Noel Woodall; A. C. Durie — Car Numbers

London, Garnstone Press, 1969 . First edition. Paperback. First edition of Noel Woodall's insightful autonumerological guide, illustrated throughout with black-and-white photographs. Scarce first edition.In publisher's original paperback binding. With unclipped dust wrapper.Illustrated throughout with black-and-white photographs.Foreword by A. C. Durie, Director General of the Automobile Association.The intuitive guide to car numbers from Noel Woodall, resourcefully organised into the sections "Who owns it?", "Where's it from?" and "When was it issued?" for the user's convenience. Additional chapters on "International Car Signs" and "Games to play in the car". Woodall coined the phrase autonumerology in 1964, the first edition of this work following five years later and seeing ten reprintings, the most recent being in 2000. In publisher's original paperback binding. With unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, suffering from a large chip to the bottom edge, extending to the front endpapers. Light marking and a small tide mark towards the spine tail. Dust wrapper in better condition, although featuring a number of marks and a few small closed tears, most notably to the head of the spine. Internally, generally firmly bound with binding fragile in places towards the centre, for example to pages 48-9, and particularly delicate to the beginning of the book up until page 17. Bright and clean with spotting predominantly to the first and last few pages. Fair . Ill.: Not Stated. Fair/Good.