Sheffield Railwayana Auctions

Myers Grove School

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Auction 15th June 2002 at 11.00am     Viewing 15th June 2002 from 7.30am till 11.00am

 

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551    DOW, GEORGE: “Great Central” three volume hardback set of this definitive work.  Pub. by LPC/Ian Allan 1959 – 1971.  Good condition.  (3)                             £50

552    HARDBACK BOOKS: Uniform set of three Thomas Aleksandr published “Locomotive Works Lists” covering Manning Wardle, Hudswell Clarke, E.B. Wilson.  95pp-368pp, laminated board covers, pub. 1982.  Good condition.  (3)                                                       £30

553    Two David & Charles published HARDBACK BOOKS with dustwrappers “The Textile Mill Engine” Vols. 1 and 2 by George Watkins.  112pp and 120pp pub. 1970 and 1971.  Mint condition.  (2)                                                                                                                               £25

554    HARDBACK BOOKS: Smile’s “Lives of The Engineers” Volumes 1-3 D&C reprint.  Each hardback with dustwrappers, 484pp-512pp.  Pub. 1968.  Good condition.  (3)                       £30

555    HARDBACK BUS BOOKS: Two volume TPC published work “North Western” by Eric Ogden covering the operations of the North Western Road Car Company.  192pp and 152pp, pub. 1980 and 1981.  VGC.  (2)                                                                                                               £20

556    HARDBACK BOOK: “Sheffield Corporation Tramways” by Kenneth Gandy.  186pp laminated board covers.  Pub. by Sheffield City Libraries in 1985.  Unusual to find this book in this format.  (1)                                                                                                                                   £20

557    SIMPSON, BILL: “Oxford to Cambridge Railway” two volumes pub. by OPC 1981-1983.  Both volumes hardback with dustwrappers and in good condition.  (2)                  £20

558    HARDBACK BUS BOOKS. Three TPC published works covering famous Coach and Bus Builders: “Park Royal” Vols. 1 and 2 by Alan Townsin 1979 and 1980; “Alexander” by Gavin Booth, 1980.  (3)                                                                                                                               £20

559    HARDBACK BOOK: “Railroad Book of England – Historical, Topographical and Picturesque” by Edward Churton, pub. 1851.  590pp plus Table of Routes.  Spine faded, gold inlaid lettering, one fold out map with tears, VGC otherwise.  (1)                                                  £30

560    Large format (13½” x 19”) HARDBACK BOOK: “King Steam: Selected Railway Paintings and Drawings” by C. Hamilton Ellis.  76pp, Limited Edition No. 1125 of 3000 issued by The Sunday Times in May 1971.  Complete with presentation slip case in VGC.  (1)               £20

561    Large format (11” x 15”) HARDBACK BOOK: “The Book of the Great Western.”  Landscape format, 100+pp published by The Sunday Times in 1970 as number 2215 in a Limited Edition of 3000.  A must for any GWR enthusiast.  (1)                                                                               £20

562    Large format (22” x 18”) HARDBACK BOOK: “View of The Opening of the Glasgow and Garnkirk Railway” by D.O. Hill.  Limited Edition Volume 127 of 250 pub. by Heritage Press (Scotland) in 1981.  Part leather covers with inlaid gold titles in excellent condition.  (1)           £50

563    HARDBACK BOOK (no dustwrapper): “The Railways of Tottenham” by G.H. Lake.  91pp, and map pub. by Greenlake Publications in April 1946.  (1)                 £5

564    BOUND VOLUMES 1 and 2 of the magazine “Railways” published 1939-40.  Both in official bindings.  (2)                                            £20

565    Six card covered booklets from the series on LOGGING RAILROADS OF PENNSYLVANIA: No. 1 Pitch Pine and Prop Timber; No. 2 Wild Catting on The Mountain; No. 4 Sunset Along Susquehanna Waters; No. 5 The Goodyears, an Empire of The Hemlocks; No. 6 Whining Saws and Squealing Flanges; No. 13 Steamwinders in The Laurel Mountains.  Each 50-90pp.  Pub. 1970-72.  (6)                                                                                                               £30

566    TWO BOOKS: “Modern Train Signalling” by Aitken, 168pp, plus diagrams of equipment in hardback blue covers, c.1930 in VGC: together with “The Locomotive Simply Explained” by Chas S. Lake No. 17 in the Model Engineer series, 55pp, many diagrams and photographs.  Pub. c.1920s in soft covers with a little damage to spine and rusty staples.  (2)                  £10

567         ALLEN P. & WHEELER R: “Steam on The Sierra.”  203pp, hardback with dustwrapper, pub. by Cleaver Hume in 1960.  VGC.  (1)                                                                                    £25

568         DAVIES W.J.K: “French Minor Railways.”  142pp, hardback with dustwrapper, pub. by David & Charles/Macdonald in 1965.  (1)                                                                                      £20

569    HISTORY OF BRADSHAW RAILWAY GUIDES.  Two hardback books: “The Centenary of Bradshaw” by Charles Lee, 48pp, pub. by Railway Gazette, 1940; plus “The History of Bradshaw” by G. Royde Smith, 76pp, pub. by Blacklock & Co., 1939.  (2)                               £30

570    HARDBACK BOOK: “Old Euston – An Account of The Beginning of The London & Birmingham Railway and The Building of Euston Station.”  69pp, pub. by Country Life in 1938.  (1)                                                                                                                                       £10

