, lightly rubbed at tips, near fine, GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.33 \| JP¥ 741] Book number: 39364 Click here to order or inquire at A Book for all Reasons.
	DEIGHTON, LEN AND SCHWARTZMAN, ARNOLD, AIRSHIPWRECK. Book Club Associates, London, 1978, club edn., 73pp, half tone photo pictorial title, half tone ills. throughout, plans at endpapers, large landscape format (8.5 x 10.5 inches approx.), black cloth lettered in silver at spine, decorated in silver upper board, coloured montage dustwrapper, a history of the life and death of the commercial airship, one of the greatest triumphs of structural engineering but also a method of transport in which the incidence of disastrous failure was high and very public, rubbed at extrems. and faintly bumped at upper tips, dustwrapper: rubbed at extrems., tiny chip lower edge upper panel, very good in a good plus dustwrapper, GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.33 \| JP¥ 741] Book number: 36019 Click here to order or inquire at A Book for all Reasons.
	DENTON, BRIAN, EASTERN SURVEY. 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 Region (London - Doncaster and York incl. East Anglia), during the 1970'd and 80's, lightly rubbed at tips, very good, GBP 4.00 [Appr.: EURO 4.5 US$ 6.66 \| JP¥ 593] Book number: 28664 Click here to order or inquire at A Book for all Reasons.
	EATON, JOHN P. AND HAAS, CHARLES A., TITANIC: DESTINATION DISASTER - The Legends and the Reality. Patrick Stephens, Sparkford, Nr. Yeovil, 1998, reprint, paperback, 184pp, 8pp coloured ills., facsimiles, line drawing, diagram and numerous half tone ills. in text, large format (8.5 x 6 inches approx.), coloured pictorial wrappers, a reprint of the expanded and enlargewd edition in which the story is brought up to date with an account of an account of the disaster and its aftermath with technical data and log, with a new chapter adding details of the struggle for salvage rights, recovery, preservation and exhibition, with fresh evidence on the 'California' mystery, lightly rubbed at tips, very good, GBP 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 US$ 10 \| JP¥ 889] Book number: 38683 Click here to order or inquire at A Book for all Reasons.
	EDWARDS, COURTENAY (ED.), DAILY MAIL MOTORING GUIDE 1951. Daily Mail, London, 1951, paperback, 160pp, numerous in text half tone photo ills., line drawings, diagrams and maps, coloured card wrappers, a guide celebrating motoring edited by the Daily Mail'sa motoring corespondent, at a time just after WW2 when most UK car production was exported and only a small proportion allowed into the domestic market, with road tests on 35 models (from the Allard Saloon to the Wolseley Six-Eighty), on the latest gadgets, the joys of caravanning, etc, lightly rubbed at extrems., light diag. creasing lower cnrs., very good, GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11.25 US$ 16.66 \| JP¥ 1482] Book number: 35283 Click here to order or inquire at A Book for all Reasons.
	EGE, LENNART, BALLOONS AND AIRSHIPS 1783-1973. Blandford Press, London, 1974, 2nd imp., 234pp, diagrams and 80pp coloured and half tone ills. by Otto Frello in text, red cloth lettered in gilt at spine, wraparound pictorial montage dustwrapper, in the 'World Aircraft in Colour' series, a guide illustrating 200 years of progress in 'lighter-than-air' flight, from the hot air power of the Montgolfier Brothers in 1783 to hydrogen balloons and airships, the commercial and military Zeppelins, the British early types and the R100 and R101, the Hindenburgh, US Naval airships and the Japanese 'balloon bombs' of WW2 to the modern propane powered sport balloon, very faintly bumped at upper cnrs., lightly rubbed at extrems., dustwrapper: price clipped, lightly rubbed at extrems., faint crease tail of spine, very good plus in a very good plus dustwrapper, GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11.25 US$ 16.66 \| JP¥ 1482] Book number: 34035 Click here to order or inquire at A Book for all Reasons.
