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MUSTANG: FORTY YEARS
Written by Randy Leffingwell.
Stock no. 2135975
Published by Motorbooks. 1st thus 2005. Almost very good condition.

Card wraps. Square format. Colour photos. ISBN: 0760321833. Some marks to covers; a little creasing to cover corner. First page has 1" tear.

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CANAL PORTS: THE URBAN ACHIEVEMENT OF THE CANAL AGE
Written by J. Douglas Porteous.
Stock no. 2135950
Published by Academic Press. 1st 1977. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Green boards, gilt title to spine. B/w diagrams and photos. ISBN: 0125619502. Bumping to spine. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Browning and foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is creased with a few closed tears; unevenly browned.

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LOCKHEED AIRCRAFT SINCE 1913
Written by Rene J. Francillon.
Stock no. 1321921
Published by Putnam. 1st thus 1987. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Revised and expanded 2nd edition. B/w photos and diagrams. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. ISBN: 0851778054. Base of spine is heavily bumped. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed and faded to spine.

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METAL INDUSTRIES: SHIPBREAKING AT ROSYTH AND CHARLESTOWN
Written by Ian Buxton.
Stock no. 1822898
Published by World Ship Society. 1st 1992. Slightly better than very good condition.

Grey cardwraps. B/w photos. 104 pages. ISBN: 090561769X. Covers lightly creased and lightly rubbed at corners. Contents clean.

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THE LLANELLY & MYNYDD MAWR RAILWAY (OL84)
Written by M.R.C. Price.
Stock no. 1822891
Published by The Oakwood Press. 1st 1992. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Oakwood Library of Railway History OL84. Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0853614237. Black & yellow pictorial dustwrapper lightly scuffed (very minor).

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THE COLNE VALLEY AND HALSTEAD RAILWAY (LOCOMOTION PAPERS 166)
Written by R.A. Whitehead; F.D. Simpson.
Stock no. 1822890
Published by The Oakwood Press. 2nd 1987. Slightly better than very good condition.

Second Edition. Blue cardwraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 0853613591. Front & rear edge of spine lightly rubbed. Contents clean.

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THE COAL WAS THERE FOR BURNING
Written by C.H. Milsom.
Stock no. 1822866
Published by Marine Media Management. 1st 1975. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The Atlantic, the only ship that ran out of coal in 1873, resulting in the loss of lives of 562 people. The blunder of the engineer combined with the negligence of the master to produce one of the worst maritime disasters the world has ever known. Burgundy boards, gilt title to spine. ISBN: 0900976500. SIGNED by the author to title page (with personal dedication). A few minor marks to boards. A few minor foxspots to prelims. Pictorial dustwrapper is browned to verso and faded to spine.

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FERRARI 250 GTO: THE HISTORY OF A LEGEND
Written by Anthony Pritchard.
Stock no. 1822851
Published by Haynes Publishing. 1st 2010. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Celebrating the 250 GTO by combining a detailed account of every aspect of this charismatic car's history with a magnificent collection of over 250 period photographs gathered from all over the world. Large format. Black boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w photos. ISBN: 9781844255467. Board corners lightly bumped. Contents fine. Red pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed and lightly rubbed at corners.

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SCOTTISH STEAM IN THE 1920S
Written by R.D. Stephen.
Stock no. 1822837
Published by D. Bradford Barton. 1st 1975. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Maroon cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos throughout. ISBN: 0851532454. Base of spine lightly rubbed. Text block lightly browned. Rear hinge pulled. Price-cut dustwrapper is rubbed at corners, sunned, and has a 1" closed tear to lower front spine edge.

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BEANCAKER TO BOXBOAT: STEAMSHIP COMPANIES IN CHINESE WATERS
Written by H.W. Dickinson; S.A. Kentwell.
Stock no. 1822821
Published by Nautical Association Of Australia Inc.. 1st 1988. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A list of ships with a brief descriptions and some b/w photos. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. ISBN: 0959907939. Title to dustwrapper spine is very faded and lightly browned.

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SOLD EAST: TRADERS, TRAMPS AND TUGS OF CHINESE WATERS
Written by H.W. Dickinson; S.A. Kentwell.
Stock no. 1822820
Published by Nautical Association Of Australia Inc.. 1st 1991. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Many cargoliners and tramps from Britain and Europe and most coasters from Australia and New Zealand were eventually 'sold East' to begin a second career for owners based in Shanghai (until 1949) or Hongkong. A sequel to 'Beancaker to Boxboat' completing the study of the shipping firms that had their origins on the China Coast before 1949. Blue boards, gilt titles. B/w photos. ISBN: 0959907947. Top & tail of spine lightly rubbed. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly worn at corners with a few small clsoed tears, spine is faded (title almost disappeared) with a small stain.

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WORKSHOP MANUAL VOLUMES I AND II PETROL ENGINES ALFA ROMEO
No author listed.
Stock no. 2135899
Circa 1987. Almost very good condition.

Volumes are contained in a ring binder (blue). Covers - 4 cylinders 1.6; 4 cylinders 1.8; 4 cylinders 1.8 turbo; 4 cylinders 2.0; 4 cylinders 2.0 iniezione; 4 cylinders Twin Spark iniezione; 6 cylinders 2.0 iniezione; 6 cylinders 2.5 iniezione; 6 cylinders 3.0 iniezione. B/w diagrams. Some wear to binding. First page is nearly detached from binding and grubby; rest is very good.

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