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Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Zustand: Like New. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. An apparently unread copy in perfect condition. Dust cover is intact with no nicks or tears. Spine has no signs of creasing. Pages are clean and not marred by notes or folds of any kind.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Very high quality reproduction of a series of fine photo views of the Festiniog Railway commissioned by Charles Spooner from the eminent railway photographer R H Bleasdale in 1887 with many additional notes and extra illustrations. 109pp. Top quality production on art paper.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. 1st Edition. Text and captions by Adrian Gray. Profusely illustrated with photographs from the Festiniog Railway archives. A highl quality production. Oblong 4to., 110 pp. Art paper. Half-leather, gilt titles. Contained within a presentation box. While the book is in fine condition the box has become discoloured.

Buckram. Zustand: Fine. 1st. Very high quality reproduction of a series of fine photo views of the Festiniog Railway commissioned by Charles Spooner from the eminent railway photographer R H Bleasdale in 1887 with many additional notes and extra illustrations. 109pp. Fine copy on art paper and enclosed in a substantial slip case.

Leder im Pappschuber. Zustand: Wie Neu. S. 109.

Card. Zustand: VG. 1st. Superb B&W and colour album of photos of various English & Welsh narrow gauge and industrial railways in the 1950s and 60s. 121pp. VG copy in card covers.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. 3rd (revised). History of this Yorkshire railway which started as a 15" gauge miniature line and later developed as a 18" narrow gauge railway. 108pp, many photos and drawings. Massively revised and extended edition to a larger format. Fine copy in glazed boards.

Hardcover. Zustand: VG. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: VG. 1st. Another superb B&W and colour album of photos of various English & Welsh narrow gauge and industrial railways in the 1950s and 60s. 121pp. VG copy in dust wrapper. The rare hardback edition.

Card. Zustand: Fine. 1st. Detailed and well illustrated account of the building of the Author's amazing 4mm NG layout based on the Festiniog Rly in 1926. 212pp. Fine copy in card covers. Scarce.

Card. Zustand: VG. Link, Roy C. (illustrator). 1st. Superb account of the 2' gauge railway system and locomotives of the ironstone quarries of Hook Norton in Oxfordshire with many fine illustrations. 88pp. VG copy in card covers. Rare.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. 1st. Superb account of the operation of narrow gauge railways in the North Wales Slate Quarries with many fine illustrations, many in colour. 88pp. Fine copy in dust wrapper. This is the very rare 1st edition in hardbound form, somewhat different contents to the later 2nd edition. Rare.

2014, repr. with revisions, xii, 224, xiii-xxxii pp., in fine condition.

Card Cover. Zustand: Fine. 1st. Heavily illustrated account of Roy's 'Crowsnest' narrow gauge model layouts and rolling stock. Masterclass in NG modelling. 88pp. Fine copy in caed covers. Rare.

Hardcover. Zustand: VG. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: VG. 1st. Superb account of the 2' gauge railway system and locomotives of the ironstone quarries of Hook Norton in Oxfordshire with many fine illustrations. 88pp. Near fine copy in dust wrapper - one small closed edge tear. Only printed in small numbers and now rare.

Glazed Boards. Zustand: Fine. 1st. Superb photo album of the British Army narrow gauge railways in the First World War. xxxi+224pp. Fine copy in glazed boards. Scarce.

Hard Cover. Zustand: Near Fine. No Jacket. First Edition. Hardback book. Photto illustrated laminated boards.xii,224,xii-xxxii pages. Well illustrated with over 212 archive photographs, 12 modellers' scale drawings, 71 drawings, diagrams, maps and plans.Appendices.Gold page marker ribbon.11X 8.5 inches. Near fine copy.

Zustand: Used - Very Good. VG hardback. Reprint. Reprint with revisions, 2014. Pages slightly 'wavy' but otherwise a clean, tidy copy in tight binding.

Zustand: Sehr gut. First Edition. 256 Seiten, mit Abbildungen, Zust: Gutes Exemplar. Schneller Versand und persönlicher Service - jedes Buch händisch geprüft und beschrieben - aus unserem Familienbetrieb seit über 25 Jahren. Eine Rechnung mit ausgewiesener Mehrwertsteuer liegt jeder unserer Lieferungen bei. Wir versenden mit der deutschen Post. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1550 Querformat, Karton Querformat, Karton.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. 1st. Without doubt the most detailed history yet published on any English narrow gauge railway. 357pp, many colour and b&w photos, detailed drawings of rolling stock, buildings etc, detailed maps and plans - so good you could rebuild the railway from it! Not cheap, but a superb high quality production on heavy art paper in brown buckram boards. Fine copy in similar dust wrapper. Rare. Heavy - please inquire for overseas postage.

