Ronald Priestly (1 results)
More imagesTwentieth Century Guides to Driving, Cars, Mopeds, and Scooters
The Times; Piet Olyslager; Sir Henry Birkin; The Earl Howe; R.T. Nicholson; I.R. Hingston; Ronald Priestly; Tom Wisdom
Published by Times Motoring Correspondent; Collins; G.T. Foulis & Co.; The Gregg Publishing Co. Ltd.; Iliffe and Sons Limited; Odhams Books Limited 1929-1967, London 1929
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Add to basketCloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 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. TheAustin 7is aneconomy carthat was produced from 1922 until 1939 in theUnited KingdombyAustin. At that time it was one of the most popular carsproduced for theBritish 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 ThrottleA 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. Piet Olyslager; Bryan de Grineau (illustrator). book.
