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Rivista settimanale, britannica, di automobilismo, in lingua inglese. Ricca di illustrazioni fotografiche in bianco e nero nel testo. Numerose le inserzioni pubblicitarie (alcune a colori). La numerazione delle pagine non è dei singoli numeri ma pate dal numero 1 del gennaio 1960 all'ultimo numero dell'anno (questo volume del 14 ottobre 1960 parte con pagina 576 e termina con pagina 632). Le pagine di pubblicità hanno una numerazione diversa (a se stante) rispetto a quelle della rivista (in questo numero sono, in totale, 180). Dimensioni: 21 x 29,5 cm circa. Stato di conservazione: Ordinari segni del tempo e dell'utilizzo (qualche pieghetta, minuscoli strappetti e mancanze sul dorso). DA SEGNALARE una pagina della rivista (inserita tra due pagine pubblicitarie) strappata via (non più presente) che, credo, riportasse una piantina del Salone dell'automobile di Parigi. Il foglio mancante è quello che conteneva le due pagine numero 605 e 606. Copertina illustrata a colori. Numerose fotografie in nero delle diverse automobili. Qualche esempio delle foto riportate: Citroen Bijou, Ford Perfect III, Lancia Flaminia Coupé, Volga M-21 K, Jaguar 3.8 Mk. II, Gordon G.T., Citroen Safari, Rover 100, Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud II, Aston Martin DB4, Peugeot 404, Bristol 406, Renault Floride, Simca Etoile, Ford Falcon two-door, Corvair Monza coupé, Fiat 500 based Bianchina Panoramica, Fiat 500 based model, ...
8vo., First Edition, with plates, fore-edge lightly spotted; pale blue cloth, upper board blocked in red, backstrip lettered in red, a very good, bright, firm copy in unclipped dustwrapper. With striking dustwrapper artwork by Frank Wootton. Men of the Modern Age: 2.
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
4to., First Edition, with a coloured frontispiece, very numerous coloured and monochrome photographs and facsimiles throughout, and pictorial endpapers, page-edges browning slightly as often; original black cloth, gilt back, backstrip lightly pulled at headband, upper hinge cracked (but binding entirely sound) else a good, clean copy. Includes detailed chassis tables.
4to., First Edition, with very numerous monochrome photographs and facsimiles throughout, and pictorial endpapers; handsomely bound in full red crushed morocco, gilt back, original endpapers preserved, ribbon marker, a splendid copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. The standard reference. Includes detailed chassis tables.
Oblong 4to., First Edition, with numerous photographs and facsimiles in the text, text in cream and green; original pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a very good, bright, clean copy. Uncommon.
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.
Sm. 4to., with title-vignette, and coloured and monochrome photographs in the text, underlining in red on title and Contents; cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in the dustwrapper. Published in the series Osprey AutoHistory ; first issued in 1980. Scarce in this condition.
4to., First Edition, with a coloured frontispiece, very numerous monochrome photographs and facsimiles throughout, and pictorial endpapers; original red cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy. The standard reference on all models and variants produced for or in the USA. Includes detailed tables of bodywork, coachbuilders, chassis numbers, and several indexes. Scarce.
4to., First Edition, with very numerous photographs in the text; original photographic wrappers, upper joint cracked else a good working copy. Published in Sutton's 'Best of British' series.
This is a very good softcover copy with just light cover wear. Completely clean inside and out. This is a sale catalog for a Sotheby's auction held at Castle Ashby, Northhamptonshire, England on June 13, 1992. Sale code: "GRIFFON". Lots of handbooks, and automobilia: headlamps, badges, tool kits,etc. The heart of the sale was the last 33 lots: very fine collector's examples of Rolls-Royce and Bentley motor cars. 433 lots in the complete sale. No prices realized sheets, just price estimates for each lot. Almost all lots illustrated, most of the cars in color. 11" high X 8" wide, 65 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
256 pages including index. Fantastic black and white illustrations throughout. Seven decades of descriptions, reports and road tests in facsimile. Compiled from the archives of Autocar. An outstanding record, of compelling interest for motoring historians and enthusiasts. Light to moderate wear to unmarked book. Tears to and some chips from illustrated dust jacket. Book
8vo., Second Impression, with plates; plum cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, dustwrapper panels mounted on endpapers, a very good, bright, clean copy. Published a month after the first edition.
Pages 257 - 352. Abundantly illustrated with black and white photos and diagrams. Features: World's Highest Frequency Oscillator Tube; Remote Control in Custom-Built Radio; Fingerprinting 'Noise'; Audio System Design Charts; A Set Tester Deluxe; What Goes On in Your Vacuum Tubes; Radio News Prize 'Ham' Transmitter; Our Future Broadcast Fare; Explorers of the Ether; The Latest All-Wave Receiver Design; Mathematics in Radio; Plug-In Coils Banned; Tuning in Television Programs; S.W. Reception with Broadcast Superhets; A Universal Receiver; Ten Meters for Ten Dollars; Selenium Awakes!; A "Rolls-Royce of Converters; The Crystal Detector Again; An All-Purpose Oscillator. Heavy external wear. Bit of writing atop front cover which is loose but present. A rough copy but worth preserving due to its wonderful vintage content. Magazine
Sm. folio, First Edition, with very numerous colour and monochrome photographs in the text, a few items underlined in red on Contents; original black cloth, gilt back, joints lightly rubbed else a very good, clean copy. This original edition of the standard reference is already extremely scarce.
