SECTION SIX - LITERATURE, etc...June 2010

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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 (a) Books relating to prototype railways

...(b) Booklets & magazines ref. prototype railways

...(c) Books and other ephemera relating to miniature railways

...(d) Ian Allan ABC and similar

...(e) Railway official publications

J   Transport

... General

... 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 Cadogan 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. Nov.1940.  Scuffed cover, good within       £17

6A.05  Bassett-Lowke Catalogue ‘Gauge 0 Model Railways’. Summer 1947. Landscape format. Lightly soiled.  £18

6A.06  Bassett-Lowke Gauge 0 Scale Model Railways Catalogue. Autumn 1950 44pp. 'landscape'  format.    £18

6A.07  Bassett-Lowke Model Railway & Engineering Catalogue. Autumn 1959.  Pale blue cover Good   £14

6A.08  Bassett-Lowke Model Shipping & Engineering Catalogue.  Undated, believed early 1960s. (reference to '60 years' inside back cover).  Green cover    £12

6A.09  Bassett-Lowke Model Railway & Engineering Catalogue. Yellow cover.  The final catalogue.  Date ref. June 1963.   Spine re-taped. Qty. 2 Each       £13

6A.10  Bassett-Lowke. Instruction leaflet 'Laying Permanent Way'. c1946.  12pp. incl. section on Point Construction.       £4.50

6A.11  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.xx  Hornby Book of Trains 1937-8. Complete, with reproduction covers.   All original within.    £45

6A.21 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, cover slightly torn.    £20

6A.22  Hornby Book of Trains.  Several incomplete copies covering various years issues.   POA

6A.23  Hornby Trains. - Clockwork.  1934 fold-out pamphlet. (15/834/500)   Reprint by HRCA        £2.50

6A.24 Hornby - Layouts for Clockwork Track. August 1949 leaflet.  Outer sheet only (missing inner leaf) (NC)    £2

6A.25  Hornby Clockwork Trains.  Late issue fold-out pamphlet , ref  11/858/250.  Slightly scuffed.  Scarce item        £8.50

6A.26  Hornby Clockwork Trains. Small orange-printed fold-out pamphlet, late issue, ref. 9/661/175.   Folds repaired.  Scarce item     £7.50

6A.27  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.28  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.29  How to get more fun out of Hornby Trains.  HRCA reprint of 1928 leaflet    £2.50

6A.30  How to plan your Hornby electric railway. HRCA reprint of 1931 leaflet (2/831/45) £2.50

6A.31 Meccano & Hornby Showcards

(a) Boy holding 'Hornby ' placard aloft      £5

(b) Boy holding 'Meccano' placard at waist level     £5

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

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

(e) Hornby (trains) - depicts 'Britannia' locomotive at speed    £8

(f) 'Britannia at Speed' coloured picture, cut from Hornby 0-gauge box lid.. mounted on original  card    £1.50

 

Hornby Dublo literature

In ascending date order

Hornby Dublo 3-rail Layouts booklets

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

6A.37 Blue cover. 12pp. 1954 (Ref 16/1054/125)  9 layouts described., plus switching, isolating and signalling wiring instructions. Good         £10

6A.38 Blue printing, 12pp. 1955 (Ref. 16/355/100).  Good    £10

6A.39  Blue cover,  16pp. 1956 (Ref  16/856/100M). Good   £10  

6A.40  Blue cover, 16pp. 1957 (Ref 16/357/35M).  Good copy          £10

6A.41 Blue cover, 16pp. 1957 ( Ref 16/357/35M).  Complete, with  W & H (London) overstamp.    £10

6A.42  Blue cover. 16pp.1957 (Ref 16/1157/30M).  Lightly marked on one page, o/w  good    £10

6A.43  Blue cover. 16pp.1957 (Ref 16/1157/30M).  Lightly marked on one page, o/w  good £9.50

6A.44  Brown cover. 24pp 1958 (Ref. 15458/50M). 16 layouts described.  Cpine re-taped and a few other minor blemishes removed.      £12

 

Honby Dublo Catalogues and pamphlets

6A.46  Hornby Dublo Electric Trains. Fold-out pamphlet, ref. 7/556/500. (May 1956)   Montrose on cover.  Walker of Chepstow overstamp.  Good   £8.50

6A.47  Hornby Dublo Fold-out pamphlet, being the final issue prior to the amalgamation with Tri-ang.  A5 portrait format. Ref  13/464/100   Scarce item.   £20

6A.48  Hornby Dublo Fold-out pamphlet, being the final issue prior to the amalgamation with Tri-ang. A5 portrait format. Ref 13/464/100. Scarce item  Slightly blemished copy with strengthened folds Dealer's over-stamp 'Baumont Sports, Crawley'.     £15

See further below for Meccano products catalogues etc.

 

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

6A.51  No. 3 (1957). Superb copy of scarce item    28.50

6A.52  No. 4 (1958), with price list.   Jones Bros. of Chiswick over-stamp        £19

6A.53  No. 4  (1958)  Lightly soiled. With repro. price list           £10

6A.54  No. 7 (1961), with price list and 'power units' pamphlet.     £12.50

6A.55  No. 8 (1962).Without price list      £11

6A.56  No. 9 (1963) Without price list      £10.50

6A.57  No. 11 (1963) (Final 'Tri-ang' catalogue).

