SECTION SIX - LITERATURE, etc...DECEMBER 2009

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Contents:

A  Model railway and associated literature (see also Books section):

A Part 1 Bassett-Lowke printed matter

A Part 2 Hornby-related printed matter

Hornby 0-gauge printed matter

Hornby & Meccano showcards

Hornby Dublo printed matter

A Part 3 Tri-ang, Tri-ang-Hornby and subsequent Hornby printed matter

A Part 4 Trix Twin printed matter

Other model railway catalogues (Lima, Mainline,         Airfix, etc.)

A Part 5 Other model railway Books and booklets

B Meccano and Dinky Toys, other diecast catalogues

C Meccano Manuals

D Meccano Magazines

E Ephemera

F Jig-saw puzzles

G Books - Toy & model-reference, other modelling

H New Cavendish books

I Railways

(a) Books relating to prototype railways

(b) Booklets & magazines ref. prototype railways

(c) Ian Allan ABC and similar

(d) Railway official publications

J Transport other than railways

General

Trams

Motoring and road-related

Motor Sport

Aeronautical, Aviation

Maritime

K Other books

Military and wartime

Photography

Film, TV-and Stage-related

Sport

Countryside, Topographical, Architecture, Heritage

History

Quotations, religion

Juvenile

General Travel

L Maps

M. Gramophone Record Catalogues

N. Video, DVD and film

 

A. MODEL RAILWAY and associated Catalogues, etc.

Part 1 - Bassett-Lowke

6A.01 Bassett-Lowke Railways.  Catalogue published in 1969 on the setting up of the ‘new’ company in chieveCadogan Street, London.  Gives full details of the future plans and contains a very comprehensive reprint section of original Bassett-Lowke catalogues covering the years 1901-1963.   Invaluable reference work.  Limp-back edition   £30

6A.02  Basett-Lowke Railways.   Same as above but special edition issued on the U.S.A tour of 'Flying Scotsman'.   Numbered, in slip case      £30

6A.03  Bassett-Lowke Model Engines - catalogue Section B.  Dec. 1936 Fair/good     £15

6A.04  Bassett-Lowke Model Railway Handbook, 9th. edn. Sept., 1940.  Scuffed cover, good within     £17

6A05  Bassett-Lowke Model Railway Handbook. 9th. edition. Sept. 1940.  Hardback. Somewhat soiled    £15

6A.06  Bassett-Lowke Model Railway Handbook. 12th. edn. June 1946. Good with dustwrap      £19

6A.07  Bassett-Lowke Catalogue ‘Gauge 0 Model Railways’. Summer 1947. Landscape format. Lightly soiled.     £18

6A.08  Bassett-Lowke Gauge 0 Scale Model Railways Catalogue. Autumn 1950 44pp. 'landscape'  format.      £18

6A.09  Bassett-Lowke Model Railway & Engineering Catalogue. Autumn 1959.  Pale blue cover Good   £14

6A.10  Bassett-Lowke Model Shipping & Engineering Catalogue.  Undated, believed early 1960s. (reference to '60 years' inside back cover).  Green cover    £12

6A.11  Bassett-Lowke Model Railway & Engineering Catalogue. Yellow cover.  The final catalogue.  Date ref. June 1963.   Spine re-taped. Qty. 2 Each       £13

6A.12  Bassett-Lowke. Instruction leaflet 'Laying Permanent Way'. c1946.  12pp. incl. section on Point Construction.       £4.50

6A.13  Bassett-Lowke. Instruction leaflet 'Laying Permanent Way'. c1946.  8pp. (without section on Point Construction).      £3.50

 (see also Puffin booklets - General ephemera, section E)

 

Part 2 Hornby-related literature

General

6A.16 The Cranbourn Press ‘Meccano Magazine Digest’ Series.  All now OUT OF PRINT  

Available titles as follow:

  CP1 Dinky Toys. 1928-1940.  28 pages b/w  £5

  CP3 Dinky Toys 1951-58 (NC)  £5

  CP4 Dinky Toys 1958-1961.  32pp. b/w  £5

6A.17  Hornby Railway Company. Handbook. October 1958 (13/1058/20). 22pp. softback. Good     £15

6A.18  Meccano products (0-gauge trains,Speedboats, Meccano Cars, Dolly Varden, etc.)  Package of various reprints of interesting publications, via the HRCA.               Lot £7.50

6A.19  'Along Hornby Lines'. Excellent early reference work by Bernard Huntingdon.  Profusely illustrated (monochrome).  72pp. hardback, with dustwrap.   Not often available.           £22

see also New Cavendish Books section

 

Hornby O-gauge literature

6A.21  Hornby Book of Trains 1937-8. Complete, with reproduction covers.   All original within.    £45

6A.22 Hornby Book of Trains 1938-9.  Depicts Princess Elizabeth within, but not Hornby Dublo.  Complete, with reproduction. pages 3-4 and repro. back cover, otherwise all original, including colour page section.  Slight scuffing.         £20

6A.23  Hornby Book of Trains.  Several incomplete copies covering various years issues.   POA

6A.24  Hornby Trains. - Clockwork.  1934 fold-out pamphlet. (15/834/500)   Reprint by HRCA     £2.50

6A.25 Hornby - Layouts for Clockwork Track. August 1949 leaflet.  Outer sheet only (missing inner leaf) (NC)  £2

6A.26  Hornby Clockwork Trains.  Late issue , ref  11/858/250.  Slightly scuffed.  Scarce item £8.50

6A.27  Hornby Layout Suggestions for Clockwork Track. 1961 issue. ref. 10/1261/120. Single fold (4-sides) Slight loss on top edge,  not affecting content      £3

6A.28  Hornby Clockwork Trains.  Small yellow printed fold-out pamphlet issued April 1962, ref. 12/4/62/150.  Haywards of Tewkesbury overprint.   Scarce   £7.50

6A.29  Hornby Clockwork Trains.  Small yellow printed fold-out pamphlet issued April 1962, ref. 12/4/62/150.  Scarce Another copy, wihtout imprint     £7.50

6A.30  How to get more fun out of Hornby Trains.  HRCA reprint of 1928 leaflet    £2.50

6A.31 How to plan your Hornby electric railway. HRCA reprint of 1931 leaflet (2/831/45)  £2.50

6A.32 Meccano & Hornby Showcards

(a) Boy holding 'Hornby ' placard        £5

(b) Boy holding 'Meccano' placard       £5

(c) Meccano - boy with giant Eiffel Tower      £6

(d) 'Hornby Trains - British and Guaranteed' - depicts 6100 Royal Scot with Pullman coaches     £10

(e) 'Britannia at Speed' coloured picture, cut from 0-gauge box lid.    £1.50

 

Hornby Dublo literature

In ascending date order

Hornby Dublo 3-rail Layouts booklets

6A.36  Hornby Dublo 3-rail Layout Suggestions. 16pp.  'portrait' format booklet, ref. 16/1249/50.  Good                                                           £10

6A.37 Hornby Dublo 3-rail Layouts booklet, blue cover. 12pp. 1954 (Ref 16/1054/125)  9 layouts described., plus switching, isolating and signalling wiring instructions.     Good      £10

6A.38 Hornby Dublo 3-rail Layouts booklet, blue printing, 12pp. 1955 (Ref. 16/355/100).  Good

£8.50

6A.39  Hornby Dublo 3-rail Layouts booklet, blue cover,  16pp. 1956 (Ref  16/856/100M). Good  £10  

6A.40  Hornby Dublo 3-rail Layouts booklet, blue cover, 16pp. 1957 (Ref 16/357/35M).  Good copy   £9.50

