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THE WEYMANN STORY PART ONE 1923-1945
Written by John A. Senior.
Stock no. 1812403
Published by Venture Publications. 1st 2002. Nearly fine condition.

The British Bus and Truck Heritage. A history of the Company and its products from 1923 to 1945. Large format. Blue glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos. ISBN: 1898432368. Minor scuffing to boards else a lovely copy.

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GRUNO 1937-2002
Written by Jan Anderiesse; Leslie Spurling.
Stock no. 1811714
Published by Uitgeverij De Alk. 1st 2003. Fine condition.

The history of the N.V. Scheepvaartbedrijf "Gruno" and their associated ships. Dual language: English & Dutch. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos. 200 pages. ISBN: 9060132165. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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COMBEN LONGSTAFF & CO. LTD
Written by K.S. Garrett.
Stock no. 1811528
Published by World Ship Society. 1st 1996. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Merchant shipping in the 20th century. Blue boards, gilt titles. B/w photos. ISBN: 9780905617824. Dustwrapper lightly edge-creased.

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THE TVRS A COLLECTOR'S GUIDE
Written by Graham Robson.
Stock no. 2117038
Published by Motor Racing Publications Ltd.. 1988. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The story of TVR, one of Britain's best-known specialist car manufacturers, is one of triumph over extreme and persistent adversity, for few if any other companies in modern times can have endured so many crises along the path to financial security. A fascinating pictorial path from the first kit cars to the TVRs of the late 1980s. Second edition. Oblong format. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 144 pages. ISBN: 0947981179. Couple of corners are lightly bumped. Small mark to top edge of front cover. Pale page edge browning and minor foxing to top edge, else contents are excellent. Dustwrapper is edge-creased and has publisher's price label to rear panel.

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THE IRON REDSKIN
Written by Harry V. Sucher.
Stock no. 2116958
Published by Haynes. 1996. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The story of the Indian motorcycle. Red boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos. 335 pages (includes index). ISBN: 0854291814. Light bumping to spine. Small inscription in ink to front endpaper. Light page edge browning. Wrapper is a little browned to spine and a couple of cover edges, with edge-creasing.

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HERMANN & VALENTINY AND PARTNERS
Written by Liesbeth Waechter-Bohm.
Stock no. 2116832
Published by Birkhauser Verlag. Circa 2008. Nearly fine condition.

CODES. Large format. Pictorial boards. Dual-language book: German and English. ISBN: 9783764387679. Still in original shrink wrap (unopened), but a few corners have become bumped.

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PININFARINA: ART AND INDUSTRY 1930-2000
Written by Antoine Prunet.
Stock no. 2116629
Published by Haynes Publishing. 1st 2000. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The official history of the famous automobile design house Pininfarina, from the humble factory started in Italy 70 years ago to today's world-class manufacturing company with two plants and a research and development facility equipped with its own wind tunnel. Large format. Black cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos. 379 pages plus appendices. ISBN: 1859606849. Text block a little grubby. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge-creased with a few scuff marks and a couple of small tears (no loss).

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ALL IN THE SAME BOAT: THE STORY OF BIMCO
Written by David Souden.
Stock no. 1606371
Published by Granta Editions. 1st 1995. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine and crest to front. The story of The Baltic and International Maritime Council (BIMCO). B/w and colour photos. ISBN: 1857570227. BIMCO compliment slip stapled to front endpaper. Slight wrinkling of pages, especially at front of book. Wrapper is faded to spine and dampstained.

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BMW: A HISTORY
Written by Halwart Schrader.
Stock no. 2115875
Published by Osprey Publishing. 1st 1979. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A definitive history of the BMW of special importance to collectors. A special chronological section of 146 illustrated pages contains a technical description and photographs of every Wartburg, Dixi and BMW automobile built from 1899 to the present. Large format. Blue cloth boards, silver title to spine. Colour and b/w photos. 392 pages. ISBN: 0850453453. Light bumping and wear along board edges. Spine a litlte cocked. A few marks to boards. Text block is browned with some foxing. Dustwrapper is price-cut with edge-creasing and a few nicks.

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A HISTORY OF PROGRESS: CHRONICLE OF THE AUDI AG
Written by Peter Kirchberg; Thomas Erdmann; Ralph Plagmann.
Stock no. 1606215
Published by Audi Ag. 2nd 1997. Very good condition.

Second Edition. The background and development of the company which now bears the naem AUDI AG. White illustrated glazed boards. B/w photos. 276 pages. Boards scuffed and grubby. Foxing to text block. Foxing to prelims and last page else contents clean.

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BUGATTI LE PUR-SANG DES AUTOMOBILES
Written by H.G. Conway.
Stock no. 1712051
Published by G.T. Foulis & Co. Ltd.. 1968. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Revised edition. Additional material includes details of a Bugatti steam engine and an index compiled with characteristic thoroughness. The authoritative history of the Ettore Bugatti and the exquisite road and racing cars that he created. Blue cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos & diagrams. 459 pages including index. ISBN: 0854290842. A few marks to boards. Text block lightly browned. Name & date in ink to verso of front endpaper. Else contents clean. Some creasing to dustwrapper.

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VINTAGE STYLE: THE STORY OF CROSS & ELLIS
Written by Gillian Bardsley.
Stock no. 1712047
Published by Brewin Books. 1st 1993. Nearly fine condition.

This monograph describes the history and the products of the Coventry Coach builders. The heyday of handbuilt luxury cars on such chassis as Alvis Armstrong Siddeley and Lea Francis with coachbuilt bodies by Cross and Ellis, has been carefully researched. Large format. Pink pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. 68 pages. ISBN: 1858580110. A few minor marks to covers, spine is faded. Contents clean.

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