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Pierce-Arrow. A circa 1907 promotional booklet, 'Defending the Trophy', by T. John Sullivan, effectively describing the success of the Pierce-Arrow winning the Glidden Trophy (400 ounces of sterling silver) for the second year running. A saddle-stitched 46pp book with good photographs of the competing cars, map of the 1906 event, detailed text, predicaments and troubles and a picture of the trophy. Sound condition, the cover with edge bumps, a company rubber stamp on the front free end paper (1)
A Record of Grand Prix and Voiturette Racing, Volume 1, 1900-1925 by Paul Sheldon. A very good copy of this small folio hardback volume, 1st and only Edition, 1987. Black cloth with silver lettering to the front cover and spine, 12 x 8.5ins, 336 pages, published by St. Leonard's Press, Shipley (1)
Rolls-Royce 40-50hp. Coachwork on Springfield manufactured Rolls-Royce, dated November 1923, 31pp, 4to size, with superb tonal images of various body-styles, to include the Phaeton, Roadster, Touring Phaeton, Cabriolet, Limousine, Sedan, Brougham and others. Highly detailed text, vignettes of interiors, prices of each, together with specifications. A highly delightful publication in excellent condition with an uncut black card, cord-tied cover decorated with a silver embossed Spirit of Ecstasy over a Rolls-Royce logo (1)
Alvis Speed Twenty, a 16pp brochure issued January 1936, with full colour artwork tipped-in plates of a saloon, DHC, sports 4-seater with fold-flat screen, side-mounts, cutaway doors and massive headlamps. Beneath each plate is a dimensioned seating plan and elevation. Full page artwork line drawings of chassis and engine. Four other line drawings of engine, gearbox, printed black on cream plus thick card covers and printed silver and black on deep cream sheets.10 x 14¼-inches. With a creased corner, and a rubber stamp on the front cover (1)
Mercedes-Benz 540K. A rare 1939 Sales Catalogue code ref. 115+139F, French text, illustrating and describing this 88 x 111 5401cc straight eight with or without supercharger. Seven coachwork styles, all are two-door and exotic and presented in full colour artwork. Also, 18 other full colour images of interiors, etcetera, a full colour cutaway plus others. 24pp plus gold embossed plus black on silver card covers 8¾ x 12¼-inches. Held in its stiff card folder with 3-fold closure, blue cloth finish with silver embossing. Together with four other items on the 540K, these somewhat soiled (5)
Mercedes-Benz 300S, 1953 Sales Catalogue ref. V.53 3 Eng, illustrating and describing the three litre six. Full colour artwork with a roadster and coup‚ plus other lovely illustrations. 30 pages plus blind and silver embossed gold card covers 8¾ x 12¼-inches. Together with a similar sales catalogue Ref. 347e for the 220S convertible. Both with creased covers, loose pages (2)
Two Brave Brothers by H. F. Morriss, 221pp, 2nd ed, c1925, 8vo, Clifton Publishing House, London. 7 3/4 x 9 3/4-inches with two-page addendum to this edition, illustrated with 66 monochrome photographs, bound in blue cloth with black titles to front, gilt to spine. Also, The Hyphen in Rolls-Royce, the story of Claude Johnson by W. J. Oldham, 194pp, 1967 1st ed, with a DJ; Rolls-Royce Aline Compendium 1913 & 1973 bound in black cloth with silver titles; catalogue of Parts 40/50hp Phantom II, a modern reprint, and eight copies of the Rolls-Royce Owner Magazine, 1960s. All in good, readable condition (11)NB. Quantity has been amended from 12 volumes.
Bugatti Magnum. A large book by Hugh Conway, retaining its distinctive engine-turned slipcase and chassis plate numbered 1930. A comprehensive look at Bugatti history, the family, the cars, the company, the mechanics and the racing. The book ends with a list of racing successes, a register of chassis numbers and a bibliography. Limited to 2,000 copies, this example is numbered 277 and in good condition with a blue cloth binding with a Bugatti logo stamped to front board and silver title to the spine, 560 pages, 800 monochrome and 73 colour illustrations. The slipcase with a short split (1)
Automobiles Voisin 1919-1958 by Pascal Courteult. A White Mouse publication of 1991, being a limited edition numbered of only 2000 printed, although 3500 were planned, this copy numbered 1671. French text. Together with a saddle-stitched English translation by Peter Hull, also published in 1991 with the assistance of the M.S.M.T. 63pp including an index. The book is celebrated for its silver intaglio plate mounted front cover. Both books correctly housed in a decorative slipcase, in perfect condition, the slipcase a little rubbed with a split corner (1)
Histoire de la Locomotion Terrestre: Les Chemins de Fer, by Charles Dollfus & Edgar de Geoffroy. A folio-sized volume detailing the history of rail transport and published by L'Illustration, Editions Saint-Georges, Paris, 1935. With marbled board covers and a red cloth spine with silver title lettering (the cover edges a little rubbed), pictorial end-papers, a sumptuously-produced volume of 390 pages (including the preface), profusely illustrated throughout and including a colour frontispiece and other full-page colour plates, some being 'tipped-in'. An extremely comprehensive work, covering the period from the 1550s to the date of publication. French text (1)