6A.41 Hornby Dublo 3-rail Layouts booklet, blue cover, 16pp. 1957 ( Ref 16/357/35M).  Slightly scuffed but complete, with reproduction back cover  £7.50

6A.42  Hornby Dublo 3-rail Layouts booklet, blue cover., 16pp.1957 (Ref 16/1157/30M).  Lightly marked on one page, o/w  good     £9.50

6A.43  Hornby Dublo 3-rail Layouts booklet, brown cover,  24pp. 1959 (Ref 16/159/50M).   Lightly soiled     £12

Honby Dublo Catalogues and pamphlets

6A.46 Hornby Dublo Electric Trains fold-out pamphlet, ref. 7/857/500 (HD/CF/3) (August 1957) - Bristol Castle on cover  - the catalogue with the renowned ‘six-finger hand’.  Incomplete, not showing the hand        £1.50

6A.47  Hornby Dublo Electric Trains.  Fold-out pamphlet introducing the new 2-rail system 1959. ‘Caledonian’ with ‘City of London’ on cover. ref HD/CF/1. Complete. Strengthened with 'invisible' tape on folds.        £6.50

6A.48  Hornby Dublo Electric Trains.  Fold-out pamphlet introducing the new 2-rail system 1959. ‘Caledonian’ with 'City of London’ on cover. ref HD/CF/1. Incomplete, with old sellotape repairs on folds    £2.50

6A.49  Hornby Dublo Electric Trains. 1960 catalogue, 2nd. edition  covering 2-rail and 3-rail. Blue 'Deltic' on cover.  Lightly scuffed edges and covers.    £6

6A.50. Hornby Dublo Electric Trains. 1961 catalogue (3rd. edn.)  (18/561/500) with ‘Barnstaple’ on cover.  Good.   £10

6A.51 Hornby Dublo Electric Trains. 1961 catalogue (3rd. edn.)  (18/561/500) with ‘Barnstaple’ on cover.  Cover overprinted 'Purchase Tax Surcharge July 1961'.  Good.         £9.50

6A.52  Hornby Dublo. Fold-out pamphlet being the final issue prior to the amal;gamation with Tri-ang.  Portrait format. Ref 3/464/100   Scarce item.    £20

 

See further below for Meccano products catalogues etc.

 

Part 3 Tri-ang, Tri-ang-Hornby & subsequent Hornby catalogues etc.

6A.56  No. 3 (1957). Superb copy of scarce item     £28.50

6A.57  No. 4 (1958), with price list.   Jones Bros. of Chiswick over-stamp        £19

6A.58  No. 4  (1958)  Lightly soiled. With repro. price list            £10

6A.59  No. 7 (1961), with price list and 'power units' pamphlet.   £12.50

6A.60  No. 8 (1962).Without price list      £11

6A.61  No. 9 (1963) Without price list      £10.50

6A.62  No. 11 (1963) (Final 'Tri-ang' catalogue). With price list          £11

6A.63  No. 11 (1965). (Final 'Tri-ang' catalogue)    £10

6A.64  No. 12 (1866). With price list      £11

6A.65  No. 12 (1966), without price list          £10

6A.66  No. 13 (1967), with price list (2 copies)               Each    £10

6A.67  No. 13 (1967). Without price list. slight corner loss on cover       £7.50

6A.68  No. 14 (1968).Without price list  £9.50

6A.69  No. 15 (1969) With price list   £8.50

6A.70  No. 16 (1970). With price list   £7.50

6A.71  No. 17 (1971).  Without price list  £7.50

6A.72  No. 18 (1972), Superb copy. Without price list        £6.50

6A.73  No. 19 (1973). With price list   £5.50

6A.74 No. 24 1978 (1 copies) Without price list £2.50

6A.75 No. 25 (1979) (2 copies) Without price list          £2.50

6A.76  No. 34 (1988) Without price list  £2.50

6A.77  No. 51 (2005). 154pp. Good        £5

6A.78  Hornby Track Plans booklet 4th. edition 32pp. R166 (1976). Good      £1.50

6A.79  Hornby Track Plans booklet. 5th. edition. 40pp. (R160, 1978).  Good      £1.50

6A.80 Hornby Minitrix fold-out pamphlet. Ref. N642.         £1.50

6A.81 Hornby Express magazine, May 1976.    Uncommon                £2.50

6A.82 Hornby 3½-2in. gauge Stephenson’s Rocket publicity double-sided sheet Qty. 2 Each        £1

6A.83  Tri-ang Power Units. Single-sheet pamphlet 1.1.1962             £1

6A.84  'Tri-ang Railways - The First Ten Years'. Most informative 115pp. booklet covering the years up to c. 1962.   Good copy.         £10

 

Part 4 Trix Twin system  

6A.86  'Square Deal' fold-out pamphlet. February 1939.          £2.50

6A.87  Trix Twin - 'Let's Play Two Trains'. Small format 16-page booklet.  Full colour. 5.50

6A.88  Trix Twin  pamphlet 'Listen - it whistles!' describing the new TTR Train Whistle Set.  Small binding holes punched through        £1

Trix Twin Gazette - post-war issues

6A.91  No. 5 Autumn 1952         £4

6A.92  No. 13 Autumn 1955, 24-page, smaller format  Small binding holes punched through        £4

6A.93  No. 14 Christmas 1955, 16-page, smaller format      £4

   

Part 5 - Other Catalogues from the major manufacturers

Alphabetical order

(for general booklets see later section)

6A.96  Douglass Models Catalogue 1962. 14pp. 'portrait' format       £5.50

6A.97  Fleischmann HO Catalogue 1959/60. French text. Cover slightly soiled          £5

6A.98 Fleischmann HO and N Catalogue 1979-80.  £5

6A.99  Fleischmann N Piccolo 9950 Track Plans catalogue. Undated     . £1.50

6A.100  Lionel 1987 Catalogue. Gauge 027 (0-gauge?)  and 'American  Flyer S Gauge)    £2.50

6A.101  Mainline 1st. edn. Catalogue.  August 1976. With price list.  Mint.  Several Each      £4

6A.102  Tyco (U.S.A.). HO railway and slot-car system brochure 1968-69         £3

6A.103  Wrenn 1st. edition Catalogue (1973).  Mint copy, with price list         £17.50

6A.104  Wrenn 2nd. edition Catalogue (1974). Mint copy, with price list         £16
6A.105  Wrenn  3rd. edition Catalogue (1977). Mint copy, with price list         £14.50

6A.106  Wrenn 5th. edition Catalogue (believed 1981). Mint copy, without price list.          £12.95

 

Part 5 Other model railway literature (catalogues and pamphlets)

(for Books, see separate section below)

6A.111 Almark Publishing, London. Modelling Book No. 10 'Lineside and Track Detailing'.  32pp. soft-back.         £1.50

6A.112 Beatties ‘stick-in’ update  Catalogue.  Wire-bound.  1970s.     Qty. 2   Each £3.50

6A.113  Bonds o' Euston Road Handbook, 1950 edn.  128pp.  Excellent copy.        £10

6A.114  Britishg Railway Modelling. '20 Frequently asked DCC questions'. 16-page booklet £1.50

6A.115  The British Railways Model Railway.  12-page descriptive pamphlet, with monochrome illustrations.  1950s (revised edition).           £5

6A.116 Graham Farish fold-out Poster 1978. Depiocts Black 5 in wintry conditions         £1

6A.117 Rivarossi New items Catalogue 1980      £2

6A.118 Rivarossi New Items Catalogue 1985      £2

6A.119  Wrenn Silver Jubilee wallet (empty) £2.50

 

Books and booklets relating to model railways and other toys

(for major reference works, see below section 6G).

