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Venezia: il Cardo 1994. 4to. Italian text. 104 pp. black hardback in pictorial dust jacket, A beautifully illustrated volume on gondolas with richly coloured reproductions of paintings, b/w photographs, diagrams and etchings; a wonderful volume for those interested in the gondola's history and representation. Light scratches to jacket. . Near Fine. Hardcover. 1994.

London: Eyre Methuen 1971. Tall 8vo. 1971 reprint of the "BB" illustrated Narrow Boat, red hardback in dust jacket, [8], 212 pp. This volume is a classic on the subject of the way of life and landscape of the narrowboat, and began a revival of interest in the English waterways. Rolt is an engineer who fixed up the narrow boat,… Ler mais sobre este item

Sheffield: Mills Bros 1935/1936. Small 8vo.Pamphlet. 94, [6] pp. Small strip of wear to front board, internally clean. An essential piece of history for the model train lover - with many illustrations of trains, tracks, wagons, parts, etc. . Very Good. Illustrated Paper Covers. 1935.

London: George Newnes, Ltd. 1934. 4to.Magazine / Journal. iv, 940 pp. Red cloth binding with wear to spine and boards, including stain to front board. Internally clean, save ink inscription to ffep. The Practical Motorist was published weekly. This volume covers May 1934 to November 1934. F. J. Camm, the editor, also authored the Practical Motorists' Encylopaedia and the Encyclopaedia… Ler mais sobre este item

London: The Blue Peter Publishing Company Ltd. 1927. 4to.Illustrated. xii, 154 pp. Dark green cloth with gilt lettering and decoration to spine and front cover. Top edge burninshed green and endpapers illustrated. Illustrations by J. Spurling and an introduction by C. Fox Smith. With a map of the principle trade routes of the Clipper Ships to the rear of binding.… Ler mais sobre este item

London: Faber and Faber Limited 1977. 4to. x, 620 pp. Red cloth with gilt lettering to spine in printed, price-clipped jacket. Some foxing to jacket and waterstaining at the base of its spine. Slight bumping and rubbing to book's spine ends. Foxing along fore-edge and top edge. Internally clean. Illustrated by the author. This is a heavy item and may… Ler mais sobre este item

New York: Sports Car Press 1961. 8vo. 127 pp. Blue and black & white pictorial paper covers. Rubbing and minor marks to paper covers. Internally clean. Black & white illustrations throughout. Guide to DKW (later part of Audi) cars. . Very Good. Illustrated Paper Covers. 1961.

London: Hodder and Stoughton 1919. 8vo. First Edition. xi, 298 pp. Blue cloth with black tank illustration to front board and gilt lettering to spine. Slight rubbing to edges, minimal scratches to boards. Offsetting to prelim, otherwise internally clean with the odd short tear. Various bookplates to front endpapers. History of the earliest tanks published just after the First World… Ler mais sobre este item

London: Jonathan Cape 1952. 8vo. First Edition. 285 pp. Hardback in pictorial jacket, not price clipped. Marks and slight chipping to jacket edge. Boards clean, spots to endpapers but otherwise internally clean. A novel about RAF Bomber Command in the Second World War. . Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 1952.

London: Humphrey Milford; Oxford University Press 1938. 8vo. 222 pp. Decorative brown cloth in colour illustrated jacket, not price clipped. Jacket marked with slight wear to extremities. Cloth clean, prize bookplate dated 1938 to ffep., foxed throughout. Five full page colour illustrations by Jack Nicolle. Adventure novel set in Africa of a pilot and a revolt against the 'white races'… Ler mais sobre este item

London: Cassell 1959. 8vo. First Editions. 2 volumes. xix, 462; xiv, 555 pp. Black hardbacks with silver lettering and decor to spines in pictorial jackets, not price clipped. Slight wear and chipping to jacket edges (a little more to volume II). Minor rubbing to head of spines, otherwise boards clean; internally clean. Illustrated extensively throughout with black & white diagrams,… Ler mais sobre este item

London: The Caravan 1949. Small 8vo. 252 pp. Colour illustrated boards. Minor wear to spine ends, but generally very clean and bright. Internally clean. A manual for caravans, with many contemporary advertisments. Numerous black & white illustrations throughout. . Very Good. Illustrated Boards. New and Revised Edition. 1949.

London: Longmans, Green, and Co. 1902. 8vo. xx, 456, [4] pp. Pictorial hardback boards. Slight wear to spine ends and one or two scratches and rubs to boards. Occasional minor foxing internally and to fore-edge. Illustrated in black & white throughout. . Very Good. Pictorial Boards. Second Edition. 1902.

London: Vernon & Yates Ltd 1969. 8vo. First Edition. 171 pp. Hardback in illustrated jacket, not price clipped. Jacket is marked with slight wear at extremities. Boards clean, internally clean. A personal account of building and learning to fly a light aircraft. Illustration of the plane and frontispiece photogrpah of the author. Forword by John de Milt Severne, winner of… Ler mais sobre este item

London: Yale University Press 2008. Oblong 4to. 144 pp. Grey hardback boards in a colour illustrated jacket. Minimal wear to jacket edges; internally clean and bright. Colour plates throughout - portraits of drivers and their cars. A brief essay by Pat Morisson and interview with the photographer. 9780300136487 . Near Fine. Hardcover. 2008.

London: Hodder and Stoughton 1931. 8vo. First Edition. 328 pp. Black cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Slight wear to joints and spine ends, minor marks to boards. Light spotting throughout. Illustrated with colour and black & white plates. A history of barges especially in England. . Very Good. Cloth. First Edition. 1931.

London: Crosby Lockwood & Son 1930. 8vo. First UK Edition. [xii], 183 pp. Cloth with tipped-on colour illustration of a diving plane in colour illustrated jacket. Jacket marked with wear to spine and edges and slight loss to spine ends. Boards slightly darkened. Yellowing and a few spots to endpapers, otherwise internally clean. An instruction book on starting flying aeroplanes,… Ler mais sobre este item

London: Collins and Harvill Press 1962. 8vo. 64 pp. Illustrated hardcover boards, with some wear to edges but otherwise clean and bright. In an illustrated dustjacket, which is worn particularly to top edge, but also bright. Internally clean and unmarked. Illustrated throughout in full colour by Robert Patterson. Published as part of the Collins 'I Can Read It All By… Ler mais sobre este item

London: Faber & Faber 1953. Large 8vo. Revised Edition. 68 pp. Cloth in illustrated jacket. Slight wear to jacket spine ends. Cloth fresh, ink name to half title, otherwise internally clean. Photographs, reproductions and John Piper's pen drawings. . Near Fine. Cloth. Revised Edition. 1953.

Paris: Amiot Dumont 1955. 8vo. 197 pp., FRENCH TEXT. Red, half morocco binding with original covers bound in. Slight marks to the spine and minor wear to the extremites. Binding firm and internally clean. Illustrated in black and white. . Very Good. Half Morocco. 1955.