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NIGEL MANSELL
Written by David Tremayne.
Stock no. 1821720
Published by Hazleton Publishing.
1st
1989.
Almost very good condition.
Driver Profiles: 1. Large format. Pictorial glazed boards. B/w and a few colour photos. ISBN: 0905138678. SIGNED by Nigel Mansell to title page. Board corners rubbed. Rear board marked. Endpapers grubby.
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- TRANSPORT
- CARS
- MOTOR SPORT
- BIOGRAPHY
NIKI LAUDA
Written by Alan Henry.
Stock no. 1821712
Published by Hazleton Publishing.
1st
1989.
Slightly better than very good condition.
Driver Profiles: 2. Biography of the famous racing driver. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour and b/w photos. ISBN: 0905138686. Boards lightly scuffed. Contents fine.
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- TRANSPORT
- CARS
- MOTOR SPORT
- BIOGRAPHY
LOVE AND WAR IN THE APENNINES
Written by Eric Newby; Edward Stourton.
Illustrated by Robin Heighway-Bury.
Stock no. 1320907
Published by Folio Society.
Circa
2016.
Nearly fine condition.
A love story and a war story. Colour pictorial cloth. Colour illustrations. Still in original shrinkwrap. Tiny bump to lower edge of opening corner else fine.
- Categorised in:
- FOLIO SOCIETY
- MILITARY
- WORLD WAR II
- ITALY
- BIOGRAPHY
DIESEL THE MAN & THE ENGINE
Written by Morton Grosser.
Stock no. 2134581
Published by David & Charles.
Circa
1980.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Maroon boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0715379283. Some bumping along cover edges. Light foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased with a faded spine.
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- BIOGRAPHY
- TRANSPORT
- ENGINES
- ENGINEERING
STIRLING MOSS: THE AUTHORISED BIOGRAPHY
Written by Robert Edwards.
Stock no. 2134545
Published by Cassell & Co..
1st
2001.
Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Sir Stirling Crauford Moss raced professionally over 500 times until his near-fatal crash in 1962. At the end of his racing career he was the most famous Briton of his era. Large format. 358 pages. B.w abd colour photos. ISBN: 0304359041. A few small knocks along cover edges. Wrapper has some wear and uneven browning.
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- TRANSPORT
- CARS
- MOTOR SPORT
- BIOGRAPHY
CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS
Written by L. Du Garde Peach.
Illustrated by John Kenney.
Stock no. 1320626
Published by Wills & Hepworth Ltd..
1st
1961.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Ladybird Series 561. Buff boards with colour vignette and titles. Colour illustrations. Minimal bumping to spine. Some browning to covers. Contents fine. Pictorial wrapper is not price-cut, last title listed on rear flap is this one. Wrapper is slightly edge worn with browning to spine and some foxing.
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- CHILDRENS
- LADYBIRD
- LADYBIRD 561 ADVENTURES FROM HISTORY
- BIOGRAPHY
WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR
Written by L. Du Garde Peach.
Illustrated by John Kenney.
Stock no. 1320622
Published by Wills & Hepworth Ltd..
Circa
1961.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Ladybird Series 561. Buff boards with colour vignette and titles. Colour illustrations. Spine very slightly bumped. Some light foxing to textblock and page margins. Pictorial wrapper is not price-cut, is slightly edge rubbed and last title listed on rear flap is "Stone Age Man in Britain".
M
Written by Peter Robb.
Illustrated by Caravaggio.
Stock no. 1320358
Published by Bloomsbury.
1st thus
2000.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
M is the name of an enigma. In his short and violent life, Michelangelo Merisi, from Caravaggio, changed art forever. The author looks at the crisis in politics, religion, art and science as the seventeenth century began. Colour plates. ISBN: 0747545995. Spine bumped. A few small ink marks to front endpaper. Inscription in ink to half-title. Dustwrapper is slightly rubbed and creased at edges.
MASTER AIRMAN
Written by Alan Bramson.
Stock no. 1320219
Published by Airlife.
1st
1985.
Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
A biography of Air Vice-Marshal Donald Bennett. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. 166 pages. A few b/w photos. ISBN: 0906393450. Minimal bumping to spine. Slight evidence of pencil erasure to front free-endpaper. Dustwrapper has a light crease to front panel and is faded to spine with light creasing at top and tail.
1759 KUNERSDORF AND MAXEN
Written by Horace St Paul.
Stock no. 1320197
Published by Gralene Books.
1st
2007.
Fine condition.
The journal of Colonel Horace St Paul from Jan to Nov of 1759. Including descriptions of his promotion and ennoblement, the battle of Kunersdorf, Operations in Lusatia and Saxony and culminating in the Affair at Maxen. Translated and edited by Neil Cogswell with additional materials. B/w plans. Limited to 100 copies. ISBN: 1901162095. This is copy no. 64.
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- MILITARY
- BIOGRAPHY
- LIMITED EDITION
SPIV'S PROGRESS
Written by John Worby.
Stock no. 1820991
Published by J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd..
1939.
Very good condition.
Sequel to 'The Other Half'. Autobiography of John Worby, a spiv. Green cloth, gilt title to spine. B/w frontis. Reprint. Covers and text block browned.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- LONDON
- BIOGRAPHY
FIFTY YEARS OF A LONDONER'S LIFE
Written by H.G. Hibbert.
Stock no. 1820981
Published by Dodd, Mead & Company.
1st
1916.
Almost very good condition.
Light blue/grey cloth boards, brown titles. 18 b/w plates. Spine browned and worn at top & tail with some fraying. Corners worn, small bump to lower front edge of board. Grubby marks to boards. Text block browned. Inscription in ink to front pastedown. Front hinge pulled and frontis almost detached. Scattered foxing throughout.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- LONDON
- BIOGRAPHY
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)