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THE GOOD CHILD'S YEAR BOOK
Written by Violet Jacob. Illustrated by Violet Jacob.
Stock no. 1318806
Published by Foulis. Very good condition.

Beige cloth spine with title-label, grey boards with title-label to front cover. 67 pages. Colour illustrations. Verses for each month of the year. Spine and corners bumped. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Contents clean. Remains of front panel and front flap of wrapper. Top edge of rear cover is faded.

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THE GOOD CHILD'S YEAR BOOK
Written by Violet Jacob. Illustrated by Violet Jacob.
Stock no. 1318654
Published by Foulis. Good condition.

Beige cloth spine with title-label, grey boards with title-label to front cover. 67 pages. Colour illustrations. Verses for each month of the year. Spine and corners bumped. Some marks to covers. Inscription in pencil and a light pencil doodle to front free-endpaper. Endpapers browned. Foxing to prelims and last few pages. Rear joint is partially cracked.

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THE ENTHUSIAST'S GUIDE TO VINTAGE SPECIALS
Written by John Bateman.
Stock no. 1818700
Published by Foulis; Haynes. 1st 1994. Very good condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Detailed description of over 80 outstanding specials from the great inter-war period of track and sprint racing. Inspired by and complementary to John Bolster's classic Specials. Large format. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. 192 pages. B/w photos. ISBN: 0854297944. Pages became stuck together at one point (damp?) and have been prised apart, neatly, some imprints from facing page resulting (minor).

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COMPETITION CAR CONTROLS
Written by Ian Bamsey; Alan Lis.
Stock no. 2131867
Published by Foulis; Haynes Publishing Group. 1st 1990. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0946132615.

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TIGER: THE MAKING OF A SPORTS CAR
Written by Mike Taylor.
Stock no. 1818497
Published by Foulis; Haynes Publishing Group. 2nd 1991. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

New Edition. Second Edition. The full Tiger story - the prototypes, the complex development programme and the full production history. Colour and b/w photos. ISBN: 085429774X. Light pencil erasure marks to front endpaper. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed to rear panel.

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ALFA-ROMEO VELOCE: THE RACING GIULIETTAS 1956-1963
Written by Donald Hughes; Vito Witting Da Prato.
Stock no. 1818480
Published by Foulis; Haynes. 1st 1989. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Representing a labour of love by two dedicated Alfa enthusiasts, who have made a life-long study of the exquisite Zagato-bodied 1300cc Guiliettas of the late fifties and early sixties. Blue boards, silver title to spine. B/w and colour photos. ISBN: 0854297316. Light bump to base of spine. Faint pencil erasure marks to front endpaper. Contents otherwise fine. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightlys scuffed.

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VANWALL 2.5 LITRE F1
Written by Ian Bamsey.
Stock no. 1810780
Published by Foulis; Haynes Publishing Group. 1st 1990. Fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A Technical Appraisal. The definitive Vanwall arrived in 1956, a British Racing Green car capable of beating the best of the reds. Colour and b/w photos. ISBN: 085429838X.

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GRAND PRIX BUGATTI
Written by H.G. Conway.
Stock no. 1810763
Published by Foulis; Haynes Publishing Group. 2nd 1983. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Revised Edition. Second edition. The definitive story of the Bugatti Types 35, 37, 43 and 51 in their various forms, cars whose engineering excellence, lightness and efficiency marked the birth of a new era in racing car technology. B/w photos. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and diagrams. ISBN: 0854292934. Light yellowing to bottom edges of boards. Gift inscription in ink to front endpaper. Page edge-browning. A clinging odour present when contents are fanned. Dustwrapper is browned.

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COMPETITION CAR CONTROLS
Written by Ian Bamsey; Alan Lis.
Stock no. 1706227
Published by Foulis; Haynes Publishing Group. 1st 1990. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0946132615.

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COMPETITION CAR CONTROLS
Written by Ian Bamsey; Alan Lis.
Stock no. 1602429
Published by Foulis; Haynes Publishing Group. 1st 1990. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0946132615. From the library of Andrew Beaumont, amateur rally driver, with address label to prelims.

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THE ENTHUSIAST'S GUIDE TO VINTAGE SPECIALS
Written by John Bateman.
Stock no. 1601993
Published by Foulis; Haynes. 1st 1994. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Detailed description of over 80 outstanding specials from the great inter-war period of track and sprint racing. Inspired by and complementary to John Bolster's classic Specials. Large format. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. 192 pages. B/w photos. ISBN: 0854297944. Corners rubbed. A few light marks to prelims and outer page edges. Contents clean. Wrapper is lightly creased and rubbed at edges.

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AIRCRAFT WEAPONRY OF TODAY
Written by Roy Braybrook.
Stock no. 1802871
Published by Foulis; Haynes. 1st 1988. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

An international survey in which each category of weapon is comprehensively and comprehensibly explained, evaluated, and compared and its development placed in historical and political context. Grey glazed boards. B/w and colour photos. 166 pages. ISBN: 0854296344. A few small marks to cover, small bump to lower edge of front board. Contents fine. Matching pictorial grey wrapper is a little grubby and lightly edge-rubbed.

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