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1960Pages 213-252. Features: Two Victors in use with the Enfield School of Motoring pass the 100,000 mile mark; Poffle to the Peaks - photos and article of a continental trip; First appearance of teh Hadrian Bedouin motor caravan; Ten Simple Things to Know; Photos and write-up of a demanding trip in Asia; Tale of a Sale - W.L. Vollum describes his sale of a car; "Okay", a 1923 Vauxhall has been serving a Devon farmers for four generations - photo and article; Autocar road tests the overdrive Cresta - detailed article with photos and specifications; Photo instructions how to fit your engine with the new heavy-duty big end bearings that are being fitted to the 1961 Victor models; How to avoid parking tickets; Letters from readers; Many pages of great vintage ads. Unmarked. Average wear. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
195644 Pages. Features: Vauxhaull's Continental rallies during summer 1956; No Rain in Spain; What's Your Unpopularity Rating?; Keeping Britain's Traffic Moving - interesting article with great photos; So You're Thinking of Nylon? - a few facts (and photos) about this alternative to leather; Crossing the Gap - super photos of various large bridges; The Car Feels the Winter Too - so spend a few minutes to improve its lot; Your Car's Lighting System - informative article with Bulb chart for Vauxhall's 1948-56; Readers' Questions; Great ad for SDF (Smethwick Drop Forgings); Many pages of great vintage ads. Unmarked. Above-average wear. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
1962Pages 85-132. Features: Colour cover photo of a VX 4/90 being loaded into the nose of a Carvair (Channel Air Bridge); The 100th course of the R.A.C. Junior Driver Scheme - article with photos; You Must Give Way - animals on the road take precedence over motor traffic; Pressure Group - the 800 ton Schuler press at the Luton factory; Fuel Consumption Test; Photos and story of a motor trip to Italy in a Velox; Page of photos of vintage accessories for your Vauxhall; The Mountains Move Nearer - A VX 4/90 helps make history on the inaugural flight of the new Channel Air Bridge car ferry services to Switzerland - article with photos; Brinton's View; Ladies' Maid - A New Zealand trip - article and photos; Photos of interesting parking signs; "Your Name and Address Please" - how to deal with the police when stopped. Many pages of great vintage ads. Somewhat above-average wear. Unmarked. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
1963Pages 89-136. Features: Photos of accessories for your Vauxhall; Converting Britain's Railways into Roads? - interesting article; Vauxhall's Policy of Expansion - a brief picture report of the growth of the new Ellesmere Port Factory; Scramble - Article and great photos of the early days of the sport which had not yet been named Motocross; You Could Hear a Feather Fall - article and photos of General Motors' search for still greater silence and smoothness in motor vehicles; The Mobil (Fuel) Economy Run - photos of cars which attained in the 30-40 mpg range; Thoughts about car telephone systems; Alan Brinton's View; Testing the vision of drivers; Hasta la vista - a trip to Spain - article with photos; Test of the VX 4/90 - detailed article with photos; Keep that gear change clean and slick; Legal article; Readers' letters; Velox ad inside back cover; Many pages of great vintage ads. Unmarked. Somewhat above-average wear. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
1957Pages 41-84. Features: Great two-page photo ad for the Steel Company of Wales, Limited; Salute the Victor - new star of the car world; The dramatic introduction of the new Vauxhall Victor at the Gaumont State Theatre, Kilburn, London - 15 sensational pages of text and excellent illustrations/photos; The press inspects the new Victor; Many pages of great vintage ads. Unmarked. Somewhat above-average wear. Covers nearly detached. A worthy vintage copy of this special issue. Magazine