	ELLIS, PAUL, BRITISH COMMERCIAL AIRCRAFT - Sixty Years in Pictures. Jane's Publishing, London, 1980, paperback, 191pp, numerous in text photo ills., large format (8 x 10 inches approx.), photo pictorial wrappers, from the early converted bombers of 1919 through the Empire flying boats to the late 1970's, nearly 300 half tone photos of British commercial aircraft from many famous manufacturers including Airspeed, Avro, Blackburn, de Havilland, Handley Page, Short and Vickers, etc., with full performance data, a little rubbed at extrems., cnrs. sl. inclined to curl, ink date inside upper wrapper, ink name top cnr. half title, very good, GBP 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 9 US$ 13.33 \| JP¥ 1186] Book number: 35213 Click here to order or inquire at A Book for all Reasons.

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	ALLEN, CECIL J., BRITISH PACIFIC LOCOMOTIVES. Ian Allan, London, 1962, 1st edn., 240pp, half tone frontis, 48pp half tone plates, in text tables, purple cloth lettered in silver, pictorial dustwrapper, a detailed review of British Pacific locomotive history, a little shaken, rubbed at extrems., spine ends sunned, 3/4 inch nick in cloth top lower joint, dustwrapper: well rubbed, chipped at spine ends, internally repaired, good plus in a good dustwrapper, GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11.25 US$ 16.66 \| JP¥ 1482] Book number: 23104 Click here to order or inquire at A Book for all Reasons.
	ALLEN, G. FREEMAN, BRITISH RAILWAYS - TODAY AND TOMORROW. Ian Allan, London, 1960, 2nd edn., 196pp, col'd frontis, 48pp half tone plates, in text tables and diagrams, yellow cloth lettered in black, pictorial dustwrapper, a contemporary survey of the modernised British Railways as a whole, a little bumped at cnrs., dustwrapper: lightly rubbed and creased at extrems., some sl. surface loss, very good in a very good dustwrapper, GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11.25 US$ 16.66 \| JP¥ 1482] Book number: 23093 Click here to order or inquire at A Book for all Reasons.
	ALLEN, CECIL J. (FOREWORD BY H. C. JOHNSON), THE GREAT EASTERN RAILWAY. Ian Allan, London, 1961, 3rd edn., [x], 242pp, 32pp half tone photo ills., folding map, dark blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, photo pictorial dustwrapper, an updated edition tracing the history and development of the Great Eastern Railway, with an appendix of the chronology of opening, acquisition and amalgamation, lightly rubbed at tips, faint foxing top edge, dustwrapper: well rubbed at extrems., several large chips and edge tears, very good in a poor dustwrapper, GBP 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 US$ 19.99 \| JP¥ 1778] Book number: 26592 Click here to order or inquire at A Book for all Reasons.
	ANON., THE MORRIS MINOR (SERIES "MM") OPERATION MANUAL. Morris Motors, Cowley Oxford, ND, 7th edn., paperback, 78pp, half tone illustration and in text line drawings and diagrams, folding Lubrication Chart, side stapled card wrappers about 9 x 6 inches, the original handbook as issued with every Morris Minor 'MM' (but also sold separately at 2/6), with general technical data and illustrated routine operating, service and maintenance instructions for the owner, etc., rubbed at extrems., cnrs. inclined to curl, staples a little rusty, overall light soiling, light staining to first and last pages, good, GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.33 \| JP¥ 741] Book number: 35270 Click here to order or inquire at A Book for all Reasons.
	AWDRY, REV. W. AND COOK, CHRIS (EDS.), A GUIDE TO THE STEAM RAILWAYS OF BRITAIN. Book Club Assoc., London, 1979, club edn., 240pp, maps at eips, half tone frontis, 8pp col'd plates, numerous in text maps and half tone ills., navy blue cloth gilt, pictorial dustwrapper, a guide/gazetteer of where to see preserved steam railways in action, sl. shelf rubbing lower edges, dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at tips, very good plus in a very good plus dustwrapper, GBP 7.00 [Appr.: EURO 8 US$ 11.66 \| JP¥ 1037] Book number: 23101 Click here to order or inquire at A Book for all Reasons.
