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Auction No 362, Category: Transport

53 Lots (displaying 41 - 53)

Daily Mirror for May 30th 1927 celebrating Lindbergh's arrival at Croydon,

Lot: 42

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Sep 2016 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
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Daily Mirror for May 30th 1927 celebrating Lindbergh’s arrival at Croydon, complete newspaper with additional photos on back cover. Dust-affected along top edge of front page otherwise very good. Central fold.

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

Lot: 43

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Sep 2016 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
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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.

Robert Young "Timothy Hackworth and The Locomotive" LPC, 1923, orig.cloth, gilt, rear cover damp-affected,

Lot: 44

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Sep 2016 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
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Robert Young Timothy Hackworth and The Locomotive LPC, 1923, orig.cloth, gilt, rear cover damp-affected, fine interior; and MacDermot History of the Great Western Railway, GWR, 1927-31, 3 vols, orig.gilt cloth, fine. All first editions. (4)

Road Transport accumulation with histories, surveys and nostalgia, including the motor car, commercial vehicles,

Lot: 45

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Sep 2016 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £28
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Road Transport accumulation with histories, surveys and nostalgia, including the motor car, commercial vehicles, motor racing and trams. 1970s to 1990s, h/bk and s/bk, VG/VF. Includes museum guides (41)

The Railway Gazette 1913-1950, a collection of special issues and official off-prints including "The Railways of India"

Lot: 46

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Sep 2016 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
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The Railway Gazette 1913-1950, a collection of special issues and official off-prints including The Railways of India 1913 (two issues,cloth bound together), Great Western Railway Special Centenary Number, 1935, Longmoor Military Railway 1946, etc. Also A Guide to Closed Railways in Britain 1948-75, plus supplement.  (23)        

Carton of Shipping titles, 1960s to 1990s including many h/b in d/jkts; including Maund "Mersey Ferries"

Lot: 47

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Sep 2016 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £56
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Carton of Shipping titles, 1960s to 1990s including many h/b in d/jkts; including Maund Mersey Ferries 2 volumes (pictorial boards) and many others on passenger vessels, but also D.K. Brown Warrior to Dreadnought, 1997 in d/jkt. VG/VF (15)

Henri Domengie "Les petits trains de jadis" Volumes 7 & 8, for West of France (upper corners bumped)

Lot: 48

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Sep 2016 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £44
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Henri Domengie Les petits trains de jadis Volumes 7 & 8, for West of France (upper corners bumped) and South-West of France. Both in complete dustjackets.  (2)        

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

Lot: 49

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Sep 2016 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
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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)

"The Canals of the British Isles" David & Charles, 5 different volumes all in d/jkt, VF;

Lot: 50

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Sep 2016 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £42
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The Canals of the British Isles David & Charles, 5 different volumes all in d/jkt, VF; plus other UK Canal literature mostly Robert Wilson published softbacks.  (25)

'Profile Publications' of the 1960s on vintage & classic Motor Cars, all with colour & b/w illustrations,

Lot: 51

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Sep 2016 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
SOLD £44
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‘Profile Publications’ of the 1960s on vintage & classic Motor Cars, all with colour & b/w illustrations, each 12pp including cover. (59)

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

Lot: 52

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Sep 2016 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
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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.

"Mecanno Magazine", Mecanno Ltd, Liverpool, 1949-1951, 1953-1955, and 1957-1959, all complete years,

Lot: 53

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Sep 2016 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
SOLD £36
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Mecanno Magazine, Mecanno Ltd, Liverpool, 1949-1951, 1953-1955, and 1957-1959, all complete years, original pictorial wraps (108)

George Abraham "Motor Ways in Lakeland" Methuen 1913, some foxing especially to prelims;

Lot: 91

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Sep 2016 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £56
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George Abraham Motor Ways in Lakeland Methuen 1913, some foxing especially to prelims; W. Bezant Lowe The Heart of Northern Wales, 1912; Gordon Home The Motor Routes of England – Southern Section, and Western Section, 1909-1911; Ella & Florence Du Cane The Canary Islands, A. & C. Black, 1911, half-title foxed; and another. All first editions. (6)