1948Best.-Nr. 132884Melbourne: The Vintage Sports Car Club of Australia 1948. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Melbourne The Vintage Sports Car Club of Australia 1948 and 1949. Octavo four numbers bound in one volume each 20 pages plus the pictorial wrappers Number 4 is 32 pages including the wrappers with some illustrations mainly from photographs in each number. Binder's cloth lettered in gilt on the front cover; boards bowed particularly the rear one; in very good condition the contents are fine. The first number states it is 'the first issue . in its new form'. Bound with 'NZ Sports Car Club Bulletin' Volume 3 Number 2 December 1945 to Volume 3 Number 8 December 1947. Octavo seven issues each 16 to 20 pages plus the pictorial wrappers trimmed a little with the front covers slightly cropped; in near-fine condition. The editorial in the first post-war issue in December 1945 suggests there was a hiatus in publication during the war. Provenance: the ownership signature of 'E.J. Harris' is written in pencil on the front free endpaper with '112 Roseville Avenue' written in another hand. The Vintage Sports Car Club of Australia hardcover
1917Features: Cover sketch of 'Canadians Near Lens' - a refresher after battle; photo of a destroyed French home; The Truth about Antwert - article by Lovat Fraser; Austrians dance to the 'Mandolinisti' Tune; Pitiful wreckage where Kultur has passed by; Handiwork of the Invader in Tortured Arras; Aspects of the advance in France and Flanders; Heroes and Howitzers Pressing back the foe; Our Sailor Coastguards - article by Basil Clarke; The Dragon-Flag Unfurled Against the Hun - Chinese photos; Daring deeds of border men and midlanders; Thwarting the U Boat - Routing Prussian Cavalry; The 'Broken Bits' from Mons - how some scattered British Soldiers won through; America Getting Ready for War in all elements (several photos); New bids for mastery in the war in the air; Plan of the body of a 'Gotha' Bombing Plane; The Goddess on the Car - article by Harold Ashton; British Women who are helping to win the war; Who's Who in the Great War; The Empire's Roll of Honour; The Newfoundanders - one page regimental story with photo. Staples disintegrated. Somewhat above-average wear. Unmarked. A worthy reference copy. Magazine
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Best.-Nr. 1441567623.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1977Includes music, guitar chords and lyrics from the albums: The Who Sings My Generation; Happy Jack; The Who Sell Out; Magic Bus/The Who on Tour; Tommy; Live at Leeds; Who's Next; Meaty, Beaty, Big and Bouncy; Quadrophenia; Odds and Sods; The Who by Numbers. Songs include: Acid Queen; Baba O'Riley; Bargain; Behind Blue Eyes; Call Me Lightning; Disguises; Doctor, Doctor; Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde; Doctor Jimmy; Gettin' in Tune; Goin' Mobile; The Good's Gone; Happy Jack; I Can See For Miles; I Can't Reach You; I'm Free; Instant Party (Circles); Its Not True; The Kids Are Alright; La La La Lies; A Legal Matter; Love Ain't For Keepin'; Love, Reign O'er Me; Magic Bus; Much Too Soft; My Generation; My Wife; Our Love Was, Is; Out in the Street; The Ox; Pictures of Lily; Pinball Wizard; Postcard; Pure and Easy; Quadrophenia; The Real Me; Run Run Run; See Me, Feel Me; Sensation; Slip Kid; Someone's Coming; The Song is Over; Squeeze Box; Tommy Can You Hear Me; You Didn't Hear It (1921); Won't Get Fooled Again. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy of this large compilation of excellent Who songs. Book
1981208 pages. Includes the following songs: Acid Queen; Another Tricky Day; Baba O'Riley; Bargain; Behind Blue Eyes; Cache Cache; Can't Reach You; Daily Records; Did you steal my money?; Disguises; Dr. Jimmy; Don't Let go the coat; Five Fifteen; Gettin' in Tune; Goin' Mobile; Happy Jack; How can you do it alone?; I can see for miles; I'm Free; It's a boy; The Kids are alright; La-La-La-Lies; Love Ain't for Keepin'; Love, Reign Over Me; Magic Bus; My Generation; Odorono; Our Love Was, Is; Pictures of Lily; Pinball Wizard; Pure and Easy; Quadrophenia; The Quiet One; The Real Me; See Me, Feel Me; Slip Kid; The Song is Over; Sunrise; Squeeze Box; Tattoo; Who are You; Won't get fooled again; You; You Better You Bet. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. Solid working copy. Book
