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Best.-Nr. B53939Very Good. Includes autographs of Max Bygraves Norman Wisdom Joan Gilbert Leslie Mitchell Jimmy Young Burl Ives Bill Gates BBC Vera Lynn Sam Costa Ben Lyon Gilbert Harding Miriam Karlin Eddie Calvert Richard Goolden Bernard Miles Jessie Royce Landis Cardew Robinson Lita Rosa. Put together by one man John Philips a comedy script writer known to many celebrities and a dedicated autograph collector. Small store bought autograph book with copper and gold pebbled covers sl wear; vg. About 60 autographs bringing the late 1950s vividly into focus. unknown

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The Times; Piet Olyslager; Sir Henry Birkin; The Earl Howe; RT Nicholson; IR Hingston; Ronald Priestly; Tom Wisdom R T I RBiblio.com

Twentieth Century Guides to Driving Cars Mopeds and Scooters

1929Best.-Nr. 997G53London: Times Motoring Correspondent; Collins; G.T. Foulis & Co.; The Gregg Publishing Co. Ltd.; Iliffe and Sons Limited; Odhams Books Limited 1929-1967. Cloth. Very Good/Good. 8" by 7.5". Piet Olyslager; Bryan de Grineau. A highly illustrated set of six informative guides hints and introductions to automobiles driving and motors. A fantastic set of six volumes on transport vehicles cars and driving.In the original cloth bindings.Comprising of:1929 The Austin Seven BookA work by R.T. Nicholson. Illustrated with a coloured frontispiece and in text illustrations throughout. Including advertisements to the front and rear of the volume. The Austin 7 is an economy car that was produced from 1922 until 1939 in the United Kingdom by Austin. At that time it was one of the most popular cars produced for the British market and sold well abroad. With sections such as 'Cost of Running' 'Grooming and Tending' 'Tyres' 'Learning to Drive'. Undated dated from a copy held at the British Library.1932 The Art of DrivingThe new revised and enlarged edition. By The Times Motoring Correspondent. Including driving tests: what and how to learn. Including illustrations and advertisements. With a section of the original glassine wrapper. Undated dated from a copy held at the University of Oxford libraries. 1932 Full Throttle A work by Sir Henry "Tim" Birkin with a fore word by The Earl Howe. Illustrated with a frontispiece 15 double sided plates and 4 plates of drawings by Bryan de Grineau. Collated complete. With section such as 'A Car' 'Myself' 'A Race' 'Some Foreigners' '1928'. Undated dated from a copy held at the British Library.1958 Scooters and MopedsA work by I.R. Hingston. In the original dust wrapper. With in text illustrations and advertisements to the rear. An informative volume giving advice for scooter and moped owners. Including sections such as 'How to choose your machine' 'What happens inside the engine' 'ignition and lighting'. 1967 Good Driving- the B.S.M WayA work by Ronald Priestly and Tom Wisdom. In the original dust wrapper. With 16 plates and in text illustrations throughout. Collated complete. A guide to learning to drive with sections such as 'The Gears' 'Two-Pedal Control' 'On the Move' 'Baptism by Traffic' 'Night Driving' and more. 1967 Illustrated Cars of the WorldA work by Piet Olyslager with an introduction by Jack Brabham. An abundantly illustrated volume with coloured depictions of cars throughout. In the original cloth bindings. With two dust wrappers and a glassine wrap. Externally smart. Odd fading to spines. Light shelf wear to the heads and tails of the spines. Split to head and tail of the front joint of The Austin Seven Book with rubbing to joints. Sticker to front paste down of Illustrated Motor Cars of the World. Light spotting to endpapers of Full Throttle. Ink inscription to front free endpaper of The Austin Seven Book with offsetting. Dust wrappers are smart with chipping to extremities and slight loss to the heads and tails and the odd closed tear. Glassine wrap is poor with less than half being in tact only covering half of the rear board and the inside rear flap. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good Times Motoring Correspondent; Collins; G.T. Foulis & Co.; The Gregg Publishing Co. Ltd.; Iliffe and Sons Limited; Odhams Books L hardcover