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THE STORY OF BSA MOTOR CYCLES
Written by Bob Holliday.
Stock no. 1824886
Published by Patrick Stephens. 1979. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

B/w photos and illustrations. ISBN: 0850592771. Reprint. Very pale browning to endpapers and text block else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is faded to spine, lightly edge-creased and slightly browned to rear panel.

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THE STORY OF BSA MOTOR CYCLES
Written by Bob Holliday.
Stock no. 1824839
Published by Patrick Stephens. 1st 1978. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

B/w photos and illustrations. ISBN: 0850592771. Boards clean and bright. Text block lightly browned. Pictorial dustwrapper is browned, lightly edge-creased and lightly rubbed at corners, previous bookseller's gold address label to lower edge of front flap. Slight musty odour present.

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PININFARINA: IDENTITY OF A DESIGN
Written by Decio Giulio Riccardo Carugati.
Stock no. 1824731
Published by Electa. 1st 1999. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

This volume covers the entire course of development of Pininfarina design - the world-famous firm founded in 1930 by Battista Farina, undisputed master of automobile design in the twentieth century - looking at all the different aspects of its production: custom-built cars, mass-produced cars and research prototypes. Large format. Black cloth boards, with white titles. Colour & b/w photos. 191 pages. ISBN: 8843571877. Light mottling to boards. Title to spine lightly rubbed. Binding fault to top of front joint (pastedown creased). Contents fine. Pictorial dustwrapper is scuffed, creased and lightly rubbed at corners.

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BSA COMPETITION HISTORY
Written by Norman Vanhouse.
Stock no. 1824581
Published by Haynes Publishing Group. 1st 1986. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Red boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 345 pages. ISBN: 0854294791. Light pencil erasure to top corner of front endpaper. Contents clean. Red pictorial dustwrapper is strengthened at top of spine with clear tape, has light remains of a label to rear panel and is lightly scuffed.

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AEROPLANES OF THE ROYAL AIRCRAFT FACTORY (CROWOOD AVIATION SERIES)
Written by Paul R. Hare.
Stock no. 1824493
Published by The Crowood Press. 1st 1999. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The full story of this unique facility. Large format. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 144 pages including index. ISBN: 1861262094. A fine copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is faded to spine and lightly scuffed to rear panel.

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MILES AIRCRAFT (IMAGES OF ENGLAND)
Written by Rod Simpson.
Stock no. 1824456
Published by Tempus. 2002. Nearly fine condition.

Miles Aircraft was one of the most innovative aircraft companies of the 1930s and 1940s. Card wraps. Images of England Series. B/w photos. ISBN: 0752410911. Reprint. A nice copy, rear cover slightly scuffed.

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THE SOCIETY OF BRITISH AEROSPACE COMPANIES: A LIFETIME OF AVIATION 1916-1986
Written by Michael Donne.
Stock no. 1824448
Published by The Society Of British Aerospace Companies Ltd; Ducimus Books. 1st 1986. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large oblong format. Limited edition to 3000 numbered copies. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0903234556. A fine copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is creased with closed tears to lower corners (no loss). Contained in publisher's slipcase which has a couple of minor marks.

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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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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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FERRARI CHE GENTE
Written by Gino Rancati; Franco Varisco.
Stock no. 2140125
Published by Editoriale Internazionale Milano. Circa 1996. Slightly better than very good condition.

Un Uomo, i suoi uomini (A man, his men). Cinquant' anni di Storia (Fifty years of history) 1945-1995. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour and b/w photos. Text in Italian. 208 pages. ISBN: 8881880008. Boards lightly scuffed. Contents clean.

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PININFARINA: ART AND INDUSTRY 1930-2000
Written by Antoine Prunet.
Stock no. 2139855
Published by Haynes Publishing. 1st 2000. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The official history of the famous automobile design house Pininfarina, from the humble factory started in Italy 70 years ago to today's world-class manufacturing company with two plants and a research and development facility equipped with its own wind tunnel. Large format. Black cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos. 379 pages plus appendices. ISBN: 1859606849. A few minor marks to boards. Minor foxing to top edge of text block. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is lightly edge-creased with a few scuff marks.

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AEROSPATIALE: ARCHITECT OF THE FUTURE
Written by Gerard Maoui.
Stock no. 2139848
Published by Le Cherche Midi Editeur. Circa 1989. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Blue covers with silver title to spine. B/w and colour photos. Text in French and English. ISBN: 2862741507. Bumping and light wear to spine and corners. Bump to top of spine has caused pages to be slightly creased within the book. Wrapper is edge-creased with a few small tears; some grubby marks.

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