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TOLD AGAIN
Written by Walter De La Mare. Illustrated by A.H. Watson.
Stock no. 2140292
Published by Basil Blackwell. 1st 1927. Almost very good condition.

White cloth with gilt tiles to spine and front cover; vignette also to front cover. Traditional tales told by Walter de la Mare. Limited edition to 260 copies. Colour plates and b/w illustrations. SIGNED by author to verso of half-title page. This is Copy No. 88. Grubby marks and spots, with cup ring mark to covers. Foxing; heaviest to endpapers, prelims, outer page edges; some throughout.

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THE THREE MULLA-MULGARS
Written by Walter De La Mare. Illustrated by Dorothy P. Lathrop.
Stock no. 2140155
Published by Duckworth & Co.. 1st thus 1921. Almost very good condition.

Green cloth, gilt titles. 12 b/w and colour plates, including frontis. 275 pages. B/w illustrations. SIGNED by author, with inscription in ink to front endpaper. Also includes a letter from Walter de la Mare to a previous owner (letter dated 1931). Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Some browning to spine. Front joint next to free front endpaper is cracked. Page edge browning. Foxing/browning to some pages internally.

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BROOMSTICKS AND OTHER TALES
Written by Walter De La Mare. Illustrated by Bold.
Stock no. 2140154
Published by Constable and Company Ltd.. 1st 1925. Very good condition.

Cream/beige cloth spine with title label and gilt titles. Grey boards. Limited edition to 278 Numbered and Signed copies. B/w woodcuts. SIGNED by author to verso of half-title page. This is Copy No. 51.Spine is browned and worn. Title block is a bit faded and worn. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges.

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AUTOCOURSE 50 YEARS OF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP GRAND PRIX MOTOR RACING
Written by Alan Henry.
Stock no. 2140147
Published by Hazleton Publishing. 1st 2000. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The story of the globally successful FIA Formula 1 World Championship from its roots before the second world war to the present day. Photography by Bernard Cahier & Paul-Henri Cahier. Large format. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour and b/w photos. 336 pages. ISBN: 1874557780. SIGNED by photographer Bernard Cahier with lengthy inscription to front endpaper. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge-creased with a few nicks, rear panel is lightly scuffed.

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IMAGES OF ANGLING: AN ILLUSTRATED REVIEW OF THREE CENTURIES OF BRITISH ANGLING PRINTS
Written by David Beazley.
Stock no. 2140078
Published by Creel Press. 1st thus 2010. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Blue cloth with silver title to spine. Colour & b/w illustrations. 256 pages, including index, alphabetical list of illustrations by title, catalogue of illustrations by artist and bibliography. ISBN: 9780956608604. SIGNED by author to title page. Bumping to top corners of covers, which has gone through to page corners. Wrapper is edge-creased with a few small nicks and chips.

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SAVING SINBAD!
Written by Michael Foreman. Illustrated by Michael Foreman.
Stock no. 2140074
Published by Andersen Press. 1st 2001. Very good condition.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. A doggy-eyed view of life in a busy Cornish fishing village. ISBN: 1842700081. SIGNED by author to title page. Some fading to spine.

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A HISTORY OF THE AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX VOLUME 1 1928-1939
Written by John B. Blanden.
Stock no. 1823910
Published by Museum Publishing Co.. 1st 1981. Slightly better than very good condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The Australian Grand prix is the second oldest Grand Prix still being regularly conducted. Large format. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 192 pages. ISBN: 0959467130. SIGNED by the author (best wishes) to title page. Text block lightly browned. Contents clean. Blue pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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AUTO-ARCHITECT: THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF GERALD PALMER
Written by Gerald Palmer; Christopher Balfour.
Stock no. 1823907
Published by Magna Press. 1st 1998. Fine condition.

A fascinating story told by this innovative and talented car designer including designing and building the Jowett Javelin. Additional material by Christopher Balfour. Large format. Pale brown glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos. Limited to 750 copies. 96 pages including index. ISBN: 0951942360. SIGNED by Gerald Palmer on label to front pastedown.

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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.

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BARNEY THE PIRATE
Written by Jess Webb. Illustrated by Tony Kerins.
Stock no. 1323072
Published by Boisterous Books Ltd. 1st 2014. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

A picture book for anyone to read. Pictorial boards. Colour illustrations throughout. Limited edition of 200 copies. ISBN: 9780993093609. SIGNED by the artist to half title-page. This is copy no. 158.

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MOTORING MY WAY
Written by Stanley Sedgwick.
Stock no. 2139923
Published by B.T. Batsford Ltd.. 1st 1976. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The author's wide experience and objective approach to so many classic marques make this a must for enthusiasts. Mottled grey boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 190 pages plus index. ISBN: 0713432624. SIGNED by author and dated 'October 1976' to title page. Light browning to text block. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed to rear panel.

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THE JIM RUSSELL STORY
Written by Norman Greenway.
Stock no. 2139922
Published by Transport Bookman Publications. 1st 1999. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The Jim Russell Racing Drivers School. Blue boards, title to spine. B/w photos. 200 pages. ISBN: 0851840582. SIGNED by author and Jim Russell with dedication to previous owner on title page. Small, minor damp patch to base of spine, which goes through to the verso of dustwrapper. A nice copy!

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