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Midland Railway Engines Cost Books of S.W. Johnson

1873-1888

Six foolscap volumes containing central records of GWR/BR(WR) departmental road vehicles and staff cars.

Great Western Railway/British Rail (Western Region) departmental road vehicles and staff cars records

circa 1947-1979

Registers, schedules and drawings made by British Railways (Southern Region) - incudes material made at the Southern Region drawing office at Southern House, Croydon, and at London Bridge, and copies of Eastleigh drawing registers.

British Railways (Southern Region) registers, drawings etc. - Atkins Rail donation

1950-1979

7 notebooks containing manuscript copies of "The Railway Times" from 1905 to 1937. "The Railway Times" (not to be confused with the national journal of the same name) was an amateur newsletter that circulated free among a group of railway enthusiasts in the South London area. The coverage of the volumes is as follows: June 1905-May 1906 (nos. 66-77, indexed, with fragments of Jan. 1900 and Feb. 1904 issues inserted) June 1906-August 1907 (nos. 78-92, indexed) September 1907-December 1908 (nos. 93-108, indexed) January 1909-July 1911 (nos. 109-139, indexed) August 1911-March 1915 (nos. 140-183, indexed) September 1919-May 1924 (nos. 237-293, indexed) June 1924-October 1935 (nos. 294-333; then lists of unusual locos spotted and locos seen on various trips 1935-1952).

The Railway Times

1905-1915; 1919-1935; 1935-1952

The natural history of British shells including figures and descriptions of all the species hitherto discover'd in Great Britain systematically arranged. [ca.1850. Attributed to William Dunn Longstaff. 2 vols., each bearing signature of W.L. Longstaff on title page. /1 vol.2 comprises 207 numbered leaves of which 147 bear ink and colour wash drawings (some leaves contain numerous drawings); /2 vol.1 contains ms. descriptions of those drawings. Faintly written in pencil beneath title is 'in the Linnean manner']

The natural history of British shells

circa 1850

Volumes, paper, card, board, LMS / BR(LMR) Operating Notices, four volumes covering Jan. 1924 to Aug. 1959. Notices issued by the LMS Chief Operating Manager's Department, later the BR(LM) Chief Commercial & Chief Operating Manager's Office, Euston Station. Notices mostly issued to drivers and firemen, covering safety, electrification, WW2 subjects including PoWs, gas attack etc. Volumes consist of printed notices stuck in, or typed sheets containing text of notices.

LMS / BR(LMR) Operating Notices

1924-1959

Peoples of the World - 1-20 and sample volume; 1 book of contact prints by Don McCullin; 1 book of war photographs by Robert Capa, 1 copy of The Negro American (1966) illustrated by Bruce Davidson; 2 books of photographs by Dennis Stock; various magazines [JH19]. From a collection of photographs, publications, magazines and newspaper supplements 1891 - 1988 assembled by John Hillelson

Peoples of the World - 1-20 and sample volume