A Bibliography of British Railway History

Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London, second edition, 1983. Cloth, 8vo, 26 cm,. 683 pp, folding chart. 7,950 entries. This is the classic bibliography of books and other material about British railway and tramway history. An amazing reference source, the bibliography has 683 pages and includes 7,950 items It covers books, parts of books, pamphlets, etc., on the history and description of rail transportation (trains and trams) in Britain from the early days of steam locomotives in the nineteenth century up to 1964. It is based largely on British Library holdings, but with additional listings for types of materials not regularly deposited there (e.g., unpublished theses). The range of material covered is enormous. In addition to sections devoted to rail transport at particular times and in particular areas, other major chapters cover such fields as railway civil engineering, administration, management and operation, individual railway companies, the railway in art and in literature, directories, gazetteers, atlases etc etc. Everything is excellently indexed and there is a useful folding chart of rail company history. Top edge smokestained and fore-edge slightly so, otherwise Near Very Good in slightly chipped dustwrapper.