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64 pages. Features: Viennese Arts and Crafts; Power of the Press - the clothes press is currently achieving higher prices than ever before; Artistry at Royal Worcester Porcelain Factory; Operatic Victorian Staffordshire Figures from the opera Masaniello; Unusual Chelsea - a survey of bird painting on a red anchor period Chelsea plate; Freedom of Expression - The Euston Road School of artists; Collecting Small Silver; and much more. Lavishly produced upon glossy stock. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy. Book
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, slight traces of storage and no bumping to corners. 304pp. The history of Buick cars with technical specifications of all models from 1903 to 1990, values of each model at mid-1990s prices and in-depth feature articles and hundreds of photographs. Very well illustrated in black & white. Scarce in the UK. We do not use stock photos, the picture displayed is of the actual book for sale. Every one of our books is in stock in the UK ready for immediate delivery.
114 pages. Features: Badly Botched Headlines; Behemoth Blunders; Ridiculous Road Signs; Spectacular Stories about Stupid People; Crazy Crime Clips; Low-IQ Bimbos and Macho Mental Midgets; plus a smorgasbord of Columns, Cartoons, Funny Pages and Fiction. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy of this great vintage issue. Magazine
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, minor traces of storage and no bumping to corners. 447-482pp. Features on rapid transit and tramway systems in Poland, Boston, Hannover, Brussels etc. Tucked in is a special 20 page report on the Dubai Metro - a driverless network
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, minor traces of storage and no bumping to corners. 38pp. Features on rapid transit and tramway systems in Salt Lake City, Adelaide, Jerusalem etc. Tucked in is a special 50 page report on 25 years of success of London's DLR. Also includes Index to 2012.
No marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with minor traces of storage. 173pp. The evolution of the bridge over the centuries. With a wealth of examples and drawings and their associated social histories. The counties of Lancashire and Yorkshire are chosen because many of the country's most historic and attractive bridges are to be found there.
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 160pp. Description, specifications and glossy coloured photographs of forty-two classic cars from 1901 to 1973 including the E-type, Mini, AC Cobra, Bugatti 35, Mustang, Porsche 911, Scimitar, MG TC etc.
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, tiny bump to lower rear edge and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with very light creasing to upper and lower edges. 96pp. The story of the iconic German vehicle company which only survived after WW2 through its motorcycle sales. This book includes over 100 illustrations of BMW bikes and cars, many in colour.
63 pages. Black and white reproductions of archival photos and illustrations. Map endpapers. Gathers together 'scattered references so as to make a more or less connected account of the Coaching Age in Worthing from the earliest times of which we have any record until the railway drove the last public stage-coach off the road in 1845." - from Foreword. Faint handwritten date on half-title page. Binding intact. Above-average overall wear. Dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. Not pretty but a worthy reference copy. Book
82 pages Features: Robert Sherwood - King of English; I Flew for Israel - Julian Swing explains why he fought for Israel; The Truth About Mail-Order Marriage; New Jobs for Liberty Ships - article with amazing photo of dozens of ships at anchor; John Bull in search of a Future - Britain is on the road to being a power again; White Brother of the Navajo - Indian Trader Roman Hubbell; Tennis Town Tempest - Great article and color photos of Gertrude Moran; Two-page photo of the Grand Canyon. Fiction: I Never Dream; The Conquest of Jan; The Queen Maker; A Sitter for Mother; Pride's Castle. Ads include: Chevrolet trucks, Fisher Body, Dodge trucks - featuring a blue grocery van, Kleenex - featuring Little Lulu and Tubby, Back cover Chesterfield Cigarettes ad featuring John Lund and James H. Darden (of Farmville, H.C.), Coke - drinking from bottles near a lighthouse, Pennsylvania Railroad - the new Broadway Limited, MontaMower, Pepsi, Pontiac cars, Amazing two-page color-photo ad for Pabst Blue Ribbon Beer features Gary and Mrs. Cooper, Jonathan M. Wainwright, Bob Hope, Joan Fontaine, James Montgomery Flagg, Gladys Swarthout and husband Frank Chapman, Mr. & Mrs. Edward G. Robinson and Mr. & Mrs. F. Warren Pershing. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
No marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, slight bumping to spine ends and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with slight creasing to spine ends. 192pp. Beginning with a brief history of toy cars and early days of racing models, this work goes on to detail the tools, methods and materials of constructing, displaying or operating the many types from rubber and clockwork power, gas engined cable and rail racers and many more to the radio controlled electric and glow-engined cars. Very well illustrated.
