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3 vols., 4to., First Edition, profusely illustrated throughout; black cloth, backstrips lettered in silver, a fine set in unclipped dustwrapper, the whole housed in publisher's blocked board slip-case. The set comprises: Part One: The First Forty Years (2000); Part Two: The Power behind the Jets 1945-1987 (2001); Part Three: A Family of Engines 1987-2002 (2002). With promotional flyer loosely inserted in third volume.
SKU1753793Wiley 2015-07-27. paperback. New. 8x0x11. New Book Ships with Tracking Wiley paperback
4to., First Edition, with frontispiece and very numerous monochrome photographs and drawings in the text; blue cloth, gilt back, yellow endpapers, a very good, bright, clean copy in dustwrapper. Standard reference. SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.
1923010799Derby and London: Rolls-Royce Limited 1923. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine. An excellent copy; very gently used. No names or marks in text. 106 pgs. with index. b/w photos and diagrams. Two fold out panels with the wiring schematics. <br/> <br/> Rolls-Royce Limited hardcover
60 pages. Features: Arthur Erickson and Canada's mirror-sheathed pavilion at Expo '70; Clarence Eckert and his Rolls-Royce; Angela Davis; Black Panther Lonnie McLucas and the New Haven Eight; Who's Come a Long Way, Baby? - Feature article on women's rights; The Liberation of Kate Millett; What it Would Be Like if Women Win; Middle East - Toward the Start of Talks; Watch on the Suez - Intelligence Gaps - air photos purport to show Egypt installing SAM-2 missiles in cease-fire zone; Maps of possible Israel/Egypt border; Lovely one-page color photo of Senegalese Dancer Issa Teuw Niang with friends in Dakar; Three additional pages of nice color photos of prominent black women in Africa; The Spetsopoula Incident; Urban Trend in Vietnam - with photo of horrific canal-side squatter structures; Joseph Rhodes Jr. and the Kent State investigation; Musical group "The Band" - photo and article; Cholera epidemic in Lebanon; Film producers Christopher Dewey and Dennis Friedland; Reuben Maury; Aquaculture - article with photo of streetcar being lowered into the Sea of Japan to provide 'apartments' for fish; Golfer Dave Stockton; Sculptor Alberto Sanchez; Passing of Leo Ciceri, Beniamino Fubano, Eugene Barnett, General Archimede Mischi and William Hamm Jr.; The Energy Shortage Worsens; Blighted corn in the U.S. South; Financial challenges for U.S. airlines as the upgrade to the 747; Interesting one-page color Hitachi ad illustrates "Floating Train of the Future"; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
118 pages. Many great black and white photos. Features: Navigating the Weather Map; Douglas DC-6; Glider Training; The Aerial Photograph; Atomic Cyclone - the Cycloptron - article with photos, including full-page color photo of the M.I.T. cyclotron; Helicopter Forum; Fulll-page photo of the Convair XB-36 in flight; Biological Warfare - "There is No Defense"; This Field is Small - Use it All - an informal history of McCook Field, Ohio; The Diesel Engine in Aviation; Racing with Rolls-Royce Engines; Evolution of the Model Plane; Firefly 1; A.M.A. Records; Many pages of great ads; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Some age-toning to pages. A sound copy of this nice vintage issue. Magazine
Features/Photos: Syria's break with Egypt/Colonel Nasser; 200 km/hr bicycle!; A primitive jungle race of Thailand exists mainly on bamboo; Commercial flying among the Swiss mountain peaks; Great London Livery Companies - The Vintner's Hall; Aden Colony through an ultra-wide angle camera; using pumps to save fish in frozen over lakes; The state funeral of Dag Hammarskjoeld in Uppsala; Car of the Month - the Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud II; and more. Moderate wear. Clean and unmarked. Quality copy. Book
