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AUTOCAR ON BENTLEY SINCE 1919
Written by Warren Allport.
Stock no. 2134651
Published by Bay View Books. 1988. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Green cloth with silver title to spine. A unique history. All the material is reproduced in facsimile from the leading magazine Autocar, and includes descriptions, technical articles, driving impressions, road tests and retrospective features, all accompanied by hundres of diagrams, drawings, cutaways and photographs. ISBN: 1870979036. Bumping to top of spine. Browning to endpapers. Wrapper is a little edge-creased with a few spots.

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MEN OF STEEL
No author listed.
Stock no. 1821923
Published by The Iron And Steel Trades Confederation. 1st 1951. Almost very good condition.

Red cloth, gilt titles. B/w photos. A chronicle of 88 years of trade unionism in the British iron and steel industry. Spine a little creased, gilt title to spine is dull. Boards are lightly marked. Corners lightly rubbed. Text block browned and grubby. Endpapers grubby. Frontis and title page creased with a little damage to title page (edge of). Hinges pulled but binding tight. Contents generally clean. A well used copy.

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LOTUS RACING CARS: CLUB RACERS TO WORLD CHAMPIONS 1948-1968
Written by John Tipler.
Stock no. 1821769
Published by Sutton Publishing. 2001. Nearly fine condition.

The first volume of illustrated history telling the exciting story of these pioneering cars. A fascinating insight into the evolution of Lotus racing and into the brilliant early career of Colin Chapman himself. White glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos. ISBN: 075092389X. Reprint.

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MORE THAN A BOOKSHOP: ZWEMMER'S AND ART IN THE 20TH CENTURY
Written by Nigel Vaux Halliday.
Stock no. 1821737
Published by Philip Wilson Publishers. 1st 1991. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Zwemmer's bookshop, art gallery and publishing house has a central place in the history of British art in the twentieth century. A unique source of information on modern art, supplemented in 1929 by the opening of the Zwemmer Gallery specialising in contemporary art. Zwemmer's was a meeting place for a cross-section of the art world - artists, collectors, academics and laymen - attracted by a range of books covering all arts of all periods. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos & illustrations and a few colour. ISBN: 0856674095. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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MCLAREN: THE EPIC YEARS
Written by Alan Henry.
Stock no. 1821693
Published by Haynes Publishing. 1st 1998. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Leading motorsport writer Alan Henry has drawn on his long association with McLaren to produce a uniquely penetrating memoir of an organisation in which perfection is only just good enough. Black boards, silver title to spine. Colour photos. ISBN: 1859604315. Foxing to top edge of text block. Pictorial dustwrapper is faded to front spine edge, lightly scuffed to rear panel and foxed to verso (not visible to front).

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MY LIFE AT THE SUNBEAM 1920 - 1935
Written by Norman Cliff.
Stock no. 2134596
Published by Ashley James Limited. 1987. Slightly better than very good condition.

One man's memories of the company and its craftsmen who built world beating motorcars. Card wraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 0951289101. Light wear to corners.

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THE STORY OF LOTUS 1947-1960: BIRTH OF A LEGEND
Written by Ian H. Smith.
Stock no. 1821496
Published by Motor Racing Publications Ltd.. 1982. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0900549106. Reprint. Strong musty odour present else contents fine. Green pictorial dustwrapper is lightly browned and lightly scuffed.

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THE STORY OF LOTUS 1961-1971: GROWTH OF A LEGEND
Written by Doug Nye.
Stock no. 1821495
Published by Motor Racing Publications Ltd.. 1982. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 288 pages including index. ISBN: 090054157. Reprint. A few pale marks to boards. Musty odour present else contents fine. Red pictorial dustwrapper is slightly scuffed, a few foxspots to verso (not visible to front).

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FLY WITH THE STARS
Written by Susan Ottaway; Ian Ottaway.
Stock no. 1320289
Published by Sutton Publishing. 1st 2007. Fine condition.

British South American Airways - the rise and controversial fall of a long-haul trailblazer. Black boards, gilt title to spine. 244 pages. B/w photos. ISBN: 9780750944489. Minimal rubbing to wrapper edges.

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SKYLEADERS DC-1 THROUGH DC-7: THE DOUGLAS PROPLINERS
Written by Rene J. Francillon.
Stock no. 1820746
Published by Haynes Publishing. 1st 2012. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Douglas aviation activity leading up to July 1933 which was a groundbreaking moment for commercial aviation, and examining the development of transport aircraft through to the present day, concluding with the ongoing manufacture of the C-17 military cargo under the Boeing label. Large format. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w photos. ISBN: 9780857331571.

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FADED GLORY: AIRLINE COLOUR SCHEMES OF THE PAST
Written by John K. Morton.
Stock no. 1820740
Published by Airlife. 1st 1991. Slightly better than very good condition.

Blue pictorial cardwraps. Colour photos throughout. ISBN: 1853100889. Covers scuffed. Contents fine.

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BRITISH AIRCRAFT MANUFACTURERS SINCE 1908
Written by Gunter G. Endres.
Stock no. 2134095
Published by Ian Allan. 1st 1995. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

An outline history of the many aircraft manufacturers of both civil and military aircraft. B/w photos. ISBN: 071102409X. Wrapper is faded to spine.

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