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71276 RAILWAY WALKS: LNER from East Anglia to the Durham Moors by Jeff Vinter


In the same series as code 71275, in this book Jeff Vinter takes us on ten rambles along the old lines of the London and North Eastern Railway. We begin on the Alban Way, a delightful 6½ mile stroll from St Albans to Hatfield, just half and hour from London, before


we take in the forgotten byways of north Essex, from Braintree to Tilekiln Green. Then on to Norwich, the Fens, two scenic walks around the mouth of the Humber and a further two set in dramatic Yorkshire, one near York itself and an absolute beauty, all 23 miles of it, from Whitby to Scarborough on the old coastal line which opened in 1885 and was closed 80 years later. Our final two outing take us to the Tyne/ Wear/Tees region, the Waskerley Way along the Stanhope and Tyne railway near Consett and the Derwent Way from Consett to Shalwell near to Newcastle. Mr Vinter is as knowledgeable about the local hostelries and what they offer the thirsty walker as he is the area’s industrial past! B/w photos and maps, plus eight pages of colour. 172pp softback. £14.99 NOW £6


71275 RAILWAY WALKS: LMS from the Brampton Valley to the Cumbrian Hills by Jeff Vinter


One of BBC4’s most enjoyed series is Railway Walks, in which Julia Bradbury takes a series of walks along the old tracks, overgrown cuttings and ancient viaducts of Britain’s lost railway empire. The author of this book was consultant to the series, and


here he provides a detailed guide to ten of the best railway walks in the territory of the former London Midland and Scottish Railway, many of which featured in the show. From the relatively easy-going Midland express line the walks range in intensity up to the Cromford and High Peak railway, fascinating as it was built in the early 1800s before railway engineering had evolved and consists of a series of level sections connected by mountainous inclines. Beginning on the Brampton Valley Way in Northants, we moved to the west of Birmingham for two Black Country rambles, then north for four walks in the Notts and Derbys, including three in the beautiful Peak District. Then west to the Wirral Country Park before heading north to the coastal delights of Morecambe and the Lune Valley before finishing in the peerless scenery of the Lake District. OS references, maps and other illus. plus


comprehensive transport and refreshments info, as well as other local places of interest. 60 b/w illus. plus eight pages of colour. 184pp softback.


£14.99 NOW £6


69263 DONCASTER’S ELECTRIC TRANSPORT by Peter Tuffrey


Intended as a nostalgic recollection of the 61 years of electric transport in Doncaster, as well as a glimpse of the many interesting features and incidents of daily life. Here are reminders of Doncaster in 1902 when trams first appeared, as it underwent its first major change from a small market town into a centre of industrial importance. Here are descriptions of the First World War, when the trams were staffed almost entirely by women and cars were fitted with a snow broom, a warning gong and a salt and sand trailer rebuilt from a York horse-car! 128 paperback pages packed with archive b/w photos and map.


£14.99 NOW £3.50


69268 MV BALMORAL: The First 60 Years by Alistair Deayton and Iain Quinn Here is a celebration of the first 60 years of MV Balmoral’s career. She operated in the Red Funnel fleet for 20 years. Then, moving to Bristol, she became the last vessel purchased by P&A Campbell for the pleasure steamer services down the Bristol Channel and across to Wales. As well as service in the South West, she was used in North Wales, even making sailings to Douglas in the Isle of Man, where she was used to serve as a tender to Swedish American Line, Kungsholm. In conjunction with her stable-mate Waverley Balmoral she now operates over a wide area on the Clyde, the Thames, North Wales and the South Coast. 160 paperback pages, colour. £14.99 NOW £5


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69307 AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF TRAINS: From Steam Locomotives to High- Speed Rail


by Franco Tanel


Posters of the Art Deco era proclaim the excitement of trains such as the Flying Scotsman, the Golden Arrow and the Simplon-Orient Express, while fascinating archive photos show the track of the Trans-Siberian railway being laid at the end of the 19th century. Other iconic engines are the distinctive British A4 class Mallard, South Africa’s Gigantic Garrats and the Amtrak Superliner. The final chapters takes us into the diesel age and the era of high-speed trains, featuring the Eurostar, the Ghan Railway of Australia, the Thailand- Singapore Express, the Pride of Africa and Peru Rail. 319pp, large softback. £15.99 NOW £5


