Roche Prototype Drawings and Binder. [17 drawings: incomplete set]. [All to Scale 4mm.] INCOMPLETE SET OF ROCHE PROTOTYPE DRAWINGS IN PRITCHARD BINDER

Oblong 4to., First Edition, with 17 fine drawings on japon, each separated by blank leaf and organised with printed tabs by category; navy faux-morocco cloth lettered in gilt, twin-screw fastening, a very good, bright, clean copy. The Pritchard Binder was intended as a sales aid for representatives and agents canvassing retail outlets. It is unclear how many drawings constituted a full set; the drawings here present are: LMS LOCOS (8 drawings): Class 5 Mixed Traffic Locomotive by Stanier (code M/L/10); 0-6-6-0 Diesel Electric Loco by Ivatt (code M/L/12); Class 7p 4cyl Pacific Express Loco by Stanier (code M/L/14); Class 8 2-8-0 Freight Locomotive by Stanier (code M/L/16); Class OF Diesel-Electric Shunter by Armstrong-Whitworth (code: M/L/19); Class 4p 2-6-4 Passenger Tank by Stanier (code M/L/21); Class 2 Intermediate Passenger 4-4-0 by Fowler (code M/L/25); Class 4 0-6-0 Standard Goods by Fowler (code M/L/26). LMS TENDERS: (2 drawings): Standard 4000 Gallon Tender (code M/TE/20); 3500 Gallon Tender (code M/TE/21). LNER LOCOS (1 drawing): 0-6-2 Suburban Passenger Tank Loco by Gresley (code NE/L/47). GWR LOCOS (1 drawing): 0-6-0 Pannier Tank 5700 Class (code W/L/17). WAGONS (5 drawings): Fuel Oil Tank Wagon by Shell-Mex and Anglo-Persian Oil (code G/112); 4 Wheel Steel Container Truck & 6 Wheel Steel Truck (Vehicle Carrier) (code G/114); 40 Ton Hopper Ballast Wagon & 10 Ton Box Van (code G/117); 50 Ton Sulphate Wagon & 25 Ton Covered Van (code G/126); Covered All Metal Bogie Van 'Mink F' & All Metal Bogie Coal Wagon (code G/128). A further 4 drawings, not by Roche and unconnected with the set, are loosely inserted. SCARCE ALBEIT INCOMPLETE.