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LANDSCAPE WITH FIGURES: THE FINAL PART OF HIS AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Written by L.T.C. Rolt.
Stock no. 1830080
Published by Alan Sutton. 1st 1992. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The third and final volume of L.T.C. Rolt's autobiography. L.T.C. Rolt's fame rests on the fact that he was unique in producing works of literature from subject matter which has not before his time, been considered the stuff of literature - engineering, canals, railways, steam engines, agricultural machinery, and vintage cars. This volume was published posthumously and is a fitting tribute to the man who, through his appreciation of the 'aesthetics of technology', could be said to have given a literary shape to the Industrial Revolution. Black cloth baords, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. x and 246 pages. ISBN: 0862999987. Slight slant to spine. Text block lightly browned. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is slightly faded to spine and top of rear panel (minimal) and is lightly scuffed.

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WEMBLEY AND BEYOND
Written by Barry Briggs.
Stock no. 1329956
Published by Circle Productions. 1st 2009. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The adventures of Barry Briggs, a speedway rider like no other. Black boards, silver title to spine. 464 pages. B/w photos throughout, a gathering of colour photos to the centre pages. ISBN: 9780356255743. SIGNED by Briggs to the front free-endpaper. Includes a ticket to the Book Signing event. Spine slightly bumped. Slight creasing to wrapper edges.

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MORE CONFESSIONS
Written by John Berry.
Stock no. 1329955
Published by Retro Speedway. 1st 2006. Slightly better than very good condition.

Speedway revelations and memories from the 70s & 80s plus forthright views on where the sport is going wrong. Cardwraps. 255 pages. B/w photos. ISBN: 0955117615. Minimal rubbing at corners.

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WILLIAM MORRIS ART AND KELMSCOTT
Written by Linda Parry.
Stock no. 1329952
Published by The Boydell Press. 1st 1996. Very good condition.

The importance of Kelmscott in the private and public lives of the Morris family from 1871 to 1938, also detailed assessments of William and May Morris's work by leading Morris scholars. Black cardwraps. 144 pages. B/w photos. ISBN: 0851156703. Slight rubbing to corners. Publisher's price sticker to rear cover has been neatly scribbled out with pencil.

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THE JUBILEE BOY: THE LIFE AND RECOLLECTIONS OF GEORGE SWINFORD OF FILKINS
Written by Judith Fay; Richard Martin.
Stock no. 1329951
Published by The Filkins Press. 1st 1987. Very good condition.

Edited and researched by Fay and Martin. Cardwraps. Some b/w photos. Lower corner of textblock is very slightly grubby.

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THE LIFE AND ART OF W. HEATH ROBINSON
Written by Langston Day. Illustrated by W. Heath Robinson.
Stock no. 1329949
Published by EP Publishing. 1st thus 1976. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Republication of the 1947 edition which was published by Herbert Joseph. Red boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. 270 pages. ISBN: 0715811800. Slight foxing to textblock. Endpapers browned. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed and lightly browned.

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RUNNING THE NUMBERS AN AMERICAN SELF-PORTRAIT
Written by Chris Jordan; Chris Bruce; Lucy R. Lippard; Paul Hawken. Illustrated by Chris Jordan.
Stock no. 1329924
Published by Museum Of Art. 1st 2009. Very good condition.

Astonishing photographs revealing the devastating consequences of our culture of consumption. Large oblong format. Glazed pictorial boards. 110 pages. Colour photographs. ISBN: 9780975566251. SIGNED by Jordan to title-page. Spine and corners bumped. Original 'blurb' band to rear cover still present but a little browned witha small crease at one corner. Contents fine.

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RAMBLINGS OF A SPORTSMAN-NATURALIST
Written by BB. Illustrated by BB.
Stock no. 1329854
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.

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SIR WILLIAM RUSSELL FLINT
Written by Ralph Lewis; Keith S. Gardner. Illustrated by William Russell Flint.
Stock no. 1329816
Published by David & Charles. 1st 1988. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large oblong format. Colour illustrations. Brown boards, gilt title to spine. ISBN: 0715393065. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Dustwrapper is lightly foxed on verso and a rubbed at corners.

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THE QUICK AND THE DEAD
Written by W.A. Waterton.
Stock no. 1329739
Published by Grub Street. 1st thus 2012. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Story of a Chief test pilot and the perils of post-war test flying. First published in 1956 by Frederick Muller Ltd. Blue boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos. 201 pages. ISBN: 9781908117274. Light scratch mark to front cover.

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THE DIARIES
Written by William Allingham.
Stock no. 1329647
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2007. Slightly better than very good condition.

Reprint edition with new introduction. Green cloth, gilt titles and decorations. Sepia photos. A super copy contained in slipcase which is just a little/lightly scuffed.

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WILLIAM HAZLITT: THE FIRST MODERN MAN
Written by Duncan Wu.
Stock no. 1329634
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st PB 2010. Very good condition.

Wu's sparkling biography recovers Hazlitt for our time - a restless, passionate idealist whose voice helps us to see his times and our own more clearly. Cardwraps. 557 pages including notes and index. B/w photos and illustrations. ISBN: 9780199588848. Covers are edge rubbed.

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