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THE STORY OF THE LIFE OF GEORGE STEPHENSON, (Stephenson). Smiles, Samuel. THE STORY OF THE LIFE OF GEORGE STEPHENSON, Railway Engineer. Abridged by the Author From the Original and Larger Work. John Murray 1859.
Abridged Ed. xii + 356pp. + 32pp. publ. catalogue. Port. frontis., 39 ills. Some browning and foxing, original blind ruled green cloth with faded gilt lettering and image to spine, recased, some marking, surface loss to head and tail of spine.
Inscribed to verso of frontispiece ‘To M Garraway with the kind regards of the Author London 13 August 1859.’
£100.00 [ref: 279226]

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HANDBOOK FOR THE AUSTIN TWELVE. Austin Motor Co. Ltd. HANDBOOK FOR THE AUSTIN TWELVE. ..., Longbridge, Birmingham 1933.
1st Ed. Pamphlet. Slim 8vo. 56pp. Profusely illus. Very good in original stapled limp green wrapps. lettered in black to upper wrapp., some minor soiling. [together with] 32pp. contemporary ‘Car Log Book,’ Slim Landscape 12mo. Original blue-grey limp wrapps.
Publication no. 974.
£25.00 [ref: 284138]

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Bauer, Christoph and Weidenhammer, Peter. ROADS TO TAYCAN. Christophorus Editions/Dr. Ing. h. c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft 2019.
1st Ed. Sm. 4to. 174pp. Stunning colour photographs throughout by Christoph Bauer. Very good in white and blue lettered black colour pictorial boards, a.e.black.
No. 0938 of a Limited Edition of 2019 Copies. ‘ ... documents various stages of the testing, including South Africa, Sweden and Shanghai.’
£40.00 [ref: 294050]

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Bentley Drivers Club. THE BENTLEY DRIVERS CLUB REVIEW. Issues 26-229 [lacking no. 35 (Dec. 1954)]. 203 consecutive issues + 2 Indices for issues 1-180 and 221-275. ... Sept. 1952-Aug. 2003.
Together in 19 vols. Ills. With original pictorial limp card wrapps., earlier issues with some minor soiling and rubbing, 203 issues bound together in 17 gilt lettered varying green buckram binders (specially for magazines and catalogues), date labels affixed towards tail of spines, binder for 1990-1992 sl. split at head of spine, index vols. in original pictorial limp card wrapps. one with plastic ring binder spine as issued.
£600.00 [ref: 287833]

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THE ISLE OF MAN RAILWAY. Boyd, James I.C. THE ISLE OF MAN RAILWAY. Volume III [only]: An outline History of The Isle of Man Railway including The Manx Northern Railway and The Foxdale Railway. Oakwood Press, Oxford 1996.
320pp. 156 plates from photos., numerous other drawings, maps, plans etc. Illus. e.ps., good in d/w. very lightly faded to spine and sl. bumped at tail of spine.
The British Narrow Gauge Railway No. 2C. First published in 1962 as one volume.
£25.00 [ref: 286578]

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BRITISH RAILWAYS GUIDE Bradshaw’s BRITISH RAILWAYS GUIDE And Hotel Directory. Containing the Official Time Tables, specially arranged by Railways. Official every Month. No. 1515: From 7th November until 4th December 1960. Henry Blacklock & Co. Ltd. 1960.
1st Ed. Thick 8vo. 50pp. adverts. + xxxiv + 1225pp. Marginal browning, several corners sl. curled, ‘Williams Deacon’s Bank Limited’ ink stamp across lower edge of leaves, lightly browned sl. soiled and chipped original printed limp paper wrapps., fore-edge of upper wrapp. and head and tail of spine reinforced with clear tape.
£30.00 [ref: 277861]

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JULY 1938 RAILWAY GUIDE. Bradshaw’s JULY 1938 RAILWAY GUIDE. A New Edition of the July 1938 Issue of Bradshaw’s Railway, Shipping and Hotel Guide for Great Britain and Ireland with enlarged type and introduction by David St. John Thomas. David & Charles Reprints, Newton Abbot 1969.
Facsimile Reprint. Thick 8vo. [iv] + liii + 1138pp. Lower leading corner of p.466-7 untrimmed, sm. ownership label to front pastedown, original gilt lettered light green cloth bumped to head of spine with 2 sm. splits, in price clipped d/w. lightly browned to spine and chipped at head with some loss.
£25.00 [ref: 288225]

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TWENTIETH INTERNATIONAL BICYCLE AND MOTOR CYCLE SHOW British Cycle & Motor Cycle Manufacturers’ and Traders’ Union. TWENTIETH INTERNATIONAL BICYCLE AND MOTOR CYCLE SHOW of Bicycles, Motor Cycles, Sidecars, and their Components, Accessories, Tyres, 3-Wheeled Cycle Cars, Hiking and Camping Equipment, and Sports Requisites. OLYMPIA, London, W. Saturday, November 20th, to Saturday, December 7th, 1935 ... ..., Coventry 1935.
1st Ed. Tall Slim 8vo. 176pp. Numerous ills. and adverts., with 2 folding plans of Olympia (ground floor and gallery). Light marginal browning, plans lightly spotted, good in original coloured pictorial limp paper wrapps., some minor soiling, lower leading corner of lower wrapp. sl. creased, head of spine sl. bumped.
1935 Official Show Catalogue & “Where is It?”
£40.00 [ref: 285764]

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THE LANCHESTER LEGACY. Clark, C.S. THE LANCHESTER LEGACY. A Trilogy of Lanchester Works. Volume One - 1895 to 1931. Foreword by Nick Scheele. Coventry University 1995.
1st Ed. 4to. [viii] +279pp. + [i]. Profusely illus. mainly from photos., with many colour plates, map. Good in d/w. lightly faded to spine.
Author’s Presentation Copy, inscribed to title page - ‘To Ted Roberts, Thanks for your help, With best wishes, Chris.’
£25.00 [ref: 286361]

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BUGATTI. Conway, Hugh and Greilsamer, Jacques. BUGATTI. Préface par le Baron Philippe de Rotheschild. Editions Modélisme, Paris 1978.
Landscape 4to. 280pp. Profusely illus. throughout with photos., mainly in colour. French/English text. Original white lettered blue cloth with coloured paper title label to upper board, some minor rubbing, fore-edge of lower board very sl. dampstained, spine lightly faded, good in original coloured pictorial laminated limp card presentation box.
£45.00 [ref: 287768]

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