571    DENDY MARSHALL C.F: “A History of Railway Locomotives Down to The End of The Year 1831.”  Hardback with dustwrapper, 271pp, pub. by The Locomotive Publishing Company in 1953.  (1)                                                                                                                                       £20

572    WIENER, LIONEL: “Articulated Locomotives.”  628pp, hardback, with maroon clothbound boards.  Pub. By Constable in 1930.  (1)                               £30

573    TREACY, ERIC: “Steam Up.”  80pp, hardback, pub. by Ian Allan c.1950.  VGC.  (1)   £15

574    PEACOCK T: “P.L.A. Railways.”  117pp, hardback, pub. by LPC in 1952.  Some foxing to dustwrapper otherwise good.  (1)                                                                                            £20

575    BOYD J: “The Festiniog Railway.”  Two volumes with hardback covers and complete with dustwrappers.  448pp pub. by Oakwood Press in 1956 and 1959.  (2)                  £30

576    WHITEHOUSE P.B: “Tralee & Dingle Railway.”  76pp, hardback, pub. by LPC c.1950s.  (1)                                                                                                                                           £20

577    PEARCE HIGGINS S.H: “The Wantage Tramway.”  158pp hardback with dustwrapper, pub. by Abbey Press in 1958.  (1)                                                                                                £30

578    LOCOMOTIVE MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION HANDBOOK.  Hardback, clothbound covers, 464pp plus several fold-out diagrams, pub. by the association in 1951.  Contains lots of information regarding the British Locomotive Manufacturing business.  (1)                    £20

579    MACDERMOT E.T: “The History of The Great Western Railway.”  Three volume set with hardback clothbound covers complete with dustwrappers, pub. by the GWR in 1927-1931.  Fading to dustwrappers, good otherwise.  (3)                                                                         £20

580    Three Volume HISTORY OF NORWEGIAN RAILWAYS “De Norske Jernbaners Historie” by Einar Ostvedt.  Over 1200pp in 3-part leather bindings.  Pub. 1954.  (3)                           £30

581    FRANCIS, JOHN: two volume set “History of The English Railway.”  Each volume, part leather bound, 270pp, pub. by Longman Brown Green & Longmans in 1851.  (2)                       £20

582    Small size HARDBACK BOOK: “Analytical View of Railway Accidents” being the quarterly journal of the Statistical Society, dated December 1853.  100+pp in part leather bound covers.  Ex Railway Club Library.  (1)                                                                                     £20

583    RAILWAY YEAR BOOK FOR 1902, hardback, 243pp plus advertisements.  Packed with information on each UK railway company.  VGC.  (1)                                                      £15

584    RAILWAY YEAR BOOK FOR 1908, hardback, 377pp plus advertisements.  Packed with information on each UK railway company.  VGC.  (1)                                                      £15

585    RAILWAY YEAR BOOK FOR 1917, hardback, 328pp plus advertisements.  Packed with information on each UK railway company.  Spine faded, contents good.  (1)               £15

586    RAILWAY YEAR BOOK FOR 1923, hardback, 402pp plus advertisements.  Packed with information on each UK railway company.  VGC.  (1)                                                      £15

587    MODEL RAILWAY CATALOGUES from 1940s/50s/60s comprising Bassett-Lowke, Triang (TT) (2), Exley (2), Lone Star OOO (2) and 8 railway modelling handbooks.  (15)              £10

588    Book BRITISH RAILWAYS 1825-1925 published by LPC.  124pp, plus adverts, card covers with postcard laid on.  (1)                                                                                                    £15

589    BELL W.J: “Recent Locomotives of The LM&SR” with foreword by WA Stanier, c.1930.  Hardback, 35pp plus space for notes.  Good condition.  (1)                                              £10

590    Large HARDBACK BOOK: “Les Locomotives Suisses” by Camille Barbey.  147pp, plus 82 plates discussing the history and engineering of Swiss locomotives.  Pub. in Geneva 1896.  Ex NER Locomotive Engineer’s Office.  Front cover loose.  (1)                                     £20

591    HARDBACK BOOK: “Law of Railways” by L. Shelford.  616pp pub. by Henry Butterworth in 1845.  (1)                                                                                                                            £5

592    HARDBACK BOOK: “The North Staffordshire Railway” by “Manifold.”  Red clothbound covers with title in gold.  182pp, pub. By J. Henstock, Ashbourne in 1952.  VGC.  (1) £20

593    HARDBACK BOOK: “Centenary History of The Liverpool & Manchester Railway” by Dendy Marshall.  192pp plus plates, pub. by LPC in 1930.  VGC.  (1)                                      £20

594    HARDBACK BOOK: “A Manual of Locomotive Engineering” by W. Pettigrew & A. Ravenshear.  430pp plus diagrams, pub. by Griffin & Co. in 1899.  (1)                 £20

595    HARDBACK BOOK: “Modern Locomotive Practice” by C.E. Wolff.  270pp, pub. by Scientific Publishing Co. in Manchester c.1910.  Small mark on cover, otherwise good.  (1)             £10

596    Large size HARDBACK BOOK: “Hollandsche Ijzeren Spoorweg-Maatschappij 1839-1889.”  119pp plus many fold out diagrams.  Detailed information on the early Dutch Railways.  Undated.  A little foxing and top of spine nibbled.  Text in Dutch.  (1)                                               £50

