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$375.00
1y50a/33

Delahaye: Le Grand Livre


DORIZON, J & PEIGNEY, F & DAULIAC, J-P & TOUBON, JACQUES (Preface)

TEXT IN FRENCH, quarto, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 432pp, illus/photo, VG+ (spine sl cocked, light fading & rubbing to board & spine extrems, light soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing to edges, 2-3cm closed tear to top edge of front cover, minor chafing & wrinkling, prev. bookseller's sm label to front flap)

PUBLISHER: E/P/A Editions 1995

KEYWORDS: TEXT IN FRENCH automotive cars history Delahaye manufacturers

$195.00
1y50a/34

Piloti, che Gente.... (Racers, What a People...)


FERRARI, ENZO & JASON, KATHRINE (Trans)

ENGLISH TRANSLATION, LIMITED EDITION, LACKS D/W, quarto, illus heavy boards, yellow lettering to spine & front board, embossed horse motif to ffep, 359pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning to spine, light tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Enzo Ferrari 1984

KEYWORDS: automotive cars car racing Enzo Ferrari autobiography autobiographies memoir history english translations limited editions

$65.00
1y50a/35

815 The Genesis of Ferrari


VARISCO, FRANCO

Quarto, white glossy heavy boards, red & black lettering to spine & front board, illus eps & prelims, 96pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light tanning to board edges & page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & tanning to spine & edges, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Hyde Park Group 1990

KEYWORDS: automotive cars Ferrari 815 history manufacturers design

$95.00
1y50a/36

The History of Brooklands Motor Course 1906-1940


BODDY, WILLIAM & LORD BRABAZON OF TARA (Fore)

FIRST EDITION, FIRST IMP., imperial octavo, light blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xv + 368pp, illus/photos, VG- (light bruising to extrems, moderate to heavy soiling to spine & boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name & prev. bookseller's stamp in ink to ffep, sl foxing to prelims & throughout) in d/w, G+ (price clipped, v heavy creasing & chipping/loss to spine & edges, moderate chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Grenville Publishing 1957

KEYWORDS: first editions automotive history Brooklands racing motor course courses

$120.00
1y50a/38

Pay-it-Yourself The Story of the Teams from the MG Car Club, North West Centre Le Mans 1959 to 1961


DUTTON, GEORGE (Compiled & Ed)

Oblong quarto, illus heavy boards, white lettering to spine, printed eps, disc to rear, 88pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, moderate fading to rear board, light chafing to boards)

PUBLISHER: The MG Car Club North West Centre Ltd 2009

KEYWORDS: automotive cars MG car club Le Mans road racing races history

$200.00
1y50a/39

Porsche: Excellence Was Expected: The Complete History of the Sports and Racing Cars


LUDVIGSEN, KARL

FIRST EDITION, THIRD PRINTING WITH CORRIGENDA, oblong super octavo, black heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, blind stamp lettering to front board, aeg- silver, 851pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light scuffing to extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: Frederick Muller 1977

KEYWORDS: automotive cars history Porsche high performance racing motorsport sport first editions

$1650.00
1y50a/40

Narrative of a Voyage to New Zealand, Performed in the Years 1814 and 1815, in Company with the Rev Samuel Marsden (2 Vol Set)


NICHOLAS, JOHN LIDDIARD

2 VOL SET, octavo, brown heavy half leather bound boards, gilt lettering & rule to spines, red speckling to page edges, frontispieces, vol 1- xx + 431pp, vol 2- xii + 397pp, illus/maps, VG (moderate rubbing to spines & extrems- minor surface loss to leather, moderate chafing & soiling/staining to boards, moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, moderate adhesive staining to eps of both vols, sm blank labels to ffeps, prev. embossed ownership stamp to ffep & prelims of vol 1, prev. owner's name in ink to prelims of both vols, varying degrees of cracking to gutters- mostly minor, moderate but age appropriate foxing throughout, light to moderate water staining to frontispiece of vol 2)