	BAKER, MICHAEL, THE CHANGING WESTERN SCENE 1948-1984. 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 nationalised and became part of British Rail, dustwrapper lightly rubbed at tips, fine in a very good plus dustwrapper, GBP 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 US$ 10 \| JP¥ 889] Book number: 28651 Click here to order or inquire at A Book for all Reasons.
	BEILBY, ALEC, HEROES ALL! - The Story of the RNLI. Patrick Stephens, Yeovil, 1994, 3rd imp., 225pp incl. 8pp col'd ills and numerous in text half tone ills., maps at endpapers, dark blue cloth lettered in gilt at spsine, col'd photo pictorial dustwrapper, a history of the Royal National Lifeboat Instititution, the volunteer rescue service that operates around the coast of Great Britain and Ireland to aid those in distress at sea, in all weathers, with details of many of the stations, their boats and major incidents attended, slightly cocked, dustwrapper; price clipped, very lightly rubbed at tips, very good plus in a very good plus dustwrapper, GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11.25 US$ 16.66 \| JP¥ 1482] Book number: 32043 Click here to order or inquire at A Book for all Reasons.
	BENHAM, HERVEY, THE SALVAGERS. Essex County Newspapers, Colchester, 1980, 1st edn., xii, 212pp, 12pp half tone ills, line ills. in text, maps at endpapers, (invalid ISBN), brown cloth lettered in gilt at spine, pictorial dustwrapper, an account of the pre-lifeboat days when ships and crews which foundered on the sandbanks off the Essex and Suffolk coasts were in the hands of the salvagers, risking their lives one day to rescue the crew and the next to strip and pillage the ship of everything they could lay their hands on, with a chronology of notable events and wrecks from 1671 to 1910, lightly rubbed at tips, tiny bump fore-edge upper board and light impressed marks lower board, dustwrapper: price clipped, a little rubbed at spine ends and tips, sunning to spine and upper panel, very good in a very good dustwrapper, GBP 14.00 [Appr.: EURO 15.75 US$ 23.32 \| JP¥ 2075] Book number: 32925 Click here to order or inquire at A Book for all Reasons.
	BONAVIA, MICHAEL R., A HISTORY OF THE LNER - l. THE EARLY YEARS, 1923-33. Studio Editions / George Allen and Unwin, London, 1990, reprint, xii, 90pp, half tone photo ills. throughout, black cloth lettered in gilt at spine, half tone photo pictorial dustwrapper, the first volume of the history of the LNER trilogy, impressed mark final blanks and small snag to final pastedown, dustwrapper: a little sunned at spine, very good in a very good dustwrapper, GBP 3.50 [Appr.: EURO 4 US$ 5.83 \| JP¥ 519] Book number: 38732 Click here to order or inquire at A Book for all Reasons.
	BONAVIA, MICHAEL R., A HISTORY OF THE LNER - ll. THE AGE OF THE STREAMLINERS, 1934-39. Studio Editions / George Allen and Unwin, London, 1990, reprint, 107pp, half tone photo ills. throughout, black cloth lettered in gilt at spine, half tone photo pictorial dustwrapper, the second volume of the history of the LNER trilogy, lightly rubbed at tips, dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at tips, a little sunned at spine, very good plus in a very good plus dustwrapper, GBP 4.00 [Appr.: EURO 4.5 US$ 6.66 \| JP¥ 593] Book number: 38733 Click here to order or inquire at A Book for all Reasons.
	BONAVIA, MICHAEL R., A HISTORY OF THE LNER: lll. THE LAST YEARS, 1939-48. Book Club Associated, London, 1985, club edn., 103pp, half tone photo ills. throughout, black cloth lettered in gilt at spine, half tone photo pictorial dustwrapper, the third volume of the history of the LNER trilogy, lightly rubbed at tips, dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at tips, very good plus in a very good plus dustwrapper, GBP 4.00 [Appr.: EURO 4.5 US$ 6.66 \| JP¥ 593] Book number: 38734 Click here to order or inquire at A Book for all Reasons.
	BROOKS, J. A., RAILWAY GHOSTS. 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 sl. tanned, very good plus, GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.33 \| JP¥ 741] Book number: 28662 Click here to order or inquire at A Book for all Reasons.
