Motor by Rolt (21 results)

Condition: Good. 1964. No edition remarks. 60 pages. No dust jacket. Paper covered boards. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning.…

Condition: VG/Fair only (see notes). 1st. 8vo. 204pp. DJ has a lot of 1/4" deep chipping along top, tears to 3/4", soiling. and edgewear.

Condition: Good. 1964. First Edition. 60 pages. No dust jacket. Pictorial paper covered boards with lettering. Contains black and white and colour illustrations. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Lettering is clear. …

Condition: Good. 1961. Third impression. 104 pages. No dust jacket. Pictorial cloth covered boards. Black and white photographs. Presentation plate on front free endpaper, dated 1964. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Binding remains firm. Tape marks to endpapers front and rear. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some moderate tape marking and tanning.…

First Edition. Near fine copy in the original color printed boards. Particularly and uncommonly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Previous owner's inscription to title page. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 60 pages; Physical description. : 60 p. , ill. ,23 cm. Subject: Automobiles - Juvenile literature. Series: Inside stories ; 2. 0 Kg. …

Hardcover. Frontis. B/W plates. A little rubbing to price-clipped dj, a touch of browning to pages, o/wise good conditon. 204pp.

Red hardback cloth cover. Condition: Good. First Edition. G : in good condition without dust jacket. 210mm x 170mm (8" x 7"). 105pp.

First Edition. Near fine copy in the original color printed boards. Particularly and uncommonly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Previous owner's inscription to title page. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 60 pages; Physical description. : 60 p. , ill. ,23 cm. Subject: Automobiles - Juvenile literature. Series: Inside stories ; 2. 0 Kg. …

Condition: Very Good. First Edition. VG : in very good condition without dust jacket. 220mm x 140mm (9" x 6"). 60pp. Illustrated hardback laminated board cover.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 60Pp, illustrated, bound in glazed boards technical description for childred of Morris Minor 1000; Octavo.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. First Edition; Second Printing. B&W Illustrations & Photographs; 204 pages; Foxing stains to DJ and page exterior edges. Wear to DJ edges and some minor tearing. Price inscribed on DJ front flap. No markings on text pages or major defects.; - Your satisfaction is our priority. We offer free returns and respond promptly to all inquiries. Your item will be packaged with care and ship on the same or next business day. Buy with confidence. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1st edition 1950. Vg hardback copy in Vg jacket. Price-clipped jacket, with antique pen inscription to front endpaper. With 57-illustrations.

Hardback in Dust Wrapper. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Condition Notes: Dust wrapper worn at the edges with loss to the spine ends and corners. Leans heavily. Minor age-toning to the lining papers. The contents complete, clean and tight; First edition (first printing). Hardback. Dust wrapper over blue boards with silver titles to the spine; Measures 8" x 5¼" (0.8 kg); pp 204; Index; Includes: Black & white plates; Diagrams; Frontispiece; || 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 #203056 ||. …

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 2nd imp. the jacket is quite torn and scuffed. gift inscription. a bit marked. text is clear and legible. fairly good copy [SK]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1950 1st edition. Blue cloth, silver titles. Illustrated with b/w photographs. Condition: Very Good. Light shelf wear. Endpapers and half title browned. Pages clean and bright. No inscriptions. Binding firm. Size: 9x5.5in / 23x14cm 204pp. Weight 385g.

Condition: DISCRETO USATO. IED. How Things Developed INGLESE Brossura vintage, lievemente curvata da compressione, segnano la copertina telata e decorata, sgualciture e pieghe diffuse, sbiadimento e ingiallimento dei toni, abrasioni nel patinato, ombre di polvere e umido, scurita la cornice e il dorso, generosi contributi grafici e testimonianze fotografiche affiancano il testo, ossidazione bruna vela i fogli, scurisce margini, pulviscolo ruggine si addensa ai tagli. N. pag. 104.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Written by the chap better known for his writings on Canals, the Industrial Revolution & early Railways, but also an active competitor in motor sport, he even 'discovered' the venue that became Prescott Hillclimb. The book gives the then comparatively short history of the Motor Car & its often painful social and technical development in England over a period of less than 60 years, 204 pages The book is very good but the jacket has a section of paper loss at the top of the spine and waear around the edges.…

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. 104pp, illustrated, ex library, bound in illus red cloth covered boards. Scarce; Large Octavo.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Third impression, 104pp, plates, illustrations, red limp cloth covers. The book is in good condition with a faded spine which has a touch of nibbling at the top and bottom. Generally a little grubby, the pages in the first half of the book have some light damp staining at the bottom. From a school library with a stamp and a cardboard ticket holder at the front, but no other library evidence. From the How Things Developed series, aimed at a juvenile audience.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Frontispiece, pictorial d/j, white spine, black title, illustrated, d/j ahs a few tears. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Handsome set of illustrated volumes on cars and driving from the 1950s, 60s and 70s. Collection of four works on cars, motoring and driving, including two first editions.Collection comprised of:(1954) Daily Mail Motoring Guide by Courtenay Edwards;[1954] The Boy's Book of Modern Motor Cars by T. E. North - first edition;(1964) Motoring History by L. T. C. Rolt - first edition;(1974) Very Advanced Driving by A. Tom. Topper.Publisher's original paperbacks, excepting The Boy's Book of Modern Motor Cars, which is bound in the publisher's original blue cloth with a clipped dust wrapper.Each volume is profusely illustrated throughout, some of which are full page. Motoring History contains a frontispiece and eighteen plates, several images appearing across double-page spreads. Pages and illustrations to The Boy's Book of Modern Motor Cars are in colour.Daily Mail Motoring Guide features a number of contemporary advertisements, including to the endpapers, some of which are full page.This delightful collection from the later half of the last century explores a range of car-related subjects. Daily Mail Motoring Guide and Very Advanced Driving provide useful information on the technicalities and practicalities of driving. Motoring History offers a glimpse into the changing landscape of automobiles from 1769 to 1964. The Boy's Book of Modern Motor Cars lists the most iconic contemporary models for a younger audience. Publisher's original paperbacks, excepting The Boy's Book of Modern Motor Cars, which is bound in the publisher's original blue cloth with a clipped dust wrapper. Externally, smart with slight bumping and rubbing, more loss of paper along spine of Motoring History. Also to top right-hand corner to the front of the The Boy's Book of Modern Motor Cars dust wrapper, which also features a couple of marginal tears and chips. Light spotting and discolouration to all paperbacks and wrap. Internally, hinges of Daily Mail Motoring Guide and Motoring History a little weak, otherwise texts all generally firmly bound. Relatively bright and clean copies with the odd spot and light discolouration throughout, the pages of Motoring History being marginally brighter. Very Good. Not Stated (illustrator). book.…