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PASTEL FOR THE STANDARDS
Written by A. George Tompkins; Selwyn Image.
Stock no. 2140705
Published by Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons Ltd.. 1st 1928. Very good condition.

Brown/beige boards with black titles. Vol. I - Junior Book - First and Second Years. Some marks and wear to covers. Name and date in ink to front endpaper. Foxing and browning to endpapers and outer page edges.

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THE FORD EIGHT AND ANGLIA HANDBOOK
Written by Staton Abbey.
Stock no. 2139545
Published by Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons Ltd.. 1953. Almost very good condition.

Fourth Edition. Pitman's Motorists' Library. A Complete Guide for Owners and Prospective Purchasers (covers models from 1933 to 1948). Burgundy cloth spine, white paper boards with black title. B/w illustrations. Spine is browned, with a little chipping to cloth. Marks to covers. Ink stamp to front endpaper. Grubby margin and brown marks.

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ACCUMULATOR CHARGING MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR
Written by W.S. Ibbetson.
Stock no. 2139067
Published by Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons Ltd.. 1926. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Blue boards with gilt titles. B/w illustrations. Intended for the use of all interested in the charging and upkeep of accumulators for wireless work, motor-car lighting and starting equipment, and country house lighting plant. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Some marks to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is torn and chipped, with 1-2" loss to top of spine; tears and browning; some grubby marks.

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MOTOR INSURANCE
Written by W.F. Todd.
Stock no. 2134621
Published by Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons Ltd.. 1st 1922. Almost very good condition.

Maroon cloth with gilt titles. The Treatment of Mechanical Road Transport Risks. B/w photos. Covers are mottled with browning/fading; spine is very browned. Some other marks. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Contents are generally very good.

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THE RALEIGH HANDBOOK (THE MOTOR-CYCLIST'S LIBRARY)
Written by Mentor.
Stock no. 1819463
Published by Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons Ltd.. 3rd 1930. Almost very good condition.

Third Edition. A complete guide for owners and prospective purchasers of raleigh motor-cycles. Dealing with every phase of motor-cycling. Small format. Cream paper boards, cloth spine. B/w photos and illustrations. 134 pages including index plus supplement to rear. Boards grubby. Top of spine frayed. Text block browned. Foxing to endpapers. Hinges pulled but binding tight. Previous owner's address label to rear pastedown.

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THE BOOK OF THE VOLKSWAGEN
Written by Staton Abbey.
Stock no. 2132560
Published by Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons Ltd.. 1st 1958. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Small format. B/w illustrations. Beige stiff card wraps. Pitman's Motorists' Library. Wrapper has some foxspots and marks; 1" closed tear to base of spine.

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THE BOOK OF THE B.S.A. (GROUPS B. AND M.)
Written by W.C. Haycraft.
Stock no. 1818721
Published by Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons Ltd.. 16th 1964. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Sixteenth Edition. A practical guide on the handling and maintenance of all 1955 to 1964 four-stroke O.H.V. singles except the 250c.c. and all "Gold Star" models. Small format. Cream cardwraps. B/w photos and diagrams. 122 pages including index. Vertical creasing to covers and prelims. Text block grubby. A few pale foxspots. Yellow dustwrapper is grubby and worn at top of spine.

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READINGS IN MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING
Written by S. Vajda.
Stock no. 2120317
Published by Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons Ltd.. 2nd 1962. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Second edition. The mathematical knowledge required is elementary and the book should be of value to managers as well as to their operational research advisers. Some browning to pages and foxing. Wrapper is edge-creased with browning and foxing.

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THE LITTLE WOODEN HEADS AND OTHER STORIES
Written by Madeleine Collier. Illustrated by Evelyn Simpson.
Stock no. 1402557
Published by Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons Ltd.. 1st 1938. Almost very good condition in a slightly better than good dustwrapper.

Includes The Little Wooden Heads who became clothes - pegs, the Lawn that wanted to grow Dandelions, the adventurous Sonny Bunny and the Whiz who wenr faster into Nonsense Land. Light green cloth with dark blue titles and vignette to front cover. Colour frontis, b/w illustrations. Spine and corners are bumped. Front board is faded and board edges are browned. Name to front endpaper. Some marks mainly to page margins. Two illustrations are neatly coloured and a third is partially coloured in. Couple of hinges are cracked. Dustwrapper is edge worn and torn with small areas of loss. Small patch of surface paper damage to front panel. Wrapper is grubby.

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STATISTICS IN THEORY AND PRACTICE
Written by L.R. Connor.
Stock no. 813726
Published by Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons Ltd.. 1949. Very good condition.

Third Edition. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine and vignette to front. Revised and partly rewritten. xiv and 374 pages including index. A few foxspots present mainly to prelims and endpapers else contents clean.

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CARAVANNING AND CAMPING
Written by A.H.M. Ward.
Stock no. 595515
Published by Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons Ltd.. 1933. Slightly better than very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

A Complete Guide to Camping and Motoring With Caravan or Tent. Pictorial boards with dark blue cloth spine. Numerous interesting b/w photos and illustrations of early motor caravans and towed caravans. xii + 172 pages. 2nd edition. Attractive pictorial wrapper torn with some loss at top of spine and top egde of rear cover. Scarce in original wrapper. Reduced from £125.

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