1947Pages 129-192 plus 16 pages of advertisements. Features: The Grey Car Mystery - a Winnipeg murder case is solved - with photos of Sheriff Delos Blanchard, Harry Heipel, J.A. Kaesar (the victim), Inspector M.F. Anthony, and Chief George Smith; Premonition - an odd recollection by ship's engineer R.A. Jordan, R.N.R.; Photo of mystery stone coffin in the village of Turville; The Foundling - the tale of a temporarily adopted baboon in Nigeria; The Gold-Seekers - reprint of a Honduran adventure published in 1915 involving Charles Row, Dr. John F. Howard, Bert Dare, Edward J. Hoyt and W.W. Palmer; White Man's Magic - a Scots tugboat skipper uses his intelligence to restore order to a colony of Negroes in Columbia who were whipped to a frenzy by a self-appointed medicine-man; Photos of aftermath of cyclone which struck Townsville, Queensland, Australia in March, 1946; On the Razmak Road - a curious happening on the northwest frontier of India; Two Cot Cases - a Royal Navy rescue story involving the H.M.S. Keppel; Patrolling the Gulf of Carpentaria; Indian Pole-Trick; Vast Pools of Silver Salmon in Bristol Bay, Alaska - article with photos; Hide and Seek - a tale from the coast of Dalmatia in the Adriatic where motor-gunboats of the Royal Navy harried German supply schooners; Nice Mars chocolate bar ad inside back cover. Colour ad for Wavy Navy tobacco on back cover. Unmarked with average wear. Modest sticker removal blemish to front cover. Binding tight. A sound vintage copy. Book
1935Pages 85-168, plus 32 pages of wonderful vintage ads. Many black and white photos and illustrations. Contents include: The Queen Side of Things - The Shot That Failed; Derelicts of Misfortune; Short Stories - The Novice, My Friend the Sea; Clearing the Road; Through Borneo by 'Bus; Tshaka's Treasure; When Davy Jones Invaded Eden; Work-Hunting in New Zealand - part 1; A Run on Raincoats; Phases of Life - When the Tanker Took Fire, The Tribal Law, Streets Paved with Gold; Man and His Needs; Stamps of the World. Bits of clear tape at each end of spine. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this vintage issue. Magazine
1919Pages 91-176 plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Features: My Tiger-Hunting Adventures in India; Adventures of Newspaper-Man, Frederic Martyn (part 2); Canada's New Wonderland - new railway in the neighbourhood of the Yellowhead Pass runs from Edmonton to Prince Rupert - article with great photos; The Raid - author brings down a Gotha; A Woman's Travels in Unknown Asia - part 4 - major article of times spent in China with many fascinating photos, including a 3-year-old couple engaged to be married!; Choking An Alligator; In a Cauldron of Fire; Lost in a Limestone Cave; Treed by a Leopard - a missionary's story of a Chinese farmer's terrible predicament; Through Holland in a Canal Boat - article with lovely photos; The Winter Tragedy of the Yellowstone - Corporal Thomas M. Connery recounts the life of the Yellowstone Mounted Police and the nerve-wracking, monotonous life of the winter guard, which led to a terrible tragedy; Photo of the smallest boot in the world; The Catching of "Black Abyss" - involves Australian horseman Harry Pitt; The Fatal Curve - rail coach goes down an embankment; A Fateful Night - adventures in the west - where revolvers settled disputes and vigilance committees made quick work of trials; My Experiences in the "Black Republic' - wild tales from Haiti (Hayti) "where complete savagery has been permitted until even recent years; My Adventures with African Wild Dogs - savage and cunning creatures of which little is known; The Bushranger - adventures involving a crook in the Australian goldfields; The "Water Trees" of the Soudan - the amazing Tebeldi tree - article with photos; Photo of large fruit tree being gassed beneath a large canvas to kill pests; Interesting back cover ad for Haywood's Tire Surgery features illustrations of Richard A. Oldham of Illinois and E.T. Buchmann of Chicago. Above-average wear. Covers detached but present. Unmarked. A worthy vintage copy. Book
