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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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MOTORING MEMORIES IN PEACE AND WAR
Written by Tindall Harris.
Stock no. 2133442
Published by St. Catherine Press. 1st 1928. Very good condition.

Memories of the author who in October 1914 joined a Red Cross convoy for France as a volunteer driver. Small format. Red cloth, gilt titles to front cover and spine. 5 b/w plates. 91 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Spine very slightly browned. Name and address in pencil on front pastedown. Contents bright and clean. Address label to rear pastedown. A very nice copy of this rare Great War account.

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MOTOR DO'S AND DON'TS
Written by Harold Pemberton.
Stock no. 2133438
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1923. Very good condition.

Small format. Brown boards with full-page colour pictorial onlay to front. Some b/w diagrams and illustrations. 56 pages includes index. Corners bumped and slightly worn. Covers rubbed and scuffed. Contents lightly browned with a few minor foxspots else clean. Small address label to rear pastedown.

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FORD MANUAL FOR OWNERS AND OPERATORS OF FORD CARS AND TRUCKS
No author listed.
Stock no. 2133437
Published by Ford Motor Company Limited. 1920. Very good condition.

Brown card wrap booklet. Text in question and answer format. B/w illustrations. 71 pages includes index. Light vertical crease to front cover and prelims. Contents clean. Address label to inside of rear cover.

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MANSELL AND WILLIAMS: THE CHALLENGE FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP
Written by Nigel Mansell; Derick Allsop.
Stock no. 1819975
Published by Weidenfeld and Nicolson. 1st thus 1993. Slightly better than very good condition.

World Champion 1992. A personal account of the joys and frustration of competing for the ultimate prize in Formula One. The team structure and organization, the preparation, practice, briefing and debriefing, qualifying and finally the race itself. Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour photos throughout. 192 pages including index. ISBN: 0297832182. Light creasing to lower front edge of cover, corners lightly rubbed, light scuffing to rear cover. Text block lightly browned. Contents fine.

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MOTOR AND CARRIAGE PAINTING: A PRACTICAL MANUAL
Written by A. Bates.
Stock no. 2133367
Published by The Trade Papers Publishing Co. Ltd.. 2nd 1924. Good condition.

Second edition Revised and Much Enlarged. 'The Decorator' Series of Practical Books, No. 13, edited by Arthur Seymour Jennings. Red cloth covers with titles. 208 pages plus index. Heavy browning/fading to covers; top & tail of spine lightly frayed. Foxing is heaviest to prelims and outer page edges. Some margin marks. A good reading copy.

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ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT OF THE CAR (3 VOLUMES)
Written by Herbert J. Butler; Hugh Butler.
Stock no. 2133366
Published by W.R. Howell & Co.. 1926. Very good condition.

Leather-style covers, gilt titles. Comprising the various systems fitted to British, French, Italian, German and other European Cars. B/w diagrams. Some marks and wear to covers. Light creasing to top corners of pages on volume 1. A few margin marks.

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FORMULA 1 IN CAMERA 1970-79
Written by Paul Parker.
Stock no. 2133359
Published by Haynes. 1st 2003. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The evolution of Grand Prix motor racing through one of its classic decades, when the sport moved into the increasingly commercial and high-tech era. Large format. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour photos. 240 pages including index. ISBN: 1859609600. A few small knocks to board edges. Contents clean.

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