69426 SCOTTISH RAILWAYS by George Washington Wilson


Edited by Alastair Durie and Roy Mellor, this rare first edition is dated 1988. Captured in his wonderful black and white photographs are train stations, passengers and goods trains, bridges such as the Tay Bridge across the Fife, an inspection engine, the Forth Bridge under construction, Clyde steamers, Glasgow and the South West, Aberdeen and all from the heyday of steam through the eyes of Scotland’s most famous photographer. 44 page large softback. £4.95 NOW £2.50


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= LIMITED STOCKS, HURRY YOUR ORDER 69540 BLUEBELL RAILWAY: Five Decades


of Achievement by Michael Welch With nine miles of track crossing the East and West Sussex border from Horsted Keynes to Sheffield Park and two locomotives acquired from BR, the Bluebell now boasts an extension to its track and a collection of vintage locos and coaches bettered in number only by the National Collection - except that the Bluebell’s are working machinery! Using over 350 of the best photos (all colour) ever taken by staff, press and visitors and with a text detailing the Railway’s history and captions of the photos by the author assisted by an army of his Bluebell colleagues. See plumes of steam created in the icy air by Mogul No.1638 pulling the 11.36 Santa Special up Freshfield Bank. The book is split into five decade chapters, and arranged chronologically within chapters. 112pp, 9"×10". £16.95 NOW £8


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69796 STILL STEAMING by John Robinson Subtitled A Guide to Britain’s Standard Gauge Steam Railways 2011-2012, this is the very latest edition in this excellent series, well laid out in A-Z format from Alderney Railway, Lakeside and Haverthwaite Railway to Yeovil Railway Centre. For each there are full details including address and directions, year formed, location of line and length of line, number of steam locos and other locos, number of members, annual membership fee, gauge and website. 96pp with b/w photos. £7.99 NOW £3


69973 COMPLETE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF FLIGHT 1848-1939 A Comprehensive Guide to Aviation


by John Batchelor and Malcolm Lowe A renowned aviation historian and a world-famous technical artist join forces to bring to life the stories of over 100 ground-breaking airplanes dating from the early days of flight to the start of the Second World War. Many centuries before the Wright brothers left the ground in their incredibly fragile-looking craft, Leonardo da Vinci was experimenting with the idea of flight and, in the 1780s, the Montgolfier brothers were doing pioneering work with balloons, but it was actually Sir George Cayley who succeeded in getting a man into the air for the first time with an aircraft-like contraption. The ‘pilot’ was his coachman, who was singularly unimpressed and resigned his employment immediately! A gem of a book. 303 pages packed with superb, rare colour and b/ w photos and technical drawings. £12.99 NOW £6.50


70117 ADVENTURES OF THE HEBE: Sailing on Britain’s Canals Between the Wars by Desmond Stoker and Simon Stoker The observations and photos in this endearing book also document parts of the canal system which have long since disappeared, rendering this volume historically valuable as well as fascinating. Even though much of the canal system was still accessible and operational in the late 1920s, holidaying on them was confined mainly to a few eccentrics and enthusiasts. But the author’s father and grandfather enjoyed long trips on these under- appreciated waterways, trips that often extended well over 200 miles and lasted for several weeks. From Barton under Needwood to Burton on Trent and from Shugborough Hall to Upton on Severn, you will love these delightful voyages. 192 paperback pages illustrated in b/w with maps, author’s preface and historical miscellany. £16.99 NOW £5.50