Features: Two-pages of Soviet cities now facing the gigantic Nazi battering-ram; Illustrations of two missing aces - Flight Lieut. J.C. Mungo-Park and Wing-Commander J.R. Kayll; Clearn photo of the Soviet emergency "Council of Defense", including Stalin, Molotov, Voroshilov, Malenkov and Berya; Wonderful photo of three large drums built for Haile Selassie and his new Abyssinian state; How the Nazis took Crete - five enemy views of paratroop operations; Thirteen photos of personalities of the day, including good photo of the funeral cortege of German ex-Kaiser Wilhelm II; Nine great photos of the besieged garrison of Tobruk; Article - Hitler's assault on Russia, by Cyril Falls; Air photos of French Aerodromes at Boulogne and St. Omer smashed by the R.A.F.; Super before and during photos of R.A.F. attack on the rail marshalling yard at Hazebrouck; Centerfold illustration of large-scale English mimic night attempt to land barge-borne troops and tanks (early D-Day training); Photos of Home Guard excercises - street fighting on London; Four photos of camouflaged snipers; Iraqi armistice - six photos, including one of Imir Abdul Illah, the Regent; After the Battle of Amba Alagi - The Italians Surrender - Two good photos; Photo of Nazi glider in Crete; Amazing photos of the "Imperial Transport", cut in half by a U-boat but still salvaged!; Article - the nutritive value of plankton; Syria's historic invasion route - inscriptions at the Dog River - seven photos; Nice half-page ad for Rolls-Royce cars. Average wear. Faint Ink stamp to front cover. Clear tape inside each cover along spine, and externally along spine. A sound copy. Book
52 pages. Features: Great full-page photo of the King, Queen and two Princesses in coronation dress; Larger Royal Family photo in Coronation Dress; The Surprise Royal Drive in North London - Great Popular Enthusiasm; Three incredible photos of the Hindenburg disaster in progress; Monte Carlo Casino - photo-illustrated article by General Pierre Polovtsoff; The Royal Visit to the City - Their Majesties Passing Temple Bar - full-page photo; Huge almost two-page photo of the King and Queen at Luncheon with the Lord Mayor in Guildhall; Mr. Baldwin's CAll to Youth in a Farewell Speech as Premier; Coronation Naval Review - photos of the "Revenge" and the "Hood"; Photos of numerous foreign warships at Spithead to pay respects - including the swastika flying over the Graf Spee; Incredible huge 4-panel centerfold measuring 38"x14" presents a cutaway drawing of the recently commissioned "Southampton" - a vessel of novel features including 6-in guns in tripple turrets, athwartship catapult and multiple A.A. guns; Large photos of Coronation Lights O' London - Panoramas taken from the summit of the Duke of York's Column; The King of Denmark's Silver Jubilee - photos; Nice full-page ad for the Austin Eighteen car; Wonderful half-page black and white photo ad for Rolls-Royce Automobiles; Unmarked with average wear. Centerfold and next page loose but present. A worthy vintage copy. Book
48 pages. Features: Lovely full-page ad for Benger's Food; Front page photo of the King - Chief Mourner of the Unknown British Warrior; Article by G.K. Chesterton; Photos of notable world events in the news; Sport and Earnest - photos of notable events at home and abroad; Photos of personalities of the week; Illustrations and photos of the famous pall-bearers for the unknown warrior; Full-page photo of the H.M.S. Verdun; Gassing the Gassed - photos of Paris Doctor Arnold's apparatus for curing victims of Germany's poison gas weapons; Colour centerfold (loose but present) illustrates the burial place of the unknown warrior in Westminster Abbey; Excellent colour full-page ad for Treloar Carpets; Rare photo of doubl-column of fume and incandescent gas 40,000 feet high rising from the Hawaiian volcano, Mauna Loa; The Greatest Poison Trial of Modern Times - The Greenwood Case at Carmarthen - with illustrations of the dramatis personae and a view of the court in session; Full page ads for Johnny Walker Scotch Whisky, Cadillac automobiles, Rolls-Royce, Ltd., and smaller ads for other auto manufacturers. Full-page Michelin ad inside back cover missing chips, as is two-colour ad for McClinton's Colleen Toilet Cream on back cover. Somewhat above-average wear. Faint ink stamps on front cover. External advertorial coverfold mostly open. A worthy copy. Book
2071Londres, Rolls-Royce, Septembre 1927. In-8 reliure d'éditeur percaline verte, 78 pp. 27 figures. Bel état.
