Rutter H Thornton (39 results)

Condition: Good. No Edition Remarks. 1414 pages. No dust jacket. Burgundy cloth with gilt lettering. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Binding remains firm. Prominent tear to diagram at rear of book. Heavy thumb marking and ink staining present to rear endpapers. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Gilt lettering is bright and clear.…

Condition: Good. No Edition Remarks. 153 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over black cloth. Black and white illustrations throughout. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Unclipped jacket has moderate edge wear with tears, chips, and some areas of loss. Noticeable rubbing and marking. …

Condition: Good. No Edition Remarks. Unpaginated. No dust jacket. Red cloth with gilt lettering. Vol. III. Black and white photographic and illustrated plates. Minor foxing and noticeable tanning to pages and plates. More prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Light cracking and creasing to gutters; some looseness to binding but pages remain attached. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has heavier tanning with soft crushing to ends. Lettering remains bright and clear. Book has a slight forward lean.…

Condition: Good. Good condition. Boards have light wear. Content is clean with minor age tone. No DJ.

Condition: Good. 864 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Vol.IV. Pages are clean and bright, and appear almost good as new. With minimal tanning throughout. Binding has remained firm. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are mildly crushed. Light tanning to spine and edges. Boards are bowed. Book has a forward lean.…

Hard Back. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1986 REPRINT. HARDBACK. NO DATE OF PUBLICATION, A FAIR BOOK IN A WORN DUST JACKET. THE TEXT AND ILLUSTRATIONS ARE QUITE TIDY BUT THERE IS SOME STAINING ON THE BOTTOM CORNERS OF PAGES- WORST AT EITHER END OF THE BOOK AND LESS IN THE MIDDLE(SEE PHOTOGRAPHS). LIGHT DUST STAINING ON TOP EDGE OF BLOCK. THE DUSTWRAPPER IS CHIPPED AND WORN ON EDGES WITH SOME LARGER TEARS PARTIALLY REPAIRED USING SELLOTAPE. THE STAINING IS ALSO ON THE BOTTOM OF THE DUSTWAPPER- EVIDENT ON THE REVERSE SIDE, BUT DISGUISED A BIT BY THE COLOUR OF THE FRONT AND REAR ILLUSTRATIONS. POSTED FROM THE UK IN 1-2 WORKING DAYS. IN A PROTECTIVE CARD WRAP. OK TO READ BUT NOT IN COLLECTIBLE CONDITION.…

Hard Back. Condition: Booklet - Fair++/Good. No Dustjacket. Pages 433-648. Blue binding, book has a backward lean, slight surface-wear/small marks to front & spine, gilt titles to front & spine, title-page REMOVED, frontispiece is coming loose as a result, Volume number partly removed so that it looks like Vol I but is not. Wear with rubbing & small creases to spine-ends, some rubbing to corners which are a little knocked under. Slight paper-cracks to inner hinges, light foxing to end-papers. Excellent b/w photos of the period - volume looks about 1930, & a colour 'pop-up' illustration of a car & its conponents in nine small layers with the pop-ups printed to both sides. Text is very clean & in nice condition.…

THIS VOL ONLY, super octavo hardcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.…

THIS VOL ONLY, super octavo hardcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.…

THIS VOL ONLY, super octavo hardcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 8vo, Hardback with Unclipped Dust Jacket. Undated Circa 1960's. 153 Pages, Illustrations. Few Light Marks to Cloth, Few Light Marks to Front & Rear End Papers. Some Edge Wear, Chipping with Small Amount of loss to front of Dust Jacket. Overall A Very Good Copy in Fair Dust Jacket. Extra Postage Costs may apply to overseas orders. …

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. In a maroon hardcover with gilt titles to spine and gilt design to front. No dust jacket. 1866 pp., maroon edged, with numerous black and white photographs and drawings. There is a coloured pop-out of a car to end. The book is in good + condition. There is very minor shelf-wear to the extremities of the cover, the corners are lightly bruised. The front hinge is beginning to crack but the binding is still firm. There is tanning to the end papers. There is light foxing to the end papers, half title and title pages and pop-out illustration. There is light tanning to the extremities of pages and very occasional spots of foxing. There is a tear across one crease of the pop-out illustration. The book weighs 2 kg., additional postage will be required.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. H/B 352 pages, condition is very good. Maroon boards with gilt lettering to the spine.

