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we shall never be able to regain all that was lost following the publication of the infamous report. 192 paperback pages 26cm x 19cm, photos in colour and b/ w, with maps and list of 37 casualties and 5 survivors. £18.99 NOW £10


72539 ORIENT EXPRESS: A


Personal Journey by James B. Sherwood James B. Sherwood bought two Orient Express carriages in 1977 soon after the legendary train had been decommissioned, and Sir Bill McAlpine, who had recently restored the Flying Scotsman, joined him in Monte Carlo to dispense advice from tycoon to tycoon. Determined to resurrect the Orient-Express,


Sherwood found himself in marshalling yards all over Europe struggling with variations in gauge and disastrous modernisation. He was determined to recreate 1930s luxury as a hotel and travel package, and this book is the story of the venture. The decision was made to include first-class Pullman cars and load them onto a Sealink ferry for the first leg of the journey from London, doubling the budget from five to ten million dollars. Meanwhile his expansion into the luxury hotel business continued, with Thatcher, Gorbachev, Carter and Reagan as guests. Sherwood continued his railway expansion by acquiring the Eastern and Oriental line, photographed here crossing the River Kwai in Thailand, but in the 21st century the company has had to downsize. A fascinating business history. 388pp, colour photos. £25 NOW £7


72434 BRITISH TOURING CAR RACING by Peter Collins


Subtitled The Crowd’s Favourite - Late 1960s-1990 - here is an affectionate, mainly pictorial panorama of 20 odd years of the British Touring Car Championship with flared wheel arches, lifting wheels, smoking tyres, through to the Group 1 years when the rule-makers tried to make the cars look standard and as a result slow them down. This never stopped the car makers evolving more tarmac-melting, fire breathing, turbo- powered frontrunners of the late 1980s. See again the Escort RS Mark 1, Ford Escort SVAs and Lotus Cortinas, Ford Falcon Sprint, Alfa Romeo Juniors, Sunbeam Avenger, Camaros and BMWs in cars that look like your dad’s but certainly weren’t. For all petrol heads, 96 pages of pure nostalgia. Colour and b/w photos. £14.99 NOW £3.75


72482 TRAMWAY


MEMORIES LONDON by Paul Collins


Here is the history and operation of London’s first-generation tramway network, which survived for almost 100 years, from the earliest experiments in the 1860s through to the Last Tram Week in July 1952. The network that the LPTB inherited was the result of


piecemeal development by individual councils and companies on which ran a complicated variety of tramcars. One unique feature was the Kingsway Subway, which allowed access from the Embankment to Kingsway via Holborn. What a complex and irreplaceable system! 80 paperback pages, 21.5cm x 28.5cm, 150 evocative photos in colour and b/w. £14.99 NOW £6


72449 ENDURANCE RACING AT


SILVERSTONE IN THE 1970s AND 1980s by Chad Parker


Here is a year-by-year chart of the races from 1976 through the Group C cars era up the end of the 80s with previously unpublished photos and accounts and maps of the circuits as they changed and result tables at the end of the book. See the Spice-Cosworth SE88C flying round the circuit, the space age Porsche 962 Goest Blaupunkt, the Jaguar XJR9 and the Mazda 767C with its huge spoiler. There are colour photos of mechanics working in the pits, drivers negotiating the chicanes, posters and programmes and best of all a gallery of splendid racing cars. 96pp, softback. £14.99 NOW £3.50


72471 RELIANT SPORTS CARS by Don Pither


The Reliant Scimitar is one of the most successful and distinctive British sports cars. From 1968-1986, over 15,000 were produced and it is still highly regarded for its timeless looks and effective design. Pither’s pictorial history of the Scimitar and its predecessor the Sabre show in detail their conception, development and career. So encouraged by the sales of this nimble Ford-engined two-seater, they went on to perform the more ambitious Scimitar Coupé in 1964. It carried a stylish Ogle- designed body and developed into the three litre GTE Sporting Estate in 1968. 160pp in large softback, archive b/w photos. £14.99 NOW £6


71126 ENGINES OF WAR by Christian Wolmar The first chapters cover the Crimean War and the American Civil War. One of the most important and bloodiest wars was the Russia-Russo Japanese War, triggered by the construction of the Trans-Siberian Railway. The First World War involved massive investment in the railways across Europe right the way through the Second World War. Finally he looks at the difficulties the Americans found in destroying the North Koreans’ railway supply lines. 310pp. Colour and b/w photos plus maps. £20 NOW £4


72865 BUSES AROUND BRITAIN DVD by Pegasus Entertainment Tickets please! This 55 minute colour film takes us to the Black Country Living Museum, the Keighley Transport Rally, the North Weald Rally, the Scottish Vintage Bus Museum, Wakefield, Newcastle, the Edinburgh Corporation Collection, London, Halifax and Glasgow to see buses fulfilling their day-to-day duties. We journey around Britain looking at buses both old and new, some working and others lovingly restored and on display. £9.99 NOW £4.75


