Gordon Horner (25 results)

Paperback. Condition: Good+. First Edition. 8vo Oblong. creased cover. Book.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First edition first printing oblong paperbound 48 pp Illustrated throughout Very Good condition. No dust jacket. Horner, Gordon (cover paintings) (illustrator).

Paperback. Condition: Good+. First Edition. 8vo Oblong. Book.

1959. (Oblong staplebound) Very good. 48pp. Color illustrated wrappers. Photographs, black and white and color illustrations, chronology. Book about Castrol Company. Cover art by Gordon Horner. Illustrations by Gordon Horner. (Transportation, Airplanes, Automobiles, Motor Oil, Motorcycles).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first impression. Some slight edge wear to top and bottom of largely dark blue jacket and spine, corners slightly rubbed, some yellowing and spotting to back jacket, endpapers and page block, not price clipped (13s 6d), no inscriptions, internally clean tight and square, overall a vg+ copy for its age. 234pp. The novel is set in the 1950s, beginning at the Carrera Panamericana Mexico (a gruelling race on public roads which ran from 1950-1954). It is the first person tale of a driver's progress up the ladder of the sport from driving underfunded sports cars to competing in Grand Prix racing. The protagonist rescues a top driver from a dangerous situation, gains better rides as a result, and the two eventually become rivals. The novel makes a very odd turn into espionage when the rival driver is detained in East Berlin and the narrator, against his career interests, helps to extricate him so that the two may compete in the climactic race. By motor racing driver and historian John Bentley. Jacket by Gordon Horner of Autocar (illustrator).…

Paperback. Condition: very good. No Dust Jacket. a tear on the second to last page, staples have some rust. I often replace, otherwise very good, red car and motorcycle on the front. Gordon Horner. (illustrator).

Condition: Good. Publisher's original wire stitched colour illustrated card wrap covers [soft back]. Oblong 8vo 8½'' x 5¼'' 48 pp with splendid archive monochrome photographic illustrations throughout. Motor racing, rallying, motor-cycle racing and ordinary motoring - a promotional booklet for Castrol Lubrication. Rubbing to the edges in Good condition, no dust wrapper as issued. Member of the P.B.F.A. MOTORING, SPORTS CARS.…

Condition: Very Good. Publisher's original wire stitched colour illustrated card wrap covers [soft back]. Oblong 8vo 8½'' x 5¼'' 48 pp with splendid archive monochrome photographic illustrations throughout. Motor racing, rallying, motor-cycle racing and ordinary motoring - a promotional booklet for Castrol Lubrication. In Very Good clean condition, no dust wrapper as issued. Member of the P.B.F.A. MOTORING, SPORTS CARS.…

Condition: Very Good. Publisher's original wire stitched colour illustrated card wrap covers [soft back]. Oblong 8vo 8½'' x 5¼'' 48 pp with splendid archive monochrome photographic illustrations throughout. Motor racing, rallying, motor-cycle racing and ordinary motoring - a promotional booklet for Castrol Lubrication. In Very Good clean condition, no dust wrapper as issued. Member of the P.B.F.A. MOTORING, SPORTS CARS.…

Condition: Very Good. Publisher's original wire stitched colour illustrated card wrap covers [soft back]. Oblong 8vo 8½'' x 5¼'' 48 pp with splendid archive monochrome photographic illustrations throughout. Motor racing, rallying, motor-cycle racing and ordinary motoring - a promotional booklet for Castrol Lubrication. In Very Good clean condition, no dust wrapper as issued. Member of the P.B.F.A. MOTORING, SPORTS CARS.…

Condition: Very Good. Publisher's original wire stitched colour illustrated card wrap covers [soft back]. Oblong 8vo 8½'' x 5¼'' 48 pp with splendid archive monochrome photographic illustrations throughout. Motor racing, rallying, motor-cycle racing and ordinary motoring - a promotional booklet for Castrol Lubrication. In Very Good clean condition, no dust wrapper as issued. Member of the P.B.F.A. MOTORING, SPORTS CARS.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First. nice copy; larger-format; oblong; memoir of a British soldier who was captured in North Africa and was kept in Italian and German POW camps; signed by Bill Bowes (editor). Signed by Editor.

Condition: Very Good. Publisher's original wire stitched colour illustrated card wrap covers [soft back]. Oblong 8vo 8½'' x 5¼'' 48 pp with splendid archive monochrome photographic illustrations throughout. Motor racing, rallying, motor-cycle racing and ordinary motoring - a promotional booklet for Castrol Lubrication. In Very Good clean condition, no dust wrapper as issued. Member of the P.B.F.A. MOTORING, SPORTS CARS.…

Condition: Very Good. Publisher's original wire stitched colour illustrated card wrap covers [soft back]. Oblong 8vo 8½'' x 5¼'' 40 pp with splendid archive monochrome photographic illustrations throughout. Motor racing, rallying, motor-cycle racing and ordinary motoring - a promotional booklet for Castrol Lubrication. In Very Good clean condition, no dust wrapper as issued. Member of the P.B.F.A. MOTORING, SPORTS CARS.…

Condition: Very Good. Publisher's original wire stitched colour illustrated card wrap covers [soft back]. Oblong 8vo 8½'' x 5¼'' 48 pp with splendid archive monochrome photographic illustrations throughout. Motor racing, rallying, motor-cycle racing and ordinary motoring - a promotional booklet for Castrol Lubrication. In Very Good clean condition, no dust wrapper as issued. Member of the P.B.F.A. MOTORING, SPORTS CARS.…

