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Hudson-Evans, Richard
Competing with Production Cars
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and minor bump to lower rear corner. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with small crease to lower rear corner. 158pp. An introduction to Production Car Sports from a motoring journalist with much personal experience of the sport.
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Turner, Stuart
The Way to Win
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased. 176pp. A comprehensive guide on rallying, driving, co-driving, budgeting, preparation, equipment, service, management, sponsorship & motro car racing.
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Bruce, Erroll
When the Crew Matters Most : An Ocean-Racing Story
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked red cloth boards, very slightly dusty page edges and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket price clipped but not marked with slightly dusty rear and small tear to upper front spine corner. 184pp. The story of the 1960 Atlantic Ocean racing-yacht race from Bermuda to Denmark, in particular that of the winning crew as they covered the 3,500 miles of relentless ocean. The author was the crew leader. Illustrated.
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Meynell, Laurence
Great Men of Staffordshire (Men of the Counties series No.2)
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, slightly dusty page edges and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket price clipped but otherwise in excellent condition, not marked or torn or creased. 158pp. Concise biographies of Samuel Johnson, Izaak Walton, Josiah Wedgewood, Arnold Bennett and Lord Jervis, Admiral.
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Kidd, Jane
Goodwood Dressage Champions
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked blue cloth boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with nick to lower front corner, minor creasing to upper and lower edges and a little indenting, mainly to rear. 160pp. A review of Dressage at Goodwood and the stories behind eighteen champions. Very well illustrated.
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Lambert, Rachel
Robert Smith's Young Showjumper: Buying, Breaking, Training, Competing
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked red cloth boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with very slight indenting. 152pp. Biography of Robert Smith, brought up as a rider from the age of three and who worked his way up through the grades to take his place among top-ranking international showjumpers. Very well illustrated.
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Somerville, Hugh
Yacht and Dinghy Racing : Tactics, Tuning and Handling
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked blue cloth boards, rubbing to spine ends and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked with well rubbed edges and corners and fraying to spine ends. 195pp. Revised edition of a book written to help you win races. Well illustrated. For owners of boats of all racing classes from fixed keel yachts to centreboard dinghies,
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Edgar, Alfred
The Wandering Speedmen
Foxing to a number of pages. Minor crease to lower edge of front cover. Clean tight pages with very slightly marked blue cloth dull boards, dusty page edges, sunned spine and slightly softened corners. 287pp. A novel of motor racing, desert adventure, treasure hunting and competitive speed. Extremely scarce.
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Fletcher, John; Upton, Philip
Introduction to Clay Shooting
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 142pp. Written by the editors of Shooting Magazine, this book covers every detail of your initial contact with clay shooting including buying your first gun.
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Craddock, Chris
A Manual of Clay Shooting
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and minor bump to lower rear corner. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with crease to upper front/spine corner. 182pp. After 60 years involvement with the sport, the author has created a manual of techniques and hardware used un clayshooting, comprehensive in scope and meticullous in detail.
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Aspden, Richard
The Classic MG
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked red cloth boards and no bumping to corners. Slightly sunned dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with minor traces of storage. 96pp. The book of MG cars for the owner or enthusiast, with the history of the company and a wealth of coloured photographs of the iconic models.
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R. P. Reynolds & K R Clark
Sixty Miles of Pencil: An intimate impression of the Brighton Run
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, slightly dusty page edges and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked with tiny tear to slightly rubbed upper corners and traces of storage. 126pp. An account of the London to Brighton Motor Rally from sixty-three of the competitors - their eccentricities, their cars and their intrepid driving - alongside full-page pencil sketches of every one.
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Brown, Craig; Brown, David
The Book of Sports Lists
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked red cloth boards, tiny piece missing from lower corner of front end paper and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with slight creasing to upper edge and traces of storage. 226pp. Questions, answers, facts, anecodtes, controversy, scandal, sex, secrets - all connected with sport. A fascinating collection.
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John Pearson (editor)
Classic Bike : June 1994
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, minor traces of storage and no bumping to corners. 98pp. This issue covers Ariel, Enfield, Harley-D, James Norton, Velocette, Welbike, Greeves 32DC Twin, Nobby Clark and lots more. Scarce.
