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JO RAMIREZ: MEMOIRS OF A RACING MAN
Written by Jo Ramirez; Jackie Stewart; Alain Prost.
Stock no. 2122255
Published by Haynes. 1st 2005. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Jo Ramirez is one of the best-liked and most respected Formula One personalities of recent years, and is held in high esteem both inside and outside the Grand Prix paddock. This is Jo's story, in his own words. Forewords by Sir Jackie Stewart & Alain Prost. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w photos. 352 pages including index. ISBN: 1844252388. Light page browning, else contents are excellent! Dustwrapper has some light edge-creasing.

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THE ART OF MAURICE SENDAK 1980 TO THE PRESENT
Written by Tony Kushner. Illustrated by Maurice Sendak.
Stock no. 1608927
Published by Harry N. Abrams, Inc.. c. 2003. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Large format. Dark blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 0810944480. Wrapper is edge creased with small closed tear at base of spine.

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LANDSCAPES & MEMORIES AN INTERMITTENT AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Written by John Prebble.
Stock no. 1608922
Published by Harpercollins Publishers Ltd. 1st 1993. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Moving backwards and forwards between the distant and recent past, between Prebble's recollections of his own life and of the lives and history he has written about. B/w photos. ISBN: 0002151847. Spine and corners bumped. SIGNED by author on title page (with dedication). Wrapper is edge creased.

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THE WESTERLY WANDERER
Written by Jeremy Bourne.
Stock no. 1608698
Published by The Housman Society. 1st 1996. Slightly better than very good condition.

Card wraps. A brief portrait of A.E. Housman, author of A Shropshire Lad. ISBN: 0904579069.

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ONLY HERE FOR THE BEER: GERRY MARSHALL
Written by Jeremy Walton.
Stock no. 1608512
Published by Haynes Publishing Group. 1st 1978. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Biography of a character of the motor racing scene. B/w photos. ISBN: 0854292306. Browning to outer page edges and margins.

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NORTHOWRAM ITS HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES
Written by Mark Pearson.
Stock no. 2121945
Published by F. King & Sons. 1898. Almost very good condition.

With a Life of Oliver Heywood and Histories of Heywood Chapel, Coley Church, Bell School, Old Halls, Residences and Families of Northowram and Shibden Dale. Large format. Dark green leather covers, gilt titles. Folding map. Scuffing and wear, with chipping to leather covers. Some foxing. Black in splash marks to outer page edges, which also bleed through to some page margins. Small edge-tear to fold-out map.

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BRIEF LIVES
Written by John Aubrey; Richard Barber.
Stock no. 1608271
Published by Folio Society. 1975. Slightly better than very good condition.

Beige cloth, gold and brown decorations. B/w illustrations. Contained in slipcase which has some wear at corners.

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THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON VOLUME III
Written by James Boswell; Napier.
Stock no. 2121688
Published by George Bell & Sons. 1892. Very good condition.

Together with The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides. Edited by Alexander Napier. Maroon cloth with gilt titles to spine. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. A few marks to covers. Some foxing and page browning. Volume III ONLY!

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IT STILL BEATS WORKING! MY FORTY YEARS OF MOTOR RACING FUN
Written by Eoin S. Young.
Stock no. 1812306
Published by Transport Bookman Publications. 1st 2003. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The second volume of Eoin Young's autobiography crammed with all the Grand Prix-after-dinner tales and Barley Mow motor racing pub stories that he forgot to put in the first book! Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0851840698. Pictorial dustwrapper lightly scuffed.

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RICHARD SUTCLIFFE: THE PIONEER OF UNDERGROUND BELT CONVEYING
Written by R.J. Sutcliffe; Edward D. Sutcliffe.
Stock no. 1812299
Published by R.W. Simpson & Co. Ltd.. 2nd 1948. Very good condition.

Second Edition. The life of the late Richard Sutcliffe, and of his stuggles, and triumphs, and setbacks. Red cloth boards, dark red titles to front, no title to spine. B/w plates. Spine & front vertical board edge faded. Edge of front cover is bumped. Marks to rear board. 'Copyright reserved' stamp to endpapers. Rear joint just starting to crack. Contents clean and tight.

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THE SOLDIER WHO WALKED AWAY
Written by Arthur H. Haley.
Stock no. 2120962
Published by Bullfinch Publications. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

ISBN: 0951142712. Page browning. Wrapper is edge-creased and unevenly browned.

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CHRISTIAN BOLTANSKI
Written by Lynn Gumpert. Illustrated by Christian Boltanski.
Stock no. 1811902
Published by Flammarion. 1st 1994. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Chritian Boltanski is one of France's best-known artists of the postwar generation and has developed a highly personal and often disconcerting oeuvre that challenges basic assumptions of what constitutes an artwork. Over 150 black-and-white and 5 colour illustrations that span the entire range of Boltanski['s production, materials and influences. Red boards, black title to spine. 192 pages. ISBN: 2080135597. Board edges lighlty bumped. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is lightly edge-creased and slightly faded to spine.

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