597    HARDBACK BOOK: “Modern Railway Signalling” by Tweedie & Lascelles.  259pp, pub. by Gresham Publishing c.1940s.  VGC.  (1)                                                                                £40

598    HARDBACK BOOK: “Western Electric Electrical Supply Year Book 1916.”  A 1504pp catalogue of the company’s products including items with railway connections.  Produced for the USA market.  (1)                                                                                                                 £20

599    Collection of PAPERBACK BOOKLETS: “Ratty 100” pub. by R&ER Co. 1976; “The Bedside Ratty” 1974; Drew’s Local Area Railway & Motor Bus Timetable, Aldershot, July 1946; Railway Centenary Procession 1925 (worn).  (4)                                                                      £10

600    THE IRISH COMMERCIAL & RAILWAY GAZETTEER, showing every town and village in Ireland, compiled by J.F. Leggatt, 2nd edition, 1893.  93pp with, pasted inside front cover – Appendix to the 2nd edition 1898, 4pp.  Nice advertisement for Saxby & Farmer on back cover.  (1)                                                                                                                             £35

601    END OF COLLECTION selection of various items: LNER “The Coronation” Booklet; Personal notebooks 1898; Victorian Children’s Book (very poor); Times Newspaper GWR Centenary Number 1935; Churchman’s Cigarette Cards (Wonderful Railway Travel series); Album of Newspaper Cuttings c.1900s.  (7)                                                                                                   £15

602    33RPM RECORDS: Hallmark “Memories of Steam,” Argo “Trains to Remember” and Argo “Pines Express.”  (3)                                                                                                              £5

603    Collection of RH&DR items: Timetable August 1938; RH&DR (Oakwood 1967); “The Line That Jack Built” (1940s, April 1950); “World’s Smallest Public Railway” (IA March 1968); IA Guide (March 1951).  (6)                                                                                                               £20

604    LONDON & SOUTH WESTERN RAILWAY “The Official Guide to The London & South Western Railway” 6th edition 1907.  460pp, plus folding maps and adverts.  Red board covers lettered and illustrated in black.  Good condition.  (1)                                                                     £20

605    SAM FAY: “A Royal Road.”  A History of the London & South Western Railway 1883.  137pp with royal blue covers embossed in gold and signed by the author.  VGC.  (1)             £30

606    CASSELL’S OFFICIAL GUIDE TO THE MIDLAND RAILWAY dated 1883.  Hardback covers with ornate design in gold showing Gloucester Cathedral and Dove Dale.  376pp plus adverts and several pull-out maps.  Good condition for age.  (1)                                          £20

607    Early RAILWAY NEWSPAPERS:  Disbound copies of Herapath’s Journal dated December 1850; Railway Times October 1841 and May 1868; Railway News 1909.  (4)                       £10

608    LEWIS M.J.T: “Early Wooden Railways.”  436pp in soft covers, pub. by Routledge & Paul in 1970.  (1)                                                                                                                                      £25

609    RAILWAY ACCIDENT REPORTS mostly from the 1950s, but also including some 1960s/1970s examples all in MoT blue covers.  Plus a number of “Roneo” typescript railway internal reports into accidents in the 1960s/70s.  (24)                                                                    £50

610    Four ALBUMS OF FIRST DAY AND COMMEMORATIVE POSTAL COVERS, the vast majority of several hundred having been posted on, and postmarked by, Travelling Post Offices, within the UK dating from 1968 – late 1990s.  A most comprehensive collection worthy of closer inspection.  (Qty)                                                                                                £30

611    BR TYPE 3 DIESEL-ELECTRIC LOCOMOTIVE MAINTENANCE MANUAL.  Large 400+pp booklet detailing all aspects of work on the class 33 locos built by Birmingham Railway Carriage & Wagon Co.  Dated April 1960.  (1)                                                                           £20

612    LNER official bound volume displaying 106 specimen Passes and Periodical Passes from 1st April 1946, showing fronts and backs together with notes on availability.  Most are card examples in VGC, but there are also 9 leather type which have not stood the test of time quite so well.  All examples are pasted in.  (1)                                                                           £50

613    GWR. A 120 page hardback typescript document describing the history and development of Swindon Works.  Lots of in depth information, facts and figures concerning the works.  No indication of author, but appears to date from c.1924.  Spine damaged.  (1)                        £25

614    SER & LC&DR “Book of Reference.”  Foolscap sized 300+pp detailing land to be taken for the construction of new railways in 1900 and 1906.  Covers a little worn, but contents sound.  (1)                                                                                                                                                    £25

615    LSWR ledger book: “Speed of Trains” with approx. 80 tables in manuscript of train timings compiled between 1893-1908.  Spine missing, but the information is invaluable!  (1)      £20

616    GWR foolscap size document “Diagrams of Special Wagons.”  Card covers containing 30+pp of diagrams of wagons dated 1932.  (1)                                                                               £10

617    GREAT EASTERN RAILWAY Engine Book.  Landscape format book containing over 50 diagrams of GER locomotives.  Dated 1914.  (1)                                                             £10

618    MIDLAND RAILWAY Table of Lengths of Running Lines and Sidings 1917-1921 with planned amendments and alterations.  89pp rather tatty, fragile and pages torn, but a wealth of information!  (1)                                                                                                                              £15

