Branchlines Of The L & Y R No 2. The Holmfirth Branch.
£4.50
Lane, B C.
Large, 33 pages, illustrated. Soft back. **'A history of the line from Brockholes to Holmfirth with period photographs, plans, track layouts, signalling diagrams and drawings of all the major buildings'. One of a series of studies of branch lines produced by the L&YR Society.
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| | All Stations To Longridge.
£21.99
A history of the Preston to Longridge branch line and associated railways.
Hindle.
Large, 224 pages, photo illustrations, map, chronology, soft back. **Detailed line history.
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| | The Cheshire Lines Committee.
£4.29
Then and now.
Dyckhoff
Large album, 112 pages, 10-page introduction, map, bibliography, hard back./n A little block of new copies of this 1984 Ian Allan album, published at £6.95, more recently selling secondhand at £14, now £3 (the automatic discount will reduce the list price to a final sale price of £3).
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New Principle Of Steam Engine.
£150.00
Congreve, Sir W.
1819, London: T Egerton.
Octavo, 48 pages + 3 folding diagrams. Original card covers, worn on spine otherwise VG. The full title is: A short account of a patent taken out by Sir William Congreve, Bart, for a new principle of steam engine; and also of a new mode which he has adopted for the consumption of smoke in the production of steam, the generation of gas, and in various other operations; being also the subject of a patent. The author is "now satisfied ... of the practicability of constructing a Steam Engine of so simple a form, that it may come within the reach of the ordinary mechanic, not only as to its cost, but in many cases even as to construction by his own hands". Sir William was more famous as the inventor of the rocket as a military weapon.
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| | London's Country. Guide No 1: By road, stream and fieldpath north of the Thames.
£16.00
London's Underground.
London's Underground, 5th edition, nd (1920s).
Octavo, 104 pages, many good maps, photos, heavy card covers, VG. **Charming guide to pretty places around London, with travel directions etc. "This guide is designed especially to be of service to travellers by motor-bus through London's beautiful countryside... The experienced motor-bus traveller knows that the cost of travelling is less than a shilling for ten miles, and reckons on a motor-bus running about ten miles an hour". There is a companion volume for south of the Thames, which is listed here at #S5822.
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| | London's Country. Guide No 2: By road, stream and fieldpath south of the Thames.
£16.00
London's Underground.
London's Underground, 5th edition, nd (1920s).
Octavo, 106 pages, many good maps, photos, heavy card covers, pictorial, depicting ancient buildings, VG. **Charming guide to pretty places around London, with travel directions etc. There is a companion volume for north of the Thames, which may be listed here at #S4384.
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