Smeed, Vic (editor)MareMagnum
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1980No marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, slight bumping to spine ends and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with slight creasing to spine ends. 192pp. Beginning with a brief history of toy cars and early days of racing models, this work goes on to detail the tools, methods and materials of constructing, displaying or operating the many types from rubber and clockwork power, gas engined cable and rail racers and many more to the radio controlled electric and glow-engined cars. Very well illustrated.
1978No marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with very minor traces of creasing to edges. 160pp. A joyful survey of those expensive motor carriages in the period known as the long golden summer of the Edwardian period. Very well illustrated.
1939Very scarce with dust jacket. No added marks or inscriptions. Last 2 pages marked, maybe old damp. All remaining pages clean, crisp and in very good condition. Fading to bottom front corner of front board. Dusty top edge. Jacket almost complete but torn and well scuffed. 248pp. An authoritative and fascinating study of the world-wide development of the highways and the vehicles that use them and how the motor car became supreme.
2001No marks or inscriptions. Dust jacket not price clipped but a few light creases, mainly on the top edge. A lovely clean crisp tight copy. 256pp.
1974Ex-library book with usual marks and stamps. Clean sound pages. Tape marks on front board and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or torn with fading to spine and immediate margins of both covers. 96pp. A history of transport and communication in the North West of England.
2002No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A lovely clean very tight copy with unmarked covers and no bumping to corners. 128pp. Includes many previously unpublished images of the three towns and their public transport.
1977No inscriptions or marks. No creasing to covers. A lovely clean crisp tight copy with bright unmarked covers and no bumping to corners. 41pp. This volume comprises a brief history of the fleet, a 1977 Bus Fleet List plus black & white photographs of trams and buses. Loosely tucked-in is a 1988 Warrington Borough Council Fleet List.
1970No inscriptions or marks. Very light creasing to covers. A very clean tight copy with bright unmarked covers. 72pp. This volume covers the period from the end of the war in 1945 when Oldham Corporation ran its own bus services to these being taken over by the new South East Lancashire and North East Cheshire PTA (SELNEC).
2000No inscriptions or marks. Very faint creasing to covers, none to spine. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 160pp. The long and proud history of Manchester City, one of the largest and best supported clubs in Britain is presented in this fascinating look at the club via 270 b&w illustrations inc action shots, team photos and programme covers from all stages in their history.
1966From the Past into Present series. Inscriptions inside front board. No other marks. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or torn with rubbing to edges and corners. 96pp. The author vividly captures the excitement of the dramatic developments in transport over the last two centuries, covering rail, road, canals and air. A scarce book in this condition.
1990No inscriptions or marks. No creasing to covers or to spine. A lovely clean crisp very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 128pp. A pictorial history of trams, from horse-drawn to electric-powered. With grand openings, failed experiments, breakthroughs, disasters and everyday realities. The author assesses the short history of the tram and the reasons for its demise and looks forward to its future as new city Metros.
1993No inscriptions or marks. Extremely tiny crease to lower corner of front cover, none to rear or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, signs of handling and no bumping to corners. 154pp. A pictorial review of the development of Britain's motor buses and coaches with very detailed, lengthy captions plus technical information.
1964Note about oil and filter written at end of book and rusty staple mark to title page. No other marks or inscriptions to contents. No creasing to covers. Very clean pages in a tight copy with lightly marked boards and no bumping to corners. Rusty staples to spine. 64pp. The official handbook that came with the car.
1971No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, slight sunning to end papers and no bumping to corners. Price clipped dust jacket not marked or torn with traces of handling. 112pp. How a reliable, clean, fast and remarkably cheap form of transport served our towns and cities in the first half of the twentieth century.
1999No marks or inscriptions to contents. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright boards, label removal marks on front and no bumping to corners. 121pp. Over sixty years history of Manchester City Football Club plus biographies of over sixty players from those years.
1987No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean crisp tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Price clipped dust jacket not torn with light indenting and faint creasing to upper edge. Index plus 203pp. A suberbly illustrated book which celebrates the history of the 'horseless carriage' in Lord Montagu's inimitable style. With a splendid array of posters, paintings and photographs plus engaging anecdotes and text.
1983No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, tiny bump to lower rear edge and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with very light creasing to upper and lower edges. 96pp. The story of the iconic German vehicle company which only survived after WW2 through its motorcycle sales. This book includes over 100 illustrations of BMW bikes and cars, many in colour.
1967No 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 creased with small nicks/rubbing to upper and lower edges. 218pp. First British edition. Described by the author as probably the most fascinating industrial product of our day, the car is one which even in 1967 we took for granted. This book takes a fresh look at the wonder of the motor car and discusses amongst other things, different engineering designs, car-racing, car values and prices and what the future may hold. An interesting take on the car from nearly forty years ago.
1952No marks or inscriptions to contents. Very faint creasing to covers. A very clean tight copy with slight marking to rear. 21pp. No date, assumed 1952. The history of road transport culminating in the rubber-tyred vehicles of today. Published to celebrate the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II.
1981Previous owner's name and address inside front board. 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 slight creasing to lower edge and traces of storage. 195pp. A very wide-ranging study of the application of steam power across the ages recording the years of the railway locomotives, from Stephenson and the Rainhill Trials, through World War II and the Beeching axe, to the subsequent railway museums; Brunel and his famous iron ship The Great Britain, in a chapter on marine engines; the great days of the traction engines and the fall, and rise, of the great showmen's road locomotives. Also includes the many applications of steam for stationary engines.
1982Book in mint condition. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with very minor traces of handling. 112pp. A record of AEC vehicles from the earliest B-type of 1912 to the Reliance coach chassis of AEC's later years, including the merger with British Leyland in 1962 and the importance of London buses to the firm.
2004No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A lovely clean crisp very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 128pp.
1983No marks or inscriptions. Very faint crease to lower rear edge, none to front or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, faint traces of handling and no bumping to corners. 128pp. A pictorial study of the American hot-rods featuring the massively souped-up and elaborately re-painted 1930s and 1940s cars which the Americans have so avidly customised - for fun and excitement
1972No marks or inscriptions. Very faint creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 40pp. Tramway history in and around the City of Birmingham.
1975Book in mint condition. 56pp.