619    MORTON & Co. published tourist guide to the LB&SCR.  Paperback covers with illustration of London Bridge and Victoria Stations.  32pp plus adverts and loose map.  Dated 1880.  A little damage to rear cover and map torn, but generally good for age.  (1)                                   £20

620    MORTON & Co. published tourist guide to the GWR.  Paperback covers with illustration of Paddington Station.  32pp plus adverts and loose map.  Dated 1880.  Rear cover detached otherwise good.  (1)                                                                                                                            £20

621    MORTON & Co. published tourist guide to the L&SWR.  Paperback covers with illustration of Waterloo Station.  32pp plus adverts and loose map.  Dated 1881. (1)                           £20

622    MORTON & Co. published tourist guide to the GNR.  Paperback covers with illustration of Kings Cross Station.  32pp plus adverts and loose map.  Dated 1880. (1)                           £20

623    MORTON & Co. published tourist guide to the SER.  Paperback covers with illustration of Charing Cross and Cannon Street Stations.  32pp plus adverts and loose map.  Dated 1880. (1)                                                                                                                                                       £20

624    MORTON & Co. published tourist guide to the LNWR.  Paperback covers with illustration of Euston Arch.  32pp plus adverts and loose map.  Dated 1880. (1)                               £20

625    L&YR “General Directions – Management of Stations & Handling of Merchandise Traffic” dated March 1919 in blue board covers, 83pp with slight damage to spine, OK otherwise; together with RCH “The Livestock Handbook” Transport by Road & Rail, 56pp, 1947 in blue softback covers.  (2)                                                                                                    £15

626    NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY booklet “Signal Whistles to be Given by Drivers, List of Water Columns, Turntables, etc.” dated April 1921.  143pp clothbound covers.  (1)                       £20

627    LEATHER AND CARD POUCH containing two handwritten pages with cover sheet headed “Clennetts Patent, Case for Opinion of Mr Aston QC” dated 1883; plus other items outlining Clennett’s invention and that of a rival.  The patent is for improvements in apparatus for raising and lowering carriage windows, several diagrams included.  (Qty)                            £10

628    LMS 4 editions of “Handbook of Statistics”: 1929-30 maroon H/B covers 312pp; 1930-31 blue H/B 330pp; 1932 green H/B 307pp; 1937 blue H/B 288pp, all with thumb index. 1932 copy slightly swollen due to amendments pasted in, all VGC otherwise.  (4)                                  £30

629    RCH COACHING ARRANGEMENTS BOOK dated 1912 relating to Traffic by Passenger Train.  201pp, red board covers, front cover worn and first 3 pages creased on corner and a little foxing.  (1)                                                                                                                             £15

630    ISLE OF MAN RAILWAY COMPANY paperback booklet “Memorandum of Association With Articles of Association.”  36pp, pink coloured covers.  1872 issue.  (1)                           £10

631    CALEDONIAN RAILWAY COMPANY “Report of The Committee of Enquiry” dated January 1868.  57pp with additional pages for notes and an appendix with 18pp of tables.  Leather cover rather scuffed and tatty, contents good.  Historical archive material.  (1)                        £40

632    GREAT EASTERN RAILWAY Locomotive Department booklet “Valves and Pistons.”  Landscape format containing 8 diagrams of the various positions of pistons, etc.  Plus 2pp of information dated 1896.  Well worn and fragile, but unusual.  (1)                                           £20

633    NORTH BRITISH RAILWAY bound volume of Additional Train Alterations circulars issued January – December 1910 from the Superintendent of the Line Office Edinburgh.  Cloth and leather cover with gold inlay titles on spine, a little tatty in places, contents VGC.  (1)    £30

634    GLASGOW & SOUTH WESTERN RAILWAY bound set of House of Lords papers regarding a dispute between the railway company and the contractors Boyd & Forrest over payments for construction work between Dalry and Johnstone dated 1900.  VGC.  (1)                  £30

635    NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE RAILWAY Notices to Treat, Schedule of Claims, Additional Land Negotiations, Board of Trade documents, etc., from mid to late 1880s.  (26)                     £15

636    33 BR ENGINE REPAIR CARDS for ex-LMS Patriot Class Loco 45526 “Morecambe & Heysham” 1963 depots include Crewe South, Carlisle Upperby, Springs Branch; together with 12 larger Engine Record Cards covering ex-LMS Locos 40052/55/58/69, 40140, 42148, 42431/33/36/94 and 42152.  All VGC.  (45)                                                                           £20

637    MANCHESTER SHEFFIELD & LINCOLNSHIRE RAILWAY “Excursions and Special Train Arrangements” Circular No. 5 dated January 1880.  8pp.  (1)                                         £5

638    MIDLAND RAILWAY 3 single sheet Signalmen’s Instructions: Blackwell 1906; Saltley Junc. & Duddeston Sidings 1899; New Zealand Sidings and Normanton 1916.  (3)             £10

639    ACTS OF PARLIAMENT: 29 disbound Railway Orders and Amendments including NSR, Stafford & Uttoxeter, Macclesfield Bollington & Marple, Cheadle Railway (Staffs), etc.  (29)                                                                                                                                                 £20

 

640    RAILWAY CHRONICLE TRAVELLING CHARTS: London and Brighton (2nd Edition) on four sheets (one torn with loss).  Published mid 1840s.  (1)                                                            £30

641    MIDLAND RAILWAY Accident Reports: Cudworth 1905, 17pp plus map; Little Salkeld 1918, 4pp.  Disbound.  (2)                                                                                                                       £30