With price list          £11

6A.58  No. 11 (1965). (Final 'Tri-ang' catalogue)

Without pruce list        £10

6A.59  No. 12 (1866). With price list      £11

6A.60  No. 12 (1966). Wiithout price list. Slight cover loss             £9

6A.61  No. 13 (1967), with price list (2 copies)    Each    £10

6A.62  No. 13 (1967). Without price list.slight corner loss on cover       £7.50

6A.63  No. 14 (1968).Without price list  £9.50

6A.64  No. 15 (1969) With price list   £8.50

6A.65  No. 16 (1970). With price list   £7.50

6A.66  No. 17 (1971).  Without price list  £7.50

6A.67  No. 18 (1972), Superb copy. Without price list        £6.50

6A.68  No. 19 (1973). With price list   £5.50

6A.69 No. 24 1978 (1 copies) Without price list £2.50

6A.70 No. 25 (1979) (2 copies) Without price llist         £2.50

6A.71  No. 34 (1988) Without price list  £2.50

6A.72  Hornby Track Plans booklet 4th. edition 32pp. R166 (1976). Good      £1.50

6A.73  Hornby Track Plans booklet. 5th. edition. 40pp. (R160, 1978).  Good      £1.50

6A.74 Hornby Minitrix fold-out pamphlet. Ref. N642.         £1.50

6A.75 Hornby Express magazine, May 1976.   Uncommon   £2.50

6A.76 Hornby 3½-2in. gauge Stephenson’s Rocket publicity double-sided sheet Qty. 2 Each        £1

6A.77  Tri-ang Power Units. Single-sheet coloured pamphlet 1.1.1962           £2

6A.78  '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.81  'Square Deal' fold-out pamphlet. February 1939.          £2.50

6A.82  Trix Twin - 'Let's Play Two Trains'. Small format 16-page booklet.  Full colour.  Scuffed      £5.50

6A.83  Trix Twin  pamphlet 'Listen - it whistles!' describing the new TTR Train Whistle Set.  Small binding holes punched through        £1

6A.84  Trix Twin fold-out pamphlet 'The world's finest miniature railway'. 1950s.  Monochrome.   £3.50

Trix Twin Gazette - post-war issues

6A.85  No. 5 Autumn 1952         £4

6A.86  No. 13 Autumn 1955, 24-page, smaller format  Small binding holes punched through        £4

6A.87  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.91  Douglass Models Catalogue 1962. 14pp. 'portrait' format     £5.50

6A.92  Fleischmann HO Catalogue 1959/60. French text. Cover slightly soiled          £5

6A.93  Fleischmann HO and N Catalogue 1979-80. £5

6A.94  Fleischmann N Piccolo 9950 Track Plans catalogue. Undated     . £1.50

6A.95  Lionel 1987 Catalogue. Gauge 027 (0-gauge?)  and 'American  Flyer S Gauge)    £2.50

6A.96  Mainline 1st. edn. Catalogue.  August 1976. With price list.  Mint. Several Each      £4

6A.97  Tyco (U.S.A.). HO railway and slot-car system brochure 1968-69       £3

6A.98  Wrenn 1st. edition Catalogue (1973).  Mint copy, with price list         £17.50

6A.99  Wrenn 2nd. edition Catalogue (1974). Mint copy, with price list         £16

6A.100  Wrenn  3rd. edition Catalogue (1977). Mint copy, with price list         £14.50

6A.101  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.106 Almark Publishing, London. Modelling Book No. 10 'Lineside & Track Detailing'.  32pp. soft-back.         £1.50

6A.107 Beatties ‘stick-in’ update  Catalogue.  Wire-bound.  1970s.     Qty. 2   Each £3.50

6A.108 British Railway Modelling. '20 Frequently asked DCC questions'. 16-page booklet £1.50

6A.109  The British Railways Model Railway.  12-page descriptive pamphlet, with monochrome illustrations.  1950s (revised edition).           £5

6A.110 Graham Farish fold-out Poster 1978. Depiocts Black 5 in wintry conditions         £1

6A.111 Rivarossi New items Catalogue 1980      £2

6A.112 Rivarossi New Items Catalogue 1985      £2

6A.113  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.116  Miniature Landscape Modelling (Ahern).  133pp. hardback, with dustwrap       £5

6A.117  Practical Two-rail Electrification (E.F.Carter).  Publ. Percival Marshall.     2 copies Each   £3

6A.118  Electric Model Railways. (E.F.Carter).  79pp. Missing Chapter 1 (pp 1-14)     £1

6A.119  Electronic Circuits for Model Railways (Babani). 94pp. Softback.     £2.50

6A.120  Wagon & (and) Van Construction. (E.F.Carter). 50pp. softback booklet   £3.50

6A.121  N-gauge Model Railways. (Andress). 88pp. hardback with dustwrap.  Publ. Almark 1972. £2.50

6A.122  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.126  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.131 ‘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.132  Meccano 'Elektrikit' Manual; 13/163/25.  32pp. Lightly scuffed.  Sxarce item      £15  

6B.133  Meccano - reprint of 1933-34 Catalogue.  40pp. Small 'portrait' format. Monochrome £2.50

6B.134  Meccano - A Wonder Book of Toys.  Reprint of the 1939-1940 catalogue. Landscape format. 72pp. monochrome with colour front cover        £3

6B.135  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.136  Meccano 'Engineering for Boys' fold-out pamphlet, ref. 11/555/455 (May 1955).   Good, 2 copies Each £6.50

6B.137  Meccano 'Engineering for Boys' fold-out pamphlet, ref. 11/858/375.   Complete, but has old Sellotape marks.       £3.50

6B.138  Meccano - The Toy That Grows With The Boy'.  Fold-out pamphlet ref. 11/656/400 (June 1956). Good       £6.50

6B.139  Meccano 'Toys of Quality' small landscape-format booklet, cover depicting the shop window display. Ref 13/655/797.     £8.50

6B.140  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.141  Meccano 'Toys of  Quality' fold-out pamphlet. 7/457/150. Portrait format. Lightly scuffed.  Scarce          £8.50

6B.142  Meccano - The Thrill of Build-it-Yourself. Fold-out colour pamphlet 11/561/300  £5.50

6B.143  'Begin building'. simple models for starters, by John Westwood.  A4 folded sheet. £1

for Meccano manuals and price lists, see separate list

 

Diecast model catalogues and other printed matter:

6B.146  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.147 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.148  Dinky Toys Catalogue No. 3 (1967). With price list.  104pp. Pocket-size       £12

6B.149  Dinky Toys Catalogue publ. 1971 for 1972 new models.  Good     £10

see also Ephemera - Tootles the Taxi

 

Corgi Toys

6B.151  Catalogue January-June 1998        £2


Matchbox

6B.152  Kit Catalogue 1980/81         £3

 

Tri-ang 'Spot-on' Models

6B.153  June 1961 40-page Catalogue (pocket size) in full colour. Unmarked, with price list. Prized item   £45  

(see also Spot-on hard-back nook)

 

