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FLIGHT PATH: MY FIFTY YEARS OF AVIATION
Written by Frank T. Courtney.
Stock no. 2139899
Published by William Kimber.
1st
1973.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Frank Courtney, a legend in the annals of aviation, writes about his flying life from 1913 to 1953. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0718304829. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Page edge browning. Wrapper is price-cut with edge-creasing.
FIFTY YEARS WITH MOTOR CARS
Written by A.F.C. Hillstead.
Stock no. 2139877
Published by Faber & Faber.
1st
1960.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Green cloth, gilt titles. B/w photos. The author's life in motoring and motor sport. Browning and a little foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper has a few chips and nicks to edges; light foxing.
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- TRANSPORT
- CARS
- MOTOR SPORT
- BIOGRAPHY
FLYING MINNOWS
Written by Vivian Voss.
Stock no. 2139872
Published by Arms & Armour Press.
1st thus
1977.
Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
Memoirs of a World War One Fighter Pilot, from training in Canada to the Front Line, 1917-1918. First written and published under the pseudonym 'Roger Vee' in 1935. This facsimile edition is published under the author's true name (Vivian Voss), with new material. ISBN: 085368121X. Spine is faded. Some foxing and browning to outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased with fading to spine and some edges.
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- MILITARY
- WORLD WAR I
- BIOGRAPHY
REG PARNELL
Written by Graham Gauld.
Stock no. 2139862
Published by Patrick Stephens Limited.
1st
1996.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
The quiet man who helped to engineer Britain's post-war motor racing revolution. Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 1852605618.
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- TRANSPORT
- CARS
- MOTOR SPORT
- BIOGRAPHY
W.O. BENTLEY: THE MAN BEHIND THE MARQUE
Written by Malcolm Bobbitt.
Stock no. 1823866
Published by Breedon Books Publishing Co..
1st
2003.
Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
The first full biography of the founder and inspiration behind Bentley Cars. An insight into the conception and design of some of the most famous sporting cars in automobile history. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 1859833527. A fine copy. Dustwrapper is lightly scuffed to rear panel.
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- TRANSPORT
- CARS
- MOTOR SPORT
- BIOGRAPHY
- COMPANY HISTORY
MEN, WOMEN AND 10,000 KITES
Written by Gabriel Voisin.
Stock no. 1823862
Published by Putnam.
1st UK
1963.
Almost very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Autobiography of Gabriel Voisin, one of the first men taking part in the first achievements of powered flight. Terracotta cloth boards, black title to spine. A few b/w photos. Boards clean and bright. Foxing mainly to text block and prelims... some foxing to contents. Pictorial dustwrapper is browned to spine and lightly browned to front and rear panel.
SPLIT SECONDS: MY RACING YEARS
Written by Raymond Mays.
Stock no. 1823861
Published by G.T. Foulis & Co. Ltd..
1952.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
The author's racing years. An account of a life spent in the services of motor-racing, of almost overwhelming difficulties which have been overcome, and of the fulfillment of a life's ambition to produce a representative racing car that could uphold the prestige of his beloved country. Blue cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos. Spine browned, a few minor marks to boards. Light browning to contents. Blue pictorial dustwrapper is grubby and edge-rubbed.
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- TRANSPORT
- CARS
- MOTOR SPORT
- BIOGRAPHY
INTO THE WATER BARRIER
Written by Donald Campbell.
Stock no. 1823858
Published by Oldhams Press Ltd.
1st
1955.
Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
The author's attempts at the water speed record, the greatest success story of any young Englishman since the war. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. Spine browned with a few foxspots, gilt title faded. Top edge of boards lightly faded. Minor foxing to text block. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is edge creased with a closed tear to top front corner, spine faded, rear panel scuffed.
PARRY THOMAS DESIGNER-DRIVER
Written by Hugh Tours.
Stock no. 1823851
Published by B.T. Batsford.
1st
1959.
Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
Blue cloth, gilt titles. B/w photos. Biography of the car designer and racer (Full name John Godfrey Parry Thomas). Spine browned, browning to rear board. Minor foxing to text block. Previous bookseller's rubber stamp to lower edge of front endpaper. Contents clean. Price-cut blue pictorial dustwrapper is lightly rubbed at corners, lightly browned to spine and just a little scuffed.
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- TRANSPORT
- CARS
- MOTOR SPORT
- BIOGRAPHY
WHEEL PATTER: MEMOIRS OF IRISH MOTOR SPORT
Written by Dudley Colley.
Stock no. 1823849
Published by The Talbot Press Limited.
1st
1951.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
An authentical and not too technical account of the world of motor sport from the inside. Grey cloth boards, blue titles & vignette to front board. B/w photos and thumbnail sketches. SIGNED by the author with a dedication to Elizabeth Nagle of The Veteran Car Club to front endpaper. Spine browned, boards grubby and stained. Text block and endpapers browned. Cancelled Veteran Car Club stamp to front pastedown is mostly hidden by front flap of dustwrapper, another stamp to rear endpaper. Grey pictorial dustwrapper is rubbed and scuffed, a little grubby.
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- TRANSPORT
- CARS
- MOTOR SPORT
- IRELAND
- BIOGRAPHY
TWICE LUCKY: MY LIFE IN MOTORSPORT
Written by Stuart Turner.
Stock no. 1823848
Published by Haynes Publishing Group.
1st
1999.
Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
Autobiography of Stuart Turner, one of the leading motorsport figures of the time. Foreword by Jackie Stewart. B/w photos. ISBN: 1859606024. SIGNED by the author, Stuart Turner, to title page (no dedication). A nice, clean copy. Green pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.
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- TRANSPORT
- CARS
- MOTOR SPORT
- BIOGRAPHY
THUNDER IN THE PARK
Written by Tom Wheatcroft.
Stock no. 1823846
Published by Live Wire.
1st
2005.
Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.
Limited edition of 5000. The story of Tom Wheatcroft and Donington Park. 280 pages. Colour photos. ISBN: 0954286057. SIGNED by the author (no dedication) to front endpaper. This is copy 4130 of 5000. A lovely, clean copy.
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- TRANSPORT
- MOTOR SPORT
- BIOGRAPHY
- LIMITED EDITION