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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.

BY MOTOR TO THE GOLDEN GATE
Written by Emily Post; Jane Lancaster.
Stock no. 1823860
Published by McFarland & Company, Inc.. 1st thus 2004. Very good condition.

In 1915, journalist Emily Post set out from New York to investigate whether is was possible to drive comfortably across the country to San Francisco in an automobile. This is a reprint of Post's only travel book, originally published in 1916. This annotated edition includes a biographical sketch of Post. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. x and 267 pages including index. ISBN: 0786419407. Glued binding at half-title is drying out and thus joint is split at lower half - front joint fragile but binding still tight elsewhere.

LAMIA'S WINTER-QUARTERS
Written by Alfred Austin. Illustrated by George Samuel Elgood.
Stock no. 2137588
Published by Adam & Charles Black. Circa 1908. Good condition.

Red cloth with gilt titles to spine and front cover. Top edge gilt. 16 colour plates. 4 page booklist to rear. Spine is bro2wned with small split to base. Damp staining to rear, going through to pages at rear. Foxing.

FROM SKETCH-BOOK AND DIARY
Written by Elizabeth Butler. Illustrated by Elizabeth Butler.
Stock no. 2137357
Published by Adam & Charles Black. Circa 1909. Almost very good condition.

Blue cloth, gilt titles to spine and front cover. 28 colour plates + b/w illustrations. A & C Black 10 Shillings Series. 2 page original booklist + 4 page additional booklist to rear. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Browning to covers, especially spine and edges. Some fraying to cloth at edges. Foxing throughout. Light browning to plates.

JOHN BULL, LIMITED
Written by George W. Hills.
Stock no. 1820471
Published by Regent Publishing Co.. Almost very good condition.

Travels around the United Kingdom. Red cloth boards, gilt titles. B/w plates. Rear board a little scuffed, spine slightly faded, titles bright. Corners lightly worn. Name in ink to front endpaper. Annotations in biro to rear endpaper. A few scattered foxspots. All plates present.

KING OF THE SPEEDWAY
Written by John Hunter.
Stock no. 2133942
Published by Cassell & Company Ltd. 1st 1927. Very good condition.

Blue pictorial cloth, black titles. B/w frontis. 185 pages. Spine is a bit browned. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges.

MEMOIRS OF A WELSHMAN
Written by Lyn Clarke.
Stock no. 1819215
Published by The Peppertree Press. 1st 2006. Nearly fine condition.

This collection of stories outlining some of Lyn Clarke's travels and the famous and unusual people that he met along the way, is both amusing and fascinating. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 0978774051. SIGNED by the author (best wishes) to first blank page. Covers lightly scuffed.

GRAHAM CLARKE'S GRAND TOUR
Written by Graham Clarke. Illustrated by Graham Clarke.
Stock no. 2126394
Published by Phaidon Press Limited. 1st 1989. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Large format. 24 etchings, 15 watercolours and numerous drawings. A humourous look at the Grand Tour. ISBN: 0714825719. SIGNED by Graham Clarke, with dedication to previous owner on half-title page. Wrapper is edge-creased with a faded spine.

SADDLETRAMP
Written by Jeremy James.
Stock no. 2125821
Published by Merlin Unwin Books. 1st thus 2015. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

From the Ottoman Hills to Offa's Dyke on horseback. B/w photos. Originally published in 1989. ISBN: 9781910723005. Light bumping along cover edges. Contents are excellent. Wrapper is edge-creased with couple of nicks to corners.

NEPAL DURCHWANDERN UND ERLEBEN
Written by Wolfgang Nairz.
Stock no. 1606242
Published by Steiger Verlag Innsbruck. 1984. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Text in GERMAN. 'By hiking and experience'. B/w and colour photos. Colour pictorial endpapers. ISBN: 3854230281.

ABENTEUER HIMALAJA
Written by Klaus Kubiena.
Stock no. 1606237
Published by Verlag Fur Jugend Und Volk. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Beige cloth. Text in GERMAN. B/w photos Corners bumped. Some page edge browning. Wrapper has a couple of small edge tears and minor chipping.

A DUE PASSI DALLA CIMA
Written by Adriano Favaro.
Stock no. 1606234
Published by Everest 80. 1st 1980. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Large format. La spedizione italo-nepalese all'everest. Text in ITALIAN. Colour photos. Large format. Blue boards. Corners bumped. Front panel of wrapper has tear from bottom edge to almost top edge, repaired with tape to verso.