Search Results: Transport from Foster Books - Stephen Foster, ABA, ILAB, PBFA

London: George Newnes, Limited 1960. 8vo. Presentation copy inscribed by the author on the front pastedown. 174 pp. Publisher's hardback in pictorial dust wrapper. Jacket edgeworn with several short tears. Internally clean. With b&w photographic plates and line drawings. . Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 1960.

London: Isaac Pitman 1931. 8vo. viii, 131 pp and 23 pp of Pitman's technical books listings, illustrated in b/w, paint marks to front boards, tears to dustwrapper, name inscription on first page, uncommon in dustwrapper. . Good. Hardback. First Edition. 1931.

Flower Mound TX: Speed-Pics Publishing 2006. Oblong 8vo.Presentation Copy. xi, 160 pp. Laminated boards. No jacket, as issued. Signed presentation copy. Inscribed by the author on the title page. Colour photography throughout. A VG copy. 0977832007 . Very Good. Laminated Boards. 2006.

London: London Passenger Transport Board 1936 / 1937 / 1938 / 1939 / 1940. Large 8vo. 5 volumes. Unused appointment books, issued by London Passenger Transport Board (Transport for London). Cloth spines over patterned card boards, labels to the front board of 3 volumes and lettering to the last two. Each with ribbon bookmarks. Illustrations to the first 4 volumes (1936-1939). Some light fading and markings to the spine and boards. Spotting to the boards and prelims of the 1940 volume. Bindings firm. Internally clean. . Very Good. Cloth Spine Card Boards. 1936.

London: Faber and Faber Limited 1977. 4to. x, 620 pp. Red cloth with gilt lettering to spine in printed, price-clipped jacket. Some foxing to jacket and waterstaining at the base of its spine. Slight bumping and rubbing to book's spine ends. Foxing along fore-edge and top edge. Internally clean. Illustrated by the author. This is a heavy item and may require additional postage if being shipped outside of Europe. 057109659X . Very Good. Gilt Lettered Cloth. 1977.

Germany: Audi AG 1988. Small Square 4to. 190 pp, illustrated in b/w, some fading and creasing to cover. . Very Good. Softcover. 1988.

New York: Sports Car Press 1961. 8vo. 127 pp. Blue and black & white pictorial paper covers. Rubbing and minor marks to paper covers. Internally clean. Black & white illustrations throughout. Guide to DKW (later part of Audi) cars. . Very Good. Illustrated Paper Covers. 1961.

Zwikau: Motorbuch Verlag 1987. 4to. 303 pp., illustrated in b/w. Minor creasing to extremities of jacket. Price tag on jacket rear. GERMAN TEXT 3613011875 . Very Good. Hardback. 1987.

London: Vernon & Yates Ltd 1969. 8vo. First Edition. 171 pp. Hardback in illustrated jacket, not price clipped. Jacket is marked with slight wear at extremities. Boards clean, internally clean. A personal account of building and learning to fly a light aircraft. Illustration of the plane and frontispiece photogrpah of the author. Forword by John de Milt Severne, winner of the King's Cup Air Race. . Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 1969.

London: Humphrey Milford; Oxford University Press 1938. 8vo. 222 pp. Decorative brown cloth in colour illustrated jacket, not price clipped. Jacket marked with slight wear to extremities. Cloth clean, prize bookplate dated 1938 to ffep., foxed throughout. Five full page colour illustrations by Jack Nicolle. Adventure novel set in Africa of a pilot and a revolt against the 'white races' by the mistreated natives. . Very Good. Cloth. 1938.

Newton Abbot: David & Charles 1970. Elephant Folio. 26, + plates, pp. Large folio measuring 39cm x 54cm. Publisher's full cloth in dust jacket. Dj edgeworn with short tears. Internally clean. A partial facsimile of the original edition of 1839. Numerous full-page plates. This is a heavy item and may require additional postage if being shipped outside of Europe. 0715349422 . Very Good. Cloth. Reprint. 1970.

London: Roundhouse Books 1965. 8vo. 132 pp, illustrated in b/w, small marks and slight fading to dustwrapper. . Very Good. Hardback. 1965.

London: The Caravan 1949. Small 8vo. 252 pp. Colour illustrated boards. Minor wear to spine ends, but generally very clean and bright. Internally clean. A manual for caravans, with many contemporary advertisments. Numerous black & white illustrations throughout. . Very Good. Illustrated Boards. New and Revised Edition. 1949.

Milano: Avritempore Edizioni 1991. 4to. ITALIAN TEXT 220 pp, illustrated in colour and b/w, tiny specks of loss to photos in middle section of book else a lovely copy in plain black card slipcase that is a little rubbed and frayed . Very Good. Hard Cover. 1991.

London: Published by the Author 1869. 8vo. viii, 377 pp. Brown cloth blind stamped decoration; missing spine and front board detached. Xenos offers a public defence of his actions and an attack on Overend Gurney & Co. in the aftermath of the Panic of 1866, a banking crisis. Formerly of the Barclay's Bank Director's Library, and bears its bookplate on ffep. Wear to corners and marks to boards. Internally clean. . Fair. Cloth. 1869.

London: Yale University Press 2008. Oblong 4to. 144 pp. Grey hardback boards in a colour illustrated jacket. Minimal wear to jacket edges; internally clean and bright. Colour plates throughout - portraits of drivers and their cars. A brief essay by Pat Morisson and interview with the photographer. 9780300136487 . Near Fine. Hardcover. 2008.

London: G. Bell and Sons, Ltd. 1928. Small 8vo. xvi, 268 pp. Bound in a quarter green leather over green cloth boards, the front of which is stamped with a gilt crest. Spine has raised bands and a red leather title label, with gilt lettering and decoration. Marbled endpapers. Diagrammatic illustrations embedded throughout the text, alongside 35 black and white plates. Boards and spine are in very good conditon, with minimal marking and damage. Binding is firm despite a very slight split to the first hinge. Internally bright and clean with no apparent foxing. Contains a bookplate from Harrow County School for Boys, dated 1929, detailing the fact this book was awarded as a prize. Crest stamped on front cover is that of Harrow County School. . Very Good. 1/4 Leather. 1928.

London: The Studio Limited 1926. 4to. xvi, 40 pp., Illustrated with 131 plates. Gilt lettered green cloth binding with bevelled boards and top edge gilt. Minor marks to the boards, with some sunning to the spine and rubbing to the ends. Binding firm with slight wear to the rear hinge with webbing visible. Internally clean with slight darkening to the leaves. Illustrated with 131 plates in both black and white and colour. First edition, number 49 of a print run limited to 1250 copies. . Very Good. Gilt Lettered Cloth. First Edition. 1926.

Osceola WI USA: Motorbooks International 1990. 4to. 202 pp., illustrated in b/w. Minor fading and tanning to jacket 0879384794 . Very Good. Paperback. 1990.

London: Ernest Benn Limited 1947. 8vo. 223 pp., illustrated. The bookplate on pasetdown of Hammersmith resident the Hon. Mark Hugh Wyndham, MC winner, and long time canal enthusiast. Map endpapers and edges are spotted, cloth marked and faded. Their is an overall 'wear and tear' to this scarce book, but the text is clean. Susan Woolfitt descibes her life working on barges as part of the war effort. . Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 1947.