6A.121  Miniature Landscape Modelling (Ahern).  133pp. hardback, with dustwrap     £5

6A.122  Practical Two-rail Electrification (E.F.Carter).  Publ. Percival Marshall.     2 copies
Each   £3

6A.123  Electric Model Railways. (E.F.Carter).  79pp. Missing Chapter 1 (pp 1-14)     £1

6A.124  Wagon & (and) Van Construction. (E.F.Carter). 50pp. softback booklet   £3.50

6A.125  N-gauge Model Railways. (Andress). 88pp. hardback with dustwrap.  Publ. Almark1972. £2.50

6A.126  Model Trains - Railroads in the Making  50pp. hardback with dustwrap. U.S.A. based.  Publ. Galley .         £2.50

 

Tri-ang Minic clockwork, Minic Motorway and other slot-car systems literature

6A.131  Tri-ang Minic Motorway Catalogue.  Undated.  Cover depicts Austin A40 Farina being recovered over bridge by Jackson Motors.  Some soiling. Scarce item                £10

 

 (B) MECCANO, DINKY TOYS, ETC. - related literature

for Meccano manuals, see separate list

6B.136 ‘Meccano - Our Selling Service’. Reprod-uction of a very scarce trade catalogue, 1929. Shows all the shop selling aids available. Fascinating insight into items rarely seen now. £3.50

6B.137  Meccano - reprint of 1933-34 Catalogue.  40pp. Small 'portrait' format. Monochrome £2.50

6B.138  Meccano - A Wonder Book of Toys.  Reprint of the 1939-1940 catalogue. Landscape format. 72pp. monochrome with colour front cover   £3

6B.139  Meccano - 'A New Toy Every Day' booklet, Ref. 16/953/220 (1953). Interesting in that it shows the layout of Meccano boxed sets.  £12

6B.140  Meccano 'Engineering for Boys' fold-out pamphlet, ref. 11/555/455 (May 1955).   Good 2 copies    Each   £6.50

6B.141  Meccano 'Engineering for Boys' fold-out pamphlet, ref. 11/858/375.   Complete, but has old Sellotape marks.        £4.50

6B.142  Meccano - The Toy That Grows With The Boy'.  Fold-out pamphlet ref. 11/656/400 (June 1956).  Good         £6.50

6B.143  Meccano 'Toys of Quality' landscape-format catalogue, ref. 13/756/525 (July 1956). (Meccano helicopter on cover).   Repro. colour covers and outer pages.  Half normal price    £5.50

6B.144  Meccano 'Toys of  Quality' fold-out pamphlet. 7/457/150. Portraint format. Lightly scuffed. Scarce          £8.50

6B.145  'Begin building'. simple models for starters, by John Westwood.  A4 folded sheet.         £1

6B.146  Meccano 'Emebo' Electric Motor.  Single-sided pamphlet       £1.50

6B.147  Meccano 'How to use Meccano Parts'. 32pp. booklet issued August 1930 (ref MP30. 2/830.25). Scarce item. Good condition        £18

for Meccano manuals and price lists, seeend of this page

 

Diecast model catalogues and other printed matter:

6B.151  History of British Dinky Toys (Dr. Cecil Gibson).  156pp. soft-back.  The recognised pioneering reference book.  Reprint, but exactly the same as the 1st. edition.   £9.50

6B.152 Dinky Toys Catalogue June 1952, (5/652/2)  Egypt edition, reproduction, with green cover (I've never seen an original one of these).   £5  

6B.153  Dinky Toys Catalogue No. 3 (1967). With price list.  104pp. Pocket-size    £12

 

Corgi Toys

6B.156  Corgi Collector magazine  Issue 59, March 1994   £1

6B.157  Biggest Little Motor Show 1994 brochure    £2

6B.158  Avation Archive catalogue 1998       £1 

6B.159  Catalogue January-June 1998        £2        Lot     £9


Matchbox

6B.161  Kit Catalogue 1980/81  £3

 

Tri-ang 'Spot-on' Models

6B.166  June 1961 40-page Catalogue (pocket size) in full colour. Unmarked, with price list. Prized item   £45  

 

Britain's

6B.171  Toy Catalogue 1983. Small format. 24pp.    £3

 

Mamod

6B.176  Fold-out pamphlet, undated, believed 1980s, with price list and spares list issued by Live Steam Models (David Brown) of Hook, Hants.       £3

6B.177  Qty. 2 different brochures (one stapled, one fold-out, with 3 advertising postcards.       £5

 

C. MECCANO CONTRUCTIONAL SYSTEM MANUALS

Please refer to separate list

 

D. MECCANO MAGAZINES

6D.181 Grid for checking-off which issues one has or requires.         Free on request

6D.182 Complete years (these all in excellent condition):  1942, 1948, 1950, 1957, 1958, 1959 Per year       £10

6D.183 Near-complete years (all excellent)  

1934 Missing May        £50

1948 Missing January, April   £7.50

1958   Missing August          £9

6D.184 Individual copies, pre-war issues

 1939   March, June, December (2 copies)    £5 each

6D.185  Individual copies, pre-war, incomplete:

1931 September A few leaves  £0.50

1936: June Missing 4 pages (2 leaves)  £1

1937: June Missing centre 4 pages (2 leaves)  £1

1937: November Missing 4 pages (2 leaves) £1

1938: January Missing covers front and rear £1

1939 June  Reproduction rear cover £3.50

 

6D.186  War-time (small-format) - (a few) and Post-war (scores), with covers -  Ask for any requirements.

 

(E) EPHEMERA, etc.

6E.191 Advertisements: Set of paper miniature motor trade advertise-ments of the 1950s. Esso/Regent/Lodge/Wolseley/MG etc. Originals, as used on advice notes, etc.  Pack. of 11/12 or so.    £4.50

6E.192 Austin Reed Ltd. of Regent Street. Art Deco graphic artwork from a box.          £2

6E.193  Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council - Business magazine Summer 1998  £0.50

6E.194  Build Your Own Steam Locomotive. Cut-out booklet, publ. Siena.  With text. Unstarted  £2.50 

6E.195 Coloured prints (9in. x 6in) of various full-size railway subjects. Scores available.            Each     10p.

6E.196  Crime - 20th. century Crime Cases magazine. July 1946             £2

6E.197  Cycle Tours. 24 1-day routes om Berks, Bucks, Oxon. Spiral bound.      £3.50

6E.198  Discovering Model Soldiers (Taylor).  60pp. illustrated.  Shire publication.     £2.50

6E.199 Eagle boys paper - scores of single weekly issues, Annuals, etc.  Ask for special list.

