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HANDBOOK OF THE COLLECTION ILLUSTRATING MOTOR CARS PART II
Written by C.F. Caunter.
Stock no. 2132251
Published by HMSO. 1st 1959. Good condition.

Catalogue of exhibits at the Science Museum with descriptive notes. Blue pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. 187 pages including index. Rubbing to cover edges, creasing to cover corners. Covers a little grubby. Rear joint is SPLIT. Contents otherwise tight and clean.

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A BIT BEHIND THE TIMES
Written by Kenneth Neve.
Stock no. 2132245
Published by Grenville Publishing Company Limited. 1st 1988. Very good condition.

The early days of motor sport. Pictorial card wraps. B/w photos. 176 pages. ISBN: 0903243067. Uneven browning to covers. Light browning to text block else contents clean. Small newspaper cutting stuck to inside rear cover (obituary of author).

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PRINCESS 1800 1800 HL
No author listed.
Stock no. 2132244
Published by Leyland Cars. 1977. Good condition.

Card wraps. B/w diagrams. Covers are creased with foxing and splash marks. A reading copy.

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MORRIS 1100 DRIVER'S HANDBOOK
No author listed.
Stock no. 2132240
Published by Morris Motors Limited. Good condition.

Card wraps. This booklet was sent out with every Morris 1100 car. B/w illustrations. Covers are VERY grubby; some surface paper damage, with covers being detached from contents. Big cup ring mark to front cover. Staples have rusted, with corresponding marks to spine etc. A reading copy.

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MORRIS 1100 DRIVER'S HANDBOOK
No author listed.
Stock no. 2132237
Published by Morris Motors Limited. Good condition.

Card wraps. This booklet was sent out with every Morris 1100 car. B/w illustrations. Covers are VERY grubby, with covers being detached from contents. Staples have rusted, with corresponding marks to spine etc. A reading copy.

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THE BULLETIN OF THE VINTAGE SPORTS-CAR CLUB NOS. 61-72
Written by H.P. Bowler; et al.
Stock no. 2132233
1961. Very good condition.

No. 61, Winter 1958-9 - No. 72 Autumn, 1961 (12 copies of the magazine bound in one volume). Maroon cloth boards with gilt title to spine. B/w photos. A few minor marks to boards. Ink stamp (previous owner's address) to front endpaper. Page edge browning.

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MORGAN: FIRST AND LAST OF THE REAL SPORTS CARS
Written by Gregory Houston Bowden.
Stock no. 2132232
Published by Galleon. 1st thus 1974. Very good condition.

The Morgan Motor Company is the world's oldest privately owned car company. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos and illustrations. 191 pages including index. ISBN: 0904442012. Light reading creasing to spine. Text block a little grubby. Else contents clean.

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MOTOR CAR INDEX 1918 - 1929
Written by Kenneth Ball.
Stock no. 2132229
Published by Autobooks Ltd.. 1961. Very good condition.

Cardwraps. Reprint edition of the 1929 edition, originally published by Fletcher and Son Ltd. An Alphabetical List of Motor Cars. 211 pages. Light mark to spine. Text block lightly browned. Contents clean.

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HIGH SPEED DIARY: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF REGINALD ELLIS TONGUE
Written by R.E. Tongue.
Stock no. 1818999
Published by Dove Publishing. 1st 2002. 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. Light creasing to corners and top corners of first few pages. Previous owner's address label to inside rear cover. Minor grubby marks to rear cover. Contents clean.

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THE HUMBER STORY 1868-1932
Written by A.B. Demaus; J.C. Tarring.
Stock no. 2132135
Published by Alan Sutton. 1st 1989. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The history of Humber and its development to 1932. A full technical history and chronological table of all models (cycles, motor cycles and motor cars) manufactured, and production details. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 178 pages. ISBN: 0862995965. Tape marks to pastedowns and wrapper flaps. Light browning to endpapers. Else contents clean. Dustwrapper is price-cut and has a couple of minor marks.

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THE MODERN STEAM CAR AND ITS BACKGROUND
Written by Thomas S. Derr; Floyd Clymer.
Stock no. 1818834
Published by Lindsay Publications. 1st thus 1998. Slightly better than very good condition.

Reprint of the 1932 publication with a supplement on historical steam cars by Floyd Clymer to the rear. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos and illustrations. An interesting little book. 148 pages. ISBN: 1559182172. Covers lightly browned, contents clean.

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A HISTORY OF COACHBUILDING
Written by George Oliver.
Stock no. 2131931
Published by Cassell. 1st 1962. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

An account of the changing trends in motor-car design in Britain, on the Continent and in the United States. A Montagu Motor Book. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos, illustrations and diagrams. 216 pages including index. SIGNED by the author (no dedication) to half-title page. Tape marks to endpapers, pastedowns and dustwrapper flaps. Minor foxing to outer page edges. Dustwrapper is price-cut with closed tear to top of front panel, grubby at edges. Includes postcard and a letter from the author.

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