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HISTOIRE DE MES ASCENSIONS
Written by Gaston Tissandier.
Stock no. 818623
Circa
1888.
Very good condition.
Account of 24 air voyages. 6th Edition. Three-quarter brown leather binding, gilt title to spine. Brown marbled paper boards. Marble paper endpapers. B/w illustrations. Text in French. Leather corners of binding missing leaving just slight marks on marbled paper boards. Front board has surface paper loss not really detracting from the beauty of the book. Front hinge pulled. Some scattered foxing but generally a very nice copy of an antiquarian book. REDUCED FROM £120.
- Categorised in:
- TRANSPORT
- AVIATION
- HOT AIR BALLOONS
- FOREIGN LANGUAGE
- FRENCH
- ANTIQUARIAN
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MANUEL DES MARINS OU EXPLICATION DES TERMES DE MARINE TOME I & II
Written by Bourde.
Stock no. 818625
1773.
Almost very good condition.
Sailors Handbook, explanation of the nautical terms. Two volumes bound as one. Calf leather binding, raised bands to spine, brown title label with gilt title to top of spine, gilt decoration between bands of spine. Marbled endpapers. Text in French. Leather boards marked, edges worn exposing board. Front and rear hinge pulled. Some annotation to verso of half-title page and index page. Text block a little marked. Some scattered foxing and margin marks as to be expected in a book almost 250 years old. A very nice copy of a scarce antiquarian book. Text in French.
- Categorised in:
- TRANSPORT
- MARITIME
- ANTIQUARIAN
- LEATHER BINDING
- FOREIGN LANGUAGE
- FRENCH
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VOYAGES AERIENS
Written by J. Glaisher; Camille Flammarion; Wilfrid De Fonvielle; Gaston Tissandier.
Illustrated by Eugene Ciceri; Adrien Marie; Albert Tissandier.
Stock no. 818588
Published by Librairie De L. Hachette Et Cie..
1st
1870.
Almost very good condition.
Hot air balloon voyages. Half-leather binding. Black cloth boards, Dark green leather spine with raised bands, gilt titles and vignettes. All edges gilt. 6 tissue-guarded chromoliths. 117 b/w wood engravings plus 15 diagrams or charts. 612 pages. Text in French. Leather spine is nice and bright with small spot of damage to lower half. Covers a little scuffed. Binding is tight. Original paperwraps bound in. Scattered foxing throughout. Pages 277-382 have a light damp stain to lower margin inside edge. Text block gilt lovely and bright. Reduced from £200.
- Categorised in:
- TRANSPORT
- AVIATION
- HOT AIR BALLOONS
- ANTIQUARIAN
- WOOD ENGRAVINGS
- FOREIGN LANGUAGE
- FRENCH
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KATALOG DER BALLONHISTORISCHEN SAMMLUNG OBERST V. BRUG IN DER BIBLIOTHEK DES DEUTSCHEN MUSEUMS
No author listed.
Stock no. 818595
1985.
Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
Catalogue of the Historical Hot Air Balloon Collection of Colonel V. Brug in the Library of the German Museum. Large format. Text in German. Blue cloth, light blue title label to spine with gilt title and small vignette, white title to front. Colour & b/w illustrations. A very nice, clean copy.
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- TRANSPORT
- AVIATION
- HOT AIR BALLOONS
- COLLECTING
- ANTIQUES
- FOREIGN LANGUAGE
- GERMAN
THE JOWETT JUPITER THE CAR THAT LEAPED TO FAME
Written by Edmund Nankivell.
Stock no. 630452
Published by B.T. Batsford.
1st
1981.
Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.
B/w photos. The Jupiter story from inception, production and racing derivatives and also includes a register of all Jupiters. ISBN: 0713438355. Price-cut wrapper is grubby to rear and very faded to front and spine with worn corners.
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- TRANSPORT
- CARS
- MOTOR SPORT
GERMAN MOTORCYCLES
Written by Mick Walker.
Stock no. 818300
Published by Osprey Publishing.
1st
1989.
Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Osprey Collector's Library. Road & Racing Bikes. Black cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0850457599. Very minor foxing to top of text block. Contents fine. Pictorial wrapper is edge-creased with a few small closed tears and is faded to top of spine.
- Categorised in:
- TRANSPORT
- MOTOR CYCLES
- MOTOR CYCLE RACING
- MOTOR SPORT
RAILWAYMEN'S YEAR BOOK 1959
No author listed.
Stock no. 817682
Published by Railway Publications; Ian Allan Ltd..
1959.
Very good condition.
Card wraps. B/w photos. Small ink number to first page.
THE ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF MOTOR SPORT
Written by G.N. Georgano.
Stock no. 817462
Published by Ebury Press; Michael Joseph.
1st
1971.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Large format. Colour and b/w photos. 656 pages. ISBN: 0718109554. Corners lightly rubbed, covers clean. Small tape marks to pastedowns and wrapper flaps. Contents clean. Pictorial wrapper is lightly worn at top of spine.
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- TRANSPORT
- CARS
- MOTOR SPORT
- RALLYING
TRANSPORT HISTORY VOL 2 No. 2
No author listed.
Stock no. 817245
Published by David & Charles.
1969.
Fine condition.
Orange pictorial card wraps. B/w photos. Contains: THE RAILWAY TOWNS OF SOUTHERN ENGLAND; THE WAGGONETTES OF KINGSTON UPON HULL; THE WOLVERTON AQUADUCT A CASE STUDY IN CANAL ENGINEERING; JAMES ACLAND AND THE HUMBER FERRY MONOPOLIES.
TRANSPORT HISTORY VOL 2 No. 2
No author listed.
Stock no. 817245
Published by David & Charles.
1969.
Fine condition.
Orange pictorial card wraps. B/w photos. Contains: THE RAILWAY TOWNS OF SOUTHERN ENGLAND; THE WAGGONETTES OF KINGSTON UPON HULL; THE WOLVERTON AQUADUCT A CASE STUDY IN CANAL ENGINEERING; JAMES ACLAND AND THE HUMBER FERRY MONOPOLIES.
JOCHEN RINDT
Written by Alan Henry.
Stock no. 816763
Published by Hazleton Publishing.
1st
1990.
Nearly fine condition.
Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour and b/w photos. The biography of the motor racing driver. Driver Profiles No. 6. ISBN: 0905138791. Never read.
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- TRANSPORT
- CARS
- MOTOR SPORT
- BIOGRAPHY
RAILWAYS FOR PLEASURE
Written by Kenneth Westcott Jones.
Stock no. 816740
Published by Lutterworth Press.
1st
1980.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
The Complete Guide to Steam and Scenic Lines in Great Britain and Ireland. Brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w photos. ISBN: 0718824679. Edges lightly rubbed. Rear endpapers a little marked. Contents clean. Pictorial wrapper is in nice condition.