MISCELLANEOUS BOOKS & ITEMS
STATIONARY ENGINE BOOKS
Edgington, David. Old Stationary Engines. Shire Album 49. Short, well illustrated history of stationary engines with a list of places to visit where some can be seen. (card cover) Shire Publications Ltd., 1987, pp32, isbn 0 85263 500 1. VG £2.50
Whitehead, Robert A. The Age of the Traction Engine. Well illustrated study with chapters on Origin & Makers, The Traction Engine at Work, The Engineman and Engines in trouble. (hb) Ian Allan, 1970, pp96, isbn 0 7110 0129 4. VG, no dust jacket £1
MISCELLANEOUS BOOKS
Hunt, John. Our Everest Adventure. The pictorial history of the 1953 Everest Expedition from Kathmandu to the summit, with detailed text. (hb) Brockhampton Press, 1954, pp128. G, G (some foxing and wear to book and cover + presentation stamp to previous owner inside front cover) £1
Simmons, Jack. Transport. A visual history of modern Britain edited by Jack Simmons. 69 pages of text followed by 239 b/w photos with detailed captions. (hb) Readers Union Limited, 1965, pp206. VG £1
Thurkell, Fred & Scullion, Bob. British Columbia 100 Years Ago. Portraits of a Province. Collection of old postcards with very detailed captions. (pb) Heritage House, 2002, pp176, large landscape format, isbn 1 894384 50 4. VG £1
Wordsworth, Christopher. Fuji Professional Wedding & Portrait Photography. Technical contribution by Ian Coates. Well illustrated book featuring ideas, techniques and advice about portrait photography. (pb) British Journal of Photography, 1991, pp144, large format, isbn 0 900414 39 1. VG £1
8mm FILMS (not tested) in original boxes
£2 each or make an offer for multiple purchases.
Walton 8 Home Movies. Railway Scrapbook. A railway film with a wide appeal. See the last journey on the Mumbles railway, centenary of the Festiniog Railway, the famous locomotive 'Lion' comes out retirement, Laurel and Hardy on the Romney Hythe & Dymchurch railway and the famous Flying Scotsman. £2
Walton 8 Home Movies. Farewell to Steam Part 1. Famous steam trains and locomotives of the past, including the Royal Scot in the USA, the Golden Arrow, the Bournemouth Belle and Golden Easgle, the Vale of Rheidol Light Railway, the Romney Hythe & Dymchurch and the Bluebell Line. £2
Walton 8 Home Movies. Farewell to Steam Part 2. Former monarchs of the track including the Coronation scot, Royal scot, Mallard, West Highland Railway, Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway and the Wharfed…… Garden Railway. £2 Writing of contents on the box is a little rubbed so not that clear.
Walton 8 Home Movies. Yesterday's Transport. Tour of the Montagu Motor Museum to see many of the famous bicycles, motor cycles and cars dating from the nineteenth century to the 1950s. Amusing scenes when two 'ghosts' of the past make off in a 1903 de Dion-Bouton! £2
Edgington, David. Old Stationary Engines. Shire Album 49. Short, well illustrated history of stationary engines with a list of places to visit where some can be seen. (card cover) Shire Publications Ltd., 1987, pp32, isbn 0 85263 500 1. VG £2.50
Whitehead, Robert A. The Age of the Traction Engine. Well illustrated study with chapters on Origin & Makers, The Traction Engine at Work, The Engineman and Engines in trouble. (hb) Ian Allan, 1970, pp96, isbn 0 7110 0129 4. VG, no dust jacket £1
MISCELLANEOUS BOOKS
Hunt, John. Our Everest Adventure. The pictorial history of the 1953 Everest Expedition from Kathmandu to the summit, with detailed text. (hb) Brockhampton Press, 1954, pp128. G, G (some foxing and wear to book and cover + presentation stamp to previous owner inside front cover) £1
Simmons, Jack. Transport. A visual history of modern Britain edited by Jack Simmons. 69 pages of text followed by 239 b/w photos with detailed captions. (hb) Readers Union Limited, 1965, pp206. VG £1
Thurkell, Fred & Scullion, Bob. British Columbia 100 Years Ago. Portraits of a Province. Collection of old postcards with very detailed captions. (pb) Heritage House, 2002, pp176, large landscape format, isbn 1 894384 50 4. VG £1
Wordsworth, Christopher. Fuji Professional Wedding & Portrait Photography. Technical contribution by Ian Coates. Well illustrated book featuring ideas, techniques and advice about portrait photography. (pb) British Journal of Photography, 1991, pp144, large format, isbn 0 900414 39 1. VG £1
8mm FILMS (not tested) in original boxes
£2 each or make an offer for multiple purchases.
Walton 8 Home Movies. Railway Scrapbook. A railway film with a wide appeal. See the last journey on the Mumbles railway, centenary of the Festiniog Railway, the famous locomotive 'Lion' comes out retirement, Laurel and Hardy on the Romney Hythe & Dymchurch railway and the famous Flying Scotsman. £2
Walton 8 Home Movies. Farewell to Steam Part 1. Famous steam trains and locomotives of the past, including the Royal Scot in the USA, the Golden Arrow, the Bournemouth Belle and Golden Easgle, the Vale of Rheidol Light Railway, the Romney Hythe & Dymchurch and the Bluebell Line. £2
Walton 8 Home Movies. Farewell to Steam Part 2. Former monarchs of the track including the Coronation scot, Royal scot, Mallard, West Highland Railway, Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway and the Wharfed…… Garden Railway. £2 Writing of contents on the box is a little rubbed so not that clear.
Walton 8 Home Movies. Yesterday's Transport. Tour of the Montagu Motor Museum to see many of the famous bicycles, motor cycles and cars dating from the nineteenth century to the 1950s. Amusing scenes when two 'ghosts' of the past make off in a 1903 de Dion-Bouton! £2
