Lot: 1
Folio Society publications in 2 boxes, all bar two in slipcases, no internal inscriptions, good to VF (29)
Lot: 2
Schoolboys’ Own Library c.1939-49, a selection of 12 issues, and 20 issues of Triumph 1940; rusted staples o/w good/VG. (32)
Lot: 3
Large folding Plan of the Pendleton Estate, Manchester, 1912, partly coloured, showing Lancs & Yorks Railway, Buile Hill Park, etc. 89 x 114cm. Creasing lower left corner. Together with a selection of lithographed prints and few items of ephemera. Good to VF
Lot: 4
Country Homes and Gardens, a collection of six-page or eight-page illustrated articles, c.1903-18, culled from issues of Country Life. VG condition. (7 kilos)
Lot: 5
UK Folding Maps 1900s to 1980s, chiefly 1920s to 1970s, with many town & city street plans, Ordnance Survey 1”, Bartholomew’s, Esso motoring maps, etc. Mixed condition. (222)
Lot: 6
Greater Manchester selection from 19th Century; including Leo Grindon Country Rambles and Manchester Walks and Wild Flowers, 1882; Schofield Short Stories about Failsworth Folk 1905; Robinson Birchinlee: the workmen’s village of the Derwent Valley Water Board, 1983 in d/jkt; Stockport Advertiser Notes and Queries, Vol.IV, 1884, half-leather; Cronshaw Dingle Cottage: Poems and Sketches, 1915, author’s presentation copy; and others including pamphlets. Mixed condition. (35)
Lot: 7
Carton of 1930s/50s three & four-page articles on New Vehicles culled from editions of Country Life, all neatly contained in clear-faced bags each with a descriptive summary. Includes colour plates. (Large qty., 16 kilos)
Lot: 8
Foreign Tram & Rail history & nostalgia, plus some maritime, mainly softback publications 1960s to 2000s, many large format; also few related journals. Much Europe and USA noted. Good to VF (50)
Lot: 9
Chiefly Foreign transport leaflets, pamphlets, soft-back histories, timetables, excursions publicity, etc, 1950s to 2000s, wide variety, good to VF (abt. 140). Also modern PPCs and photos.
Lot: 10
Bus & Coach photos 1950s/70s, all b/w, PC size, chiefly Southdown and Timpson’s, all fine close-ups, largely single-decker. Fine (37)
Lot: 11
Softback publications including Southdown Fleetlists (6), Ian Allan ABC Helicopters 1954 and Historic Cars 1956, London bus & tram histories (7), etc. Fair to VF (20)
Lot: 12
Collection of Bus & Coach leaflets & brochures comprising timetables and excursion publicity, 1930s to 1960s with much 1940s/50s, about half Southdown Motor Services. (100). Also few guide books and some non-related ephemera. Fair to VF
Lot: 13
Railway Luggage Labels 1900s to 1940s, especially Southern, LBSC and LNER, plus good range of others including Great North of Scotland, Metropolitan & Great Central Joint Committee, GWR, Great Northern, etc. Mainly VG/F (162)
Lot: 14
Collection of 35mm colour slides of UK Railway Locomotives, 1961 to 1990s, with good range of the last of BR Steam, early Diesels, and modern traction. VG quality and an original lot photographed by a skilled enthusiast. Many with annotations on the mounts. (1,115)
Lot: 15
Box of Bus & Coach timetable leaflets and brochures, many relating to revised or new services, 1960s to 2000s, countrywide, mainly VG/VF. (Several 100s)
Lot: 16
Collection of Irish Railway Tickets, all whole tickets, various companies including Great Northern (26), L.O.R. (6), S.L. & N.C.R. (6), B.C.D.R. (6), C.I.E. (19), Great Southern (23), and others. Very largely unused. Fine. (131)
Lot: 17
Railway Instruction manuals (9) and Rule Books (3) 1928-1960, mostly pre-BR, various companies, poor to fine; and Great Western Railway Time Tables for 1947, VG and complete with fine folding map (13)
Lot: 18
London Transport Bus Maps (19) from 1947 to 1968, plus Trolleybus & Tram Maps (4) 1936-50 with three pre-WW2. Fair to VF (23)
Lot: 19
Murray’s Timetables (13) 1940s /62 for Glasgow and Edinburgh, mostly 1940s/50s, plus 3 later Glasgow timetables; together with assorted bus maps, brochures etc. Mainly good to fine. (Qty)
Lot: 20
Timetables (16) for Southdown Bus Services and services for Brighton & Portsmouth, 1960s/1980s, plus many related supplements and revised services leaflets, mainly 1970s, and related Fleet History, journals etc. Several timetables with rusted staples. (Qty)