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BUCKS: SHELL GUIDE
Written by John Nash.
Stock no. 1826377
Published by B.T. Batsford. 1st 1937. Almost very good condition.

Spiral bound, card wraps. Two and Sixpence printed to front cover. Covers creased, worn at spiral binding - top and tail of front cover starting to tear from spiral. Plastic spiral is split in the middle but holding. Front endpaper has a diagonal crease. Some marks to contents but generally a nice copy.

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FIAT
Written by Michael Sedgwick.
Stock no. 1826021
Published by B.T. Batsford. 1st 1974. Good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The Fiat Story. The cars, the men and the background. Blue/grey mottled cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos. Top edge pink. ISBN: 0713404736. Boards clean. Front and rear joint cracked but binding is otherwise tight. Minor foxing and a few grubby marks to endpapers. Text block browned and grubby. Contents themselves appear to be clean on a quick flick through. Black dustwrapper is scuffed and has dampstaining to verso along horizontal edges (not visible to front). Musty damp odour present.

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THE SPORTS CAR DEVELOPMENT & DESIGN
Written by John Stanford. Illustrated by John Dunscombe.
Stock no. 1825007
Published by B.T. Batsford. 1959. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

101 b/w illustrations which include 36 whole page drawings by John Dunscombe, presenting an historical panorama of sports cars through more than half a century. Second impression.Boards are grubby. Text block browned. Some minor foxing/browning mainly to endpapers. Pictorial dustwrapper is edge-rubbed , worn at corners, large closed tear to rear panel, tape repairs to edges.

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DESIGNING AND BUILDING SPECIAL CARS
Written by Andre Jute.
Stock no. 1824888
Published by B.T. Batsford. 1st 1985. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Lucidly written and full of proven short cuts and rules of thumb that will help the new car designer avoid abstruse mathematics, this is a book structures in the order that the non-professional designer (and most professionals) will tackle the job. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos & diagrams. ISBN: 0713407786. Minor foxing to half-title page and last page. Text block is a little browned and grubby. Otherwise contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper has a few foxspots to verso, is lightly creased and scuffed, faded to spine.

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PARRY THOMAS DESIGNER-DRIVER
Written by Hugh Tours.
Stock no. 1823851
Published by B.T. Batsford. 1st 1959. Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth, gilt titles. B/w photos. Biography of the car designer and racer (Full name John Godfrey Parry Thomas). Spine browned, browning to rear board. Minor foxing to text block. Previous bookseller's rubber stamp to lower edge of front endpaper. Contents clean. Price-cut blue pictorial dustwrapper is lightly rubbed at corners, lightly browned to spine and just a little scuffed.

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THE OLD HALLS & MANOR HOUSES OF YORKSHIRE WITH SOME EXAMPLES OF OTHER HOUSES BUILT BEFORE THE YEAR 1700
Written by Louis Ambler.
Stock no. 2134791
Published by B.T. Batsford. 1st 1913. Very good condition.

Green cloth boards, gilt titles and vignettes. 91 b/w plates from photographs, 20 plates of measured drawings and numerous illustrations in the text. Subscribers list to front. xv and 97 pages including index. Top edge gilt. Spine is very browned with fading/dulling of gilt title. A few marks and scuffs to covers, with a little uneven fading at edges. Name in ink to front pastedown. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges.

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THE HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT
Written by Hans Wild; James Pope-Hennessy.
Stock no. 2134772
Published by B.T. Batsford. 1945. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

yhe story of the Palace of Westminster. B/w photos. Large format. Reprint. Browning to endpapers. Some foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper is unevenly browned with a few marks.

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ESTATES AND THE ENGLISH COUNTRYSIDE
Written by J.H. Bettey.
Stock no. 1820177
Published by B.T. Batsford. 1st 1993. Very good condition.

Know the Landscape series. The effect which different kinds of estates have had on the landscape, particularly since the Norman Conquest, and what clues to look for. Pictorial card wraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 071346710X. A few minor marks to covers, cover corners lightly rubbed. Small name in ink to top edge of inside cover.

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COMMERCIAL ROAD VEHICLES
Written by E.L. Cornwell.
Stock no. 1819290
Published by B.T. Batsford. 1st 1960. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Tracing the development of passenger and goods-carrying vehicles operated by every type of motive power. Red cloth, gilt titles. B/w photos. Browning to endpapers and text block. Pictorial dustwrapper is browned and rubbed to spine with small chips to top and tail, rear panel is a little scuffed and has a small closed tear to top edge.

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BRONZE AGE BRITAIN
Written by Michael Pearson.
Stock no. 2132593
Published by B.T. Batsford. 1st 1993. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

English Heritage Series. Large format. Colour and b/w photos. ISBN: 0713468017. Name in ink to front endpaper. Some light foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper has some uneven fading.

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THE JOWETT JUPITER THE CAR THAT LEAPED TO FAME
Written by Edmund Nankivell.
Stock no. 2131827
Published by B.T. Batsford. 1st 1981. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

B/w photos. The Jupiter story from inception, production and racing derivatives and also includes a register of all Jupiters. ISBN: 0713438355. Small tape pieces to pastedowns and wrapper flaps. Browning to endpapers. Wrapper is price-cut with a few light marks.

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THE WORLD'S GREATEST MOTOR COMPETITIONS LE MANS
Written by Ian Bamsey.
Stock no. 2125860
Published by B.T. Batsford. 1st 1987. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Colour and b/w photos. ISBN: 0713454539. Page edge browning. Wrapper is price-cut with some edge-creasing.

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