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Tractor in the Pasture | |||
| Rusting Icons of Rural America | Transport | |||
| Lee Klancher | ||||
| Motorbooks 2003 128 pages | ||||
| Hardback Illustrated 0760308764 | ||||
| Published Price £13.99 | Sale Price £4.99 | |||
| Taken together, the author's short essays, powerful quotes from some of the great writers from our time, and scenic photography from around the world capture the fading days of America's rural landscape. In particular, 140 images of forgotten tractors are a symbol of a time of change in rural America. | ||||
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Pickup Trucks | |||
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| Mike Mueller | ||||
| MBI 2003 160 pages | ||||
| Paperback Illustrated 0760315132 252x253mm | ||||
| Published Price £14.99 | Sale Price £5.99 | |||
| Today, the pickup truck- along with the tractor, the bulldozer and the forklift- is used daily to do heavy work on farms, in factories and construction sites throughout America. This is the complete history of these light trucks in an engaging text with facts, legends and lore, accompanied by 100 colour and 100 historical black-and-white images. | ||||
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Original Farmall Hundred Series 1954-1958 | |||
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| Guy Fay | ||||
| MBI 2003 160 pages | ||||
| Hardback Illustrated 076030856X 270x207mm | ||||
| Published Price £21.99 | Sale Price £7.99 | |||
| This follow-up to the Farmall Letter Series Originality Guide (0-7603-0438-6) features some of the Farmall hobby's most popular tractors, the Hundred Series. These tractors were the follow-ups to the Letter Series tractors with different paint and additional horsepower and features. The models covered in this book include: Cub, Cub Lo-Boy, 100, 130, 200, 300, 300 Utility, 330, 350, 350 Utility, 400, W-400, 450, W-450, 600, and 650. Slightly scruffy jacket. | ||||
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The Greatest Movie Car Chases of All Time | |||
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| Jesse Crosse | ||||
| Motorbooks 2006 176 pages | ||||
| Hardback Illustrated 0760324107 270x208mm | ||||
| Published Price £16.99 | Sale Price £3.99 | |||
| Defying death, destruction and the laws of mechanical engineering, car chases have provided some of the most memorable action movie sequences since the days of the Keystone Cops. In this collage of speed and thrills the author revisits high octane films such as Bullitt, The French Connection and Vanishing Point, meets the stunt drivers and directors, examines the special effects techniques and lists his top 20 chases of all time. | ||||
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Live Steam | |||
| Paddlewheel Steamboats on the Mississippi System | Transport | |||
| Jon Kral | ||||
| Long Wind 2000 128 pages | ||||
| Hardback Illustrated 1892695006 280x285mm | ||||
| Published Price $55.00 | Sale Price £17.99 | |||
| A photographic study of the six 20th century paddlewheel steamboats still operating on the Mississippi system including above and below decks and photographs of the engineers and staff. | ||||
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Little Puffers | |||
| A Guide to Britain's Narrow Gauge and Miniature Railways, 2006/2007 | Transport | |||
| John Robinson (Edited by) | ||||
| Marksman 2006 96 pages | ||||
| Paperback Illustrated 1862231419 | ||||
| Published Price £6.99 | Sale Price £2.99 | |||
| A practical visitors' guide to railways ranging from 7¬ inch gauge miniature railways to the passenger-carrying 3 foot gauge Isle of Man Steam Railway and lines that were originally industrial. | ||||
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Backfire | |||
| A Passion for Cars and Motoring | Transport | |||
| Alan Clark | ||||
| Phoenix 2002 238 pages | ||||
| Paperback Illustrated 0753813734 | ||||
| Published Price £8.99 | Sale Price £1.99 | |||
| Alan Clark bought his first car - a 6.5-litre Vintage Bentley - while still a student at Eton in 1946. When he was asked to write for Classic Cars magazine in 1996, he drew on 50 years of driving, including racing in the 1950s, and collecting vintage cars. The column, 'Backfire', was knowledgeable, passionate, outspoken and a great success. This book brings together 'Backfires' 1996-9, plus other writings from as far back as a piece written for the Rolls-Royce Enthusiasts' Club in 1977. | ||||
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Bark Canoes | |||
| The Art and Obsession of Tappan Adney | Transport | |||
| John Jennings | ||||
| Firefly 2004 153 pages | ||||
| Hardback Illustrated 1552977331 290x235mm | ||||
| Published Price £21.95 | Sale Price £8.99 | |||
| Edwin Pappan Adney (1868-1950) single-handedly preserved the history of bark canoe construction in North America. He achieved this by building 110 painstakingly accurate models, many based on canoes that were the last remaining examples of their type. In this book John Jennings and photographer John Pemberton present the unique collection of Adney's work held at the Mariners' Museum, in Newport News, Virginia, accompanied by comprehensive explanatory notes and detailed background information. | ||||
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BMW 7 Series | |||
| The Complete Story | Transport | |||
| Graham Robson | ||||
| Crowood 2001 176 pages | ||||
| Hardback Illustrated 1861264399 | ||||
| Published Price £19.95 | Sale Price £5.99 | |||
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