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STIRLING MOSS: ALL MY RACES
Written by Stirling Moss; Alan Henry.
Stock no. 2132931
Published by Haynes Publishing. 1st 2009. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Sir Stirling Moss OBE describes every single race in which he took part between 1947 and 1962. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w photos. Large format. 352 pages including index. ISBN: 9781844257003.

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MEMOIRS OF A WELSHMAN
Written by Lyn Clarke.
Stock no. 1819215
Published by The Peppertree Press. 1st 2006. Nearly fine condition.

This collection of stories outlining some of Lyn Clarke's travels and the famous and unusual people that he met along the way, is both amusing and fascinating. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 0978774051. SIGNED by the author (best wishes) to first blank page. Covers lightly scuffed.

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AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 YEARS
Written by Joyce Cosme-Collis.
Stock no. 1819153
Published by Felix Cosme. 1st 2009. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Biography of a Kennel Club judge. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w photos. ISBN: 9780956332417. SIGNED by the author (Best Wishes) to front endpaper.

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WINSTON S. CHURCHILL VOLUME V 1922-1939
Written by Martin Gilbert.
Stock no. 2132687
Published by Heinemann. 1st 1976. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Red cloth with gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0434130117. Two pages are loose. Wrapper is faded to spine, creased and crest to front has faded.

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RAGLAN FROM THE PENINSULA TO THE CRIMEA
Written by John Sweetman.
Stock no. 2132652
Published by Arms & Armour Press. 1st 1993. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

B/w illustrations. Biography of Fitzroy James Henry Somerset, first Baron Raglan. ISBN: 1854090593. A few light marks to endpapers and outer page edges. Some edge-creasing to wrapper.

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HIGH SPEED DIARY: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF REGINALD ELLIS TONGUE
Written by R.E. Tongue.
Stock no. 1818999
Published by Dove Publishing. 1st 2002. Very good condition.

Reggie Tongue was only 22 when he drove in his first real motor race, the 24 Hour Grand Prix d'Endurance, at Le Mans. This is an account of the life and times of Mancunian Reginald Ellis Tongue based on his diaries, cuttings, books, photograph albums, flying logbooks, and reminiscences he tape-recorded three years before his death in 1992.Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. 192 pages including index. ISBN: 0953414256. Light creasing to corners and top corners of first few pages. Previous owner's address label to inside rear cover. Minor grubby marks to rear cover. Contents clean.

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ELIZABETH BUTLER BATTLE ARTIST: AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Written by Elizabeth Butler. Illustrated by Elizabeth Butler.
Stock no. 1818951
Published by Fisher Press. 1st thus 1993. Very good condition.

Originally published in 1922. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 1874037086. Minor foxing to top edge of text block.

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THE MAN WHO LOVES GIANTS
Written by David Shepherd. Illustrated by David Shepherd.
Stock no. 2132145
Published by David & Charles. 1975. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

An artist among elephants and engines. David Shepherd's Autobiography. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations, colour plates. 164 pages. ISBN: 0715370529. Browning to cover edges. Page edge browning.

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THE AMBIVALENCE OF BERNARD MANDEVILLE
Written by Hector Monro.
Stock no. 1818868
Published by Clarendon Press. 1st 1975. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

A consideration of The Fable of the Bees and also Mandeville's little-known other books including a pamphlet on public executions and another on public brothels, a medical treatise on nervous indigestion.Blue boards, gilt title to spine. ISBN: 0198120613. Light browning to text block. Blue dustwrapper is lightly rubbed at corners and lightly scuffed.

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TURNER'S TRIUMPHS: EDWARD TURNER & HIS TRIUMPH MOTORCYCLES
Written by Jeff Clew.
Stock no. 1818852
Published by Veloce Publishing Plc.. 1st 2000. Very good condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Biography of the man who was probably the most important individual in the history of the British motorcycle industry. Includes coverage of all Edward Turner's motorcycle designs. Brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w & colour photos. ISBN: 1901295877. Page 146, 150, 152 and facing pages of these three pages have some surface paper damage affecting a little text - pages stuck together and when prising apart some surface paper was left behind especially pages 150 & 151.

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AKBAR THE GREATEST MOGUL
Written by S.M. Burke.
Stock no. 1818763
Published by Munshiram Manoharlal. 1st 1989. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Based mainly on accounts left behind by those who personally knew the emperor well, the result of several years of research. Insight into the character and achievements of the founding fathers of the celebrated Mogul dynasty in India. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Pictorial dustwrapper is faded to spine.

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THE LAST SECRETARY GENERAL: SEAN LESTER AND THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS
Written by Douglas Gageby.
Stock no. 1818673
Published by Town House. 1st 1999. Very good condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Based on Sean Lester's diaries, telling for the first time the story of a unique Irishman, who came to hold the highest office in the League of Nations. Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 1860591086. Foxing to text block. Pictorial dustwrapper has a couple of minor grubby marks.

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