6E.200 Eagle Annuals and other material - ask for separate list

6E.201 Eagle: The Dan Dare Alphabet.  A guide to who’s who.            £5

6E.202  Eagle boy's paper of the 1950s. - c28 'centre-spread cut-away' drawings by L.Ashwell Wood, etc.  c half are railway locomotives and railway-related subjects, remainder are ships, aeroplanes, etc.  Ask for list.     Each   £1.50

6E..203  Eagle-related merchandise; Pack of Stencils (cowboy, animals, aircraft, etc.). In original pack    £15

6E.204  Ferguson Instruction Manual - Model 3283 Radio-Cassette Recorder     £1.50

Glamour:
6E.205
  'Parade' Magazine:

* - 20th. October 1962

* - 10th. November 1962

* - 17th. November 1962

* - 1st. December 1962

* - 8th. December 1962

* - 9th. March 1963

* - 25th. May 1963

* - 30th. March 1963

* - 15th.  June 1963    

- Undated supplement   Each      £2

6E.206 Glamour:  'Weekend' newspaper/magazine. December 1959       £1.50

6E.207 Glamour: Paris-Hollywood newspaper/magazine        £1.50

end of Glamour entries

6E.208  Great Wales Rail.  48pp. route guide to Welsh railways.  publ. 1983 by Cambrian Coast Line Action Group         £2.50

6E.209  Home Movie Titling Letters.     £2.50

6E.210  HRCA - Tickets for 10th. Anniversary Dinner, Harrogate, 1979     (NC)     £2

6E.211  London Transport 'Country Walks' 1st. Series. 1956   Pocket sized softback.    £6.50

6E.212  Lynton & Barnstaple Railway. Card templates and instructions for building model of Southern No. 188 Locomotive 'Lew'.    Qty. 2 Each £3.50

6E.213 Magazine 'John Bull'. 6th. \May 1950 £1.50

6E.214  The Magic Roundabout.   Tell-the-time pop-up book    Qty. 2 different Each £3.50

6E.215  National Union of Railwaymen. Rule book 1913.  76pp. Believed to be lacking covers. £2.50

6E.216  Philately: Booklet 'Australia and War'.  Small booklet published  by Australia Post  £1.50

6E.217 Picture Post - numerous copies available   Each   £0.50

6E.218  Prescott-Pickup. Large-size glossy prints of railway locomotives.   Qty. 7 assorted Lot  £2

6E.219 Puffin booklet No. 38 ‘About a Motor Car’ (Phyllis Ladyman).  Good         £5

6E.220 Puffin booklet No. 45 'Animals of Australia' (Hawkins).              £5

6E.221 Puffin booklet  No. 68 'Zoo Birds' (Smith & Wilson).  Good           £5

6E.222  Puffin booklet No. 74 'Locomotives' (Bassett-Lowke & Mann).       £6.50

6E.223  Puffin booklet No. 83 ‘Electric Models from Odds and Ends’ (Gohm and Patterson). Good        £5

6E.224  Rambling for Pleasure - The Three Castles Path (Windsor, Odiham, Winchester)   £2.50

6E.225  Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway, The. Handbook. 7th. edn. 1995.  36pp. full colour booklet with maps, etc.       £2.50

6E.226  Snap Cards.  A very early set, believed issued by Waddington's.  Contains 46 from 48. Images such as 'Stop me and buy one'..          £5

6E.227  Story of the Wheel, The.  18-page booklet publ. Dunlop Educational. 1961 edn.    £2.50 

6E.228  'Studio' booklet 'How to draw Locomotives' (Paul B.Mann).  64pp. hardback with repro. dustwrap.         £7.50

6E.229  'Studio' nooklet 'How to draw Trees' (Gregory Brown). .64pp.hard-back with repro. dustwrap. £7.50

6E.230  'Studio' booklet 'How to draw Portraits' (Charles Wood). 64pp. hardback. No dustwrap    £6.50.

6E.231 Victorian toys and games - Publicity pamphlet advertising a book available in Paris 1903-1914.           (NC)   £1

6E.232  The Wizard boys paper - 'My Own Log Book of Locomotives'   1950s.  Mainly emply, with spaces for affixing stickers from 'The Wizard' boys comic.  Uncommon            £8

6E.233  The Wizard boys paper - booklet of 'Famous Feats'  - empty album to receive weekly stickers.  Possibly pre-war.   £5

 

Railway Postcards.

6E.234 Railway postcards  - sets of reproduction posters, published by Dalkeith:

The Coronation Scot (damaged backs) £2.50

North Wales railway posters (6)  £2.50

Railway Hotel Services (6)   £2.50

Lancashire Coast posters (6)   £2.50

Glyn Valley Tramway posters (6)  £2.50

North London Railway posters (6)   £2.50

Lynton & Barnstaple Railway posters (6) £2.50

L.M.S. The Best Way posters (6)  £2.50

East Coast, the drier side posters (6) £2.50

Tom Purvis set (6)     £2.50

G.W.R. & L.M.S Joint posters   £2.50

end of railway postcards

6E.235 Sheet Music -  Scores of copies of popular songs ranging from the 1930s to 1970s. Each   £1.50

6E.236 German embroidered Banners, 36in. length, woven cloth material with slogans:

‘Liegt still es nun im Spinde’

‘Gebluht im Sommerwinde’

‘Gebleicht auf gruner Au’    Each   £3

- I understand and hope that these are not derogatory or inflammatory slogans, but perhaps poor poetry!

6E.237 Original roller ‘Blind’ from railway or nderground front panel.  Numbered 0-9 white on black, also with red and white panels. £8

         

Cigarette & Trade Cards:

Mounted in glazed frames

6E.241 Player: Aircraft of the R.A.F. (1938). Qty. 10

    mounted in glazed frame (cat. £1 each)     £10

6E.242 Player: Aircraft of the R.A.F. (1938)    Qty. 10 mounted in glazed frame (cat. £1 each) (different)   £10

6E.243 Wills: Recruiting Posters (1915). Qty. 12 mounted  in glazed frame  (reproduction set)    £10

6E.244 Collector's Miniatures: Railway Locomotives. Half-set of 25.  Framed and glazed.   £12

Unmounted - cigarette issues (in see-through leeves)

6E.246  Churchman 'Wonderful Railway Travel'. Reproduction set of 25          £5

6E.247  Wills 'Railway Engines'  Reproduction set of 50 (original set 1924)          £5

6E.248  Player 'Racing Caricatures'.  13 from set of 40         £2.50

6E.249  Player 'Dogs (Heads, by Wardle).  Original 1929 set of 50. (catalogue £50)       £10

6E.250  Player 'Dogs' (full-length,  by Wardle). Trsnsfer type. 27 from set of 50         £3

6E.251 Carreras (Turf).  Radio Personalities (blue tinted).  36 from set of 50     £7.50

6E.252  Player - Cricketers 1930.  5 from set of 50  £1

6E.253 Player - Cricketers 1934. 23 cards from set of 50         £5.50

6E.254 Player - Cricketers 1938. 24 cards from set of 50.         £4.50

 

Unmounted - Trade

6E.256 Radio Review Album of Radio Stars (1936) (silvered photos). Original album with 36 cards affixed within (slight damage to a few).  Catalogued at £135!            £15

6E.257 Quaker Oats - 19 cards from 1950s series, cut from packs. Titles such as 'British Landmarks,  Houisehold Hints', etc.    Each card £2.50

6E.258 Huntley & Palmer (Reading Biscuits). 2 of their sought-after trade cards   Pair  £10

 

Cigarette Packets

6E.261 55 different packet fronts (10s size)  Very colourful           £10

6E.262 47 different packet fronts (20s. size). Very colourful           £10

End of card-related items

 

F. JIG-SAW PUZZLES - see Tinplate and novelty page

 

BOOK SECTION

 

G. TOY & MODEL REFERENCE WORKS

6G.266 Model Search Index (Cliff Maddock). Alphabetical listing of every classis vintage British diecast model (Dinky, Corgi, etc.), with appropriate model catalogue number                 £9.95

6G.267 A Guide to the Language of French Hornby 0-gauge Railways (Bob Lovett).        £8.95

6G.268  Airfix - the complete history (Ward).  192pp. hardback with dustwrap. Excellent condition    £15

6G.269  Hornby Dublo 3-rail Collector's Guide (Tony Oakes). 40pp. softback showing all the post-war production items and giving useful comments on each item. Brand new copy     £8.50

6G.270  'Frank Hornby - The Boy Who Made $1,000,000 With A Toy'.  Reprint of a 1915 hardback booklet published by Meccano in the U.S.A.  141pp.

