Books - "history"
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Flying Guns World War II: Development of Aircraft Guns, Ammunition and Installations 1933-45
Super octavo, navy blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 352pp, illus/photos/diagrams, VG+ (minor bruising to spine extrems, minor soiling to front board, minor creasing to rear hinge, light foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG+ (loose protective cover, minor creasing to edges and extrems, sl fading to spine - photos available on request)
PUBLISHER: Airlife Publishing 2003
KEYWORDS: military history guns World War 2 WWII aviation aircraft engineering
The Rootes Brothers: Story of a Motoring Empire
Super octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus/photos, VG+ (minor soiling to upper page edges) in d/w, VG+ (minor adhesion marking to front wrapper, minor soiling to front wrapper, spine and rear flap, minor creasing to spine and edges of flaps) (photos available on request)
PUBLISHER: Patrick Stevens Limited 1993
KEYWORDS: mechanics engineering history Rootes Brothers cars
Mercedes-Benz Saloons: The Classic Models of the 1960s and 1970s
Super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus/photos, VG+ (minor tanning to page edges throughout, minor fading to upper board edges, minor creasing to head and base of spine, minor bruising to heads and bases of hinges) in d/w, VG+ (minor creasing to front board edges and extrems, minor fading to rear hinges, minor creasing to upper edges of flaps) (photos available on request)
PUBLISHER: Crowood Press 2003
KEYWORDS: mechanics engineering history Mercedes-Benz cars saloons
The Incredible Blitzen Benz
Square quarto, black heavy boards, gilt silver lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, 169pp, illus/photos/diagrams, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges, sl foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG+ (minor creasing and soiling to edges, minor fading to spine, sl chafing & soiling - photos available on request)
PUBLISHER: Dalton Watson Fine Books 2006
KEYWORDS: mechanics engineering history Mercedes-Benz cars Blitzen Benz German
An Encyclopedia of European Sports & GT Cars: 1945 to 1960
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, light grey and white patterned heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus/photos, VG+ (light adhesion markings to spine, front and rear boards, light sharpe marking to fep label, minor marking to page edges, minor creasing to base of spine) in d/w, VG+ (minor creasing to front and rear wrapper edges, head and base of spine and upper edges of flaps, minor tanning to flaps, minor tanning to front wrapper, minor scuffing to head of spine) (photos available on request)
PUBLISHER: Foulis 1981
KEYWORDS: First Edition mechanics engineering history cars encyclopedia
Daimler & Benz: The Complete History: The Birth and Evolution of the Mercedes-Benz
FIRST EDITION, oblong, black heavy boards, gilt silver lettering to spine, illus/photos, Near Fine in d/w, Near Fine (loose protective cover) (photos available on request)
PUBLISHER: Collins 2006
KEYWORDS: First Edition mechanics engineering history cars Mercedes-Benz
Challenger & 'Cuda: Mopar's E-Body Muscle Cars
Quarto, light violet purple heavy boards, gilt silver lettering to spine, illus/photos, VG+ (minor bruising to head and base of spine and hinges) in d/w, VG+ (minor creasing to edges of flaps, minor creasing to edges of front and rear wrappers, minor creasing and scuffing to head and base of spine, minor 1cm open tear to head of spine) (photos available on request)
PUBLISHER: Motorbooks 2005
KEYWORDS: mechanics engineering history cars Challenger 'Cuda
BSA Singles Restoration: Gold Star and All Post-War Pre-Unit B,M and C Series, Plus Unit Four-Strokes and Bantams
Imperial octavo, illus light card wrappers, white, yellow and black lettering to front wrapper, red, white, yellow and black lettering to spine, illus/photos, VG+ (minor creasing to lower edge of front wrapper, extrems and upper edge of rear wrapper, light creasing and minor soiling to spine, minor soiling to page edges) (photos available on request)
PUBLISHER: Osprey 1988
KEYWORDS: BSA motorbikes motorcycles mechanics engineering history
Super Bikes and The 70s
Super octavo, illus light card wrappers with french flaps, white and black lettering to front wrapper, black lettering to spine, illus/photos, Near Fine (photos available on request)
PUBLISHER: Panther Publishing 1988
KEYWORDS: motorbikes motorcycles mechanics engineering history
GT: The World's Best GT Cars 1953 to 1973
Imperial octavo, black heavy boards, gilt silver lettering to spine, illus/photos, VG+ (minor creasing to extrem and head of rear hinge) in d/w, VG+ (minor soiling adhesion marking to front wrapper, minor creasing to upper edges) (photos available on request)
PUBLISHER: Veloce 2007
KEYWORDS: cars mechanics engineering history
The Conversion of Europe from Paganism to Christianity 371-1386AD