642    MIDLAND RAILWAY Accident Reports: Ambergate 1922, 8pp; Tapton Junction Chesterfield 1919, 4pp; Oakley Junction 1916, 55pp.  (3)                                                                         £30

643    MANCHESTER SHEFFIELD & LINCOLNSHIRE RAILWAY Western Canal Distance Tables covering Ashton, Peak Forest and Macclesfield Canals dated September 1888.  29pp with coloured diagram of “lines.”  Slightly soiled paper cover with a few tears at edge.  (1)        £60

644    LNER/BR(ER)/BR(NER) SIGNALLING NOTICES:  Bethnal Green-Hackney 1935 (torn); Newcastle 1959; Knottingley 1967; Leeds 1967.  (4)                                                        £20

645    OSWESTRY AND NEWTOWN RAILWAY 5 paperwork items: Preliminary Prospectus (1860); headed letter (1857); Report of the Shareholder’s Committee (1857) (dusty); Director’s Report (1857); Act to Authorise Agreements (1864).  (5)                                        £20

646    OSWESTRY ELLESMERE & WHITCHURCH RAILWAY Co. paperwork items: Printed letter from the Secretary’s Office (1861); Company cheque (1861); Bill Authorising the Extension of the Railway (1862).  (3)                                                                                                                       £15

647    MOLD & DENBIGH JUNCTION RAILWAY (EXTENSIONS).  5 Petitions Against the Bill to Authorise the Railway dated 1865.  (5)                                                                                   £20

648    SHREWSBURY AND WELCH-POOL (sic) RAILWAY printed circular re- The Advantages of Building the Railway dated 1855.  (1)                                                                                    £5

649    CAMBRIAN RAILWAYS headed letters from various departments dated 1870-1904.  (10)                                                                                                                                              £10

650    WREXHAM AND MINERA RAILWAY Petition Against the Construction of the Railway.  (1)                                                                                                                                           £5

651    OSWESTRY AND LLANGYNOG RAILWAY Indenture for Listing the Shareholders and Rules of the Company, 11pp, unused, c.1860s.  (1)                                                          £10

652    TANAT VALLEY LIGHT RAILWAY two items: headed letter dated 1904; Share Allocation letter dated 1899.  (2)                                                                                                            £5

653    WREXHAM MOLD & CONNAH’S QUAY RAILWAY paperwork items: Letter acknowledging receipt of dissenting vote (1864); Director’s Report (1880) (dusty); Act for the Extension of the Railway (1864); 3 headed letters from the General Manager’s Office at Wrexham (1869).  (6)                                                                                                                                           £15

654    BUCKLEY RAILWAY Act to Enable Raising of Money for the Railway, 8pp, 1863 (dusty); ABERYSTWYTH AND WELSH COAST RAILWAY Act to Authorise Acquiring Additional Lands, 9pp, 1864.  Both foolscap size, printed on blue paper; PLUS PORTMADOC BEDDGELERT AND RHYD-DDU LIGHT RAILWAY Draft Order Authorizing the Construction of the Railway.  Foolscap size, 8pp, dated 1897.  (3)                                                                    £15

655    GREAT EASTERN RAILWAY printed notice from the Secretary’s Office re- Exchange of Northern & Eastern Shares.  Undated.  (1)                                                                     £5

656    FESTINIOG/NORTH WALES NARROW GAUGE RAILWAYS ephemera including FR Luggage and Cloak Office ticket, NWNGR Consignment Note, Engine Drivers Report, etc.  (9)                                                                                                                                                    £12

657    GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY Tender & Contract for Widening of the Line Between Didcot and Steventon and Wantage Road and Challow.  Each foolscap size, 32pp and 42pp respectively, printed on green paper and dated 1906.  Some foxing.  (2)                                  £15

658    METROPOLITAN RAILWAY large size vellum document for the Lease of Property in Notting Hill by the company.  Two part document with a few related letters attached dated March 1892.                                                                                                                                                          £10

659    METROPOLITAN RAILWAY large size vellum document for the Assignment of Premises in Sutton Place by the company.  Two part document with embossed paper seal of the Met. Rly. Co., dated August 1860.  (1)                                                                                                      £10

660    MACCLESFIELD KNUTSFORD & WARRINGTON RAILWAY eight items mostly relating to the construction and early days of the company dated 1860s-70s.  (8)                           £15

661    Interesting collection of early railway PAPERWORK ITEMS from: Churnet Valley Railway; Macclesfield Committee; Sheffield Buxton Leek Potteries & Crewe Railway; Leek & Manifold Railway; Leek Caldron Low & Hartington Light Railways; Macclesfield Bollington and Marple Railway; North Staffordshire & Buxton Railway.  (45)                                                                   £60

662    Disbound Railway ACTS OF PARLIAMENT.  10 from the 1850s-90s; areas covered include Southampton, Hemel Hempstead, London, Peterborough, Henley-in-Arden, etc.  (10)   £10

663    ACT OF PARLIAMENT for the construction of the Liverpool & Manchester Railway, 108pp, dated May 1826.  Disbound.  (1)                                                                                            £20

664    CORWEN & BALA RAILWAY.  Parliamentary bill for the construction of the railway.  Foolscap size, 27pp, dated 1861; plus 5 Festiniog & Blaneau Railway documents: Share Prospectus and Application Form 1866 (English and Welsh versions); Special Resolutions Reports dated 1868 (3 different editions).  (6)                                                                       £25

