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BROOKLANDS THE COMPLETE MOTOR RACING HISTORY
Written by William Boddy.
Stock no. 1327040
Published by Mrp. 1st 2001. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Comprehensive history of the famous Brooklands motor course. It covers its construction and the 28 seasons of motor racing, record breaking and speed testing. Large format. B/w photos. Edition limited to 2000 copies. ISBN: 1899870563. This is copy no. 952. Spine and corners bumped with a small dent to top edge of front cover. Fading to cover edges. Contents are fine. Dustwrapper is badly sunned and is edge worn with a few small tears.

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THE HISTORY OF BROOKLANDS MOTOR COURSE
Written by William Boddy.
Stock no. 1827544
Published by Grenville Publishing Company Limited. 1st thus 1979. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A comprehensive history of the famous Brooklands Motor Course at Weybridge in Surrey covering the period of 1906 to 1940, when the Track was in active use as a venue for motor-racing, testing and record-breaking. Revised edition. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. xv and 362 pages including index. Crease to half-title page and frontis, minor miscut by binders to half-title page edges. Contents are clean. White dustwrapper is just slightly grubby.

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THE HISTORY OF BROOKLANDS MOTOR COURSE
Written by William Boddy.
Stock no. 1824579
Published by Grenville Publishing Company Limited. 1st 1957. Good condition in a poor dustwrapper.

A comprehensive history of the famous Brooklands Motor Course at Weybridge in Surrey covering the period of 1906 to 1940, when the Track was in active use as a venue for motor-racing, testing and record-breaking. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. xv and 368 pages including index. Boards heavily mottled. Name label to front pastedown (hidden by front flap of dustwrapper). Foxing to text block and throughout contents (not too heavy). Price-cut blue dustwrapper is repaired and strengthened with mostly clear tape (now yellowed with age), repair to rear panel has a white label, dustwrapper is grubby. Also contains relevant newspaper articles loosely inserted.

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MONTLHERY
Written by William Boddy.
Stock no. 1323063
Published by Cassell. 1st 1961. Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The story of the Paris Autodrome 1924-1960. A Montagu Motor Book. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 170 pages. Spine slightly bumped and faded. Some light foxing else a nice copy in dustwrapper which is a tiny bit edge rubbed.

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THE HISTORY OF MOTOR RACING
Written by William Boddy.
Stock no. 2139544
Published by W.H. Smith. Circa 1988. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Large format. The whole story of motor racing from the reliability trial of 1894 through to modern Grand Prix racing. Colour and b/w photos. ISBN: 0356151220. Wear to cover edges. Browning to endpapers and page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased with small tear to top of spine; browned to spine and edges.

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VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE TYPE 1, THE TRADITIONAL BEETLE
Written by William Boddy.
Stock no. 2131825
Published by Osprey Publications Ltd. 1st 1982. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Square format. Grey boards, black title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0850454395. Couple of small nicks to top and tail of spine. Wrapper is price-cut. Tape residue marks to pastedowns and wrapper flaps. Wrapper has a couple of small edge-chips of loss.

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THE AUTOMOBILE THE FIRST CENTURY
Written by David Burgess Wise; William Boddy; Brian Laban.
Stock no. 486247
Published by Orbis. 1st 1983. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Over 700 illustrations (480 in colour). The way that the motorcar and motor sport have grown up side by side. ISBN: 0856135453. Dustwrapper: corners rubbed.

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