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The Small Car Handbook All About Economical Motoring (Being the Second Edition of “The Light Car Handbook.”)

By: "CANDIDUS":

Price: £30.00

Publisher: London, Iliffe and Sons Limited, no date ca1920:

Seller ID: 82604

Hardback, approx 7 x 5 inches. Orange cloth covers with black lettering to spine, design to front and “Lucas” advert to rear board. In very good condition. Some minor rubbing to corners and spine ends else cover clean and bright, front hinge cracked between endpapers. “Barnsley & Co. Electricians, Brighton,” stamp to front endpaper. Inside pages are tanned and darkened at edges. Else pages all clean and tight. Else a very clean and tight copy. 221pp + index & 44pp adverts. Illustrated with many B&W figures and photos within text, with a folding diagram at fr...
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A Century of Sea Trading. 1824-1924. The General Steam Navigation Company Ltd

By: (WYLLIE,W.L./ SPURLING,J.) CORNFORD,L.C:

Price: £30.00

Publisher: London, A. & C. BLACK, 1924 1st edition:

Seller ID: 84243

Hardback, Tall 8vo. 9 x 6.5 inches. Bound in original dark blue cloth with gilt lettering and printed designs to front and spine. In very good condition. Really bright covers. Some minor rubbing to corners. Presentation bookplate on front endpaper. Some light foxing spots to pages, Else a clean and tight copy. 182pp. Illustrated with 18 black & white plates plus 8 coloured plates, and map.
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The Hanging of Wilhelm Oberdank.

By: ALEXANDER Alfred.:

Price: £10.00

Publisher: London, London Magazine Editions. 1977 1st:

Seller ID: 84704

Hardback, 8.75 x 6.0 inches. In black cloth covers with gilt lettering to spine. With illustrated dustwrapper. Maps to endpapers. In very good condition with very good dustwrapper. (D/W. Not price clipped). A very clean and tight copy. 224pp. Illustrated with B&W photo illustrations and maps at endpapers. Wilhelm Oberdank deserted from the Austrian Army and was arrested and hanged in 1882 on terrorism charges. He was involved in a movement to restore land to Italy that was then under the Hapsburg Empire. He is regarded in Italy as a hero, although little known outside of that country.
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By Camel and Car to The Peacock Throne Illustrated.

By: ALEXANDER POWELL, E.:

Price: £50.00

Publisher: London, John Long Limited, 1923 1st:

Seller ID: 82607

Hardback, 8.5 x 5.5 inches. Dark green cloth with gilt lettering to spine. In very good condition. Spine darkened with small chips to ends. Corners slightly bumped. First front free endpaper removed. Small tear to edge of endpaper and top edge of title page. Else inside pages all very clean and tight throughout. 392pp. Illustrated with a colour folding map and 82 B&W photo illustrations.
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A History of "Royal Blue" Express Services.

By: ANDERSON, R.C. / FRANKIS, G.G.A.:

Price: £12.00

Publisher: Newton Abbot. David & Charles. 1985 2nd edition.:

Seller ID: 68679

Size 5.5 x 8.75 inches. In dark blue cloth covers with gilt to spine. With illustrated dustwrapper. In very good condition with very good dustwrapper (dw; smal mark to front. Not price clipped). Mild focing to top edge. Very slight browning to endpapers. Else a clean and tight copy. 216pp. With b/w photographs, line drawings and maps. With large fold out map tipped in to back. "Royal Blue" long distance bus services from 1880 - the 1980s. Updated 2nd edition covers the mergers with other companies to form National Express.
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Tipo 166. The Original Sports Ferrari.

By: ANSELMI, Angelo Tito;

Price: £16.00

Publisher: Foulis / Haynes. 1986:

Seller ID: 74820

Size approx 9 x 12.5 inches. In black cloth with red lettering to spine. With original glossy pictorial dustwrapper. In very good condition. Some minor rubbing to corners of dustwrapper else clean and tight throughout. 150pp. With b&w and colour photographs.
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Southern’s South Western Memories. Its Mechanical History and Background 1838 - 1922.

