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IT STILL BEATS WORKING! MY FORTY YEARS OF MOTOR RACING FUN
Written by Eoin S. Young.
Stock no. 1812306
Published by Transport Bookman Publications. 1st 2003. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The second volume of Eoin Young's autobiography crammed with all the Grand Prix-after-dinner tales and Barley Mow motor racing pub stories that he forgot to put in the first book! Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0851840698. Pictorial dustwrapper lightly scuffed.

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RICHARD SUTCLIFFE: THE PIONEER OF UNDERGROUND BELT CONVEYING
Written by R.J. Sutcliffe; Edward D. Sutcliffe.
Stock no. 1812299
Published by R.W. Simpson & Co. Ltd.. 2nd 1948. Very good condition.

Second Edition. Red cloth boards, dark red titles to front, no title to spine. B/w plates. Spine & front vertical board edge faded. Marks to rear board. 'Copyright reserved' stamp to endpapers. Rear joint just starting to crack. Contents clean and tight.

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THE SOLDIER WHO WALKED AWAY
Written by Arthur H. Haley.
Stock no. 2120962
Published by Bullfinch Publications. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

ISBN: 0951142712. Page browning. Wrapper is edge-creased and unevenly browned.

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CHRISTIAN BOLTANSKI
Written by Lynn Gumpert. Illustrated by Christian Boltanski.
Stock no. 1811902
Published by Flammarion. 1st 1994. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Chritian Boltanski is one of France's best-known artists of the postwar generation and has developed a highly personal and often disconcerting oeuvre that challenges basic assumptions of what constitutes an artwork. Over 150 black-and-white and 5 colour illustrations that span the entire range of Boltanski['s production, materials and influences. Red boards, black title to spine. 192 pages. ISBN: 2080135597. Board edges lighlty bumped. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is lightly edge-creased and slightly faded to spine.

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LAST OF THE GLADIATORS A WORLD WAR II BOMBER NAVIGATOR'S STORY
Written by L. Ray Silver.
Stock no. 2120365
Published by Airlife. 1st 1995. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

In 1939 Ray Silver was working as a newspaper reporter in his native Canada. He wanted to take part in the biggest story of his lifetime and joined the Royal Canadian Air Force. This is the story of those wartime years. B/w photos. ISBN: 1853104647. Bumping to top and tail of spine. Wrapper is faded to spine, with edge-creasing and a few small nicks.

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VALENTINO ROSSI THE YELLOW GIANT
Written by Yves Jamotte; et al.
Stock no. 2119704
Published by Apach Publishing. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Card wraps. B/w photos. Text in French, English and Italian. ISBN: 2930354011. Creasing to top corners of pages and covers. A few marks to wrapper.

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ROSALIE EDGE, HAWK OF MERCY
Written by Dyana Z. Furmansky.
Stock no. 1607688
Published by The University of Georgia Press. 1st 2009. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The activist who saved nature from the conservationists. B/w photos. 312 pages. ISBN: 9780820333410. SIGNED by author with dedication on title page. Wrapper is slightly rubbed at edges.

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RANSOME AT HOME SNUG BERTHS AND TEMPORARY MOORINGS
Written by C.E. Alexander.
Stock no. 2119345
Published by Amazon Publications. 1st 1996. Very good condition.

Arthur Ransome was, more often than not, a man on the move. Between his first arrival in London in 1902 and death in 1967, he occupied 25 homes in England as well as other lodgings at home and abroad. This book is an account of these homes, describing something of his domestic circumstances, the lifestyle that he enjoyed, his activities and writing whilst in each place. Large format. Card wraps. B/w photos. Covers are unevenly faded. Some creasing to corners.

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STANLEY: SORCERER'S APPRENTICE
Written by Frank McLynn.
Stock no. 2118550
Published by Constable. 1st 1991. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Second Volume of Frank McLynn's biography of Henry Morton Stanley. It covers the years 1877 to 1904. ISBN: 0094702209. Wrapper is edge-chipped with small chip/nick to base of spine, which is also faded.

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STIRLING MOSS RACING WITH THE MAESTRO
Written by Karl Ludvigsen.
Stock no. 2118508
Published by Patrick Stephens Limited. 1st 1997. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A magnificent portfolio portraying Moss both on and off the track. Large format. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos throughout plus some colour. 208 pages including index. ISBN: 1852605642. Bump to base of spine. Contents are fine. Wrapper is price-cut with uneven browning to edges; a few small chips and nicks; edge-creased.

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ABOVE AND BEYOND
Written by Charles Patrick Weiland.
Stock no. 2118444
Published by Pacifica Press. 1st USA 1997. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The World War II memoir of Charles Patrick Weiland, a South Dekota farm boy who decided in 1940 to join the Marines and see the world. B/w photos. ISBN: 0935553223. Wrapper flaps are a bit creased.

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THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON VOLUME V
Written by James Boswell; Napier.
Stock no. 1404562
Published by George Bell & Sons. 1892. Very good condition.

Together with The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides. Edited by Alexander Napier. Maroon cloth with gilt titles to spine. Folding map at front of book. 422 pages. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Browning to endpapers and prelims. An occasional foxspot. Top edge of text block is dusty. Contents are otherwise clean.

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