70122 BRIGHTON BELLES: A


Celebration of Veteran Cars by David Burgess-Wise


Celebrated every year in the famous London to Brighton run, veteran motor cars represent the very dawn of motoring, from the middle of the 19th century up until the end of 1904. Daimler-Benz were the ‘petrol pioneers’, followed in quick succession by Panhard and Levassor, Fiat, and Peugeot. All the famous marques are lovingly described and represented here in archive photos and gorgeous colour. At the start of the 1880s there were just a few primitive horseless carriages, whose optimistic inventors were happy if they moved at all but, by the end of the veteran period, the car had become a viable means of transport. 208 large pages with superb colour and archive b/w photos. £25 NOW £6


70126 BRITISH TROLLEYBUSES IN COLOUR by Kevin McCormack


Smooth, quiet and pollution-free, post-war trolleybuses should have been the transport of the future but between 1951 and 1972 all trolleybus systems which survived the war were decommissioned. Vehicles from all 38 regions are illustrated. Birmingham’s trolleybuses were the first to go in 1951, and a rare 1949 colour photo shows a No. 18 Leyland bus with Metro-Cammell bodywork pulling out of Carr’s Lane. Ashton-under-Lyne livery had an unusual colour scheme of black, red and cream, and a 1949 scene in Fairfield Street, Manchester, shows a fascinating array of old posters as a backdrop to the buses. 80pp, superb colour photos. £14.99 NOW £5


70133 HISTORIC SHIPS: The Survivors by Paul Brown


The National Historic Vessels Register mainly consists of about 1,000 boats such as tugs, fishing boats, cargo vessels, tankers, steam yachts and pleasure boats, many of which can still be visited or even sailed on and all of which are over 50 years old. This volume focuses on around 100 of the smaller powered vessels, mostly over 60 feet in length. Ullswater’s Lady of the Lake, built in 1877, is believed to be the oldest working passenger vessel in the world, though it is now a motor-driven rather than steam vessel. Starting with paddle steamers and finishing with naval vessels, providing specifications and history for each vessel in addition to numerous archive and modern photos. 160pp, paperback. £16.99 NOW £6


70137 ON THE TRAIL OF THE ROYAL SCOT by David Packer


The ‘Royal Scot’ London Midland express was designed to steam non-stop from Euston to Glasgow and the inaugural run was on 11 July 1927. Initially there was an engine change at Carnforth and a division of the Glasgow and Edinburgh portions at Symington but the winter timetables saw non-stop working from London to Carlisle using the newly built ‘Royal Scot’ class engines and claiming the British record for non-stop running, though that was soon beaten by the London North Eastern Region service to Edinburgh, the ‘Flying Scotsman’. This fascinating book with over 100 archive photos shows engines on the route at every stage, starting with the gentle Home Counties section from


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London to the Chilterns, then through the industrial areas of Crewe and Preston and up into the mountains with big climbs over Shap Fell and Beattock. 150pp, over 100 photos.


£19.99 NOW £7.50


70143 TOP-DECK TRAVEL: A History of Britain’s Open-Top


Buses by Philip C. Miles This book recaptures some of that wonder as an author and bus enthusiast collates many most unusual descriptions and photos of the days when buses ordinarily had an open top-deck. Here, from London and the south coast to the


north and Scotland, is the history of these exciting vehicles from the early 1900s onwards to the sad time when most of them have been relegated to the annals of history. Here is the rather frightening steam omnibus, there the first motorbus purchased by Newcastle Corporation in 1912 and, by complete contrast the svelte Volvo B7TLs to be seen in the city of Bath. 127 paperback pages, colour and b/w. £14.99 NOW £5


70167 ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF BRITISH STEAM RAILWAYS: The Legacy of the Steam Locomotive by David Ross


To sum up the joys of this volume, it contains an engaging text written by an established steam railway expert, hundreds of beautiful photos, detailed specification tables of all the most important locomotives, and profiles of famous railway engineers and companies. It is a showcase of all that steam railways achieved over the years, from the basic design of Richard Trevithick’s engine in 1804 through Stephenson’s groundbreaking rocket in 1829, and the opening of the Liverpool- Manchester line in 1830, to the golden era of train travel in the early 20th century. 320 pages 27 x 21cm, colour and b/w photos, map, artworks and time line. £20 NOW £6.50