FORT952125Rolls-Royce Limited. Used - Acceptable. Instructions for the Care and Running of the 20 H.P. Rolls-Royce Car. October 1924. Red cloth covered boards with 3 metal ring binding. Gilt lettering on front board. Illustrations throughout along with two fold-out diagrams. Rolls-Royce Limited hardcover
mon0000151367Rolls-Royce Owners Club. hardcover. Very Good. in x in x in. Very mild shelfwear. Rolls-Royce Owners Club hardcover
19691387Watford UK: Rolls-Royce Limited 1969. Small quarto printed card covers 290 pp. diagrams throughout. A very good copy from the John Fisher collection. A manual prepared in accordance with the British Civil Airworthiness requirements. Rolls-Royce Limited unknown
1989156662Nishen. 1989. 303 S. : überwiegend Ill., graph. Darst. 28*25 cm. OLederband., OSchuber.
Pages 81-120. Features: Nice colour ad for Humber Hawk car inside front cover; One-page Recruting ad for the R.A.F.; Nice ad for the Armstrong Siddley Sapphire car; Beautiful and classy one-page photo ad for Rolls-Royce, "The Best Car in the World"; Cover photo of indo-China military negotiators and their hut; Photos of terrible flooding in central Europe; Large American navy ships practice spraying themselves off to decontaminate in the event of radiation; Various Royal photos; Lovely photo portrait of the Duchess of Kent and her debutante daughter, Princess Alexandra, in her garden at Coppins; Photos from the battle of Phu-Ly - a French withdrawal in the Hanoi 'Box"; Great aerial photo of fortified French position at Nhai Tuu, six miles northwest of Phu Ly; Photos of refugees in the Red River Delta - the evacuation of Vietnamese civilians; Excellent photos of 'Operation Auvergne' - the regrouping of French Union forces in the Red River Delta; Excellent one-page colour photo portrait of Field Marshal Sir William Slim, Governor-General of Australia since 1953; Nice colour photos of the H.A.C. Company of Pikemen and Musketeers; Photos of the Queen at the Royal Show in Windsor; Nice one-page aerial view of the crowded Royal Show at Windsor; Brighton Aquarium today and 80 years ago; London's re-built Dutch Church opened by Princess Irene of the Netherlands; Photos of personalities of the week, including F. Green and C.J. Chataway, Winston Churchill with Mrs. Pandit, President of the U.N. General Assembly, The Queen as Godmother to the younger daughter of the Earl and Countess of Euston; Mr. Gabriel Pascal, and golf champion Peter Thomson; Photos of historic horse-drawn carriages at the Show; The new "Lapwing" sailing rig; Sabena helicopter flight from Brussels touches down in London; Three photos about the Guatemalan revolution; New York Park Avenue skyscraper is walled in only 10 hours; Nice half-page Burbery's fahion ad; Color ad for Reed paper sacks on back cover; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
264 pages. "Illustrates the coachbuilding craft as applied to Rolls-Royce from 1946 to 1971. "Nearly every different body design mounted on post war chassis is shown, including coachbuilders drawings and photographs of interiors. Extracts from order books are reproduced containing body design number, chassis number, and other data." - from dust jacket. Sumptously and abundantly illustrated in colour and black and white. Decorated endpapers. Printed on high quality glossy stock. Dust jacket price-clipped. Light wear. Clean and unmarked. A very nice copy of this handsome work. Book
Pages 577-660. Lovely color cover art by FM(?) Features: Nice color ad for Wills Sainte Claire, Inc auto inside front cover; Nice illustrated ad for the New Marmon Motor Car Company of Indianapolis - two images with text; full-page black and white Packard automobile ad; Turkey's Coming of Age - photo-illustrated article on how far the new republic is keeping its oath to be civilized and progressive; An Empire Builder of Old Japan - illustrations of Japanese Triptychs collected by Darrell O. Hibbard; Chang and Feng and Wu - photo-illustrated article of the Chinese Political Puzzle into its elementary terms; The Doom-Fraught Sahars - photo-illustrated article on this land where the incessant increase of sand augurs the dying out of plant and animal life; Little Femail "Nanook" - a broken-hearted polar bear tethered outside an Eskimo igloo near Barrow (includes photo of Detroit Arctic Expedition aircraft commanded by G.H. Wilkins - plane on ground with dog team and Eskimos in foreground); Marriage A La Mongole - a wedding where a plate for gifts is passed to guests plied with millet whiskey - photo-illustrated article; J.V. Stalin - Heir of Lenin - an Asiatic, whose iron control of Russia befits his name, which means 'Steel"; Lhasa at Last - a Revelation of Hidden Mysteries and Curious Customs at the Tibetan Capital - photo-illustrated article; "Madam President" in the Chair in India - Sarojini Naidu guides the Indian National Congress; Full page Cadillac ad; Full page illustrated ad for the Chrysler "70"; Lovely full-page color ad for the RCA Radiola; Nice colour ad for Camel cigarettes with July 4th theme; *Fantastic* black and white photo ad for American Leather Producers Inc, featuring interior and exterior photos of a leather upholstered luxury auto with body by Locke and chassis by Rolls-Royce; Nice ad for Canadian Pacific and its Empress of Scotland world cruise; Colour ad for Davey Tree Surgeons; Dollar Steamship Line ad; ad for Bankers Trust travelers checks; Red Star Line ad re: Belgenland world cruise; Very classy colour ad for Lincoln automobiles inside back cover. Color-photo ad for Listerine on back cover promotes its use in the treatment of dandruff. Somewhat above-average external wear and soiling. Partial opening of front cover along spine and chipping to backstrip. A worthy copy of this lovely vintage issue. Magazine
28 pages. Features: Cover photo of hundreds of British troops marching over Westminster Bridge; First drawings of British forces at work in France; Two-page photo feature on the making of A.R.P. 'tin-hats' - mass production from steel blanks to painted and lined helmets; Photos of Stalin; Photos of Europe's busy diplomats; Two-pages of the Turkish sailors of tomorrow, including scenes at "Deniz Harp Okulu; Photo of the "Thetis" being raised to the surface; Photos of current events in England; Photos of the King with his troops; Photos of Royal occasions in wartime London; Royalty and the Red Cross - Sewing Party at the Queen's Palace; Centerfold illustration of British tanks advancing in France; The First Nazi Raid on Britain - the Firth of Forth Attack; Fruitless German "Glide-bombing attack on the Forth Bridge; Photos illustrate Germany's war, at home and at sea - makeshifts, losses and lies; Photos in the wake of German Air Attacks which ended Ingloriously; Great full-page photo of three cruisers of the "Southampton" class proceeding in line with guns at the ready; The War with Nazi Germany - The Echo in the Balkans - article by Cyril Falls; Four photos aboard the "Bremen" on her flight to German Sanctuary; Rolls-Royce half-page announcement that they have ceased to manufacture motor car chassis in order to perform Government work; and more. Bit of writing on front outer cover. Some pages loose. Missing pages 657-58 and 661-662. A worthy reference copy. Magazine
1997365782Somereset: Haynes 1997. Reprint. Illus with colour photos. 320pp. 4to. Grey cloth in slipcase. Fine. Reprint. Illus with colour photos. 320pp. 4to. Haynes unknown
195019095Rolls Royce 1950. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. This is an Original Rolls Royce Service Handbook. The book has flexible Gray covers with the Rolls Royce Logo and Service Handbook shown on the cover. The binding is a 2 ring binding for use if you needed to add pages later. There are no dates shown that I could find but my research indicates this book is from the 1950s. At the top of every page there is printing that says: Service Handbook - Silver Wraith - Silver Dawn - Bentley MK. VI. - R. Type Bentley - Phantom IV. This is a very detailed book with loads of photos drawings charts and some Fold-Out electrical drawings in the back. The Table of contents lists Sections A through M General Information Engine Fuel System Cooling System Clutch Gearbox Front Suspension and Steering Rear Axle and Springs Hubs Wheels Tyres Chassis Lubrication Electrical. The book is in Excellent Condition and appears to have never been used. The covers show some light edgewear and soiling - the pages and charts are all clean and unmarked. This is a very scarce original printing - not a Reprint. We always ship in a sturdy box. Rolls Royce hardcover
