Ladybird Books Mug, Motor Car : 11 results priced between £2.00 and £25.00

Originally published in 1965, this revised edition is in good condition (slight wear to pictorial matt covers, slight bumping to extremities of spine, slight scuffing to edges of spine, internally a clean, sound copy). Original price 24p net on rear cover.

More Information This book tells the story of the motor car from the first clumsy steam and petrol driven road vehicles to the modern, speedy, confortable and mass-produced models. Included in the magnificent illustrations by Robert Ayton are such well-loved cars as the early Rolls Royce "Silver Ghost", the bull nosed Morris, the first Austin Seven, an early Bently, Malcolm Campbell's "Bluebird" and John Cobb's "Railton Special". This is a book for every boy - and many fathers too! Published : Wills...

More Information THE MOTOR CAR a Vintage Ladybird Book from the How It Works Series 654. Matt Hardback 1969. "Here is a book that all boys will find fascinating" was how Wills & Hepworth began to describe this book. No doubt today this book will be enjoyed by a wider audience. It's contents explain the basic principles of a motor car engine with clear colour illustrations and diagrams". (From the book) Published : Wills and Hepworth Ltd. First published in 1965, this edition is from around 1...

More Information Vintage Ladybird Book THE MOTOR CAR from the How it Works Series 654. Matt Hardback 1970. "Here is a book that all boys will find fascinating" was how Wills & Hepworth began to describe this book. No doubt today this book will be enjoyed by a wider audience. It's contents explain the basic principles of a motor car engine with clear colour illustrations and diagrams. (from the book). Published: Ladybird Books Ltd. First published in 1965, this edition is from around 1970. Priced...

More Information HOW IT WORKS - THE MOTOR CAR AVIS Car Hire Special Edition. A Rare Vintage Ladybird Book from Series 654 Matt Hardback 1978. AVIS Car Hire edition. This is a very rare edition. A small quantity of the standard edition of "The Motor Car" was ordered by the AVIS car hire company for use in their Training Department. AVIS changed the cover illustration as they thought it would give the wrong impression to their staff. To do so they printed a alternative cover and simply pasted...

More Information MOTOR CARS 1972 a Vintage Ladybird Book from the Recognition Series 584. First Edition Matt Hardback 1972. "This book contains descriptions and full colour illustrations of 72 of the world's most popular cars. they are arranged in approximate order of engine size, starting with the small 3 wheelers and ending with some of the big American models." This revision dates from 1972. The cover featured five new cars, the Rover 3500 V8 to the front. There are three cars per page, with...

More Information THE CAR MAKERS a First Edition Ladybird Book from thr People at Work Series 606B. Matt Hardback 1968. Many people can now afford a motor car because modern mass-production methods have lowered the price. With a relatively simple text and excellent full-colour illustrations, this book describes the production of a modern car from the first design to the finished model. Published by: Wills and Hepworth Ltd. First Edition 1968. Priced: 15p Net Revised. Boards: Matt, Very good...

More Information A LADYBIRD BOOK ABOUT HORSES from the Domestic Animals Series 682. Matt Hardback 1974. Before the steam engine an the motor car were invented, the horse was man's cheif means of transport. It carried him on its back, transported goods over rough mountain passes, pulled his carriages and carts in town and country,plodded patiently across acres of farm-land dragging heavy farm implements, rounded up cattle and carried armies into war." "It has been more than the friend of man for...

It has been sensitively abridged and retold to make it suitable for sharing with young children from 5+, whilst retaining all the key parts of the story including Black Beauty's friendship with Ginger, his treatment at the hands of his owners, and fascinating historical detail about how how horses had many different uses in the days before cars.

For Rat and Mole, the horrors of the Wild Wood have nearly been forgotten… Their emotions now fully restored, they enjoy the warm welcome of Badger who offers them lots of comfort and reassurance… and his food reserves, in his underground labyrinth where they find some pleasant surprises. Soon though, they have to go home where another surprise awaits them: Toad has gone mad. Mad for speed, engines & the smell of oil and petrol… In other words he was motorcar mad. To make the impetuous amphibian...