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 faint creasing to upper edge and minor traces of storage. 252pp. A comprehensive study on the motor car including its history and development, its engineering aspects, types of cars, motor racing and car clubs. Very well illustrated.
78 pages. Features: Randy Norwood's '80 Dodge Van "Blue Moon"; Van Metal Magic; Doug Massey's "Mad Dog" 1978 Ford E-150 Van; So. Cal. Council Mix-Off; Make Your F-100's Bed; Sal Marchese's '78 Toyotal Pickup; Centerfold photo of Tom J. Yancoskie's '77 Dodge Van "Alien"; Carl Caspers' Kentucky Auto Show; Clone Vanduras in Hollywood; Australian supertruck; Put the Aspen/Volare transverse torsion bar suspension under your F-100 for an unbelievable ride; Install Jiffy Top; Mallory RPM Limiting Tach; Bob Schuller's 1970 El Camino "Sundowner"; Ruby Red - Donnie Senner's 1974 Dodge Van. Average wear. Small piece missing from fore-edge of back cover. A sound copy. Magazine
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked brown cloth boards, slight fingermarking to page fore-edges only, none to pages and no bumping to corners. Cream dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with slightly sunned spine. 151pp. An enthusiast's Workshop Manual for the Ford Anglia, Prefect, Classic and Cortina and variations from September 1959 onwards.
56 Pages. Features: John Gamble Kirkwood - a personality in science; Breeding machine brains; The Road to Empire - II - an archeological discovery of unusual interest was made during the excavation of a sacred well in Minturnae; Science at the scene of the crime - J. Edgar Hoover with the inside story of how his special agents operate; New high-efficiency fluorescent mercury lamps; Are We Inside a Dark Nebula?; High-Speed Paving for California Aqueduct - fantastic photos; The operation of the human brain; Tracking down your trade mark title; Polar Molecules; Cutting metal underwater using pressurized oxygen; The senses of sight and taste vary greatly between individuals; The amateur telescope maker; World-wide radio; and more. Three-inch opening along top of front cover at spine. Above-average external wear. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
Undated but appears to be circa late 1950s. Approx. 18" x 33". Two-sided. Printed in red and blue. Covers from the Gulf Coast to the Canadian border and from Pittsburgh to Denver. Unmarked with moderate wear. A nice vintage copy. Book
No inscriptions or marks. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 167pp. Images and description of 675 Lots of motor car and motoring based items and motoring paintings and drawings. Four extra Lots on separate sheets tucked in.
8vo., First Edition,, faint tape marks on free endpapers; red cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR WITH HER SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. Ginette Spanier, Director of the great fashion house of Balmain, recounts the mounting horrors of living as a Jew in occupied Paris. Sequel to her acclaimed memoir 'It Isn't All Mink'. Enser, p.90.
Book shows some wear, light brown spots to covers, pages lightly tanned but clean throughout, binding is solid and square, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind except as noted below, illustrated with 24 pages of black and white plates. 152 pages. Inside front cover and front end paper contains several inscriptions
Book shows light wear to covers only, Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 121 pages in large format with b&w photos throughout depicting the history of road and bridge buildings in the state of Missouri. Mud, early construction methods, machines, bridge taxes and their balkers, etc.
