Major Garrard (10 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 4to. A good copy in deep red cloth with gilt lettering and decoration on spine, which is a little scuffed to spine tail and with a small tear to spine front cover top. Front cover a little discoloured/spotted. Front inner hinge slightly slack, otherwise internally very good. nd but pos on front pastedown dated 1933. HEAVY BOOK, WILL INCUR ADDITIONAL POSTAGE CHARGE. Immediate despatch from the UK. Book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. .You look at photos here of cars like the HP Austin All-Weather Car and you realise cars were so much more elegant back in the day. Some soiling to boards, gilt titles, edges tanned, some toning and foxing but no text obscured, hints of starting hinge but binding remains firm. Lacks dust jacket, and book is priced accordingly. Grading commensurate with age of book. By Good condition we mean that while book has wear, it is perfectly readable and complete, and in overall good condition relevant to its age of 100+ yearsDispatched from the UK same or next working day. You look at photos here of cars like the HP Austin All-Weathe Car and you realise cars were so much more elegant back in the day. Some soiling to boards, gilt titles, edges tanned, some toning and foxing but no text obscured, hints of starting hinge but binding remains firm. Lacks dust jacket, and book is priced accordingly. Grading commensurate with age of book. By Good condition we mean that while book has wear, it is perfectly readable and complete, and in overall good condition relevant to its age of 100+ years. Dispatched from the UK same or next working day. NB: Due to the stupidity of Brexit, parcels sent to the EU may incur additional customs charges.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. complete cyclopedia of motor practice for owner-drivers chauffeurs mechanics motor cyclists and garage proprietors with all the latest laws and regulations. 1600 working diagrams, engineers section special plates and other original drawings. undated but circa 1940. red cloth. 720pp. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. …

Cloth. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Complete Cyclopedia of Motoring Practice for Owner-Drivers, Chauffers, Mechanics, Motor Cyclists and Garage Proprieters. 720 Pages. Illustrated with many B&W technical drawings. Includes the Fold-Out Plates showing sections of engines, cars etc. "Sixteen Hundred Working Diagrams, Engineer's Sections, Special Plates and other Original Drawings Expressly Prepared for this Work." Contents are in nice, clean condition but cover has suffered a bit from damp. Spine has good, strong colour and bright gilt lettering. D/J has a small tear to top of spine. Undated but looks early to mid 20th C. Large, Heavy book so postage may be a little extra. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included. Plates, some folding and black and white illus. and diagrams; viii+720pp. folio orig. red cloth, slight wear on extremities.

Hardback. Condition: good. No Dust Jacket. 1924 blue binding, loose plate at the front.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Early Edition. 273, 279, 270, 278 Pp. Four Volumes In Green Cloth, Gilt. Early Edition, Last Date I Found In Book Referred To Latest 1931 Model Year. Three Of Four Tipped On Fold-Out Plates On Front Pastedowns Are Detached, But All Complete. Covers Worn, A Few Points Of Fraying At Tips, A Little Light Dampspotting Along Foredge Of Covers, No Names Or Marks, Contents Clean With No Foxing. No International Orders. Photographs and Diagrams Throughout (illustrator).…

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Second Edition. 3 volumes, 248pp, 269pp, 379pp complete. All illustrated throughout. 2nd edition. Red cloth. very good set with no previous ownership markings. Sound binding. Light fade on the spine. heavy set will be addition postage .…

Cloth. Condition: Very Good Indeed. A pair of informative and richly illustrated guides to contemporary motor cars. A smart, 2 volume set of this comprehensive work.Edited by technical journalist and consultant Arthur William Judge, who published several similar titles throughout his lifetime.Volume 1 features a frontispiece, a colour flip diagram to the front paste down, and 7 further monochrome plates. Collated, complete.Volume 2 features a frontispiece, a flip diagram with colour detail, and 7 further monochrome plates. Collated, complete.Lacking volume 3. Bound in original blue cloth. Externally, smart. Mild rubbing to extremities. Marks to rear boards. Small marks to vol2 front board. Mild age toning to endpapers. Internally, firmly bound. Pages generally bright and clean. Very Good Indeed. Not Stated (illustrator). book.…

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. The complete contemporary guide to the mechanics of motor cars from Arthur William Judge, delightfully and resourcefully illustrated in colour and black and white. Complete in four volumes.In the publisher's original green cloth binding.Each text features a monochrome frontispiece and two colour plates tipped in to the front paste down. Volume I also contains seven further monochrome plates; Volume II contains five additional monochrome plates; Volume III contains two and Volume IV contains six, alongside a folding diagram. Collated, complete.Undated, dated from copies held by the British Library.Publisher's pamphlet tipped in to Volume I, with questions to test the reader's knowledge upon completion of the collection printed alongside a resourceful index spanning all four volumes.A contemporary, in-depth guide to the mechanics of motor cars, featuring chapters on engines, clutches, tyres and all manner of car components. Chiefly written by technical journalist Arthur William Judge, who published a number of texts on motoring, mechanics and engineering. With contributions from Captain W. E. Dommett, Major A. Garrard and John Phillimore, among others. In the publisher's original green cloth binding. Relevant publisher's pamphlet tipped in to Volume I. Externally, smart with slight bumping and rubbing, very minor loss of cloth at spine head, tail and tips, light sunning along spine and a few marks to boards. Internally, generally firmly bound with only a couple of marginally more delicate pages throughout the collection. The colour plate to Volume II is present but loose, and one colour plate to Volume III is lightly creased. Bright and clean collection with the odd spot, heavier to the first and last few pages. Very Good. Not Stated (illustrator). book.…