Hardback in Dust Wrapper. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Condition Notes: Matt paper dust wrapper has significant edgewear and is a touch faded overall, more heavily to the spine. Boards a little mottled. Leans vaguely. A little age-toning to the edges of the text block. Minor age-toning to the lining papers; First edition (first printing). Hardback. Dust wrapper over black boards with gilt titles to the spine; Measures 8¾" x 5¾" (0.8 kg); pp 223; Includes: Wiring diagrams; Chassis plans; Black & white photographs, within the text; Diagrams; Tables; Cutaways; || The book is on the shelf, ready to be appropriately packed, and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the book shop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #203760 ||.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Volume No. 1. only. No date stated. The dust jacket is a little shelf rubbed, minor marks, chipped, small creases and edge worn. A small piece of the top and bottom of the spine panel is missing. The text within the book is clear. There are minor marks around the block of the book. Now protected in cellophane. The binding is excellent. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Light general wear to cloth. Some foxing to edges of page-block. The key to the cut-away model and the page bearing the cut-away are partially detached but extant. The model itself is in pristine condition. Otherwise internally the book is virtually like new.bright and clean. Binding tight apart from the pages noted above. Pages numbered 433 to 648. Size: 195mm x 250mm. Book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. THE BOARDS ARE RUBBED AND FADED. THE SPINE IS BUMPED AT BOTH ENDS. THE BINDING IS TIGHT. PAGES GENERALLY APPEAR CLEAN AND CREASE FREE. ALL IN ALL A NICE EXAMPLE OF THIS BOOK.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Original dark maroon cloth gilt, small 4to, pp.353 - 706. Illustrated with photographic ills, text drawings and diagrams, and a chromolithograph at rear depicting the Bosch Magneto with movable parts ( lifting flaps ). Covers car models from A ( Austin Seven, Twelve, Light Six, Twenty )Austro Daimler, Bean ( 3 models ), Beardmore, Bentley ( 3 models ), Berliet, Beverley-Barnes, Bianchi, Bristol Commercial, Brocklebank, Bugatti, Buick and Cadillac. Undated but appears to be late 1920`s. Sturdy cloth binding clean and sound with spine gilt bright. Contents clean and tight, endpapers a tad dusty. One of 5 volume set originally ( see also volumes III and IV listed ). At least VG Heavy book weighing c1900g when parcelled, exceeding the postage quotation default weight of 1000g and thus incurring extra postage over the default for orders from overseas and those sent by 1st class post in the UK ( 2nd class unaffected ). Shipping quote can be supplied in advance if requested. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Original dark maroon cloth gilt, small 4to, pp vi,1061-1414. Illustrated with photographic ills, text drawings and diagrams, and a chromolithograph at rear depicting the Zenith Carburettor with movable parts ( lifting flaps ). Covers car models from Farman, Fiat, F.N., Ford, Franklin, Frazer Nash, Galloway, Garner, GMC, Gilford, Graham-Paige, Guy, GWK, Halley, Hampton, HE, Hillman, Hispano-Suiza, Horch, Hotchkiss, Humber, Hupmobile, Imperia, Invicta, Isotta Fraschini, Itala, Jordan, Jowett, Karrier, Laffly, Lagonda, Lanchester, Lancia-Lambda, Lancia. Undated but appears to be late 1920`s. Sturdy cloth binding clean and sound with spine gilt bright ( although spine a little creased ). Contents clean and tight, endpapers a tad dusty, a liitle foxing in places. to be reaffixed. One of 5 volume set originally ( see also volumes II and III listed ). At least VG Heavy book weighing c1900g when parcelled, exceeding the postage quotation default weight of 1000g and thus incurring extra postage over the default for orders from overseas and those sent by 1st class post in the UK ( 2nd class unaffected ). Shipping quote can be supplied in advance if requested. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Original dark maroon cloth gilt, small 4to, pp vi,707-1060. Illustrated with photographic ills, text drawings and diagrams, and a chromolithograph at rear depicting the Solex Carburettor with movable parts ( lifting flaps ). Covers car models from Ceirano, Chandler, Chenard-Walcker, Chevrolet, Chrysler, Citroen, Clyno, Crossley, Daimler, Darracq, Delage, Delaunay-Belleville, Dennis, Diatto, Dodge, Donnet-Zedel, Essex and Hudson, Excelsior. . Undated but appears to be late 1920`s. Sturdy cloth binding clean and sound with spine gilt bright. Contents clean and tight, endpapers a tad dusty. Small component from moveable flap model at rear detached but present and sound, just needing to be reaffixed. One of 5 volume set originally ( see also volumes II and IV listed ). At least VG Heavy book weighing c1900g when parcelled, exceeding the postage quotation default weight of 1000g and thus incurring extra postage over the default for orders from overseas and those sent by 1st class post in the UK ( 2nd class unaffected ). Shipping quote can be supplied in advance if requested. …

P/B boards, 13.5x21cm, 31 pages, slight bump to corner covers, ledges showing foxing.

