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THE JAGUAR XK
Written by Chris Harvey.
Stock no. 1830930
Published by The Oxford Illustrated Press. 1st 1978. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Covering production history, road test reports, worldwide racing, restoration and anecdotes. The story of the thirteen-year reign of the XKs comprehensively and entertainingly told. Green cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w and colour photos. 246 pages including index. ISBN: 0902280570. Minor mark to lower edge of boards. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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JAGUAR MK2 SALOONS (SUPER PROFILE)
Written by Paul Skilleter.
Stock no. 1830928
Published by Haynes Publishing Group. 1982. Very good condition.

2.4, 3.4 & 3.8 litre models. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour and b/w photos. 56 pages. ISBN: 0854293078. Reprint. Boards lightly scuffed. A few pale foxspots to endpapers and prelims. Else contents clean.

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THE JOWETT JUPITER: THE CAR THAT LEAPED TO FAME
Written by Edmund Nankivell.
Stock no. 1830923
Published by B.T. Batsford. 1st 1981. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The Jupiter story from inception, production and racing derivatives and also includes a register of all Jupiters. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 144 pages including index. ISBN: 0713438355. Boards clean. A few foxspots to text block. Minor grubby marks to front endpaper. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly faded to spine.

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POSTER TO POSTER RAILWAY JOURNEYS IN ART VOLUME 3: THE MIDLANDS AND WALES
Written by Richard Furness.
Stock no. 1830901
Published by Jdf & Associates Ltd. 1st 2011. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A mixture of documentary reference, geographic study, historical view and artists review using the central theme of posters. View the wonderful poster images issued bye the Pre-grouping companies, through the era of the 'Big Four', then the British Railway period and into the age of Intercity and Contemporary posters. Large oblong format. Brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour railway poster art throughout. xii and 208 pages. ISBN: 9780956209245. Minor knock to top of spine nad lower board edges. Text block slightly grubby. Contents clean. Pixtorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed to rear panel, rear panel depicts Tintern Abbey.

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STATE BARGES ON THE THAMES
Written by Anne Petrides. Illustrated by Brian Allderidge.
Stock no. 1830888
Published by Hugh Evelyn. 1st 1959. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Very large oblong format. Unlike the architecture and furniture of the period, most of the ships and boats built between 1650 abnd 1850 have disappeared. Only two of the barges illustrated in this book have been preserved, both of them Royal barges and both small enough to be kept out of the water and under cover when not in use. The others - all examples of the great civic barges - are known to us only through models, drawings and descriptions. Blue cloth boards, gilt titles. Colour plates. 45 pages. Rubbing to vertical edge of front board. Boards clean. Endpapers browned. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is edge-worn with a few closed tears, a few small chips to edges, 2" closed tear to rear panel (no loss), price-label to front flap with price crossed out and pencil price added.

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BRITAIN'S IMPERIAL AIR ROOTS 1918 TO 1939: THE STORY OF BRITAIN'S OVERSEAS AIRLINES
Written by Robin Higham.
Stock no. 1830879
Published by G.T. Foulis. 1st 1960. Good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A general picture of the growth of British civil air transport from the slender experimental beginnings such as the Hendon-Windsor mail of 1910 through to the formation of Imperial Airways in 1934. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 407 pages including index. Light discolouration to boards. Lower boards have a few whitem arks at edges. Text block browned and stained. Small name and date in ink to front endpaper. Damp staining to margins of plates and also a little to contents margins. Dustwrapper is also dampstained nad is rubbed to top edge, lightly browned to rear panel.

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THE GREAT PEKING TO PARIS EXPEDITION
Written by Warren Brown; Mick Matheson; Lang Kidby.
Stock no. 1330714
Published by Harper Collins. 1st 2005. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The fascinating story of the ultimate road trip and the people who made it in 1907. With no roads, and no maps, but eleven men in five cars farewelled Peking to drive 10,000 miles to Paris. Almost a century later, in 2005, a grand scheme was concocted to re-create the original 1907 Peking to Paris Raid in the original makes of veteran cars. An engrossing record of the remarkable modern-day expedition, comprising the authors' fascinating, often hilarious and always compelling diary entries along with breathtaking photographs. Large format. Brown boards, gilt title to spine. Colour photos throughout. ISBN: 0732282535. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is edge worn.

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BERT HOULDING: TT PIONEER MOTORCYCLE MANUFACTURER: MADE IN PRESTON
Written by Paul Ingham.
Stock no. 1330713
Published by Paul Ingham. 1st 2012. Very good condition.

A limited edition of 500 copies. Cardwraps. B/w photos throughout. ISBN: 9780952480242. This is copy no. 451. Covers slightly edge rubbed, Contents fine.

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BSA TWIN RESTORATION
Written by Roy Bacon.
Stock no. 1330712
Published by Osprey Publishing. 1996. Very good condition.

The essential guide to the renovation, restoration and development history of all post-war BSA Twins. B/w photos. B/w diagrams. Card wraps. 240 pages. ISBN: 085045669X. Seventh reprint autumn 1996. Very slight wear to cover edges. Textblock is slightly grubby.

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THE REYNARD STORY: FROM FORMULA FORD INDYCAR CHAMPIONS
Written by Mike Lawrence.
Stock no. 1330711
Published by Patrick Stephens Limited. 1st 1997. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

About a gifted young man realising his ambition and a testimony to an enlightened management which has attracted and retained some of the brightest minds in the racing car building business. Grey boards, gilt title to spine. Colour and b/w photos. ISBN: 1852605766. Spine and corners bumped. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is just a little edge rubbed/creased.

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JEEP THE ADVENTURE NEVER STOPS
Written by Juergen Zoellter; Markus Bolsinger.
Stock no. 1330710
Published by Delius Klasing Verlag. 1st 2013. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large oblong format. Black cloth, white title to spine. Packed full of wonderful colour photos. 151 numbered pages. ISBN: 9783768833073. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Hinges just starting to pull a little but binding still very tight. Slight foxing to top edge of textblock. White dustwrapper is edge worn and creased, large tear to rear panel has been tape repaired on verso.

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LE MANS 1970-79: THE OFFICIAL HISTORY OF THE WORLD'S GREATEST MOTOR RACE
Written by Quentin Spurring.
Stock no. 1330709
Published by Haynes Publishing. 1st 2011. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Events as they unfolded during each of the races, and the triumphs and tribulations experienced by participants. Large format. Colour photography throughout. ISBN: 9781844255399. Spine and corners bumped. A few light marks to textblock, contents fine. Dustwrapper is slightly edge rubbed/creased, tear to top edge of rear panel.

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