ISBN: 9780715611807 - how to be a motorist (11 risultati)

Hardback. Condizione: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Condizione: Good. Light wear to boards. Content is clean and bright. Gift message to ffep. Good DJ with some edge wear and faded spine.

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good+. reissue. Reissue first printing Octavo hardback. 126 pp. Black & white illustrations. Near Fine condition in Very Good, unclipped dust jacket (spine of jacket part faded). Gift inscription on inside cover.

hardcover. Condizione: Very Good +. Very Good +. Black cloth covers with gilt lettering on spine. Yellow dust jacket with black lettering. Features many humorous illustrations in black and white related to driving. CONDITION: Previous owners writing on fly leaf in pencil. Binding is tight. Dust jacket has some wear, inner flap is price clipped. Corner is lightly bumped. Overall a nice copy. Full refund if not satisfied.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good+. reissue. Reissue first printing Octavo hardback. 126 pp. Black & white illustrations. Near Fine condition in Very Good +, price-clipped dust jacket No inscriptions.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. Hardcover in very good condition, with unclipped dust jacket in good condition. Jacket is scuffed and sunned. Edges are creased and nicked. Board spine ends are slightly bumped and page block is lightly tanned. Boards are clean, binding is sound and pages are clear. LW. Used. …

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. Nice copy. Presents very well, inspection reveals very slight discolouration on edges, great unclipped DJ (see pictures). All our books at the moment are reduced so the price you see reflects a 33% discount. You may be interested in The Literaticus Book Service. We specialise in tracking down those harder to find editions, among other bookish services such as gift fulfilment. Get in touch to send us your Book Wants or ask a bookish question. If this is intended as a gift, please email first and we can gift wrap for no extra charge. If you would like special delivery but don't see an option for it, just email first and we can obtain a quote. If you have any questions, require more information or if you would like more pictures, do not hesitate to get in touch.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 116 p. 22 cm. Minor wear to corners and edges. Gift inscription on the front free endpaper. Inside pages clean and bright. Dustjacket has some spine ends crinkling, light edgewear, on very tiny nick to the colour on front panel. Lightly rubbed overall. Price-clipped. A humourous guide on how to drive an automobile, accompanied by pen and ink drawings by W. Heath Robinson. Originally published in 1936. …

Condizione: Good. No dustjacket. Some fading/marks/scuffs to cover. Tanning to pages & some marks to textblock edges/endpapers. Faint pencil marks on front endpaper. Content good.

Hardback. Condizione: nrFine. VG+ Pc DW. Reissue. Black cloth, gilt. Slightly cocked with light browning to text edges, else Book is in nearly fine condition with only slightest signs of wear and/or age. Dustwrapper/dustjacket is in excellent condition BUT heavily price clipped.

Hardcover. Condizione: As New. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. 1st Edition. This copy is in as new, unmarked condition bound in black cloth covered boards with bright gilt titling to the spine. This copy is bright, tight, white and square. There is a handsome book plate to the front paste down. The unclipped dust wrapper is lightly sunned to the leading edge on the front panel so best described as fine condition. International postal rates are calculated on a book weighing 1 Kilo, in cases where the book weighs more than 1 Kilo increased postal rates will be quoted, where the book weighs less then postage will be reduced accordingly. Heath Robinson (1872-1944) is Britain's "Gadget King"--master of the art of creating madcap contraptions that made use of ropes, weights, and pulleys to perform relatively simple tasks, from wart removal to peeling potatoes. Although he trained as a painter and also worked as a book illustrator, Robinson developed his forte with drawings of gadgets that parodied the absurdities of modern life. A true cartoonist, Robinson had a way of getting at the heart of the matter while simultaneously satirizing it mercilessly. He became a household name in Britain, and his popularity continues today with plans to build a museum in London to share with a new generation the story of his life and work. For the car enthusiast, How to Be a Motorist offers a compendium of Robinson's wonderfully inventive car-based contraptions, with innovations like a handy "zip-opening bonnet," a rear wheel to turn the car around with one movement, and a fork attachment to help rural motorists to avoid the occasional chicken on the roadway. The days of unsolicited driving advice could be over with the realization of Robinson's "duo car for the incompatible," and the book also includes a parody of a production line demonstrating how cars are made. A side-splittingly funny collection from the man whose "absurd, beautiful drawings" H. G. Wells claimed "give me a peculiar pleasure of the mind like nothing else in the world," this book make a perfect gift for anyone looking to have a laugh at our complicated and increasingly mechanical modern life. Ref RR 4.…