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FIAT
Written by Michael Sedgwick.
Stock no. 1826021
Published by B.T. Batsford. 1st 1974. Good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The Fiat Story. The cars, the men and the background. Blue/grey mottled cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos. Top edge pink. ISBN: 0713404736. Boards clean. Front and rear joint cracked but binding is otherwise tight. Minor foxing and a few grubby marks to endpapers. Text block browned and grubby. Contents themselves appear to be clean on a quick flick through. Black dustwrapper is scuffed and has dampstaining to verso along horizontal edges (not visible to front). Musty damp odour present.

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AUSTER: THE COMPANY AND THE AIRCRAFT
Written by Tom Wenham; Rod Simpson; Malcolm P. Fillmore.
Stock no. 1825999
Published by Air-Britain. 1st 2018. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The story of an iconic aviation company and classic light aircraft which live on in the hands of enthusiastic owners today. Large format. Green cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w & colour photos. ISBN: 9780851305080. A lovely copy.

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MILES AIRCRAFT: THE WARTIME YEARS 1939-1945 (2 VOLUMES)
Written by Peter Amos.
Stock no. 1825900
Published by Air-Britain (historians) Ltd.. 1st 2012. Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Phillips & Powis Aircraft Ltd / Miles Aircraft Ltd, Reading, South Marston & Doncaster, and Miles Aircraft (Northern Ireland) Ltd. Continuing the story with the trials and tribulations of Miles Aircraft during the war. Contains a fully comprehensive history of each individual aircraft built during the period. Large format. Green glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos and illustrations. Includes The Appendices in cardwraps. ISBN: 9780851304304. DVD is MISSING. Else contents fine. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly creased at corners and lightly scuffed to rear panel.

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AUSTER: THE COMPANY AND THE AIRCRAFT
Written by Tom Wenham; Rod Simpson; Malcolm P. Fillmore.
Stock no. 1825839
Published by Air-Britain. 1st 2018. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The story of an iconic aviation company and classic light aircraft which live on in the hands of enthusiastic owners today. Large format. Green cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w & colour photos. ISBN: 9780851305080. Couple of minor biro marks to prelims else contents clean. Green pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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FALSE DAWN: THE BEAGLE AIRCRAFT STORY
Written by Tom Wenham.
Stock no. 1825761
Published by Air-Britain. 1st 2015. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

A definitive history of the Beagle. Large format. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w photos, b/w diagrams. ISBN: 9780851304793. A lovely copy with no obvious faults.

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MILES AIRCRAFT - THE POST-WAR YEARS 1945 TO 1948
Written by Peter Amos.
Stock no. 1325311
Published by Air-Britain. 1st 2016. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Reading, Berkshire, England and Newtownards, Northern Ireland. The third volume of the history of Miles Aircraft and takes the story through to the end of the company. Large, heavy format. Green glazed pictorial boards. Colour and b/w photos. ISBN: 9780851304809. Top front corner of wrapper and cover slightly bumped else a fine copy.

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OKB ILYUSHIN: A HISTORY OF THE DESIGN BUREAU AND ITS AIRCRAFT
Written by Yefim Gordon; Dmitriy Komissarov; Sergey Komissarov.
Stock no. 1325309
Published by Midland Publishing. 1st 2004. Nearly fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

The Ilyushin design bureau is one of the best-known Soviet/Russian aircraft design companies. Large format. Grey boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos & illustrations, a few colour photos. 384 pages. ISBN: 1857801873. Spine is very slightly bumped else a fine copy.

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MILES AIRCRAFT: THE WARTIME YEARS 1939-1945
Written by Peter Amos.
Stock no. 1325300
Published by Air-Britain (historians) Ltd.. 1st 2012. Nearly fine condition.

The Appendices - containing individual aircraft histories of 1939-1945 production of Magister, Master, Martinet, Monitor and Messenger I types together with additional activities and background information. Large, heavy format. Cardwraps. B/w photos. 400 pages. ISBN: 9780851304304. Minimal rubbing to spine and corners.

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THE MARTINSYDE FILE
Written by Ray Sanger.
Stock no. 1825599
Published by Air-Britain (historians) Ltd.. 1st 1999. Slightly better than very good condition.

Martinsyde was a British aircraft and motorcycle manufacturer. Mostly about the aircraft but includes a chapter on the motorcycles. Large format. Blue glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos. ISBN: 0851302734. Some light scuffing to boards. Contents clean.

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MASTER OF GLASS
Written by Margaret Stavridi.
Stock no. 1825596
Published by John Taylor Book Ventures. 1st 1988. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Charles Eamer Kempe 1837-1907 and the work of his firm in stained glass and church decoration. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 1871224004. Top & tail of spine lightly shelf worn. Pencil erasure of old price to top corner of free front endpaper. Else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is edge-creased, rubbed to top of spine with small nick, scuffed to rear panel.

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A HISTORY OF THE STRATFORD-UPON-AVON & MIDLAND JUNCTION RAILWAY
Written by R.C. Riley; Bill Simpson.
Stock no. 1825513
Published by Lamplight Publications. 1st thus 2007. Nearly fine condition.

The history of a small proud independent Company in the centre of England, often struggling to remain solvent, but equally resourceful. A journey through time and place with over two hundred photographs, maps and diagrams. Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 9781899246205. A lovely copy.

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SALMONS & SONS: THE TICKFORD COACHBUILDERS
Written by Dennis C. Mynard.
Stock no. 1325237
Published by Phillimore. 1st 2007. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w and colour photographs throughout. ISBN: 9781860774225. SIGNED by author to title page. Corners bumped. Couple of knocks to top and tail of spine. Pale page edge browning. Wrapper is edge-creased.

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