Railway Books

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Welcome to your friendly on-line Railway, Transport & Industrial History Bookseller. We specialise in secondhand, out of print and antiquarian books & ephemera. Unlike many other internet dealers, we also have a bricks & mortar Bookshop in Horwich, Lancashire, only 5 minutes from the M61, north of Manchester - why not call in if you're passing? Our shop has about 30,000 books - Railways, Transport, Industrial History and also general fiction and non-fiction titles. We always have a selection of railway sale books - from just £1 each!

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We are one of the UK's largest dealers in out-of-print and scarce Railway, Transport & Industrial History books and our on-line selection is one of the finest on the entire Internet with many scarce and hard to find titles. Whilst we buy and sell all railways titles, we specialise in narrow gauge & industrial railway books, overseas railways (including foreign language titles) and Irish Railways.

We can mail books anywhere in the world at the cheapest available rates and with our high quality cardboard mail boxes our books always arrive in first class condition.

We are always keen to buy quality railway & transport books & ephemera - we pay the top prices and it always pay to get our quote.

We will travel anywhere in the UK/Ireland to purchase larger quality collections.

We are always happy to receive lists of books for disposal by email or post - see below for contact details.

From time to time we use ebay to sell transport related timetables, booklets, ephemera etc

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We have a bookshop in Horwich, near Bolton, 5 minutes from Junction 6 M61- click Shop

Do you have Railway, Transport or Industrial History books, timetables, photos/slides, maps, ephemera etc. that you wish to sell? E-mail or phone us with brief details.

If you are looking for a particular book(s) relating to Railway, Transport or Industrial History but you can't find them on our online catalogue - E-mail or phone and give us the details. We may have them in stock - if not we can advise when they become available.

We are always happy to receive your 'wants' lists which we will check against our stock and keep on file.

We may be on-line but we still answer the phone - ring us if you prefer.

Our shop stock also includes general fiction and non-fiction books. Browsers welcome.

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Contact Information

Telephone: From overseas +44 1204 691489 UK 01204 691489 (1030hrs - 1600hrs Mon-Sat ONLY)

Postal address (This is NOT the shop address): 6 St.Leonards Avenue, Lostock, Bolton, BL6 4JE

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