Most Popular Books by David Larkin

Comprehensive numbering and building details of almost every variety of parcels and passenger-related stock built by or for British Railways.

In the early 1880's, the unknown American West lured travellers, explorersnd spiritual seekers from around the world. These explorers were theathfinders of the Oregan trail, the Santa Fe trail and the California trail.hey discovered the ruins of ancient cliff-dwellers, the wonders ofellowstone, Yosemite, Grand Canyon, the Petrified Forest, Grand Teton andanyonlands. This book is a documentation of these expeditions.;The recordsf the expeditions, by Lewis and Clark, Zebulon Pike, John Fremont, Johnowell and others, exist only in their notebooks, journals and diaries.ollowing these records, photographers have returned to the originalocations at the same time of day and season of the year, to document theites. These large format, colour photographs, juxtaposed with theravellers' manuscripts, letters and sketchbooks, recreate the expeditions.lso featured are the explorers' own maps, revealing what they thought theyere doing, along with modern accurate maps depicting their real progress.

Written by a leading expert in the field, this volume contains comprehensive numbering and building details of almost every variety of Engineers Department wagon built by or for British Railways between 1968 and 1977.

David Larkin continues his comprehensive survey of British Railways goods wagons by looking at the final flowering of vacuum-braked stock, and the development of air-braked stock in the final years of British Railways, such as"merry-go-round" coal hoppers and Freightliner flat wagons. The batch of vacuum-fitted prototypes that eventually led to the general fleet of air-braked opens and vans is also covered.

Commentary upon the life and work of the surrealist artist prefaces a wide range of paintings reflecting the quality of twentieth-century life through the distorted images and symbols of dreams

Depicts the construction of a replica of a ship that brought English settlers to Jamestown, Virginia