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AUTO-ARCHITECT: THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF GERALD PALMER
Written by Gerald Palmer; Christopher Balfour.
Stock no. 1823907
Published by Magna Press. 1st 1998. Fine condition.

A fascinating story told by this innovative and talented car designer including designing and building the Jowett Javelin. Additional material by Christopher Balfour. Large format. Pale brown glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos. Limited to 750 copies. 96 pages including index. ISBN: 0951942360. SIGNED by Gerald Palmer on label to front pastedown.

MILESTONES IN A MOTORING LIFE
Written by Dudley Noble.
Stock no. 1823906
Published by Advanced Mile-Posts Publications Ltd. 1st thus 1969. Slightly better than very good condition.

This is an Author's Presentation Copy of which only 250 copies have been issued. The author's extensive and adventurous travels, in the 1920s and 1930s, in his motorcar and sometimes with caravan. Cloth boards, brown spine with gilt title, blue boards with brown oval portraiture to front. B/w photos. xi and 252 pages including index. ISBN: 0362000409. SIGNED and dated (with compliments) by the author to verso of half-title page. Top & tail of spine lightly rubbed. Text block browned. Contents clean.

BARNEY THE PIRATE
Written by Jess Webb. Illustrated by Tony Kerins.
Stock no. 1323072
Published by Boisterous Books Ltd. 1st 2014. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

A picture book for anyone to read. Pictorial boards. Colour illustrations throughout. Limited edition of 200 copies. ISBN: 9780993093609. SIGNED by the artist to half title-page. This is copy no. 158.

THUNDER IN THE PARK
Written by Tom Wheatcroft.
Stock no. 1823846
Published by Live Wire. 1st 2005. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Limited edition of 5000. The story of Tom Wheatcroft and Donington Park. 280 pages. Colour photos. ISBN: 0954286057. SIGNED by the author (no dedication) to front endpaper. This is copy 4130 of 5000. A lovely, clean copy.

CROSSINGS A FAIRY PLAY
Written by Walter De La Mare; C. Armstrong Gibbs. Illustrated by Randolph Schwabe.
Stock no. 1322975
Published by Beaumont Press. 1921. Very good condition.

Limited edition printed on hand-made paper. Grey cloth spine with gilt title. Holly decorated boards. B/w chapter headers. 131 pages, edges untrimmed. This is copy no. 163. Corners bumped. Spine slightly darkened. Contents clean.

AN OBSESSION WITH CARP
Written by Dave Lane.
Stock no. 2139606
Published by Laneman Publishing. 1st 1998. Almost very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Red boards with gilt title to spine. Limited edition. B/w and colour photos. ISBN: 1901717038. Bumping and wear to spine and corners; a little damp marking along bottom edges of covers. Foxing and marks to outer page edges, which are also a bit browned. Wrapper is edge-creased with some marks and a little damp to verso.

INNS AND TAVERNS OF CHEPSTOW AND THE LOWER WYE VALLEY PART 4
Written by Ivor Waters. Illustrated by Mercedes Waters.
Stock no. 2139426
Published by The Chepstow Society. 1st 1976. Slightly better than very good condition.

Card wrap blue booklet. 500 printed. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0900278323. Light fading to edges.

FERRARISSIMA 2
Written by Giancenzo Madaro.
Stock no. 2139329
Published by Automobilia. 1st ITALY 1985. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Showcasing Ferrari road and racing cars. Limited edition of 5000 numbered copies. Large format. Black cloth boards, red title to spine. Colour photos. B/w diagrams. Text in English, French and Italian. 127 pages. 8 colour reproductions of paintings on Ferraris in pocket at rear. Some light wear to covers. This is Copy No. 2737. Artwork in pocket to rear is still present.

FERRARISSIMA 1
Written by Giancenzo Madaro.
Stock no. 2139328
Published by Automobilia. 1st ITALY 1984. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Showcasing Ferrari road and racing cars. Limited edition of 5000 numbered copies. Large format. Colour photos. B/w diagrams. Text in English, French and Italian. 122 pages plus interview with Ferrari technicians and workers to rear. Italian facsimile booklet in pocket to rear (Il libretto di uso e manutenzione delle 212 Inter - 250 Mille Miglia - 340 Mexico 342 America. This is Copy No. 2806. Facsimile booklet to rear is still in rear pocket. Dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

JOST AMMAN'S KUNST UND LEHRBUCHLEIN
Written by Jost Amman; Eric Quayle.
Stock no. 2139149
Published by Eugrammia Press. 1971. Very good condition.

Two books in one slip case. Blue velvet book has the facsimile of the original, text in German and b/w illustrations. Accompanied by cream boards book, which has notes and introduction by Quayle; also a translation of the text. Limited edition. Some browning to accompanying book. Wear to velvet cover. This is Copy No. 451. Slip case is generally very good - some wear and grubby marks.

THE INFERNAL MARRIAGE
Written by Benjamin Disraeli. Illustrated by John Austen.
Stock no. 2139019
Published by William Jackson (Books) Ltd.. 1929. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

White/cream spine with gilt title. Pale green cloth with gilt titles. Limited edition to 850 copies, of which 800 copies were for sale. Spine is browned with some spotting. Foxing and browning, mostly to endpapers and outer page edges, but a few margin marks. This is Copy No. 213. Wrapper has large tear, which has been partially repaired to verso; foxed and very browned, especially to spine; some chips and nicks, but only minimal loss.

MARCHEN
Written by August Strindberg. Illustrated by Thorsten Schonberg.
Stock no. 2138601
Published by Georg W. Dietrich. Circa 1916. Very good condition.

"Fairy Tales", text in gothic german script. Limited edition of 200 copies. Bound in red leather with gilt title to spine. Green silk page marker. Colour illustrations. Unpaginated. Top edge gilt. Uneven fading to covers. Boards slightly scuffed, with a few marks. Name and date in ink to front free-endpaper. Contents clean, but some browning.