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Auction No 400, Category: Transport

30 Lots (displaying 1 - 20)

Assorted ephemera including ‘Cinderella’ stamps from 19th Century, 1950s Aviation luggage labels (28), WWI New South Wales immigration documents,

Lot: 6

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Apr 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £74
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Assorted ephemera including ‘Cinderella' stamps from 19th Century, 1950s Aviation luggage labels (28), WWI New South Wales immigration documents, set of 40 Chinese matchbox labels, etc. Fair to fine. (Qty)

Collection of Railway photographs, all 6.5 x 9”, including steam locomotives (60, especially LMS), and many LNER road-vehicles

Lot: 71

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Apr 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £44
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Collection of Railway photographs, all 6.5 x 9”, including steam locomotives (60, especially LMS), and many LNER road-vehicles (some horse-drawn). Mainly VG quality. VG/Fine condition. (104)               

Fred A.Talbot "Cassell’s Railways of the World", Waverley Book Co. [1924], subscribers’ edition, 3 Volumes, quarto, publisher’s gilt cloth,

Lot: 72

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Apr 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £10 - £15
SOLD £8
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Fred A. Talbot Cassell's Railways of the World, Waverley Book Co. [1924], subscribers' edition, 3 Volumes, quarto, publisher's gilt cloth, corners bumped, first folding plate to vol.1 with some creasing o/w VG. 100s of illustrations. (3)

Foreign Railway Maps, 1950s/1980s, world-wide including South Africa, Korea, China, Finland, Russia, etc., (29),

Lot: 73

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Apr 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
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Foreign Railway Maps, 1950s/1980s, world-wide including South Africa, Korea, China, Finland, Russia, etc., (29), together with two large folding timetables for Turkey and a 1971 German poster. Good to fine. (32 items)

"Benguela Railway and Trans-African Time Tables 1938", A5 pamphlet, 8pp, amendment slip tipped in, light rusting to staples o/w fine;

Lot: 74

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Apr 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
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Benguela Railway and Trans-African Time Tables 1938, A5 pamphlet, 8pp, amendment slip tipped in, light rusting to staples o/w fine; Benguela Railway: The Great West Gate to Central Africa – Lobita Bay, [1937], octavo s/bk, 32pp, VG; and a print of Lobita Bay.

"Cook’s Continental Time-Table, Steamship and Air Services Guide August 1939", octavo, original wraps a little frayed & creased, fine internally

Lot: 75

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Apr 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £80 - £120
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Cook's Continental Time-Table, Steamship and Air Services Guide August 1939, octavo, original wraps a little frayed & creased, fine internally with 10 railway maps, bound in later cloth with gilt title label. Over 520pp. Scarce

Philip Robinson and Stephen Yen "Paris to Shanghai, 1903: A Trans-Siberian Journey to China", 2011,

Lot: 76

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Apr 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £15 - £20
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Philip Robinson and Stephen Yen Paris to Shanghai, 1903: A Trans-Siberian Journey to China, 2011, and A Winter Journey Through Siberia to China, 1910, 2012; quarto s/bks, pictorial wraps, fine, each 30pp; illustrated throughout with picture postcards posted on the journeys together with maps. Fine (2)

H. Lartilluex "Geographie Des Chemins de Fer Francais", Chaix, 1948-1958, five volumes, tall quarto, quarter cloth,

Lot: 77

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Apr 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £120 - £150
SOLD £145
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H. Lartilluex Geographie Des Chemins de Fer Francais, Chaix, 1948-1958, five volumes, tall quarto, quarter cloth, including the rare volumes for the French Colonies (ex Library of Congress) and North Africa; together with the two scarce companion volumes Chemins de Fer d'Europe 1951-53, both ex-library. Some external wear but text & illustrations fine. (7)

Jonathan Cadwallader and Martin Jenkins "Merseyside Electrics", 2010, landscape quarto, pictorial boards, 80pp of colour photos

Lot: 78

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Apr 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £10 - £15
SOLD £13
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Jonathan Cadwallader and Martin Jenkins Merseyside Electrics, 2010, landscape quarto, pictorial boards, 80pp of colour photos with descriptive captions. VF, appears unread.

"Österreichisches Kursbuch 1914. Eisenbahnkurse in Österreich. Eisenbahn-, Dampfschiff- und Postkurse in Österreich, Ungarn, Bosnien-Hercegovina.