In hardback and in a protective sleeve. Publ. New Cavendish Books 1975     £4.50

6G.271  Spot-On Diecast Models by Tri-ang.  The definitive work on this desirable range of models. 136pp. hardback with dustwrap.  Scarce publication .            £35

6G.272 Early Tinplate Model Railways (Becher) 180pp. hardback with dustwrap. Publ. Argus. Contains useful identification and dating guide.           £25

6G.273  Collecting Toys for Fun and Profit, (Ketchum, publ.  HP Books U.S.A.1985. 96pp. softback. Colour illusrations.        £2.50

 

Troy Model Club Series:

(much sought-after by collectors)

6G.276 'Model Veteran & Vintage Cars', by Dr.Cecil Gibson (1970).  62 pp. hardback depicting models known at that time. With dustwrap. £8

6G.277 'Veteran & Vintage Cars' (note difference in title) (Dr.Cecil Gibson).  Another copy, content same as above, with dustwrap    £8

6G.278  Recent Locomotives (1947-70) (P.E.Randall). 63pp. hardback, without dustwrap  £4

end of Troy Model Club series books

 

H. New Cavendish Hornby Companion Series - meet most of the surviving authors at my show!:

6H.281  The Products of Binns Road.  A General Survey of Meccano products. 220 pp. hardback with dustwrap   £30  

6H.282  The Hornby Gauge 0 System (Graebe). 336pp. hardback with dustwrap. 1st. edition.  Good   The one we all use    £36

6H.283  ‘Hornby Dublo Trains’ (Foster). 1st. edition.  Specially inscribed dedication by the author to one of his contributors.  Excellent with d/w.       £30

6H.284  ‘Hornby Dublo Trains’ (Foster). 1st. edition.  416pp. hardback with dustwrap       £30

6H.285 Vol 4A. Dinky Toy Compendium (Trench).          £7.50

6H.286  Vol. 6 The Meccano System (Love & Gamble). Excellent copy with dustwrap. Very scarce   £45

Other New Cavendish volumes:

6H.291  The Minic Book. (Peter Bartok). 160pp. hardback with dustwrap. Most of the Tri-ang Minic range illustrated in full colour.       £35

6H.292  The Bassett-Lowke Story. (Roland Fuller). 352pp. hardback, lacks dustwrap      £35

6H.293  Penny Toys. (Pressland) 224pp. hardback with dustwrap. Beautiful record of toys such as we rarely see            £30

6H.294  FROG Model Aircraft 1932-1976 (Lines ands Hellström.   272pp. hardback. Lacks dustwrap.    £10

 

I.  Books, booklets and videos relating to prototype ‘full-size’ railways

 

6I (a) Books relating to prototype full-size railways

6I.296  The Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Railway.  223pp. h/back with d/wrap.  Rarely available       Qty. 2 Each    £30

6I.297  The Illustrated History of British Railways. (G.Freeman Allen). 224pp. Coffee-table type hardback with dustwrap  ex library copy (front end paper removed). Otherwise good. . Bargain      £3

6I.298  British Express Locomotive Development 1895-1948 (Poultney).  Hardback with torn dustwrap.          £2.50

6I.299 Steam in West  Cheshire and North Wales Border (S.Wainwright)  96pp. hardback with dustwrap.      £4

6I.300  Titled Trains of Great Britain (Cecil J. Allen), 128pp. hardback. 1946              £3.50

6I.301   British Atlantic Locomotives (Cecil J.Allen) 133pp. softback. Publ. Ian Allan 1976        £2

6I.302  Steamcars to the Comstock.  Story of the Virginia & Truckee Railroad and the Carson & Colorado Railroad.   108pp. hardback. Publ. in California, U.S.A. 1957./ Ex library copy.      £2

6I.303  Narrow Gauge Story. (Powell Hendry, publ. Hillside 1979). 128pp. hardback, with dustwrap 2.50

6I.304  Fifteen Inch Gauge Railways. (Mosley, publ. David & Charles 1986.   96pp. hardback with dustwrap.   £2.50

6I.305  Railways through the Chilterns. (Coles, publ. Ian Allan, 1980).  130pp. hardback with dustwrap.    £3

6I.306  On the Settle & Carlisle Route (Flinders, publ. Fraser Stewart 1994).  112pp. hardback with dustwrap      £2.50

 

6I (b) Booklets, Magazines and Videos relating to prototype full-size railways (for 'official' publications – see 6I (d) below)

(alphabetical listing)

6I.311  1H81. Guide to train reporting numbers 1981-1092. (Howard, publ. Watts)    £1.50

6I.312  G.W.R. 150. 1835-1985. Programme of events (text only).       £1.50

6I.313  Made in Crewe.  The souvenir brochure issued in 2006 for theb great gathering at the works.  Good period coverage. 130pp. softback        £3

6I.314  Railways - Picture Book with Story.  Juvenile publication depicting wonderful 1920s/1930s railway scenes.   Repro. colour cover.         £3

6I.315  Railway Magazine, The. Vol. 44 No. 263 - May 1919        £4.50

6I (c) Ian Allan publications

6I.316  Ian Allan: British Locomotives in Action.  Early BR period 16pp. booklet    £2.50

6I.317  Ian Allan: Trains Illustrated 'The Last Years of British Steam - L.M.S.'.  48pp. softback £2.50 

 

6I (d) Railway company ‘official’ literature & other ephemera

6I.321  G.W.R. publication 'Cathedrals'.  120pp. softback with yap edges. 1st. impr.      £10

6I.322 G.W.R. publication: ‘Loco’s of the Royal Road’. (GWR Publicity Department grammatical error in  title!). Good interior, small portion of spine paper missing                    £10

6I.323 G.W.R. publication 'The Cornish Riviera'. Large fomat, blue art deco cover      £12

6I.324 G.W.R. publication 'A Great Western Railway Signal Box'.  32pp. soft-back booklet with yap edges. System map included.        £12

6I.325  G.W.R publication 'The G.W.R.Engine Book'. 1932 publication with nice 'peep-hole' cover. 72pp. softback.           £15

6I.326  G.W.R. publication 'Glorious Devon'. (S.P.B. Mais). 15spp. hardback. Without dustwrap. 3rd. edm. 1934.  Good condition           £7 50

6I.327  G.W.R. publication 'Pembrokeshire'. 60pp. softback (replica rear cover)     £6.50

6I.328  Southern Railway - Southern Rambles for Londoners (S.P.B. Mais) 144pp. pocket edn. Inscribed 1937.          £7.50

6I.329 BR Staff Satchel. Leather, with shoulder strap.    £12

6I.330 C.I.U. European Railway Quiz Book. French text, illustrated       £2.50

6I.331  Rails Across Canada - 100 years souvenir booklet. Large-format softback. (publ. by joint Canadian railways)           £3

6I.332  Metal sign: 'G.W.R. No Waste or Shavings...'   Reproduction of sign issued in 1891.         £5

6I.333  British Railways, Southern Region. Empty Ledger 'Register of Letters'.  c150pp. Hardback.      £3

 

J  General Transport Books (Railways, roads, aero,  shipping, etc.)

J. General Transport

6J.335  The Wonders of Speed.   1932 publication . 160pp. hardback with colour illustration.  Compiled by Ellison Hawkes (editor of The Meccano Magazine).  Lovely period book with superb 'Toytown' type illustrations  by T.W.Holmes.       £8.50

 

J. Trams

6J.341  Great British Tramway Networks. 3rd. edn. `857., 223pp. hardback with dustwrap. Publ. Light Railway Yransport League.

