Fred Hobbs (21 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 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. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Not Stated. The book is from the MGM Studio Art Dept. Library. The spine is broken along the second and last pages. The book has the library card sleeve pasted on the front inside cover. The library name is stamped on multiple pages. The cloth cover spine is missing. The cover has small tears in the cloth over the top and bottom edges. Due to the weight of this book, it cannot be shipped priority mail or outside the United States.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. All of our books without an ISBN number (normally pre-1970 in date) are described individually in detail. Books with an ISBN number (this one included) are all offered for sale in good condition or better: some may be in very good, near fine, or fine condition. If the condition is critical to your decision to purchase, then please contact us and we will let you know our view of its condition. If the book is very heavy, we will may need to contact you before completion of purchase to advise you of extra postage costs.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Dust wrapper has some light rubbing and chipping to edges, no tears or fading, crease to spine. Now in clear removable protective sleeve. Not price clipped, no inscriptions, illustrated. very little wear internally, appears only lightly read. Heavy book, will require additional postage outside the UK.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Hardcover in Fine condition, dustwrapper with slight shelfwear but otherwise Near Fine. In a clear archival wrapper. First edition, pp 203, b&w illustrations, appendix, index.

[4], 66 pages (all single-sided leaves). Paperback: H 27.75cm x L 22.25cm. White plastic comb binder; red front cover with some light wear along edges and creased fore-edge corners; some soiling to white rear cover. Addenda slip stapled at top of page 43. November 1937 map clipped from Memphis newspaper showing Mississippi state highway paving program and two unrelated color maps all laid-in at page 50 with former causing some toning to page as well. Minor soiling to title page with negligible chips along fore-edge; first several leaves having light creasing/bumping at top fore-edge corners. Binding is firm. A very good copy. With Foreword by Bureau of Business Research Acting Director Edward H. Hobbs. Features 66 pages of maps with the majority compiled relevant to 1957 showing agricultural and industrial production and resources. Sampling of map titles: "Cotton Production," "Cottonseed Oil Mills," "Apparel and Related Products," "Hosiery Mills," "Wheat Production," "Mississippi Rice Production," "Corn Production," "Oats Production," "Soybean Production," "Prepared Animal Feed Plants," "Mixed Fertilizer Plants," "All Cattle and Calves on Farms," "Leather and Leather Goods," "Dairy Products Plants," "Hogs and Pigs on Farms," "Poultry Dressing Plants," "Canned and Frozen Seafood," "Mississippi Commercial Forests," "Softwood Lumber Production," "Hardwood Lumber Production," "Pulpwood Production," :Insecticides and Fungicides," "Drugs, Medicines and Pharmaceuticals," "Oil Production," "Rubber Products," "Electric Transmission Lines," "Value of Mineral Production," "Bottled Soft Drink Plants," etc.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First edition. Fine hardback copy with fine jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st. Dust Jacket: Yes. Unclipped. External Condition: Excellent condition. Internal Condition: Excellent condition. Author/Editor: Hobbs, Fred. ISBN: 0854297189. Publisher: Foulis. Year: 1990. Edition: 1st. Binding: Hardcover. Illustrated: Yes, B&W. Language: English. Page Count: 203. Keywords: Motor Racing, Cars. The book for sale is the one in the photo.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Hobbs, Fred. A life with HWM, from Aston to Facel Vega/ foreword by George Abecassis. First edition. Yeovil: Haynes Publishing Group, 1990. A Foulis Motoring Book. Hardback, VG, in unclipped dustjacket with light shelfwear to edges and one small nick to top front. Grey cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Binding strong.203pp., b/w photographs throughout. Contents clean and bright. "Fred Hobbs recounting of his years working at HW Motors in England from his teenage years on is a most interesting read. His recounting of the qualities and shortcomings of the hundreds of different kinds of cars that they sold, worked on and built are in depth and lovingly told. The characters are also told about with great detail as are the travels that Mr. Hobbs made throughout Europe". RightWayUp Books aims to provide accurate and detailed descriptions. All images are of the actual book for sale - no stock images are ever used. Thank you for looking at this listing.

Hard Boards. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Hardback in jacket 1990. Clean & tight book. No inscriptions. Flat pages. Jacket is not torn. Dispatched "Royal Mail Tracked 24" next working day or sooner securely boxed in cardboard. ref M17. Life with Hersham and Walton Motors. From Aston to Facel Vega by Fred Hobbs. Published in 1990 by G. T. Foulis & Co Ltd, UK.

Condition: New. Print on Demand.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Title Continues: from Aston to Facal Vega. Gives a good idea that this chap had a life worth writing about. With the fledgling Grand Prix Team that had a young Stirling Moss as one of its Driver's HWM was one of the Post War British hopes along with BRM and Connaught. Fred Hobbs was involved with many of the Cars & Personalities when Motor Sport restarted after the War and his vivid recollections of those care free days at Prescott, Brighton & Goodwood make this a magical trip of nostalgia. This and much more at Astons is equally well recorded and supported with photos from his private & other collections. 203 pages, very good bok and jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. Title Continues: from Aston to Facal Vega. Gives a good idea that this chap had a life worth writing about. With the fledgling Grand Prix Team that had a young Stirling Moss as one of its Driver's HWM was one of the Post War British hopes along with BRM and Connaught. Fred Hobbs was involved with many of the Cars & Personalities when Motor Sport restarted after the War and his vivid recollections of those care free days at Prescott, Brighton & Goodwood make this a magical trip of nostalgia. This and much more at Astons is equally well recorded and supported with photos from his private & other collections. The Book runs to 203pp and is in fine condition with fine jacket to match.

Imperial octavo, grey heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus title page, 203pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light discolouration to board edges, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling).

8vo, 203pp. Black & white illustrations. A very good hardback copy in like dust jacket.

HB. Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: VG. First Edition. Clean grey cloth on boards with gilt titles. Edges: light foxing to top-edge; faint smudge to fore-edge. Clean contents. B/w illustrations. Binding is As New. 203p Dj: faint dusting of a little soiling, rubbings and few only scratches. Head of spine with thin creasing.

8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs in the text; grey cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.

Condition: Very Good. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original grey cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back. Quarto. 10'' x 7ĵ''. Contains 203 pp with period monochrome photographs throughout. Erased pencil price. Very Good condition book in Very Good condition dust wrapper with short closed tear and rub to the top of the spine, not price clipped, £15.95. Member of the P.B.F.A. MOTORING, SPORTS CARS.

Haynes Publications. Yeovil. 1990. First edition. Hardback with DW. Illustrated in black and white. Margins slightly sunned and extremities lightly rubbed otherwise a good clean copy in a slightly worn wrapper.

4'' x 7'' Autograph book. Each page details whether the signature is genuine, and if so, where and when it was acquired, the book also contains a number of copy signatures. Small newspaper clippings and, or, colour cigarette cards accompany each page. The Jack Hobbs signature states: 'Nothing succeeds like character, J. B. Hobbs, April 1930' the comments to this page state that this was acquired from Jack Hobbs own shop, 59 Fleet Street, London. The Harold Larwood signature was obtained from Gamages, Holborn, in the nets. Member of the P.B.F.A. SPORT [Cricket].