Edited John Speed (6 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 1952 1st edition. 172pp. Good/Good. Hard red boards with very slight rubbing to edges/spine, small tear to spine. Contents clean & tight. Nice DW with minor loss, some rubbing/chipping to edges, a few small tears to edges, minor browning/soiling. B&W photos throughout. Adverts throughout, some in colour. Details of the range of British cars available in 1952/53, including Alvis, Aston Martin,Austin, Bentley, Daimler, Ford, Healey, Humber, Jaguar, Jensen, Jowett, Lagonda, MG, Morgan, Morris, Riley, Rolls Royce, Rover, Triumph, Vauxhall, Wolseley etc. Produced by Publicity & Editorial Services Ltd for the Society of Motor Manufacturers & Traders. Includes adverts for Garringtons Ltd, G T Foulis Publishers, Ford Motoring, High Duty Alloys, Owen Products, Dunlop Tyres, Tecalemit Oil Filters & Nuffield etc.…

24.5x19cm. First edition. An alphabetical catalogue of British cars in production, along with their technical data. 172pp with text including contributions by Dudley Noble, W. Boddy and David Brown, numerous monochrome photo illustrations, occasional trade advertisements, and index. Original cloth, backstrip and front cover titled in gilt. Binding in poor condition, with some associated damage to both front and rear pastedowns. No dust jacket. Contents generally clean and tight. FAIR, or excellent reading / working copy. …

Cloth Bound Boards. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition, First Impression. 1952 First Edition first impression. Size octavo, 172 pages including index. Red cloth covered boards with black titles to the spine, with the dust jacket. Book condition very good, corners and spine ends slightly rubbed, pages are slightly toned else very clean. Dust jacket condition good, corners edges and folds rubbed, chipping to corners and head and tail of spine, 2 tear without loss to upper corners of front panel and 1inch tear with loss to upper outer corner of rear panel, slightly age darkened, not price clipped. A comprehensive survey of cars of the period. Contains complete specifications and illustrations of all British motor cars in production. Numerous photo illustrations, cars and adverts, including 4 coloured adverts. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.…

Hardback in Dust Wrapper. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Condition Notes: Matt paper dust wrapper has insignificant edgewear and is a touch faded with a little loss to the top corner of the upper panel, now wrapped in a removable protective sleeve with extensive tape-reinforcement to the edges verso. The contents lightly toned with age; Hardback. Dust wrapper over red boards with black titles to the spine; Measures 9¾" x 7½" (0.9 kg); pp 172; Index; Includes: Black & white photographs, within the text with some full page; Colour photographs, within the text; Black & white drawings; Cutaways; Contemporary book mark; || The book is on the shelf, ready to be appropriately packed, and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the book shop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #201405 ||.…

Small 8vo. 7.5 x 5 inches. 31 + [1] pp. In pictorial stiff card boards, in matching unclipped dust wrapper which has minor edge wear. Small dent at tail of spine and a little foxing largely confined to edges; otherwise a very good copy. Illustrated by 40 pages of coloured map plates. Decorated by title page vignette. King Penguin edition of the the county maps of England (and one of The Kingdom of England and one of Wales and Monmouthshire). From the 1627 pocket edition of England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland, described and abridged, by the cartographer and historian, John Speed (1552?-1629). Edited by Eva Germaine Rimington Taylor (1879-1966), geographer and historian of science, who was professor of geography at the University of London, 1930-44. KING PENGUIN ATLAS ATLAS 17TH CENTURY ILLUSTRATED KING PENGUIN.…

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 1st edition. 463 pages. 9.57x6.42x1.14 inches. In Stock.