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[London]: Shell-Mex Limited. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. BECK Maurice 1886-1960. c1930, in slightly soiled, soft paper covers, titles in red, 2 dramatic B&W photographs to covers by Maurice Beck. Internally, title page, 5 unnumbered pages of text and 3 large coloured plates (1 with 9 overlays which exhibit the inner workings of the bike), on 5 leaves, bound by 2 rusty staples, a few repaired edge chips. (349*251 mm). Fascinating.

London : Charing Cross: Shepherd and Sutton, and Wyld. Henry Blacklock & Co Ltd, 1901. Hardcover. Near Fine. 32mo - over 4 - 5" tall. In green cloth, gilt title & label to upper cover. Internally, 16 pp, mainly double page timetable, and 5 double page B&W maps including Lancashire, Manchester & Liverpool (26 pages in total). This is a 1901 reprinting of the 1839 edition. (118*78 mm).

Gate Street, Lincoln's In Fields. and 59 High Holborn, London: Day and Son. and John Weale, 1850. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good +. Elephant Folio - over 15 - 23" tall. CLARK Edwin HAWKINS George. 2 * large paper text volumes with 18 plates. Plus the folio Atlas with 46 pls, a total of 64 lithographed plates (6 of which are tinted views after George Hawkins). Complete. Text volumes (274*180 mm) in contemporary quarter purple morocco over embossed purple cloth, corners brushed. Spines, gilt titles, blind tooling, worn slightly. Internally, Vol 1, 1850, tipped in errata, half title, frontis, [5], (vii-xii), [1], 2-466 pp, 9 pls (including frontis), numerous tables & illustrations within text. Vol 2, 1850, half title, frontis, [5], (vi-vii), [1] pl list, [1], 468-821, [2], (iv) list of subscribes, 9 pls. Numerous illustrations and tables within texts, yellow endpapers, t.e.g. Vol 3, the Atlas, modern dark quarter maroon morocco, gilt & blind tooling, over contemporary… Read More

Gate Street, Lincoln's In Fields. and 59 High Holborn, London: Day and Son. and John Weale, 1850. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Elephant Folio - over 15 - 23" tall. CLARK Edwin. HAWKINS George. 3 Volumes complete, (1*Plates, 2*text), 1st ed, 1850, text vols in embossed dark green cloth. Spine re-laid, gilt titles faded. Internally, Vol 1, half title, map frontis, [5], (vi-xii). [1], 2-466 pp, 8 pls, 1 map. Frontis, [3], (vi-vii), [1] pl list, [1], 2-821 pp, [1], (iv) subscribers list, 9 pls. Yellow endpapers, book label to fpds (SSM Kelham - Society of the Sacred Mission at Kelham Hall?). Vol 3, plates, 1850, J. Weales, 406*580 mm, in modern half calf over marked brown cloth. Spine, raised bands, gilt titles to red calf labels. Internally, 1850, J. Weale, title page, pl list, 46 pls (including 6 lithographed, some folding, some 2 per sheet), binders label to fpd (Delrue). Vol 1 contains a History of the Design. Section II. The Preliminary Experiments. Section 111. General… Read More

London: 96, Strand: Ackermann and Co., 1833. Hardcover. Near Fine. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. HUGHES SG. PYALL H. SHAW I.. Complete with Sixteen Hand Coloured Aquatint Plates, including the Three Very Scarce Folding Plates. Revised edition (first published in 1831 with six plates). large quarto, [2], 8 pp, thirteen hand coloured aquatint plates by S.G. Hughes and H. Pyall after T.T. Bury, this copy with three additional large folding hand coloured aquatint plates by SG Hughes [the last two after I Shaw]: View of the Intersection Bridge on the Line of the St Helens & Runcorn Gap Railway, A Train of the First Class of Carriages with the Mail [and] Train of the Second Class for Outside Passengers, and A Train of Waggons with Goods. &c. &c. [and] A Train of Carriages with Cattle. The extra plates watermarked 1831. Text watermarked 1832. Modern antique style quarter calf over marbled boards (sm paper tear) with the original red morocco gilt lettering label on front cover, vellum tips,… Read More

[London]: Shell-Mex Limited. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. BECK Maurice 1886-1960. c1933, in slightly soilef soft paper covers, with 2 dramatic B&W photographs by Maurice Beck to covers, blue ink title. Internally. (16) printed pages, including 6 coloured plates (5 full page, which have hinged flaps that disclose the interior of the car, its internal construction and moving parts and the working parts of the engine), bound with 2 rusty staples, page titles in red, lower corner tips turned. Plate 1 with 2 large overlays; Pl 2 with 1 large flap; Pl 3 with 2 large flaps; Pl 4 with 3 flaps, 1 large & 2 small; Pl 5 with 4 flaps, 1 large & 3 small. A fascinating explanation of the engine components. (347*252 mm).

The House of Commons, 1811. 1st Edition . No Binding. Good. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. PROVIS WA. AROWSMITH A. LOWRY W.. In modern paper boards, printed title to spine. Internally, [3], 4-43 pp, [3], 6 pls (including 2 large folding and with roads outlined), new endpapers, with a single leaf dated 1812 signed by Rd Wharton with an estimate of the sum wanted in the year 1812 for the improvement of Holyhead Harbour report No: 145 bound in at the end. (325*203*5 mm).