Lot: 79

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Apr 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
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Österreichisches Kursbuch 1914. Eisenbahnkurse in Österreich. Eisenbahn-, Dampfschiff- und Postkurse in Österreich, Ungarn, Bosnien-Hercegovina. Eisenbahnkurse in Serbien, Rumänien, Bulgarien, Montenegro, Griechenland, in der Türkei und in Ägypten. Reisewege nach dem In- und Auslande. Ausgabe Nr. 6 von 1914, August-September. The volumes for Austria, and Hungary & Bosnia. Josef Otto Slezak, 1985-7 reprints; quarto, card wraps, creasing to spine o/w VG; a comprehensive railway timetable for  Austria, Hungary & Bosnia at the eve of WWI. Fine internally, without inscriptions. 440pp + 158pp (2)

Wilfrid F. Simms "The Railways of Tunisia", Wilfrid Simms, 1998, A5 s/bk, card wraps, illustrated with photos & diagrams, fine,

Lot: 80

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Apr 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
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Wilfrid F. Simms The Railways of Tunisia, Wilfrid Simms, 1998, A5 s/bk, card wraps, illustrated with photos & diagrams, fine, without inscriptions. 64pp   

Wilfrid F. Simms "The Railways of Greece", Wilfrid Simms, 1997, A5 s/bk, card wraps, illustrated with photos & diagrams, fine,

Lot: 81

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Apr 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
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Wilfrid F. Simms The Railways of Greece, Wilfrid Simms, 1997, A5 s/bk, card wraps, illustrated with photos & diagrams, fine, without inscriptions. 88pp   

Henry Sampson (Editor) "World Railways" 1954-1960, Sampson Low, four volumes, plus an additional 1956-57 volume,

Lot: 82

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Apr 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
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Henry Sampson (Editor) World Railways 1954-1960, Sampson Low, four volumes, plus an additional 1956-57 volume, large format, cloth-bound, gilt, fine in edgeworn d/jkts, many line-drawn maps, photos and diagrams. Full-page advertisements. Fine internally. (5)

Foreign Railway history & nostalgia, a collection of mainly h/bk titles with many in d/jkt, good to VF, no internal inscriptions. (28)

Lot: 83

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Apr 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £70
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Foreign Railway history & nostalgia, a collection of mainly h/bk titles with many in d/jkt, good to VF, no internal inscriptions. (28)

Railway history & reference, 1917 to modern, largely h/bk and mostly in d/jkts. No internal inscriptions. Good to VF (19)

Lot: 84

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Apr 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
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Railway history & reference, 1917 to modern, largely h/bk and mostly in d/jkts. No internal inscriptions. Good to VF (19)      

Brian Fawcett "Steam in the Andes", Bradford Barton, 1973; and M.H.J. Finch "South American Steam", Bradford Barton 1974;

Lot: 85

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Apr 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £15 - £20
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Brian Fawcett Steam in the Andes, Bradford Barton, 1973; and M.H.J. Finch South American Steam, Bradford Barton 1974; both fine cloth-bound 1st Edns in VG complete d/jkts. No inscriptions. (2)

R. Tourret "Hedjaz Railway", 1989, and Paul Cotterell "The Railways of Palestine and Israel" 1984; both Tourret Publishing,

Lot: 86

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Apr 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £36
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R. Tourret Hedjaz Railway, 1989, and Paul Cotterell The Railways of Palestine and Israel, 1984; both Tourret Publishing, large format, cloth bound in complete d/jkts, fine; well illustrated with photos and diagrams. No inscriptions. (2)

P.M. Kalla-Bishop "Italian State Railways Steam Locomotives", Tourret Publishing, 1986, large format, cloth bound in a complete d/jkt;

Lot: 87

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Apr 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
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P.M. Kalla-Bishop Italian State Railways Steam Locomotives, Tourret Publishing, 1986, large format, cloth bound in a complete d/jkt; well illustrated with photos & diagrams; fine, no inscriptions

Jim Ferguson & others "China Railway Station List 1988", Quail Map Co., 1992, A5 s/bk, card wraps, staple bound, 94pp. Fine, no internal markings.

Lot: 88

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Apr 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
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Jim Ferguson & others China Railway Station List 1988, Quail Map Co., 1992, A5 s/bk, card wraps, staple bound, 94pp. Fine, no internal markings.

Railway softbacks, British & Foreign, 1930s to modern, mostly 1980s/2000s and largely fine, without markings or inscriptions.

Lot: 89

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Apr 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
SOLD £64
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Railway softbacks, British & Foreign, 1930s to modern, mostly 1980s/2000s and largely fine, without markings or inscriptions. Most are small format. (58)