70144 TORNADO: 21st Century Steam


by Jonathan Glancey In 1990 a group of ordinary people came together to share an extraordinary ambition: to construct a brand new Peppercorn A1 Pacific steam locomotive. Unfortunately, none of these magnificent East Coast express engines had survived British Rail’s merciless cull of steam


in the 1960s. 18 years later, this incredible dream was fulfilled when 4-6-2 No. 60163 Tornado made its debut on the main line. The project had over 2,000 regular supporters who, far from resting on their laurels, are now pressing ahead with plans for an even more powerful locomotive that is also just a memory: a P2 2-8-2 created by Flying Scotsman and Mallard designer Sir Nigel Gresley. In this volume, the author has painstakingly researched the complete history of the class, and how the A1 Steam Locomotive Trust overcame its critics with a model example of willpower, teamwork, skill and sheer hard graft. 207 pages 25cm x 29cm illus in colour and b/w. £24.99 NOW £10


70316 TRACTORS OF THE WORLD by Mirco De Cet


You will find yourself caught up in a fascinating exposé of the history of tractors from early steam-driven traction engines to the versatile and sophisticated machines of today, with on-board computers, auto-steer and global satellite positioning systems. Here are the most beloved makes from John Deere, Fordson and Allis-Chalmers to Massey Ferguson, SAME and the Japanese Kubota, as well as Aultman-Taylor, Case, Deutz, Froelich and many more. The ultimate working partnership between man and machine. 128 pages 31cm x 22cm colour with b/w archive photos, prints and engravings. £12.99 NOW £5.50


TRAVEL AND PLACES


Coming from Chicago, I like a white Christmas. - Dennis Franz


71390 GERMANIA: In Wayward Pursuit of the


Germans and Their History by Simon Winder


We wondered at the strange title and were amply rewarded for delving more deeply. This is a very personal account full of curiosities - odd food, castles, mad princes, fairy tales and horse-mating videos, small museums and culture. As he happily sat in a German café,


consuming copious quantities of bratwurst, sauerkraut and beer, the author was once asked: ‘Why are you here?’ The book is his answer to that question. Why, indeed, spend time wandering around a country that seems to be surrounded by historical, linguistic, climatic and gastronomic barriers? This endearing book reclaims the brilliant, chaotic, endlessly varied German civilisation that the Nazis ruined and that, since 1945, so many Germans have been working to rebuild. As the author says, human beings are inclined to twist history, are misled by it and sometimes it is best to know no history at all. Here is a very funny book on a serious topic, which will help to redress the balance. Spans many centuries and stops as Hitler seizes power. Wonderful description of a church in Kuttenberg. 466 pages with b/ w illustrations and maps. $27 NOW £6


71379 BON VOYAGE! The Telegraph Book of River and Sea Journeys


edited by Michael Kerr The contributors, in this collection of the best of the Telegraph’s articles on travel by river and sea, number among them such luminaries as Martha Gellhorn, Ellen MacArthur, Jenny Diski, Nicholas Crane of Coast fame, and many more. The


71205 BOOK OF EXPLORATION by Ray Howgego


Described by the Sydney Morning Herald as ‘a kind of scholarly Michael Palin’, the author’s interest in exploration began as a 12-year old when he started a collection of travel books that now extends of some 4,000 volumes! While still a young man, he set off on a voyage of discovery to retrace some of the myriad routes taken by explorers of the past. Armed with a grasp of most European languages, and a passable acquaintance with many others, his journeys have taken him to some of the most remote places on earth. His book chronicles the personalities and motivations of the travellers, the conditions that they endured and the contribution that exploration has made to our knowledge of the world. The author has selected more than 150 of the most influential and unusual journeys, setting each firmly in its historical context. Organised simply and chronologically from 1470 BC to 1969 AD. Here are the journey of Chang Chun to the camp of Ghengis Khan, Marco Polo’s discovery of China, Cortes during the conquest of Mexico, Magellan and the first circumnavigation of the globe. Here too is the Challenger laying the foundation of modern oceanography, the Arctic expedition that conquered the South Pole, the eight men who wintered in a wooden box and the story of a time when Antarctica was ring- fenced with Swastikas. No kidding! Add to this the joy of reading a book with entertaining asides, and incorporating sometimes unorthodox interpretations based on the author’s lifetime study of the subject, and this must be a volume that readers will long to add to their book list. 360 pages 26cm x 30 cm beautifully illustrated in colour and b/w with contemporary maps, paintings, journal entries and other artefacts.


