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THE ILLUSTRATED ENCYCLOPEDIA OF AUTOMOBILES
Written by David Burgess Wise.
Stock no. 2140169
Published by Chartwell Books Inc.. 1st USA 1979. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Colour and b/w photos. ISBN: 0890097720. Bumping to spine. Some page edge browning. Wrapper is edge-creased with browning.

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AUTOCOURSE 50 YEARS OF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP GRAND PRIX MOTOR RACING
Written by Alan Henry.
Stock no. 2140147
Published by Hazleton Publishing. 1st 2000. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The story of the globally successful FIA Formula 1 World Championship from its roots before the second world war to the present day. Photography by Bernard Cahier & Paul-Henri Cahier. Large format. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour and b/w photos. 336 pages. ISBN: 1874557780. SIGNED by photographer Bernard Cahier with lengthy inscription to front endpaper. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge-creased with a few nicks, rear panel is lightly scuffed.

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INDY 500 MECHANIC
Written by Clint Brawner; Joe Scalzo.
Stock no. 2140143
Published by Chilton Book Company. 1st USA 1975. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The Inside Story of Big Time Auto Racing. Blue cloth boards with black and blue title to spine. B/w photos. xiv and 194 pages including index. ISBN: 0801960649. Foxing to pastedowns. Light browning to text block. Contents clean Dustwrapper is lightly worn to spine and corners, lightly worn at edges.

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GRAND PRIX! VOLUMES 1 & 2 1950 TO 1973
Written by Mike Lang.
Stock no. 2140141
Published by Foulis; Haynes. 1st thus 1990. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Race-by-race account of Formula 1 world championship motor racing. Combined edition. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos. ISBN: 0854298614. Light wear to corners. A few marks to outer page edges. Wrapper is price-cut with some edge-creasing and a few small nicks.

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AYRTON SENNA: GOODBYE CHAMPION FAREWELL FRIEND
Written by Karin Sturm.
Stock no. 2140129
Published by Motor Racing Publications Ltd.. 1st 1994. Nearly fine condition.

Ayrton Senna of Brazil, three times World Champion, winner of 41 Grands Prix. Well-known Formula 1 journalist Karin Sturm knew Ayrton Senna personally and has woven many hiterto private conversations and interviews with him into this volume, which stands as a worthy and moving tribute. Large format. White pictorial boards. Colour photos. 160 pages. ISBN: 0947981861. A few grubby marks to rear board. Contents fine.

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MILESTONES BEHIND THE MARQUES
Written by Paul Sheldon.
Stock no. 2140127
Published by David & Charles. 1st 1976. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A study indepth of the history of one model from ten world-famous motor racing car manufacturers. Oblong format. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 128 pages. ISBN: 071537267X. Some fading along cover edges. Page-edge browning. Dustwrapper is edge-creased with a few nicks; faded to spine.

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FERRARI CHE GENTE
Written by Gino Rancati; Franco Varisco.
Stock no. 2140125
Published by Editoriale Internazionale Milano. Circa 1996. Slightly better than very good condition.

Un Uomo, i suoi uomini (A man, his men). Cinquant' anni di Storia (Fifty years of history) 1945-1995. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour and b/w photos. Text in Italian. 208 pages. ISBN: 8881880008. Boards lightly scuffed. Contents clean.

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FOR PRACTICE ONLY
Written by Louis Klemantaski; Michael Frostick.
Stock no. 2140123
Published by The Bodley Head. 1st 1959. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Behind the scenes of motor-racing to see the work that goes into the preparation of a car for a Grand Prix race. Photos by Louis Klemantaski. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 61 pages. Some minor rubbing to spine. Text block browned. Light foxing to endpapers and prelims. Dustwrapper has a few small nicks, some light scuffing.

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A HISTORY OF THE AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX VOLUME 1 1928-1939
Written by John B. Blanden.
Stock no. 1823910
Published by Museum Publishing Co.. 1st 1981. Slightly better than very good condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The Australian Grand prix is the second oldest Grand Prix still being regularly conducted. Large format. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 192 pages. ISBN: 0959467130. SIGNED by the author (best wishes) to title page. Text block lightly browned. Contents clean. Blue pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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AUTO-ARCHITECT: THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF GERALD PALMER
Written by Gerald Palmer; Christopher Balfour.
Stock no. 1823907
Published by Magna Press. 1st 1998. Fine condition.

A fascinating story told by this innovative and talented car designer including designing and building the Jowett Javelin. Additional material by Christopher Balfour. Large format. Pale brown glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos. Limited to 750 copies. 96 pages including index. ISBN: 0951942360. SIGNED by Gerald Palmer on label to front pastedown.

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MILESTONES IN A MOTORING LIFE
Written by Dudley Noble.
Stock no. 1823906
Published by Advanced Mile-Posts Publications Ltd. 1st thus 1969. Slightly better than very good condition.

This is an Author's Presentation Copy of which only 250 copies have been issued. The author's extensive and adventurous travels, in the 1920s and 1930s, in his motorcar and sometimes with caravan. Cloth boards, brown spine with gilt title, blue boards with brown oval portraiture to front. B/w photos. xi and 252 pages including index. ISBN: 0362000409. SIGNED and dated (with compliments) by the author to verso of half-title page. Top & tail of spine lightly rubbed. Text block browned. Contents clean.

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HALCYON DAYS: RECOLLECTIONS OF POST-WAR VINTAGE MOTORING
Written by Rodney Dale.
Stock no. 1323060
Published by Fern House. 1st 1999. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

The author introduces many of the cars that he grew up with including Bentley, Rolls-Royces, Daimlers and many lesser marques. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 147 pages including index. ISBN: 1902702050. A lovely copy!

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