Condition: Very Good. Publisher's original wire stitched colour illustrated card wrap covers [soft back]. Oblong 8vo 8½'' x 5¼'' 48 pp with splendid archive monochrome photographic illustrations throughout. Motor racing, rallying, motor-cycle racing and ordinary motoring - a promotional booklet for Castrol Lubrication. In Very Good clean condition, no dust wrapper as issued. Member of the P.B.F.A. MOTORING, SPORTS CARS.…

Condition: Very Good. Publisher's original wire stitched colour illustrated card wrap covers [soft back]. Oblong 8vo 8½'' x 5¼'' 48 pp with splendid archive monochrome photographic illustrations throughout. Motor racing, rallying, motor-cycle racing and ordinary motoring - a promotional booklet for Castrol Lubrication. In Very Good clean condition, no dust wrapper as issued. Member of the P.B.F.A. MOTORING, SPORTS CARS.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. London: Privately Published for the Author by the Falcon Press, 1948. Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. London: Privately Published for the Author by the Falcon Press, 1948. First Edition. 12 tipped-in coloured plates and numerous other illustrations. Oblong 8vo (7 3/8 x 10 inches), un-paginated. Original quarter green leather, yellow cloth boards with original dust jacket. The preface is signed by Bill Bowes below his printed signature. Approximately 7 ½ inches tall. Condition Report Externally Spine good condition, bumped to ends with a small tear at the top, gilt titles down full length of spine. Joints good. Corners good condition gently bumped and worn. Boards good condition original quarter green leather, yellow cloth boards with small bump to front. Dust jacket has a small tear to the front cover and a little chipping., boards are slightly bowed. Page edges good condition lightly tanned and foxed. See above and photos. Internally Hinges good condition sound. Paste downs good condition lightly tanned. End papers good condition. Title good condition. Pages good condition a number of b/w and colour illustrations throughout. Binding good condition sound, nice clean example.…

SIGNED by Bill Bowes (who wrote preface) & inscibed by fellow inmate, oblong super octavo, yellow buckram boards with green spine, gilt lettering to spine, illus half & full title pgs, unpaginated, illus, VG- (light creasing & bruising to spine extrems & board corners, light soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges, moderate foxing & tanning to eps) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light discolouration to covers).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Privately Printed. Preface signed by Bill Bowes (ex-Yorkshire cricketer and ex-POW). Illustrated throughout by the artist and POW Gordon Horner who was artist working for the Sunday Chronicle amongst other. This was produced recounting his war experiences as a POW in Italy and Germany. Believed he was caught trying to get too close to the enemy. 12 tipped in colour plates and drawings throughout of comrades in the camps with names and details, pale yellow cloth boards, green cloth spine with gilt titles along the side. Some light edge rubbing, dustwrapper chipped at edges near spine and closed split at top front edge near spine, but all complete, also wrapper handled feel on cover. Contents very good. Oblong octavo. (uncommon privately printed WW2 military history and war-time experiences). Gordon Horner. (illustrator). Signed by Author(s).…

Signed by author, small oblong quarto, yellow cloth boards, gilt lettering to green leather spine, unpaginated, illus, VG (light tanning to page edges & heavier to eps, owner's name & date in ink to front pastedown) in d/w, VG (some fading, light bruising to spine extrems, 3cm closed tear to front flap fold, some creasing to upper edges).…

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a very good, slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. SIGNED by both author and artist. Physical description; ca. 138p. chiefly ill. (some col.), figs. ; 19x25cm. Notes; Accompanied by photographs, documents and notes relating to Paul Hardwick and his time as a prisoner of war, during which period he took part in various theatrical productions. He is referred to in "For you the war is over", and the book also includes several drawings of him. Subjects; biography, individual. graphic art. autobiography, individual. personal experiences. prisoners-of-war 1 Kg.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Gordon Horner was a commercial artist who worked for Autocar, Flight and Associated Magazines but during the war he was a POW in Italy and Germany and this book tells of those experiences but is, of course, thoroughly illustrated throughout in both black and white and with tipped-in colour plates. Horner's fellow POW and Yorkshire cricketer Bill Bowes wrote a short introduction and this copy has his flatsigned signature beneath his printed name at the end of the introduction. Much more unusually, this copy is also signed by Horner himself on the endpaper "To Mike In Friendship, Gordon May 10, 2000" The book is in very good order. The jacket is complete with just a little wear at the spine. Size: oblong. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Art & Design; Military & Warfare. Inventory No: 74114. For further information on this title or for further photographs, please click on the "Ask Seller a Question" button directly underneath this listing. We aim to reply within three working days. Buyers from OUTSIDE of the UK are strongly recommended to make contact, to ask for an accurate shipping cost, BEFORE buying.…

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a very good, slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. SIGNED by both author and artist. Physical description; ca. 138p. chiefly ill. (some col.), figs. ; 19x25cm. Notes; Accompanied by photographs, documents and notes relating to Paul Hardwick and his time as a prisoner of war, during which period he took part in various theatrical productions. He is referred to in "For you the war is over", and the book also includes several drawings of him. Subjects; biography, individual. graphic art. autobiography, individual. personal experiences. prisoners-of-war 1 Kg.…

First edition. DW. SCARCE. Preface by Bill Bowes and SIGNED by Bowes underneath his printed name. Landscape 8vo. Illustrated throughout with b/w drawings and tipped-in coloured plates. An illustrated account of P.O.W camps. A very beautifully produced book. Some rippling and browning to endpapers o/w near fine in wrapper.…