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Auction No 421, Category: Transport

19 Lots (displaying 1 - 19)

Ephemera and some softback publications, 1890s to 1960s, with much Transport interest especially UK Railways, plus various programmes,

Lot: 6

  • Auction Date: Wed 25th Oct 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £74
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Ephemera and some softback publications, 1890s to 1960s, with much Transport interest especially UK Railways, plus various programmes, greetings cards, advertising interest, etc. (100s) (Approx.7 kilos)

Manchester Ship Canal (and Trafford Park), mostly modern s/bks but including 1950s Harbour Master’s list of names of employees

Lot: 77

  • Auction Date: Wed 25th Oct 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £50
SOLD £54
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Manchester Ship Canal (and Trafford Park), mostly modern s/bks but including 1950s Harbour Master's list of names of employees in foolscap exercise book, and a 1970 typed report (with photographs) of safety issues along the canal. Varied condition. (24 items)   

"Bradshaw’s Railway Time Tables for November 1842". Large single sheet (poster size, 36 x24”), the Birmingham & Derby Jctn.Rly highlighted

Lot: 124

  • Auction Date: Wed 25th Oct 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £80 - £120
UNSOLD
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Bradshaw's Railway Time Tables for November 1842. Large single sheet (poster size, 36 x24”), the Birmingham & Derby Jctn.Rly highlighted with a pink w/colour frame. Folds, peripheral faults (no loss of text). VG. Scarce  

London, Brighton & South Coast Railway 1894 Timetable, 8pp, folding, small ink mark in margin of one page;

Lot: 125

  • Auction Date: Wed 25th Oct 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
SOLD £92
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London, Brighton & South Coast Railway 1894 Timetable, 8pp, folding, small ink mark in margin of one page; attractive stand-up model publicity cards for excursions to Portsmouth 1908 and Hastings 1910, latter with small tear; a related holiday brochure (small faults); and an L.B.S.C. Rly. ‘Named Locomotives' card endorsed 1913. Scarce group.

Railway softbacks & juvenilia including Rev.W.Awdry "Gordon the Big Engine & His Tender pre-cut Model Engine Book";

Lot: 126

  • Auction Date: Wed 25th Oct 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
UNSOLD
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Railway softbacks & juvenilia including Rev.W.Awdry Gordon the Big Engine & His Tender pre-cut Model Engine Book; T.A.C. Jarrett Big Bill & Little Bill and The Silly Stoker; a Tuck's Train Travel transfer book; cut-out model cards of The Flying Scotsman and Princess Royal; and other items including some modern prints. (Qty).

Road Transport interest including showroom brochure for Ford ‘Thames’ Commercial Vehicles 1950; early leaflets for Ford motor-cars (2);

Lot: 127

  • Auction Date: Wed 25th Oct 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
SOLD £66
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Road Transport interest including showroom brochure for Ford ‘Thames' Commercial Vehicles 1950; early leaflets for Ford motor-cars (2); 1946 programme for Motor Car Parade, London; 1939 publicity card for Aston Martin 15/98; and other items. Fair to VF (14)    

Shipping ephemera & softbacks including WW2 Ships’ Plans (2) for armed Transport Ferries, both cloth-bound; White Star publicity leaflets

Lot: 128

  • Auction Date: Wed 25th Oct 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
SOLD £74
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Shipping ephemera & softbacks including WW2 Ships' Plans (2) for armed Transport Ferries, both cloth-bound; White Star publicity leaflets (7, two different); souvenir brochure for R.M.S. Queen Mary in fair condition; and others. (34 items)

Shipping and Maritime softback publications from 1930s, mostly modern, many relating to the Mersey Docks, Chatham, Southampton and other ports,

Lot: 129

  • Auction Date: Wed 25th Oct 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £64
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Shipping and Maritime softback publications from 1930s, mostly modern, many relating to the Mersey Docks, Chatham, Southampton and other ports, plus warships and other naval. VG/VF (70)     

Transport history softbacks from 1927, mostly 1970s/80s, chiefly Railway and Canals. Good to VF (34)

Lot: 130

  • Auction Date: Wed 25th Oct 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
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Transport history softbacks from 1927, mostly 1970s/80s, chiefly Railway and Canals. Good to VF (34) 

Shipping and Maritime softbacks including WW2 publications (10, duplication); mostly 1960s to modern with many illustrated works

Lot: 131

  • Auction Date: Wed 25th Oct 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £66
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Shipping and Maritime softbacks including WW2 publications (10, duplication); mostly 1960s to modern with many illustrated works both merchant and naval, some relating to the smaller ports and sailing ships. Includes few foreign. Good to VF (53)

"Central London Railway: Coronation Souvenir, Some London Views", C.L.R., 1911, quarto, quarter cloth over decorated boards, gilt,

Lot: 132

  • Auction Date: Wed 25th Oct 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £74
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Central London Railway: Coronation Souvenir, Some London Views, C.L.R., 1911, quarto, quarter cloth over decorated boards, gilt, with pictorial onlay surrounded by a raised wooden frame; gold text describing the history of the company and architectural features of London; 16 illustrations in full colour with a map of the CLR on final page. 40pp. Near fine.

