15in Gauge Railway History 
The Little Giant Story by Robin Butterell and John Milner
 
A complete history of the Bassett-Lowke 15 inch gauge 'Little Giant' locomotives, which have seen service on many of the British and Continental miniature railways, past and present, plus a look at later developments. A really superb book, only 600 produced.
 

200 illlustrations with 56 in colour, 32 drawings, maps and track layouts. Size 220 x 280mm. Published in 2003 by Rail Romances. ISBN 1-900622-07-06.

Now out of print and very scarce s/h.
 
 
 

Blakesley Hall and its Miniature Railway by PB Kingston.

This is the Centenary (2003) Edition published by the current owner of the locomotive Blacolvesley, Dr.Bob Tebb. The text is a copy of the 1981 second edition, however Dr Tebb has added more recent information about the railway’s locomotives.

Size 150 x 210mm, 16 pages plus card covers, 16 black and white prints.

Out of print.
 
A History of The Bure Valley Railway by Adrian Vaughan

Celebrates the first 10 years of operation of this charming 15in gauge railway in Norfolk, UK. With many colour prints of the line today and black & white prints of the line when it was part of the old standard gauge East Norfolk Railway including fascinating ‘now & then’ comparisons. History of the line then and now.

Published Sept 2000. Softback, glossy colour card cover, A5 format, 112 pages.

New copies still available at £11.99 incl p&p direct from http://www.bvrw.co.uk

 
Miniature Railways – Volume 1 – 15in Gauge by Howard Clayton, Robin Butterell and Michael Jacot.
 
Tracing the origins of the 15in gauge. Chapters include Sir Arthur Heywood, Blakesley Hall, Bassett-Lowke & Greenly, Miniature Railways of Great Britain Ltd, Rhyl, Sand Hutton and the Straughton Manor Railway, Narrow Gauge Railways Ltd, RHDR, Post War Era & Preservation.
 
Hardback with dust jacket, 145mm x 222mm, 128 pages, 56 b & w photos, plus maps. Published by Oakwood Press, 1970.
 
Interestingly the fly of the dust jacket pre-announces a Volume 2. This was to include the smaller gauges but, 30 years on, we are still waiting for it to be published!
 
Out of print. Reasonably available.
 
Fifteen Inch Gauge Railways by David Mosley and Peter van Zeller.
 
This excellent book features the work of Sir Arthur Heywood, the influence of the Cagney Brothers, the work of Bassett-Lowke and Greenly, RER, Fairbourne, RHDR & other pre-war lines, postwar developments, developments to 1985, development of steam locomotives, internal combustion locomotives, passenger carriages and wagons, Setting up a miniature railway, track construction and maintenance, signalling and operation. Plus case studies on Southport, Ravenglass, Romney,and Liverpool.
 
Hardback with dust jacket, 172mm x 250mm, 96 pages, 79 b & W photos, 15 maps & illustrations. Published by David & Charles, 1986, ISBN 0-7153-8694-8.
 
Out of print. S/h copies are sometimes available. 
 
The Sutton Coldfield Fifteen Inch Gauge Railway by JG Tidmarsh
 
 
The fourth railway ran in Sutton Park, Sutton Coldfield from to 1938 to 1962. This book ducuments that railway plus it's three forerunners commencing as early as 1907.
 
Published by The Plateway Press in 1990. ISBN 1-871980-05-4. Laminated colour card cover with 46 pages, 233x172mm, 39 B&W photos plus line drawings of locos and rolling stock. 
 
The Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway
 
A large number of books and guides have been published over the years. I do not pretend to be an expert on these and show just a few here from my own collection.
Romney Hythe & Dymchurch Railway - The World’s Smallest Railway by OJ Morris. 1st edition published by Ian Allan, 1946.
Romney Hythe & Dymchurch Railway - The World’s Smallest Railway by OJ Morris. 1st edition published by Ian Allan, 1946.
RANSOME 61 - Romney Hythe & Dymchurch Railway - The World’s Smallest Railway by P.Ransome-Wallis. 3rd edition published by Ian Allan, 1961.
RANSOME 68 - Romney Hythe & Dymchurch Railway - The World’s Smallest Railway by P.Ransome-Wallis. Fifth edition published by Ian Allan, 1968.
DAVIES RHD75 - Romney Hythe & Dymchurch Railway by WJK Davies. Published by David & Charles, 1st edition, 1975
DAVIES RHD88 - Romney Hythe & Dymchurch Railway by WJK Davies. Published by David & Charles. 2nd edition 1988. 
RHDR GUIDE & TIMETABLE 1947 - The Romney Hythe & Dymchurch Railway, Guide and Time Table by O.J.Morris. 2nd Post War Edition, 1947. Published by Ian Allan.
RHDR RW SPECIAL - Romney Hythe & Dymchurch Railway - Railway World Special by Ian Allan. Published by Ian Allan, 1985. ISBN 0-7110-1476-0.
JACK BUILT - The Line That Jack Built – The Romney Hythe and Dymchurch Railway In Pictures. Author unknown. Published by Ian Allan, c1969.
RHDR JUBILEE - Romney Hythe & Dymchurch Railway – Official Guide Book, Golden Jubilee Edition 1927 to 1977. Published.