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AUTOCOURSE 2007-2008
Written by Alan Henry.
Stock no. 1824119
Published by Crash Media Group. 1st 2007. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Large format. Colour photos. 57th year of publication. Foreword by Kimi Raikkonen 2007 world champion. ISBN: 9781905334216. Minor mark to base of text block. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly creased at top of spine, lightly rubbed to base of spine, lightly scuffed to rear panel.

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THE WEYMOUTH HARBOUR TRAMWAY
Written by J.H. Lucking.
Stock no. 1824115
Published by Oxford Publishing Co. 1st 1986. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Countless summer visitors, as well as passengers for the Channel Islands and France, have come to know Weymouth as 'the place where the trains run through the street'. This comprehensive study provides a full account, from arly unfulfilled proposals in the 1840s, through the line's horse-drawn bneginnings in the 1860s and long years of commercial importance, to the almost complete decline following the withdrawal of freight traffic in 1970. Large format. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0860933040. Top corners of boards bumped. Lower board edges browned and with red pen marks to corners and lower text block. Minor foxing to top edge of text block. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly faded to spine, tiny nick to top 1/3 of spine and corners rubbed.

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A REGIONAL HISTORY OF THE RAILWAYS OF GREAT BRITAIN: VOLUME I THE WEST COUNTRY
Written by David St John Thomas.
Stock no. 1824075
Published by David & Charles. 6th 1988. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

6th Edition, completely reset. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. Includes fold-out plan to rear. ISBN: 0946537178. SIGNED by the author (no dedication) to title page. Light corner crease to lower corner of front endpaper. Minor foxing to text block. Map to rear present and initials in biro to rear pastedown (hidden by rear flap of dustwrapper). Pictorial dustwrapperis lightly edge-creased and lightly scuffed to rear panel.

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PORSCHE TURBO RACING CARS
Written by Ian Bamsey.
Stock no. 1824043
Published by Haynes Publishing Group. 1st 1989. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The origins of the turbocharged Porsche racing car and the technology of exhaust gas turbo-supercharging. Large format. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w and colour photos. 158 pages. ISBN: 0854297804. Light scuff to front board. Light pencil erasure to top corner of front endpaper. Contents otherwise clean. Pictorial dustwrapper lightly scuffed.

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DIRECTORY OF GRAND PRIX CARS 1945-65
Written by Mike Lawrence.
Stock no. 1824035
Published by Aston Publications. 1st 1989. Slightly better than very good condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

A comprehensive guide that describes every Grand Prix car of the period, together with specifications and racing history, and also details projects which never even raced. Marbled red boards, gilt title to spine. Colour and b/w photos. 264 pages. ISBN: 0946627460. Pencil erasure mark to top corner of verso of front endpaper. Contents clean. Musty odour present.

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MASERATI: SPORTS, RACING & GT CARS FROM 1926
Written by Richard Crump; Rob De La Rive Box.
Stock no. 1824029
Published by Haynes Publishing Group. 2nd 1983. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Second Edition. Large format. Red cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos. 319 pages ISBN: 0854293027. Contents clean. Red pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed. Musty odour present.

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THE GIANTS OF SMALL HEATH: THE HISTORY OF BSA
Written by Barry Ryerson.
Stock no. 1824016
Published by Haynes; G.T. Foulis. 1st 1980. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

An 'in depth' look at the inside story of the factory itself, with the emphasis more on the personalities of this once great empire than the machines that carried the piled arms motif. Green cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0854292551. Lower edge of boards lightly rubbed. Pencil erasure mark to top corner of front endpaper. Minor grubby marks to text block. Very light foxing to endpapers. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is a little grubby. Musty odour present.

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MERCEDES-BENZ: LASTWAGEN UND OMNIBUSSE 1886-1986
Written by Werner Oswald.
Stock no. 1823989
Published by Motorbuch Verlag. 2nd 1987. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

2 Auflage (2nd edition). Blue cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos. Text in German. 597 pages. ISBN: 3613010410. A few minor white spots to boards. Contents clean. Grey dustwrapper is lightly scuffed. Faint musty odour present.

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THE WORKS TRIUMPHS: 50 YEARS IN MOTORSPORT
Written by Graham Robson.
Stock no. 1823981
Published by Haynes Publishing Group. 1st 1993. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Including the works standards. For more than half a century Triumph cars featured strongly in motorsport, and factory-supported entries successfully raced and rallied in events all around the world. Sadly this came to an end, however, when the British Leyland axe finally fell on Triumph Motorsport immediately after the 1980 Lombard RAC Rally. The story of the 'works' cars from beginning to end. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w and colour photos. 296 pages including index. ISBN: 0854299262. Minor pencil erasure mark to front endpaper. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly browned to rear panel. Slight musty odour present.

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FERRARI DINO 206GT, 246GT & GTS PININFARINA V6 ROAD CARS (OSPREY AUTOHISTORY)
Written by Ian Webb.
Stock no. 1823978
Published by Osprey Publishing. 1st 1980. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Purple boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos and a few colour. 135 pages including index. ISBN: 0850453658. A nice, clean copy with price-cut pictorial dustwrapper which is lightly scuffed. Musty odour present.

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ITALIAN HIGH-PERFORMANCE CARS
Written by Anthony Pritchard; Keith Davey.
Stock no. 1823976
Published by George Allen & Unwin Ltd.. 1st 1967. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Maserati, Lancia, Ferrari and Alfa Romeo - the leading Italian sports cars of the time are the main subject of this book. Blue cloth boards, silver titles. B/w photos. 374 pages including index. Minor mark to rear board. Minor fading to top & tail of spine. Text block lightly browned. Endpapers & prelims lightly browned. A few minor foxspots to contents else clean. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is repaired at top corners with now browned tape, corners lightly rubbed, spine and rear panel a little grubby. Musty odour present.

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THE ANDERTON BOAT LIFT
Written by David Carden.
Stock no. 1323165
Published by Black Dwarf Publications. 1st 2000. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The Anderton Boat Lift near Northwich in Cheshire is acclaimed as one of the seven wonders of the waterways world. Red boards, gilt titles. B/w photos. ISBN: 0953302865. Spine bumped. A few small, light marks to covers. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is just a little creased at edges.

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