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Bayley, Lesley; Maxwell, Richard
Understanding Your Horse: How to Overcome Common Behaviour Problems (Signed By Author)
Signed by Richard Maxwell to title page. No other marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with small scratch to front and creasing to upper rear edge. 152pp. A very helpful book with advice on how to listen to your horse and not be entrenched in certain beliefs about horse care that you miss the issues. From two authors with wide experience of horses and dealing with horse problems.
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Vyvyan, E. R. (editor)
Cotswold Games : Annalia Dubrensia 1636
No marks or inscriptions to contents. A very clean very tight copy with bright tape-marked boards and end papers, minor foxing to top of page edges and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with slight sunning to spine. 85pp. The games consisting of a great many sports were instituted in the reign of James I on Dover Hill in Weston-sub-Edge in Gloucestershire and continued for many years until the fields were enclosed in the reign of George III. Reprint of the 1878 edition.
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Grant, Gregor
Formula 2
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, foxing to page edges and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped with storage/pressure lines to front and back and small piece missing/crease to lower front edge. Jacket protected in full-removable transparent sleeve. 128pp. An account of the year when the old Formula 1 was faded out and attention given to the recently introduced Formula 2 racing cars for Grand Prix events. It covers the years since the F2 introduction in 1947 and then devotes chapters to each F2 marque in turn. Well illustrated.
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Raymond, Robert
Stirling Moss
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, dusty foxed page edges and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked with small pieces missing from spine to and upper corners, very sunned spine and rubbing to edges. Jacket protected in a fully-removable transparent sleeve. 195pp. Biography of racing driver Stirling Moss up to 1953. In 1952 at the age of 22, he had won his thrid successive Gold Star as Champion driver of Great Britain. Very well illustrated.
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Hill, Graham with Ewart, Neil
Graham
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, slight rubbing to spine foot and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with very slight rubbing to spine ends. 175pp. The life of motor racing World Champion Graham Hill. The last chapter written by his wife Bette Hill after his 1975 tragic accident. Well illustrated.
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Vansalen, Victor
Champions Reveal Their Untold Secrets
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked maroon cloth boards, bump to upper and lower front edges and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with light creasing to edges, tiny nick to top of spine and traces of storage. 528pp. Very detailed work on pigeons and pigeon racing. It covers breeding, the loft, nutrition and general care and also some warnings about avoiding experimentation with new products whose side-effects are hardly even understood by doctors and chemists. Extremely scarce in the UK.
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O'Flynn, Diarmuid
Hurling : The Warrior Game
Appears unread. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, tiny bump to spine foot and no bumping to corners. 339pp. A must for hurling fans, a handbook for coaches and insights for those who want to understand this ancient game renowned for the sportsmanship and kinship of those who play it. Well illustrated.
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Turner, Tony
Horseriding from Saddleworth to Longdendale
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, very minor wavyness to fore-edges and no bumping to corners. 120pp. Descriptions, photographs and sketch maps for horseriding trails in the Pennine foothills area of Oldham and Tameside. With twenty-two local trail descriptions plus the Pennine Bridleway and the Trans-Pennine Trail. Scarce.
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Walker, Dr Colin
The Flying Vet's Pigeon Health and Management
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked laminated boards, very minor wavyness to some pages and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with very slight creasing to upper edge. 322pp. A superb study of pigeon veterinary knowledge with information any fancier and veterinarian can use. The author, an Australian vet, has twenty years experience in his avian practice plus thirty years experience of racing his own team of pigeons. Very well illustrated and explained. A scarce book. We do not use stock photos, the picture displayed is of the actual book for sale. Every one of our books is in stock in the UK ready for immediate delivery.
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Clements, John (editor)
Euro Pigeon Year Book 1992
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, minor traces of storage and no bumping to corners. 240pp. Winners of pigeon racing events from England, Ireland, Scotland, Netherlands and Belgium in 1991. Illustrated. Scarce.