6J.342  Trams of Southern Britain. (Garratt, publ. Milepost 1995). 78pp. hardback with dustwrap. £3.50

J. Motoring and road-related

(see below for Motor Racing)

6J. 346 The Motor Men. (King). 168pp. hardback with dustwrap.   Biographies of all the movers and shakers f the British car industry        £10

6J.347 Castrol Achievements 1964.  £5.50

6J.348  Castrol Achievements 1965 (52pp. booklet)          £5.50

6J.349  Renault GB Dealer Network Map, with 1982 Motor Show graphics on the reverse. . Crown Royal size.         £1.50

6I.350 Daihatsu Hijet Van brochure, with company letter dated 1995       £1.50

 

J..  Motor racing

6J.356 Notes of Victory. Benetton Formula Yearbook  1995.  144pp. hardback with dustwrap.  £2.50

see also Video section

 

J.  Aeronautical, Aviation and Maritime

Aeronautical

6J.361  The Source Book of the R.A.F. (K.Delve)  Everything you could possibly want to know about the R.A.F., its history and structure.  308pp. hardback with dust-wrap              £8

6J.362  Hippo Book No. 7 - Bomber Aircraft of the World.  126pp. small-format hardback  £2.50

6J.363  Magpie Pocket Book of Civil Aircraft (with Thames Television)      £2.50

6J.364  Britain's Wonderful Air Force. 320pp. hardback. Odhams, Wartime.         £2

6J.365  The Modern  World Book of Flying.  125pp. hardback. Publ. Sampsonl, Low, early 1950s. £1.50

6J.366 Print of a painting by Berkshire artist Ken Hussey, depicting Avro 504K landing at swallowfield Air Pageant 1928. Mounted, not framed            £3

Maritime, Shipping

6J..371  Wood, L. Ashwell: 'Inside Information- Naval Ships'.   Coloured cut-away drawings by the renowned 'Eagle' artist.  20pp. in hardback covers.   £6.50 

6J.372  Wood, L. Ashwell: 'Inside Information - Modern Ships'.  Coloured cut-away drawings by the renowned 'Eagle' artist.  20pp. in softback covers. £5.50

 (see railway section for other Ashwell Wood work)

 

K.  Other Books (including many from my collection)

 

Military and Wartime  - General

6K.376  Military Vehicles. An Illustrated History of. (Galley Press.  64pp. hardback, with dustwrap      £3

6K.377 An Illustrated Data Guide to WWII Fighters. (Chant).  78pp. hardback with dustwrap £3.50

6K.378  Hampshire and D-Day.(Doughty, publ. Hampshire C.C. 1994). 190pp. softback.   £2.50

Photography

6K.381  Dart Chinon Super 8 Movie Camera. instruction manual.    £1

 

Film, TV, stage-related

6K.386  The Man from U.N.C.L.E. cult 1960s TV series   Novel 'The Vampire Affair'   124p. paperback.          £2.50
6K.387  Eric and Ernie. Autobiography of the famous duo. 214pp. hardback with dustwrap.  £2.50

6K.388 Garbo - A portrait.  All about the famous Swedish star.and the world she moved in. Fascinating. 192pp. softback. £4

6M.389  'Good Morning Boys'. A biography of Will Hay (1888-1949). 174pp. hardback with dustwrap.    £4

6M.390  Hollywood Babylon (Angers, publ. Arrow 1986.  305pp. softback.  Reveals all the scandals.      £3

6M.391  Watership Down.  The souvenir of the film. c150pp. softback).   (see also Video)   £1.50

 

Sport-related

6K.396  The Spirit of Cricket (Christopher Martin-Jenkins).  Anecdotes and memories from  numerous contributors. 530pp. softback.     £2.50

6K.397   Cricket Companion. 108pp. pocket hardback. Publ. Rees of England 1993    Facts and anecdotes   £1

6K.398  Golf - The Golden Years. (Baddiel, publ. Studio, London) . 175pp. hardback with dustwrap.    £3

6K.399  Gold - Beyond the Links (Baddiel, publ. Studio, London)  144pp. hardback with dustwrap      £3

 

Countryside. Topography, Architecture, etc

6K.401  Letters from Compton Deverell.  ' BB' (Watkins-Pitychford)  28app. hardback with dustwrap.1st. edn. 1950.  Beautifully crafted tales of tyhe countrysiode          £20

6K.402  Look Back on England (John Burke).  224pp. hardbvack with dustwrap.           £3

6K.403  Official Guide to Colonial Williamsburg. 160pp. softback       £1.50

6K.404  A Place in the Country. Various National Trust prpperties described.  224pp. softback     £2.

6K.405  Discovering the National Trust (J.M.Parry). 128pp. hardback with dustwrap.   £2.50

6K.406  Images of the Thames  desk Diary 2005. Unmarked,  too nice to throw away.        £1

6K.407 The Fitzwilliam (Wentworth) Estates & The Wentworth Monuments (G.Howse) . Comprehensive history of the Wentworth family of Woodhouse, S. Yorkshire.  Renowned for Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Strafford and adviser to King Charles I until his (Wentworth's) execution.   With details of the estate and its monuments in the surrounding landscape. 176pp. limp-back.  £5

6K.408  A Remembered Land. Life in the countryside 1884-1914. 160pp. hardback with dustwrap £2.50

6K.409  Bridges over the Thames (Mindell, publ. Blandford, 1983). 160pp. hardback with dustwrap          £2.50

6K.410  The A.A. Touring Guide to Britain. 250pp. softback. publ. 1978.           £2

 

History

6K.411  The Plantagenet Chronicles.  All you wanted to know about the Plantagenet dynasty 1128-1216. 352pp. hardback with dustwrap.        £5

6K.412  Great Generals of the American Civil War. 192pp. hardback with dustwrap.        £3

 

Quotations, Religion, etc.

6K.416  Dictionary of Regrettable Quotations.  What people wish they hadn't said.  246pp. softback £2.50

6K.417  Cruden's Concordance.  Finds any reference in the Bible.   Abridged edition.  Victorian binding.            £2.50

 

Juvenile and Comic publications

6K.421  Ideal Book for Boys. Adventure stories.  Publ. Dean. c 1948 140pp. Economy paper.  £1.50

6K.422  Treasure Island.  The famousb story, abridged with colour illustrations      £1.50

6K.423  The Great Cartoon Stars.  A Who's Who? by Denis Gifford. 128pp. hardback with dustwrap. £2.50

6K.424  Masters of Comic Book Art. (Garriock, publ.  Images, N.Y. Aurum London 1978)/ 128pp. softback.          £2.50

6K.425  Penny Dreadfuls and Comics. (Carpenter, publ. V.& A. Museum 1983)  124pp. softback.      £3

6K.426  Knockout Fun Book 1948.  192pp 'annual'-type. Missing first page     £1.50

6K.427  Knockout Fun Book 1949.  194pp. hardback.  'Annual'-type.       £1.50

6K.428  Knockout Fun Book 1951. 191pp. hardback. 'Annual'-type.        £1.50

6K.429  Knockout Fun Book 1953. 191pp. hardback.  'Annual'-type       £1.50

6K.430 Knockout Fun Book 1954.  191pp. hardback. 'Annual'-type       £1.50

6K.431  Knockout Fun Book 1956.  192pp. hardback.  Missing first 2 pages.     £1.50

6K.432  Knockout Annual 1957.  192pp. hardback. Memories of boyhood Christmases   £1.50