72637 SKY SAILORS: The Story of the World’s


Airshipmen by Ces Mowthorpe During the period 1890-1910, airshipmen greatly outnumbered aeroplane pioneers, but aircraft innovations, two world wars and airship disasters brought the time of the airship to an end. The exploits of these intrepid men are here placed on record in a book that describes the early days of airships mixing narrative with first-hand accounts by airshipmen from England, Germany, Italy and the USA. From the beginnings in Paris in the 1890s, we look at Blimps and Zeppelins of the First World War, developments, use of massive airships for anti-submarine patrols in the World War Two, civilian operators and the fatal disasters of the Hindenberg, R101 and Shenandoah. Archive photos, 174 large pages in softback. £12.99 NOW £5


72864 ON WESTERN LINES: Oxford to Didcot DVD


We begin this tour in the historic city of Oxford, a station well served by passenger trains including the popular DMUs and loco-hauled Virgin trains in the form of Class 47s. Freight can be plentiful with 47s, 57s and the ubiquitous Class 66 running on various freight workings, even Fragonset make an appearance on a freightliner working. At Hinksey you will find a virtual quarry run by Railtrack. Trains seen here are the 37s, 47s, 57s and of course the 66s and moving south we visit Radley, Colham and Didcot. Filmed between 2000 and 2003, this 60 minute colour film also looks at the 220 Voyager (non tilt), EWS Class 66 and Main Line Class 58. £9.99 NOW £4.50


72867 CLASSIC CARS OF THE 50s DVD by Eagle Rock Entertainment


The very names of Morris Minor, Austin Somerset, Ford Prefect and Austin Devon evoke happy memories of summer days touring in these now special cars. This 60 minute colour film presents the best of that new generation of great names that brought out new models in the 50s using famous designers to shape motorcars into classics. Here is the Austin A35, Austin A55, Ford Prefect, Austin Devon, and Morris Minor Series II plus stills gallery. £9.99 NOW £5


71261 FERRIES OF THE LOWER THAMES by Joan Tucker


The author takes us on a magnificent voyage down the Royal Thames from Staines to Yantlet Creek, near Gravesend. En route, she tells the story of each ferry, most now replaced by bridges, including those that have appeared in more recent years as well as the ones on long-established routes such as the Woolwich Ferry. In addition, the tale is linked in with that of the Watermen, the ferry-boat operators, as well as with some of England’s engineering marvels. 222 paperback pages, maps. £19.99 NOW £3.75


71275 RAILWAY WALKS: LMS from the


Brampton Valley to the Cumbrian Hills by Jeff Vinter


Beginning on the Brampton Valley Way in Northants, we move 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, plus comprehensive transport and refreshments info. 60 b/w illus. 8 pages in colour. 184pp softback. £14.99 NOW £2.50


71276 RAILWAY WALKS: LNER from East


Anglia to the Durham Moors by Jeff Vinter 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 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 then York and Whitby to Scarborough. 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. Photos and maps, colour. 172pp softback. £14.99 NOW £2.50


71880 THE GWR STORY by Rosa Matheson The Great Western Railway, or GWR, nicknamed God’s Wonderful Railway was engineered by Isambard Kingdom Brunel, and initially designed to connect Bristol to London. This endearing book traces its history, covering such topics as the company, the engines and carriages, the battle of the gauges and the famous engineers including Gooch, Dean, Armstrong, Collett, Churchward and, of course, Brunel. 128 pocket sized pages, colour and b/w illus, timeline and milestones. £8.99 NOW £3


71599 HOW TO SURVIVE THE TITANIC OR


THE SINKING OF J. BRUCE ISMAY by Frances Wilson


Most readers have heard of the notorious J. Bruce Ismay, the Titanic’s owner who, while she was sinking, jumped into a lifeboat with the women and children and rowed away to safety. His reputation would never recover. In this gripping account, using never-before- seen letters written by Ismay to the beautiful Marian Thayer, a first-class passenger with whom he had fallen in love on the voyage, the author explores his desperate need to tell his story, to make sense of the horror of it all and to find a way of living with the consciousness of lost honour. Unravels the reasons for Ismay’s jump. 328 pages, photos, map. £18.99 NOW £5


71769 QUEST FOR SPEED: Simple Guides Science by Peter Gosling


From the earliest efforts using animal power and the wheel to harnessing the wind and waves, the industrial revolutions, rail and steam, the invention of the internal combustion engine, powered flight, rocketry and on to space travel, we look at developments on land, air and sea and the remarkable people behind these breakthroughs. 168 page paperback. £6.95 NOW £2.50


