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FROM STEAM TO STONE VOLUME ONE: THE FOOTPLATE YEARS
Written by David Butcher.
Stock no. 1327336
Published by The Oakwood Press.
1st
2004.
Nearly fine condition.
A BR life - Engine Cleaner to Stone Projects Manager. Oakwood Reminiscences series RS12. Pictorial card wraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 085361623X. Minimal rubbing to corners.
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- TRANSPORT
- RAILWAYS
- LOCOMOTIVES
- BIOGRAPHY
SIR NIGEL GRESLEY THE ENGINEER AND HIS FAMILY
Written by Geoffrey Hughes.
Stock no. 1327335
Published by The Oakwood Press.
2004.
Slightly better than very good condition.
Oakwood Library of Railway History OL118. Green cardwraps. 216 pages. B/w photos. ISBN: 0853615799. Minimal rubbing to corners. A couple of very small black marks to lower edge of textblock.
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- TRANSPORT
- RAILWAYS
- ENGINEERING
- BIOGRAPHY
STEAMING THROUGH THE WAR YEARS REMINISCENCES THE EX-GER LINES IN LONDON
Written by Reg Robertson.
Stock no. 1327332
Published by The Oakwood Press.
1st
1996.
Slightly better than very good condition.
Oakwood Reminiscences Series RS3. Card wraps. B/w photos. 152 Pages. ISBN: 0853614725. Slight rubbing to corners.
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- TRANSPORT
- RAILWAYS
- LOCOMOTIVES
- LONDON
- EASTERN REGION RAILWAY
- BIOGRAPHY
MANET BY HIMSELF
Written by Juliet Wilson-Bareau.
Illustrated by Edouard Manet.
Stock no. 1327173
Published by MacDonald.
1st
1991.
Slightly better than very good condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
Large format. Black cloth, silver title to spine. Colour illustrations. Correspondence & Conversation, Paintings, Pastels, Prints & Drawings. ISBN: 0356191613. Spine and corners slightly rubbed. Contents fine. Wrapper is slightly creased at top edges.
- Categorised in:
- ART
- BIOGRAPHY
- IMPRESSIONISM
THE ART OF PAMELA KAY
Written by Michael Spender.
Illustrated by Pamela Kay.
Stock no. 1327170
Published by David & Charles.
1st
1993.
Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Including a biographical background to the artist and an informed commentary on the paintings. Oblong format. Grey boards, gilt title to spine. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0715300326. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is lightly foxed on verso and is faded to edge of rear panel.
- Categorised in:
- ART
- STILL LIFE
- BIOGRAPHY
MERLIN'S MAN
Written by Lansdale Humphreys.
Stock no. 1327157
Published by P.M. Heaton Publishing.
1st
1995.
Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
Love, War and Adventure in the Life of a Welsh Seafarer (Richard Humphreys). Green boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 187200606X. Spine slightly bumped. Contents fine. Dustwrapper has a light mark (label residue?) to front panel and is very slightly edge creased.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- WALES
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- MARITIME
- BIOGRAPHY
EDWARD THOMPSON OF THE LNER
Written by Peter Grafton.
Stock no. 1327060
Published by The Oakwood Press.
1st thus
2007.
Very good condition.
The story of the Chief Mechanical Engineer between 1941 and 1946. B/w photos. New edition (original published by Kestrel Books). Card wraps. ISBN: 9780853616726. Corners slightly rubbed. Crease to lower corner of front cover. Pale page browning to page edges else contents fine.
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- TRANSPORT
- RAILWAYS
- LNER (RAILWAYS)
- BIOGRAPHY
- LOCOMOTIVES
JAMES HUNT
Written by Maurice Hamilton.
Stock no. 1327055
Published by Blink Publishing.
1st
2016.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
An exclusive and personal insight into one of the world's most charismatic racing drivers. Black boards, silver title to spine. Packed full of colour and b/w photographs. ISBN: 9781910536766. Dent to top edge of rear cover. Contents fine. Some light rubbing to dustwrapper edges.
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- TRANSPORT
- MOTOR SPORT
- BIOGRAPHY
AULD ACQUAINTANCE
Written by The Marquis of Huntly.
Stock no. 1827613
Published by Hutchinson & Co. Ltd.
Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.
Further Reminiscences. The Marquis of Huntly supplements his autobiography, Milestones, with this volume which, assisted by his voluminous correspondence, ranges over a wide field from the throne downwards, through almost every phase of activity. Lord Huntly has had a most varied circle of friends - political, literary, and sporting - and he tells interesting and amusing things about all of them... Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w plates. No date but second impression. Cloth to front board creased, spine & rear board mottled. Base of spine fraying. Text block browned. Some foxing mainly to margins and text block. White dustwrapper is grubby, edge-worn with small chips, browned to spine.
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- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- BIOGRAPHY
FULL THROTTLE
Written by Henry Birkin.
Stock no. 1827543
Published by G.T. Foulis & Co. Ltd..
1972.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Classic Reprint. A remarkable autobiography of the early years of motor racing. A personal story, often outspoken spiced with a lively sense of humour and told with a can dour that gives an unusual insight into the tensions and fears of a racing motorist. Green imitation leather boards, silver titles. B/w photos. ISBN: 0854291393. Scuffing to title to spine. Text block browned, foxed to top edge. Lower edge of front pastedown has remains of a label (hidden by front flap of dustwrapper). Contents clean. Green custwrapper is rubbed at corners with tiny chip to top of spine and is a little scuffed.
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- TRANSPORT
- CARS
- MOTOR SPORT
- BIOGRAPHY
GEORGE AND ROBERT STEPHENSON: THE RAILWAY REVOLUTION
Written by L.T.C. Rolt.
Illustrated by Kenneth Lindley.
Stock no. 1827540
Published by Longmans.
1st
1960.
Almost very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
The life story of the Stephensons, father and son, the story of the birth of the railways, an historical event of which it would be difficult to exaggerate the importance. Terracotta cloth boards, gilt titles. B/w illustrations. Heavy knock to top front edge of boards else boards clean and bright. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Text block browned. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is faded to spine, has a tiny nick to top front edge, grubby to rear panel.
IT WAS FUN! MY FIFTY YEARS OF HIGH PERFORMANCE
Written by Tony Rudd.
Stock no. 1827484
Published by Patrick Stephens Limited.
1st
1993.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
The autobiography of Tony Rudd who was highly respected for his innovative methods as an engineer in the world of high performance engine development and Grand Prix racing. B/w photos. ISBN: 1852604131. Slight lean to spine. Light shelf wear to top & tail of spine. Contents clean. Green pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed, title to spine is very slightly faded (not obvious).
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- CARS
- MOTOR SPORT
- BIOGRAPHY