	BROOKS, J. A., RAILWAY GHOSTS. 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, GBP 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 US$ 10 \| JP¥ 889] Book number: 28663 Click here to order or inquire at A Book for all Reasons.
	CARTER, ERNEST F., UNUSUAL LOCOMOTIVES. Frederick Muller, London, 1960, 1st edn., 20pp half tone plates, in text line drawings, blue cloth gilt, top edge col'd, pictorial dustwrapper, some famous engine designs, successful and unsuccessful and some for special purposes, bump lower cnr. lower bd., lightly rubbed at tips, one gathering uncoloured as trimming of top edge did not reach it, page number error in illustration list, dustwrapper: rubbed at extrems., sl. loss spine ends, internally repaired, very good in a very good dustwrapper, GBP 14.00 [Appr.: EURO 15.75 US$ 23.32 \| JP¥ 2075] Book number: 23092 Click here to order or inquire at A Book for all Reasons.
	CASSERLEY, H. C., THE LATER YEARS OF METROPOLITAN STEAM. 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 1925 until closure in 1971, with many captioned photographs of locomotives, stations and rolling stock, fine, GBP 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 US$ 10 \| JP¥ 889] Book number: 28661 Click here to order or inquire at A Book for all Reasons.
	CASSERLEY, H. C., STEAM LOCOMOTIVES OF BRITISH RAILWAYS. Hamlyn, London, 1978, 3rd edn., 3rd imp., 484pp, numerous half tone photo ills., navy blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, coloured photo pictorial dustwrapper, a comprehensive account of the final era of the steam locomotive in Great Britain, from Nationalisation in January 1948 to August 1968, an illustrated record of all the locomotives acquired from the four constituent groups and all those built subsequently up to March, 1960, upper edge lightly marked, dustwrapper: price clipped, lightly rubbed and creased at extrems., very good in a very good dustwrapper, GBP 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 US$ 10 \| JP¥ 889] Book number: 38678 Click here to order or inquire at A Book for all Reasons.
	CLAY, JOHN F. (AND J. CLIFFE), THE STANIER BLACK FIVES. Ian Allan, London, 1974, 2nd imp., 96pp, 24pp half tone plates, in text tables, black cloth lettered in silver, pictorial dustwrapper, the story of the most versatile class in locomotive history, lightly bumped lower cnrs., dustwrapper: a little rubbed at extrems., very good in a very good dustwrapper, GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11.25 US$ 16.66 \| JP¥ 1482] Book number: 23084 Click here to order or inquire at A Book for all Reasons.
	COOKE, STENSON, THIS MOTORING - Being the Romantic Story of the Automobile Association,. Automobile Association, London, ND, 268pp, ii pp ads., frontis port., yellow cloth covered boards, lettered in black at spine and upper board, an account of the birth and early days of the Automobile Association, lightly bumped tail of spine, ink signature front free endpaper, no dustwrapper, very good, GBP 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 US$ 10 \| JP¥ 889] Book number: 11831 Click here to order or inquire at A Book for all Reasons.
	CRUMP, THOMAS, A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE AGE OF STEAM - The Power That Drove The Industrial Revolution. Robinson, London, 2007, 1st edn., trade paperback original, xiv, 370pp, 8 in text maps, pictorial montage upper wrapper, a history of the development and use of Thomas Newcomen's invention of the steam engine, which from 1710 and for the next 200 years revolutionised industry, made fortunes for individuals and nations, and produced such inventors and engineers as James Watt, Robert Stevenson and Isambard Kingdom Brunel, lightly rubbed at tips, near fine, GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.33 \| JP¥ 741] Book number: 39364 Click here to order or inquire at A Book for all Reasons.
	DEIGHTON, LEN AND SCHWARTZMAN, ARNOLD, AIRSHIPWRECK. Book Club Associates, London, 1978, club edn., 73pp, half tone photo pictorial title, half tone ills. throughout, plans at endpapers, large landscape format (8.5 x 10.5 inches approx.), black cloth lettered in silver at spine, decorated in silver upper board, coloured montage dustwrapper, a history of the life and death of the commercial airship, one of the greatest triumphs of structural engineering but also a method of transport in which the incidence of disastrous failure was high and very public, rubbed at extrems. and faintly bumped at upper tips, dustwrapper: rubbed at extrems., tiny chip lower edge upper panel, very good in a good plus dustwrapper, GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.33 \| JP¥ 741] Book number: 36019 Click here to order or inquire at A Book for all Reasons.
