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EVERYDAY AUTOMOBILE REPAIRS
Written by William H. Crouse.
Stock no. 2133276
Published by McGraw-Hill Book Company. Circa 1952. Slightly better than very good condition.

Revised Edition. Describes the manner in which the various components of the automobile operate and outlines in detail the various troubles that may occur and how they may be diagnosed and corrected. Brown cloth, yellow titles to spine. B/w illustrations and diagrams. 296 pages includes index. Spine slightly bumped, corners lightly rubbed. Contents clean. Musty odour present.

ELECTRICAL TROUBLE SHOOTING ON THE MOTOR CAR
Written by A.H. Packer.
Stock no. 2133271
Published by A.H. Packer. 1st 1926. Very good condition.

A Practical Book for the Shop Mechanic or Electrician. Simply Written and Supplemented with Questions and Answers to Make it Suitable Either for Self Instruction or For Use in Automotive Trade Schools. Black cloth, gilt title to spine. Numerous b/w diagrams. 493 pages includes index. Cover edges worn. Slight damage to edges of front endpapers and nick to vertical edge of next two pages. Contents very lightly browned else clean. Hinges slightly pulled but binding tight. Address label to rear pastedown.

MAINLY SCOTTISH STEAM
Written by Thomas Middlemass.
Stock no. 1819651
Published by David & Charles. 1st 1973. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Informative and pleasantly nostalgic. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 071536328X. SIGNED (Best Wishes) by the author to free front endpaper. Lower corners of boards and front vertical edge bumped. Endpapers browned. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is heavily faded to spine.

LOCOMOTIVES OF THE L.N.E.R. PART 7
No author listed.
Stock no. 1819640
Published by The Railway Correspondence And Travel Society. 1st 1964. Very good condition.

Tank Engines Classes A5 to H2. Card wraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 0901115134. Light creasing to laminate, laminate to spine a little bubbled. Small crease top top corners. Else contents clean.

LOCOMOTIVES OF THE L.N.E.R. PART 11
No author listed.
Stock no. 1819625
Published by The Railway Correspondence And Travel Society. 1st 1994. Fine condition.

Supplementary Information. Card wraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 0901115800.

LOCOMOTIVES OF THE L.N.E.R. PART 9B
No author listed.
Stock no. 1819623
Published by The Railway Correspondence And Travel Society. 1st 1977. Slightly better than very good condition.

Tank Engines - Classes Q1 to Z5. Card wraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 090111541X. A nice, clean copy.

LOCOMOTIVES OF THE L.N.E.R. PART 9A
No author listed.
Stock no. 1819622
Published by The Railway Correspondence And Travel Society. 1st 1977. Slightly better than very good condition.

Tank Engines - Classes L1 to N19. Card wraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 0901115401. Spine slightly dulled and vertically creased in laminate. Corners of covers lightly rubbed. Contents clean.

HENDERSON AND HIS MOTORCYCLES
Written by H.V. Eddy.
Stock no. 1819607
1st 1969. Very good condition.

Henderson manufacturer of 4-cylinder motorcycles from 1912-1931, largest and fastest machines of their time. Peach paperwraps. Stapled binding. 45 pages. Type script. Small foxspots to covers. Foxing to text block else contents clean. Previous owner's address label to inside rear cover.

MIKE PATRICK'S WORLD OF SPEEDWAY
Written by Mike Patrick.
Stock no. 1819606
Published by Javelin Books. 1st 1985. Slightly better than very good condition.

Mike Patrick is speedway's globe-trotting candid cameraman. B/w photos. Pictorial cardwraps. ISBN: 0713715596. Covers slightly edge rubbed. Contents clean.

BMW SERVICE REPAIR HANDBOOK
Written by Mike Bishop.
Stock no. 1819602
Published by Clymer. 1975. Very good condition.

500-900cc Twins, 1955-1975. Third printing revised to include 1974-1975 models. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos and diagrams. Covers slightly scuffed. Contents clean.

CRYSTAL PALACE SPEEDWAY: THE THRILLS AND SPILLS OF THE 20S AND 30S
Written by Lionel Crossley.
Stock no. 1819597
Published by Crystal Palace Foundation. 1st 1986. Very good condition.

Speedway arrived at the Crystal Palace in the late 20s and the author takes us through its evolution in a series of spellbinding chapters in which he deftly captures the spirit of the era and the heady excitement of the races on the cinders. Large format. Cardwraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 0950833436. Some light browning to covers. Contents clean.

FIFTY YEARS OF MOTORCYCLES
Written by Cyril Posthumus; Dave Richmond.
Stock no. 1819596
Published by Phoebus. 1st 1978. Almost very good condition.

The Illustrated History of the Motorcycle No.2. Large format. Blue pictorial cardwraps. B/w & colour photos & illustrations. 63 pages. Covers grubby. Text block browned. Contents generally clean.