Features: McCahill tests the 'hot' new Rolls-Royce V8 and the Mercury; Build a 23-foot cabin cruiser for only $800 (Hotei); World's toughest military training - Navy Frogmen; home movie-taking made easy; our army needs new weapons - now!; Grow muscles in your backyard; 1924 Hispano-Suiza Racer; Six-ton rubber boat - Amphitrite; America's first hydrofoil ferry - the Flying Fish connects Bellingham, WA with Victoria BC; Eugene Durrance and his Florida Sea Brine Laboratory sell sea water!; Sailing on sand; Fire Buff's unique collection - James Dodge; An early Black and Decker cordless drill; clockwork marvels; Infra-red Burglar Alarm; Aluminum Pistol; "Space Camera" Eyeglasses; Transtainer; and more. Average wear. Sound copy. (colour ad on back cover shows glamourous tennis players smoking Winston cigarettes) Book
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous coloured photographs throughout; original printed wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, wrappers lightly age-soiled else a very good, clean copy. Scarce in this condition.
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with nick to top of spine, light indenting to rear an some creasing. 157pp. A celebration of 75 years of the finest engineering synonymous with Rolls Royce. This lavishly illustrated book tells the story of the founders and of the company.
Milano, 1965, stralcio con copertina posticcia muta, pp. 862/872 con numerose fotografie. - !! ATTENZIONE !!: Con il termine estratto (o stralcio) intendiamo riferirci ad un fascicolo contenente un articolo di rivista, sia che esso sia stato stampato a parte utilizzando la stessa composizione sia che provenga direttamente da una rivista. Le pagine sono indicate come "da/a", ad esempio: 229/231 significa che il testo è composto da tre pagine. Quando la rivista di provenienza non viene indicata é perchè ci è sconosciuta. - !! ATTENTION !!: : NOT A BOOK : “estratto” or “stralcio” means simply a few pages, original nonetheless, printed in a magazine. Pages are indicated as in "from” “to", for example: 229/231 means the text comprises three pages (229, 230 and 231). If the magazine that contained the pages is not mentioned, it is because it is unknown to us.
8vo., First Edition, with numerous illustrations and facsimiles in the text; pictorial wrappers, a very good, bright, clean copy. Rolle-Royce Heritage Trust. Historical Series No. 4.
Cover photo of a Phantom 1 Brewster Piccadilly. Features: Mulliner, Park Ward Today - contemporary coachbuilding, a happy blend of old and new; 1986 Vintage Tour - Motoring in the mountains of New England; National Vintage Car Tour 1986 - an ode to a tour; Six-Cylinder Technical Seminar, November 8-9, 1986; Whenever you fall in love with a lady - solving a mystery - LWVH81 (with wheel spats!); The Expert's Dilemma - truly "a cautionary tale" (regarding a valve problem); Unclogging the P-I Front Wheel Lubrication System; Threading our way through fittings; From the Shadow's Corner - the world of S.U. carburetters (part 1 of 2); Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
Cover photo of a 1912 Silver Ghost Labourdette tourer; From the Shadow's Corner - Suspension and Shock Absorbers; Notes on the creation of a twenty horsepower petrol tank; Wraith Hub Tool; Testing the Phantom III Engine; Scottsdale Board Meeting, January 22-23, 1988; A James Young Silver Wraith; The Search for the Jade Ghost - Part I, The Acquisition; Before the Ghost - photos of two remaining Henry Royce cars from 1904-06; Copy of a Samuel Adelman invoice for a 'parts car' to Fred Kelly. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
Cover illustration of a 1930 SpeedSix Gurney Nutting Coupe. Features: From the Shadow's cover - Front end allignment and associated hardware - with detailed drawings; Firewall Restoration - Silver Cloud III; Magneto Mumbo Jumbo - detailed sectional diagrams; The Priest with Grease on his Hands - Rev. Jude J. Gray, OSB and the members of the St. Anselm College Auto Restoration Club, Manchester, NH; ... A Rose by Any Other Name, by Keith Marvin; List of Articles about Rolls-Royce and Bentley Cars, compiled by C.S. Shoup. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
Cover photo of a 4.25 litre Bentley Windovers drophead. Features: From the Shadow's Corner - Front Wheel Bearings - with 5 detailed drawings; From the Cooke Stove - Repair of the Silver Ghost Intake Manifold; The Care and Feeding of Interior Leather; 1988 Spring Tour South Carolina and Georgia Low Country; V-8 Technical Seminar, Richmond Virginia, April 8-9, 1988; Restoration of the Silver Cloud - Phantom V Trophy. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
Cover photo of a 1988 Bentley Turbo R, United States version. Features: Tracing Fuel Problems in the Phantom II; From the Shadow's Corner - Rear Suspension and rear crossmember - 5 detailed drawings; Bentley Turbo R Introduced to U.S. (4 pages with photos); 1988 trip to England; Notes from a Flyleaf - handwritten notes from the handbook of a 20 HP owned by Mr. E.E. Cockcroft of Bankfield, Luddendenfoot - as transcribed by Lee Haacker; Shadow/T Series Seminar - 24,000 mile service, Mechanicsburg, PA, June 24-25, 1988; Nostalgia - excerpts from Letters to Sam Shoup 1936-1952; Prewar Car Colour Schemes. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book