1925Pages 353-440 plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Features: What Happened to Mary Clark near Indianapolis - her car was hit by a train and she ended up on the front of the train which thundered on through the night!; The Haunted Bungalow - extraordinary story from South Africa; A Thousand Miles From Anywhere - Reverend Martyn Rogers and his family spent three years on the island of Tristan da Cunha - where mail came only once per year!; The Living Death - an eccentric chemist marries an Aztec girl in the hope of discovering the secrets of ancient Aztec dyes; Sands of Destruction - the fierce Atlantic is destroying the coast of Donegal in the north-west of Ireland - article with graphic photos; How I Lost My Job - the author worked as a teamster in British Columbia, until he lost a wagonload of explosives near Burns Lake; Two Years in Borneo - part 3 - the exciting outbreak at the Lubuk Estate; Trial by Ordeal in Africa; A Woman in Unknown Morocco - Fay Sutton's photo-illustrated narrative; Where Cannibals Roam - part 4 of 4 of this photo-illustrated article on a trip to the interior of Papua; The Stolen Telluride - A West Australian gold-miner's story; A Double Event - members of the South African Constabulary gets involved with horse racing; The Montreal Hold-Up - Canada's most daring armoured car robbery in broad daylight; The Downfall of "The Colonel" - a very clever American crook; Anderson's Pole-Cat - an exhausted British Columbia prospector stumbles upon a fortune in a trackless wilderness. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy of this great vintage issue. Book
1926Generously illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: Car No. 13 - A routine train trip enmeshes F. A. Malcomson aboard Car No. 13 of the "Californian Limited" at Los Angeles; My Mad Mate - The reason why young Harry Neild's hair was white; Among the Amazons - A wonderfully photo-illustrated account of the Wai-woi, a little-known tribe of Indians; My Buffalo - How a hunter's first shoot was nearly his last in the Himalayan foothills northeast of Ghaggar; A "New Chum" in New Zealand - Part I - Jottings from a recently emigrated young farmer who took the plunge and began farming ; The Mozampur Dacoity - A curious robbery in India; Behind the Himalayas - Part II of II - A wonderfully photo-illustrated account of an exploration to the upper reaches of the Brahmaputra River; The Cannon Idol of Batavia in the Dutch East Indies; A Duck-Shooting Adventure - Using ice-scooters to hunt ducks on the Great South Bay of Long Island; The Black Hand - A recent adventure in Kuling, China, which is currently experiencing a wave of serious brazen crime; Two Girls in a Typhoon - The trying experience of two young ladies aboard a tramp steamer from Hong Kong to British North Borneo; A Matter of Promotion - The story of a long, hard chase , in the depths of winter, of two half-breed outlaws by a constable of the Royal North-West Mounted Police at Saddle Lake, Saskatchewan; Through the Inner Deserts of Arabia - Part I - The exciting adventures of the Countess Malmignati, the first European woman to penetrate the little-known Inner Deserts of Arabia - this part describing her time in Damascus before the journey - with photos; Letters; The Phantom Tiger - Jean M.F. Dubois, a former planter in Lokop Province, Sumatra, explains what happened when he pursued a tiger which had caused a local reign of terror - with photo. 84 pages plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Average wear and soiling to back cover, otherwise clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy of this fascinating vintage issue. Book
