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THE TRACTION ENGINE COMPANION
Written by Peter Haining.
Stock no. 1824877
Published by Robert Hale.
1st
1983.
Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Red cloth, silver titles. B/w photos. The development and manufacture of traction engines from the 1850's. ISBN: 0709010214. Minor foxing and browning to text block else clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is rubbed at corners and browned to rear panel.
- Categorised in:
- TRANSPORT
- TRACTION ENGINE
- STEAM ENGINES
YANGTZE SHOWDOWN: CHINA AND THE ORDEAL OF HMS AMETHYST
Written by Brian Izzard.
Stock no. 1824876
Published by Seaforth Publishing.
1st
2015.
Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
The dramatic story of the Communist Chinese attack on the British frigate HMS Amethyst in the Yangtze in 1949. Navy blue boards, yellow title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 9781848322240. Boards marked, a few tiny knocks to lower edges of boards. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.
THE ARABIAN NIGHTS
No author listed.
Illustrated by A.E. Jackson.
Stock no. 1324621
Published by Ward, Lock & Co. Ltd..
Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
Green cloth spine, pictorial boards. 24 colour plates. The Sunshine Series. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Slight damp stain to lower edge of rear board. Contents clean. Price-cut wrapper is edge worn with some damp stains.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- ARABIAN NIGHTS
- SUNSHINE SERIES
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THE UNTIDY GNOME
Written by Stella Gibbons.
Illustrated by William Townsend.
Stock no. 1324616
Published by Longmans, Green & Co..
1st
1935.
Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.
The only children's book by the author of Cold Comfort Farm. Gerda, a little girl who is taken prisoner by the Elves and kept in a cave with an old gnome, is rescued by the princess of the fairies. Beige cloth, red titles and illustration to front cover. 180 pages. Two-colour text illustrations throughout. Spine bumped, some very slight darkening to lower edge of front cover. Name in ink and small embossed booksellers stamp to front free-endpaper. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is browned, chipped and torn to front edge of spine with loss at top and tail of spine. There are splash marks to spine of wrapper. A nice copy of a very scarce children's book. This copy would make a wonderful gift.
THE GREAT BOOK FOR GIRLS
Written by Mrs. Herbert Strang; Phillippa Francklyn; Winifred Darch; Bessie Marchant; et al.
Illustrated by Grace Lodge; Mary S. Reeve; M.D. Johnston; et al..
Stock no. 1324607
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford.
1937.
Very good condition.
Pictorial boards, front shows The Games Captain (girl with a tennis racquet). First story is "The Sea Eagles' Nest" by Francklyn. Colour frontis, b/w illustrations throughout. Unpaginated. Covers are edge worn. Contents are browned but clean.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- GIRLS
- ANTHOLOGY - STORY
THE SWISS FAMILY ROBINSON
Written by Johann Wyss.
Stock no. 1324600
Published by William Clowes & Sons Ltd..
Very good condition.
Blue cloth, black titles and vignette to front cover. Colour frontis and 8 b/w illustrations. 383 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Spine faded. Name in ink to front free-endpaper. Contents clean.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
CHRISTIE REDFERN'S TROUBLES
Written by Mrs Robertson.
Illustrated by E. Barnard Lintott.
Stock no. 1324595
Published by The Religious Tract Society.
Circa
1911.
Very good condition.
Green cloth with red decoration to spine and front cover. Pictorial onlay to centre of front cover. 3 b/w plates. 384 pages plus 4 page booklist to rear. Spine and corners bumped. Small white paint(?) spot to top edge of rear cover. Name plate and tiny booksellers sticker to front pastedown. Prize plate to front free-endpaper. Foxing throughout else contents clean.
IN THE KING'S NAME
Written by George Manville Fenn.
Illustrated by Gordon Browne.
Stock no. 1324594
Published by Blackie And Son Limited.
Circa
1905.
Good condition.
Or, The Cruise of the Kestrel. Brown pictorial cloth with gilt titles. 12 b/w plates. vii + 374 pages + 32 page booklist. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Covers scuffed and slightly marked. Name plate to front pastedown. Pencil doodles erased from margins of page 65 and pencil doodles to rear endpapers. Joints and hinges pulled and cracked causing contents to be slightly loose. Contents are foxed and a bit grubby.
RALPH THE OUTLAW
Written by Mrs. Henry Clarke.
Stock no. 1324591
Published by Thomas Nelson & Sons.
Almost very good condition.
A tale of adventure in medieval England. Colour frontis and title page. Grey pictorial cloth with gilt titles. 248 pages + 24 page booklist. Spine and corners bumped. Covers slightly grubby. Name plate to front pastedown. Small booksellers sticker to front free-endpaper. Foxing to textblock, a couple of spots to margins. Some hinges pulled but generally binding still tight.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- HISTORICAL STORY
- PICTORIAL BINDING
16 ON THE GRID: THE ANATOMY OF A GRAND PRIX
Written by Peter Garnier.
Stock no. 1824840
Published by Cassell & Company Limited.
1st
1964.
Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
The story of the 1963 Monaco Grand Prix. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 139 pages. Boards clean and bright. Heavy tape marks to endpapers at corners of page, foxing to endpapers. Text block browned. One or two minor foxspots to contents. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper has some foxing, is browned & grubby, has a 1.5" closed tear to top rear corner, aged tape repairs to verso. Strong musty odour present.
- Categorised in:
- TRANSPORT
- CARS
- MOTOR SPORT
THE STORY OF BSA MOTOR CYCLES
Written by Bob Holliday.
Stock no. 1824839
Published by Patrick Stephens.
1st
1978.
Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
B/w photos and illustrations. ISBN: 0850592771. Boards clean and bright. Text block lightly browned. Pictorial dustwrapper is browned, lightly edge-creased and lightly rubbed at corners, previous bookseller's gold address label to lower edge of front flap. Slight musty odour present.
- Categorised in:
- TRANSPORT
- MOTOR CYCLES
- COMPANY HISTORY
TRIUMPH TR 2-TR 8 1953-81 (SCHIFFER AUTOMOTIVE SERIES)
Written by Walter Zeichner.
Stock no. 1824836
Published by Schiffer Publishing Ltd..
1st
1990.
Slightly better than very good condition.
Oblong format. Pictorial glazed boards. B/w photos. ISBN: 088740250X. Small pencil erasure mark to front endpaper else a clean copy.