6K.433  Knockout Annual 1958. 192pp. hardback.          £1.50

6K.434 The Japhet and Happy Annual 1935. (News Chronicle cartoon characters). 160pp. hardback    £1.50

6K.435  Japhet and Happy's Annual 1936. 160pp. Lacks spine cloth.      £1.50

6K.436  The Japhet and Happy Annual (1947). 72pp. smaller 'landscape' format.     £1.50

 

General Travel

6K.441  Arthur Mee's Golden Year 'Over the hills and far away'.  316pp. describing world places. Nice colour plates.          £4.50

6K.442  Ghost Towns (of the U.,S.A.) (Robotham, publ. Courage, Brompton Books, 1993). 128pp. hardback with dustwrap           £3

 

General novels

6K.446  The Green Years (Cronin,  publ. Fanfate Press). 238pp. hardback. One of the former 'masters' of the ovel form       £1.50

6K.447 Landfall (Nevil Shute). 270pp. hardback with dustwrap. Describes the life and loves of a Coastal Command pilot. Usual 'Shute' brilliance       £2

 

General reference

6K.351  The Home Handyman Encyclopedia. 304pp. hardback (laminated covers)  about absolutely everything around the home.          £2

 

6L - MAPS

To be updated

 

SECTION M Gramophone Record Catalogues

Columbia

6M.456 1949-50 £6

6M.457 1950-51 £5

6M.458 1953-54 £5

E.M.I. (Columbia - M.G.M. - Parlophone)

6M.459 1956-57 (33, 45, 78 rpm) £6

 

HMV

6M.461 1945-46   £6

6M.462 1948-9   £6

6M.463 1949-50   £5

6M.464 1950-51   £5

6M.465 1956-57 (33, 45, 78 rpm) £5

 

Parlophone

6M.466 1954-55 (33, 45, 78 rpm) £4

 

SECTION N Video Tapes and DVD cassettes

Video tapes - railway subjects:

6N.471  The Steam Era No. 1 - Trains to Tenterden. Early years on the Kent & East Sussex  £1.50

6N.472  Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends (no case)   £1

 

Other Video tapes (all VHS format):

War

6N.473  Above us The Waves (wartime espionage)  £2

6N.474  Battle of the Bulge (wartime confrontation) £2

6N.475  Force 10 from Navarone (wartime espionage)     £2


Sport

6N.476  A Bird's Eye View of Cricket (Dickie Bird, Umpire).           £1.50


Feature films

6N.477   A Room with a View (E.M.Forster's famous novel, set in Italy)               £2

6N.478  Bond, James (007) - Tomorrow Never Dies    £2

6N.479  Breakfast at Tiffany's. The classic starring Audrey Hepburn.     £2

6N.480  Genevieve (London to Brighton Veteran Car Run) £2

6N.481  Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (Monroe & Russell)          £2.50

6N.482  Harry Potter & The Sorcerer's Stone (possibly non-original)            £2

6N.483  Hollywood Musicals of the ‘50s. Compilation of trailers        £1.50

6N.484  Kind Hearts and Coronets (Ealing comedy great)                £2

6N.485  No Way Out (Spy Thriller)        £2

6N.486  Out of Africa (Karen Blixen story - a mild romamce)     £2

6N.487   Pirates of the Caribbean (The Curse of the Black Pearl) (comedy adventure)        £2

6N.488  Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (musical)  £2

6N.490  Singin' in the Rain (musical)             £2

6N.490   Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (the original cartoon story)          £2

6N.491  The Boat (German submarine drama)       £2

6N.492  The Night of the Generals (wartime murder drama, starring O'Toole)            £2

6N.493  The Mill on the Floss (George Eliot classic)         £2

6N.494  The Man Who Knew Too Much (Hitchcock)

6N.495  The Adventures of Huck Finn. (Mark Twain).               £2

6N.496  The Wizard of Oz.  The famous film starring Judy Garland            £2

6N.497  The Woman in Red (comedy - what could happen when chasing a woman)        £2

6N.498  Top Hat (Astaire musical)        £2

6N.499  Watership Down. The award-winning rabbit story.(see also book section)    £1.50

 

TV related

6N.500   Minder - Gunfight at the O.K.Launderette   £2

6M.501  Poldark.(Cornish family struggles) Part 2  (3 episodes on one tape)               £2

6N.502  Poldark - Part 3 (3 episodes on one tape      £2

6N.503  Poldark 2nd. Series Part 3       £2. 
6N.504  The Mallen Girls (Catherine Cookson story)         £1.50

6N.505  The Prisoner.(McGoohan) Episodes 7-8      £3

6N.506  The Tide of Life (Catherine Cookson story)          £1.50


Documentary

6N.507  Basingstoke - The Price of Progress 1992          £1.50

6N.508 Blea Moor and Ribblehead.       £2

6N.509  Great Wonders of the World (Readers Digest)            £1.50

6N.510   History happened here (Reader's Digest)      £1.50

6N.511  Lord's Uncovered (tour of cricket ground)   £2

6N.512 Richard Dimbleby, Broadcaster (with LP record)   £2

6N.513  Stanley Spencer (British painter)       £2

6N.514 The Secret Lives of the British Prime Ministers - Asquith and the Tax Scandal       £2

6N..515 The Secret Lives of the British Prime Ministers - Ramsay Macdonald and the Communist plot     £2

6N.516  The Yorkshire Ripper.  Police investigation          £1.50

6N.517 This is Nigel Mansell.   1993 World Championship season. Published by Texaco.      £3

6N.518  The Life and Times of George Formby      £2

6N.519  Formby's Farewell. Solo stage show recorded a few weeks before his death.     £2.50

DVDs

Feature films

6N.521  Cary Grant, Rosalind Russell. 'His Girl Friday'. The hectic pace of a newspaper office. Intro. by Tony Curtis. .              £3

6N.522  Richard Burton, Jean Simmons.  'The Robe'. Award winner 1953.      £2.50

6N.523  North to Alaska (John Wayne) (Classic title song by Johnny Horton)             £2.50

Transport

6N.526 Classic Vintage and Veteran  Motorcycles    £3

6N.527 Steaming Around Britain - Scotland       £2.50

6N.528 Vanity Fair (the Thackeray novel)         £2

TV rekated

6N.531 Vanity Fair (the Thackeray novel)      £2

Documentary

6N.536 Loch Ness Discovered      £2.50

6N.537  Michael Collins (the story of the irish loyalist, spoiled by bad language)         £2.50

6N.538 The King - Denis Law         £2.50

 

Newspaper issue DVDs

6N.541 The Browning Version (Rattigan school story)        £1

6N.542  The Great War Parts 1 & 2        £1

6N.543  Only Fools and Horses - 2 episodes         £1

6N.544  Icon (Frederick Forsyth story)        £1 

6N.545  Middlemarch (2 discs)    £1.50

6N.546  Dempsey & Makepiece        £1

6N.547  Ultimate AshesL Bodyline and 2005 series       £1

6N.548  Railway Magazine compendium       £1

6N.549  Railway Magazine 2006 record-breaking run      £1

6N.550  Rogue Trader (Nick Leeson story      £1

6N.551  Kavanagh Q.C.          £1

6N.552  Jeeves and Wooster         £

6N.553  Rogue Trader - Nick Leeson story       £1

 

Audio

6N.556 Ronnie Corbett Live         £2

6N.557  Kidnapped (R.L.Stevenson).  Dramatisation by the BBC.   Double audio-cassette in slipcase.        £2

 

Vynil

6N.561  45rpm. 'Pop' and other records

A large quantity featuring satars of the 60s, eg. Cilla Black, The Beatles, The Seekers, etc.