1933Stories: Ruled Out!; Marooned in the Arctic; My Persian Journey; A Bishop in the Wilds; Chunner the Thief; Across America in a Twenty-Dollar Car; The Wizard; A Brush with Wild Indians; The Matelli Tiger; The Island of Sanctuary; The Unlucky Gunman. Somewhat above-average wear. Book
1929Pages 254-336 plus 12 pages of ads. Features: Biggest Hold-up on Record - robbery of the U.S. Mail at Toledo, Ohio in February, 1921; Salvaging a God - a tale of South Sea natives and one of their gods; Pekin (Peking / Beijing) to London, Mostly by Car- Fantastic photo-illustrated article on Capt. D.M. McCallum's 15,000 mile adventure, including photos of Angkor; Further Adventures of a Tenderfoot in Canada (part 3 of 3) - H.P. Musson's homestead turns out to be all rocks and precipices!; The People of Pierre Le Loupe - George E. Stuart-Reid volunteers with the North-West Mounted to finally capture a half-breed murderer after a long and arduous hunt; A Day in the Life of a South African Farmer; Over Niagara Falls in a Rubber Ball! - Amazing photo-illustrated article on Jean Albert Lussier and his daring exploit; How I Won My Horse - Margaret S. Coffman and her challenging 300-mile Texas ride; The Big Leopard - John de Bruin recounts how he was attacked - with photo; When Raj Mungal Saw Red - a valuable elephant goes rogue in Sabalpur, India; The Snake Worshippers - a story from Calcutta about the Ooriyas, natives of the province of Orissa on the east coast of India; Through the Heart of Afghanistan - Part 2 of 2 of this photo-illustrated account of Emil Trinkler and his trip to this strange land of desolate mountains and fertile valleys, with photos of the huge cliff carvings at Bamian; Following the Frontier Trail - Newspaperwoman Edith Ammons Kohl recounts her experiences in the vast range country of Wyoming; My Strangest Experience - a story of the occult by a trooper in the B.S.A. police. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy of this excellent vintage issue. Book
1954Features: The Midland Payroll Robbery - Robbers in Western Australia; The Mountain of Gold - Originally published in 1926, an Englishman accepts an invitation to British Columbia, Canada to see a 'mountain of gold'; Unprovoked Aggression - An East African tale; African Houdini - A West African Tale; The Sahara by Bus - a great travel story with several photos; They Harry the Head-Hunters - the Jivaro head-hunters and the Aucas of Upper Amazonas; Home from the Sea - a fine old windjammer, the Af Chapman; Abdul - a story from British Army days in India; Capturing an Ant-Bear in British Guiana; and more. Couple of chips from back strip. Average wear. Binding intact. Quality copy. Book
1954Features: The Midland Payroll Robbery - Robbers in Western Australia; The Mountain of Gold - Originally published in 1926, an Englishman accepts an invitation to British Columbia, Canada to see a 'mountain of gold'; Unprovoked Aggression - An East African tale; African Houdini - A West African Tale; The Sahara by Bus - a great travel story with several photos; They Harry the Head-Hunters - the Jivaro head-hunters and the Aucas of Upper Amazonas; Home from the Sea - a fine old windjammer, the Af Chapman; Abdul - a story from British Army days in India; Capturing an Ant-Bear in British Guiana; and more. Respectful wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. Quality copy. Book
1952Features: Hopper No. 47 - tragic events in home waters; Mra Toons 'Lemon' - a former revenue officer's account of an encounter with an astute Oriental who planned to make a fortune by smuggling opium into Burma; Chinchilla Ranching; South Sea Island Pests; Water Divining in India, by S. Jepson; South American Excursion - a motor car journey into Venezuala; Out of the Past - Marijuana - reprint of a 1936 article which describes the perilous experiences in which a particularly sinister form of 'dope' involved the narrator, Somers Paul, in the United States; By Pony to Ladakh - a trip through a little know region on the borders of Tibet, with photos; Prophecy Fulfilled - an odd story from India; Hunting the "Bearded Wonder" - a sinister terrorist leader in the Malayan jungle; Giant's Footprint? - an amazing photo from South Africa; and more. Chipping to backstrip. Covers almost detached. Book
