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EMERSON FITTIPALDI: HEART OF A RACER
Written by Karl Ludvigsen.
Stock no. 1821786
Published by Haynes Publishing Group.
1st
2002.
Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
After a dazzling Formula 1 career - in 1972 crowned the youngest-ever World Champion, aged just 25 - Emerson Fittipaldi then conquered the world of Indycar racing, scoring wins in ten consecutive seasons. A story of 'high ambition and focused determination'. Large square format. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour and b/w photos. 208 pages including index. ISBN: 185960837X. A very nice copy. White pictorial dustwrapper is lightly browned at edges.
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- TRANSPORT
- CARS
- MOTOR SPORT
- BIOGRAPHY
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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- 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. Niki Lauda's tenacious recovery from the terrible injuries sustained when his Ferrari crashed in the 1976 German Grand Prix elevated him to the status of an international sporting hero. One of the most pragmatic men ever to drive a racing car, this volume reflects the shrewd mind, iron determination and wry sense of humour of someone committed to perfection and success in whatever sphere he operates. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour and b/w photos. 109 pages. 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.
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- 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. Green paper boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 358 pages including index. ISBN: 0304359041. A few small knocks along board edges. Some scuffing to endpapers casued by in imprinting from pastedowns. Else contents clean. Dustwrapper has some wear and uneven browning.
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- 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.
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- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- LONDON
- BIOGRAPHY