Bentley Mark VI Silent Sports Car c.1949, with silver Bentley cover, 23 printed pages, numerous illustrations and diagrams including fold our Mark VI chassis and pocket to the rear with Illustrations of Elegant & Luxurious Styles of Bentley Coachwork, together with another for Mark VI Four and a Quarter Litre Silent Sports Car, lacking rear booklet, some manuscript annotations, 4to plus A Bridged Particulars of Mark VI, frotis piece detached, annotations lacking leaves, 8vo (3)
Twenty Silver Ghosts. A 1971 1st ed published in New York by McGraw Hill, oblong Elephant Folio, 139pp. 15 X 16 1/2 inches, the text by Phil May and colour illustrations by Melbourne Brindle. The book possesses its original delivery box and has not been removed, hence this book and its DJ remain in practically perfect condition. Together with seven other Rolls-Royce subject books, to include: The Rolls-Royce 40/50hp by Oldham; The American Rolls-Royce by Soutter; two copies of the facsimile of the Rolls-Royce Catalogue 1910/11; and other titles (8)
Rudge Whitworth No 30 Gentleman's Tricycle. Dating circa 1902, with a distinctive sloping fork crown, this machine has a 25-inch frame numbered 149875, 26-inch wooden rear wheels and a 28-inch hollow crescent rim to the front, both beaded edge, adjustable Abingdon rear axle, 7-inch cranks with a 7-inch chain-wheel, and open pedals with replaced rubber grips. Other features include a centre-pull front stirrup brake, flat 18-inch handlebars, Brooks B28 leather saddle, frame bag and, as was usual at the time, a 1901 assayed-silver headstock badge. A rideable machine (1)
*A Rudge-Whitworth Lady's Tricycle. With a sloping fork crown design suggesting a post 1901 date, this 21-inch framed tricycle is finished in black enamel, nicely complementing the nickel-plated handlebars and cranks. Other features include a rear rack and basket, inch-pitch chain, Brooks saddle, bell, typical Rudge Whitworth mudguards rubber block pedals and an assayed silver name badge dating it to 1901 or 1902 (1)
*An 1897 Gentleman's Valise. Retailed by Mappin & Webb, Oxford Street, London, a brown leather Gladstone-style centre-opening case given as a 'first' cycling prize in 1897. The case opens to reveal a spring-loaded removable centre section holding various 1897 London-assayed, silver-topped bottles and accoutrements, the centre bottle inscribed: 'Cycling International promoted by Earl de la Warr at Bexhill-on-Sea, 2nd August 1897, 1st One Mile Amateur Handicap for Members of Bexhill Cycling Club'. Further features include a leather lining, cloth retaining straps, carrying handle, brass locks, corner protectors, and brass cone feet. The accessories include writing pad, pens, inkwell, page-turner, tooth-brush, eau-de-Cologne bottles, scissors, nail polisher, brushes, carriage clock and playing cards. An imposing and stout bag in good condition, with intact stitching, several accessories missing or replaced, but essentially sound Historic note: The 8th Earl was raised to the Earldom in 1896, and as a keen cyclist, presented this valise to the Bexhill Cycling Club when aged 26. Eventually Mayor of Bexhill-on-Sea, he saw active service in the Boer War, and died while on active service as a lieutenant in the Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve, in December 1915, aged 46. (1)
*Five Bicycle Lamps. A Lucas Ltd., circa 1905 third-pattern 'Candle Lamp'; a Lucas 'Silver King' oil lamp; a Powell andHanmer acetylene gas lamp 'Chieftain' dating from the 1920s; a Lucas Calcia Club, an oil-powered lamp by Parker Hudson and a bulb horn. All in sound and restorable condition (6)
*A Gentleman's Bicycle by A. Turner, 'Maker - Whyteleafe - Surrey', having a 24-inch black-enamelled frame numbered A7329. Dating circa 1905, this interesting bicycle from a previously unknown maker has 28-inch wheels, still fitted with Warwick and Dunlop tyres, both names highlighted in the tread, a 7-inch chain-wheel driving the rear wheel via a Coaster Hub, with 7-inch cranks and split rubber pedals. The flat, forward-turned 17-inch handlebars possess most of the original nickel-plating, the steering stem is fitted with an auxiliary single-pull stirrup brake, and other features include a rear rack, Brampton leather saddle, tool pouch, bell and a Lucas 'Silver King' oil-powered lamp dating post 1910. An interesting original machine with a gilt headstock insignia (1)
*Ephgrave Lightweights Ltd. 'No 1' Bicycle. A nicely-presented bicycle, having a dark green-enamelled 23-inch frame numbered 2984/LE with hand-cut No 1' lugs with post-1953 'spear points', and 'lollipop' signatures on the rear stays. Other features include: side-pull Exage calliper brakes, 17-inch drop handlebars, Mavic 27-inch wheels, deep-set silver mudguards, Brooks B17 saddle, Exage ten-speed gearing with Shimano hand-controls on the down tube, rat-trap pedals with leather toe straps and quick release spindles. A fully refurbished machine in excellent order (1)
*Motor Aneroid Barometer by S. Smiths & Son. Dating from the late veteran, early vintage period, a working barometer, having a 3-inch silver dial showing pressure in millibars, and a movable outer ring segmented to enable confirmation of altitude above sea level. With a nickel-plated case, in full working order (1)
Amber and ruby glass decanters, with loop handles fitted with silver plated mounted cork stoppers, mid 19th century (2) 21cm high Condition report: Scatches to the bases and the bodies of the decanters however there is no damage to the glass. The plated mounts have some wear, there is deterioration to the cork. Condition report: see terms and conditions
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