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THE DIESEL IMPACT ON BRITISH RAIL
Written by R.M. Tufnell.
Stock no. 1829048
Published by Mechanical Engineering Publications Limited. 1st 1979. Very good condition.

Few people's work can have had such a profound effect on the railways of Britain as that of Dr Rudolf Diesel. In a period of little more than eleven years, his engine revolutionised the nature of British Rail. This book relates the whole story of the changeover, describing the failures as well as the outstanding successes. Green glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos and illustrations. ix and 184 pages including index. ISBN: 0852984383. Spine rubbed at top & tail with small split to either side at base of spine. Spine is lightly faded. Corners lightly rubbed. Boards lightly scuffed. Text block lightly browned. Name & date in ink to front endpaper. Contents clean.

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RAILWAYS OF AUSTRALIA (RAILWAYS OF THE WORLD)
Written by O.S. Nock.
Stock no. 1829043
Published by Adam & Charles Black. 1st 1971. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Second in the Railways Of The World series. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and a few colour. 284 pages including index. Top edge red. ISBN: 0713611901. Light rubbing to spine & corners. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is slightly faded to spine, lightly browned and a little grubby to rear panel, lightly scuffed to front panel.

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BMW 320-323-325 SERIES 3 - 6 CYLINDER CARS GOLD PORTFOLIO 1977-1990
Written by R.M. Clarke.
Stock no. 1829033
Published by Brooklands Books. Very good condition.

Road & Comparison Tests; Tech. Data; Long Term Reports; Owner Survey. Black pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos & illustrations throughout. 180 pages. ISBN: 1855201526. Old, green price label to top of front cover. Couple of creases to lower front edge of covers. Rear cover lightly scuffed. Contents clean.

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THE HISTORY OF HOLDEN SINCE 1917
Written by Norm Darwin.
Stock no. 1829031
Published by E.L. Ford Publications Pty. Ltd.. 1st 1983. Very good condition.

Holden Motor Body Builder, Australia. Large format. Red pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos throughout and some colour. 223 pages including index. Covers a little creassed, spine is a little faded and bowed upright. Text block browned, contents lightly so. A few pale foxspots to prelims.

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MOTOCOURSE 1982-83
No author listed.
Stock no. 1829020
Published by Hazleton Publishing. 1982. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Motorcycle racing. Large format. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour and b/w photos. Foreword by Franco Uncini. 192 pages. ISBN: 0905138228. Light rubbing to lower edge of boards. Text block lightly browned. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is worn to top & tail of spine, corners and top rear edge.

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G.W.R. LOCOMOTIVES TO SCALE
Written by Ian Beattie.
Stock no. 1829019
Published by D. Bradford Barton. 1st 1981. Very good condition.

Green boards. Oblong format. B/w photos and line drawings. ISBN: 0851534007. Top & tail of spine and corners lightly rubbed. Old price label to rear board. Light scuffing to boards. Contetns clean.

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LOTUS 25 COVENTRY CLIMAX FWMV: A TECHNICAL APPRAISAL
Written by Ian Bamsey.
Stock no. 1829016
Published by J.H. Haynes & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1990. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The Monocoque Revolution. The Lotus 25 was the car in which Jim Clark rocketed to fame in the early Sixties. How the Lotus 25 was conceived, the process of design and development and how it fared in competition. Pictorial glazed boards. B/w and some colour photos. 96 pages. ISBN: 0854298029. Text block slightly browned. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is slightly grubby and lightly faded to spine.

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AUTO UNION V16 SUPERCHARGED: A TECHNICAL APPRAISAL
Written by Ian Bamsey.
Stock no. 1829015
Published by Haynes Publishing Group. 1st 1990. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Porsche's 30s G.P. sensation. A Foulis Motoring Book. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos. 96 pages. ISBN: 0854298045. Slight lean to spine else contents fine. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly grubby and slightly faded to spine.

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THE BANBURY & CHELTENHAM RAILWAY VOLUME ONE
Written by William Hemmings.
Stock no. 1829009
Published by Wild Swan Publications. 1st 2004. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

This first volume details the history of the line up to 1939. Large format. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 197 pages. ISBN: 1874103887. Lower corners of boards lightly bumped. Contents clean. White pictorial dustwrapper is very slightly edge-creased.

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ILLUSTRATED TREASURY OF THE AMERICAN LOCOMOTIVE COMPANY 1837-1969
Written by O.M. Kerr.
Stock no. 1829008
Published by DPA-LTA Enterprises Inc.. Circa 2000. Slightly better than very good condition.

Includes continued Bombardier production in Montreal Canada until 1979. Large format. Blue glazed pictorial boards. Full of b/w photos of locomotives. 224 pages. ISBN: 0919295355. Spine lightly faded. Boards lightly scuffed. 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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