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$40.00
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An Encyclopedia of European Sports & GT Cars: 1945 to 1960


ROBSON, GRAHAM

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

$45.00
3r3/499

Daimler & Benz: The Complete History: The Birth and Evolution of the Mercedes-Benz


ADLER, DENIS & MOSS, SIR STIRLING (fore)

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

$40.00
3r3/500

Challenger & 'Cuda: Mopar's E-Body Muscle Cars


GENAT, ROBERT

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

$76.00
3r3/505

BSA Singles Restoration: Gold Star and All Post-War Pre-Unit B,M and C Series, Plus Unit Four-Strokes and Bantams


BACON, RAY

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

$80.00
3r3/506

Super Bikes and The 70s


SHEEHAN, DAVID & WILLIAMS, LES (fore)

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

$40.00
3r3/507

GT: The World's Best GT Cars 1953 to 1973


DAWSON, SAM

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

$40.00
3r3/508

The Conversion of Europe from Paganism to Christianity 371-1386AD


FLETCHER, RICHARD

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

$40.00
3r3/513

Angkor Revisited


PONCAR, JARO

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

$225.00
3r3/515

Gold & Silversmithing in Nineteenth & Twentieth Century New Zealand


SHEPHERD, WINSOME

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

$45.00
3r3/516

McLaren Formula 1


SCHLEGELMILCH, RAINER & LEHBRINK, HARTMUT

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

$40.00
3r3/517

Heart of a Racer


FITTIPALDI, EMERSON & LUDVIGSEN, KARL & MAYER TEDDY (fore)

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

$45.00
3r3/518

Ken Tyrrell: Portrait of a Motor Racing Giant


HILTON, CHRISTOPHER & TYRRELL, KEN

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

$80.00
3r3/519

The Ultimate Racer


GURNEY, DAN & LUDVIGSEN, KARL & BRABHAM, SIR JACK (fore)

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

$75.00
3r3/520

Trans-Am: The Pony Car Wars 1966-1972


FRIEDMAN, DAVE & JONES, PARNELLI (fore)

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

$60.00
3r3/521

Aston Martin: Power, Beauty and Soul: Second Edition


DOWSEY, DAVID

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

$240.00
3r3/522

Lotus 72: Formula One Icon


OLIVER, MICHAEL & FITTIPALDI, EMERSON (fore)

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

$85.00
3r3/525

Cosmopolitan Memory in Europe's 'Backwaters': Rethinking Civility


TZANELLI, RODANTHI

Very tidy Ex Library (unread), super octavo, blue illus heavy boards, white lettering to front board and spine, illus/photos, VG+ (minor scuffing to base of rear hinge, minor Ex Library labels to front board, spine and fep, minor Ex Library markings to page edges) (photos available on request)

PUBLISHER: Routledge 2011

KEYWORDS: psychology society philosophy history

$46.00
3r3/527

Modern Combat Vehicles: 5 The Scorpion Family


FORTY, GEORGE

Super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus/photos, VG+ (minor creasing to head of spine) in d/w, VG+ (minor chipping to head of spine, minor creasing and soiling to extrems, minor soiling to front wrapper) (photos available on request)

PUBLISHER: Ian Allan 1983

KEYWORDS: tanks military history

$85.00
3r3/528

Half-Track: A History of American Semi-Tracked Vehicles


HUNNICUTT, R P

Quarto, dark blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to front board and spine, illus/photos, VG+ (minor soiling to front and rear boards, minor foxing to page edges, minor bruising to base of spine) in d/w, VG+ (minor creasing to bases of folds, minor creasing to head of spine) (photos available on request)

PUBLISHER: Presidio 2001

KEYWORDS: half-tracks American history military World War 2 WWII

$150.00
3r3/529

Bradley: A History of American Fighting and Support Vehicles


HUNNICUTT, R P & SHERIDAN, MAJOR GENERAL STAN R (fore)

Quarto, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to front board and spine, illus/photos, VG (light bruising to spine & extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, sl adhesion to pages) in d/w, VG (loose protective cover- spine of which is removed, minor creasing & soiling to spine & edges - photos available on request)

PUBLISHER: Presidio 1999

KEYWORDS: tanks American history military armoured armored vehicles

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