TRANSPORT AVIATION MOTORING from Fortuna Books

London: Ian Allan, 1973 DW price clipped and with 5cm tear down from top corner along spine fold at the front and a 2cm tear down from top of spine along the fold on the rear. spine lightly sunned a little edge wear, not too bad though. 192pp b&w photos throughout, completely printed on art paper. rear hinge shows between… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Amalgamated Press (5,000 gram rate i.e. 5x standard rate) two huge volumes, over 6 kg, blind dec covers and gilt titled and dec spines, vol 1 1-836, vols 837-1764pp. many iullustrations b&w as well as some colour plates etc. spines rubbed to joints, edges and corners rubbed, splitting at spine ends, vol 2 rear hinge opening… Saber más sobre este artículo

Coventry: Rootes Service Division, 1963 card covers attached with binding clips to the pages, workshop manual for the series 1-5, former owner has written their cars engine and chassis numbers to the title page, this manual seems to be made from separate parts as at the top they have different issues stated, each section is separately paginated as well, in… Saber más sobre este artículo

Surrey: Colour Library Direct, 1998 new but with minor shelf wear, pictorial laminated boards and DW. 256pp colour photos throughout. heavy book.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9? - 12" tall.

London: John Hamilton, 1930 blue cloth lightly soiled, bumps to edges, corners rubbed through to boards, upper joint split and has been repaired (?) with clear tape which should be removable, lower joint worn and partially split, head and tail frayed. hinge cracked and loosened, front paste down has a pasted in photograph of the author in… Saber más sobre este artículo

Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1935 cloth faded and slighlty browned, owners details to half title, slight foxing, heaviest to closed edges, map endpapers tidy, 262pp, one-time companion of Kingsford-Smith, the author here recounts his cross Pacific flight in a single engined Altair, with stop offs at Fiji and Hawaii. Second Edition. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7? - 9?… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Cassell, 1974 gift inscription to fep otherwise excellent copy of the revised edition, sunned spine to the DW 146pp + plates. revised. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

Oxford: BRITISH MOTOR CORPORATION, 1963 undated but code at rear has 8/63 so assuming 1963, red and white printed covers stapled sheets, 62pp, diagrams etc, covers a little soiled from greasy fingers but not too bad and internally quite clean. rear cover publication number AKD 3907. handbook that came with the new automobile EMAIL FOR REDUCED SHIPPING. Original Wraps.… Saber más sobre este artículo

Oxford: BRITISH MOTOR CORPORATION, 1959 third edition, blue printed covers detached and soiled, 60pp stapled, key numbers written at head of title in pen, text is still quite tidy and clean, the manual that was sent out with the new automobile. EMAIL FOR REDUCED SHIPPING. reprint. Original Wraps. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

Wellington: Reed, 1982 VG in same DW, DW has minimal residue of a label to base of spine, tail of fep has stamp 'TVNZ Reference Library Christchurch' repeated onrear advertising page and with a library pocket to the final blank page before the fep, otherwise VG and clean copy. x+ 196pp + plates. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: L Upcott Gill & Son, 1890 'containing particulars of the most suitable sailing boats and yachts for amateurs, and instructions for their proper handling &c', illustrated with designs and plans of small yachts and sailing boats, and numerous diagrams, nd, 18pp adverts at rear dated 1890, maroon cloth with black white and gilt dec cover and spine, spine lightly… Saber más sobre este artículo

Kent: Knightsbridge, 1969 yellow papered spine, black and white photographic boards. 132pp. bookseller label to title page otherwise VG copy, plenty of B&W photos in the text, some full page. Full European circuit covered.. First Edition. Quarter cloth pictorial cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Brinton, Blunsden, Harrington, Hutton, MacBeth, Sprinzel, Watson. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Souvenir, 1958 Book VG with foxed or soiled closed edges. DWcomplete and unclipped but with closed tears to the spine and spine edge of cover, as well as along the folds, some minor areas taped to hold together under a plastic sleeve. 147pp + plates. "At last the Soviet scientists involved speak out on sputniks and problems of… Saber más sobre este artículo

Wellington: Reed, 1967 unclipped dust jacket is rubbed to tail of spine, book and jacket near fine, signed 'Best Wishes D B Leitch' to title, 184pp + plates, steam travel in both islands of NZ. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall.

Copenhagen: Rederiaktieselskabet Dannebrog, 1973 stapled wrappers, 104pp, lightly handling soiled covers, illustrated with photos of the ships, a fleet list of the merchantman's ships. First Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

London: Pitman, 1947 all models, cream papered card covers with red papered spine, very clean copy, 81pp. Second Edition. Quarter cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall.

London: Warne, 1974 tidy used copy in price clipped dust jacket, 190pp. 140+ B&W photographs. (500 gram rate). First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 16mo - over 5? - 6? tall.

London: Purnell, 1973 (500 gram rate) pictorial boards lightly handling soiled to publishers lamination, unclipped, no inscriptions, a few pages have short tears to bottom edge where careless reading has ripped the bottom edge ( minor flaw) 61pp, mainly b&w but some colour photos, various motor sport fixtures covered, an 'annual' style publication. First Edition. Pictorial Boards. Very Good/No Jacket.… Saber más sobre este artículo

New Zealand: University of Canterbury, 1992 This PhD thesis traces and critically reviews recent developments in hydrogen fuelling of internal combustion engines. It reports the development of an improved fuelling system that has been tested on a Ricardo E6 variable compression spark ignition engine, in the Thermodynamics laboratory, Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Canterbury. Cloth hardback, vi… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Pitman, 1959 cloth spine, papere wrappers with a rubbed and worn dust jacket over this, finger marked fore edge, still generally clean internally, 118pp + advert at rear, small pencil notation to rear fep, rear dust jacket flap is detaching, reduced postage charge to some locations. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good/Good. 16mo - over 5? - 6? tall.… Saber más sobre este artículo