Super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus/photos, VG+ (minor creasing to head and hinges of spine and head of spine, minor tanning and foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (minor chipping to head of spine, heads of folds and extrems, minor scuffing to extrems, minor creasing to upper edges of flaps) (photos available on request)
PUBLISHER: Harpercollins 1997
KEYWORDS: religion christianity paganism history
Angkor Revisited
Slim quarto, illus light card wrappers with french flaps, black lettering to front wrapper and spine, illus/photos, VG+ (minor tanning & soiling to wrappers - photos available on request)
PUBLISHER: German Aspara Conservation Project 2004
KEYWORDS: Cambodia Angkor history conservation
Gold & Silversmithing in Nineteenth & Twentieth Century New Zealand
Tidy ex library, quarto, black heavy boards, gilt silver lettering to spine, illus eps, 239pp, VG (light to moderate bruising to extrems, moderate adhesive residue to boards, minor scuffing to board edges, usual library stamps with moderate marker pen ink to eps that fades through till title page, moderate scuffing to rear pastedown - surface loss, minor marker pen ink markings to head & base of page block, light tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (label residue to spine, light to moderate creasing to edges, moderate fading to spine & upper edge of front, minor chafing & soiling - photos available on request)
PUBLISHER: Te Papa Tongarewa Museum 1995
KEYWORDS: metallurgy silver gold smithing silversmithing New Zealand history antiques collectables collectibles
McLaren Formula 1
Folio, dark grey heavy boards, gilt silver lettering to front board and spine, illus/photos/diagrams, VG+ (minor creasing to lower edge of boards, light fading/discolouration to head and base of spine, minor fading/discolouration to upper edges of boards, minor soiling to upper page edges) in d/w, VG (light soiling to front wrapper, minor creasing to edges and extrems, minor creasing to head and base of spine, minor soiling to rear wrapper) (photos available on request)
PUBLISHER: Konemann 1999
KEYWORDS: Formula 1 racing cars McLaren mechanics engineering history sports
Heart of a Racer
Imperial octavo, navy blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus/photos, VG+ (minor foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (previous owner's label to front flap) (photos available on request)
PUBLISHER: Haynes Publishing 2002
KEYWORDS: racing cars mechanics engineering history sports
Ken Tyrrell: Portrait of a Motor Racing Giant
Imperial octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus/photos, VG+ (light staining/foxing to title page) in d/w, VG+ (minor soiling and creasing to edges and extrems, minor soiling to front wrapper) (photos available on request)
PUBLISHER: Haynes Publishing 2002
KEYWORDS: racing cars mechanics engineering history sports Ken Tyrrell biography memoirs
The Ultimate Racer
Imperial octavo, navy blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus/photos, VG+ (minor foxing to upper page edges, minor creasing to head and base of front hinge and spine, minor bruising to extrems) in d/w, VG+ (minor tanning to upper edges, minor creasing to edges and extrems, minor soiling to upper edges of flaps) (photos available on request)
PUBLISHER: Haynes Publishing 2000
KEYWORDS: racing cars mechanics engineering history sports Dan Gurney biography memoirs
Trans-Am: The Pony Car Wars 1966-1972
Imperial octavo, deep teal heavy boards, white lettering to spine, illus/photos, VG+ (minor foxing to page edges, minor bruising and scuffing to heads and bases of hinges, minor scuffing to extrems) in d/w, VG (loose protective cover, light soiling to front wrapper, minor soiling to edges and extrems, minor tanning to rear hinge and spine, minor soiling to upper edges of flaps) (photos available on request)
PUBLISHER: MBI 2001
KEYWORDS: racing cars mechanics engineering history sports Pony Car Wars
Aston Martin: Power, Beauty and Soul: Second Edition
Folio, black heavy boards, blind stamped lettering to spine, illus/photos, VG+ (minor creasing to heads and bases of hinges) in d/w, VG+ (loose protective cover, minor creasing to upper edges of flaps) (photos available on request)
PUBLISHER: Peleus Press 2010
KEYWORDS: Aston Martin cars mechanics engineering history
Lotus 72: Formula One Icon
Suare quarto, black heavy boards, gilt lettering and decoration to front board, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps & title page, 240pp, illus/photos, VG+ (minor soiling & tanning to page edges, minor soiling/staining to ffep & prelims, minor soiling to rep & terminals, minor creasing to heads and bases of hinges, sl soiling to boards) in d/w, VG+ (minor creasing to edges and extrems - photos available on request)
PUBLISHER: Coterie Press 2003
KEYWORDS: Lotus 72 cars mechanics engineering automotive high performance racing formula one f1 history