Each 50p.

 

BARGAIN BASEMENT

The following items are offered at 10 for £1 (minimum order £1)

6.601  Lima T.P.O. leaflet (multi-lingual)

6.602  Peco '60 Plans for Small Railways. 3rd. edn. 1975. 36pp. Light board covers.  

6.603 Beatties ‘at-a-glance’ Data Sheets and stock

 lists. 1979/1980         

6.604  Peco Catalogue. 13th. edn. c1965 

6.605  Peco catalogue, with 1980 price list

6.606  Ratio Plastic Models Catalogue 1983/4 20-page catalogue with supplement       

6.607 Model railway suppliers - dossier of literature from ModelSpares, The Signal Box, Dave Cleal (Mainly Trains), Eames of Reading, etc. Plus numerous Hornby instruction leaflets. Dated c  1990/1    

6.608 Kingcraft (Ramsfate) Price List 1981

6.609 Christie’s auction catalogue of the ‘Mariner’ Marklin collection 1996        

6.610 Oxford & District MRC Exhibition programme 1977

6.611  E.C.M. Control & Accessories leaflets, loose-leaf.         

6.612 Gaugemaster 'Quality In Control Controllers Catalogue.  Date unidentified.                

6.613  CCW instructions for Midland 3250 gallon Tender, drawings and text    

6.614 Shotterfield Bank Light Railway (Surrey).  17-page text booklet with numerous illustrations, by the builder Ronald G.Pay.    

6.615 The Great Weller Railway – typewritten notes

6.616  Marklin 'Elektrische Eisenbahnen' Electrical Instruction Leaflets (5 different, with envelope, plus notes on digital      

6.617  N-gauge Society Journal. No. 1 (1977). 18-page newsletter           

6.618 L.G.B. Controllers.5006 + 5007.  8-page booklet       

6.619  Guinness Railway Fact Book. publ. 1994

192pp. limpback.   Ideal for party quizzes      

6.620  Trains in the Eighties - 4:  Electric Units

6.621  Trains in the Eighties - 5:  Diesel Units

6.622  Maunsell Locomotive Society. Newsletter No. 32 (Winter 1995/6)     

6.623  Ian Allan: ABC Locoshed Book 1981.  Much underscored ewvidently by an avid spotter.  Remains clean.             

6.624 Ian Allan: ABC Locoshed Book & Depot Guide 1984.  Small amount of neat under-scoring     

6.625  Brockhampton Press: Picture Reference Book of Railways. 32pp. limpback with lots of line drawings.  Soiled        

6.626  Shunter Duties 1982 edition. 60pp. 

6.627  Great Railway Show at the N.R.M, York. Souvenir catalogue, 1990        

6.628 B.R. InterCity Leisure Travel Guide.  Possibly 1980s.        

6.629 Woking 150 Transport Extravaganza programme (May 1988)    

6.630 Isle of Man Steam 125 (1998) Brochure of

events             

6.631  Times-Mirror Wall Calendar, with railway scenes around edge. 1970.         

6.632  BR Western Region. Claims settlement form. March 1961      

6.633  Railtalk - several shareholder bulletins issued by Railtrack.          

6.634  Canada Rail (ViA) Timetable 1980s.   

6.635 Railway Magazine Calendar 2009

6.636  The Big Book of Real Trains.  (U.S.A.

publication  1974.  43pp. hardback.  For the beginner, but useful information and illustrations about U.S. railroads.  

 

End of 'Bargain Basement' section

 

MECCANO MANUALS

Outfit Manuals

1209.91   Odd pages from very early manuals  £1.50

1209.02  Manual 0 to 3. Issued January 1927 (ref 27A, 1`27 (F) 3 64pp.  Complete, but lighty worn       £5

1209.03   Manual 00-1, 1933.  Comprises pages 17-68 only, with front cover      £2.50

1209.94  Manual No. 0.  1952 (13/952/15). Cover and pages 7-8 only            £1

1209.95  Manual No. 0, 1957. (13/157/45).  Complete, good (NC)       £2.50

1209.06  Manual No. 0, 1957 (13/657/30). Complete, good  (EP)        £2.50

1209.07  Manual No. 1 Ref 13/749/40. Covers only £0.50

1209.08  Manual No. 1  13/952/30. Complete      £2

1209.09  Manual No. 1 13/959/7.5 Complete (torn on end paper)             £2

1209.10  Manual No. 1. 1959. Lacks rear cover but has Meccano Magazine pull-out pamphlet  £1

1209.11  Set No. 1  Fold-out leaflet 160030 (marked 1974).  Drawings without text     £0.50

1209.12 Manual No. 1A (1949) (red cover) (half of back cover missing)            £1.50

1209.13  Manual No. 1A, 1960.  Lacks back cover      £1

1209.14 Manual No. 2, 1937.  Missing back cover, hence no reference number.  Spine frayed   £3

1209.15  Manual No. 2, 1957 (13/357/40) Missing pages 9-12     £1

1209.16  Manual 2/3/4. Yellow/black cover. 1970s Ref 162163    £1

1209.17  Manuals 2A - 1959, 1960 Each      £1

1209.18  Manual No. 3A, 1949 (13/749/22.5).   Slightly incomplete and grubby (EP)     £1

1209.19  Manual No. 3A, 1955 (13/355/20)  (green cover). Good   £3

1209.20  Manual No. 3A, 1957 (13/457/10). Complete and good   £2

1209.21  Manual No. 4 , dated 61/4 (12/60/25).  'Dragline' cover.   Complete but well used         £3

1209.22  Manual No. 5, 1952 ('firelight' cover). Missing first and last page and back cover, hence no reference number. Otherwise complete    £3.50

1209.23  Manual No. 6A. 1949 (red cover, 13/449/15). Good       £6

1209.24  Manual No. 6A, 1951 (red cover).  13/351/7.5.  Lightly scuffed.  £5

1209.25  Manual No. 6A, 1953 (13/353/10). red cover. Complete and good    £5

1209.26  Manual for Outfits 7/8,  1954 (13/1054/5). Incomplete and soiled  (NC)    £1

1209.27  Manuals 0-1, 2-3, 4-5-6. 1969. Red covers   Lot   £3   

Special Manuals

1209.31 Special Model Leaflets:

  1 Railway Service Crane          £1

11 Automatic Snow Loader          £1

20 Mechanical Loading Shovel         £1

1209.32  Meccano Book of Mechanisms. 20-page booklet issued October 1959. (13/1059/35. Excellent condition. Uncommon            £12

1209.33  Army Multikit Book of Models.  Ref. 162175.  1972 date.  Complete but without sheet of stickers.         £8

 1209.34  Gears Set Instructions. 162122.  16pp. c1974           £4.50

1209.35  Begin Building.  Folded A3 sheet illustrating simple models.  Compiled by John Westwood. £1.50

1209.36  Junior Power Drive Set Manual  No date ref. Believed c 1969. 18pp. Describes models incorporating the 4.5v. motor.  Good    Qty. 2 Each   £3

1209.37  Gears Outfit A Manual 7/351/25. Complete. Good   £2.50

1209.38  Gears Outfit A Manual.  7/650/35 (repro. front cover)   £2.50

1209.39  Gears Outfit A Manual.  7/351/25  (repro. front and rear covers)    £2

1209.40  Gears Outfit B Manual, 7/1160/10  £2.50

         

Price Lists

1209.46   September 1963 (17/364/25)      £1

1209.47   January 1967 (16/566/25)        £1

 

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