Britain's

6B.154  Toy Catalogue 1983. Small format. 24pp.    £3

 

Mamod

6B.156  Fold-out pamphlet, undated, believed 1980s, with price list and spares list issued by Live Steam Models (David Brown) of Hook, Hants.       £3

6B.157  Small format fold-out Pamphlet.featuring the Mamod steam car      £2.50

6B.158  Small format fiold-out pamphlet. Cover depicts four models head-on. Believed July 1978. £2.50

6B.159  Mamod Steam Engines.  Small portrait-format fold-out pamphlet. Undated, believed 1950s. Cover depicts photograph of happy boy with traction engine               £5

6B.160  Mamod Steam Models. Small landscape-format stitched (stapled) pamphlet. Colour. £6.50

Other toy systems

6B.162  Lego System instruction manual - images only, no text. Full colour. Laminated cover £2.50

 

C. MECCANO CONTRUCTIONAL SYSTEM MANUALS

Please refer to separate list

 

D. MECCANO MAGAZINES

6D.166 Grid for checking-off which issues one has or requires.      Free on request

6D.167 Complete years (these all in excellent condition):

1934     £60

1950, 1957, 1958, 1959    Per year       £10

6D.168 Near-complete years (all excellent)  

1948 Missing January, April   £7.50

1958 Missing August          £9

6D.169 Individual copies, pre-war issues

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

 

6D.170  War-time (small-format) - (a few) and Post-war (scores), with covers -  Ask for any requirements.

 

(E) EPHEMERA, etc.

6E.176 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.177 Austin Reed Ltd. of Regent Street. Art Deco graphic artwork from a box.          £2

6E.178  Build Your Own Steam Locomotive. Cut-out booklet, publ. Siena.  With text. Unstarted £2.50 

6E.179 Coloured prints (9in. x 6in) of various full-size

railway subjects. Scores available.            Each     10p.

6E.180  Crime - 20th. century Crime Cases magazine. July 1946             £2

6E.181  Discovering Model Soldiers (Taylor).  60pp. illustrated.  Shire publication.     £2.50

6E.182 Eagle boys paper - scores of single weekly issues, Annuals, etc.  Ask for special list.

6E.183 Eagle Annuals and other material - ask for separate list

6E.184 Eagle: The Dan Dare Alphabet.  A guide to who’s who.           £5

6E.185  Eagle boy's paper of the 1950s. - 14 'centre-spread cut-away' drawings by L.Ashwell Wood, etc.  13 are railway locomotives and railway-related subjects,other is a 3-waty Tipping Lorry.  Ask for list.         Each       £1.50

6E.186  Eagle-related merchandise; Pack of Stencils (cowboy, animals, aircraft, etc.). In original pack    £15

Glamour:
6E.187
  'Parade' Magazine:.  Each 32

- 20th. October 1962

- 10th. November 1962

- 17th. November 1962

- 1st. December 1962

- 8th. December 1962

- 9th. March 1963

- 25th. May 1963

- 15th.  June 1963   

6E.188  Glanour - Weekend Mail. Newspaper.  Oct-Nov. 1953       £1.50

6E.189 Glamour: Paris-Hollywood newspaper/

magazine        £1.50

end of Glamour entries

6E.190  Great Wales Rail.  48pp. route guide to Welsh railways.  publ. 1983 by Cambrian Coast Line Action Group         £2.50

6E.191  HRCA - Tickets for 10th. Anniversary Dinner, Harrogate, 1979    (NC)     £2

6E.192  London Transport 'Country Walks' 1st. Series. 1956   Pocket sized softback. Plum coloured cover.           £6.50

6E.193  Lynton & Barnstaple Railway. Card templates and instructions for building model of Southern No. 188 Locomotive 'Lew'. Qty. 2 Each   £3.50

6E.194 Magazine 'John Bull'. 6th. May 1950 £1.50

6E.195  'Modern Wonder'  Large-format weekly part-work magazine.  2 issues from 1937-1938    Typifies the 'streamlined age' of transport, etc      £3

6E.196  The Magic Roundabout.   Tell-the-time pop-up book    Qty. 2 different Each £3.50

6E.197  National Union of Railwaymen. Rule book 1913.  76pp. Believed to be lacking covers. £2.50

6E.198  Philately: Booklet 'Australia and War'.  Small booklet published  by Australia Post £1.50

6E.199 Picture Post - numerous copies available Each £0.50

6E.200  Prescott-Pickup. Large-size glossy prints of railway locomotives.   Qty. 7 assorted Lot      £2

6E.201 Puffin booklet No. 38 ‘About a Motor Car’ (Phyllis Ladyman).  Good         £5

6E.202 Puffin booklet No. 45 'Animals of Australia' (Hawkins).              £5

6E.203 Puffin booklet  No. 68 'Zoo Birds' (Smith & Wilson).  Good           £5

6E.104  Puffin booklet No. 74 'Locomotives' (Bassett-Lowke & Mann).      £6.50

6E.205  Puffin Booklet No. 81 'Wild Flowers'. (P.Chadwick).            £5

6E.206  Puffin booklet No. 83 ‘Electric Models from Odds and Ends’ (Gohm and Patterson). Good        £5

6E.207  Rambling for Pleasure - The Three Castles Path (Windsor, Odiham, Winchester). New copy £2.50

6E.208  Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway, The. Handbook. 7th. edn. 1995.  36pp. full colour booklet with maps, etc.       £2.50

6E.209  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.210 The Staffordshire Moorlands. (Lindsey Porter)   Leek and Cheadle area in old photographs..  64pp. softback.              £2.50

6E.211  Stamp Album - Stanley Gibbons 'Improved'. Printed 1974.  Ubnused      £1.50

6E.212  Story of the Wheel, The.  18-page booklet publ. Dunlop Educational. 1961 edn.   £2.50 

6E.213  'Studio' booklet 'How to draw Locomotives' (Paul B.Mann).  64pp. hardback with repro. dustwrap.         £7.50

6E.214  'Studio' nooklet 'How to draw Trees' (Gregory Brown). .64pp.hard-back with repro. dustwrap. £7.50

6E.215  'Studio' booklet 'How to draw Portraits' (Charles Wood). 64pp. hardback. No dustwrap    £6.50.

