This book is a delightful first-person account of a ten-year venture into searching for, finding, buying, restoration, and exhibiting of fourteen finicky vintage motorcars - a venture highlighted by humor, pain, joy, nostalgia, and much hard work.
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hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!. Seller Inventory # S_400979476
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. hardback in near fine condition with very good dust jacket. Seller Inventory # 124370
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Seller: booksforcomfort, Comfort, TX, U.S.A.
Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. 1st edition. Adventures of a Vintage Car Collector by Alan L Radcliff. Published by Bonanza Books, New York, NY, 1972. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardbound. Paper DJ. Size 4to (up to 12'' tall). Condition: Nr Fine in Torn & Taped DJ. 192 Pgs. ISBN 0517136589. LCCN 72-82923. A prize-winning collector-restorer's humorous, painful & nostalgic reminiscences of the searching for, restoring & exhibiting of vintage cars. Illustrated with color and black and white photographs. Description text copyright 2005 BooksForComfort. Item ID 9026. book. Seller Inventory # 9026
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. FIRST EDITION, First Printing; letter line: a b c d e f g h. Small quarto; pale grey linen cloth boards with black details to spine. Neat, clean and square. Contents tight, bright and clean, with no additional markings or inscriptions. The text block edges have a very light sprinkling of foxing externally-pages unaffected within. 192pp of text and b/w images + 8pp unpaginated full-page colour photographic reproductions at centre. The unclipped dustwrapper has a slight curl and tiny closed slit at top edge, a few very small marks - otherwise complete, bright and clean. White laminate with colour reproduction and black details to front, black details to (uncreased) spine, b/w image 'The author in his trophy room' to rear panel. Overall, a nice copy. A scarce First Edition outside the U.S. PLEASE SEE FIVE ACCOMPANYING IMAGES. Now protected with transparent, removable sleeve. FREE p&p within the U.K. Shipping outside the U.K. at appropriate postal cost, as agreed with the purchaser. (20% of profits from all FARRAGO sales donated to the Motor Neurone Disease Association). Seller Inventory # 0339
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