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$35.00
xxeuc198841

Bikes at Brooklands


HARTLEY, PETER

Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Goose & Son 1973

KEYWORDS: automotive motorsport motorbikes motor cycles racing history Brooklands

$18.50
xxeue198845

Japanese Brush Painting Techniques: Sumi-e: A Meditation in Ink


SIUDZINSKI, PAUL

Imperial octavo softcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Sterling Publishing 1983

KEYWORDS: Japan Japanese art painting brush techniques sumi-e history

$15.00
xxeue198846

Valley of the Kings


ROMER, JOHN

Imperial octavo softcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Michael O'Mara 1988

KEYWORDS: ancient Egypt Egyptian history valley of the kings antiquity tombs excavations archeology archaeology mummies

$22.50
xxeue198848

Ten Days to Destiny: The Battle for Crete, 1941


KIRIAKOPOULOS, G C

Super octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Franklin Watts 1985

KEYWORDS: ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 history military campaigns Crete Greece

$12.00
xxeue198851

The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana


BURTON, Sir RICHARD (Trans) & ARBUTHNOT, F F (Trans) & ARCHER, W G (Ed & Preface) & PANIKKAR, K M (Intro)

LACKS D/W, octavo hardcover (VG+) not illustrated; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: BCA / Book Club Associates 1980

KEYWORDS: sex sexual relationships Richard Burton English translations kama sutra history

$35.00
xxeuf198860

O'Keeffe, Preston, Cossington Smith: Making Modernism


HARDING, LESLEY (Ed) & MIMMOCCHI, DENISE (Ed)

Quarto softcover (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Heide Museum of Modern Art / Art Gallery NSW 2016

KEYWORDS: modern art appreciation modernism Georgia O'Keeffe history

$22.50
xxeuf198861

Creation Myths: Man's Introduction to the World


MACLAGEN, DAVID

Quarto softcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Thames and Hudson 1977

KEYWORDS: anthropology history antiquity culture philosophy

$35.00
xxeuf198862

Time: Rhythm and Repose


VON FRANZ, MARIE-LOUISE

Quarto softcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Thames and Hudson 1978

KEYWORDS: anthropology history antiquity culture philosophy

$20.00
xxeuf198863

Classic Art: An Introduction to the Italian Renaissance


WOLFFLIN, HEINRICH

Imperial octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Phaidon Press 1953

KEYWORDS: art history renaissance Italy Italian criticism appreciation interpretation

$35.00
xxevb198867

Orders and Decorations


MERICKA, VACLAV & FIALA, JOSEF (Photo) & MORRAH, DERMOT (Ed)

Quarto hardcover (VG) in d/w (G+) jacket v tatty; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Paul Hamlyn 1967

KEYWORDS: history orders decorations awards Vaclav Mericka

$22.00
xxevb198868

Phar Lap


ARMSTRONG, GEOFF & THOMPSON, PETER

Quarto hardcover (VG) in d/w (G+) jacket tatty; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Sue Hines / Allen & Unwin 2000

KEYWORDS: sport horse racing history Phar Lap horses

$125.00
1y53b/25

The Porsche Book: A Definitive Illustrated History (2nd Edition)


BOSCHEN, LOTHAR & BARTH, JURGEN & FRERE, PAUL (Trans) & PORSCHE, Dr FERRY (Fore)

Imperial octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, sm gilt porsche motif to front board, 584pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light rubbing to extrems, sl tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light to moderate creasing/chipping & tanning to edges, light to moderate chafing & wrinkling)

PUBLISHER: Patrick Stephens 1983

KEYWORDS: automotive high performance cars Porsche history design development engineering styles

$75.00
1y53b/26

Mercedes-Benz: Personenwagen 1886-1984


OSWALD, WERNER

TEXT IN GERMAN, imperial octavo, blue cloth boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, silver gilt Mercedes motif to front board, 574pp, illus/photos, VG+ (spine sl cocked, minor rubbing to board edges/extrems, sl tanning & light soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light to moderate chafing/soiling & wrinkling & peeling to covers)

PUBLISHER: Motorbuch Verlag 1984

KEYWORDS: TEXT IN GERMAN automotive cars history Mercedes Benz development design engineering high performance

$200.00
1y53b/28

Motoring To-Day and To-Morrow


THE EARL OF COTTONHAM & BUCHAN, JOHN (Preface) & HORNE, A E (Illus)

LACKS D/W, octavo, green buckram boards, black lettering & rule to spine & front board, frontispiece, xiv + 155pp, illus, VG (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, moderate fading to spine, light fading to board edges, minor chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, light tanning to eps, gift inscription in ink to ffep, light foxing to prelims & terminals, occasional light cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Methuen & Co 1928

KEYWORDS: automotive cars motor car history transport hobbies

$65.00
1y53b/30

W O: An Autobiography


BENTLEY, W O

Octavo, green buckram boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, silver gilt Bentley motif to front board, frontispiece, 223pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light rubbing to extrems, light soiling to spine & boards, spine sl cocked, light tanning & soiling to page edges & eps) in d/w, G+ (v heavy creasing & tearing/loss to edges, moderate rubbing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Hutchinson & Co 1958

KEYWORDS: automotive history motoring cars W O Bentley autobiography autobiographies memoir

$42.50
1y53b/31

Wolseley: A Saga of the Motor Industry


NIXON, St JOHN C

Octavo, red buckram boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 156pp, illus/photos, VG- (moderate bruising & rubbing to extrems, heavy soiling to rear board, moderate fading to spine, light soiling & discolouration to front board, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm label & ink stamp to front eps, occasional light cracking to gutters) in d/w, G (extremely heavy tearing & loss, moderate chafing & soiling/tanning, prev. bookseller's label to front flap)

PUBLISHER: G T Foulis & Co 1949

KEYWORDS: automotive motoring history Wolseley British industry

$45.00
1y53b/33

French Vintage Cars


BOLSTER, JOHN & PAGE, THEO (Drawings)

Octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 204pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate fading & rubbing to board edges, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges) in d/w, G (extremely heavy tearing & loss to edges, heavy peeling & discolouration, vain attempts at tape repairs to inner sides of edges)

PUBLISHER: Autosport / B T Batsford 1964

KEYWORDS: automotive vintage classic cars French France history

$40.00
1y53b/34

Lost Causes of Motoring


LORD MONTAGU OF BEAULIEU & SEDGWICK, MICHAEL (Research by)

SECOND REVISED EDITION, octavo, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xvi + 224pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising/rubbing & adhesive staining to board etrems & edges, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, gift inscription in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light chafing/soiling & tanning)

PUBLISHER: Montagu Motor Book / Cassell 1960

KEYWORDS: automotive motoring Lord Montagu history

$100.00
1y53b/35

The Salmson Story


DRAPER, CHRIS & HULL, PETER (Preface)

Octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 167pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & rubbing to board edges, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing to edges, moderate fading to spine, moderate chafing & soiling, price clipped, prev. bookseller's sm label to front flap)

PUBLISHER: David & Charles 1974

KEYWORDS: automotive cars motoring Salmson history

$75.00
1y53b/36

Ettore Bugatti: A Biography


BRADLEY, W F

Octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, 152pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, spine sl cocked, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, moderate chafing & surface loss to ffep with sm ink stamp also) in d/w, G+ (untidy price clipping, v heavy tearing to spine & edges with some loss, moderate staining & chafing)

PUBLISHER: Motor Racing Publications 1948

KEYWORDS: automotive motoring Ettore Bugatti high performance biography biographies memoir history

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