665    MIDLAND RAILWAY.  A bundle of Dividend Statements dated late 1890s-1900s.  (Qty)         £20

666    LOUTH & LINCOLN RAILWAY ‘Under Agreement with the Great Northern Railway’ Share Prospectus dated 1872 complete with map of line and application form for shares.  (1)          £25

667    SHEFFIELD DISTRICT RAILWAY Share Prospectus with map of line dated 1896.  (1)           £25

668    GWR carriage notice “Communication With Guard” and “Luncheon and Tea Baskets” dated August 1897 on card.  VGC.  (1)                                                                                           £10

669    GWR “Ticket etc. Regulations, General Notices, By-Laws and Regulations.”  12pp paper leaflet dated 28/10/1940.  VGC.  (1)                                                                              £10

670    GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY Locomotive Department “Regulations as to Hours & C. of Drivers and Firemen” issued by H.N. Gresley October 1912.  4pp on blue paper.  (1)            £10

671    FESTINIOG RAILWAY “The Faery Line” hanging showcard with colour vignettes of various scenes along the line and details of places to visit.  7¾” x 9¾”.  An extra couple of holes have been added for filing and the string is missing, good generally though.  (1)                                   £20

672    FESTINIOG RAILWAY timetable poster dated 3rd July – 23rd September 1939.  20” x 30” and folded, the poster has been neatly taped all round on back to preserve it, but both top corners have been removed.  Also has some Sellotape repairs to tears at creases; together with a 4 page guide which has been similarly treated.  (2)                                                               £10

673    FESTINIOG RAILWAY/NORTH WALES NARROW GAUGE RAILWAYS ephemera including timetable leaflet dated 1929, Consignment Note and other forms, etc.  (8)           £10

674    VIEWS ON THE NEWCASTLE AND CARLISLE RAILWAY 1st edition, 1836 by John Blackmore, Engineer to the Company.  23 colour-tinted plates by J.W. Carmichael. Contemporary marbled board covers, titled in gold on the spine.  Some foxing, but good overall.  (1)                                                                                                                                     £500

675    A package of MISCELLANEOUS PRINTS mostly removed from old magazines and books.  (21)                                                                                                                                               £5

 

Lots 676-682 SHARE CERTIFICATES

 

676    CORK & YOUGHAL RAILWAY COMPANY Share Certificate for £400 of ordinary stock dated 1861.  Certificate No. 17 made out to Lady Maria Thackwell.  (1)                  £25

677    SLIGO & BALLAGHADERREEN JUNCTION RAILWAY COMPANY Share Certificate for 34 £10 shares dated 1872.  (1)                                                                                                 £25

678    BALLINSCARTHY & TIMOLEAGUE JUNCTION LIGHT RAILWAY COMPANY Share Certificate for 35 ‘Perpetual Baronial Guarantee Shares’ dated 1917.  (1)                  £25

679    LIMERICK & KERRY RAILWAY COMPANY Share Certificate for 20 shares dated 1879.  (1)                                                                                                                                         £25

680    LIMAVADY & DUNGIVEN RAILWAY COMPANY Share Certificate for one share dated 1882.  (1)                                                                                                                                  £25

681    OSWESTRY ELLESMERE & WHITCHURCH RAILWAY COMPANY Share Certificate for one £10 share dated 1861.  Embossed seal not cancelled.  (1)                                       £25

682    BISHOPS CASTLE RAILWAY COMPANY Share Certificate for one £10 share dated 1876.  Embossed seal, not cancelled.  (1)                                                                                      £25

 

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Lots 683-704: PARLIAMENTARY REPORTS, BILLS, ORDERS, ETC.

 

Lots 683-686 are late 19th/early 20th Century official Returns of Accidents and Casualties with Reports of The Inspecting Officers of the Railway Department to the Board of Trade as

 presented to both Houses of Parliament for the period stated.  All are paperback with

 blue covers and complete with pull out diagrams where these were included.  Each

 issue is in good condition with the odd nick, crease or small tear, commensurate

 with age and use (except where stated otherwise).

 

683    Three months ending 31st March 1898, 115pp (split along spine) and six months ending 30th June 1898, 64pp.  (2)                                                                                                           £25

684    Three months ending 30th September 1913, 130pp and three months ending 31st December 1913, 144pp.  (2)                                                                                                                  £25

685    General Reports on Accidents on UK Railways for the Years 1878 and 1884 (both a little ragged).  (2)                                                                                                                            £20

686    Nine months ending 30th September 1884 (split along spine).  (1)                                          £10

 

Lots 687-698 are in a similar format to lots 660-669 in blue paperback covers,

but are reports covering a range of different subjects in similar condition.

