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COMPETITION DRIVING
Written by Gerry Marshall.
Stock no. 1819772
Published by W. Foulsham & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1979. Nearly fine condition.

Matt pictorial boards. B/w photos. 128 pages. ISBN: 0572010141. Top and tail of spine lightly rubbed. Contents clean.

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EVERYDAY AUTOMOBILE REPAIRS
Written by William H. Crouse.
Stock no. 2133276
Published by McGraw-Hill Book Company. Circa 1952. Slightly better than very good condition.

Revised Edition. Describes the manner in which the various components of the automobile operate and outlines in detail the various troubles that may occur and how they may be diagnosed and corrected. Brown cloth, yellow titles to spine. B/w illustrations and diagrams. 296 pages includes index. Spine slightly bumped, corners lightly rubbed. Contents clean. Musty odour present.

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ELECTRICAL TROUBLE SHOOTING ON THE MOTOR CAR
Written by A.H. Packer.
Stock no. 2133271
Published by A.H. Packer. 1st 1926. Very good condition.

A Practical Book for the Shop Mechanic or Electrician. Simply Written and Supplemented with Questions and Answers to Make it Suitable Either for Self Instruction or For Use in Automotive Trade Schools. Black cloth, gilt title to spine. Numerous b/w diagrams. 493 pages includes index. Cover edges worn. Slight damage to edges of front endpapers and nick to vertical edge of next two pages. Contents very lightly browned else clean. Hinges slightly pulled but binding tight. Address label to rear pastedown.

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ROARING ROADSTERS: THE ROAD TO INDY
Written by Dick Wallen.
Stock no. 1819516
Published by Dick Wallen Productions. 1st 2005. Fine condition.

The history of the track roadsters. Large oblong format. Black boards, gilt title to spine, pictorial inlay to front cover. B/w photos and a few colour. SIGNED by the author to free front endpaper (no dedication) 233/350. Contained in slipcase in fine condition. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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MASERATI BIRDCAGE
Written by Joel E. Finn.
Stock no. 1819513
Published by Osprey Publishing. 1st 1980. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The Marvellous Tipo 60 and 61 Sports Racing Cars. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0850453666. Base of spine lightly worn. Pictorial dustwrapper is faded to spine.

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KING OF THE BOARDS: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF JIMMY MURPHY
Written by Gary D. Doyle.
Stock no. 1819511
Published by Gary Doyle. 1st 2002. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

At 21, Jimmy Murphy became a racecar mechanic/driver and went on to be the best automobile pilot of his era. He won more races on the board tracks of the 1920s than anyone. This book is about Murphy's life, the atmosphere of the 1920s, the other driver personalities and car builders - the Golden Age of American automobile racing. Oblong format. Silver grey boards, black title to spine, blind vignette of racing driver to front. B/w photos and colour illustrations. 336 pages including index. SIGNED by the author (no dedication) to free front endpaper. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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IAN WALKER RACING: THE MAN AND HIS CARS
Written by Julian Balme.
Stock no. 1819501
Published by Coterie Press Limited. 1st 2012. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Ian Walker embraced all aspects of post-war motorsport, from rallying to racing, driver to team manager, car manufacturer to car dealer. In just ten years he had done the lot. Large square format. Black cloth boards, gilt titles. Colour & b/w photos throughout. This is a limited edition. 208 pages. ISBN: 9781902351476. Pictorial dustwrapper has some light scuffing. Contained in publisher's green slipcase which is still in original shrinkwrap. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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AUTO UNION GP RACE AND RECORD CARS: THEIR RECONSTRUCTION AND RESTORATION
Written by Peter Vann; et al.
Stock no. 1819399
Published by Mbi Publishing. 1st 2001. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Peter Vann photographed the restored Auto Union racing and record-breaking cars on the banked curve of the Brooklands track in England. Large format. Colour and b/w photos. ISBN: 0760313075.

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MASERATI TIPO 60 AND 61; MASERATI TIPO 63.64.65 (TWO VOLUMES)
Written by Willem Oosthoek; Michel Bollee.
Stock no. 1819398
Published by Dalton Watson Fine Books. 1st 2004. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Front and rear-engined Maserati Birdcages: two volume edition. Includes The Magnificent Front-Engined Birdcages; and Birdcage to Supercage. Large format. Blue boards, silver title to spines. B/w and a few colour photos. Very Heavy. ISBN: 9781854432421. Birdcage to Supercage is 1st published 2004, The Magnificent Front-engined Birdcages is 1st published 2009. Contained in publisher's pictorial slipcase in almost fine condition.

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THE AUTOCAR HANDBOOK: A GUIDE TO THE MODERN CAR
No author listed.
Stock no. 1819376
Published by Iliffe & Sons Limited. 16th 1942. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green cloth. A Guide to the Motor Car. Fold-out frontis. Revised edition. Boards faded at edges and spine. Bookplate to front endpaper. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is chipped to top & tail of spine and a little grubby.

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HIGH SPEED DIARY: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF REGINALD ELLIS TONGUE
Written by R.E. Tongue.
Stock no. 2133099
Published by Dove Publishing. 1st 2002. Slightly better than very good condition.

Reggie Tongue was only 22 when he drove in his first real motor race, the 24 Hour Grand Prix d'Endurance, at Le Mans. This is an account of the life and times of Mancunian Reginald Ellis Tongue based on his diaries, cuttings, books, photograph albums, flying logbooks, and reminiscences he tape-recorded three years before his death in 1992.Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. 192 pages including index. ISBN: 0953414256. A light browning to text block. Contents clean.

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MG Y-TYPE SALOONS AND TOURERS
Written by John Lawson.
Stock no. 2133095
Published by Motor Racing Publications Ltd.. 1st 1988. Very good condition.

Abingdon Classics series. 1947 to 1953. Green glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos. 128 pages. ISBN: 0947981314. Couple of tiny indentations to rear board and a few grubby marks. Minor foxing to text block. Front endpaper has small pencil erasure mark to top corner and is a little grubby. Contents clean

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