6E.216 Victorian toys and games - Publicity pamphlet advertising a book available in Paris 1903-1914.          (NC)   £1

6E.217  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.218  The Wizard boys paper - booklet of 'Famous Feats'  - empty album to receive weekly stickers.  Possibly pre-war.   £5

 

Railway Postcards.

6E.221 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 postcars

6E.222 Sheet Music -  Scores of copies of popular songs ranging from the 1930s to 1970s. Each   £1.50

6E.223 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!

         

Cigarette & Trade Cards:

Mounted in glazed frames

6E.226 Player: Aircraft of the R.A.F. (1938). Qty. 10

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

6E.227  Player: Aircraft of the R.A.F. (1938) Qty. 10

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

6E.228 Wills: Recruiting Posters (1915). Qty. 12 mounted  in glazed frame  (reproduction set)   £10

6E.229 Collector's Miniatures: Railway Locomotives. Half-set of 25.  Framed and glazed.   £12

Unmounted - cigarette issues (in see-through leeves)

6E.230  Churchman 'Wonderful Railway Travel'. Reproduction set of 25    £5

6E.231  Wills 'Railway Engines'  Reproduction set of 50 (original set 1924)   £5

6E.232  Player 'Racing Caricatures'.  13 from set of 40         £2.50

6E.233  Player 'Dogs (Heads, by Wardle).  Original 1929 set of 50. (catalogue £50)       £10

6E.234  Player 'Dogs' (full-length,  by Wardle). Trsnsfer type. 27 from set of 50         £3

6E.235 Carreras (Turf).  Radio Personalities (blue tinted).  36 from set of 50     £7.50

6E.236  Player - Cricketers 1930.  5 from set of 50  £1

6E.237 Player - Cricketers 1934. 23 cards from set of 50         £5.50

6E.238  Player - Cricketers 1938. 24 cards from set of 50.       £4.50

 

Unmounted - Trade

6E.241 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.242 Quaker Oats - 19 cards from 1950s series, cut from packs. Titles such as 'British Landmarks,  Houisehold Hints', etc.    Each card £2.50

6E.243 Huntley & Palmer (Reading Biscuits). 2 of their sought-after trade cards   Pair  £10

 

Cigarette Packets

6E.246  55 different packet fronts (10s size)  Very colourful           £10

6E.247  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.251 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.252 A Guide to the Language of French Hornby 0-gauge Railways (Bob Lovett). £8.95

6G.253 Airfix - the complete history (Ward).  192pp. hardback with dustwrap. Excellent condition    £15

6G.254  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.255  '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.256  Spot-On Diecast Models by Tri-ang.  The definitive work on this desirable range of models. 136pp. hardback with dustwrap.  Scarce publication   £35

6G.257 Early Tinplate Model Railways (Becher) 180pp. hardback with dustwrap. Publ. Argus. Contains useful identification and dating guide.  £25

 

Troy Model Club Series:

(much sought-after by collectors)

6G.261 'Model Veteran & Vintage Cars', by Dr.Cecil Gibson (1970).  62 pp. hardback depicting models known at that time. With dustwrap.    £8

6G.262 'Veteran & Vintage Cars' (note difference in title) (Dr.Cecil Gibson).  Another copy, content same as above, with dustwrap          £8

6G.263  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.266  The Products of Binns Road.  A General Survey of Meccano products. 220 pp. hardback with dustwrap    £30  

6H.267  The Hornby Gauge 0 System (Graebe). 336pp. hardback with dustwrap. 1st. edition.  Good   The one we all use     £36

6H.268  ‘Hornby Dublo Trains’ (Foster). 1st. edition.  Specially inscribed dedication by the author to one of his contributors.  Excellent with d/w.       £30

6H.269  ‘Hornby Dublo Trains’ (Foster). 1st. edition. 

416pp. hardback with dustwrap      £30

6H.270 Vol 4A. Dinky Toy Compendium (Trench).          £7.50

6H.271  Vol. 6 The Meccano System (Love & Gamble). Excellent copy with dustwrap. Very scarce .     £45

Other New Cavendish volumes:

6H.275  The Minic Book. (Peter Bartok). 160pp. hardback with dustwrap. Most of the Tri-ang Minic range illustrated in full colour.       £35

6H.277  The Bassett-Lowke Story. (Roland Fuller). 352pp. hardback, lacks dustwrap Superb history of the company. Profusely illustrated       £35

6H.278  Penny Toys. (Pressland) 224pp. hardback with dustwrap. Beautiful record of toys such as we rarely see £30

 

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

 

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

6I.281  The Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Railway.  223pp. h/back with d/wrap.  Rarely available       Qty. 2 Each    £30

6I.282  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.283  British Express Locomotive Development 1895-1948 (Poultney).  Hardback with torn dustwrap.          £2.50

6I.284 Steam in West Cheshire and North Wales Border (S.Wainwright)  96pp. hardback with dustwrap.   £4

6I.285  Titled Trains of Great Britain (Cecil J. Allen), 128pp. hardback. 1946   £3.50

6I.286  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.287  On the Settle & Carlisle Route (Flinders, publ. Fraser Stewart 1994).  112pp. hardback with dustwrap            £2.50

6I.288  Sectional Maps of the British Railways as at 1st.  January 1948 (Vesting Day). All the lines which were closed Publ. Ian Allan, 1948.        £8

 

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

(alphabetical listing)

6I.29`  1H81. Guide to train reporting numbers 1981-1092. (Howard, publ. Watts)   £1.50

6I.292  G.W.R. 150. 1835-1985. Programme of events (text only).      £1.50

6I.293  Made in Crewe.  The souvenir brochure issued in 2006 for theb great gathering at the works.  Good period coverage. 130pp. softback       £3

6I.294  Railways - Picture Book with Story.  Juvenile publication depicting wonderful 1920s/1930s railway scenes.   Repro. colour cover.         £3

6I.295  Railway Magazine, The. Vol. 44 No. 263 - May 1919        £4.50

6I.296   Southern Rambles for Londoers (S.P.B.Mais).  (Publ. Southern Railway).  Inscribed 1937.      £5