112 pages. Features: Imperial Dentistry; Life with Father - More and more divorced men are demanding the right to custody of their children - with photo of Dr. Joseph S. Bell and his children Gerald and Jennifer; Nice Rolls-Royce Silver Wraith II ad; To Be Young, Rich - And a Spy - Andrew Doulton Lee and John Christopher Boyce passed secret U.S. defense documents to the Russians through the Soviet embassy in Mexico City; Spoleto U.S.A. - Gian Carlo Menotti has made the Italian summer festival a byword for artistic excellence for twenty years, and now he's taking it to Charleston; Color BMW ad features the 530i; Nice one-page color-photo ad for Mademoiselle Magazine; How "Moral" Can We Get? - by injecting human rights into foreign policy, (Jimmy) Carter has revived an old American dilemma; Small ad for the Lotus Esprit; Piracy on the Low Seas - Vessel 'Pirate's Lady' vanishes with Tony Latuso and David Diecidue aboard, after fueling at Apalachicola on the Florida panhandle; Bausch & Lomb ad features Halston designed frames for glasses; Sotheby Parke Bernet ad features photo of Jane Wyeth; White-Water High - a great wave of boating is hitting America's rivers; Suddenly it's Summer - gorgeous beach fashion photos; Summer Rental Redo by Bob Patino and Vincent Wolf; Sunoco ad features their 'Penny Pinching Pump'; Small Beer. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
1935062501London: Rolls-Royce Ltd 1935. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. A rather splendid catalogue of aircraft powered by Rolls-Royce engines of 1935. Colour frontispiece of SuperMarine Schneider winner 1931 and tabulated sections covering single-seaters two-seaters bombers-medium bombers-heavy Flying Boats and experimental section all these with photographs of the aircraft. Obviously a confidential catalogue as it states "figures given are confidential and not intended for publication". Some marking and wear to edges of the card cover but not excessive. Large format. Rolls-Royce Ltd Paperback
Features: Classy ad for Halston men's belts and billfolds inside front cover; Nice color-photo ad for the Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow at The Hopewell, New Jersey John Hart Farmstead; Uncommon two-page ad for platinum rings sponsored by PLATINUM, 420 Lexington Ave, NYC; Harry Winston ad features the Star of Independence diamond, 75.52 carats; Saudi Arabia's epidemic of money - the new oil billions are eroding the puritanical rigor on which the country was founded; Making New York Smaller - Roger Starr argues that the city's grim economic outlook means it should plan to shrink; Post-Watergate Morality, by Irving Kristol; The Miracle of Chateau Gloria - Henri Martin created a great wine in Bordeaux in 30 years; Nice Lakeland Coat color-photo ad features Milwaukee Bucks forward and NBA All-Star Bob Dandridge; Uncommon one-page color ad for Big Yank jeans; Half-page black and white photo ad for The Barclay Hotel; The Extinction of obscure species, such as the riffle shell, by pollution and commercial exploitation; Nice one-page color-photo ad for Mademoiselle Magazine; Houston Real Estate Developer Gerald D. Hines; Tennis star John Newcombe appears in ad for Interwoven tennis clothing; Fashion Designer Kenzo Grows Up - article with photos of the opening of his Jungle Jap boutique in Paris, including photo of model Grace Jones; Recipes for dormitory life; Richard Condon describes his personal Guinness records; and more. 140 pages. Excellent color and black and white photo reproductions including fabulous fashion ads, and more. Faint school stamp upon front cover. Moderate wear. A quality vintage copy. Book
80 pages. Features: Are Space Probes Worth It? - L.V. Berkner argues yes; Drama of the Secretary-General of the U.N. (Dag Hammarskjold) in photos; No, it is Not Money Down the Drain - foreign aid is doing some good - two Asian students speak; It's Now Forty Pay-Later Billions - article about American consumer debt; Venus Wasn't a Shot-Putter - article on athletic women and their attractiveness to men; 'My Friends' (You Assorted Nitwits) - humorous dissection of election speeches; Of the 'Peaceable Kingdom' - Edward Hicks was America's greatest primitive painter; Francisco Franco Ponders - What Kind of King will succeed him? - Don Juan or Juan Carlos; The Rolls-Royce Keeps Rolling Along - a look at the luxury auto brand; Magnificent color-photo centerfold ad for Rheingold lager beer features the candidates for Miss Rheingold '61 riding in a white Lincoln Continental convertible - Liz Gardner, Barbara Weingarth, Annette Cash, Peggy Jacobsen, Linday Bromley and Janet Mick; Nice color-photo ad for Dr. Posner scientific shoes; Article on Ocean Grove, NJ; How Black is the White Lie?; Interior design photos of built-ins - beds, closets, chests, etc.; Vintage ad for Puritron air cleaners; Numerous gorgeous color-photo fashion ads. Average wear. Unmarked. Moderate chipping and yellowing at periphery. A sound copy. Book