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Auction No 439, Category: Transport

17 Lots (displaying 1 - 17)

Railway Locomotives, a collection of PC size photos of 1930s/50s steam locos, chiefly BR, much London Midland region, 400 in all;

Lot: 64

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  • Est: £60 - £80
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Railway Locomotives, a collection of PC size photos of 1930s/50s steam locos, chiefly BR, much London Midland region, 400 in all; plus an album of 86 modern colour photos of BR diesel & electric locos. (486)   

LMS Railway Locomotives and LMS locos with BR livery, a collection of PC size photos, mostly good to fine. (600)

Lot: 65

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  • Est: £80 - £100
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LMS Railway Locomotives and LMS locos with BR livery, a collection of PC size photos, mostly good to fine. (600)

Railway Locomotives 1930s/50s, a collection of PC size photos, mostly GWR and LMS, some British Railways, good to VF. (c.400)

Lot: 66

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  • Est: £60 - £80
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Railway Locomotives 1930s/50s, a collection of PC size photos, mostly GWR and LMS, some British Railways, good to VF. (c.400)            

"Some Bus Operators of Guy ‘Arab’ Buses", Guy Motors, 1954, printed wraps, well illustrated, 66pp; and eight others on UK Bus manufacturers. Fine (9)

Lot: 67

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  • Est: £30 - £40
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Some Bus Operators of Guy ‘Arab' Buses, Guy Motors, 1954, printed wraps, well illustrated, 66pp; and eight others on UK Bus manufacturers. Fine (9)       

Oxley "Barton", Robin Hood 1983-1994, three vols; Ogden "North Western" 1980-81, two vols; Wolmar "Stagecoach" 1998, in d/jkt;

Lot: 68

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  • Est: £40 - £50
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Oxley Barton, Robin Hood 1983-1994, three vols; Ogden North Western 1980-81, two vols; Wolmar Stagecoach 1998, in d/jkt; Happy Family – The Story of Yellow Bus Services 1978; and other works on UK Bus Companies, plus a 1930s guide to Express Coaches. VG/VF (19)

North West of England Tram history & nostalgia, chiefly Greater Manchester (including Metrolink) and Blackpool. Includes a few reports. VG/VF (32)

Lot: 69

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North West of England Tram history & nostalgia, chiefly Greater Manchester (including Metrolink) and Blackpool. Includes a few reports. VG/VF (32)  

UK Tram history & nostalgia, country-wide, very many of local history interest, largely A4 format, chiefly softbacks. VG/VF (37)

Lot: 70

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UK Tram history & nostalgia, country-wide, very many of local history interest, largely A4 format, chiefly softbacks. VG/VF (37)

"Visit to and Inspection of Mr. M. Holroyd Smith’s Patent Electrical Car & Line for Tramway Purposes", Manchester 1885, 16pp pamphlet, disbound;

Lot: 71

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  • Est: £70 - £100
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Visit to and Inspection of Mr. M. Holroyd Smith's Patent Electrical Car & Line for Tramway Purposes, Manchester 1885, 16pp pamphlet, disbound; and other UK Tram history and nostalgia, 1940s to 1990s, A5 format, some h/bk but mostly s/bk publications with much local history interest. Fair to VF. (132)

Arthur Beavan "Tube, Train, Tram and Car, or Up-To-Date Locomotion", Routledge, 1903, gilt cloth; and others with main interest in trolleybuses,

Lot: 72

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  • Est: £60 - £80
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Arthur Beavan Tube, Train, Tram and Car, or Up-To-Date Locomotion, Routledge, 1903, gilt cloth; and others with main interest in trolleybuses, tram and bus networks; h/bk and s/bk, octavo or A5 format. Includes some foreign. Mainly VG/Fine. (79)

Transport in London including "Abstract of Laws relating to Proprietors, Drivers and Conductors of Public Carriages within…the City of London" 1910

Lot: 73

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  • Est: £70 - £100
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Transport in London including Abstract of Laws relating to Proprietors, Drivers and Conductors of Public Carriages within…the City of London, 1910, gilt cloth, and a fine folding map of the railway network issued by District Rail. Later works chiefly bus, trolleybus and tram. (45)     

The London Underground, history & nostalgia, with several London Transport publications, h/bk and s/bk; together with a work on the Paris Metro.

Lot: 74

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Dec 2025 12:00 GMT
  • Est: £40 - £50
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The London Underground, history & nostalgia, with several London Transport publications, h/bk and s/bk; together with a work on the Paris Metro. Mainly fine. (33)

Foreign Tram, Trolleybus and Motor Bus, a collection from 1950s to 1990s, chiefly European, some New Zealand, Australia and few others. (64)

Lot: 75

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  • Est: £70 - £100
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Foreign Tram, Trolleybus and Motor Bus, a collection from 1950s to 1990s, chiefly European, some New Zealand, Australia and few others. (64)

"Trolleybus Magazine Journal of the Trolleybus Museum Company" 1982-1996, a virtually complete run of 83 issues, plus a bound volume for 1969. Fine.

Lot: 76

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Dec 2025 12:00 GMT
  • Est: £20 - £30
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Trolleybus Magazine: Journal of the Trolleybus Museum Company 1982-1996, a virtually complete run of 83 issues, plus a bound volume for 1969. Fine.

John Birks "National Bus Company 1968-1989", 1990, in creased d/jkt, 728pp, and a related volume; plus Colin Morris "Southdown" 1994, two vols,

Lot: 77

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  • Est: £20 - £30
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John Birks National Bus Company 1968-1989, 1990, in creased d/jkt, 728pp, and a related volume; plus Colin Morris Southdown 1994, two vols, and Maund Ribble 1993-94, 2 vols, pictorial boards. (6)

Folkard & Platt "Devon General - a Pictorial History", 1994; Stanier "W. Cash & Sons Ltd, Newark", 1987; and other bus history,

Lot: 78

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Folkard & Platt Devon General – a Pictorial History, 1994; Stanier W. Cash & Sons Ltd, Newark, 1987; and other bus history, municipal and independents. A4 format, h/bk and s/bk. (20)

Foreign Tramway history & modern surveys, chiefly European especially Germany, Austria and the Czech Republic, h/bk and s/bk. (29)

Lot: 79

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Foreign Tramway history & modern surveys, chiefly European especially Germany, Austria and the Czech Republic, h/bk and s/bk. (29)

"The Modern Tramway" 1949-1991, a good collection of this journal with some bound volumes of the 1960s but mostly loose;

Lot: 80

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Dec 2025 12:00 GMT
  • Est: £50 - £70
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The Modern Tramway 1949-1991, a good collection of this journal with some bound volumes of the 1960s but mostly loose; together with many issues of Tramway Review 1970s to 2000s. Most are sorted into complete years. (Large qty.) (43 kilos)