Category:The Hornby Book of Trains
The Hornby Book of Trains, 1925 [image info]
The Hornby Book of Trains was a much-loved part of the Meccano/Hornby stable of publications, and first appeared in 1925.
"HBoT" was initially part book and part colour catalogue, and was printed in landscape format with a soft cover featuring artwork of a steam locomotive. The first instance of a "HBoT" was undated and un-numbered and gave no obvious indication that it was planned as the first part of a series. The book's format was (1) the colour cover, (2) editorial up to the centre pages, (3) a double-page colour advert, and (4) all sucessive pages showing large illustrations (mostly in colour), descriptions and prices of the Hornby Trains range.
1926 saw a second issue published (still without the year on its outside cover), and subsequent versions had a year printed explicitly on the front cover, starting with 1927/28, with a new version being released each year (1928/29, 1929/30, and so on).
Derivatives
The respect, affection and status associated with the Hornby Book of Trains led to two later "spin-off" books after World War Two: the Hornby Dublo Book of Trains (1959), and, after Lines Brothers had taken over Meccano Limited and replaced Dublo with a "Rovex Plastics"-based range, the Tri-ang Hornby Book of Trains (1968~).
Pages in category ‘The Hornby Book of Trains’
The following 19 pages are in this category, out of 19 total.
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- The Hornby Book of Trains (1925)
- The Hornby Book of Trains (1926)
- The Hornby Book of Trains (1927-28)
- The Hornby Book of Trains (1928-29)
- The Hornby Book of Trains (1929-30)
- The Hornby Book of Trains (1930-31)
- The Hornby Book of Trains (1931-32)
- The Hornby Book of Trains (1932-33)
- The Hornby Book of Trains (1933-34)
- The Hornby Book of Trains (1934-35)
- The Hornby Book of Trains (1937-38)
- The Hornby Book of Trains (1938-39)
- The Hornby Book of Trains (1939-40)
- Hornby Dublo Book of Trains
Media in category ‘The Hornby Book of Trains’
The following 10 files are in this category, out of 10 total.
- Hornby Book of Trains 1925.jpg 1,671 × 1,240; 368 KB
- Hornby Book of Trains cover 1926.jpg 650 × 490; 125 KB
- Hornby Book of Trains cover 1927-28.jpg 656 × 482; 134 KB
- Hornby Book of Trains cover 1933-34.jpg 656 × 495; 132 KB
- Hornby Book of Trains cover 1937-38.jpg 661 × 496; 138 KB
- Hornby Book of Trains cover 1938-39.jpg 657 × 495; 136 KB
- Hornby Book of Trains cover 1939-40.jpg 662 × 494; 136 KB
- Hornby Dublo Book of Trains (1959), front cover.jpg 2,200 × 1,668; 755 KB
- Hornby Dublo Book of Trains advert (MM 1959-11).jpg 1,653 × 2,407; 659 KB
- Tri-ang Hornby Book of Trains, cover.jpg 1,543 × 2,200; 697 KB