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Auction No 363, Tag: Railways

12 Lots (displaying 1 - 12)

European Railway titles, mainly Austria plus Germany and Switzerland, 1950s to 1980s,

Lot: 1

  • Auction Date: Wed 2nd Nov 2016 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £30
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European Railway titles, mainly Austria plus Germany and Switzerland, 1950s to 1980s, chiefly softbacks, mostly dealing with Electric Railways; also few tramway titles. (25)

Comte F.M.G. De Pambour "A Practical Treatise on Locomotive Engines" John Weale, 1840, 2nd Edition,

Lot: 2

  • Auction Date: Wed 2nd Nov 2016 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £15
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Comte F.M.G. De Pambour A Practical Treatise on Locomotive Engines John Weale, 1840, 2nd Edition, original blind-tooled cloth, gilt, worn at hinges, uncut 2 sides, binding rather slack, some light browning to text & the 5 folding-plates at rear (one detached), old ownership signature top of title page, another ownership handstamp to page 1; some light pencil annotations. xlviii + 583pp + plates + 36pp of advertisements.

Railway Clearing House "Official Hand Book of Railway Stations" London, 1912, quarto, worn cloth;

Lot: 3

  • Auction Date: Wed 2nd Nov 2016 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £20
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Railway Clearing House Official Hand Book of Railway Stations London, 1912, quarto, worn cloth; Hamilton Ellis The Midland Railway 1953, 1st Edition in d/jkt; R.M. Ballantyne The Iron Horse, or Life on the Line, 1878, contemporary gilt cloth; and three others. (6)

"Cambrian Railways – A Souvenir: Gems of Picturesque Scenery" 1895

Lot: 9

  • Auction Date: Wed 2nd Nov 2016 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
SOLD £28
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Cambrian Railways – A Souvenir: Gems of Picturesque Scenery 1895, pictorial boards very worn, darkened and creased. 36pp

Bartholomew "Midland & South Western Junction Railway", Vol. One, 1982; John Gough "The Midland Railway" 1989;

Lot: 11

  • Auction Date: Wed 2nd Nov 2016 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £20
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Bartholomew Midland & South Western Junction Railway, Vol. One 1982; John Gough The Midland Railway 1989; Anderson & Fox An Historical Survey of Chester to Holyhead Railway - Track Layouts and Illustrations, 1984; Doughty The Central Wales Line, 1997; and 4 others. All large format h/b in d/jkts. (8)

Derek Phillips "The Story of the Westbury to Weymouth Line" 1994 and "Steaming through the Cheddar Valley" 2001;

Lot: 12

  • Auction Date: Wed 2nd Nov 2016 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £26
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Derek Phillips The Story of the Westbury to Weymouth Line 1994 and Steaming through the Cheddar Valley 2001; Coleby The Minehead Branch 1848-1971, 2006; Marx An Illustrated History of the Lewes & East Grinstead Railway, 2000; and 4 others. All large format h/b in d/jkts.  (8)

Peter Kay "The Teign Valley Line" 1996 and "Exeter – Newton Abbot: A Railway History" 1993;

Lot: 13

  • Auction Date: Wed 2nd Nov 2016 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £30
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Peter Kay The Teign Valley Line 1996 and Exeter – Newton Abbot: A Railway History 1993; Russell Great Western Coaches Appendix Vols 1 and 2; and Tourret GWR Engineering Work 1928-1938, 2003; all large Format h/b in d/jkts.  (5)

London Transport Local Road and Rail Timetables 1964-1972, for services at Watford, Hertford,

Lot: 20

  • Auction Date: Wed 2nd Nov 2016 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £34
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London Transport Local Road and Rail Timetables 1964-1972, for services at Watford, Hertford, Bishops Stortford, Weybridge etc, with four dedicated to Country Bus & Coach services. One with taped spine, 13 others with small tape marks at corners. (20)

Railway magazines of the 1930s comprising "The Railway Magazine" (21), "The LMS Magazine" (4),

Lot: 23

  • Auction Date: Wed 2nd Nov 2016 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £24
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Railway magazines of the 1930s comprising The Railway Magazine (21), The LMS Magazine (4), Southern Railway Magazine (6), Great Western Railway Magazine (7), and two others. Several with rusted staples. 13 lack the outer pictorial covers. (40)

Railway Company publications and handbooks 1920s to 1960s, including L & Y. Map of Collieries in Lancashire,

Lot: 41

  • Auction Date: Wed 2nd Nov 2016 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
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Railway Company publications and handbooks 1920s to 1960s, including L & Y. Map of Collieries in Lancashire, Railway Athletics Association Yearbooks 1920s (2); various LMS including Working Timetable Appendix 1931, Management of Stations 1931, Signalling 1947; etc. Also leaflets & ephemera. Large qty. (abt. 6.5 kilos) Generally good to fine. 

Portfolio of Maps late-19th and early-20th Century, many of Railway interest, much Cumbria & Furness area,

Lot: 43

  • Auction Date: Wed 2nd Nov 2016 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £150 - £200
SOLD £100
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Portfolio of Maps late-19th and early-20th Century, many of Railway interest, much Cumbria & Furness area, some Ireland and others; includes fine 1897 large hand-drawn Plan of Furness Railway showing distances between stations; attractive LNWR & Caledonian Map of England & Wales with vignettes (2, one partly soiled); LMS maps of Ireland; O.S. Maps with railway lines highlighted; LNWR Plan of Birkenhead, coloured (8, the same); etc. (abt. 52)

Thomas Andrews "A Paper on the Strength of Wrought-Iron Railway Axles" Sheffield, 1890, 38pp,

Lot: 47

  • Auction Date: Wed 2nd Nov 2016 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
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Thomas Andrews A Paper on the Strength of Wrought-Iron Railway Axles Sheffield, 1890, 38pp, bound with 9 related essays by Andrews 1886-96, complete with the folding half-tone plates referred to in the text, fine; in a very worn half-leather & gilt 19th Century binding.