71841 TITANIC: The Actual Story As Reported In Original


1912 Newspapers by Retro Graphics Publishing


Facsimile reproductions of


actual broadsheet newspapers, here is the disaster of the Titanic as it unfolded and was reported from extracts of about seven of them including The Daily Graphic illustrated supplement and original 1912 newspapers. The collection comes from the Caren Archive. The moving headlines include ‘Women on ship see death take loved ones’, ‘Millionaires give lives that women may be rescued’, ‘Steamers cruise ice field in vain hunting survivors’ and ‘Nearby steamer urged to rush to grave of Titanic’. These headlines alone come from ‘The Denver Times’ from Tuesday evening, April 16th 1912. One dispatch from Washington April 18th reads ‘Nation awaits arrival of Carpathia; fog may delay landing tonight.’ A3 sized folded newspapers in cellophane. Contemporary photos and advertisements. ONLY £7.50


72481 TORNADO ADV by Peter Foster Originally designed to intercept Soviet bombers striking from the East, the Panavia Tornado Air Defence Variant was conceived as a stop-gap, deriving from the hugely successful bomber type. It suffered in its early years from lack of agility and poor systems yet despite the fact it would never be comparable to a dog fighter, the advent of more sophisticated missiles and on-board systems gave it the option of when and how to fight, and turned this one-time lame duck into a high-value asset. With its first flight in 1979, this is a timely tribute and photographic study of the Tornado ADV published at the time its operations were ceasing in 2011. This is the complete history of all stations and squadrons who operated this type of aircraft alongside individual airframe history. Colour and b/w photos. 120 page large softback. £19.99 NOW £4.50


72099 A SOURCE BOOK OF TRACTION ENGINES by Denis Miller


Are you familiar with the term 3-shaft, 4-shaft, compounding, nominal horsepower, overtype, return-flue, spuds and under type? Initially it was mainly the railways that benefitted from steam traction but our handbook looks at steam road propulsion, its rise and subsequent fall as a steam-powered hauler rather than a load carrier. In 1841, J. R. and A. Ransome of Ipswich exhibited its first portable engine at the Royal Agricultural Society’s Liverpool Show. Pictured here are all the early models including a Class B6SC straw-burning ploughing engine by Fowler of 1873 through to the DCC super heated ploughing engine by Otto Meyer of 1956. 128pp. Illus. £5.99 NOW £3


72246 GOLDFISH CLUB by Danny Danziger Formed during WWII to celebrate the survival of pilots who had been forced to bail out over water, the Goldfish Club has continued to take on new airmen - and one airwoman - ever since. One veteran will never forget having to walk through a hostile German town at the point of a Nazi bayonet. Another, an American B-17 navigator, found his courage in the cell of an SS prison after his Flying Fortress broke up over Italian waters. Their stories, and those of 27 other Goldfish Club members are told in this amazing volume. Each one is different. 295 pages, illus. £17.99 NOW £5


72297 THE MAN WHO SUPERCHARGED BOND by Paul Kenny


As an undergraduate at Cambridge, Amherst Villiers became addicted to speed, and in 1920 he designed a hydroplane from scratch called Storm Petrel. With his friend Raymond Mays at the wheel Amherst’s designs, started winning contests. When Ettore Bugatti noticed these rising stars, an invitation to Strasbourg followed, and after working for Bugatti, Amherst designed the Blue Bird for Donald Campbell’s land speed records. He also supercharged the famous “Blower Bentley”. During the war Amherst joined the RAF and then emigrated to America to design rockets, where he met Ian Fleming and gave him the idea of a supercharged Bentley for Bond. An extraordinary engineer, designer and artist. 352pp, colour and b/w photos. £25 NOW £5


TRAVEL AND PLACES


The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page. - Augustine of Hippo


73262 CAPTAIN BLIGH’S SECOND CHANCE


An Eyewitness Account of his Return to the South Seas by Lt George Tobin


edited by Roy Schreiber What happened in 1789 during Captain Bligh’s first voyage to the South Pacific has been the subject of a multitude of books and films. When he arrived back in England on


14 March 1790 it was to a hero’s welcome and within a year he was ready to make a second attempt at his mission - to collect breadfruit from Tahiti and other South Sea Islands and transplant them to British-held colonies in the West Indies. This time the Admiralty was taking no chances, providing him with two ships, proper officer corps and a detachment of marines to keep order, and the voyage was a success. Among the officers was Lt. George Tobin, an officer of wide interests, with an enquiring mind and a skill with watercolour who kept a journal of the expedition. When he returned he completed a draft memoir of the voyage, annotated and illustrated, which he hoped to publish. This was not to be in his lifetime - in fact it has taken over 200 years for his wish to be fulfilled. His journal, from April 1791 to


August 1793, is remarkable for its attention to detail. What particularly interested Tobin were the societies of the Pacific, particularly Tahiti, were the expedition spent many months, and his descriptions of people, customs and traditions are extensive and fascinating. Here too are 16 pages of his watercolours, beautifully reproduced, giving us yet another window into societies and times long gone. Prof. Schneider has done a delightfully light- handed job of tidying up the locations, spellings etc. 184pp.