132 pages. Fiction: Double Homicide; Lady With a Lure; The Date for the Wedding; Foreign Wife; The Magnificent Phony ( part 2 of 5); Fool's Treasure (conclusion). Articles: Crisis in North Africa - Fez, Morocco - with several photos including shot of assassination attempt on Sultan Sidi Mohammed ben Arafa; ; The Face of America - Log Drive; I'll Stay in the Air Force - Maybe; The Rugged John Foster Dulles; Big Brave from Milwaukee - Gene Conley; He Makes His Living Whittling - article and great color photos of John Lacey; Trypsin - Mysterious New Drug; They Gamble on Offshore Oil - drilling in the Gulf of Mexico; Incredible Railroad - the Long Island Rail Road; Ads: Nice American Motors ad features a yellow Hornet Custom Sedan; American Blower ad features nice photo of the Port Authority Bus Terminal in Manhattan; Two-page TWA ad compares air and rail times/prices; Chevrolet ad features salmon-colored Bel Air Convertible; Whitman's Chocolates; Oldsmobile Holiday Sedan (nice); Republic Steel; Mercury cars (color photos); Lucky Strike - tennis theme; Studebaker trucks; Thor Impact Wrenches; Frigidaire fridges; Champion spark plug ad features driver Jim Bryan; Fantastic color-photo two-page ad for General Motors features the Nomad and Safari; Life Savers; Douglas DC-7 (wedding scene); Allis-Chalmers tractors; Saginaw power steering ad features nice large photo of Mauri Rose, famous race and test driver; Santa Fe passenger rail ad; Jayson shirts; Ray-Ban sun glasses - great one-page color-photo ad; Captain Eddie Rickenbacker is featured in a U.S. Savings Bond ad; Chesterfield cigarette ad on back cover. Above-average but not excessive wear. Unmarked. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped with label removal markto upper front corner, nicks and chips to edges and small piece missing from spine foot. 251pp. The story of the steam engine and the world it served and changed, virtually all North America based. With racing cars, steam trains, steam boats and more. Very well illustrated with some lovely old photographs and drawings.
44 pages. Features: Captain Inskip, R.N., and British Columbia; The Bell-Irving Land Surveyors in British Columbia; Alfred Pendrell Waddington and "Bute Island Route"; Old Trails and Routes in British Columbia; - The HBC 1849 Brigade Trail - Fort Hope to Kamloops; Reginald C.R. Tweed; Book Reviews; and more. Address label on back cover, otherwise unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
48 pages. Features: Cute photo of skinny-dipping little girl with huge Newfoundland dog; Wartime ad by the Trans-Canada Telephone system explains how citizens must limit use of their services in favour of war activity; Monthly war news update; The Tale of the Lonesome Swine (short story); Drama in the Union Station - Canada's National War Labour Board listens to all comers as it progresses toward its goal of a workable plant for industrial peace - article with photos of Mr. Justice C.L. McTague, Chairman of the Board, Mr. Leo. Lalonde, and Mr. J.L. Cohen, K.C.; Susabelle and Stoney Joe (short story); It's a Rough Road to Rangoon; His Honour the Judge (short story); Hollywood news; Once -age recruiting ad for the WRCNS / CWAC / RCAF; Mosquitoes Sting the Axis - photo-illustrated article on the R.A.F. Mosquito, Mark 11 (Fighter Intruder); Ford Motor Company one-page ad features allied spotters observing an enemy column; Their Watchword "Be Prepared" - the Girl Guides; Nice one-page photo-illustrated Westinghouse ad entitled "The Most Powerful People In the World"; Woodbury soap ad features photos of geology student Joan Patterson of Montreal and her pilot officer fiancee; Colour Orange Crush ad; Interesting article on munitions workers meals; Canadian General Electric ad entitled "Avoid Food Waste"; Woodbury Cold Cream ad features photo of Veronica Lake; Wings on Their Feet - part 2 of a series on AW2 Heck's experiences in the Air Force; Ontario Liberal Harry Nixon; RCAF half-page recruiting ad; Highway Women - interesting article on Canadian women who have moved to Northern Canada to support its development; Kotex ad includes illustration of lady building planee; World Sayings; Great colour-photo Coke ad inside back cover shows men working in heavy industry; Nice colour back cover recruiting ad for Canadian Women's Army Corps (C.W.A.C.); and more. Faint pencil name atop front cover, otherwise unmarked with moderate wear. A qualilty copy of this excellent vintage issue. Book
34 pages. Features: News about Square Dancing (vinyl) records; Californians barnstorm Texas; Square of the Month- Slim Brough; Emblems help build club spirit; Guest Caller - Pat Harvey; The Dallas Route; Hot Time; Abilene's Square Dance Center; Swanee River; Nice one-page photo ad for Fenton "Jonesy" Jones' calling book; Photo feature of staffer Eunice Reithard; Large beautiful photo ad for Kathy's Cottons inside back cover features Joan Vohs, M.G.M. starlet; Other nice vintage ads. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