UK Bus Company histories, chiefly modern with publications to 2019, h/bk an s/bk, two signed by the author o/w no inscriptions,

Lot: 133

  • Auction Date: Wed 25th Oct 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
SOLD £92
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UK Bus Company histories, chiefly modern with publications to 2019, h/bk an s/bk, two signed by the author o/w no inscriptions, one with a worn binding, others VG/VF (24)

UK Bus & Coach history & nostalgia, mostly large format illustrated works with many h/bk including Taylor "London Trolleybus Depots" Parts 1 & 2,

Lot: 134

  • Auction Date: Wed 25th Oct 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £92
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UK Bus & Coach history & nostalgia, mostly large format illustrated works with many h/bk including Taylor London Trolleybus Depots Parts 1 & 2, and Webber London Transport Country Area Garages. None with inscriptions, 1979 to recent. VG/VF (18)

UK Bus history & nostalgia including Roberts "Bristol RE: 40 Years of Service", 2002; Jones "Moss Motor Tours of Sandown, Isle of Wight", 2017;

Lot: 135

  • Auction Date: Wed 25th Oct 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £60
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UK Bus history & nostalgia including Roberts Bristol RE: 40 Years of Service, 2002; Jones Moss Motor Tours of Sandown, Isle of Wight, 2017; works by Matthew Wharmby (3, all in d/jkts) and other illustrated works, many h/bk, 1970s to modern. None with inscriptions. Good to VF (25)

UK Bus, Tram & Coach Local History titles, 1970s to modern, h/bk and s/bk, including Lacey "Smith’s Coaches of Reading 1922 to 1979";

Lot: 136

  • Auction Date: Wed 25th Oct 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £86
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UK Bus, Tram & Coach Local History titles, 1970s to modern, h/bk and s/bk, including Lacey Smith's Coaches of Reading 1922 to 1979; Weager Bournemouth's Bus & Coach Station; and Keeley Birmingham's Blue and Cream Buses, in d/jkt; and other illustrated works. VG/VF, one signed by the author o/w no inscriptions. (26).   

The ‘Metrovick Electric’, 1930s, scarce showroom brochure for Metropolitan Vickers range of electric vans. 24pp. Landscape quarto.

Lot: 137

  • Auction Date: Wed 25th Oct 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £50
SOLD £30
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The ‘Metrovick Electric', 1930s, scarce showroom brochure for Metropolitan Vickers range of electric vans. 24pp. Landscape quarto. Spike hole upper left o/w VG.  

Motor Car showroom brochures (8) and related leaflets (3), late-1950s, with some duplication. VG/VF.

Lot: 138

  • Auction Date: Wed 25th Oct 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £150 - £200
SOLD £100
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Motor Car showroom brochures (8) and related leaflets (3), late-1950s, with some duplication. VG/VF.  Also cover only for a 1930s showroom brochure for MG sports cars.

Motoring ephemera and softback publications; including Earls Court "Motor Show" catalogues for 1951,1956 and 1958;

Lot: 139

  • Auction Date: Wed 25th Oct 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £80 - £120
SOLD £115
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Motoring ephemera and softback publications; including Earls Court Motor Show catalogues for 1951, 1956 and 1958; Morris Eight Workshop Manual 1948; many Invoices/Billheads from wide range of companies, 1960s/70s; Halfords catalogue 1955; Oulton Park motor-racing programmes 1955 & 1956; Belle Vue Stock Car racing programme 1954; rare Kathanode Batteries for Delivery Vehicles trade catalogue 1939, 28pp; qty. of Tax Discs and MOT certifcates; and other items, a few unrelated. Fair to VF (Large qty).

Great Britain 1890s TPO Time Bill for the Irish Night Mail, Chester to Manchester, numbered ‘24’ upper right, some creasing o/w VG.

Lot: 222

  • Auction Date: Wed 25th Oct 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £40
SOLD £24
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Great Britain 1890s TPO Time Bill for the Irish Night Mail, Chester to Manchester, numbered ‘24' upper right, some creasing o/w VG.