6I.297  The Thames-Clyde Express. (Alan Anderson, publ. Brockhampton Press).  Delightful 'pocket-sized' booklet describing the train and its route. Excellent copy         £8.50

6I.298  The Thames-Clyde Express. (Alan Anderson, publ. Brockhampton Press). Delightful 'pocket-sized' booklet describing the train and its route. Lightly scuffed             £6

 

6I (c)  Books and boioll;ets relating to minature railways

6E.301  Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway.Book 'One Man's Railwau' - the story of Capt. Howey and the railway.   96pp. hardback wioth dustwrap. ex library copy, with dustwrap  £4

6E.302  Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway. Folder of information for visitors   £1.50

 

6I (d) Ian Allan publications

6I.306  Ian Allan: British Locomotives in Action.  Early BR period 16pp. booklet    £2.50

6I.307  Ian Allan: Trains Illustrated 'The Last Years of British Steam - L.M.S.'.  48pp. softback £2.50 

 

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

6I.311  G.W.R. publication 'Cathedrals'.  120pp. softback with yap edges. 1st. impr.      £10

6I.312 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.313 G.W.R. publication 'The Cornish Riviera'. Large fomat, blue art deco cover      £12

6I.314  G.W.R. publication 'A Great Western Railway Signal Box'.  32pp. soft-back booklet with yap edges. System map included.       £12

6I.315 BR Staff Satchel. Leather, with shoulder strap.             £12

6I.316 C.I.U. European Railway Quiz Book. French text, illustrated       £2.50

6I.317  Rails Across Canada - 100 years souvenir booklet. Large-format softback. (publ. by joint Canadian railways)           £3

6I.318  Metal sign: 'G.W.R. No Waste or Shavings...'   Reproduction of sign issued in 1891. 9½ in x 4½ in (243mm x 115mm)           £5

6I.319  British Railways, Southern Region. Empty Ledger 'Register of Letters'.  c150pp. Hardback.      £3

 

J  General Transport Books (Roads. Aero,  Shipping, etc.)

 

J (a)  Motoring and road-related

(see below for Motor Racing)

6J.321 The Motor Men. (King). 168pp. hardback with dustwrap.   Biographies of all the movers and shakers of the British car industry        £10

6J.322  Castrol Achievements 1964.(   £5.50

6J.323  Castrol Achievements 1965 (52pp. booklet)          £5.50

6J.324  Tootles the Taxi. Juvenile educational publication, depicting various road vehicles, drawn in the likeness of Dinky Toys.  Ladybird publication. Lightly scuffed.             £5

6I.325 Castrol  - 50 Years of Progress (1899-1949). 72pp. A5 landscape-format booklet. Monochrome. £10 

6J.326  Castrol - The First Fifty Years. (1909-1959). A5 48-page landscape format booklet        £8

6J.327  Renault GB Dealer Network Map, with 1982 Motor Show graphics on the reverse. . Crown Royal size.       £1.50

6I.328  The Highway Code. Dated June 1986. £1.50

 

J. (b).  Motor racing

6J.331 Notes of Victory. Benetton Formula Yearbook  1995.  144pp. hardback with dustwrap.  £2.50

see also Video section

 

J. (c)  Aeronautical, Aviation and Maritime

Aeronautical

6J.336  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.337  Magpie Pocket Book of Civil Aircraft (with Thames Television)      £2.50

6J.338  The Modern  World Book of Flying.  125pp. hardback. Publ. Sampsonl, Low, early 1950s. £1.50

6J.339 Print of a painting by Berkshire artist Ken Hussey, depicting Avro 504K landing at swallowfield Air Pageant 1928. Mounted, not framed            £3

J (d) Maritime, Shipping

6J..341  Wood, L. Ashwell: 'Inside Information- Naval Ships'.   Coloured cut-away drawings by the renowned 'Eagle' artist.  20pp. in hardback covers.   £6.50  

6J.342  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.346  Military Vehicles. An Illustrated History of. (Galley Press.  64pp. hardback, with dustwrap      £3

6K.347 An Illustrated Data Guide to WWII Fighters. (Chant).  78pp. hardback with dustwrap £3.50

Photography aned Cinematography

6K.351  Dart Chinon Super 8 Movie Camera. instructio nanual.          £1

6E.352  Cinematography: Better Movies in Colour. Kodak booklet. 1960s.      £0.50

6E.353  Cinematograpy - Home Movie Titling Letters.   £2.50

 

Film, TV, stage-related

6K.356  The Man from U.N.C.L.E.   VHS video 'The Fifteen Years Later Affair' plus 1960s Annual featuring the TV agents.      Pair £7.50

6K.357  The Man from U.N.C.L.E. cult 1960s TV series   Novel 'The Vampire Affair'   124p. paperback.          £2.50
6K.358  Eric and Ernie. Autobiography of the famous duo. 214pp. hardback with dustwrap.  £2.50

6K.359 Garbo - A portrait.  All about the famous Swedish star.and the world she moved in. Fascinating. 192pp. softback.             £4

6M.360  Hollywood Babylon (Angers, publ. Arrow 1986.  305pp. softback.  Reveals all the scandals.      £3

6M.361  Watership Down.  The souvenir of the film. c150pp. softback).   (see also Video)   £1.50

 

Sport-related

6K.366  Golf - Beyond the Links (Baddiel, publ. Studio, London)  144pp. hardback with dustwra  £3

 

Countryside. Topography, Architecture, etc

6K.371  Letters from Compton Deverell.  ' BB' (Watkins-Pitychford)  28app. hardback with dustwrap.1st. edn. 1950.  Beautifully crafted tales of tyhe countrysiode         £20

6K.372  Look Back on England (John Burke).  224pp. hardbvack with dustwrap.           £3

6K.373  Official Guide to Colonial Williamsburg. 160pp. softback       £1.50

6K.374  A Place in the Country. Various National Trust prpperties described.  224pp. softback     £2.

