Books - "history"
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Conte Maggi's Mille Miglia
Square super octavo, grey heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, 164pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & fading to spine & board edges, light tanning & soiling to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine, light chafing & soiling, prev. booksellers' sm labels to front flap)
PUBLISHER: Alan Sutton 1988
KEYWORDS: automotive motorsport road racing races Mille Miglia cars car history
Bugatti La Gloire
MULTI-LINGUAL TEXT, oblong folio, grey heavy boards, white lettering to spine & front board, illus eps, 214pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & fading/rubbing to board & spine edges, light tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, light fading/tanning to spine & edges, minor chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Automobilia 1993
KEYWORDS: automotive motorsport Bugatti cars car racing history
The Vintage Alvis (Extended Edition)
EXTENDED EDITION, SIGNED BY AUTHORS, super octavo, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xvi + 620pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light rubbing to extrems, sl tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing)
PUBLISHER: The Alvis Register 1995
KEYWORDS: signed Peter Hull Norman Johnson Alvis register automotive cars history extended edition
From Veteran to Vintage: A History of Motoring and Motorcars From 1884 to 1914
LACKS D/W, imperial octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xiv + 353pp, illus/photos, VG (spine sl cocked, minor rubbing & bruising to board & spine edges, light chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & moderate foxing to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's ink stamp to ffep, moderate foxing sporadically throughout- prelims & terminals in particular)
PUBLISHER: Temple Press 1956
KEYWORDS: automotive motorsport history vintage classic cars
The Story of Vauxhall 1857 - 1946
LACKS D/W, super octavo, black heavy boards, green buckram spine, silver gilt lettering to front board, frontispiece, 51pp, illus/photos, VG (light to moderate rubbing & scuffing to spine & board edges, light chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm labels to front pastedown, gift inscription in ink to ffep, minor cracking to some gutters)
PUBLISHER: Vauxhall Motors N/D (c.1940s?)
KEYWORDS: automotive cars car history Vauxhall
Peugeot: Sous le Signe du Lion
TEXT IN FRENCH, LACKS D/W, imperial octavo, cream cloth boards, blue lettering to spine & front board, illus eps, 423pp, illus/photos, VG (light to moderate soiling & bruising to board & spine edges, light chafing & soiling to boards, sl tanning to page edges, minor carcking to some gutters)
PUBLISHER: Editions Pratiques Automobiles 1976
KEYWORDS: TEXT IN FRENCH automotive cars Peugeot history
The Power to Fly: The Development of the Piston Engine in Aviation
Super octavo, blue buckram boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, top page edges stained blue, 224pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate rubbing & scuffing to board & spine extrems, light soiling to front board top edge, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light cracking to gutters) in d/w, G+ (in plastic protective cover- easily removed, heavy creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, 10cm closed tear & creasing to rear cover, light water staining)
PUBLISHER: George Allen & Unwin 1971
KEYWORDS: aviation history piston engines engineering design flight
The Complete Motorist
Super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind rule to boards, frontispiece with tissue guard, xxiv + 327pp + 40pp catalogue to rear, illus/photos, VG- (moderate rubbing & scuffing to board & spine edges, moderate rubbing & tanning to spine, moderate rubbing/chafing & light soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, occasional moderate cracking to gutters throughout)
PUBLISHER: Methuen & Co 1907
KEYWORDS: automotive transport history cars complete motorist
AC Ace & Aceca 1953-1983
Quarto, illus glossy light card covers, white lettering to spine & covers, 100pp, illus/photos, VG (light creasing/curling to cover edges, light chafing & soiling to covers, light fading to spine, light tanning to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Brooklands Books N/D (c.1980s)
KEYWORDS: cars automotive AC Ace aceca history engineering
Alfa Romeo Milano
