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Bottles and Bottle Collecting by A.A.C. Hedges
$9.99 AUD
Category: Antiques | Series: Shire Library
As more and more people feel the urge to possess objects of age or beauty, so the prices of antiques soar beyond the pockets of many people. Bottles, however, have remained comparatively inexpensive. In Victorian times, our forebears packed everything from tea to hair restorer in glass bottles, and they ...Show more
Electric Cars by James Taylor
$19.99 AUD
Category: Transport | Series: Shire Library
An essential introduction to the surprisingly long history of the electric car, from the early pioneers, through to the first commercially viable marques such as Tesla.After a century in the shadow of the internal combustion engine, the electric motor is making a seismic comeback. Battery-propelled vehi ...Show more
Vespa and Lambretta Motor Scooters by Stuart Owen
$16.99 AUD
Category: Transport | Series: Shire Library
Vespa and Lambretta remain the two most iconic motor scooter brands, even four decades after the latter's demise. But what made them such a European sensation in the postwar era? And why were they particularly popular in Britain in the 1950s and '60s? Motor scooter expert Stuart Owen explains the rise o ...Show more
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