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TONY MARSH, THE GREAT ALL-ROUNDER IN AND OUT OF MOTORSPORT
Written by Tony Marsh.
Stock no. 1327418
Published by Parley Books.
1st
2007.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Former six-times British Hill Climb Champion and racing driver, the story up until 2001. Green boards, gilt title to spine. 269 pages. Colour photos. ISBN: 9780955482601. SIGNED by Marsh to title-page. Spine very slightly bumped. Contents lightly browned but clean. Dustwrapper is slightly edge rubbed and faded at edges.
- Categorised in:
- TRANSPORT
- MOTOR SPORT
- BIOGRAPHY
I TRIED TO RUN A RAILWAY
Written by Gerard Fiennes.
Stock no. 1327402
Published by Head Of Zeus.
1st PB
2018.
Slightly better than very good condition.
With a foreword by Christian Wolmar and Nicholas Faith. Apollo paperback edition. 214 pages. ISBN: 9781786691286. Small mark to lower edge of textblock.
- Categorised in:
- TRANSPORT
- RAILWAYS
- LNER (RAILWAYS)
- BIOGRAPHY
THE MAN WHO DISOBEYED: SIR HORACE SMITH-DORRIEN AND HIS ENEMIES
Written by A.J. Smithers.
Stock no. 1327369
Published by Leo Cooper.
1st
1970.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
The earlier highlights of Smith-Dorrien's career. Orange boards, gilt title to spine. 303 pages. B/w photos. ISBN: 0850520304. Spine and corners bumped. Textblock is slightly foxed. Contents clean. White dustwrapper is edge rubbed, sunned to spine and rear edges with remains of a label to rear panel.
- Categorised in:
- MILITARY
- WORLD WAR I
- BIOGRAPHY
FROM STEAM TO STONE VOLUME TWO: ONWARDS INTO MANAGEMENT
Written by David Butcher.
Stock no. 1327337
Published by The Oakwood Press.
1st
2004.
Nearly fine condition.
Oakwood Reminiscences series RS13. A BR life - Engine Cleaner to Stone Projects Manager. Pictorial card wraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 0853616248. Slight rubbing to corners.
- Categorised in:
- TRANSPORT
- RAILWAYS
- LOCOMOTIVES
- BIOGRAPHY
FROM STEAM TO STONE VOLUME ONE: THE FOOTPLATE YEARS
Written by David Butcher.
Stock no. 1327336
Published by The Oakwood Press.
1st
2004.
Nearly fine condition.
A BR life - Engine Cleaner to Stone Projects Manager. Oakwood Reminiscences series RS12. Pictorial card wraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 085361623X. Minimal rubbing to corners.
- Categorised in:
- TRANSPORT
- RAILWAYS
- LOCOMOTIVES
- BIOGRAPHY
SIR NIGEL GRESLEY THE ENGINEER AND HIS FAMILY
Written by Geoffrey Hughes.
Stock no. 1327335
Published by The Oakwood Press.
2004.
Slightly better than very good condition.
Oakwood Library of Railway History OL118. Green cardwraps. 216 pages. B/w photos. ISBN: 0853615799. Minimal rubbing to corners. A couple of very small black marks to lower edge of textblock.
- Categorised in:
- TRANSPORT
- RAILWAYS
- ENGINEERING
- BIOGRAPHY
STEAMING THROUGH THE WAR YEARS REMINISCENCES THE EX-GER LINES IN LONDON
Written by Reg Robertson.
Stock no. 1327332
Published by The Oakwood Press.
1st
1996.
Slightly better than very good condition.
Oakwood Reminiscences Series RS3. Card wraps. B/w photos. 152 Pages. ISBN: 0853614725. Slight rubbing to corners.
- Categorised in:
- TRANSPORT
- RAILWAYS
- LOCOMOTIVES
- LONDON
- EASTERN REGION RAILWAY
- BIOGRAPHY
MANET BY HIMSELF
Written by Juliet Wilson-Bareau.
Illustrated by Edouard Manet.
Stock no. 1327173
Published by MacDonald.
1st
1991.
Slightly better than very good condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
Large format. Black cloth, silver title to spine. Colour illustrations. Correspondence & Conversation, Paintings, Pastels, Prints & Drawings. ISBN: 0356191613. Spine and corners slightly rubbed. Contents fine. Wrapper is slightly creased at top edges.
- Categorised in:
- ART
- BIOGRAPHY
- IMPRESSIONISM
THE ART OF PAMELA KAY
Written by Michael Spender.
Illustrated by Pamela Kay.
Stock no. 1327170
Published by David & Charles.
1st
1993.
Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Including a biographical background to the artist and an informed commentary on the paintings. Oblong format. Grey boards, gilt title to spine. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0715300326. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is lightly foxed on verso and is faded to edge of rear panel.
- Categorised in:
- ART
- STILL LIFE
- BIOGRAPHY
MERLIN'S MAN
Written by Lansdale Humphreys.
Stock no. 1327157
Published by P.M. Heaton Publishing.
1st
1995.
Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
Love, War and Adventure in the Life of a Welsh Seafarer (Richard Humphreys). Green boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 187200606X. Spine slightly bumped. Contents fine. Dustwrapper has a light mark (label residue?) to front panel and is very slightly edge creased.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- WALES
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- MARITIME
- BIOGRAPHY
EDWARD THOMPSON OF THE LNER
Written by Peter Grafton.
Stock no. 1327060
Published by The Oakwood Press.
1st thus
2007.
Very good condition.
The story of the Chief Mechanical Engineer between 1941 and 1946. B/w photos. New edition (original published by Kestrel Books). Card wraps. ISBN: 9780853616726. Corners slightly rubbed. Crease to lower corner of front cover. Pale page browning to page edges else contents fine.
- Categorised in:
- TRANSPORT
- RAILWAYS
- LNER (RAILWAYS)
- BIOGRAPHY
- LOCOMOTIVES
JAMES HUNT
Written by Maurice Hamilton.
Stock no. 1327055
Published by Blink Publishing.
1st
2016.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
An exclusive and personal insight into one of the world's most charismatic racing drivers. Black boards, silver title to spine. Packed full of colour and b/w photographs. ISBN: 9781910536766. Dent to top edge of rear cover. Contents fine. Some light rubbing to dustwrapper edges.
- Categorised in:
- TRANSPORT
- MOTOR SPORT
- BIOGRAPHY