Southern Coaches Survey by Mike King

[Godfrey Glyn]

Another masterpiece by Mike King which covers both Pre-grouping and BR Standard Mk 1 stock. The pre-grouping companies covered include the London and South Western, South Eastern and Chatham Railway, the London Chatham and Dover Railway, the London Brighton and South Coast Railway and the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway. There is a huge amount of text, loads of plans, tables photographs - both black and white and some colour. At £25 I think its great value.

Paul at Alton has plenty of copies and certainly I am going to be spending quite a bit of time with my copy in the coming weeks. Mike hints that he has more than enough material to fill a Volume 2 but that it will depend on the sales of this volume.

 

Well worth a look if you're interested in the topic, I hope Hattons have one in their collection!

 

all the very best

 

Godfrey

[Tony Teague]

Godfrey

I quite agree - a masterpiece and for those of us of a Southern persuasion, well worth every penny.

I for one hope that there will be a volume 1.

Tony

[Oldddudders]

I think this book has been in the wings for a couple of years, so delighted it has appeared at last. 

 

Thanks for the heads-up. 

[PeteN92]

Brilliant, seems as the old An illustrated history of southern coaches is hard to find as it is and at a reasonable price.  This may serve as a good alternative.

[Not Jeremy]

A great book, in stock here and I have  just sold two copies to discerning customers.

 

All very nicely printed, great photographs and a readable and interesting text, let's hope they do another!

 

Simon

[Godfrey Glyn]

PeteN92 said

 

"Brilliant, seems as the old An illustrated history of southern coaches is hard to find as it is and at a reasonable price.  This may serve as a good alternative."

 

Sorry to disappoint you but this new, but wonderful, book does not cover the coaches built by the Southern Railway, so you will not find any information on Maunsell or Bulleid stock. It  specifically covers the periods before and after the Southern Railway. I am afraid you will still need to hunt down a copy of the Illustrated History of Southern Coaches. Hopefully if this book sells well, and it deserves to, we might see a second volume in this series AND a re-print of the Illustrated History of Southern Coaches! One can only hope.

 

all the best

 

Godfrey

Edited November 16, 2019 by Godfrey Glyn
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