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Second Hand Books
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Second Hand Books
The Society's Book Shop at Weybourne Station
holds a large selection of second hand books. Those
shown below can be reserved for collection and are also available by mail order.
Payment by Credit/Debit
Cards can now be made.
Click here for
a Mail Order form
Click here to email general enquiries or to reserve a book.
Click here
to Pay by Credit/Debit Card
| Title: |
South End on
Sea Tramways |
| Published: |
Middleton
Press |
1994 |
| Price: |
£6.50 |
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& P: |
£1.70 |
| Residents
and Holidaymakers alike could enjoy the bracing sea air
from a tramcar for over forty years. This album
recreates the journeys that were once possible on this
extensive system and on the mile-long famous tramway. |
| Title: |
BR
Steam Portrait Steam Portfolios 4 |
| Published: |
Jane's
Publishing |
1987 |
| Deals
with the last decade of steam 64 pages of colour
photographs taken from Shap to Weymouth and from North
Wales to Cambridge and scenes from the East Midlands. |
| Condition: |
Very
good, near new A5 + size . |
| Title: |
Streamedlined
Steam Britains 1930s Luxury Expresses |
| Published: |
Davis
and Charles |
2002 |
| Price: |
£9.95 |
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P
& P: |
£2.80 |
| .The
grey arrow that was The Silver Jubilee Express, the blue
and white stripes of the Coronation Scot, the two-tone
blue of the Coronation and West Riding Ltd.; theses were
the colours of the British streamlined expresses
of the 1930s when the LNER and LMS companies competed to
operate the fastest, most exciting trains of their
age With a critical commentary, using original
documentation, and in full and absorbing detail, this is
their story. |
| Title: |
Southern
Railway Working Timetable Appendices Western Section
1934 |
| Published: |
Bradford
Barton |
1978 |
| Including
accommodation and equipment at stations: Lists of signal
boxes: Engine whistle codes: Engines assisting in the
rear of trains: Pull-Push train working: Working of
traffic during accidents etc. |
| Condition: |
Very
good, near new, size A5 +. |
| Title: |
The
Railway Paintings of Don Breckon |
| Published |
Greenwich
Editions |
1995 |
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It is all here, the shapely of the
locomotives (with the emphasis on the Great western, but
with the Big Four well represented), set in landscapes
of a 'classical Constable calmness'; the stations,
accurate in every evocative period detail ; the hidden
rituals of the engine shed; the porters, signalmen and
passengers who were privileged to play their part in
this glorious panorama.
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| Title: |
BR
Steam Surrender |
| Published: |
Kingfisher
Railway Publications |
1988 |
| Price: |
£5.95 |
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& P: |
£1.70 |
| This special
book , published to commemorate the 20th anniversary of
steam's demise, recaptures the last three years of steam
operation. Using over 140 superb photographs with
detailed captions and covering over 40 classes of
locomotive. |
| Title: |
A
History of the LNER 3 The Last Years, 1939 -48 |
| Author: |
Michael
Bonavia SOLD |
| Published: |
Guild
Publishing |
1983 |
| Price: |
£3.95 |
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P
& P: |
£1.70 |
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By 1939 the LNER had raised the level of
railway travel to new standards of speed and
comfort, only to be denied the fruits of its efforts by
the outbreak of war. The books deals with the companies
war time activities and the fight for adequate
compensation with regard to the looming nationalisation.
The decision to abandon steam in favour of diesel
traction is also included.
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| Title: |
Scottish Steam Routes |
| Published: |
Bloomsbury
Books |
1988 |
| Price: |
£6.95 |
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P
& P: |
£2.60 |
| This book is a
magnificent album of the various preserved steam
workings that have travelled the scenic lines of
Scotland since the early 1970s. Coupled with these are
some splendid shots of diesels, including Deltics and
class 40s, at work and also a few nostalgic older
pictures from the days when steam still ran under BR. |
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a mail Order form
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P&P Code
Unless otherwise stated.
A = £1.90 B = £3.10 C = £5.00 POA = Price on
application. P&P costs are UK only Please
enquire regarding non UK postage.
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