	DENTON, BRIAN, EASTERN SURVEY. 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 Region (London - Doncaster and York incl. East Anglia), during the 1970'd and 80's, lightly rubbed at tips, very good, GBP 4.00 [Appr.: EURO 4.5 US$ 6.66 \| JP¥ 593] Book number: 28664 Click here to order or inquire at A Book for all Reasons.
	EATON, JOHN P. AND HAAS, CHARLES A., TITANIC: DESTINATION DISASTER - The Legends and the Reality. Patrick Stephens, Sparkford, Nr. Yeovil, 1998, reprint, paperback, 184pp, 8pp coloured ills., facsimiles, line drawing, diagram and numerous half tone ills. in text, large format (8.5 x 6 inches approx.), coloured pictorial wrappers, a reprint of the expanded and enlargewd edition in which the story is brought up to date with an account of an account of the disaster and its aftermath with technical data and log, with a new chapter adding details of the struggle for salvage rights, recovery, preservation and exhibition, with fresh evidence on the 'California' mystery, lightly rubbed at tips, very good, GBP 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 US$ 10 \| JP¥ 889] Book number: 38683 Click here to order or inquire at A Book for all Reasons.
	EDWARDS, COURTENAY (ED.), DAILY MAIL MOTORING GUIDE 1951. Daily Mail, London, 1951, paperback, 160pp, numerous in text half tone photo ills., line drawings, diagrams and maps, coloured card wrappers, a guide celebrating motoring edited by the Daily Mail'sa motoring corespondent, at a time just after WW2 when most UK car production was exported and only a small proportion allowed into the domestic market, with road tests on 35 models (from the Allard Saloon to the Wolseley Six-Eighty), on the latest gadgets, the joys of caravanning, etc, lightly rubbed at extrems., light diag. creasing lower cnrs., very good, GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11.25 US$ 16.66 \| JP¥ 1482] Book number: 35283 Click here to order or inquire at A Book for all Reasons.
	EGE, LENNART, BALLOONS AND AIRSHIPS 1783-1973. Blandford Press, London, 1974, 2nd imp., 234pp, diagrams and 80pp coloured and half tone ills. by Otto Frello in text, red cloth lettered in gilt at spine, wraparound pictorial montage dustwrapper, in the 'World Aircraft in Colour' series, a guide illustrating 200 years of progress in 'lighter-than-air' flight, from the hot air power of the Montgolfier Brothers in 1783 to hydrogen balloons and airships, the commercial and military Zeppelins, the British early types and the R100 and R101, the Hindenburgh, US Naval airships and the Japanese 'balloon bombs' of WW2 to the modern propane powered sport balloon, very faintly bumped at upper cnrs., lightly rubbed at extrems., dustwrapper: price clipped, lightly rubbed at extrems., faint crease tail of spine, very good plus in a very good plus dustwrapper, GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11.25 US$ 16.66 \| JP¥ 1482] Book number: 34035 Click here to order or inquire at A Book for all Reasons.
	ELLIS, PAUL, BRITISH COMMERCIAL AIRCRAFT - Sixty Years in Pictures. Jane's Publishing, London, 1980, paperback, 191pp, numerous in text photo ills., large format (8 x 10 inches approx.), photo pictorial wrappers, from the early converted bombers of 1919 through the Empire flying boats to the late 1970's, nearly 300 half tone photos of British commercial aircraft from many famous manufacturers including Airspeed, Avro, Blackburn, de Havilland, Handley Page, Short and Vickers, etc., with full performance data, a little rubbed at extrems., cnrs. sl. inclined to curl, ink date inside upper wrapper, ink name top cnr. half title, very good, GBP 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 9 US$ 13.33 \| JP¥ 1186] Book number: 35213 Click here to order or inquire at A Book for all Reasons.