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Condición: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condición: New.

Paperback. Condición: New.

Hardcover. Condición: Used; Very Good. Dispatched, from the UK, within 48 hours of ordering. Though second-hand, the book is still in very good shape. Minimal signs of usage may include very minor creasing on the cover or on the spine.

Condición: New.

Condición: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condición: New.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Making MG's (Veloce auto-archive series) This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping. .…

Stapled. Condición: Fair-Good. No Jacket. First Edition. The April 1929 issue of The American Magazine. Stories and articles it contains include The Hoofing Kid from Claremore, an article by Will Rogers, The Drift Fence, part I of a novel by Zane Grey, Everything Has its Price, a story by Fannie Kilbourne (Fannie Kilbourne Schubart), Barbarous Barbara, a story by Howard Brubaker, The Woman Across the Street, a story by William Dudley Pelley, The Mark on the Window, a Colonel Braxton story by Melville Davisson Post, The Sin of Angels, a story by Elisabeth Sanxay Holding, The Trail Eater, part V of a novel by Barrett Willoughby (Florance Barrett), and numerous other vintage articles and ads. Condition issues include light rubbing to the top edge of the front cover, mild spine lean, small loss at the top of the spine, and a .375" closed tear at the middle fore edge of the back cover. Pages 9/10 (probably ads) are missing. Pages 109/110 are missing affecting the text of the Lord of the Air article (about eagles). Otherwise the interior is clean and tight. A fair to good copy of a vintage magazine. The condition rating is knocked down by the missing pages. Victor C Anderson (cover), David Robinnson (The Hoofing Kid from Claremore), W H D Koerner (The Drift Fence), T K Hanna (Everything Has its Price), Herbert Paus (Barbarous Barbara), John Alonzo Williams (The Woman Across the Street) and others (ilustrador).…

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. First Edition. 144pp, illustrations & colour photographs. Light shelf wear. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Hardback. Condición: New.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Shipped within 24 hours from our UK warehouse. Clean, undamaged book with no damage to pages and minimal wear to the cover. Spine still tight, in very good condition. Remember if you are not happy, you are covered by our 100% money back guarantee.

PF. Condición: New.

Condición: New. In English.

Hardback. Condición: Fine. Ah, Alvis ? The Postwar Cars (1993) by John Price Williams. ISBN: 094798173X. Published by Motor Racing Publications. Condition: Fine. Sold, naturally, by Crappy Old Books , where irony is standard equipment and oil leaks are optional. This is not merely a book about cars. This is a book about that particular species of British optimism that believed, quite sincerely, that one could engineer one?s way out of anything. Postwar austerity? Build a better straight-six. Export crisis? Add walnut veneer. Social upheaval? Fit wire wheels and proceed calmly to Goodwood. Alvis, for the uninitiated (or the tragically modern), was the marque for those who found Rolls-Royce a little too obvious and Jaguar a little too louche. Alvis was for the quietly confident. The sort of person who preferred engineering integrity to marketing noise. The sort who understood that true prestige does not shout; it idles smoothly at 3,000 rpm and awaits instruction. John Price Williams approaches his subject with the seriousness it deserves. Here you will find coachbuilders, chassis numbers, production variations, and all the delicious minutiae that make the true enthusiast?s pulse quicken. TE21s. TD21s. TF21s. Dropheads, saloons, the elegant collaboration with Graber. These were cars built in Coventry by people who believed that quality was a moral position. And what cars they were. Postwar Alvis machines managed the rare trick of looking dignified without looking dull. They are the automotive equivalent of a Savile Row suit worn slightly off-centre: impeccable tailoring with a hint of defiance. Not brash. Not flashy. Just correct ? in the most quietly superior way imaginable. The book itself (and let us speak plainly here) is in Fine condition. Not ?fine for its age.? Not ?fine if you squint.? Fine. Crisp pages. Tight binding. No mysterious garage aromas. It has clearly been treated with the respect usually reserved for torque wrenches and the Daily Telegraph crossword. Inside, you will find photographs, specifications, production data, and the kind of lovingly compiled detail that makes one want to stand in a cold garage in January, gazing thoughtfully at a polished rocker cover. This is scholarship with petrol in its veins. There is, too, something faintly heroic about postwar British carmakers. They built elegant grand tourers while the country was still rationing sugar. They exported beauty to America while much of Britain was still grey. Alvis did not chase volume. It chased refinement. A most unfashionable ambition. So here we have it: a beautifully produced 1993 tribute to a marque that refused to compromise. If you own an Alvis, this book is essential. If you aspire to own an Alvis, this book is aspirational therapy. If you merely enjoy the idea of dignified mechanical excellence from a vanished era, this will sit on your shelf like a well-polished radiator grille. Fine condition. Properly bound. No nonsense. Crappy Old Books ? supplying understated British motoring gravitas, one straight-six at a time. …

Condición: New.

Condición: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Softbound. Condición: Fine(1). How the MGA became one of America s best loved sports cars. Illustrated by: .

Hardcover. Condición: As New. Estado de la sobrecubierta: As New. 1st Edition. dj: as new. book: as new hbak.

Condición: New. In English.

Condición: New. pp. 320 3 Figures.

Paperback. Condición: Very Good. Riley, with its slogan As Old as the Industry As Modern as the Hour, is one of the great names of the British motor industry, with a history of producing up-market sporting cars, the attributes of which are still widely cherished. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.…

Hardcover. Condición: As New. Estado de la sobrecubierta: As New. 1st Edition, Illustrated Edition. 208 illustrated pages. Full appendix data. Also covers the Pathfinder models.

Soft cover. Condición: Fine. 1st Edition. 144 pp. Book/dust jacket condition: Fine- (very minor chips to bottom edge of front board)/na (as issued; illustrated boards). First/1st Edition, Fifth/5th Printing. Color and b/w illustrations throughout. All orders are processed and shipped from MI or WI, USA. …

Softcover. xiii, 309 pp. Softcover. LCC: 9477837 Very good condition; traces of wear on edges of covers. Signed and inscribed by the Editor.

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. Available again after a long absence!This new book is the definitive study of the MGA, for the author has gone back to factory records and to the people who worked on the car in the 'fifties, to find out how it was conceived, manufactured and marketed. Here is the real story of the MGA's engineering, body styling and every aspect of the car's development and production - including MG's strategy to beat its competitors._x000B_In seven years of production, there were major successes and sad disappointments. The MGA was the car that was "right first time" and though the Twin Cam variant was a nightmare for the factory, it is now the most sought after model. This book tells how the sleepy Thames-side village of Abingdon became a mass-production centre for the MGA, how the MGA became one of America's best-loved sports cars and how the MGA has become one of today's classic cars, cherished by enthusiastic owners all over the world. Available again!The definitive history of the MGA, the first British sportscar to sell more than 100,000 units and be capable of topping 100mph. Includes Le Mans prototypes, the coupe, Twin Cam, 1600 and 1600 MkII models; competition history; 'secret MGAs'; the USA success story; restoration notes, and much more. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Condición: New.

Condición: Good.

Condición: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. A photographic record of MGs in production with facts and figures about Britain's most popular sorts car brand. 96pp in black and white. Printed boards as issued. Book size 255x215mm.