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FROM TREE TO SEA: THE BUILDING OF A WOODEN STEAM DRIFTER
Written by Ted Frost. Illustrated by Ted Frost.
Stock no. 1831501
Published by Terence Dalton Limited. 1st thus 2007. Slightly better than very good condition.

In this book, Ted Frost, who was apprenticed as a shipwright in 1916, tells in detail with the aid of his own incomparable drawings how a wooden fishing boat was built in one particular shipyard at the time he began to learn his trade. Oblong format. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w illustrations. Digitally reprinted from the 1985 edition. xi and 179 pages including index. ISBN: 9780861381098. Light fading to spine and front & rear spine edge. Old price-label to rear cover. Contents clean.

THE MEMOIRS OF A MOTORSPORTING CLERGYMAN
Written by Rupert Jones.
Stock no. 1831499
Published by Richard Netherwood Limited. 1st 1990. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The memoirs of Rupert Jones, who reached international standing in motor sport whilst following the exacting commitments of a theological student and later a Church of England clergyman. A witty and readable book evocative of a great period in motor sport. Grey cloth boarsd, black title to spine. B/w photos. 123 pages. ISBN: 1872955037. A nice, clean copy. Grey dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

THE BRISTOL STORY PART ONE - 1908-1951
Written by Alan Townsin.
Stock no. 1831492
Published by Venture Publications. 1st 1996. Slightly better than very good condition.

The story of the manufacture of buses by the famous Bristol Tramways & Carriage Co Ltd from 1908, the concern becoming known as Bristol Commercial Vehicles in 1955. Volume One takes the story from the Company's formation through to 1951. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos. 160 pages including index. ISBN: 1898432252. Boards lightly scuffed, board corners lightly worn. Contents clean.

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.

THE OBSERVER'S BOOK OF MOTOR SPORT
Written by Graham Macbeth.
Stock no. 1331358
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1st 1975. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Observer Book No. 53. 57 b/w photographs and 39 diagrams. Small format. Red boards. ISBN: 0723215308. Minimal bumping to spine, slight rubbing to corners. Tiny mark to front free-endpaper. Light foxing to textblock else contents clean. Price-cut wrapper is slightly edge creased.

SOUTHERN RAILWAY: GENERAL APPENDIX TO THE WORKING TIME TABLES
No author listed.
Stock no. 1831475
Published by The Southern Railway. 1st 1934. Slightly better than very good condition.

For the information of the company's employees only. To run from 26th March 1934 until further notice. Green cloth limp cardwraps. 152 pages plus index. A few minor marks to covers. Contents clean.

SOUTHERN RAILWAY: STANDARD REGULATIONS FOR TRAIN SIGNALLING ON DOUBLE AND SINGLE LINES
No author listed.
Stock no. 1831474
Published by The Southern Railway. 1952. Very good condition.

Including description of signalling instruments, etc. To operate on and from 2nd February 1930 (reprinted January 1945). Red limp cardwraps. 112 pages. Reprint of the 1945 edition. Includes supplement of alterations and additions to standard regulations stapled to contents page. Covers clean, as are the contents.

SOUTHERN RAILWAY: CENTRAL-EASTERN APPENDIX TO THE WORKING TIME TABLES
No author listed.
Stock no. 1831473
Published by The Southern Railway. 1934. Very good condition.

For the information of the company's employees, 26th March 1934 until further notice. Blue cloth covered limp cardwraps. 170 pages plus index. A few marks and stains to the cover edges. One or two fingermarks to contents else clean.

THE OBSERVER'S BOOK OF COMMERCIAL VEHICLES
Written by Nick Baldwin.
Stock no. 1831434
Published by Frederick Warne (Publishers) Ltd.. 1981. Very good condition.

Observers Series No. 40. New Edition. Laminate boards. Describing models from 135 companies with 239 illustrations. ISBN: 0723216193. Boards lightly browned, red title to spine still very red. Light creasing to base of spine and light bumping to lower corner edges. There is a 'spell' written in blue biro ink to blank free rear endpaper else contents are clean.

THE OBSERVER'S BOOK OF CLASSIC CARS AFTER 1945
Written by Mark White.
Stock no. 1831429
Published by Frederick Warne. 1st 1982. Very good condition.

Observers Book No. 93. Laminate boards with a foreword by Michael Bowler, editor of Thoroughbred and Classic Cars from 1973-1981. With 11 colour and 49 b/w photographs. ISBN: 0723216142. Boards lightly browned, red title to spine has faded to pale orange. Some evidence of damp to rear of book contents (crinkling and a pale stain). Else contents clean.

THE OBSERVER'S BOOK OF AIRCRAFT
Written by William Green. Illustrated by Dennis Punnett.
Stock no. 1331257
Published by Frederick Warne. 24th 1975. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Observer's Series No. 11. Describing 137 Aircraft with 245 illustrations. 24th edition. Small format. Blue boards. ISBN: 0723215413. Spine slightly bumped. Light vertical crease to centre of spine, Pale page browning else contents clean. Dustwrapper is lightly browned and spine slightly faded.

FORD GT THEN, AND NOW
Written by Adrian Streather.
Stock no. 1331134
Published by Veloce Publishing. 1st 2006. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Square format. Black boards, silver title to spine. B/w and colour photos throughout. ISBN: 9781845840549. Spine and corners bumped. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is edge creased with small tears.