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Golden50

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Hi there. I recently joined this forum for help with a fare issue so not sure if this will be relevant or allowed but I’m currently clearing out my late’s property and he has a number of books that may interest people on here. I have attached images of the books. I’m North Birmingham based so if not useful to anyone if someone can recommend somewhere local other than a general charity shop then can take them there. Thanks.
 

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@Golden50. Unfortunately, don't think that any of these titles are particularly rare or collectable, and as always with used books, condition will be key. A general charity shop might be able to on sell them for a few pounds each. Not sure if any of the books contain author's signatures, and, if so, whether this will possibly make the books more valuable. Dedications tend not to do so.

Looking at the titles, one by one...

• "Stopping Train Britain" (Alexander Frater) (1983) is not particularly rare.

• "Evocative Steam" (Paul Richardson) (1985) is perhaps slightly more difficult to get hold of.

• "Trains we Loved" (David St. John Thomas + Patrick Whitehouse) (1994) seems fairly commonplace.

• "Men of the LNER" (Peter Grafton) (1982) is also quite easy to obtain.

• "Railway Picture Postcards" (Maurice Bray) (1986) also seems relatively easy to obtain.

Similarly so...

• "A Book of Railway Journeys" (Ludovic Kennedy) (1980).

Shifting the books by post will be relatively expensive in relation to their likely value, when postage is added on.

Hope the above is not too disappointing, but maybe someone will want them. Hope that helps!
 

WesternLancer

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Hi there. I recently joined this forum for help with a fare issue so not sure if this will be relevant or allowed but I’m currently clearing out my late’s property and he has a number of books that may interest people on here. I have attached images of the books. I’m North Birmingham based so if not useful to anyone if someone can recommend somewhere local other than a general charity shop then can take them there. Thanks.
An option would be to donate to a heritage railway local to you. They usually have a sales outlet for second hand railway books and funds raised help the hobby. For more general charity shops I know oxfam has a good on line book selling system that complements shop sales of stock.

Though not hard to find on line, Stopping Train Britain is a really good book (social observation of the railway rather than specialist book) and I remembered reading it when it was published and enjoying it. I found a second hand copy in a charity shop not long ago and have been re reading it. It’s excellent. Describes a world that in many respects has changed beyond recognition in so many ways yet only published in the 80s.

Author was cheif travel writer for The Observer and a well respected writer.


Looks like your relative chose some good books.
 
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