PUBLISHER: James Black and Son 1817

KEYWORDS: New Zealand exploration history voyages logs John Liddiard Nicholas early settlers pioneers antique books

$195.00
1y50a/41

Ferrari: Catalogue Raisonne 1946-1981 (2 Vol Set)


COSTANTINO, AUGUSTO (Ed)

2 VOL SET, IN SLIPCASE, quarto, red heavy boards, white lettering to spines, white Ferrari horse motif to front board, vol 1- 199pp, vol 2- 285pp, illus/photos, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing) in VG+ slipcase

PUBLISHER: Automobilia 1981

KEYWORDS: automotive cars high performance Ferrari history

$100.00
1y50a/42

Mrs Beeton's Household Management: A Complete Cookery Book


MRS BEETON

HEAVY, octavo, brown cloth heavy boards, gilt lettering & blind decoration to maroon spine, printed eps, frontispiece, xvi + 1680pp, illus/photos, VG- (heavy scuffing & surface loss to board edges, heavy cracking to spine, heavy soiling to boards, heavy tanning & staining/soiling to page edges, moderate foxing to eps & prelims/terminals & throughout)

PUBLISHER: Ward, Lock & Co 1923

KEYWORDS: Mrs Beeton cookbooks cooking cookery food recipes household management etiquette chores historical history

$15.00
xxeec198196

Beyond Geography: The Western Spirit Against the Wilderness


TURNER, FREDERICK

Super octavo softcover (VG) occasional pen underlining; 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: Rutgers University Press 1994

KEYWORDS: America discovery exploration Europeans Europe geography history

$14.50
xxeec198199

The New Zealand Student Christian Movement 1896-1996


BERRY, CHRISTINE

Octavo stapled light card covers (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: Outreach Press (Printer) N/D (c.1996?)

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history religion religious Christians Christianity students student movement centennial centenary

$17.50
xxeec198200

The Slave Ship: A Human History


REDIKER, MARCUS

Octavo softcover (VG) front cover creased; 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: Penguin Books 2008

KEYWORDS: slave ships history slavery human African American studies

$22.50
xxefb198226

Education and the Rise of the Corporate State


SPRING, JOEL H

Ex-library, octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG-) annotation & underlining; 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: Beacon Press 1973

KEYWORDS: education politics corporate community history

$16.50
xxefc198232

Foreign Devils on the Silk Road


HOPKIRK, PETER

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: University of Massachusetts Press 1984

KEYWORDS: trade history business silk road Asia routes

$19.50
xxefd198240

The Worm in the Bud: The World of Victorian Sexuality


PEARSALL, RONALD

Super 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: Pimlico 1993

KEYWORDS: Victorian history sex sexuality sexual behaviour behavior

$17.50
xxefd198242

Life Along the Silk Road


WHITFIELD, SUSAN

Super 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: University of California Press 1999

KEYWORDS: trade routes business silk road Asia history

$22.50
xxegd198250

In Search of the Cradle of Civilization


FEUERSTEIN, GEORG & KAK, SUBHASH & FRAWLEY, DAVID

Super 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: Quest Books / The Theosophical Publishing House 2001

KEYWORDS: ancient history archeology archaeology India anthropology civilisation civilzation antiquity

$19.50
xxegd198251

Warriors of the Steppe


HILDINGER, ERIK

Super 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: Da Capo Press 2001

KEYWORDS: Central Asia ancient history antiquity military war

$19.50
xxegd198254

The Empire of the Steppes: A History of Central Asia


GROUSSET, RENE & WALFORD, NAOMI (Trans)

Octavo softcover (VG) pen underlining & annotation; 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: Rutgers University Press 2000

KEYWORDS: military ancient history Steppes Central Asia nomads antiquity

$16.50
xxegd198255

Floods, Famines and Emperors: El Nino and the Fate of Civilizations (Revised Edition)


FAGAN, BRIAN

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: Basic Books 2009

KEYWORDS: ancient history antiquity civilisations civilizations el nino weather events science climate archeology archaeology

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