6K.375  Discovering the National Trust (J.M.Parry). 128pp. hardback with dustwrap.   £2.50

6K.376  Images of the Thames  Desk Diary 2005. Unmarked,  too nice to throw away.        £1

6K.377 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.378  A Remembered Land. Life in the countryside 1884-1914. 160pp. hardback with dustwrap £2.50

6K.379  Bridges over the Thames (Mindell, publ. Blandford, 1983). 160pp. hardback with dustwrap        £2.50

6K.380  The A.A. Touring Guide to Britain. 250pp. softback. publ. 1978.   £2

 

History

6K.386  The Plantagenet Chronicles.  All you wanted to know about the Plantagenet dynasty 1128-1216. 352pp. hardback with dustwrap.  Coffee table book   £5

6K.387  Great Generals of the American Civil War. 192pp. hardback with dustwrap. Coffee table book.   £3

 

Quotations, Religion, etc.

6K.391  Dictionary of Regrettable Quotations.  What people wish they hadn't said.  246pp. softback £2.50

6K.392 Cruden's Concordance.  Finds any reference in the Bible.   Abridged edition.  Victorian binding.            £2.50


Juvenile and Comic publications

6K.396  Ideal Book for Boys. Adventure stories.  Publ. Dean. c 1948 140pp. Economy paper. £1.50

6K.397  Treasure Island.  The famousb story, abridged with colour illustrations     £1.50

6K.398  The Great Cartoon Stars.  A Who's Who? by Denis Gifford. 128pp. hardback with dustwrap. £2.50

6K.399  Knockout Fun Book 1948.  192pp 'annual'-type. Missing first page (frasmes 1-6). Scuffed covers         £2.50

6K.400  Knockout Fun Book 1951. 191pp. hardback. 'Annual'-type.  Good throughout   £2.50

6K.401  Knockout Fun Book 1953. 191pp. hardback.  'Annual'-type Lightly scuffed board covers. Generally good        £2.50

6K.402 Knockout Fun Book 1954.  191pp. hardback. 'Annual'-type Scribble on inside front cover.  Corners bumped. .        £1.50

6K.403  Knockout Fun Book 1956.  192pp. hardback.  Missing first 2 leaves (1-4). Scuffed covers         £1.50

6K.404  Knockout Annual 1957.  192pp. hardback.Good throughout    £2.50

6K.405  Knockout Annual 1958. 192pp. hardback.Slight paper loss on voard cover. Good interior       £1.50

6K.406  School Friend Annual.  Most of the post-war year issues.     1940s. Each   £2

     1950s and later Each  £1

6K.407  School Friend Annual. Some pre-war issues (scarce)           Each   £20

6K.408  Girl's Crystal Annual.  Most of the post-war year issues     1940s Each   £2

     1950s and later Each   £1

6K.409  Girls' Crystal Annual. Some prer-war issues   P.O.A. .   

General Travel

6K.451  Arthur Mee's Golden Year 'Over the hills and far away'.  316pp. describing world places. Nice colour plates.          £4.50

6K.452  Ghost Towns (of the U.,S.A.) (Robotham, publ. Courage, Brompton Books, 1993). 128pp. hardback with dustwrap           £3

 

General novels

6K.456  The Green Years (A.J. Cronin,  publ. Fanfate Press). 238pp. hardback. One of the former 'masters' of the ovel form      £1.50

 

General reference

6K.461  The Home Handyman Encyclopedia. 304pp. hardback (laminated covers)  about absolutely everything around the home.          £2

 

6L - MAPS

6L.466  O.S.: 1:50000 without covers: Each    50p.

106 Market Weighton

145 Cardigan

158 Tenby

167 Chelmsford & Harlow

 168 Colchester & The Blackwater

170 The Rhondda

192 Exeter & Sismouth

198 Brighton & The Downs

202 Torbay & South Dartmoor

6L.467  Michelin 403  Wales, Midlands, Wes Country         50p.

6L.468  Michelin 404: Midlands, East Anglia, South East     50p.

6L.469  Esso 1 - London    50p.

6L.470  Esso 3 - South & West England        50p.

6L.471  Esso 5 - Northern England     50p.

6L.472  Esso 5 - Northern England (different)   50p

6L.473  Esso 6 - Southern Scotland     50p

6L.474  Esso: 7 - Northern Scotland     50p.

6L.475  BP 1 - South West England     50p.

6L.476  BP 3 - The Midlands      50p.

6L.477  BP 3 (earlier edition)  - Northern England & Southern Scotland       50p.

6L.478  BP 4 -  Wales     50p.

6L.479 BP 10 - Ireland    50p.

6L.480  National Benzole 6:  Central & Southern Scotland               50p.

6L.481  National Benzole 7: Northern Scotland   50p.

6L.482  Castrol: Great Britain      50p

6L.483  Dunlop: South-East England 'width-of-road' map.          50p.

6L.484  R.A.C. South East England.  3m/inch   50p.

6L.485  Mobil: Northern England & Southern Scotland              50p

6L.486  Bacon Motor Road Map – England & Wales South Sheet. Printed both sides.  Well thumbed   50p.

6L.487  Isle of Wight (3-colour).     25p.

6L.488  Bartholomew: Suffolk ½-inch. Cloth      £1

6L.489  Bartholomew: Everyone's Map of Britain (with Reader's Digest)    £0.50

6L.490  Batholomew: Historic Houses (GB & Ireland), with illustrations (wall chart)  £0.50

6L.491  Bartholomew Pocket Atlas - Great Britain (1975)       £0.50

6L.492  Burrow's Pointer Map to Bath       £1

6L.493 Geographers': A-Z Master Map of Greater London, S.W. section Great clarity        £1

6L.494  Geographers' London - Main Roads. very clear colour map.                £1

6L.495  Geographers' South East England       £0.50

6L.496  Geographers'. County Road Map - Surrey £0.25

6L.497  Barnett's (publ). Map of Oxfordshire Large-scale, easy to read, with map of M1 motorway and Oxford city       £0.50

(not to be confused with street plan of Oxford)

6L.498  Forestry Commission: Grizedale Forest guide         £0.50

6L.499  Forestry Commission: See Your Forests '78 - South England      £0.50

6L.500  Geographia - No. 3 Midlands   £0.50

6L.501  Geographia: 50 Miles Round London (for cyclists and motorists) (pocket size)   £0.50

6L.502  Geo. Philip 'Daily Mail' Milestoner Motor Map Section 8 South  Midlands and Cotswolds. 48pp. booklet.   Nice period piece.     £1.50

6L.503  Batholomew Vintage Motoring History Map. Shows locations of former factories.etc. £1.50

6L.504  Gulf Oil M4 Motorway Nature Trail £1.50

6L.505 Philips' The World on Mercator's projection. Cloth.         £2.50

6L.506  Guide Booklet - Leamington Spa, 1950      £1

6L.507  Highways Agency. Roadworks information - South  Midlands Area April-Sept 2003 £1

Street Maps and guides

6L.508 Barnett (publ) : Oxford Street Plan (mono) 50p.