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Kirkbride, Richard
Albert Babington and the True Story of His Janssen Van Den Bosche
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked laminated boards, very slightly sunned spine and small bump to lower rear corner. 127pp. An account of the racing and breeding exploits in the pigeon sport, of Albert Babington of Birmingham, England, mainly covering the period 1975 to 1987. He became known during that time as 'Maestro of the Midlands'. Scarce.
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Kilpatrick, J
The Thorougbred Racing Pigeon
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Very slightly dusty dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased. 130pp. A valuable addition to any pigeon fancier's library setting out methods leading to success. The chapters on bird flight and feeding are especially recommended.
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Gallez, Jules
101 Methods : Part I
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, minor bump to spine foot and no bumping to corners. 373pp. A wealth of information on pigeons and pigeon racing by Belgian expert Jules Gallez taken from his many years with his own pigeons and from his visits to the lofts of hundreds of Champions. Translated from the Flemish by Pete Voskamp. We are also selling Parts II to VI. A scarce book.
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Gallez, Jules & Venter, Theunis F.
101 Methods : Part II : Racing Pigeon Potpourri
No marks or inscriptions. Faint creasing to front cover none to rear or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, damp effect to upper corner of most pages (no effect on text or images) and no bumping to corners. 184pp. A wealth of information on pigeons and pigeon racing by writer and Belgian pigeon expert Theunis F Vente associated with Jules Gallez taken from his articles in Pretoria News and De Belgische Duivensport We are also selling Part I and Parts III to VI. A scarce book.
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Gallez, Jules
101 Methods : Part III : The Modern Continental Widowhood Book
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, damp effect to upper corner of about a quarter of the pages (no effect on text) and no bumping to corners. 454pp. A wealth of information on pigeons and pigeon racing by Belgian pigeon expert Jules Gallez with particular emphasis on the Widowhood Method of the Cattrysse Brothers. We are also selling Parts I and II and Parts IV to VI. A scarce book.
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Gallez, Jules
101 Methods : Part IV : Successful Methods with Young and Old Birds
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 370pp. A wealth of information on pigeons and pigeon racing by Belgian pigeon expert Jules Gallez. We are also selling Parts I to III and Parts V to VI. Very well illustrated.
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Gallez, Jules & Venter, Theunis F.
101 Methods : Part V : How to Become and Stay a Champion
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers, crease to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 373pp. A wealth of information on pigeons and pigeon racing by Belgian pigeon expert Jules Gallez. We are also selling Parts I to IV and Part VI. Very well illustrated. Tucked in is a 16 page leaflet on 'Succes (sic) with Colombine Products'.
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Gallez, Jules & Lambrechts, John
101 Methods : Part VI : Diary of John Lambrechts
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, slight sunning to lower front edge and no bumping to corners. 319pp. 'My Life as a Pigeon Fancier by John Lambrechts.' A wealth of information on pigeons and pigeon racing from this famous Belgian pigeon expert edited by Jules Gallez. We are also selling Parts I to V. Very well illustrated. Extremely scarce.
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Wallace, Bill
Sailing : A Guide
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 160pp. A comprehensive guide to the art and sport of sailing covering sailboats, rigging and equipment. It explains the principles of wind and tides and gives basic information on deck seamanship and sailing techniques. Well illustrated. Scarce in the UK.
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Barker, John & Meaden, Richard (editors)
EVO Magazine March 2004 : Number 65
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright front cover and no bumping to corners. 178pp. Performance car magazine with features on the Ascari KZ1, Lamborghini Gallardo, Porsche 911 Turbo, Lotus Elise, Maserati Quattroporte, Karting, Lancia Fulvia, Lancia 037, Chrysler Supercar 850bhp, Tokyo Show, Sport Clio 182, Volvo S40, TVR Sagaris and drive tests on seven more cars plus pages of news, performance car listings/statistics, engineering matters and lots more.
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Duval, Clause
Moments in the Sun (Signed By Author)
Inscribed to Tom from Claude Duval on front end paper. No other marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked red cloth boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with slight creasing to upper edge. 255pp. Claude Duval was The Sun's racing correspondent for 47 years. He tells the story of those times including inner secrets of the turf's top trainers and many hilarious moments on his world-wide travels.
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