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Tramways8248. Bett, W.H. and Gillham, J.C. edited by Price, J.H.: The Tramways of South Yorkshire and Humberside. Light Railway Transport League 1979. 75 pp. illustrated, card covers, in very good condition. Reprinted from Great British Tramways Networks. Covers Barnsley, Dearne District, Doncaster, Grimsby, Hull, Immingham, Mexborough & Swinton, Rotherham, Sheffield. £5.008126. Bett, Wingate H. and Gillham, John C.: Great British Tramway Networks. London: Light Railway Transport League 2nd edition 1944. 96 pp. illustrated, with nine folding maps of various regional tram networks in a rear pocket, also as a loose insert a 6 page pamphlet from the league, "Modernise and develop the Tramways" a message that sadly fell on deaf ears. No Irish material. A bit worn, spine faded, no dustwrapper but a valuable study. £10.006801. Coakham, Desmond: Tramway Memories Belfast. Hersham: Ian Allan Publishing, 2005. 80 pp. 28 x 21.5 cm. Pb. Profusely illustrated. Drawings, diagrams, and map. Very good condition. £9.006721. Currie, JRL: The Portstewart Tramway. Lingfield: The Oakwood Press, 1968. Locomotion Papers Number Forty-one. 31 pp. 20.5 x 13.5 cm. Slight wear to soft covers, o/w good. £10.006740. Gandy, Kenneth: Sheffield Corporation Tramways. Sheffield City Libraries: 1985 30 by 22.5 cms. 186 pp. Illustrated, maps, paperback, very good. The tramway history of the city in a comprehensive and definitive study. Sheffield had one of the best UK transport systems in the U.K. Written of course before the building of the impressive new tramway system in recent years. £25.006736. Gray, Edward: Manx Railways and Tramways. Stroud: Sutton Publishing Ltd. 1998. 24 by 17 cms. 157 pp. illustrated, map, paperback. One of Sutton's Photographic history of Railways series. In very good condition. £8.006739. Hall, Chas. C: Sheffield Transport. Glossop: The Transport Publishing Company 1977. 30 by 22.5 cms. 332 pp. Illustrated, maps, very good in dustwrapper. The street transport scene in the city in a comprehensive and magisterial study. Written of course before the building of the new tramway system in recent years. £50.00567. Hunter, RA, Ludgate, RC, and Richardson, J: Gone but not Forgotten, Belfast Trams 1872 - 1954. Belfast: RPSI and ITT, 1979. 47pp. 25 x 18cm. Illustrated. Vg. £10.006837. Johnston, Norman: The Fintona Horse Tram. Omagh: West Tyrone Historical Society, 1992. 96 pp. 21 x 15 cm. Map, diagrams and index. Pictorial laminated card covers. Inscribed by author on half title. Vg. £13.506478. Joyce, J: Tramway Twilight The Story of British Tramways from 1945-1962. London: Ian Allan 1962. 112 pp. illustrated, very good. The sad story of the post war trashing of the country's tramways. Thankfully a modern renaissance is tentatively underway. £12.008257. Joyce, J.: Trams of the Past Photographs from the Whitcombe Collection. London: Ian Allan 1979. 96 pp. illustrated, very good, almost as new in a price clipped but v.g. dustwrapper. Contains about 200 photographs from this famous collection. £4.958250. Joyce, J.: Tramway Heyday. London: Ian Allan 1974. 128 pp. illustrated, very good in a price clipped dustwrapper. An excellent and very well illustrated study. £5.005538. Kidner, R.W: The London Tramcar 1861-1952 The Oakwood Press n.d. 21.5 by 14 cm. 45 pp. illustrated, paper covers, very good. Locomotion papers Number Seven. With rolling stock notes by D.W.K. Jones. This is a history of the London Tramcar not the London Tramway. £8.003608. Kilroy, J: Irish Trams. Omagh: Colourpoint Press, 1996. 127pp. 29 x 21.5 cm. Illustrated, d.w. almost as new. Signed, on title page, by Author, and Samuel Twaddle "Driver of Causeway Tram", and Tom Redmond "Driver of Last Tram in Ireland 31. 5.59" £20.006751. Klapper, Charles: The Golden Age of Tramways. London: Routledge and Kegan Paul 1961. xiii+327 pp. illustrated, very good in dustwrapper. A comprehensive and well illustrated study of tramway systems by a founder of the Omnibus society. Happily a bright new age of tramways is upon us. £6.008255. Light Railway Transport League: The Modern Tramway. Light Railway Transport League, 1940. Vol. 3, Nos. 27, 31, and 33-36, pp 21-32, 69-84, and 99-144. 28 x 21.5 cm. Illustrated. These issues contain articles by Harold Fayle on The Hill of Howth Tramway, and "Electric Tramways of Ireland" including the Bessbrook & Newry, Belfast, Cork, and Dublin Tramways. The six issues have been bound in maroon cloth, with the spine gold blocked "Irish Tramways". £25.003605. Maybin, J.M: Belfast Corporation Tramways 1905-1954 LRTA: no date 83pp. illustrated, paper covers. v.g. now a fairly scarce item. £16.504015. Maybin, JM: A Nostalgic Look at Belfast Trams since 1945. Peterborough: Silver Link Publishing, 1994. 100 pp. 27.5 x 21.5 cm. Profusely illustrated. Glazed pictorial card covers. Belfast Corporation operated the trams very profitably and in 1945 they carried over 155 million passengers but the trams were scrapped because they got in the way of cars. Folly indeed. £12.006808. Maybin, Mike: Belfast's Lost Tramways. Catrine: Stenlake Publishing, 2003. 48 pp. 17.5 x 24 cm. Pb. Bibliography. Mint. £7.505422. McGuigan, J.H.: The Giants Causeway Tramway. Surrey: The Oakwood Press: first edition 1964. vi+107 pp. illustrated, hardback copy, in a relaid dustwrapper, library bookplate but otherwise in good condition. A pioneer hydro-electric tramway which was one of the great tourist attractions on the north Antrim coast. £20.006841. McGuigan, John: Giant's Causeway, Portrush & Bush Valley Railway & Tramway Co. Limited. Belfast: Ulster Folk & Transport Museum, 1983. 36 pp. 15 x 21 cm. Illustrated. Map and diagrams. Pictorial laminated card covers. Neatly inscribed by owner on title page. Vg. £20.003616. McNeill. Dr D. B.: Ulster Tramways and Light Railways. Belfast: Museum and Art Gallery, 1956. Transport Handbook No 1, 1st ed. 24pp. 21.5 x 15 cm. Twenty superbly reproduced photographs. Map. Paperback. Vg. £8.008233. Newham, A. T.: The Dublin and Lucan Tramway. Blandford: The Oakwood Press, 1964. Locomotion Papers Number 29. 40 pp. 21.5 x 14 cm. Sixteen photographs and maps. Pictorial laminated card covers. An ex library copy with a sold stamp on the ffep which is a little damaged from a label removal, a small catalogue no. on title page otherwise good. £9.506842. Newham, AT: The Bessbrook and Newry Tramway. Blandford: The Oakwood Press, 1979. Locomotion Papers Number 115. 34 pp. 21.5 x 14 cm. Sixteen photographs and maps. Pictorial laminated card covers. Good. £20.008249. Voice, David: London's Tramways their History & how to Model Them. Wellingborough: Patrick Stevens: first edition 1985. 215 pp. illustrated, hardback,in dustwrapper, in near fine condition. £5.00 |
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