£30 NOW £15


vessel described may be as small as a canoe or as vast as an ocean liner, the hazards could be a hippo or a hurricane, the fellow voyagers could be troops on their way to war or well-heeled pensioners cruising into the luxurious autumn of their lives, but the result is always the same - Adventure! Some of the articles are comic, some tragic, some even bordering on farce, but they are always gripping. Here is the lonely, tragic demise of the round-the-world yachtsman Donald Crowhurst, and here the sailing of the Task Force for the Falklands, which was watched by Michael Nicholson from the poop deck of HMS Hermes. There are historic events such as the D-Day landings and an incredible account from the 19th century of the arduous adventures in the heart of Africa of H. M. Stanley. There is the first transatlantic voyage of the new Queen Mary, and the last cruise of the QE2. Readers can chuckle at the dilemma of Tim Moore when he took his daughter rafting in Sweden, only to realise with horror that he would first have to build the raft. Browse happily. 343 pages. £20 NOW £6.50


70336 CAN-CANS, CATS


AND CITIES OF ASH by Mark Twain


Mark Twain places his hand before his face in shame. But then opens his fingers, just a tiny bit, to view a bewildering riot of white-stockinged calves. This can-can has certainly tested his nerves, but as he travels the Mediterranean, braving vicious muleteers in the Azores, confronting petrified skeletons in Pompeii and dodging quarantine guards in the dead of night to reach the


Parthenon, this type of fortitude soon proves essential. A beautifully written short piece, 113pp, softback. £4.99 NOW £2


70685 DRIVE AROUND LANGUEDOC AND SOUTHWEST FRANCE


by Gillian Thomas and John Harrison The best of Languedoc’s diverse and unspoilt landscape from the beaches to the coastal resorts and the wild and remote mountain plateaux, including Cather country, the Cévennes and the Pyrenees and the Tarn and Gard regions, here is a guide to the top 25 tours through some astonishing countryside. The book features Perpignan, Toulouse, Albi, Carcassonne, the Mediterranean Coast and the Tarn Valley. With comprehensive driver’s guide including road signs, full colour detailed maps with major destinations clearly pinpointed, walking tours around cities and towns, detailed guides to sightseeing, activities, dining and accommodation. 288pp in softback, colour photos and maps. £15.99 NOW £3.50


70700 EMPEROR’S RIVER by Liam D’Arcy-Brown


Since the start of Deng Xiaoping’s reform in the late 1970s, the Grand Canal has been fuelling China’s economy. In recent years, the Chinese have begun to tell themselves a story about their Grand Canal, a story that emerges a rediscovered pride in their heritage with a boisterous and often worrying nationalism. 260 million tons of freight pass along it each year, three times more than Britain’s railway network carries. 100,000 vessels ply their trades upon it and more than 100 million souls pass their lives along its banks. Bribing and talking his way onto the enormous barges that carry bulk building materials for China’s rapid modernisation, the author follows the world’s longest man-made canal (1,150 miles) chugging through a list of characters and historical but forgotten sites from China’s ancient past. Built 1400 years ago, this is an intriguing insight into Beijing and the modern country of China today. 280pp in paperback. £7.99 NOW £4


70702 FIRST CONTACT: Book and DVD by Mark Anstice


A true story about the discovery of cannibal tribes. In the course of their 150 mile journey by dugout canoe and foot through the southern swamplands they dodged police, encountered politically disgruntled ex-head-hunters and were pursued by a previously un-contacted clan of the little known Korowai tribe. This was before they


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