MAVERICK AIRMAN
Written by Michael J. Partridge.
Stock no. 2108593
Published by Eastbourne College. 1st 2010. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The extraordinary life of Frederick Frank Reilly Minchin. B/w photos. ISBN: 9780955494017. SIGNED by author to front endpaper. Wrapper is edge-creased with a few small marks. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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THE LIFE OF MANSIE WAUCH
Written by Mansie Wauch; D.M. Moir. Illustrated by Charles Martin Hardie.
Stock no. 1603733
Published by T.N. Foulis. 1911. Very good condition.

Stiff card wraps covered with green suade. Gilt title to spine. 16 tipped-in colour plates. The story of a tailor in Dalkeith. 355 pages plus adverts. Spine browned, suade is a little scuffed and overlaps the card boards at edges. Approximately 1cm loss of suade at top of spine with a couple of edge tears. inscription to half-title page. Contents very good indeed, all plates persent.

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THOMPSON AND PEPPERCORN LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERS
Written by H.C.B. Rogers.
Stock no. 2108347
Published by Ian Allan Ltd.. 1st 1979. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

This book analyses dispassionately and in great depth the work of the two successors to the incomparable Gresley. Orange cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0711009104. Spine faded. Bookplate to front endpaper. Wrapper is faded to spine.

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UN GRAND ARDENNAIS FRANCOIS SOMMER 1904-1973
Written by Francois Sommer.
Stock no. 1706379
1st 2003. Fine condition.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos. Text in French. Combattant Aviateur, Chasseur Et Protecteur de la nature; industriel et passionne des hommes.

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THE 19TH-CENTURY JOURNALS & PAINTINGS OF WILLIAM POPE
Written by Harry B. Barrett; J. Fenwick Lansdowne. Illustrated by William Pope.
Stock no. 1806185
Published by M.F. Feheley. 1st 1976. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Canada's first artist-naturalist. Large format. Grey/brown boards, gilt title to spine. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0919880002. Text block lightly browned else contents clean. Pictorial wrapper is browned and grubby with a few closed tears, repaired to verso with white labels.

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NIGEL MANSELL: THE MAKINGS OF A CHAMPION
Written by Christopher Hilton.
Stock no. 2107367
Published by William Kimber. 1st 1987. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

This is the story of the battle to the fore of motor racing by Nigel Mansell, culminating in his challenge for the world championship in 1986. This biography charts his childhood, his early driving in Formula Ford and Formula Three until he attracted the attention of Colin Chapman of Lotus. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 188 pages including index. ISBN: 0718306368. Page browning. A few marks to boards. Dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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NAPOLEON AN OUTLINE
Written by Colin R. Ballard.
Stock no. 2107278
Published by Duckworth & Co.. 1st 1924. Almost very good condition.

B/w diagrams. In four parts: The Adventurer; The Man of Destiny; The Man Against Destiny and Dramatis Personae. Bumping and wear to covers; a little fraying to cloth at corners. Front joint is cracked. Some foxing.

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THE OCEAN ON A PLANK
Written by W.A. Doust.
Stock no. 2107235
Published by Seeley, Service & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1976. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The Remarkable Life of a Marine Salvage Engineer. B/w photos. ISBN: 0854220887. Wrapper is price-cut with browning/fading to spine.

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THE LIFE OF JOHN, DUKE OF MARLBOROUGH
Written by Charles Bucke.
Stock no. 2106931
Published by Thomas Tegg. 1839. Almost very good condition.

Small format. Leather spine and corners. Marbled boards. B/w frontis. Heavy wear and fading to spine and corners. Some scuffing to covers. Heavy foxing to prelims, but contents very good. New endpapers.

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UNDER MY SKIN VOLUME ONE OF MY AUTOBIOGRAPHY TO 1949
Written by Doris Lessing.
Stock no. 1805510
Published by Harper Collins. Circa 1994. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The first volume of Doris Lessing's autobiography, beginning with her childhood in Africa and ending on her arrival in London in 1949 with the typescript of her first novel, The Grass is Singing, in her suitcase. Navy blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 000255545X. Fourth printing. SIGNED by the author without dedication to title page. Pictorial wrapper is lightly scuffed.

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THE DIARY OF FRANCIS KILVERT APRIL-JUNE 1870
Written by Francis Kilvert; Kathleen Hughes; Dafydd Ifans.
Stock no. 1805364
Published by The National Library of Wales. 1st thus 1982. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Edited by Hughes and Ifans. Gilt title to spine. B/w photos. xxi and 121 pages. ISBN: 0907158021. A few light damp stains to covers. Contents are fine. Wrapper is in bad condition, heavily scuffed, edge-worn and strengthened with clear tape, some loss to rear panel.

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BLESSINGTON-D'ORSAY: A MASQUERADE
Written by Michael Sadleir.
Stock no. 1602599
Published by Folio Society. 1983. Slightly better than very good condition.

Green cloth spine, pink decorated boards. Brown scuff mark to top of spine (across the title). Contents fine. Contained in a pale grey slipcase which is bumped to spine.

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