6L.509  Assorted: Exmouth, Chester, Broadway (Worcs.)      .     Each  25p.  

6L.510  Bartholomew.  Picture chart of Historic Houses (GB and Ireland)     £0.50

6L.511  Philip's Street Atlas - Worcestershire.  Wire-bound.  Medium size, full colour.  Rev. to 2003      £5

6L.512  Philip's (O.S.) West Sussex. Non-colour.  3½ in. to 1 mile. Rev. top 1990. Hardback        £3

6L.513  Barnett Street Plan of Hatfield.   £1.50

6L.514  Barnett Street Plam of Letchworth £1.50

6L.515  Barnett Street Plan of Maidenhead & Marlow      £1.50

6L.516  Barnett Ascot, Bracknell   £1.50

6L.517  Barnett Potters Bar    £1,50

6L.518  Barnett Stevenage     £1.50

6L.519  Barnett Oxon/Bucks & Berks.  £1.50

6L.520  Barnett Croydon, Coulsden, Purley £1.50

6L.521  Barnett (ABC) Hertfordshire  £1.50

6L.522  Estate Red Book - Surrey Town Centres £1.50

6L.523  A-Z Watford, etc     £1.50

6L.524  Estate Red Book Avon Town Cenbtres £1.50

6L.525  Estate Red Book Hampshire Town Centres        £1.50

6L.526  A -Z Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Durham, . Sunderland. Pocket edition 1991 (non colour). £1.50

6L.527  A-Z Northamnpton, Wellingborough, Rushden        £1.50

6L.528 Geographia Street Plan Gloucester  £1.50

 

Overseas Maps

6L.531  Antwerp Street Map (Tourist Office and A.N.other)       £0.25

6L.532  Canadian Oil (White Rose): Ontario £0.25

6L.533  Sunoco: Ontario     £0.25

6L.534   Ontario Dept.of Highways: Ontario 1967           £0.25

6L.535  Avis Car Rental: British Columbia £0.25

6L.536  Michelin 6: Amsterdam/Nijmegen £0.25

6L.537  Michelin 23: Geneva, Bern   £0.25

6L.538  Michelin 64:  Orleans, Tours region £0.25

6L.539  Michelin 72: Limoges/Gueret   £0.25

6L.540  Michelin 81: Avignon/Digne   £0.25

6L.541  Michelin 411 - Belgium, Luxembourg £0.25

6L.542  Michelin 987: Germany.Austria/Benelux          £0.25

6L.543  A.V. Falk: Amsterdam street (colour) £0.25

6L.544  I.G.N.: Marseille/Carpentras   £0.25

6L.545  Aral - Germany Area 1 Northern peninsula         £0.25

6L.546  BP - Western Europe    £0.25

6L.547  Innsbruck Street Map    £0.25

6L.548  Esso - Belgium     £0.25

6x.549  ANWB - Central Netherlands  £0.25

6L.550  ANWB - South Netherlands   £0.25

 

SECTION M Gramophone Record Catalogues

Columbia

6M.556 1949-50 £6

6M.557 1950-51 £5

6M.558 1953-54 £5

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

6M.561 1956-57 (33, 45, 78 rpm) £6

 

HMV

6M.566 1945-46   £6

6M.567 1948-9   £6

6M.568 1949-50   £5

6M.569 1950-51   £5

6M.570 1956-57 (33, 45, 78 rpm) £5

 

Parlophone

6M.576 1954-55 (33, 45, 78 rpm) £4

 

SECTION N Video Tapes and DVD cassettes

Video tapes - railway subjects:

6N.581  The Steam Era No. 1 - Trains to Tenterden. Early years on the Kent & East Sussex  £1.50

6N.582  Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends (no case)  £1

Other Video tapes (all VHS format):

War (Video-tape)

6N.586  Above us The Waves (wartime espionage)  £2

6N.587  Battle of the Bulge (wartime confrontation) £2

6N.588  Force 10 from Navarone (wartime espionage)  £2

Sport (Video-tape)

6N.591  A Bird's Eye View of Cricket (Dickie Bird, Umpire).    £1.50

Feature films (Video-tape)

6N.596   A Room with a View (E.M.Forster's famous

novel, set in Italy)     £2

6N.597  Bond, James (007) - Tomorrow Never Dies      £2

6N.598  Breakfast at Tiffany's. The classic, starring Audrey Hepburn.            £2

6N.599  Genevieve (London to Brighton Veteran Car Run)                  £2

6N.600 Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (Monroe & Russell)   £2.50

6N.601  Harry Potter & The Sorcerer's Stone (possibly non-original)            £2

6N.602  Hollywood Musicals of the ‘50s. A compilation of film trailers     £1.50

6N.603  Kind Hearts and Coronets (Ealing comedy great)  £2

6N.604  No Way Out (Spy Thriller) Stars Costner, Hackman)   £2

6N.605  Out of Africa (Karen Blixen story - a mild romamce)       £2

6N.606   Pirates of the Caribbean (The Curse of the Black Pearl) (comedy adventure)        £2

6N.607  Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (musical)  £2

6N.608  Singin' in the Rain (musical)             £2

6N.609   Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (the original cartoon story)          £2

6N.610  The Boat (German submarine drama)       £2

6N.611  The Night of the Generals (wartime murder drama, starring O'Toole)            £2

6N.612  The Mill on the Floss (George Eliot classic)       £2

6N.613  The Man Who Knew Too Much (Hitchcock)

6N.614  The Adventures of Huck Finn. (Mark Twain).               £2

6N.615  The Wizard of Oz.  The famous film starring Judy Garland            £2

6N.616  The Woman in Red (comedy - what could happen when chasing a woman)        £2

6N.617 Top Hat (Astaire musical)        £2

6N.618  Watership Down. The award-winning rabbit story.(see also book section)    £1.50

TV related (video-tape)

6N.621  The Duchess of Duke Street. 5-cassette set describing life and times in an Edwardian London hotel     £5

6N.622   Minder - Gunfight at the O.K.Launderette  The very first episode of this cult series £2

6N.623  Poldark. 1st. series. Part 2 (3 episodes on one tape)        £2

6N.624  Poldark 1st. Series. Part 3 (3 episodes on one tape    £2

6N.625  Poldark 2nd. Series Parts 1, 2, 3, 4, 4 tapes.          Lot    £6.  

