Love, Bert & Gamble, Jim [ TWO VOLUMES - second volume ascribed to Jim Gamble alone] The Meccano System and the Special Purpose Meccano Sets 1901-1979. An Illustrated History of the Birth and Development of the Meccano System by Bert Love, with additional Research and Compendium by Jim Gamble. The Hornby Companion Series, Volumes 6 & 6a , London: New Cavendish Books, 1986.

First Edition. Cloth-Covered Boards. Fine/Fine & Unclipped. 0904568369 Two volumes, both in landscape format. Volume 6 is hardback, 295mm x 222mm tall (11.5" x 8.75" approx.). 432pp, illustrated throughout in b/w & colour. Fine, in the original red art-leather-covered boards/gilt titles, and with fine, unclipped, colour-illustrated dust-wrapper and black-on-silver bookmark. Volume 6a, The Meccano System Compendium is fine in the original soft-covers, with a colour-illustration matching that of Vol. 6. 96pp, with illustrations in b/w & line. The listings in the Compendium are cross-referenced to Volume 6, it being designed as an invaluable and convenient guide, through being more portable than the main volume. The Compendium is also a First Edition, having been published in 1988. Please enquire about cheapest postal option for this heavy set before placing an order. (Book ref. 003836)  £225.00

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