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JAPANESE RIDERS IN THE ISLE OF MAN
Written by Ralph Crellin.
Stock no. 1829184
Published by Amulree Publications. 1st 1995. Very good condition.

The story of those who challenged the TT. In the 1950s and 1960s, the TT was the premier event in the Grand Prix road racing calendar, it therefore made sense for the major Japanese manufacturers to target the meeting as a significant milestone on the route to world championship honours. Red pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. 80 pages. ISBN: 0952112647. Previous bookseller's price label to front cover. Contents clean.

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THE ISLE OF MAN RAILWAY VOLUME II
Written by James I.C. Boyd.
Stock no. 1829131
Published by The Oakwood Press. 1st thus 1994. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The British Narrow Gauge Railway series, No. 2B. An outline history of The Isle of Man Railway including The Manx Northern Railway and The Foxdale Railway (1905-1994). Volume II of a three volume edition. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 256 pages including index. ISBN: 0853614695. Pencil erasure mark to top corner of front endpaper else contents clean. Blue pictorial dustwrapper is faded to top edge and spine and a little scuffed.

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THE ISLE OF MAN RAILWAY VOLUME I
Written by James I.C. Boyd.
Stock no. 1829130
Published by The Oakwood Press. 1st thus 1993. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Volume 1 of three volume edition. An outline history of the Isle of man Railway including The Manx Northern railway and The Foxdale Railway (pre-1873 to 1904). The British Narrow Gauge Railway No. 2A. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 262 pages including index. ISBN: 085361444x. Top of spine lightly creased. Pencil erasure mark to top corner of front endpaper else contents clean. Green pictorial dustwrapper is lightly creased and scuffed.

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LIVING WITH THE WIRE: CIVILIAN INTERNMENT IN THE ISLE OF MAN DURING THE TWO WORLD WARS
Written by Yvonne M. Cresswell.
Stock no. 1829116
Published by Manx National Heritage. 1st 1994. Slightly better than very good condition.

How 25,000 men women and children coped with their internment behind barbed wire on the Isle of Man during the two World Wars. Staple-bound booklet. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos and illustrations. 72 pages. ISBN: 0901106356. A lovely copy.

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WILD FLOWERS OF THE ISLE OF MAN: AN ILLUSTRATED FIELD GUIDE
Written by Jean Clifton.
Stock no. 1829115
Published by Harold Jackson. 1st 1986. Very good condition.

Photographs of wild flowers growing on the Isle of Man. Staple bound booklet. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour photos throughout. 83 pages plus index at front. Covers scuffed, small patch to rear cover where old price-label was. Contents clean.

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T.T. PIONEERS: EARLY CAR RACING IN THE ISLE OF MAN
Written by Robert Kelly.
Stock no. 1829003
Published by The Manx Experience. 1st 1996. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The automobile of today owes much to what happened on a small island between 1904 and 1922. The challenge came in racing over the most testing course imaginable. Adventurous, exciting and testing days: an era of risk-taking over rutted, muddy roads that exposed the host island to condemnation as 'The Isle of Manslaughter.' Without them, the modern car would never have developed as fast as it did. Large format. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour frontis. B/w photos throughout. 173 pages. ISBN: 1873120613. Spine & corners bumped. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is scuffed to rear panel.

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THE HISTORY OF THE MANX GRAND PRIX 1923 - 1998
Written by Peter Kneale; Bill Snelling.
Stock no. 1829002
Published by Amulree Publications. 1st 1998. Very good condition.

This book chronicles 'The Manx', asw it is recognised world-wide, with race reports of every single race by Peter Kneale and Bill Snelling. The performance of every rider who has started in a Manx GP race is listed, together with stories from winners (and others!). Large format. Cardwraps. Colour and b/w photos. 200 pages. ISBN: 1901508048. Covers lightly creased at corners and a little scuffed. Text block a little grubby. Corners of contents are lightly bowed. Contents are clean.

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VICE-COUNTY CENSUS CATALOGUE OF THE VASCULAR PLANTS OF GREAT BRITAIN THE ISLE OF MAN AND THE CHANNEL ISLANDS
Written by C.A. Stace; R.G. Ellis; D.H. Kent; D.J. McCosh.
Stock no. 1828943
Published by Botanical Society Of The British Isles. 1st 2003. Slightly better than very good condition.

Cream cardwraps. xxi and 405 pages including index. ISBN: 0901158305. Corners of covers lightly rubbed. Contents clean.

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37 3/4 MILES... AND SO MUCH MORE: THE ISLE OF MAN TT RACES
Written by Graham Bean; Mike Hammonds.
Stock no. 1828648
Published by The Manx Experience. 1st 1999. Slightly better than very good condition.

An amalgam of previously recorded facts and many interesting "snippets", probably only known to a few of the T.T's most ardent buffs. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour & b/w photos. 96 pages. ISBN: 1873120419. Light ink scuffing to half-title page. Else contents clean.

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THE MURRAY'S MUSEUM TT ARCHIVE
Written by Peter Murray; Raymond Ainscoe.
Stock no. 1826814
Published by Ilkley Racing Books. 1st 2012. Slightly better than very good condition.

Limited edition of 500. Large format. Yellow pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 9780952480235. This is book number 269 of 500. Cover corners lightly rubbed. Contents clean.

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MANX AVIATION IN WAR & PEACE
Written by Gordon N. Kniveton.
Stock no. 1324175
Published by The Manx Experience. 1st 1985. Very good condition.

Large format. Ronaldsway Aerodrome; Hall Caine; R.A.F. Jurby; R.A.F. Andreas; H.M.S. Urley; Ronaldsway Airport. Pictorial card wraps. B/w photos. 104 pages. Slight rubbing to cover edges. Contents clean.

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MANX BIRD ATLAS
Written by Christopher Martyn Sharpe; Jason Paul Bishop; James Patrick Cullen; Peter George Giovannini; John Peter Thorpe; Peter Weaver.
Stock no. 1324096
Published by Liverpool University Press. 1st 2007. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

An atlas of breeding and wintering birds on the Isle of Man. Glazed pictorial boards. 389 pages. B/w illustrations and maps. ISBN: 9781846310393. Spine and corners bumped. A few page corner tips slightly creased, Dustwrapper is lightly edge rubbed/creased. Neat barcode sticker to rear panel of wrapper.

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