Hardcover. Zustand: gut. November, 2005. I must admit that I have long been put off purchasing this book due to the somewhat high price tag. However, I have just taken the plunge and now wish that I had done so when the first book was published. Don't be deceived by the apparent size of the photos - this is a large format book (almost A4 and best part of an inch thick with just over 350 pages) - and it needs to be to facilitate presentation of the excellent engineering drawings at a scales ranging from 16mm =1ft through to 4mm = 1ft. These feature not only the various locomotives and rolling stock but also track construction, some buildings, the tunnel portals and even fencing! Colour representations of the trains in each of the three main liveries used are also thoughtfully presented, including the NSR Madder Lake period which is not so well known. For those wishing to build models of the line this book is a treasure-trove of information and detail. The fact that the author worked on with BR's Permanent Way Department for some time might have something to do with the excellent quality of the drawings! The paper used is quite thick and slightly glossy, which gives a beautiful presentation of the many photographs, some of which are quite new to me despite many years of researching the history of the line. The depth of detail in the various chapters of the book can only be described as outstanding. This book should become THE standard by which ALL other railway histories or documentaries should be measured and can only salute the author, Mr Robert Gratton, on his fantastic achievement. My only regret is that it appears to be currently out of print. Indeed, I have already paid over the original publishers price to get my copy and expect this book to become a well sought after collectors item - it certainly deserves to be one. I can only hope that the publishers will take note and do another print run in the near future. The Leek & Manifold Valley Light Railway, had it lasted until the mid to late fifties would have probably have been a strong contender for railway preservation. However with just a short life of thirty years from its opening in 1904 to its closure in 1934, railway preservation had not even been thought of, in those early years. The railway ran from Waterhouses( 9 miles from Leek, Staffordshire) to Hulme End in the Staffordshire Moorlands, for a distance of eight and a half miles through the beautiful Manifold Valley in the heart of the Peak District. It was quite unusual as far as Narrow Guage Railways are designed, with a track gauge of 2ft 6ins and unsual, because of its purpose of being able to transport standard gauge railway wagons, loaded onto specially designed narrow gauge flat wagons which were built specially for this railway. The standard gauge wagons were loaded onto the narrow gauge wagons at Waterhoues, where the railway connected to the Leek to Waterhouses main line. These were then taken along the valley and off loaded at several staions throughout the valley, onto short sections of standard gauge track which was laid on a raised platform at most of the stations along the valley. The larger wagons were hand pushed off the narrow gauge wagons onto these short sections of standard gauge track, so that their contents could be unloaded to supply all the farms situated in this remote part of the Manifold Valley, where roads were steep and just simple cart tracks, inaccessable to ordinary road vehicles. The empty wagons or reloaded wagons could then be returned to Waterhouses for collection by the standard gauge locos and sent to various destinations throughout the rail network. The main purpose of transporting these goods though, was for milk, which was collected from farms and taken to the Ecton Milk Factory. From here the treated milk was loaded into standard gauge glass lined milk tankers, which were then taken to Waterhouses to be assembled into trains, which took the milk to Finsbury Park in London. This was run on a daily basis every morning, which lasted until 1928, when the factory at Ecton finally closed. The L.&.M.V.L.Rly only ever had two locomotives which were rather large engines for a narrow gauge line, these were named E.R. Calthrop(No1) & J.B. Earle(No2), named after the railways designer and chief engineer. They were of Indian design (after the Barsi Light Railway which was built in India in the 1890s by E.R.Calthrop) before the L.& M.V.L.Rly was begun. The locos were built by Kitsons of Leeds, who also built the slightly larger Barsi Light Railway locomotives. Besides the seven transporter wagons, there was also a lare bogie box van for produce and four large bogie coaches with unusual sloping shed type roofs and open balconies with wrought iron railings. These consisted of two first/third class carriages & two brake/thirds. These were used on a daily basis throughout the life of the railway making two and sometimes three return journeys each day with extra journeys during the summer bank holidays, which became popular with tourist after the 1st WW. The railway first ran under the ownership of The North Staffordshire Railway Company and was taken over by the LMS in 1923 when the four big railway groups were formed. Due to dwindling passenger numbers and the introduction of the motor vehicles that were now able to access the valley, the railway finally closed in 1934 and two years later the whole track was dismantled and apart from Hulme End Station, and the many bridges that sriss cross the River Manifold, all other buildings were dismantled. There have been many publications about the L.&.M.V.L.Rly over the years but this delightful book published just recently is the best book yet on this magnificent little railway. It is quite a large book with dozens of photos and lots of illustrations and scale drawings, covering all the locos, wagons, carriages, buildings, bridges,track laying dimensions etc etc, as well as many chapters detailing the planing, construction, grand opening, running.

RCL Publications, Garndolbenmaen. 2010. LIMITED EDITION of 15 copies, this being number 8 + SIGNED by author to title page. 4to hardback with dust-wrapper. Illustrated in colour and black and white throughout. Lovely dark green bonded leather binding, small bump to bottom edge of lower board but overall a very clean and sound copy in very slightly worn wrapper.