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C.R.W. NEVINSON: THIS CULT OF VIOLENCE
Written by Michael J. K. Walsh. Illustrated by C.R.W. Nevinson.
Stock no. 1828223
Published by Paul Mellon Centre for British Art; Yale University Press. 1st 2002. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

C.R.W. Nevinson was one of the most important, colourful and talked about artists of his generation. Black boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0300095074. Rear panel of dustwrapper lightly scuffed. Else a lovely copy.

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TONY BROOKS: POETRY IN MOTION
Written by Tony Brooks.
Stock no. 1828210
Published by Motor Racing Publications Ltd.. 1st 2012. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Autobiography of a supreme Grand Prix driver. Large format. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w and colour photos. ISBN: 9781899870837. Spine & corners lightly rubbed. Black marks to front endpapers. Else contents clean. Red pictorial dustwrapper is scuffed and lightly scored in places, light rubbing to top of spine.

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MARK MARTIN: DRIVEN TO RACE
Written by Bob Zeller.
Stock no. 1828207
Published by David Bull Publishing. 1st 1997. Slightly better than very good condition.

The story of the ambition that turned a young boy from Arkansas, into one of the most successful NASCAR drivers. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w & colour photos. ISBN: 0964972239. Spine slightly faded. Minor foxing to prelims. Contents clean.

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LIFE WITH THE SPEED KING (KALEIDOSCOPE SERIES 5)
Written by Leo Villa.
Stock no. 1828204
Published by Marshall Harris & Baldwin Ltd.. 1st 1979. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The author acted as chief engineer and racing mechanic to Sir Malcolm Campbell, AKA The Speed king. Large format. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0906116066. A few minor knocks to board edges. Text block browned. 'Warne Transport Titles' label stuck to rear colophon page and rear panel of dustwrapper, else contents clean. Price-cut blue pictorial dustwrapper is also edge-creased, has a score mark to front panel.

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RACER... AND THE REST
Written by Colin Seeley.
Stock no. 1828203
Published by Redline Books. 1st 2006. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Volume one of Colin Seeley's autobiography. Motorcycle racing. Large format. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0954435710. SIGNED by Colin Seeley (To Phil with best wishes) and a second time with no dedication to title page. Also includes a compliments slip in the name of Colin Seeley. Boards lightly scuffed. Top corners knocked. Contents are fine. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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WILL DYSON: CARTOONIST, ETCHER AND AUSTRALIA'S FINEST WAR ARTIST
Written by Ross McMullin. Illustrated by Will Dyson.
Stock no. 1828183
Published by Angus & Robertson Publishers. 1st 1984. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Biography of Will Dyson, a remarkable Australian, born in 1880, internationally acclaimed as a cartoonist, etcher and the finest war artist Australia has ever produced. Dark grey coth boards, white title to spine. B/w illustrations and a few colour. ISBN: 0207148953. Edges rubbed. Tape marks to flaps of dustwrapper and endpapers.Text block lightly browned. Grey dustwrapper is lightly edge-creased and a little scuffed.

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THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS: FROM THIS WORLD TO THAT WHICH IS TO COME
Written by John Bunyan. Illustrated by Thomas Dalziel.
Stock no. 1828179
Published by Ward, Lock & Co. Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

A new edition with a memoir of the author by H.W. Dulcken and 100 b/w text illustrations by Dalziel. Red pictorial cloth with gilt titles & vignettes. Bevelled edges. xix plus 304 pages. All edges gilt. Undated. Spine faded and rear board faded to spine edge and top edge. Top & tail of spine worn. Corners lightly worn. Boards are scuffed. Foxing to prelims and last few pages. A few grubby marks to prelims. Hinges pulled else binding tight. Contents otherwise clean.

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GREEN WOOD
Written by Leonard Clark. Illustrated by Trevor Parkin.
Stock no. 1327850
Published by Max Parrish. 1st 1962. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The author's childhood in the Forest of Dean. B/w illustrations. Pale grey boards, gilt title to spine. SIGNED by the author to front free-endpaper. Spine slightly bumped. Browning to endpapers. Textblock is slightly spotted. Dustwrapper is edge worn with slight loss (small tape repairs on verso) and slightly grubby.

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A BOY IN TETBURY
Written by Frank Peters.
Stock no. 1327843
Published by John Peters, The Woodcock Press. 1st 2002. Fine condition.

A Cotswold boyhood. Cardwraps. B/w photos. 218 pages. ISBN: 0954233409.

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WILFRID FREEMAN
Written by Anthony Furse.
Stock no. 1327810
Published by Spellmount Ltd.. 1st 1999. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The genius behind Allied survival and air supremacy 1939 to 1945. Red boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 1862270791. Minimal bumping to spine and corners. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is just a tiny bit rubbed at edges.

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THE LETTERS OF T.E. LAWRENCE
Written by T.E. Lawrence; David Garnett.
Stock no. 1828048
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1938. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

In this book the career of T.E. Lawrence from the time he was a schoolboy, interested in archaeology, until his death in 1935, is recorded almost entirely in his own words: in his letters and in unpublished secret documents and official reports. Brown cloth, gilt title to spine. 896 pages including index. B/w photos and maps, some fold-out. Second impression. Top & tail of spine lightly shelf-worn. Boards have a very slight grubby appearance. Text block browned. A few foxspots present. Price-cut dustwrapper is grubby with a few marks, browned to spine, worn at corners & top & tail of spine.

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FROM THE BIVVY
Written by Tim Paisley.
Stock no. 1327675
Published by Angling Publications. 1st 1994. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The authors carp fishing sessions during the 1992/93 season. Burgundy boards, gilt title to spine. 193 pages. B/w photos throughout. ISBN: 1871700965. Spine bumped. Small marks to margins of prelims. Dustwrapper is slightly edge rubbed.

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