 

687    Railways (Continuous Brakes).  Two returns by the Railway Companies of the UK for 6 months ending 30th June 1894 and six months ending 31st December 1899.  (2)                       £20

688    Railways (Continuous Brakes).  Two returns by the Railway Companies of the UK for 6 months ending 30th June 1891 and six months ending 31st December 1903.  (2)                       £20

689    Railways (Continuous Brakes).  Two returns by the Railway Companies of the UK for 6 months ending 30th June 1890 and six months ending 31st December 1890.  (2)                       £20

690    Workmen’s Trains – Return dated 25th May 1900.  Much Timetable information, distances, rates on main line and underground railways.  (1)                                                         £15

691    Railway Servants (Hours of Labour) two Returns in Pursuance of Section 4 of the Regulation of Railways Act 1889 for December 1891 and October 1903.  (2)                                £20

692    Railways (Signal Arrangements and Systems of Working) Return by The Railway Companies of the UK:- (1) Interlocking and Concentrating of Signal and Point Levers & C. and (2) System or Systems upon which the Lines of Railway Under Their Control Were Worked.  Two parts in one volume.  Two volumes dated 31st December 1891 and 31st December 1894.   (2)                                                                                                                                                        £20

693    Railway & Canal Traffic Act 1888 – 6th Report by the Board of Trade of Proceedings Under Section 31 of the Act, dated 1899.  (1)                                                                                     £20

694    Railway Servants (Hours of Labour) two Returns in Pursuance of Section 4 of the Regulation of Railways Act 1889 for December 1891 and July 1906.  (2)                                                  £20

695    Railway Rates and Facilities. Copy of Correspondence Between Board of Agriculture & Fisheries and Railway Companies in Great Britain as to The Carriage of Agricultural Produce and Requisites, dated 1904; also a Report of The Departmental Committee Appointed by The Board of Agriculture & Fisheries to Inquire into Report Whether Preferential Treatment is Given by The Railway Companies in Great Britain dated 1906.  (2)                                        £20

696    Railways In India Report for the year 1875-76.  58pp, plus folding map.  (1)                £20

697    Railways In India Administration Report for the Calendar Year 1903.  330pp plus two folding maps.  Not very well trimmed.  (1)                                                                                         £20

698    Railways In India Administration Report for the Calendar Year 1907.  310pp plus folding map.  VGC. (1)                                                                                                                                      £20

 

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699    LIGHT RAILWAY ORDERS selection of 17 different disbound published between 1898 – 1919.  Condition varies, mostly good.  (17)                                                                     £10

700    Hardback bound volume of HOUSE OF COMMONS BILLS dated 1898 including, amongst many other subjects, 4 bills concerning Tramways.  Good condition.  (1)                           £10

701    Hardback bound volume of HOUSE OF COMMONS BILLS dated 1877 including, amongst many other subjects, 2 bills concerning Tramways.  Good condition.  (1)                           £10

702    Hardback bound volume of HOUSE OF COMMONS BILLS dated 1899 including, amongst many other subjects, 3 bills concerning Tramways.  Good condition.  (1)                           £10

703    Hardback bound volume of HOUSE OF COMMONS BILLS dated 1905 including, amongst many other subjects, 2 bills concerning Tramways.  Good condition.  (1)                           £10

704    Hardback bound volume of HOUSE OF COMMONS BILLS dated 1897 including, amongst many other subjects, 3 bills concerning Tramways.  Good condition.  (1)                           £10

 

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Lots 705-714: RAILWAY EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURERS OFFICIAL PUBLICATIONS

 

705    DAVEY PAXMAN & Co. 4 brochures for locomotives and railcars engines produced by the company in the “YH” and “YL” ranges.  Each 4-12pp, glossy illustrated publications issued c. mid-1950s.  VGC.  (4)                                                                                                                      £20

706    TYLER & COMPANY Catalogue of Electrical and Mechanical Signalling Apparatus produced by the company.  Large sized, landscape format, fully illustrated.  324pp book with clothbound hardback covers and title on front.  A quality publication dated 1923.  (1)  £50

707    SAXBY & FARMER LTD. publication “Railway Safety Appliances – Illustrations of Interlocking Installations.”  Cloth bound hardback covers with title in gold on front.  122pp fully illustrated guide to installations worldwide carried out by the company.  A quality publication dated 1901.  (1)                                                                                                                         £50

708    ROBERT STEPHENSON & HAWTHORNS Ltd catalogue of company products.  Coloured card covers illustrated with examples of products, 22pp, fully illustrated.  C.1930s.  (1)        £20

709    METRO-CAMMELL official Photograph Album containing 15 official B&W photographs of company products, plus 4 colour photographs of more recent company products.  Original photos appear to be early 1960s.  VGC.  (1)                                                                                £5

710    Collection of 4 WESTINGHOUSE BRAKE instructions and information booklets dated 1889, 1914, 1934 and c.1940s.  (4)                                                                                               £15

711    HARDBACK BOOK: “A Century of Locomotive Building By Robert Stephenson & Co 1823-1923” by J.G.H. Warren.  Green clothbound boards with title and embossed side view of Robert Stephenson in gold on front.  461pp, pub. by Robert Reid & Co. in 1923.  (1)     £30

 

712    GLOUCESTER RAILWAY CARRIAGE & WAGON Co.  card covered book containing approx. 50 B&W plates of products produced by the company, mostly carriages and wagons for use overseas, but including GWR Railmotor and Taff Vale Coaches.  Undated, but probably c.1920.  (1)                                                                                                            £10

713    HUDSON LIGHT RAILWAY Materials General Catalogue No. 57 issued in 1957.  Hardback, VGC.  (1)                                                                                                                                      £30

714    BRITISH TIMKEN Ltd. “Railway Manual” No. 4001 detailing the operations of the bearings company.  118pp plus diagrams, dated 1950.  Covers a little worn, but contents sound.  (1)                                                                                                                                                          £15

 

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Lots 715-767: MAPS PLANS AND DIAGRAMS