6N.626  Poldark. 2nd. Series Part 3   £1.50

 

6N.627  The Mallen Girls (Catherine Cookson story)     £1.50

6N.628  Pride and Prejudice. The accaimed TV adaptation featuring Colin Firth.Double-tape £2.50

6N.629  The Prisoner.(McGoohan) Episodes 7-8 'Many Happy Returns' and 'Dance of the Dead'. Starring Patrick McGoohan.    £3

6N.630  The Tide of Life (Catherine Cookson story)        £1.50

Documentary (video-tape)

6N.636  Basingstoke - The Price of Progress 1992.  A locally-made review of the changes wrought by the arrival of the new town.      £1.50

6N.637  Basingstoke - 'The Town We Lost'  Part 2 Locally-made review of the changes wrought by the arrival of the new town £1.50

6N.638 Blea Moor and Ribblehead. A not-too-good examination of this stretch of the Settle & Carlisle line. Includes interview wirh signalman.   £2

6N.639  Great Wonders of the World (Reader's Digest)     £1.50

6N.640   History happened here (Reader's Digest)        £1.50

6N.641  Lord's Uncovered (tour of cricket ground)   £2

6N.642 Richard Dimbleby, Broadcaster (with LP record)  £2

6N.643  Stanley Spencer (British painter)      £2

6N.644 The Secret Lives of the British Prime Ministers - Asquith and the Tax Scandal             £2

6N.645 The Secret Lives of the British Prime Ministers - Ramsay Macdonald and the Communist plot       £2

6N.646  The Yorkshire Ripper.  Police investigation          £1.50

6N.647 This is Nigel Mansell.   1993 World Championship season. Published by Texaco.      £3

6N.648  The Life and Times of George Formby      £2

6N.649  Formby's Farewell. Solo stage show recorded a few weeks before his death.     £2.50

Beta Format Videos

6N.651  Chitty Chotty Bang Bang        £1

6N.652  Thoroughly Modern Millie        £1

 

DVDs

Feature films (DVD)

6N.656  'His Girl Friday'. The hectic pace of a newspaper office. Starring Cary Grant, Rosalind Russell. Intro. by Tony Curtis.   £3

6N.657  'The Robe' The 1953 award-winning film about the effect on a Roman soldier of the garment from Christ's body on the cross. Starring Richard Burton, Jean Simmons.`      £2.50

6N.658  North to Alaska (John Wayne) (Classic title song, performed by Johnny Horton)          £2.50

 

TV-related (DVD)

6N.661 Vanity Fair (the Thackeray novel)         £2

 

Transport (DVD)

6N.666 Classic Vintage and Veteran  Motorcycles    £3

6N.667 Steaming Around Britain - Scotland       £2.50

 

Documentary

6N.671 Loch Ness Discovered      £2.50

6N.672  Michael Collins (the story of the Irish loyalist; story spoiled by bad language)        £2.50

6N.673 The King - Piofile of former soccer star Denis Law              £2.50

6N.674  100 Years of Comedy. Concise visual guide to the styles of all the renowned comedy stars of yesteryear and more modern times   £2.50

 

Newspaper issue (DVD)

6N.676 The Browning Version (Rattigan school story)     £1

6N.677  The Great War Parts 1 & 2        £1

6N.678  Only Fools and Horses - 2 episodes         £1

6N.679  Icon (Frederick Forsyth story)        £1  

6N.680  Middlemarch (2 discs)    £1.50

6N.681  Dempsey & Makepiece        £1

6N.682  Ultimate Ashes: Bodyline and 2005 series       £1

6N.683  Railway Magazine compendium  of features including London to Brightojn record-breaking run   £1

6N.684  Railway Magazine 2006 record-breaking  run       £1

6N.685  Rogue Trader (Nick Leeson story           £1

6N.686  Kavanagh Q.C. Stars John thaw           £1

6N.687  Jeeves and Wooster         £1

6N.688  Rogue Trader - Nick Leeson story       £1

Audio-tapes

6N.691 Ronnie Corbett Live         £2

6N.692  Kidnapped (R.L.Stevenson).  Dramatisation by the BBC.   Double audio-cassette in slipcase.        £2

 

Vynil

6N.696  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)

6.701  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.                   

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

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

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

 lists. 1979/1980         

6.705  Peco Catalogue. 13th. edn. c1965 

6.706  Peco catalogue, with 1980 price list

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

6.708 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    

6.709 Kingcraft (Ramsgate) Price List 1981

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

6.711 Oxford & District MRC Exhibition programme 1977

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

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

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

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

6.716 The Great Weller Railway – typewritten notes

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

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

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

6.720  Guinness Railway Fact Book. publ. 1994

192pp. limpback.   Ideal for party quizzes     

6.721  Trains in the Eighties - 4:  Electric Units

6.722  Trains in the Eighties - 5:  Diesel Units

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

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

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

6.726  Brockhampton Press: Picture Reference Book of Railways. 32pp. limpback with lots of line drawings.  Soiled, but useful       £1.50

6.727  Shunter Duties 1982 edition. 60pp.

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

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

6.730 Woking 150 Transport Extravaganza programme (May 1988)    

6.731 Isle of Man Steam 125 (1998) Brochure of

events              

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

6.733  BR Western Region. Claims settlement form. March 1961     

6.734  Railtalk - several shareholder bulletins issued by Railtrack.          

6.735  Canada Rail (ViA) Timetable 1980s.   

6.736 Railway Magazine Calendar 2009

6.737  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.   

6.738 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

        

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