Jim Macintosh (10 results)

Condition: good. A copy that has been read, remains in good condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine and cover show signs of wear. Pages can include notes and highlighting and show signs of wear, and the copy can include "From the library of" labels or previous owner inscriptions. 100% GUARANTEE! Shipped with delivery confirmation, if you're not satisfied with purchase please return item! Ships via media mail.…

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Book condition: VG with bump to bottom corner. 32 pages (quarto); illustrated. A bright copy.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 64-page illustrated account of the restoration of the Caley 828 locomotive. No inscriptions etc., very light wear to the card covers.

Paperback A4 card covered stapled book. Illustrated. 32 pages Wt 0.3 Kg Very Good.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine.

Glazed Boards. Condition: VG. 1st. Lavishly illustrated account of the liveries of Caley locos and rolling stock. 328pp including 32 page colour section. VG clean copy in glazed boards. Rare.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 2008 Lightmoor Press large format hardcover edition. Light reading wear else very good condition. This detailed and lavishly illustrated study of the livery of the Caledonian Railway is the culmination of many years of careful research, using publicly and privately held records, photographs and artefacts. In addition, paint technologies have been investigated; monochrome photographic processes have been examined and colour perception has been explored. Covering the whole of the existence of the Company, from 1845 to 1923, colours and pigments, Crests, scrolls and lining, together with lettering and numbering details, are all fully explained and illustrated. The locomotive stock has been divided into groups and classes in order to illustrate the different livery styles. Separate sections deal with early locomotives and the Drummond period, and there are individual chapters also on the coaching stock and the goods wagons. The thorough investigations have challenged certain previously made statements and assumptions, which cannot be verified by the photographic evidence or archival records. To assist understanding the evolution of the liveries, the appendices include a brief company history, short biographies of the locomotive superintendents, a list of locomotive build orders, notes on the adoption of the Westinghouse brake and an index of wagon photographs. This is a major study of the livery of the Caledonian, by a respected authority on what was Scotland's premier pre-Grouping railway.…