By: ANTELL, Robert:

Price: £10.00

Publisher: Ian Allan. 1977 (1st.).:

Seller ID: 84809

7.0 x 9.5 inches. In green cloth covers with gilt to spine. With illustrated dustwrapper. In very good condition with very good dustwrapper. (D/W. Not price clipped). Covers slightly faded around edges. Else a clean and tight copy. 112pp. With b/w photographs throughout. This album portrays the Southern Regions West of England services before 1964. Starting at Waterloo and travelling towards Exeter, then covering all local services and branch lines.
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At War With The Smugglers.

By: ARNOLD-FORSTER, REAR ADMIRAL D:

Price: £25.00

Publisher: Ward, Lock & Co. 1936 (1st.ed.):

Seller ID: 75543

Approx 9 x 5.5 ins. Dark blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine. In very good condition. Spine darkened/ faded. Corners slightly bumped. Prev owners stamp to corner of map at front. Slight browning to edge of title else a very clean and tight copy throughout. 9 photo. plts; Map on endps; 256pp. The life of William Arnold ( father of Dr. Arnold of Rugby), Collector of Customs for the Isle of Wight from 1777 to 1801....telling an unending battle between the Revenue authorities and the Smugglers, as well as homely annals of the Collector's family.
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The Boys' Book of Motors. All about the leading Motor-Cars of to-day including a complete description in fascinatingly simple language of How the Motor-Car works.

By: ASTON, Wilfred Gordon:

Price: £30.00

Publisher: London, E. & F. N. Spon, n.d. ca1920 1st:

Seller ID: 82588

Tall hardback, 10 x 7.5 inches. In light brown/orange cloth covers with gilt lettering to spine and front, with blind-embossed paneled board and gilt monogram to front. In very good condition. Some minor fading to cloth with some darkening and handling marks around edges. Endpapers clean, no penned inscriptions, some light foxing to title page and prelims else inside pages clean and tight, plates all very clean and bright. Else a very good copy. 223pp + Index. Illustrated with 8 very nice mounted colour plates by P. Mickling. Many full-page B&W photo plates & figures within text.
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End of the Line. Exploring Britain’s Rural Railways.

By: ATTERBURY, Paul :

Price: £8.00

Publisher: Boxtree. 1994 (1st.).:

Seller ID: 84813

10.5 x 9.5 inches. In green cloth covers with gilt to spine. With illustrated dustwrapper. Orange endpapers. In near fine condition with very good dustwrapper. (D/W. slightly creased along top edge. Not price clipped). Else a very clean and tight copy. 160pp. With b/w colour and b/w photographs and maps. The author explores fourteen rural railways around Britain.
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British Railways locomotives 1962.

By: BANKS, Chris:

Price: £16.00

Publisher: Oxford Publishing Company. 2005 1st.:

Seller ID: 84808

8.5 x 11.0 inches. In black cloth covers with gilt to spine. With illustrated dustwrapper. In near fine condition with very good dustwrapper. (D/W Not price clipped). Else a very clan and tight copy. 224pp. With many b/w photographs. Covers the entire locomotive stock of British Railways in 1962.
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Westcountry Shipwrecks A Pictorial Record 1866-1973

By: BEHENNA, JOHN

Price: £15.00

Publisher: David & Charles, Newton Abbot 1974 1st ed:

Seller ID: 84610

Size 7.5 x 9.75 inches. In black cloth covers with gilt to the spine. Illustrated dustwrapper. In near fine condition with very good dustwrapper (dw; slightly creased around edges. Price clipped with small price label.) Author’s signature toi main title page. Else a very clean and tight copy. 112 pp. With b/w photographs in text. The author looks at Westcountry shipwrecks over more than a century of shipping. Many photographs from the Author’s private collection.
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One Track Mind. Photographic Essays on Western Railroading.

By: BENSON, Ted:

Price: £20.00

Publisher: Ontario, Canada. Boston Mills Press. 2000 1st edition.:

Seller ID: 84811

12.0 x 10.0 inches. In black cloth covering with silver gilt to spine. With illustrated dustwrapper. With grey endpapers. In near fine condition with very good dustwrapper. (D/W. slightly creased along edges. Not price clipped). A very clean and tight copy. 176pp. With many B&W photographs. Collection of photographs and essays by Ted Benson, one of the world’s top railway photographers. Covers Western North American railways.
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The New Motoring.

