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THE MOTORSPORT ART OF MICHAEL TURNER
Written by Michael Turner; et al.
Illustrated by Michael Turner.
Stock no. 1324098
Published by Haynes Publishing.
2nd
2001.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Second Edition. The pictorial autobiography of a man who has never taken foe granted his good fortune in spending a lifetime doing what he enjoys in the company of drivers and racing personalities he is pround to count as friends. Large oblong format. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. Illustrated in colour and b/w. ISBN: 1859608124. White paint to top of spine/front cover, affects the textblock a little but not the actual pages. Dustwrapper has paint to spine and is slightly browned. Barcode label and one other plain white label to rear panel of wrapper (covering printed barcodes).
- Categorised in:
- TRANSPORT
- MOTOR SPORT
- ART
- BIOGRAPHY
BIRKET FOSTER R.W.S
Written by H.M. Cundall.
Illustrated by Birket Foster.
Stock no. 1324078
Published by Adam & Charles Black.
1930.
Almost very good condition.
A & C Black 20 shilling series. The Life and work of Myles Birket Foster. 73 tissue-guarded colour plates + b/w illustrations. Blue decorated cloth with gilt titles to spine. Reprint of September 1930 advertising the New Series. Spine bumped, faded and foxed. Heavy foxing to textblock and some page margins.
- Categorised in:
- ART
- BIOGRAPHY
- A AND C BLACK 20 SHILLING SERIES
BLACK TOM ARNOLD OF RUGBY: THE MYTH AND THE MAN
Written by Terence Copley.
Stock no. 1824429
Published by Continuum.
1st
2002.
Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
Terency Copley's lively and provoking biography of Thomas Arnold combines a study of his life with an examination of his influence as an educator, a theologian and a churchman. Black boards, red title to spine. A few b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0826457231. Black dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.
- Categorised in:
- BIOGRAPHY
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (VICTORIAN)
LAURENCE HOUSMAN
Written by Rodney Engen.
Illustrated by Laurence Housman.
Stock no. 1323936
Published by Catalpa Press Ltd.
1st
1983.
Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
The Artis and the Critic series. Green cloth, gilt title to spine. 157 pages plus index. Colour and b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0904995046. A fine copy in dustwrapper which is very slightly creased at edges.
- Categorised in:
- ART
- ILLUSTRATED
- BIOGRAPHY
RAMBLINGS OF A SPORTSMAN-NATURALIST
Written by BB.
Illustrated by BB.
Stock no. 1323855
Published by Michael Joseph.
1st
1979.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Drawn mainly from the sporting diaries he kept for many years, BB recalls numerous little adventures afield. A collection of happenings and impressions of the seasons, beautifully enhanced by dramatic b/w scraperboard illustrations throughout. Black boards, gilt lettering to spine. 176 pages. ISBN: 0718118154. Spine bumped. Name in ink to front free-endpaper. Light page edge browning. Price-cut wrapper is slightly edge creased.
- Categorised in:
- FIELD SPORTS
- ANGLING
- NATURAL HISTORY
- SHOOTING
- WILDFOWL
- BUTTERFLIES
- BIOGRAPHY
THE 18TH DIVISION IN THE GREAT WAR
Written by G.H.F. Nichols.
Stock no. 1824301
Published by William Blackwood and Sons.
1st
1922.
Good condition.
Blue cloth, gilt titles. xvi + 485 pages including index. B/w photos. B/w maps in text, folding maps in pockets inside covers. Rear board a little scuffed, spine a little faded, rubbed at edges. Text block browned. Maps in front and rear pockets present. Snail damage to endpapers and two maps in rear pocket. Joints pulled. Snail damage to front pocket and top of front pastedown. Heavy foxspots mainly to prelims.
- Categorised in:
- MILITARY
- WORLD WAR I
- BIOGRAPHY
- REGIMENTAL HISTORY (UK)
ALFRED STIEGLITZ: A LEGACY OF LIGHT
Written by Katherine Hoffman.
Illustrated by Alfred Stieglitz.
Stock no. 1824244
Published by Yale University Press.
1st
2011.
Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
A compelling portrait of the American photographer's life and art from 1915 to 1946, focusing on his American works, issues of identity, and the rise of modernism in America. Black cloth boards, white titles. B/w photos and a few colour illustrations. ISBN: 9780300134452. Very minor foxing to top edge of text block. Contents are clean. White pictorial dustwrapper has a few small marks.
- Categorised in:
- ART
- PHOTOGRAPHY
- BIOGRAPHY
- MODERN ART
THE KATE GREENAWAY TREASURY
Written by Ruth Hill Viguers; Edward Ernest.
Illustrated by Kate Greenaway.
Stock no. 1323631
Published by Collins.
Circa
1968.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Green cloth. Gilt titles and vignette. An anthology of the illustrations and writings of Kate Greenaway. Packed with b/w and colour illustrations. An Anthology of the Illustrations and Writings of Kate Greenaway, Edited and Selected by Edward Ernest, Assisted by Patricia Tracy Lowe. Introduction by Ruth Hill Viguers Spine slightly bumped. Endpapers lightly browned. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is price-cut by publisher with 'new' price sticker above. Dustwrapper is a bit sunned.
OTTO FRELLO - AN INCORRIGIBLE PAINTER
Written by Ole Faber.
Illustrated by Otto Frello.
Stock no. 1824077
Published by Museet For Varde By Og Omegn.
1st
2009.
Nearly fine condition.
An exhibition in 2009 featuring the broadest possible spectrum of the many different genres Frello has covered and the many ingenious items that Frello has brought into existence in the course of a long and exceptionally creative life. Oblong format. Pictorial glazed boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 8789834690. A lovely copy.
- Categorised in:
- ART
- BIOGRAPHY
- CATALOGUE (ART)
STEAMING THROUGH THE WAR YEARS REMINISCENCES THE EX-GER LINES IN LONDON
Written by Reg Robertson.
Stock no. 2140807
Published by The Oakwood Press.
1996.
Very good condition.
Oakwood Reminiscences Series RS3. Card wraps. B/w photos. 152 Pages. ISBN: 0853614725. Couple of marks to title page.
- Categorised in:
- TRANSPORT
- RAILWAYS
- LOCOMOTIVES
- LONDON
- EASTERN REGION RAILWAY
- BIOGRAPHY
CLEANER TO CONTROLLER REMINISCENCES OF THE GWR AT TAUNTON
Written by W.J. Gardner.
Stock no. 2140801
Published by The Oakwood Press.
1st
1994.
Almost very good condition.
Oakwood Reminiscence Series RS1. Green cardwraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 0853614458. Some light cover corner creasing. Binding is a bit weak, with several pages to rear detached, but loosely inserted.
- Categorised in:
- TRANSPORT
- RAILWAYS
- GWR (RAILWAYS)
- BIOGRAPHY
KILVERT'S DIARY 1870-1879
Written by Francis Kilvert.
Stock no. 2140724
Published by Guild Publishing.
1986.
Very good condition.
Red cloth with pictorial onlay and elaborate decoration to front cover. Colour illustrations. A few marks to covers. Page edge browning with a few foxspots.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- WALES
- BIOGRAPHY
- DIARY