Imperial octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, 224pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising to extrems, 3cm crack to front hinge/spine base, light tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, moderate fading to spine, light cahfing & soiling, light tanning to flaps)
PUBLISHER: Dalton Watson 1974
KEYWORDS: automotive cars history Alfa Romeo Milano manufacturing
Edoardo Bianchi
TEXT IN ITALIAN & ENGLISH, quarto, yellow heavy boards, black lettering to spine, 248pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to egdes, light chafing/soiling & tanning)
PUBLISHER: Giorgio Nada Editore 1992
KEYWORDS: transport history Edoardo Bianchi mechanical engineering biography biographies
L'Antileggenda di Nuvolari
TEXT IN ITALIAN, lg quarto, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 179pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, sl soiling to spine extrems, light tanning & moderate foxing to page edges, light tanning to eps, moderate patches of foxing sporadically throughout) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & heavy chipping/closed tearing to edges, light fading to spine, moderate chafing & wrinkling/soiling, moderate tanning to flaps)
PUBLISHER: Sperling & Kupfer Editori 1972
KEYWORDS: TEXT IN ITALIAN tazio nuvolari grand prix automotive cars motorsport car racing history
A Record of Motor Racing 1894-1908
LACKS D/W, quarto, blue buckram boards, blue gilt lettering to spine, top page edges stained blue, xii + 322pp, illus/photos, VG- (heavy scuffing to extrems, heavy fading/rubbing & foxing to spine, moderate chafing to boards, moderate tanning & light soiling to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps, occasional cracking to gutters- mostly reasonably minor- heavy to rear, board shaky)
PUBLISHER: Motor Racing Publications 1949
KEYWORDS: automotive motorsport cars car racing history records
Lancia: From Alpha to Zeta and Beyond
Imperial octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 220pp, illus/photos, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing, 1cm closed tear to base of rear cover, prev. bookseller's sm label to front flap)
PUBLISHER: Sutton Publishing 1999
KEYWORDS: automotive cars Lancia history transport
The History of the Pneumatic Tyre
Super octavo, maroon heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, patterned eps, frontispiece, 122pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light foxing to page edges, lg scuff to ffep- surface loss) in d/w, VG+ (light to moderate creasing to edges, light chafing & wrinkling)
PUBLISHER: Eastland Press 1981
KEYWORDS: automotive tyres cars transport Dunlop history pneumatic
Minerva
TEXT IN FRENCH, SCARCE, quarto, illus heavy boards, white lettering to spine & front board, illus eps, 179pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate bruising & light scuffing to extrems, minor fading to spine, light chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Yvette et Jacques Kupelian N/D (c.1980s?)
KEYWORDS: TEXT IN FRENCH cars automotive transport history Minerva
Diatto
TEXT IN ENGLISH & ITALIAN, quarto, illus heavy boards, white lettering to spine & front board, 115pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl discolouration to top of spine, sl chafing to boards)
PUBLISHER: Publicar 1999
KEYWORDS: TEXT IN ITALIAN & ENGLISH cars automotive history Diatto
The Le Mans 24-Hour Race 1949-1973
Quarto, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, 210pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown, light foxing to half title page) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, light tanning/discolouration, light to moderate chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Edita SA / Automobile Club 1974
KEYWORDS: automotive Le Mans car races racing motorsport history
Spyker Made in Holland
Sm folio, black cloth boards, silver gilt lettering to maroon cloth spine, silver gilt lettering to front board, 120pp, illus/photos, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light tanning to spine, sl chafing)
PUBLISHER: Instituut Trompenburg Foundation 1998
KEYWORDS: Hendrik-Jan Jacobus Spijker history Spyker automotive cars
As Old as the Industry: Riley 1898-1969
Imperial octavo, blue faux leather boards, gilt lettering to spine, top page edges stained blue, x + 489pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light tanning & soiling to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to ffep, moderate soiling to front eps) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping to edges, heavy fading to spine, moderate chafing/wrinkling & fading to covers)
PUBLISHER: David G Styles 1982
KEYWORDS: automotive motorsport history Riley car racing cars