By: BERRY, W. H.:

Price: £50.00

Publisher: London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1919 (1st.ed.):

Seller ID: 82602

Hardback, 8.5 x 5.5 inches. Light green cloth with dark green lettering to front and spine. In very good condition. Some minor handling to cloth with some minor rubbing to corners. Endpapers partially darkened. Some light foxing and handling marks to title page and prelims. Some mild foxing to inside pages, plates clean and bright. Else a very clean and tight copy. 283pp; 20pp adverts (relating to motor cars). 30 B&W full-page photo illustrations.
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Roads and Vehicles 3. Industrial Archaeology Series, Edited by L. T. C. Rolt.

By: BIRD, ANTHONY:

Price: £8.00

Publisher: London, Longmans, 1969 repr:

Seller ID: 79754

Hardback, blue cloth with gilt to spine. In illustrated dustwrapper. In very good near fine condition with near fine dustwrap. (in protective sleeve. Price clipped.) Neat inscription to endpaper “Happy Birthday, love Julie 1970.” Else a very clean & tight copy. 250pp. With B&W illustrations.
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British Railway Tunnels.

By: BLOWER, ALAN:

Price: £15.00

Publisher: Ian Allan 1964 (1st.).:

Seller ID: 79028

Hardback, approx 9 x 6 inches. Light brown/orange cloth with silver lettering to spine. In illustrated dustwrapper. In very good near fine condition with very good dustwrapper (DW some minor rubbing to edges.) Else a very clean and tight copy. 108 pp. Illustrated with B&W photo. plates. A general historical survey of over 70 railway tunnels in Britain and, within this historical context, treats each tunnel individually and in details. A chapter on the Channel Tunnel outlines the history of this great project.
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The Confessions of a Seaman.

By: BLUNDELL, Peter;

Price: £20.00

Publisher: Arrowsmith, London. 1924 1st edition:

Seller ID: 75357

8 x 5.5 inches. In blue cloth with white lettering to front and spine. In good condition. Spine and edges of cover faded. Endpapers slightly darkened with some minor foxing to page edges. Else clean and tight throughout. 254pp. 8 b&w illustrations.
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Great Western Swindon. The Archive Photograph Series. Signed copy.

By: BRYAN, TIM:

Price: £4.00

Publisher: Chalford. 1995 1st edition.:

Seller ID: 61506

8vo. In illustrated limp card covers. In very good condition. Slight indentations and light scratches to covers. Compiler’s signature on main title page. Else a clean and tight copy. 128pp. With b/w photographs. A photographic record of the Great Western Railway works at Swindon.
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Image for A Manual of Modern Navigation. Being a review of the modern principles and practice of Astronomical Position-finding at sea, non-mathematically treated. Also a list of all formulae, etc. commonly used in practical navigation, and various other notes bearing on the subject.

A Manual of Modern Navigation. Being a review of the modern principles and practice of Astronomical Position-finding at sea, non-mathematically treated. Also a list of all formulae, etc. commonly used in practical navigation, and various other notes bearing on the subject.

By: BURTON, S.M.:

Price: £20.00

Publisher: Glasgow, Brown, Son & Ferguson, 1941 2nd ed.:

Seller ID: 84554

Hardback, 8.5 x 5.5 inches. Blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine and front. In dustwrapper. In very good condition with very good dustwrapper (DW, spine darkened, some handling marks, small nicks to ends of spine and corners. In protective sleeve.) Some rubbing to edges and corners of cloth. Inside pages all very clean and tight throughout. Else a very good clean and tight copy. 120pp. Illustrated with B&W figures and diagrams.
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The Sports Car. Its Design And Performance.

By: CAMPBELL, COLIN:

Price: £16.00

Publisher: London Chapman & Hall, 1955 2nd:

Seller ID: 79963

Hardback, 9 x 6 ins. Blue cloth with silver lettering to spine. In illustrated dustwrapper. In very good near fine condition with very good dustwrap (DW edges rubbed, corners nicked, some minor handling, in protective sleeve. NPC.) Some light spots to endpapers else inside pages all very clean and tight. 16 B&W photo plates & many other diagrams; 262pp.
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