Auction for 5 books, 4 are hard covers; all very good condition

1. Trains Around the World. 1972 1st ed. Octopus, London The advent of steam, speed and streamlining America, Asia, Australasia (includes NZ) Diesel & electric trains Underground services Freight yards 162pp; b/w & col photos & repros of drawings; index; glossary D/jkt; sml tears; sello spine tail
2. The Great Book of Railways. Ed Herbert Strang. 1929. Humphrey Milford Oxford UP Written for an older boy, not childish Making the railway: coaches, signals, tubes, famous expresses & loco stories, other countries etc Many nice detailed illustrations 128pp; full page col plates; b/w drawings; illust epps Presentation bookplate dated 1929; v/l/foxing; wear to cover corners & spine ends
3. Great Railway Journeys. Various authors. Photos: TO Edmunds. (1994) 1995. Penguin/BBC, London 6 journeys on various Continents described 213pp; col photos; maps; s/covers
4. Railways of the Andes. Brian Fawcett. 1963 1st ed. Allen & Unwin, London The mountainous terrain with steep grades provided a challenge to the builders *& opeartors of this line which thought to be an impossible task Very detailed with first-hand stories as the author worked on these trains for 25 years 328pp; b/white photos; graphs incl fold-out; bibliography; glossary; index; maps on epps; name ffep D/jkt: wear to corners and spine
5. Trains. 100 Questions and Answers. 2003. Robert Frederick, Bath Appears to be a child’s book, but still interesting Questions re trains, stations, Rail Museums, train trivia 23pp; col photos; printed on heavy card

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