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HOW TO PLAN AND BUILD A FAST ROAD CAR (SPEEDPRO SERIES)
Written by Daniel Stapleton.
Stock no. 1820306
Published by Veloce Publishing Plc.. 1st 1999. Slightly better than very good condition.

With the help of this book you can plan in detail the best and most harmonious modifications for your car, buy only the right components and then build a car that fully meets your requirements - without wasting money. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. 128 pages including index. ISBN: 187410560X. Spine faded. Text block lightly browned. Contents clean.

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MORGAN PLUS 4 (SUPER PROFILE)
Written by John Teague.
Stock no. 1820262
Published by Haynes Publishing Group. 1st 1987. Very good condition.

Super Profile series. A FOULIS Motoring Book. Green glazed pictorial boards. B/w and colour photos. 56 pages. ISBN: 0854296026. Minor foxing to top edge of text block. Pencil erasure mark to top free corner of title page. Contents clean.

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REG PARNELL
Written by Graham Gauld.
Stock no. 1820217
Published by Patrick Stephens Limited. 1st 1996. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The quiet man who helped to engineer Britain's post-war motor racing revolution. Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 208 pages including index. ISBN: 1852605618. Slight fading to dustwrapper spine. Else a lovely copy!

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MANAGING A LEGEND: STIRLING MOSS, KEN GREGORY AND THE BRITISH RACING PARTNERSHIP
Written by Robert Edwards.
Stock no. 2133534
Published by Foulis; Haynes Publishing Group. 1st 1997. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

An insight into what has often been called the 'Golden Age' of motor racing. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 368 pages. ISBN: 0854299882. Light bumping to top and tail of spine. Spine slightly cocked. Page edge browning. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is faded to spine.

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IOTA 1947-1953
No author listed.
Stock no. 2133533
Published by Transport Bookman Publications. 1st 1980. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Edited highlights of F3 500cc racing. B/w photos. ISBN: 0851840345. Page edge browning. Wrapper is edge-creased with a faded spine.

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TO DRAW A LONG LINE
Written by C.E. Johnson.
Stock no. 2133529
Published by Bookmarque Publishing. 1st 1989. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The author's days with a British sports & Grand Prix racing car maker Connaught. Connaught hold the honour and the distinction of being the first-ever all-British car to win a Grand Prix with a British Driver. Since that day in 1955, British GP teams have never looked back - yet just two years later, Connaught folded through lack of finance. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. x and 202 pages including index. ISBN: 1870519043. Top & tail of spine lightly shelf worn. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge-creased with a faded spine.

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FROM CYCLECAR TO MICROCAR
Written by Michael Worthington-Williams.
Stock no. 2133523
Published by Beaulieu Books. 1st 1981. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The story of the cyclecar movement. Large format. B/w photos. ISBN: 0901564540. SIGNED by author to front endpaper. A few knocks to corners. Page edge browning. Some indentation marks and small edge-chips to wrapper.

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A PORTRAIT OF THE VINTAGE SPORTS-CAR CLUB 1934-2014
Written by Thomas Pellow.
Stock no. 1820135
Published by Vintage Sports-Car Club Limited. 1st 2015. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Summer and sunshine, pre-war competition cars in action, the spectators' car park full of vintage cars, and members busy about their picnics. Quintessential Vintage Sports-Car Club. Blue cloth boards, sliver title to spine and Club vignette to front. Colour & b/w photos. ix and 278 pages including index. ISBN: 9780954287696. SIGNED by the author (no dedication) to title page. Base of spine bumped. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper has the remains of a label to front panel and is lightly scuffed to rear panel.

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BERT HADLEY A SON OF BIRMINGHAM: A TRIBUTE
Written by Geoff Roe.
Stock no. 2133460
Published by The Pre-War Austin Seven Club Ltd.. 1st 2013. Slightly better than very good condition.

Compiled by Geoff Roe. Edited by Nigel Hancock. The story of a Birmingham boy (H.L Hadley - Bert) from a humble background who by a combination of ambition, application, self belief and sheer bloody mindedness, rose to the pinnacle of British Motor Sport whilst still an employee of the Austin Motor Company at Longbridge. Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. 220 pages including index. ISBN: 9780957242623. A very nice copy.

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VANWALL 2.5 LITRE F1: A TECHNICAL APPRAISAL
Written by Ian Bamsey.
Stock no. 2133457
Published by Haynes Publishing Group. 1ST 1990. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The definitive Vanwall arrived in 1956, a British Racing Green car capable of beating the best of the reds. Pictorial glazed boards. Colour and b/w photos. 96 pages. ISBN: 085429838X. Dustwrapper is faded to spine with edge-creasing else a lovely copy.

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MORGAN SPORTS CARS THE HERITAGE YEARS 1954 - 1960
Written by J.D. Alderson; Chris Chapman; Craig Atkins; Charles Morgan; Lew Spencer.
Stock no. 2133447
Published by Plus Four Books. 1st 2007. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

This book covers that exciting period when it was possible to buy a Morgan from the showroom, use it for commuting all week, and then compete with it in motor sport at the weekend with an excellent chance of success. Green boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 420 pages including index. ISBN: 1872955304. Text block slightly grubby. Contents clean. Green dustwrapper is slightly faded to spine and is lightly scuffed.

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THE MOTORING ANNUAL 1933
Written by Leonard Henslowe.
Stock no. 2133445
Published by Herbert Joseph. 1st 1933. Almost very good condition.

Motoring From The British Empire standpoint. Motoring is a 'wholesome thing, it takes people out of doors, far into the countryside...It fills their lungs with oxygen, they return home invigorated in mind and body...' Those were the days! Edited by Henslowe. Light blue cloth with blue titles. B/w photos and diagrams. 224 pages. Spine browned, Spine and corners rubbed. A few small marks to covers. Small bookseller sticker on front endpaper, previous owners address label to rear pastedown. Light browning to endpapers. Light dampstain vertically to last few pages. Page 213-214 has a 1.25" closed tear and crease to vertical edge of page. Contents otherwise clean.

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