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WHEELS FOR THE ROAD
Written by Gareth Adamson. Illustrated by Gareth Adamson.
Stock no. 1502539
Published by J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd.. 1st 1973. Almost very good condition.

This short history tells all about the ancestors of today's cars - coaches, cabs, bikes, trams - as well as explaining the newest developments in motor manufacture. Large format. Yellow pictorial covers with red, black and white illustrations. Unpaginated. ISBN: 0460057499. Spine bumped and worn with small splits. Wear to corners and cover edges. Contents very good.

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GREAT BRITISH MOTOR CYCLES OF THE SIXTIES
Written by Bob Currie.
Stock no. 2114012
Published by Ivy Leaf. 1992. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour and b/w photos. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0863630375. Some light fading to cover edges. A few small marks to first and last pages. Wrapper is a bit edge-creased, with a few small marks.

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CLASSIC AND SPORTSCAR BOOK OF RACING CAR TRACK TESTS
Written by Willie Green; Mark Hughes.
Stock no. 1710648
Published by Patrick Stephens Limited. 1st 1989. Nearly fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

A selection of 30 of the track tests which have given Willie Green the most pleasure, beautifully complemented by superb colour photographs throughout. Grey boards, silver title to spine. ISBN: 185260123X.

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STEAM'S LAST STAND
Written by Mike Esau.
Stock no. 2113868
Published by Silver Link Publishing. 1st 2008. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A 40th anniversary tribute to the end of British Railways steam. Large format. B/w photos. ISBN: 9781857943115. Some bumping and wear to spine and corners. Contents are still excellent. Wrapper is edge-creased with a few slight marks and small nick to base of spine.

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TRANSATLANTIC LINERS 1945-1980
Written by William H. Miller.
Stock no. 2113856
Published by Arco Publishing. 1981. Very good condition.

Green covers with gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0668052678. SIGNED by author, with lengthy inscription to front endpaper. Now partially faded. Some wear to cover edges. A few marks to covers. Some page browning and foxing.

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THE MOTOR CAR 1765-1914
Written by Anthony Bird.
Stock no. 1710577
Published by B.T. Batsford Ltd.. 1st 1960. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green cloth, gilt title to spine with small vignette of steering column to front. B/w illustrations and photos. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Wrapper edge-torn and creased.

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LOCOMOTIVES OF THE L.N.E.R. PART 10A
No author listed.
Stock no. 1710565
Published by The Railway Correspondence And Travel Society. 1st 1988. Fine condition.

Departmental Stock, Locomotive Sheds, Boiler and Tender Numbering. Card wraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 0901115657.

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CAPITAL STEAM
Written by Hugh Ramsey.
Stock no. 1710519
Published by Oxford Publishing Co. 1989. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Red boards, silver title to spine. B/w and colour photos. ISBN: 0860934128. Reprint in same year as first.

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ARCHIVE ISSUE 43
Written by Colin E. Mountford; T.B. Maund; et al.
Stock no. 2113542
Published by Lightmoor Press. 2004. Slightly better than very good condition.

Large format. Card wraps. The quarterly journal for British Industrial and Transport History. B/w photos. Some light wear to cover edges.

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BRITISH JET AIRCRAFT
Written by Adrian Vicary.
Stock no. 1808694
Published by Patrick Stephens. 1st 1982. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Surveying all British-built jet-powered aircraft made from the original Whittle up to today's BAe 146. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 113 pages. ISBN: 0850595894. A nice copy.

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TO BEAT THE CLIPPER SHIPS
Written by Barry Pickthall.
Stock no. 2113200
Published by Brown, Son & Ferguson Ltd.. 1st 1980. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The story of the Nedlloyd Spice Race. Large format. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. Colour and b/w photos. ISBN: 0851743943. Bumping to spine and corners. Uneven fading along cover edges. Wrapper is faded to spine, with edge-creasing and a few nicks.

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THE CONCISE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF FORMULA ONE
Written by David Tremayne; Mark Hughes.
Stock no. 2113187
Published by Parragon. 2000. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A Complete Guide to the Fastest Sport in the World. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour photos. ISBN: 0752542206. Wrapper is edge-creased, with small nicks to base of spine and to a couple of edges.

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