Selling to us

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Introduction
Our business primarily consists of selling good quality books on aspects of railways both in the UK and overseas (primarily in the U.S.) with a need for a constant supply of new material to satisfy demand.

Please note....   
We try to avoid what appears to be the usual norm of having, say, X thousand books in stock which not only take up a considerable amount of space, but  may also result in many duplications and mean that monies better spent elsewhere are often tied-up for a considerable period of time - possibly even years!
Therefore, in order to avoid being overwhelmed and from experience, it has proved necessary to adapt the policy of placing the emphasis more on the turnover of fast- moving quality publications.

Additionally, when taking into account both distance and travelling time, we are normally prepared to travel within the Sussex, Surrey and Kent areas. Therefore, if resident in these areas and with a collection to sell then please contact us by forwarding details in either:
1). The main text of an e-mail,
2). As an e-mail attachment in PDF format, or
3). By post
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Primarily, for ease of reference the information below is divided into two sub-sections i.e:
1). Material required on the following subjects, and
2). What we don't need

1). Material required on the following subjects:
Locomotives, Rolling Stock, Regional Histories, signalling, civil engineering, standard gauge, narrow gauge, industrial, infrastructure, maps, military, technical aspects and miscellanea principally by the following publishers:
Irwell Press, Capital Transport, Lightmoor Press, Middleton Press, OPC, RCTS, Southern Way, Wild Swan

We also require
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Books on Tramways, Buses and Maritime subjects, timetables (pre-1970) both UK and Overseas, Bradshaws, Working Timetables (WTTs) etc
Periodicals : Great Western Journal, Model Railway Journal, BRI & Bylines, British Railway Journal,  Midland Record, Archive, Railway Archive, Postcards (standard format) and good quality images

2). What we don't want .... of questionable quality or normally very slow sellers.
Books published by Ian Allan, Alan Sutton Publishing, BBC Publications, WH Smith, M&S, Patrick Stephens Ltd (PSL), cheap paperbacks, ex-library books etc. 
These are usually either mass-market, of questionable quality (or both!) and with minimal resalable value on the secondary market.

Neither do we require:
Second-hand DVDs or Videos, Preservation Guides and Stocklists, Spotters books with entries underlined, anything in tatty or thumbed condition and PLEASE no material on 'Flying Scotsman'!

                                                                                   
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