FELLING THE ANCIENT OAKS: HOW ENGLAND LOST ITS GREAT COUNTRY ESTATES
Written by John Martin Robinson.
Stock no. 1830441
Published by Aurum Press. 1st 2011. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The author chronicles twenty of England's most sadly lost estates, telling the history of the aristocratic dynasty that founded them, explaining the nexus of mercantile and economic circumstances that led to their often fabulously prosperous peak, and then tracing the various and occasionally outlandish reasons for their decline and eventual dissolution. Large format. Green cloth boards, silver title to spine. Pictorial endpapers. B/w photos. 207 pages including index. ISBN: 9781845136703. Light rubbing to base of spine else a lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly rubbed at corners.

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LOST GARDENS OF ENGLAND FROM THE ARCHIVES OF COUNTRY LIFE
Written by Kathryn Bradley-Hole.
Stock no. 1329921
Published by Aurum Press. 2005. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Black boards, silver title to spine. 150 photographs reproduced in duotone. 192 pages. ISBN: 185410991X. Minimal shelf bumping to spine. Contents fine. Price-cut wrapper is slightly edge creased.

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TROUT: FLY FISHING AND FLY TYING
Written by Philip White.
Stock no. 1329329
Published by Aurum Press. 1st 1994. Very good condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. Square format. Two volumes bound together in a laminated cover with a ribbon-tie closure. Packed fulled of colour photographs and diagrams. ISBN: 1854103024. Foxing to page edges/margins. Wear to edges of outer cover.

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CLOSE TO THE SUN: HOW AIRBUS CHALLENGED AMERICA'S DOMINATION OF THE SKIES
Written by Stephen Aris.
Stock no. 2134089
Published by Aurum Press. 1st 2002. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The history or Airbus Industrie, the builders of the Airbus family of airliners, is a dramatic story involving high politics, billion-dollar gambles in high technology and a life-and-death struggle between the European planemakers and the giants of the American aerospace industry. Blue cloth with gilt title to spine. Colour photos. ISBN: 1854108301. Wrapper spine is slightly sunned.

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COUNTRY HOUSES OF THE COTSWOLDS
Written by Nicholas Mander.
Stock no. 1819148
Published by Aurum Press. 1st 2008. Nearly fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

From the Archives of Country Life. The astonishing legacy of one of England's remarkably unspoiled regions. Large format. Grey boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w photos. ISBN: 9781845133313. Top of spine bumped. 2" tear to surface paper at vertical edge of half-title page. Otherwise a fine copy. Top corners of dustwrapper slightly rubbed.

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FORMULA 1: THE PURSUIT OF SPEED
Written by Maurice Hamilton.
Stock no. 2126995
Published by Aurum Press. 1st thus 2017. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Updated Edition. Photography by father and son team, Paul-Henri and Bernard Cahier. Maurice Hamilton brings the stories behind the photos by father and son to life, from the charismatic rivalries of Juan Manuel Fangio and Stirling Moss and the highly competitive Championship battles of Alain Prost and Ayrton Senna, through to the historic tales of Monaco's winding course and the atmospheric crowds of Monza. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour and b/w photos. 271 pages including index. ISBN: 9781781317280. Boards clean and bright. Name in ink to front endpaper, else contents are excellent. Dustwrapper is a little edge-creased.

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