Undated but c.1965. 8vo., black clothbound hardback gilt, in unclipped dust jacket; 223pp., indexed, illustrated with b/w plates. Previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown, plus ink name and date of 1966 to corner of ffep. Light foxing to edges and endpapers, dust jacket a little rubbed and edgeworn, overall VG/VG. (Shelf 88) PLEASE NOTE: Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.** Pictures available upon request.** Visit our homepage for our shop opening hours. Over 20,000 books in stock - come and browse. PayPal, credit and most debit cards welcome. Books posted worldwide. For any queries please contact us direct.…

Buckram. Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: N/a. First Edition. Detailed and comprehensive complete five-volume work on the motor car in the day when "few persons.can do without some form of mechanical transport". First edition, ND, but late 1920s with publisher's correction slip attached to page 354 mentioning the 1929 Austin Seven. Five volumes in fairly uniform condition with previous owner's neat ex-libris stickers on front pastedowns. Maroon buckram with gilt and numerous b/w illustrations. Vols II, III, IV and V have coloured fold-out, cutaway diagrams at rear, 1866pp in total, inc index in Vol V. Vols have just light shelfwear and bumping to extrems, but are internally very clean and tight. Fold-out, cutaway of six-cylider Mercedes in Vol V has light damage but is complete. No DJs. A VG, but heavy set which will require extra postage. Ref:114742.…

Hard. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Reprint. Pages clean and bright, boards and binding tidy, dust jacket in fair condition with chipping to edges. Size: 8vo.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Undated , c 1930 A bright firm copy , evidently seldom used, slight foxing to endpapers. Pics available Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Undated, c1930 A bright firm copy , evidently seldom used, slight tanning to endpapers. Pics available Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. (Ref.N1 ) Undated circa. 1910s-1920s. Blue cloth boards with gilt spine titles and lettering to front. Some slight rubbing to head and heel, extremities and one or two light marks else very good boards. Some yellowing to page edges throughout and light foxing, thumbing to prelims. Contents otherwise good and generally unmarked. Well-bound set. **Heavy volumes will be extra postage. Please message for details prior to ordering.**. …

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Modern Motors : Their Construction, Management and Control with an Exposition of all Parts and Accessories4 volume setUndated but believed to be first edition from 1924. External Condition: Blue boards with corners and edges rubbed, but otherwise good. Internal Condition: Some marking on page edges, otherwise very clean.Each volume is illustrated, full of photos of cars plus illustrative diagrams, volumes two and three each have one intricate fold out colour diagram of cars and their workings. Courier packaging due to weight. Copyright © Virtue & Co. …

1st ed. thus softback with stiff wrappers Very Good octavo 353-706pp., col. & b/w pls., text ills., diags., appends., bibliog., index, Interesting volume including Austin 7, 12, light 6 & 20; Austro-Daimler; Bdean; Beardmore; Bentley 3 litre, big six, 4 1/2 litre,; Berliet; Bianchi; Bristol, Brocklebank; Bugatti; uik 6, & Cadillac 8 cylinder V. With a nice fold-out colour model of a Bosch magneto at rear. …

FIVE VOL SET. Royal 8vo, pp. viii + 352, v + 353-706, vi + 707-1060, vi + 1061-1414, vi + 1415-1864; maroon buckram bds, spine lettered in gilt, motif in gilt to front board; all edges stained red, photos, plates, illus., model blueprints with moveable parts to rear opposite key; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems with sl chipping; prev booksellers' stickers to front pastedown & ffep (vol 1); heavy annotation in blue ink to ffep, ht, tp & contents versos (vols 1-3); prev ownership inscription in blue ink to ht (vols 1-4); newspaper cuttouts pasted to front pastedown & ht verso (vol 4); prev ownership inscription in blue ink to front pastedown & business stamp in purple ink to ffep (vol 5); light to moderate tanning & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; moderate cracking to front, central & rear gutters; some annotation throughout).…