Non-Fiction

The Oxford & Cambridge Boat Race – Christopher Dodd’s history of the famous university rowing race, first published by Stanley Paul, London, in 1983. Illustrated with photographs from sources including the BBC,…

Henley Royal Regatta – Christopher Dodd’s witty and informal history of the famous regatta on the Thames, first published by Stanley Paul, London, in 1981. Following 140 years of racing, characters and…

Stories of the Heart and Home – A 2000 first printing hardcover from Dr. James Dobson’s “Life Lessons From…” collection, published by Word Publishing and printed in the United States. A warm…

Water-mills, Windmills and Horse-mills of South Africa – James Walton's 1974 Struik hardcover on the old mills that once ground the country's grain, from Cape water-mills to windmills and animal-driven horse-mills. A…

Greece and Rome: Builders of Our World – A handsome National Geographic Society volume from the Story of Man Library, this 1977 edition traces the classical civilisations that shaped the Western world,…

Daimler 1896–1946 – St. John C. Nixon’s history of the first fifty years of the Daimler motor company, printed in Great Britain by Purnell and Sons. A blue cloth hardcover with gilt…

MG The Illustrated Catalogue of Spares – The seventh edition of the parts catalogue issued by Sports & Vintage Motors of Shrewsbury, covering the pre-war MGs from the M-type Midget to the…

What We Knew – Eric Johnson and Karl-Heinz Reuband’s acclaimed oral history of Nazi Germany, drawing on interviews and surveys with Jewish survivors and ordinary Germans to ask what people knew of…

Huggins of Rhodesia – L. H. Gann and Michael Gelfand’s 1964 first edition biography of Sir Godfrey Huggins, Lord Malvern, the surgeon who became Prime Minister of Southern Rhodesia and of the…

Tuning and Maintenance of M.G.s – Philip H. Smith’s classic guide to overhauling and tuning the overhead-cam and push-rod M.G.s, from the P-type through the TA, TC and TD, published by G.…

BRM – The 1962 Cassell first edition of Raymond Mays and Peter Roberts’ history of the British Racing Motors team, in green cloth with the striking Vic Berris engine-cutaway dust jacket. Very…

Wheels to Fortune – James Leasor’s 1954 first edition biography of William Morris, Viscount Nuffield, the Oxford cycle repairer who founded Morris Motors, built up M.G. and Wolseley and gave away a…

Turn Left – The Riffs Have Risen – A. Cameron Gilg’s account of driving from England to Cape Town in a baby car, edited by Barry Cockcroft and first published by the…

The Motorist’s Weekend Book – A 1960 first edition hardcover from B. T. Batsford, London, edited by Michael Frostick and Anthony Harding. Essays on everything from Bugatti and Le Mans to rallying,…

Trans-African Highways – The 1949 first edition of the Automobile Association of South Africa’s route book of the main trunk roads of Africa, with the AA’s own maps and sketch maps and…

The Modern Motor Car – A scarce Art Deco promotional booklet issued by Shell-Mex and B.P. Ltd in London around 1933, with striking cover photographs by Vogue photographer Maurice Beck and colour…

The Poetical Works of George Herbert – An 1857 illustrated edition published by James Nisbet and Co., London, with an engraved ivy-border title and illustrations designed by Birket Foster, John Clayton and…

The Birds of Natal and Zululand – The 1964 Oliver & Boyd first edition of P. A. Clancey’s classic regional avifauna, written while he was Director of the Durban Museum. Illustrated with…

Jewish Life in the South African Country Communities – Volume II of the series researched by the South African Friends of Beth Hatefutsoth, published in Johannesburg in 2004. A thick, illustrated large-format…

Jewish Life in the South African Country Communities – Volume III of the series researched by the South African Friends of Beth Hatefutsoth, published in Johannesburg in 2007. A thick, illustrated large-format…