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THE OBSERVER'S BOOK OF MOTORCYCLES
Written by Robert M. Croucher.
Stock no. 1331366
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1977. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Observer Book No. 61. New Edition. B/w photos. Small format. Burgundy boards. ISBN: 0723215723. Spine bumped. Light foxing/page browning to textblock. Dustwrapper is price-cut with slight creasing to top of spine.

BSA GOLD STAR AND OTHER SINGLES (OSPREY COLLECTOR'S LIBRARY)
Written by Roy Bacon.
Stock no. 1831100
Published by Osprey Publishing. 1st 1982. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The Postwar Gold Star; 'B', 'M', 'C' ranges; Bantam; Unit Singles. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 192 pages. ISBN: 0850454476. Minor mark to front board. Minor pale mark to prelims. Else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly sunned to spine and scuffed to rear panel.

BRITTEN MOTORCYCLES THE JOHN BRITTEN STORY
Written by Felicity Price.
Stock no. 1330822
Published by Motorbooks International. 1st 2004. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Large oblong format. Blue boards, silver titles. Colour and b/w photos throughout. ISBN: 076032056X. A couple of light marks to cover edges. Spine slightly bumped. A tiny knick to lower edge of front cover. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is lightly scuffed to rear panel else fine.

FROM MOTORCYCLES TO MONOPLANES
Written by David Snow.
Stock no. 1330821
Published by Diana Snow. 1st 2010. Slightly better than very good condition.

The story of George Barnes, an Edwardian Record Breaker, Sportsman and Entertainer. Large format. Cardwraps. 130 pages. B/w photos. ISBN: 9780952902911. SIGNED by the author to inside front cover. Slight wear to spine and corners. Contents clean.

LAVERDA TWINS AND TRIPLES THE COMPLETE STORY
Written by Mick Walker.
Stock no. 1330820
Published by The Crowood Press. 1st 1999. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Black boards with gilt title to spine. Colour and b/w photos. Background history of the company. Complete development history. Full specifications. ISBN: 1861262205. Spine and corners bumped. Contents fine, appears unread. Dustwrapper is edge worn with a light vertical crease to rear panel.

BERT HOULDING: TT PIONEER MOTORCYCLE MANUFACTURER: MADE IN PRESTON
Written by Paul Ingham.
Stock no. 1330713
Published by Paul Ingham. 1st 2012. Very good condition.

A limited edition of 500 copies. Cardwraps. B/w photos throughout. ISBN: 9780952480242. This is copy no. 451. Covers slightly edge rubbed, Contents fine.

BSA TWIN RESTORATION
Written by Roy Bacon.
Stock no. 1330712
Published by Osprey Publishing. 1996. Very good condition.

The essential guide to the renovation, restoration and development history of all post-war BSA Twins. B/w photos. B/w diagrams. Card wraps. 240 pages. ISBN: 085045669X. Seventh reprint autumn 1996. Very slight wear to cover edges. Textblock is slightly grubby.

MOTORCYCLING THROUGH THE THIRTIES
Written by Jack Gray.
Stock no. 1330692
Published by Gannet Books. 1st 1995. Slightly better than very good condition.

A fascinating record of motorcycling life in the 1930s. Yellow cardwraps. B/w photos. 190 pages. ISBN: 0952718405. Minimal rubbing to corners. Slight browning to white rear cover. A sticker covers the ISBN number to rear cover and to colophon page (correct ISBN printed on sticker).

SPANISH TRIALS BIKES (OSPREY COLLECTOR'S LIBRARY)
Written by Don Morley.
Stock no. 1330681
Published by Osprey Publishing. 1st 1988. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Osprey Collector's Library. The story of a sport once dominated by the British. Blue boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos. 192 pages. ISBN: 0850456630. Some foxing to textblock and a couple of small splash marks to lower edge of textblock. Dustwrapper is just a little edge rubbed.

CROZ: LARRIKIN BIKER
Written by Graeme Crosby.
Stock no. 1330678
Published by HarperCollinsPublishers (New Zealand) Ltd. 2011. Slightly better than very good condition.

In 1979 Graeme Crosby arrived in Britain with his worldly possessions in a carry-bag. Four years later 'Croz' as he is affectionately known to millions of fans, walked away from the glamour world of world championship Grand Prix racing, taking with him a bag full of trophies and his ever-present sense of humour... Pictorial cardwraps. Colour & b/w photos. ISBN: 9781869508579. SIGNED by Croz by means of a dedication to title-page. Slight rubbing to spine and corners.

VILLIERS SINGLES & TWINS
Written by Roy Bacon.
Stock no. 1329770
Published by Niton Publishing. 1992. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The postwar British two-stroke lightweight motorcycle. Ambassador, Cotton, DMW, Dot, Excelsior, Francis-Barnett, Greeves, James and Norman, Panther, Sun. B/w photos. Green boards, silver title to spine. Originally published in 1983 by Osprey Publishing Limited. ISBN: 1855790203. Spine and corners bumped, dent to edge of front cover. Dustwrapper is just a little creased at top and tail of spine.

THE CHALLENGE & DREAM OF HONDA 500 GRAND PRIX MOTOR CYCLE WINS
Written by Mat Oxley.
Stock no. 1829658
Published by Hazleton Publishing. 1st 2001. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The drama and excitement of Honda's years in World Championship Grand Prix racing. Large format. Green cloth boards, gilt titles. Colour and b/w photos. 208 pages. ISBN: 1903135036. Light rubbing to top & tail of spine, minor knocks to lower edge of boards. Contents clean. White pictorial dustwrapper is edge-creased and is grubby to lower edge of rear panel.