(dmf = dissected, mounted and folded)

 

715    GWR. Map of the GWR and Its Connections.  Coloured, cloth bound map in blue clothbound hardback covers, dated 1909.  VGC.  (1)                                                                             £25

716    LNER Chief Engineer’s Map of the York Area district Engineer’s Districts.  Dmf map of area coloured to show individual districts, contained in clothbound hardback covers with title in gold on front.  Dated 1944 and VGC.  (1)                                                                          £50

 

Lots 717-725 each consist of a quantity of LMSR/BR(LMR) signalling layout

“apportionment” diagrams.  Their purpose was to record the proportion of

signalling maintenance costs payable by each company/organisation at junctions and private

sidings where other companies were involved in working traffic.  Most of the diagrams are

comprehensive in track layout and positions of signals, etc., a few less so.  Sizes vary, but

 most are approx. 28” x 12” when folded.  Condition generally good, but with the odd tear

 and Sellotape repair.  Dates vary from late 1930s - 1950s with one or two 1960s examples.

 

717    7 drawings from former MR locations in the Nottingham area including Attenborough, Beeston, Old Dalby, Holwell, Widmerpool, Edwalton, etc.  (7)                                               £30

718    9 drawings from the former North Staffordshire line from Stenson Junction, including Egginton Junc., Stretton Junc., Tutbury, Bradwell, Bromshall, Alsager Yard, etc.  (9)           £40

719    12 drawings from former MR locations in Northamptonshire including Wellingborough, Glendon, Desborough, Stonefield, Lloyds Sidings, Piddington, etc.  (12)                   £45

720    6 drawings from Burton-on-Trent locations: Hawkins Lane, James Street, Wellington Street, Dallow Lane (poor condition), Leicester Junc., Allsopp’s Sidings.  (6)                           £30

721    6 drawings from North Derbyshire locations including Hasland , Avenue Crossing, Clay Cross, Tibshelf, etc.  (6)                                                                                                              £30

722    10 drawings from Erewash Valley locations including Stanton, Long Eaton, Codnor Park, Coates Park, etc.  (10)                                                                                                            £40

723    8 drawings from former GCR locations in the Nottingham area including Ruddington, Bulwell, etc., and also Calvert and Akeman Street.  (8)                                                                      £30

724    11 drawings from ex MR locations south of Derby including LNW Junc., Sunny Hill, Stenson Junc., Chellaston Junc., Coton Park, Moira West Junc., Castle Donington, Spondon, etc.  (11)                                                                                                                                                      £40

725    5 drawings from Peak District locations including Matlock, Rowsley, Bibbington’s Sidings, etc.  (5)                                                                                                                                            £30

 

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726    Small edition RCH MAP of England & Wales, dated 1909.  Well worn/poor condition with fold tears.  (1)                                                                                                                                     £5

727    BRADSHAW’S CANAL AND RAILROADS MAP.  Leather slipcase containing two-part coloured dmf maps covering N.W. England and West Midlands.  Each 4”:1 mile, dated  1830.  Superb maps in good condition.  Slipcase worn.  (1)                                                                    £50

728    CHEFFIN’S MAP of the English & Scotch Railways dated 1847.  Part coloured, dmf into clothbound hard covers.  Some minor pencil annotation, otherwise VGC for age.  (1)   £15

729    RCH JUNCTION DIAGRAM BOOK dated 1915.  158 maps in standard green clothbound covers.  Maps good, covers detached and worn.  (1)                                                      £40

730    LNER Publication “Maps Included in LNER Time Table” dated March 1937.  Six fold-out maps normally found in each passenger timetable.  The orange card covers resemble that of the PTTs issued at that time.  A little fading to the bottom edge of front cover, VGC otherwise.  (1)                                                                                                                                             £10

731    L&SWR Engineers Department Signal & Telegraph Section diagram of Clapham Junction West.  60” long fold-out part-coloured diagram on cloth showing detailed track and signalling layout of the area contained in large size thick card covers.  Dated 1915 with amendments to 1922.  (1)                                                                                                                                £30

732    L&SWR Engineers Department Signal & Telegraph Section diagram of West London Junction.  60” long fold-out part-coloured diagram on cloth showing detailed track and signalling layout of the area contained in large size thick card covers.  Dated 1915 with amendments to 1922.  (1)                                                                                                        £30

733    L&SWR Engineers Department Signal & Telegraph Section diagram of Clapham Junction South.  60” long fold-out part-coloured diagram on cloth showing detailed track and signalling layout of the area contained in large size thick card covers.  Dated 1911 with amendments to 1922.  (1)                                                                                                                                £30

734    L&SWR Engineers Department Signal & Telegraph Section diagram of Clapham Junction East.  Paper map showing track and signalling layout of the area.  Undated.  (1)                    £20

735    RCH MAP of Yorkshire District – South Sheet.  Dmf into leather bound covers with title in gold on front and dated 1903.  Spine worn otherwise good.  (1)                                       £50

736    RCH MAP of Durham & District.  Dmf into leather bound covers with title in gold on front and dated 1922.  VGC.  (1)                                                                                                       £50

737    RCH MAP of Yorkshire District – North Sheet.  Dmf into leather bound covers with title in gold on front and dated 1908.  Spine worn otherwise good.  (1)                                       £50

738    RCH MAP of West of England.  Dmf into leather bound covers with title in gold on front and dated 1908.  Good condition.  (1)