£19.99 NOW £8.50 72767 GREAT BRITISH


RAILWAY JOURNEYS by Charlie Bunce


Great British Railway Journeys, presented by Michael Portillo, was originally named Adventures with Bradshaw, after George Bradshaw who in 1839 famously began compiling railway timetables then published a guidebook for Victorians who wished to travel the country


by train. For £500 the show’s producer, Charlie Bunce, acquired a battered copy of Bradshaw’s guide from an antiquarian book dealer. In this book, Bunce takes us on nine of the journeys from the first two series: Liverpool to Scarborough, Swindon to Penzance, Buxton to London, Preston to Edinburgh, Ledbury to Holyhead, Ayr to Skye, Newcastle to Melton Mowbray, Brighton to Cromer and London to Hastings. We are further entertained by Bunce’s anecdotes from the filming of each particular journey. Illus. lavishly with colour stills from the show and archive b/w photos from local museums and collections, and with a foreword from the charming Mr Portillo. 272pp. £20 NOW £9


72324 RESOLUTE by Martin Sandler In 1845, Sir John Franklin and his crew of 128 men set out from England in search of the elusive Northwest Passage. They sailed to the Canadian Arctic in two massive ships ominously named the ‘Erebus’ and the ‘Terror’. They vanished into the frozen north and were never heard from again. Among the ships who set sail in search of Franklin was Queen Victoria’s greatest naval vessel, the HMS ‘Resolute’. When the ship became locked in Arctic ice in 1854, the expedition leader abruptly ordered the crew to abandon her. A year later, a Connecticut whaler discovered the ‘Resolute’ drifting and deserted. 298pp with roughcut edges, woodcuts and eight pages of colour plates. $24.95 NOW £4


71205 BOOK OF EXPLORATION by Ray Howgego


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. A book with entertaining asides, and incorporating sometimes unorthodox interpretations based on the author’s lifetime study of the subject. 360 pages 26cm x 30 cm colour and b/w illus with contemporary maps, paintings, journal entries and other artefacts. £30 NOW £10


72468 A PRIVATEER’S VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD


written by George Shelvocke George Shelvocke’s talents for description effortlessly transport us back to the ships and uncharted waters of the early 18th century, where authority was predicated on firepower, and only a very fine line separated the barbarous legality of privateering from the criminality of the pirate. Shelvocke was a


poverty-stricken ex-naval officer, licensed to attack and plunder enemy Spanish ships. The events of his voyage to South America read like a fast-moving, action-packed thriller. Shortly after rounding Cape Horn, one of the crew shot a black albatross, an event later to be immortalised in Coleridge’s Rime Of The Ancient Mariner, and Shelvocke’s troubles began. Off Chile his ship, laden with considerable loot, was wrecked in the Juan Fernandez Islands. Undaunted, he built another vessel and, eventually returned to England via Macao, loaded with Spanish plunder. But back at home, he was arrested for piracy and defrauding his shareholders. Abridged. 195 pages, map. £12.99 NOW £5.50


72784 RED DUST: A Path Through China by Ma Jian


In 1983, Ma Jian turned 30 and was overwhelmed by the desire to escape the confines of his life in Beijing. Deng Xiaoping was introducing economic reform but clamping down on ‘Spiritual Pollution’. Young people were rebelling and with his long hair, jeans and artistic friends, Ma Jian was under surveillance from his work unit and the police. His ex-wife was seeking custody of their daughter, his girlfriend sleeping with another man and he could no longer find the inspiration to write or paint. He set off on a three year journey and depicts a land of extraordinary physical beauty and interest and his prose is as elegant as Chinese calligraphy. 324pp in paperback, maps. £8.99 NOW £3


72792 WALKING HOME: A Journey in the


Alaskan Wilderness by Lynn Schooler The author has lived in Alaska for almost 40 years, working as a commercial fisherman, shipwright, wilderness guide and award-winning wildlife photographer. He describes in detail the breathtaking power and beauty of nature in this remarkable region of the globe, tracing its past and the history of the people who inhabit it. During a journey travelling first by small boat across the formidable Gulf of Alaska, then on foot along one of the wildest coastlines in North America, he fords swollen rivers and eludes hungry bears, while observing the wildlife, from sea otters to humming birds.


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