1935Stories: My Friend the Sea; The Novice; Clearing the Road; Streets Paved with Gold; Derelicts of Misfortune; Through Borneo by Bus; The Tribal Law; When the Tanker Took Fire; The Shot that Failed; Work-Hunting in New Zealand; Tshaka's Treasure; A Run on Raincoats; When Davy Jones Invaded Eden. Somewhat above-average wear. Book
1936Stories: Marijuana Story - Author describes how he first encountered this evil weed, and the perilous experiences in which it later involved him (12 pages with illustrations); Pork and Beans; Shanghaied!; The Back of Beyond; The White Death; Almost My Tiger; Flamingo Island; Crocodile Craft; The Border Patrol; Frozen Horror; Georgie the Ant-Bear; The Coolies' Revenge; Stage Coach Triumphant; The Puri-Puri Man; Dead Man's Opal. Somewhat above-average but not excessive wear. Book
1953Features: The Ivory Poachers of Tanganyika; "They're Mustering up North" - a cattle round-up in Northern Australia; My Panther Hunt - a greenhorn's first big-game hunt in India; Japanese Sacred Horse - at Miyajima, the famous 'Shrine Island'; House of Terror - Queer happenings in Malaya; The Secret Submarine - Curacao, chief island of the Dutch West Indies; The Handyman - a dramatic story of the pioneer days of flying in Canada's Far North; The Walkabout Bird - The Australian Emu; When the Cyclone Struck - an epic exploit performed by a Torres Straits islander, a diver on board a pearling-lugger; All in the Game - a gold-seeking tale from Nigeria; An Arctic London - an abandoned quarry-camp on Spitzbergen; Island Paradise - the island of Car Nicobar; Where East is West - missing his ship in the Panama Canal, the author tramps to another port only to undergo a nightmare; Binding intact. Average wear. Sound copy. Book
1930Generously illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: Our Wild Boar - Coolies were afraid to work on a tea plantation in Assam, India due to a huge wild boar; Two Mysteries - Two strange incidents that happened in a North Country hospital during WWI; Bred in the Bone - What happened to an Australian aborigine couple who offended their tribal elders; Photo of an excellent example of French topiary; Round the World in a "Baby" Car - Part II (of II) of Gladys de Havilland's world-tour in a midget car, with photo of her in Hollywood talking to Mr. Lupino Lane plus five other wonderful photos; The Forbidden Valley - The fascinating photo-illustrated account of how RCMP officers Horsfield, Berger, and Greenfield accompanied a surveyor sent to the Kitwancool Valley in Northern British Columbia where the local natives had previously evicted the few settlers, wanting nothing to do with the white man - with photos and illustrations; the "Fool Afoot" in Italy - Part V - John Gibbons continues his amusing walking trip; Photo and explanation of "Sati" memorials in India, where wives were burnt in the same funeral pyre as their deceased husbands; The Haunting of the "Flamingo" - Bad luck strikes a vessel named Flamingo after her third engineer takes a shot at an albatross; Filming in the Wilds - Part II - Major C. Lestock Reid and his film crew experience major adventures as they attempt to film an adventure story in Siam - with photos; The Brand of the "Circle H" - A charming little story from the far west by Edith Ammons Kohl; Payment in Kind - A curious tale from Western India; The Mystery of the Post - Sergeant A.R. Cooper of the French Foreign Legion is sent to a lonely Moroccon outpost where N.C.O.s have been murdered - with photos; My Island Home - Henry G. Lamond describes his idyllic life on Homestead Bay on South Molle Island - article with photos; and more. 84 pages plus 32 pages of great ads. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A lovely vintage copy of this fascinating issue. Book
