Search Results: Transport from Blacket Books

Newton Abbot: David & Charles, 1974. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. A very good copy in a slightly worn but otherwise very good dustwrapper. 296pp. Illustrated.

London: Heinemann, 1957. First Edition . A very good copy in a good, complete dustwrapper with a few small edge tears. 565pp. This is a chronological survey of the principal events in the fields of civil and military aviation in Britain and abroad. It includes early aviation but the main part of the work is concerned with the period 1939 to 1956.

London: T.C. & E.C. Jack, 1922. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Hardback. A very good copy in publisher's light olive cloth with illustration on front board and on spine. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper. Some wear to board tips. Some foxing to page ends.Numerous black and white plates throughout. 288 pages with 3 page catalogue at the rear.

Milan: Domus Books, 1984. Third Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Hardback. Oblong 8vo. A very good copy in black cloth lettered in gilt. Lacks dustwrapper. A clean copy without foxing or ownership inscription. 705pp + 14pp contents pages. Numerous illustrations throughout. A history of Fiat cars up to 1983 described as "an accurate guide to the technical evolution of the 30 million cars built by Italy's leading industrial enterprise over more than 80 years.

London: Jane's Publishing Company Ltd., 1986. Reprint . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardback. Oblong 4to. A very good copy in a very good original glassine wrapper. A clean copy without ownership inscription or other internal marking. 374 pages. Numerous illustrations.This is a reprint of the first annual edition, published in 1909, of the work that was to become known as "Jane's All the Worrld's Aircraft.

London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1970. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardback. A very good plus copy in a similar dustwrapper which is complete and untorn. A clean copy without foxing or ownership inscription. Pp.xvi,316. 22 plates. 128 figures. Tables. Includes a Table of First Flights, a Chronology, Glossary and Bibliography.

Newton Abbot: David & Charles, 1972. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardback. A very good copy in a very good dustwrapper which is complete and untorn. 214 pages. 18 plates + 8 illustrations in the text. A history of the bicycle and cycling.

London: George Allen & Unwin, 1941. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Hardback. A very good copy in a good, complete dustwrapper with one closed edge tear. Not foxed and no ownership inscription. 204 pages. 8 illustrations. An anthology of flight from balloons to aeroplanes much of it told by contemporaries.

London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1962. First Edition . A very good copy in a very good dustwrapper. Pp. xxiv, 611. Plates. Figures. A book about road surfaces based on research carried out by the Road Research Laboratory of the Department of Scientific and Industrial esearch.

Promotional Reprint Co.ltd, 1994. Reprint . 4to. A very good copy in a very good dustwrapper. 237pp. Many illus. This is a detailed history of 50 marques from AJS to Wasp.

London: Osprey, 1981. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. A very good copy in a very good, complete and untorn wrapper which does, however, have a scrape mark which is more noticeable internally than externally. Ownership inscription. 223 pages. Numerous illustrations. The story of the Bugatti car. Described as "packed with new information and virgin anecdote".

Haynes Publishing Group, 1979. Third Edition Reprinted . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Hardback. A very good copy in a dustwrapper which is complete and untorn but with some fading to the spine (although the lettering remains clear). The wrapper is now protected in a clear, removable, sleeve. A clean copy without foxing, ownership iscription or other internal marking. 463 pages. 349 photographs. 62 figures. An authoritative history of the celebrated Bugatti car.

Edinburgh: Printed By Ballantyne, Hanson & Co, 1910. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Hardback. 12mo. A very good copy in brown cloth lettered in gilt. Ownership inscription of a police constable. Pp.ix,269. Includes the bye-laws, a very lengthy table of fares and a list of Edinburgh and Leith streets together with the area in which they are to be found. There seem to have been both motor and horse-drawn hackney carriages in 1910 and some, at least already had meters. An interesting book historically.

Baldock, Herts: Cortney Publications, 1990. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardback. A very good copy in publisher's orange cloth with title in gilt on spine. Small indentation mark on front board. Black and white photographs throughout. 186 pages. SIGNED by author and dated September 1990. Very good illustrated dustwrapper which has one tiny closed tear, is not price- clipped and is protected in a removable cover.

Ian Allan, 2000. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Oblong 4to. A very good copy in laminated boards. 80pp. Profusely illustrated in colour with vans, lorries etc.

Cambridge: Patrick Stephens, 1981. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. A fine copy in a fine price-clipped dustwrapper. 192 pages. Many photographs and drawings. Covers historical development of horse-drawn vehicles, restoring them, driving them and entering shows and events.

London: Thomas Nelson & Sons. New and Revised Edition . Nd. but previous owner's inscription is dated 1935. A very good copy in a near vg dustwrapper with two very small chips and a little creasing. 338pp. Frontispiece and 12 illustrations. This is the story of how man learned to fly. This new edition has been more than half rewritten.

Huddersfield: The Advertiser Press Ltd., 1964. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Hardback. A very good copy in a near very good dustwrapper. Not foxed. Small ownership label on title page. 398 pages. Numerous illustrations. Two double-sided folding transport maps loosely laid in at rear. Covers tram, bus and suburban railway.

London: Herbert Jenkins, 1964. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. A very good copy in a very good dustwrapper which has the Donald Campbell wraparound band stating that the book gives the full story of his new record at Lake Eire. Ownership inscription and stamp. Some foxing. 207 pages. 43 illustrations. The story of the world land speed record.

John Crowther, 1946. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. A very good copy in brown cloth lettered in gilt on the spine and upper board. Small gift inscription. 238 pages. Many illustrations.