Fiction from Dereks Transport Books

Paris: Vie du Rail, 1985. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 224 pages, 1.65kg. Rec cloth boards FINE with previous owners name and purchase location to top corner of free end-paper, FINE in a Very Good repaierd d/w with small loss to top edge, in clear removable wrap. Owing to the weight, extra shipping… Read more about this item

London: Batsford, 1978. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 88 pages, 295g. Brown cloth boards FINE in a FINE price-clipped d/w. Illustrated with b/w drawings and paintings..

London,: Hurst & Blackett, 1935. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st U.K. Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 288 pages plus 48 pages of publishers spring 1936 catalogue. 400g. Mauve cloth boards rather darkened, rubbed to edges and split down lenght of spine, and internally a previous owners neat inscription to front end paper. GOOD Only. No d/w. This is… Read more about this item

London: John Crowther, 1947. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 213 pages. 450g. Maroon cloth boards with gilt lettering & design. Very Good. with contents tight and clean. No d/w. A historical novel set in Devon..

Wimborne: AKR Publishing, 1995. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 206 pages. 350g. Card covers a little rubbed and vertical crease to front. Very Goood with contents tight and clean. A Novel by a local Wimborne author..

London: Moss Bros. Book. Illus. by Norman Mansbridge.. Near Fine. Stapled Card Covers. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 24 pages. 70g. Pictorial stapled card covers with browning to spine, Near FINE. with contents tight and clean. Illustrated with colour and b/w drawings by Norman Mansbridge. An advertising publication from the famous Moss Bros tailors..

London: Hodder & Stoughton Book. Illus. by Will Owen. Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 272 pages. 460g. Brown cloth boards with black & gilt lettering and black decoration. internally previous owners dedication dated 17-11-1911. some spotting to first and last few pages. Very Good with boards a little rubbed and marked. Illustrated by 'Will Owen'..… Read more about this item

London: Hutchinson & Co. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Not dated. 320 pages + 24 pages of adverts. 370g. Oatmeal cloth boards a little edge rubbed and darkened. Very Good with a little spotting to front end papers o/w internally tight and clean. A historical noval..

London: Jonathan Cape, 1982. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 151 pages. 360g. Blue cloth boards FINE in a Near FINE price-clipped d/w. A noval all about the flight of the Arctic Turn, the longest bird migrant on earth. Maps to end-papers..

London: John F Shaw. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. New Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. n. d. but new edition. c1900. 380pp. 710g. Decorated red cloth boards with bevelled edges, A.E.G, (all page edges gilt). with browning to pages but contents are tight and clean with no inscriptions. Very Good. Illustrated with b/w fontis. by M. Irwin..

London: The Children's Press Book. Illus. by T. H. Robinson.. Near V.G.. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Not paginated. circa 1930. 620g. Pictorial paper covered boards rubbed and scuffed to extremities, Near Very Good with some darkening to page edges, o/w contents tight and clean. Illustrated with b/w drawings, and colour frontis by T. H. Robinson..

London: Collins Clear Type Press Book. Near V.G.. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 143pp. 580g. Pictorial paper boards with red cloth spine slighlty faded to top , with boards a little scuffed and rubbed to corners. Internally a large inscription to front end-paper dated 1949. Near Very Good in a GOOD only worn and repaired d/w with… Read more about this item

London: Andre Deutch, 1971. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 175pp. 340g. Pink cloth boards a little edge-rubbed Very Good in a Very Good d/w..

London: Viking, 2002. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Reprint. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 280pp. 370g. Black cloth boards. FINE with just a very slight darkening to page edges, but contents unmarked, in a FINE d/w..

Southampton: Paul Cave Publications, 1984. Book. Very Good. Stapled Card Covers. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 102pp. 210g. Stapled soft card covers, which are a little rubbed to edges and spine, but contents and staples are tight and clean. V.G. SIGNED dedication by author on title page. Illustrated with… Read more about this item

London: Robert Hale, 1970. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 192pp. 270g. Black cloth boards, Near FINE in a Very Good edge-rubbed and chipped d/w with previous owners details to bottom of return flap, in removable clear wrap. SIGNED by author on front end-paper..

London: John Castle, 1925. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 272pp plus 4pp of publishers advertisements. 400g. Illustrated with a tipped-in colour frontispiece by Jack Orr. Putty colour boards with gilt lettering to spine. Boards are a little marked and scuffed on extremities. Internally ther is a previous owners signature and… Read more about this item

Blackburn: Cremer Press, 2000. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 154 pages 220g. Soft covers just a little edgerubbed and with light crease across bottom front corner, but contents are tight and clean. V.G. A fictional story set against the background of the Lancashire cotton industry in the middle of the… Read more about this item

London: Allison & Busby, 1977. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 169pp. 360g. Black cloth boards with a little darkening to page edges o/w FINE in near FINE d/w with slight wear along top edge. Scans available on request..

London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1958. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 228pp. 370g. Blue cloth boards with spotting to page fore-edges only o/w boards and contents are tight and clean. V.G. in edgeworn d/w with darkened and spotted spine and rear cover, and in removable clear protective wrap..